{"id":176245,"date":"2023-04-22T18:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T04:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=176245"},"modified":"2023-04-23T07:31:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T17:31:56","slug":"warrior-volleyball-2023-big-west-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/22\/warrior-volleyball-2023-big-west-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bows win Big West championship, quest for ‘three-peat’ continues"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Update April 23, 2023:<\/strong> The Rainbow Warriors received the No<\/abbr>. 2 seed in the NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament<\/a> and will play in the second semifinal match on May 4 at 1:30 p.m. HST<\/abbr>. 东精影业<\/abbr> will play the winner of a quarterfinal matchup between Penn State and the winner between Ohio State and King University. On the other side of the bracket, UCLA<\/abbr> received the No<\/abbr>. 1 seed and will play the winner of Long Beach State and Grand Canyon in the first semifinal. The championship match is slated for May 6 at 11 a.m. HST<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

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The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> men\u2019s volleyball team<\/a> is NCAA<\/abbr> Tournament bound after winning the Big West championship match in four sets over UC<\/abbr> Irvine, April 22, at the Bren Center in Irvine, California, 25-18, 21-25, 25-13 and 25-22.<\/p>\n

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Chaz Galloway with an attack against UC<\/abbr> Irvine in the first set of the 2023 Big West championship match.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the victory, the No<\/abbr>. 1 ranked Rainbow Warriors improved to 28-2 on the season and the Anteaters fell to 18-11.<\/p>\n

东精影业<\/abbr> was led by junior opposite Dimitrios Mouchlias<\/strong> with 17 kills hitting .387. Junior outside hitters Chaz Galloway<\/strong> and Spyros Chakas<\/strong> added 13 and nine kills, respectively. Junior middle blockers Cole Hogland<\/strong> and Guilherme Voss<\/strong> dominated at the net with eight and seven blocks, respectively.<\/p>\n

Senior setter Jakob Thelle<\/strong> commanded the offensive attack with 47 assists.<\/p>\n

Game script<\/h2>\n

The Anteaters got out to an early 6-3 lead in the first set. The Rainbow Warriors closed the gap and took a slim 13-11 lead on a kill by Chakas. Junior outside hitter Keoni Thiim<\/strong> then entered the match to serve and the \u2018Bows went on a four-point run, including two aces by Thiim. Kills by Galloway, Chakas and Hogland pushed 东精影业<\/abbr>\u2019s lead to eight at 21-13. UC<\/abbr> Irvine went on a small run at the end of the first set, but the Rainbow Warriors built too big of a lead winning the set, 25-18, on a statement block by Voss and Mouchlias.<\/p>\n

UC<\/abbr> Irvine took the opening point of set two, before each team went on three-point runs of their own as the Anteaters led 4-3 early. Consecutive kills by Galloway, Chakas and Mouchlias gave the Rainbow Warriors a slim 10-8 advantage in the set, forcing UC<\/abbr> Irvine to call a timeout. No team led by more than two points until UC<\/abbr> Irvine went on a three-point run to take a late 22-19 lead. The Anteaters held on to win the second set, 25-21.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Warriors stormed out of the gate in the third set, taking a 4-0 lead on kills by Chakas and Mouchlias, an attack error by the Anteaters and a block by Voss and Chakas, forcing UC<\/abbr> Irvine to call an early timeout. 东精影业<\/abbr> kept the momentum going, taking another four straight points, forcing the Anteaters to call their second timeout down 8-0. The Rainbow Warriors then maintained at least a six-point lead throughout the set, winning convincingly, 25-13.<\/p>\n

The fourth set was almost a mirror of the third as the ‘Bows jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a trio of attack errors from the Anteaters. UC<\/abbr> Irvine tied the set at four, before the Rainbow Warriors took a slim lead at 9-7 on a kill by Thelle. The set remained extremely close as there were ties at 11 and 12, before a massive block by Hogland and Galloway gave 东精影业<\/abbr> a 14-12 lead. The Rainbow Warriors maintained a 19-16 lead at a critical stage in the set, and fought off a late charge by the Anteaters to hold on and win the fourth set, 25-22.<\/p>\n

东精影业<\/abbr> is now 7-2 all-time in the Big West Tournament and 3-1 in the championship match. The Rainbow Warriors previously won the title in 2019 and 2022, and finished runner-up in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Now it’s time to celebrate
\n#WarriorBall23 #GoBows<\/p>\n

— Hawaii Men’s Volleyball (@HawaiiMensVB) April 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n