{"id":303273,"date":"2026-05-06T22:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/303273\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:40:09","slug":"bows-beach-rematch-set-for-ncaa-championship-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/303273\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bows-Beach Rematch Set For NCAA Championship Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

All UH fans attending are encouraged to WEAR GREEN!<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\tNational Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship
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\n\t\t\t#2-seed Hawai’i (28-5) vs. #3-seed Long Beach State (25-4)
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\n\t\t\tSaturday, May 9 | 6:30 p.m. PT
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\n\t\t\tLos Angeles, Calif. – Pauley Pavilion (13,800)
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\n\t\t\tESPN+. Bryan Fenley (play-by-play) and Harry Kaseff (analyst)
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\n\t\t\tESPN Honolulu (1500AM\/92.7FM). Tiff Wells (play-by-play)
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\n\t\t\tESPNHonolulu.com; ESPN Honolulu app
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\n\t\t\tHawaii.Statbroadcast.com
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\n\t\t\tHawai’i<\/a>\u00a0| Long Beach State
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\nNCAA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE<\/p>\n

Regional Round | Friday, May 1
\nPepperdine def. Fort Valley State, 3-0
\nUC Irvine def. Penn State, 3-2
\nLoyola Chicago def. Saint Francis, 3-0
\nSouthern California def. Belmont Abbey, 3-0
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\nRegional Finals | Saturday, May 2
\nNo. 4 Ball State def. Pepperdine, 3-2
\nUC Irvine def. No. 1 UCLA, 3-2
\nNo. 3 Long Beach State def. Loyola Chicago, 3-0
\nNo. 2 Hawai’i def. Southern California, 3-1
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\nSemifinals | Saturday, May 9 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
\nNo. 4 Ball State vs. UC Irvine
\nNo. 2 Hawai’i vs. No. 3 Long Beach State
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\nFinal | Monday, May 11 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
\nChampionship Match<\/p>\n

SERIES INFORMATION
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Overall: LBSU leads 54-52
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Honolulu: UH leads 29-21
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Long Beach: LBSU leads 29-19
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neutral: Tied 4-4
\nPostseason: UH leads 6-5
\nLast Meeting: 4\/25\/26, LBSU 3-2
\nStreak: LBSU 1<\/p>\n

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\n\tUH 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.
\n\tThe 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.
\n\tThe 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.
\n\tHawai’i (28-5) is competing in its 11th all-time NCAA Championship tournament with an 13-8 mark and two national titles (2021 & ’22).
\n\tUH has advanced to the NCAA title match six times in its history with a 3-3 mark (2002 title was vacated).
\n\tUH’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.
\n\tHead coach Charlie Wade<\/a> has led UH to eight NCAA appearances in 17 seasons\u2014all since 2015\u2014with a 10-5 record in the tournament.
\n\tLBSU holds a 54-52 advantage in the all-time series. The 106 matches are the most against one opponent in UH history.
\n\tUH 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.
\n\tUH 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). <\/p>\n

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\nUH IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP<\/p>\n


\n\tUH 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).
\n\tUH has a 13-8 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament, including a 6-3 mark in the semifinal round.
\n\tUH 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.
\n\tHead coach Charlie Wade<\/a>, 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.
\n\tFour different Warriors have been named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament \u2014 Yuval Katz (1996), Costas Theocharidis (2002), Rado Parapunov (2021), and Spyros Chakas (2022).
\n\tUH has advanced to the NCAA Championship semifinals 10 times in its history and to the finals match six times \u2014 1996, 2002, ’19, ’21, ’22, and ’23.
\n\tThe 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. <\/p>\n

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\n‘BOWS-BEACH RIVALRY<\/p>\n


\n\tLBSU leads the all-time series 54-52. The 106 matches in the series is the most against one opponent in UH history.
\n\tThis 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.
\n\tUH’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.
\n\tThe 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.
\n\tThe 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.
\n\tUH head coach Charlie Wade<\/a> is 19-22 against the Beach since taking over the program in 2010. <\/p>\n

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