The members of the University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team went 101 miles — Manoa to Makawao — to get closer to each other.

“It’s a chance to get away and do our thing,” said head coach Charlie Wade, whose Warriors opened training camp Monday on the Seabury Hall campus on Maui. “We’ll get some good practice time in, and also have the team-bonding aspect.”

Wade said the players and coaches will have access to cell phones and computers for one hour each day of the trip, which runs through Thursday morning. The Warriors return to Manoa that afternoon ahead of Monday’s exhibition match in the Stan Sheriff Center. The season opens with the Jan. 7 first round of the Outrigger Hotels Invitational.

In past years, the Warriors held the early part of training camp at Joint Base Pearl Harbor/Hickam and on the North Shore. At Seabury Hall, where the Warriors will have four-to-a-room lodging, “the training will be more focused,” Wade said.

The bonding is a necessity for a team that subtracted 11 players from last year’s NCAA-playoff roster while adding 10 first-year Warriors.

The Warriors have returning starters at setter (Jennings Franciskovic) and passers (libero Kolby Kanetake and outside hitters Siki Zarkovic and Kupono Fey). Wade said the co-captains — Kanetake, Zarkovic, Fey and Iain McKellar —are designated leaders for the first time in their UH careers.

“Now they’re the most veteran guys,” Wade said. “It’s fun to see them emerge as the leaders of the team.”

The Warriors need to fill two holes in the middle created with the graduations of Taylor Averill and Davis Holt. Zach Radner retired from volleyball to focus on his engineering studies, Vaughn Wellenreiter opted not to return for his senior season, Kekoa Pukahi is preparing for a church mission, and freshman Patrick Gasman suffered a season-ending foot injury.

McKellar, a natural opposite who missed most of last season because of a knee injury, is a leading candidate for a middle job. Hendrik Mol, Nainoa Frank and Luke Owens are the other middle considerations. Last season, Mol suffered diminished vision in his left eye because of an infection. Mol must wear protective glasses during matches.

“It was like being struck by lightning,” Wade said of the unlikeliness of Mol’s eye injury. “The doctors had not ever seen that.”

Wade said Stijn Van Tilburg, a freshman from the Netherlands, is the top opposite. Brook Sedore completed his eligibility in May.

“Stijn was our best opposite in the fall,” Wade said. “He’s played at a high level. He’s a really good student. He does everything the right way.”

Wade is hopeful about the roster’s composition.

“I like what we know,”Wade said. “We know about Siki, Kupono, Kolby and Jennings. That group has played together a lot. And they’ve grown a fair amount. That part we know. There’s the unproven part, the parts we’re replacing. It seems we’re still evolving and putting together a nice collection of physical talent and guys who have bought into the program.”