Hawaii women’s volleyball makes NCAA tournament
ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Hawaii is headed to the NCAA tournament and will open against Baylor.
Hawaii will play on.
The Rainbow Wahine (18-8) will make their 26th consecutive NCAA volleyball tournament appearance on Thursday, playing Baylor in the subregional hosted by 15th-seeded Oregon in Eugene.
The Bears (19-8) finished second to Texas in the Big 12.
“I’m just happy we made it,” Hawaii coach Robyn Ah Mow-Santos said. “I’m happy we can continue our season.
“I don’t care about the draw. As long as we made it … that’s all I care about.”
Hawaii hosted Oregon twice in September, falling to the Ducks 3-0 and 3-2. Oregon (20-10) opens the tournament against New Mexico State (24-7), the Wahine’s former rival in the Western Athletic Conference. Thursday’s winners will face each other on Friday.
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Hawaii has missed the postseason just once, in 1992 when the Wahine went 15-12. The last time the Wahine played at Oregon was in 1984, losing to the Ducks 3-2 in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
The top four national seeds are Stanford, Minnesota, Illinois and Brigham Young.
Hawaii is in the regional hosted by No. 2 seed Minnesota, which is also hosting the final four.
Click here for the NCAA bracket.
