The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team advanced to the NCAA Championship semifinal round for the 10th time in program history and will meet Big West rival Long Beach State, Saturday, May 9 at Pauley Pavilion. The teams will meet for the fourth time this season and the contest will be a rematch of the Big West Championship finals two weeks ago, when the Beach won in five sets.

All UH fans attending are encouraged to WEAR GREEN!

MATCH #34
What				National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship
Who				#2-seed Hawai'i (28-5) vs. #3-seed Long Beach State (25-4)
Date | Time				Saturday, May 9 | 6:30 p.m. PT
Location				Los Angeles, Calif. - Pauley Pavilion (13,800)
Television				None
Live Stream				ESPN+. Bryan Fenley (play-by-play) and Harry Kaseff (analyst)
Radio				ESPN Honolulu (1500AM/92.7FM). Tiff Wells (play-by-play)
Streaming Audio				ESPNHonolulu.com; ESPN Honolulu app
Live Stats				Hawaii.Statbroadcast.com
Game Notes				Hawai'i | Long Beach State
Digital Program				Click Here
Social Media				@HawaiiMensVB  | #HawaiiMVB #WarriorBall26 | @HawaiiMVB  | Facebook

NCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Regional Round | Friday, May 1
Pepperdine def. Fort Valley State, 3-0
UC Irvine def. Penn State, 3-2
Loyola Chicago def. Saint Francis, 3-0
Southern California def. Belmont Abbey, 3-0
 
Regional Finals | Saturday, May 2
No. 4 Ball State def. Pepperdine, 3-2
UC Irvine def. No. 1 UCLA, 3-2
No. 3 Long Beach State def. Loyola Chicago, 3-0
No. 2 Hawai'i def. Southern California, 3-1
 
Semifinals | Saturday, May 9 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
No. 4 Ball State vs. UC Irvine
No. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 Long Beach State
 
Final | Monday, May 11 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Championship Match

SERIES INFORMATION

Overall: LBSU leads 54-52
            In Honolulu: UH leads 29-21
            In Long Beach: LBSU leads 29-19
            Neutral: Tied 4-4
Postseason: UH leads 6-5
Last Meeting: 4/25/26, LBSU 3-2
Streak: LBSU 1

FIRST SERVE

• UH advanced to the semifinals after a win over USC in the NCAA Regional Final in Honolulu while LBSU swept Loyola Chicago in a Regional Final in Long Beach, Calif.
• The teams have met twice in the NCAA Tournament, both in the title match with the Beach winning in 2019 in Long Beach and UH winning in 2022 in Los Angeles.
• The teams have met 11 times in postseason play with UH holding a 6-5 advantage. The last eight postseason meetings have been in the finals of either the conference tournament or NCAA Championship.
• Hawai'i (28-5) is competing in its 11th all-time NCAA Championship tournament with an 13-8 mark and two national titles (2021 & '22).
• UH has advanced to the NCAA title match six times in its history with a 3-3 mark (2002 title was vacated).
• UH's 28 wins this season is tied for second-most in a single-season in program history and one shy of the all-time mark of 29 wins set in 2023.
• Head coach Charlie Wade has led UH to eight NCAA appearances in 17 seasons—all since 2015—with a 10-5 record in the tournament.
• LBSU holds a 54-52 advantage in the all-time series. The 106 matches are the most against one opponent in UH history.
• UH swept the two-match regular season series in Long Beach this season for the first time since 2015. The Beach got their revenge, outlasting Hawai'i in five sets in the Big West Championship match in Irvine, Calif.
• UH is making its third trip to Los Angeles, Calif., for the NCAA Championship, having also competed in 1996 (lost in finals to UCLA) and 2022 (won in finals vs. Long Beach State).

 
UH IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

• UH is making its 11th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance, eight of which have occurred in the last 11 seasons (2015, '17, '19, '21, '22, '23, '25, and '26).
• UH has a 13-8 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament, including a 6-3 mark in the semifinal round.
• UH captured the program's first national title in 2021 in Columbus, Ohio with a straight-set win over BYU and repeated in 2022 in Los Angeles, Calif., with a straight-set win over Long Beach State.
• Head coach Charlie Wade, who took over the program in 2010, led UH the national championship match in four straight seasons (2019, '21, '22. and '23), becoming the first school to do so since UCLA (1993-96), which made six straight appearances.
• Four different Warriors have been named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament — Yuval Katz (1996), Costas Theocharidis (2002), Rado Parapunov (2021), and Spyros Chakas (2022).
• UH has advanced to the NCAA Championship semifinals 10 times in its history and to the finals match six times — 1996, 2002, '19, '21, '22, and '23.
• The program made its very first appearance in the NCAA Championship tournament in 1995, travelling to Springfield, Mass., where they fell in a tight five-set semifinal battle against Penn State.

 
'BOWS-BEACH RIVALRY

• LBSU leads the all-time series 54-52. The 106 matches in the series is the most against one opponent in UH history.
• This season, UH swept the two-match regular season series in Long Beach for the first time since 2015. The Beach got their revenge, outlasting Hawai'i in five sets in the Big West Championship match.
• UH's win at the Pyramid on March 20, snapped an 11-match road losing streak in the series dating back to 2017. The Beach had also won eight straight regular season home matches at the Pyramid, sweeping the season series in 2017, '19, '22, and '24.
• The teams have met twice in the NCAA Tournament, both in the title match with the Beach winning in 2019 in Long Beach and UH winning in 2022 in Los Angeles.
• The teams have met 11 times in postseason play with UH holding a 6-5 advantage. The last eight postseason meetings have been in the finals of either a conference tournament or NCAA Championship.
• UH head coach Charlie Wade is 19-22 against the Beach since taking over the program in 2010.