HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball will open the 2019 season ranked No. 3 in the preseason AVCA Top 15 Coaches Poll, its highest since opening at No. 3 in 2005.
 
The Rainbow Warriors concluded the 2018 season ranked No. 5 in the final poll and returns nearly their entire starting line-up from a year ago including All-Americans Stijn van Tilburg, Joe Worsley, Rado Parapunov, and Patrick Gasman.
 
Defending national champion Long Beach State received all 16 first place votes and was picked No. 1 followed by UCLA, UH, UC Irvine, and BYU. Rounding out the Top 10 were Pepperdine, Lewis, Ohio State, Loyola-Chicago, and UC Santa Barbara.
 
Along with No. 11 CSUN, five of the Big West's six teams were ranked in the Top 15. 
 
UH's 27-match regular season features 14 matches against nationally ranked teams including No. 1 LBSU, No. 4 UCI, No. 5 BYU, No. 6 Pepperdine, No. 10 UCSB, No. 11 CSUN, No. 12 Concordia-Irvine, and No. 13 Stanford.
 
Head coach Charlie Wade will celebrate his 10^thseason and has compiled a 153-105 record with two appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Last season, the Warriors finished 19-8 and finished runner-up in the Big West Conference.

Season tickets for the 2019 campaign are currently on sale. Ticket packages start at $125 for a 16-match home schedule. Click here to purchase tickets.