HONOLULU – The No. 4 University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team enters the final stretch of the regular season with a two-match Big West series against No. 5 UC Irvine, Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif. The Rainbow Warriors (20-4, 3-3 BWC) are coming off a two-match series sweep of UC Santa Barbara last week which closed out their home schedule while the Anteaters (16-7, 5-1) split a pair of matches against CSUN with each team defending its homecourt.
 

MATCHES #25-26
Who				No. 4 Hawai'i (20-4, 3-3 BWC) vs. No. 5 UC Irvine (16-7, 5-1 BWC)
Date | Time				Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6 | 6:00 p.m. PT (3:00 p.m. HT)
Location				Irvine, Calif. - Bren Events Center
Television				None
Live Stream				ESPN+
Radio				ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). Tiff Wells (play-by-play).
Streaming Audio				ESPNHonolulu.com; Sideline Hawaii app.
Live Stats				UCIrvineSports.com
Game Notes				Hawai'i | UCI | Big West
Digital Program				Click Here
Social Media				@HawaiiMensVB  | #HawaiiMVB #WarriorBall24 | @HawaiiMVB  | Facebook

SERIES INFORMATIONOverall: UH leads 49-22
            In Honolulu: UH leads 26-9
            In Irvine: UH leads 22-13
            Neutral: UH leads 1-0
Postseason: UH leads 3-2
Last Meeting: 3/10/24, UH 3-2
Streak: UH 14

FIRST SERVE

• UH and UC Irvine met once this season with the Rainbow Warriors pulling out a five-set victory on the final day of the OUTRIGGER Invitational in Honolulu.
• UH's Spyros Chakas suffered a season-ending injury late in that match while UCI's Hilir Henno recorded a match-high 36 kills, hitting at a .412 clip with three aces.
• Hawai'i leads the all-time series with UC Irvine, 49-22, including a current 15-match win streak dating back to 2018 (last loss Feb. 25, 2018 in Honolulu).
• UH also holds a 22-13 advantage in Irvine with a current nine-match win streak dating back to 2015 (last loss Jan, 28, 2015).
• From 2011-15, the Anteaters had won 10 of 11 in the series.
• UH is 3-2 on the road this season while UCI is 8-2 at home.
• UCI setter Brett Sheward lettered for UH from 2020-23 and was an honorable mention AVCA All-American for the Warriors last season at libero.
• Head coach Charlie Wade has a 23-12 record against UCI.
• Wade has directed Hawai'i to six 20-win seasons since 2010, the most 20-win campaigns of any UH coach. Mike Wilton had five 20-win seasons in 17 years (1993-2009). 
• UH's three losses in Big West play are tied for the second-most since the league was formed in 2018. Hawai'i lost four matches in the inaugural 2018 campaign  (6-4) and went 7-3 in 2022.
• UH is hosting the Big West Tournament later this month at SimpliFi Arena. The top two teams clinch a first-round bye into the semifinals. Currently, UCI is No. 2 and UH is No. 3 in the league standings.
• UH will close out the regular season with a two-match series at UC San Diego, April 12-13, in La Jolla, Calif. Last season, the teams closed out the regular season in Honolulu, and UH swept the series to clinch a share of the BW regular season title.