HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team (4-5) faces Northern Arizona (4-5) in a pair of matches this week while also hosting its annual Alumane Game. The Rainbow Wahine will take on the Lumberjacks on Friday, Sept. 15 and 16 with both matches starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Stan Sheriff Center. Prior to Saturday's match, the 'Bows will host its Alumnae Match at 5:00 p.m.
 
The Rainbow Wahine went 2-1 in their last pre-season tournament of the year last week. Hawai'i fell in a five-set heartbreaker to No. 10 BYU but battled back to defeat Baylor in five and then swept Nevada in the tourney finale. Junior outside hitter McKenna Granato led UH this past week with 61 total kills, averaging 4.69 kills per set. She also notched a pair of double-doubles and was in on six blocks. Overall, Granato has a team-high 153 kills (4.25 per set) with 90 digs, 11 blocks and five aces.
 
Senior middle hitter Emily Maglio also is coming off a productive week, posting 41 kills and 18 total blocks (with two solo).  Overall, Maglio is just two kills shy of 100 whil hitting a team-high .366 (98-16-216). She also leads UH with 51 total blocks (four solo).
 
Senior libero Savanah Kahakai entered the UH career record book for digs this past week as she recorded a team-high 52 digs. She passed former UH All-Americans Lily Kahumoku, Martina Cincerova, and Suzanne Eagye to climb to No. 8 all-time. She now needs just two digs to tie Teee Williams at No. 7 with 1,143 career digs. This season, Kahakai has  once again been the anchor of the defense with a team-high 140 digs, averaging 3.89 digs per set and she is second on the etam with 28 assists and eight service aces.
 
Sophomore setter Norene Iosia not only leads UH with 373 assists and 15 service aces. She is second on the team with 97 digs and 30 blocks (tied with Skyler Williams).
 
NAU comes to Hawai'i after hosting last week's Lumberjack Classic where they went 1-2. NAU fell to Utah State and Arizona State but defeated CSU Bakersfield in four in the tourney finale. The Lumberjacks are led by Kaylie Jorgenson who has 115 kills, while Abby Akin has a team-best 26 blocks.
 
 
Matches #10-11
WHO: Hawai'i (4-5) vs. Northern Arizona (NAU) (3-5)
WHEN: Friday, September 15 and Saturday, September 16; Both matches to start at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300 - Honolulu, HI)
PROMOTIONS: Verizon Wireless is the game sponsor on Friday and will award a pair of Bose Headphones to the winner of the "Knockerball Bracket Challenge" contest at intermission. Fans can register to participate at the sports marketing table located at Gate A.  Also visit the Marketing table at Gate A to "Spin the Wheel" for your chance to win some great prizes courtesy of Verizon Wireless. Fantastic Sams is the game sponsor on Saturday and will award great prizes to the winner of the "Monster Trike" contest at intermission. Enter to win some other great prizes from Fantastic Sams.  Fans can register to participate at the sports marketing table located at Gate A. Also, get to the arena early to see your very own Rainbow Wahine Volleyball Head Coach, Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, All-American alumni Kanoe Kamanao, and many other alumnae participate in the annual Alumnae Game at 5:00 p.m.
TELEVISION: Spectrum Sports will televise all of UH's matches this week with Kanoa Leahey handling the play-by-play and Chris McLachlin doing the color commentating for all three matches. Scott Robbs, Lisa Strand Ma'a and Ryan Kalei Tsuji will be the on-air talent for the pre- and post-game shows. Fans in Hawai'i can watch on Spectrum OC16  channels 12 and 1012 (HD).
STREAMING VIDEO: UH's matches will be streamed live for mainland fans only. Go to HawaiiAthletics.com women's volleyball schedule for links.
RADIO: ESPN 1420 am will air all the UH matches this week with Tiff Wells handling the broadcasts.
AUDIO WEBCAST: www.espn1420am.com
LIVE STATS: Livestats for all of this week's matches will be available at HawaiiAthlectics.com
TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased at Stan Sheriff Center Box Office, online at HawaiiAthletics.com, or by phone at (808) 944-2697 (BOWS).
SERIES HISTORY: In 2014 ago, NAU came to play Hawai'i in a pair of matches after the non-conference tournaments. The 'Bows swept both matcheson Sept. 19 and 20.