LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team will look to avenge a pair of losses to Ball State earlier this season with a match-up against the Cardinals in the NCAA Championship semifinals, Thursday, May 5 at Pauley Pavilion. Match time is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. HT) and will follow the first semifinal between top-seeded Long Beach State and host UCLA. The Rainbow Warriors (25-5) advanced to the semifinals with a straight-set win over North Greenville in Tuesday's Opening Round. UH and BSU (23-3) met earlier this season in Muncie, Ind., with the Cardinals winning both matches of a two-match series. 
 

MATCH #30
What				2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Championship
Who				Semifinal #2: Hawai'i (25-5) vs. Ball State (23-3)
Date | Time				Thursday, May 5; 7:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. HT
Location				Los Angeles, Calif. — Pauley Pavilion (Host: UCLA)
Live Stream				NCAA.com
Radio				ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). Tiff Wells (play-by-play).
Streaming Audio				ESPNHonolulu.com; Sideline Hawaii app
Live Stats				NCAA.com
Game Notes				Hawai'i
Social Media				@HawaiiMensVB  | #HawaiiMVB #WarriorBall22 | @HawaiiMVB  | Facebook

FIRST SERVE

• Hawai'i (25-5) is appearing in the NCAA semifinals for the seventh time with a 4-2 all-time record.
• UH advanced to the semifinals with a straight set win over North Greenville in the opening round on Tuesday. Hawai'i needed only 80 minutes to secure the victory with Greeks Spyros Chakas (12K) and Dimitrios Mouchlias (10K) leading the way and Jakob Thelle setting a new UH single-season ace record.
• This year marks UH's third consecutive trip to the semifinals and fourth in the last five years.
• UH and Ball State met once in the NCAA Tournament in the third place match in 1995 in Springfield, Mass. The Cardinals won in four sets.
• The teams met earlier this season with BSU taking both matches in Muncie, Ind., the first in straight sets and the rematch in five. UH was also ranked No. 1  in the AVCA poll at the time.
• UH still leads the all-time series with BSU, 12-5.
• BSU (23-3), the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association champion, is the tournament's No. 2 seed having earned a bye into the semifinals.
• UH is 1-2 all-time versus the MIVA in the NCAA Tournament with its lone win against Lewis in the 2019 semifinals.
• UH's 25 wins are the most in the country and tied for the fourth-most in program history.

HAWAI'I VERSUS BALL STATE SERIES

• UH leads the series 12-5 although the Cardinals took the last two matches in the series earlier this season in Muncie, Ind.
• In that series, the Warriors played without setter Jakob Thelle and middle blocker Guilherme Voss due to health and safety protocols and outside hitter Chaz Galloway due to injury.
• Prior to the two-match series in January, the schools met in Honolulu (11 times), San Diego (3 times), and Springfield, Mass. (once), the latter of which in the 1995 NCAA Championship Third Place match.
• UH's loss to BSU on Jan. 29 snapped a 50-match win streak in the regular season against non-MPSF or non-Big West teams dating back to 2013.