Columbus, Ohio – The national title of the male team of the University of Hawaii from the men’s volleyball team ended with a scan in the hands of its UCLA rival in the semi-finals of the National Men’s Collegial Championship College on Saturday at Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio.
The second seeded and the Big West Rainbow Warriors champion closed the 2025 season to 27-6 after the Bruins victory n ° 3, 25-23, 25-23 in the 97th meeting of all time and 10th Matchaing of the playoffs between legendary programs.
A UH rotation in digital disadvantages struck. 188 while the UCLA (22-6) struck. 370 by advancing to face the National Championship match of Long Beach on Monday. The beach beat Pepperdine in four sets in the first semi-final match on Saturday.
Uh Outdoor striker Adrien Roure led the Warriors with 12 striking attacks while hitting .333 and had two ASs by finishing a first year season in America. Setter RosenthalAlso an All-American, finished with 19 assists and four striking attacks. Recruit Redshirt Justin Todd was in the four Uh blocks.
The UCLA had the advantage of the service line and in the net with six AS and 11 blocks. Sean Kelly led the Bruins with a summit of 13 striking attacks while reaching 0.435.
The Euh race to the last four of the NCAA has punctuated the career of five Seniors Rainbow Warrior ‘Eleu choy,, Kawai Hong,, Kurt Nuster,, Zachary Thompson And Wieter clay.
After failing the NCAA championship last year, the Warriors returned to the support this season by winning the title of the Big West Championship and qualified in the national semi-final for the ninth time.
The defeat on Saturday was UH’s first in the NCAA semi-finals since 2017, also in Columbus. The Warriors had progressed to the match for the title in their last four opportunities dating from 2019.
As in the victory in the quarter-final on Thursday against Penn State, the Warriors were late at the start of the opening while the UCLA took a 10-4 lead with an eight-point race. This time, Uh was unable to overcome the deficit and the third Ace of the Ensemble UCLA pushed the advance to 16-8. The Bruins remained in control until the end of the whole while reaching. 417 at Uh .048.
Freshman Kainoa Wade started the second set opposite and his first murder gave Uh an advance of 8-7. A successful challenge by Uh Coach Charlie Wade resulted in an ace for Finn KearneyBut UCLA put a 5-0 race to take a 9-10 lead. Uh rallied to catch the Bruins at 17-17 and there were five more links until Roure made a dive backup and Wade has finished the point of pushing uh in front 23-22. UCLA replied to recover lead and closed the whole with its seventh block.
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– Hawai’i Male Volleyball (@hawaimensvb) May 11, 2025
Uh again mixed the programming to open the third set with Wieter and Ofeck Hazan entering the match. The UCLA played again in front of the start of the set and led 12-6. UH closed at 15-13 but UCLA opened an advance of 20-15 on consecutive blocks. Roure put aside three consecutive eliminations to reduce the deficit to 21-18 and then delivered its second Ace of the match to bring UH in both. A killing by Louis Sakanoko brought UH to 22-21, but after the teams exchanged service errors, UCLA scored the next two points to close the match. The Bruins were assessed a red card after the end point to take into account the final margin.
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– Hawai’i Male Volleyball (@hawaimensvb) May 11, 2025
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