#UH women’s volleyball

The season came to end for the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team, losing to Washington 20-25, 25-20, 19-25, 27-25, 15-11 on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle.

The No. 9 University of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team welcomes third-ranked UCLA along with San Diego State and Idaho to the Stan Sheriff Center this weekend for the 18th annual Verizon Volleyball Challenge.

Sporting its first long sleeve uniforms in three seasons, the University of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine volleyball team turned back previously unbeaten Baylor on Saturday at the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center, 25-17, 25-13, 25-19.

Jade Vorster and Emily Hartong packed a solid one-two punch tonight, guiding the No. 6 University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball team to a sweep of San Francisco (25-14, 27-25, 25-19) on Friday night in the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center.

Despite being the newest member of the Big West Conference, the University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball team enters the league as the 2012 preseason favorite, according to a poll of Big West coaches.