HONOLULU--The 11th-ranked University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team (12-1, 2-0 Big West) return home to host their Big West home opener against UC Irvine (3-12, 0-3 Big West ) on Friday, Oct. 4 and Cal State Fullerton (8-6, 0-3 Big West) on Saturday, Oct. 5. Both matches are slated to start at 7:00 p.m. Prior to Saturday's match against the Titans, the Rainbow Wahine will hold their annual Alumnae Game at 4:30 p.m.

MATCH #14: No. 11 Hawai'i (12-1, 0-0 Big West) vs. UC Irvine (3-12, 0-3 Big West)
DATE: Friday, Oct. 4, 2019
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
SITE: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300) - Honolulu, O'ahu
PROMOTIONS:  Bank of Hawaii is the sponsor on Friday and will distribute Thermal Snack Bags to the first 100 fans along with awarding other great prizes throughout the night. Fans can register to participate at the sports marketing table located at Gate A.  
RADIO: ESPN Honolulu - Tiff Wells (play-by-play) on 1420 AM or 92.7 FM.
AUDIO STREAMING: ESPNHonolulu.com -or- the Sideline Hawaii app.
TELEVISION: Spectrum Sports will televise both of UH's matches this week with Kanoa Leahey handling the play-by-play and Chris McLachlin doing the color commentary. The pregame/post-game show will feature Scott Robbs, Lisa Strand Ma'a, and Ryan Kalei Tsuji. Fans in Hawai'i can watch on Spectrum channels 16 and 1016 (HD).
STREAMING VIDEO: BigWest.tv
TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased at Stan Sheriff Center Box Office, online at ETicketHawaii.com, or by phone at (808) 944-2697 (BOWS).
LIVE STATS: Live in game stats are available at HawaiiAthletics.com schedule page
SERIES HISTORY: UH holds a 40-0 record against the Anteaters. Last year on the road at UCI, UH defeated UC Irvine in a reverse sweep, 23-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-11 and in Honolulu, the 'Bows swept the Anteaters to start their last homestand of the year on Nov. 15, 2018.

MATCH #15: No. 11 Hawai'i (12-1, 2-0 Big West) vs. Cal State Fullerton (8-6, 3-0 Big West)
DATE: Saturday, Oct.5, 2019
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
SITE: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300) - Honolulu, O'ahu
PROMOTIONS: California Hotel & Casino is the sponsor on Saturday and will award a Vacations Hawaii trip for two to the newly renovated California Hotel & Casino to the winner of the "Shaka Nene" contest at intermission. Sign up for your chance to win at the sports marketing table at Gate A. 
RADIO: ESPN Honolulu - Tiff Wells (play-by-play) on 1420 AM or 92.7 FM.
AUDIO STREAMING: ESPNHonolulu.com -or- the Sideline Hawaii app.
TELEVISION: Spectrum Sports will televise both of UH's matches this week with Kanoa Leahey handling the play-by-play and Chris McLachlin doing the color commentary. The pregame/post-game show will feature Scott Robbs, Lisa Strand Ma'a, and Ryan Kalei Tsuji. Fans in Hawai'i can watch on Spectrum channels 16 and 1016 (HD).
STREAMING VIDEO: BigWest.tv
TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased at Stan Sheriff Center Box Office, online at ETicketHawaii.com, or by phone at (808) 944-2697 (BOWS).
LIVE STATS: Live in game stats are available at HawaiiAthletics.com schedule page
SERIES HISTORY:  Hawai'i holds a 40-0 record against Cal State Fullerton. Last season, UH swept the Titans twice at home on Sept. 28, 2019 and on the road on Oct. 20, 2019.

