HONOLULU – The No. 1 University of Hawai'i men's volleyball pulled out the brooms against Harvard on the second day of the Raising Cane's Rainbow Warrior Classic Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center. Set scores were 25-17, 25-18, 25-17.
 
The Rainbow Warriors (4-0) hit .329 for the match and were led by outside hitter Colton Cowell's match-high 13 kills on .423 hitting. Opposite Rado Parapunov added 12 kills and three blocks.
 
UH remained perfect on the year while also extending its tournament win streak to eight dating back to 2018. Hawai'i also won for the 21^st consecutive time at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Warriors will seek their third Classic title Saturday when they close out the tourney against Grand Canyon. 
 
In the second meeting between the schools, UH proved to be the better team down the stretch. In a tight first set that featured nine ties, the Warriors out-scored the Crimson 12-4 to close out the game. Hawai'i scored six unanswered with Jakob Thelle at the service line to take an insurmountable 19-13 lead. Cowell led the way with six kills.
 
In Set 2, UH closed out the set on a 6-2 run to take a 2-0 lead in the match. Early on, the Warriors led 6-1, scoring five straight with the help of three Crimson attack errors. Harvard fought its way back to within two at 13-11 but the Warriors strung together four straight and pulled away at the end.  
 
It was more of the same in Set 3 as UH jumped out to a 4-1 lead. The Warriors led 15-10 after Patrick Gasman's ace. Moments later James Anastassiades served up another ace for an 18-13 lead and the Warriors cruised to victory.
 
Campbel Schoenfeld had a team-high 11 kills for the Crimson (1-1). Eric Li had five kills, two aces, and seven digs.
 
In the earlier match of the day, Grand Canyon defeated Emmanuel, 25-11, 25-16, 25-22. Camden Gianni and Christian Janke each had eight kills for the Lopes in the win. On Saturday, Emmanuel meets Harvard at 4:00 p.m., followed by UH and Grand Canyon at 7:00 p.m.