HONOLULU –  The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team will host the Outrigger Big West Conference Championship presented by the Hawaiian Islands for the third consecutive time at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. The tournament begins with the quarterfinal round Thursday, April 21 and concludes with the championship match Saturday, April 23. The second-seeded Rainbow Warriors (22-5) earned a first round bye and will face either UC Santa Barbara or CSUN in Friday's semifinals at 7:00 p.m. UH also hosted the championship tournament in 2019 and 2021 (no tournament in 2020 due to pandemic), winning the title in 2019 over Long Beach State in front of a sold-out crowd.
 

MATCHES #28
What				2022 Outrigger Big West Conference Championship presented by the Hawaiian Islands
Who				Semifinal #2 - No. 2-seed Hawai'i (22-5) vs. Winner of No. 3-seed UC Santa Barbara (18-8) and No. 6-seed CSUN (6-15)
Date | Time				Friday, April 22; 7:00 p.m. HT
Location				Honolulu, O'ahu — SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Television				Spectrum Sports. Kanoa Leahey (play-by-play) and Chris McLachlin (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
Social Media				@HawaiiMensVB  | #HawaiiMVB #WarriorBall22 | @HawaiiMVB  | Facebook

FIRST SERVE

• Hawai'i (22-5, 5-3 BWC) is the No. 2 seed in this week's Big West Championship and receives a first round bye into the semifinals.
• UH has hosted the championship two previous times in 2019 and '21 at SimpliFi Arena.
• UH has a bye into Friday's semifinals and will play the winner of Thursday's quarterfinal match between third-seeded UC Santa Barbara (18-8) and six-seeded CSUN (6-15). Friday's semifinal match is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. HT.
• Hawai'i is 2-1 in semifinal round matches after falling in last year's semis to UC San Diego. UH has advanced to the championship twice in 2018 and '19, winning the title in 2019.
• UH swept the season series with both UCSB and CSUN this season.
• UH has won six consecutive matches over CSUN dating back to 2019 and 12 straight over UCSB dating back to 2017.
• UH head coach Charlie Wade has a 7-8 record in the conference tournament having advanced to the championship match three times with one title.
• Setter Jakob Thelle has 51 aces on the year. The program's single-season record is 54 by Mark Presho (1993) and Clay Stanley (2000). The rally-scoring record is 53 by Pedro Azenha in 2004.