GAME NOTES

• Hawai'i remained ranked at No. 11 in the latest AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll. Baylor, who UH played two weeks ago, rose to No. 1 this week and remains the only undefeated team in the NCAA DI. Former No. 1 Stanford fell to No. 3 after falling to No. 8 Washington on Sunday and Nebraska rose to No. 2. Teams ranked from #4-#14 all remained the same from last week. UH has now been ranked in the Top 25 a total of 504 times.
• Outside hitter Hanna Hellvig earned her second Big West Freshman of the Week honor after leading UH to a pair of wins to start the conference season at Long Beach State and CSUN. Hellvig led UH with a combined 31 kills and seven blocks. At Long Beach State, Hellvig tied her career-high posting 17 kills. She added three blocks, two digs and an ace in the four-set victory in UH's BWC opener. The following night at CSUN, Hellvig paired a career-high 20 digs with 14 kills for her fifth double-double of her young career. She also posted a team-high four blocks and two service aces. The 20 digs marked just the second time this season that a UH player has collected 20 in a match. The Swedish native has led the team in kills in five out of the Rainbow Wahine's last six matches.  Overall, Hellvig leads UH with 158 total kills and is second on the team with 48 total blocks. She also has 112 digs and 10 service aces.
• Robyn Ah Mow won her 50th match as UH head coach. In her third season as head coach, Ah Mow has a 50-18 record career record.
• The Rainbow Wahine have been hosting a block party almost every game this season. The 'Bows were out-blocked forjust the second time this season in their most recent match at CSUN, 11.0-8.0.Overall, the 'Bows have out-blocked their opponents 144.5-to-96.0 and the team is averaging 2.78 blocks per set. It is the most team blocks that UH has had since 2015 when UH had 146.0 total blocks through the first 13 matches. In 2015, UH also got off to a 12-1 record. That season, UH lead the NCAA in blocks per set for much of the season and finished the year ranked No. 2 in the nation with 3.06 blocks per set.  Currently the Rainbow Wahine are ranked at No. 10 in the NCAA with 2.88 blocks per set.
• Six rotation outside hitter Brooke Van Sickle earned the Best Defender Award for the Baylor Classic in UH's last tournament where she recorded a team-high 24 digs and seven blocks in two games. She also added 15 kills and an ace while in Waco. Overall, the redshirt junior Oregon transfer is second on the team with 107 kills, averaging 2.10 kills perset. She is tied for second on the team with 118 total digs and has 18 assists, nine service aces and 30 total blocks.
• At the net, freshman middle blocker Amber Igiede has been a force to deal with for opposing hitters. Igiede leads Hawai'i with 57 total blocks (six solo). The rookie from Baton Rouge, La. also has contributed with 85 kills and is averaging 1.98 kills per set while hitting an efficient .374.
• UH's senior setting duo of Bailey Choy and Norene Iosia have combined their efforts to issue out 544 assists. Choy has dished out 278 assists with 118 digs and 11 service aces. Choy has recorded five double-doubles already this season--the last coming against Utah Valley with 20 assists and 14 digs. Iosia leads Hawai'i with 278 assists, 16 service aces and 123 digs. Iosia recorded a pair of double-doubles to open the Big West season with 20 assists and 15 digs at LBSU and 22 assists and 12 digs at CSUN. She enters this week with 50 career double-doubles and five triple-doubles under her belt. For her career, Iosia needs just 33 digs to become the 15th member of UH's 1,000 Dig Club. The last Rainbow Wahine to achieve that milestone was Savanah Kahakai two years ago in 2017. She also needs just one service ace to tie former UH great, Tita Ahuna at No. 10 on UH's career service ace record book. Currently, she has 107 aces.
• Junior middle blocker Sklyler Williams helped lead UH to three wins to capture the 2019 Heineken Rainbow Wahine Invitational title in Week 2. Williams, who earned the tourney's Most Valuable Player Award (first of her career) and her first Big West Defensive Player of the Week Award for her efforts, led UH with 12 blocks while pounding 32 kills and tallying a .481 hitting percentage against Army, Sacramento State, and Denver. In the tournament opener vs. Army, Williams put down a team-high and career-high 13 kills with a team-high four blocks (tied with Hanna Hellvig). The following night in UH's sweep over Sacramento State, Williams recorded a perfect 1.000 hitting percentage going 9-for-9 in kills with three blocks. In the tournament finale against Denver, she posted 10 kills with five blocks. In Waco, Texas, she tied her career high with 13 kills against Missouri (9/21/19). Overall, Williams is third on the team with 46 total blocks and fourth on the team with 87 kills. For her career, Williams has 182 kills and 116 total blocks in 119 sets played.
• In the 14 years that Hawai'i has hosted three non-conference tournaments, the Rainbow Wahine have won all three tourneys in one season a total of four times—including this season. But this year is the first time that UH has had three different players earn MVP honors. Junior outside hitter Jolie Rasmussen earned the Rainbow Wahine Classic MVP award the first week. Junior middle blocker Skyler Williams was named MVP of the Invitational and Hellvig earned MVP honors this past week. All three players also hit the trifecta earning the Big West's three different Player of the Week awards over the first three weeks of the season. Rasmussen garnered BWC Player of the Week and Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week honors after her UH debut weekend when UH defeated No. 21 San Diego, St. John's and No. 13 Washington to start the season. Williams then earned BWC Defensive Player of the Week the second week after leading UH to wins over Army, Sacramento State and Denver with 32 kills while hitting .481 over three matches with 12 total blocks. Most recently, Hellvig earned her second Freshman of the Week award after leading UH to two wins to start the conference season at Long Beach State and CSUN.
• Six rotation outside hitter Riley Wagoner has been unflappable, She has played in all but one set this season and has accumulated 69 kills with 28 assists (third on the team) with 116 digs (second on the team) and 30 total blocks. Wagoner most recently recorded a career-high 11 kills to help lift Hawai'i to a four set win at CSUN.