HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i beach volleyball team returns home to host the OUTRIGGER Queen's Cup, March 10-12, at Queen's Beach.
Joining the No. 9 BeachBows are Nebraska, UC Davis, and nationally-ranked squads TCU (3) and Cal (10). The team's will play a round-robin format all-day Thursday and Friday morning before competing in a championship bracket on Saturday.
UH (6-3) is coming off a perfect 4-0 weekend at the Cactus Classic in Tucson, Ariz., highlighted by three sweeps and a 4-1 win over No. 13 Arizona.
Quick Set
What: OUTRIGGER Queen's Cup
Who: No. 3 TCU, No. 9 Hawai'i, No. 10 California, Nebraska, UC Davis
When: March 10-12
Where: Queen's Beach – Waikiki
Admission: Free
Live Scoring: HawaiiAthletics.com
Schedule
Thursday, March 10
Hawai'i vs.UC Davis...…….....8:00 a.m.
TCU vs.Nebraska..........….....10:00 a.m.
Hawai'i vs.California...............12:00 p.m.
Nebraska vs.UC Davis............2:00 p.m.
California vs TCU………….....4:00 p.m.
Friday, March 11
Nebraska vs.California..........8:00 a.m.
UC Davis vs. TCU.................10:00 a.m.
Hawai'i vs Nebraska..............12:00 p.m.
California vs.UC Davis...........2:00 p.m.
Hawai'i vs TCU…………….....4:00 p.m
Saturday, March 12
Quarterfinals.......................8:00 a.m.
Semifinal #1.....…………....10:00 a.m.
Semifinal #2........................12:00 p.m.
3rd-Place Match..................2:00 p.m.
Final.....................................4:00 p.m.
UH Pairs To Watch: Ilihia Huddleston and
Sarah Penner are a team-best 7-2 this year while playing at the No. 4 court...
Anna Maidment and
Sofia Russo are 6-1 at the No. 5 flight and have won five straight matches, including a win over the No. 5 pairs of second-ranked UCLA...
Kaylee Glagau and
Brooke Van Sickle are the reigning Big West Pair of the Week after going a perfect 4-0 at the Cactus Classic...the duo is 6-3 this year while playing at the top of the UH lineup.
All-Time Series Records: UH is 4-0 against UC Davis, including three wins last season...the teams will also meet again at the Big West Challenge in Long Beach in late March…UH is a perfect 12-0 against Nebraska with all but one of the wins coming in Honolulu…this will be the first meeting between the teams since 2019…the 'Bows are 3-1 all-time against California…all three wins have come in Honolulu with the last pair of wins coming in Honolulu in 2019…the Bears beat UH 4-1 on the campus of UC Davis last year…UH and TCU will meet for the sixth time and the first time since 2019…the team's met five straight years (2015-19) with UH winning all five meetings, four of them coming on neutral courts.
Versus Unranked Squads: UH is 103-1 (.990) all-time vs unranked squads, including 4-0 this year…the BeachBows have won 102 straight matches against unranked opponents dating back to 2013 when AVCA rankings began…the team's only loss against an unranked opponent came to Loyola Marymount, 3-2, on March 23, 2013, at the USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge at Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Versus Ranked Squads: UH is 80-61 (.564) all-time versus ranked squads, including 2-3 this year….UH is 35-21 (.625) all-time versus ranked squads in Honolulu.
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