{"id":59774,"date":"2017-05-03T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T20:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=59774"},"modified":"2019-03-05T12:57:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:57:27","slug":"mens-volleyball-ncaa-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/03\/mens-volleyball-ncaa-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa men\u2019s volleyball reaches the NCAA<\/abbr> Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa men’s volleyball team<\/a> will play in its first NCAA<\/abbr> Championship semifinal round match since 2002, when it faces host and top-seeded Ohio State, May 4 at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Match time is 8 p.m. ET<\/abbr> (2 p.m. HT<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Warriors (27-5) advanced to the semifinals after rallying past Penn State in five sets in the May 2 opening round. UH<\/abbr> fell behind 2-1 in the match before dominating the Nittany Lions in the final two frames, out-scoring PSU<\/abbr> 40-18. The win was Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s 27th this season, tying a program record set by the 1996 squad (27-3).<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> is 2-1 all-time in the NCAA<\/abbr> semifinals with wins in 1996 and 2002. Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> has never faced Ohio State in postseason play and owns a 5-1 advantage all-time with each of the match-ups occurring at the Outrigger Invitational in Honolulu.<\/p>\n

The Buckeyes (30-2) are the defending NCAA<\/abbr> champion and the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association’s automatic entry into the field. OSU<\/abbr>’s only two losses this season were at home against UC<\/abbr> Irvine and on the road at Penn State, both of whom UH<\/abbr> defeated during the year. In his 33rd year, head coach Pete Hanson has guided the Buckeyes to a pair national titles in 2011 and 2016 and 12 NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament appearances.<\/p>\n

A team from the MIVA<\/abbr> has won the last three NCAA<\/abbr> titles (OSU<\/abbr> – 2016, Loyola – 2014-15). The tournament’s other semifinal features a pair of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation teams, Long Beach State and BYU. The two teams shared the regular season title while the 49ers captured the MPSF<\/abbr> Tournament title with a four-set win over UH<\/abbr> in the finals.<\/p>\n

—A Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Athletics story<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rainbow Warriors will face top-seeded Ohio State in the championship semifinal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":59782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[58,9],"class_list":["post-59774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t