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HONOLULU – After an idle week, the No. 13 University of Hawai’i beach volleyball team returns to competition with the Heineken Queen’s Cup, March 5-7, at Queen’s Beach. Joining the No. 13 BeachBows are Chaminade, Concordia Irvine, Pepperdine, Saint Mary’s, San Jose State, and UNC Wilmington. The teams will play a round-robin format throughout the tournament.

Playing for the first time in nearly two weeks, the BeachBows (1-4) look to rack up some victories after a competitive opening weekend in late February that saw them face four of the top nine teams in the nation, highlighted by an upset of preseason top-ranked UCLA.

 

Quick Set

What: Heineken Queen’s Cup

Who: Chaminade, Concordia Irvine, No. 13 Hawai’i, Pepperdine, Saint Mary’s, San Jose State, UNC Wilmington

When: March 5-7

Where: Queen’s Beach – Waikiki

Admission: Free

Live Scoring: HawaiiAthletics.com

 

This Week’s Schedule

Heineken Queen’s Cup (Queen’s Beach)

Thursday, March 5

8:30 am…..Pepp vs UNCW

9:45 am…..UH vs. CUI

11:00 am….SJSU vs. SMC

12:15 pm….CHA vs. CUI

1:30 pm……Pepp vs. SJSU

2:45 pm……UNCW vs. SMC

4:00 pm……UH vs. CHA

Friday, March 6

8:30 am…..CUI vs. Pepp

9:45 am…..UH vs. SMC

11:00 am….CHA vs. UNCW

12:15 pm….UH vs. SJSU

1:30 pm……SMC vs. Pepp

2:45 pm……SJSU vs. CHA

4:00 pm……CUI vs. UNCW

Saturday, March 7

8:30 am….CUI vs. SJSU

9:45 am…..UH vs. Pepp

11:00 am….CHA vs. SMC

12:15 pm….UH vs. UNCW

1:30 pm……Pepp vs. CHA

2:45 pm……CUI vs. SMC

4:00 pm……SJSU vs. UNCW

Hawai’i Ties: Chaminade’s Audrah Johnson is the wife of Rainbow Warrior basketball player Isaac “Big Fish” Johnson…Silversword assistant coach Kolby Kanetake was a former All-American libero for the Rainbow Warrior volleyball team (2013-16)…Punahou graduate Taylor Crabb is a second-year assistant coach with Saint Mary’s…Crabb is a former collegiate National Player of the Year before enjoying a stellar professional beach career. Pepperdine’s Emi Erickson (Punahou) and Concordia Irvine’s Kelia Giusta (Moanalua) are among the local prep players returning home.

All-Time Series Records: Chaminade will be making its second straight appearance in the Queen’s Cup…UH blanked the Silverswords in each of the last two meetings…UH faces Concordia Irvine for the second time…the ‘Bows beat the Golden Eagles, 4-1, the first meeting on the campus of USC in 2024…the BeachBows are 5-12 all-time against Pepperdine…this will be just the third meeting between the teams in the last seven years…the ‘Bows beat the Waves twice in the 2024 Queen’s Cup in the last matchups…UH is a perfect 9-0 against Saint Mary’s, including 8-0 in Honolulu…the teams have met in each of the previous four seasons…UH will face San Jose State for the first time in seven years…the BeachBows have won the previous three meetings in shutout fashion…UH and UNC Wilmington will meet for just the second time ever on the sand….the BeachBows beat the Seahawks, 5-0, in the 2018 Gamecock Challenge in South Carolina.

 

Versus Unranked Squads: UH is 159-5 (.974) all-time vs unranked squads, including 70-1 at home…the lone home loss came in 2023 when the BeachBows fell to Cal Poly in the semifinals of the Big West Championship…..UH enjoyed 105 straight wins against unranked opponents between 2013 and 2022. 

  

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