HONOLULU – The top-ranked University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team will look to bounce back after suffering its first two losses of the season by competing in the First Point Collegiate Challenge, Friday, Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. The defending national champion Rainbow Warriors (4-2) are the featured team in the event which also includes No. 14 Stanford, Queens (N.C.), and Fairleigh Dickinson. UH, who is coming off a pair of losses to Ball State, will meet FDU and Queens in a split double-header on Friday and Stanford in the tournament's featured match on Saturday.
 

MATCHES #7-9
What				First Point Collegiate Challenge
Who				#1 Hawai'i (4-2), #14 Stanford (5-2), Queens (4-3), Fairleigh Dickinson (0-1)
Date | Time				Friday, Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 5
Location				Austin, Texas — Austin Convention Center
Television				Spectrum Sports will televise UH matches only. Kanoa Leahey (play-by-play) and Bill Walton (analyst)
Live Stream				app.athletesgolive.com/firstpoint
Radio				Friday's matches on ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). Saturday's match on CBS Sports Hawai'i. Tiff Wells (play-by-play).
Streaming Audio				ESPNHonolulu.com, CBSSportsHawaii.com; Sideline Hawaii app
Live Stats				HawaiiAthletics.com
Game Notes				Hawai'i
Social Media				@HawaiiMensVB  | #HawaiiMVB #WarriorBall22 | @HawaiiMVB  | Facebook

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (all times Hawaiian)Friday      UH vs Fairleigh Dickinson, 7:30am
                Stanford vs Fairleigh Dickinson, 11:30am
                UH vs Queens, 3:00pm
Saturday  Fairleigh Dickinson vs Queens, 11:00am
                UH vs Stanford, 2:00pm

FIRST SERVE

• UH continues its road trip by competing in the First Point Collegiate Challenge along with No. 14 Stanford, Queens (N.C.), and Fairleigh Dickinson.
• UH will play a split double-header against Queens (11:30am) and Fairleigh Dickinson (7:00pm) on Friday and a single match against Stanford on Saturday (6:00pm).
• UH was supposed to play Kentucky State in the tournament's opening match however the Thorobreds pulled out of the event and were replaced by Fairleigh Dickinson.
• UH is coming off a series sweep by Ball State in Muncie, Ind. The Warriors played without three starters in the series, two of whom — S Jakob Thelle and MB Guilherme Voss — will return for this week's tournament. OH Chaz Galloway is listed as day-to-day.
• Friday's double-header marks the first time UH will play two matches in a single day since playing twice on Day 2 of the Grow the Game Challenge in 2018 (Grand Canyon & Lincoln Memorial).
• UH and Fairleigh Dickinson will be playing for the first time. UH is 3-0 all-time against Queens and holds a 45-38 advantage against its former Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival Stanford.
• The last time UH lost two consecutive matches was against Long Beach State in 2019.