Posted on: Thursday, July 31, 2003
Sunday TV for Wahine volleyball
Advertiser Staff
| 2003 Rainbow Wahine Volleyball Schedule
August 22-23 — NACWAA/State Farm Classic (Friday-Florida vs. Southern California, 5 p.m.; Hawai'i vs. Kansas State, 7. Saturday-Third place, 5 p.m., Championship, 7.). 29-Sept. 1 — 16th Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic (Friday-Louisville vs. UCLA, 5 p.m.; Hawai'i vs. Minnesota, 7. Saturday-Minnesota vs. Louisville, 1 p.m. Sunday-Minnesota vs. UCLA, 3 p.m.; