HONOLULU – History will be made this week when the top-ranked University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team will host Edward Waters – a first-year program out of Jacksonville, Fla. – for a two-match series, Friday, Jan. 14 and Sunday, Jan. 16 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. EWU, a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, will play its first official match on Friday. The Rainbow Warriors (2-0) is the consensus No. 1 ranked team in both the AVCA Coaches and Off the Block Media polls.
 

MATCHES #3 & #4
Who				#1 Hawai'i (2-0) vs. Edward Waters (0-0)
Date | Time				Friday, Jan. 14, 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 16, 5:00 p.m.
Location				Honolulu, O'ahu — SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Television				Spectrum Sports. Kanoa Leahey (play-by-play) and Ryan Tsuji (analyst).
Live Stream				ESPN+ (blacked out in Hawai'i)
Radio				ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). Tiff Wells (play-by-play).
Streaming Audio				ESPNHonolulu.com; Sideline Hawaii app
Live Stats				HawaiiAthletics.com
Game Notes				Hawai'i | EWU
Social Media				@HawaiiMensVB  | #HawaiiMVB #WarriorBall22 | @HawaiiMVB  | Facebook

      
FIRST SERVE

• UH and Edward Waters will meet for the first time.
• EWU is a first-year program out of Jacksonville, Fla., and is a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
• The two matches this week mark EWU's first-ever official intercollegiate matches. On Tuesday, the Tigers played an exhibition match against Lancaster Bible College and lost in five. 
• EWU is coached by Dr. Brandon Reeves, who spent five seasons as Chicago State's women's head coach (2015-19). Prior to that, he coached the women's teams at Concordia (Ala.) University and Rust College where he also coached the men for two seasons. 
• EWU's 16-player roster features 14 freshmen and eight international athletes — four from Dominican Republic, two from Belize, one each from Barbados and Jamaica.  
• EWU is the first of three first-year programs that UH will play this season along with Kentucky State (Feb. 4) and Long Island (Feb. 8-9, 11). 
• UH (2-0) is coming off a two-match series sweep of No. 7 Loyola-Chicago last week. 
• UH has a 48-match win streak in the regular season against non-Big West/non-MPSF teams since 2013.

PROMOTIONSPromotions: Heineken is the sponsor and will award great prizes throughout the two-match series. 

• 400 Heineken Rally Towels will be distributed prior to both matches at Gate A.
• Visit the sports marketing desk located at Gate A to register to participate in the promotions and win great prizes.
• Free men's volleyball posters and schedule cards will be available at the sports marketing desk.
• Roster sheets will be available via QR Code for mobile devices.