Upon her cancer diagnosis in March of 2016, Karena Owen was determined to endure. As a child, she lost her mother to a car accident; the tragedy galvanized the ex-Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball player to be there for her two young children as long as possible. Read more
For the first time since 2003, Hawaii men’s volleyball has a conference player of the year — and the Rainbow Warriors did it without playing a single conference match in 2020. Read more
Parapunov, a senior opposite from Bulgaria, averaged a BWC-best 4.47 kills per set and hit .377 on the year, fifth-best in the conference. Read more
Under normal circumstances, busted brackets would be the trending topic spanning the country today. Read more
Everything changed in an instant. Four, and in some cases five years of hard work were gone, poof, up in smoke. Read more
Five-hundred fans or none, the goal remains the same: three wins in four days for March glory. Read more
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Laura Beeman was pleased with her team’s haul of Big West postseason awards announced Monday, but not completely satisfied. Read more
Tago, who led UH to the 4 seed in this week’s Big West tournament with a 15.0 scoring average and became the 22nd member of the Rainbow Wahine 1,000-point club, was named to the All-BWC first team. Read more
Julissa Tago wasted little time in getting the 1,000-point career mark out of the way on senior night. Her final 3-point shot in front of a crowd at the Stan Sheriff Center? That was a little tougher. Read more
Senior Julissa Tago scored 19 points to reach the 1,000-point career milestone and the Hawaii women’s basketball team sent off its three outgoing players with a 75-58 win over Cal Poly in the 2019-20 home finale tonight. Read more
There’s more at stake tonight than just sending some seniors off right or playing for seeding in the Big West tournament. It’s remembering how to win, period. Read more
A sellout crowd helped rally the top-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team in a reverse-sweep thriller over No. 2 BYU tonight, 20-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-23, 19-17. Read more
Second-ranked BYU made it an anticlimactic, quick night in the first of two marquee men’s volleyball matchups against No. 1 Hawaii, sweeping the Rainbow Warriors 25-15, 25-17, 25-20 tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Read more
The difference between six wins in a row and four straight losses was exemplified by the margin of the game-winning shot unleashed by UC Santa Barbara’s Danae Miller on Wednesday night. Read more
The Hawaii women’s basketball team’s losing streak was extended in dramatic fashion when UC Santa Barbara guard Danae Miller hit a 14-footer at the buzzer for a 57-56 Gauchos win tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Read more
The Hawaii women’s basketball team will attempt to end a three-game losing streak and shore up its seeding for the Big West tournament on senior week starting today against UC Santa Barbara. Read more
The Hawaii men’s basketball team emerged from a recent slump to defeat Cal State Fullerton 70-59 tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Read more
The top-ranked Hawaii men’s volleyball team overcame a slow start to defeat Nittaidai of Japan 19-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-20 in an exhibition match played before 2,564 people tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Read more
A matchup that was billed as a battle between two tightly bunched teams atop the Big West standings instead underscored the gap between Nos. 1 and 2. Read more
The Hawaii women’s basketball team was unable to take over first place in the Big West Conference as league leader UC Davis turned back the Rainbow Wahine 65-48 tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Read more
Saturday night’s battle at the Stan Sheriff Center will determine whether UH or UC Davis has sole command of first place hitting the stretch drive of the conference season. Read more
