University of Hawaii men’s volleyball schedule released

Big West men’s volleyball runner-up Hawaii will have 16 home matches and will host the conference tournament April 18-20 at the Stan Sheriff Center.

UH’s 2019 schedule, announced on Thursday, includes the Hawaiian Airlines Classic (USC, Concordia-Irvine, New Jersey Tech) on Jan. 10-12 and the 25th Outrigger Invitational (Pepperdine, Ball State and King) on March 7-9.

The Rainbow Warriors (19-8 in 2018) will play in the BYU Invitational on March 21-23 in a field that includes Princeton, McKendree and the host Cougars. Hawaii will also travel to Charlotte, N.C., for nonconference matches with Queens (Feb. 7 and 9) and Saint Francis (Feb. 8).

The Warriors open the season with two exhibition matches against British Columbia on Jan. 4-5. Other nonconference home matches are against Stanford (Feb. 1 and 3) and Lincoln Memorial (Feb. 15 and 17).

The complete schedule is available at hawaiiathletics.com.

Chaminade volleyball swept in playoffs

The Chaminade volleyball team lost to No. 1 Cal State San Bernardino 25-23, 25-10, 27-25 in the first round of the NCAA West Regional on Thursday in Bellingham, Wash.

Alana Handy had 12 kills and Emma Tecklenburg added 10 for the seventh-seeded Silverswords, who finished the season 23-6.

Alexis Cardoza finished with 20 kills for the second-seeded Coyotes (26-2).