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Rainbow Wahine volleyball releases 2017 schedule

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GEORGE F. LEE / OCT. 14

McKenna Granato and the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will open the upcoming season against Marquette on Aug. 25.

The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will open the first season of the post-Dave Shoji era on Aug. 25 against Marquette.

UH will also face San Diego and UCLA in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational, which will feature the debut of head coach Robyn Ah Mow-Santos. All three opening-weekend opponents played in the NCAA tournament last season.

Hawaii, which released its 2017 schedule today, finished the 2016 season 23-6 and lost to Minnesota in the second round of the NCAAs.

Other teams coming off NCAA berths who are on the Wahine schedule are BYU, Utah and Baylor.

Western Carolina, South Dakota, Nevada and Northern Arizona round out Hawaii’s nonconference opponents.

The Wahine open Big West play on Sept. 22, hosting UC Irvine.

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