HONOLULU — No. 8 BYU men’s volleyball and No. 3 Hawaii will square off for two Top-10 matches on Feb. 25 and 27 in Hawaii.
The newly added contests came about as Hawaii was slated to play in the NIL Tournament with USC, UCLA and Long Beach, but the tournament was recently cancelled.
Both BYU and Hawaii were able to come together quickly to arrange the matches, since BYU was scheduled to have a bye week.
Both matches will be played at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
UH and BYU played a two-match series last season in Provo, Utah with the Rainbow Warriors winning both matches. The teams also met in the 2021 NCAA Championship match in Columbus, Ohio, which the Warriors won in straight sets to claim their first national title.
The last meeting in Honolulu occurred in March 2020, the week prior to the cancellation of the sports season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The memorable two-match series pitted the nation’s No. 1 and No. 2 teams with the second-ranked Cougars winning the opener and the top-ranked Warriors rallying to win the rematch in a reverse sweep.
The former conference rivals have played 67 times all-time, with BYU leading the series 42-25.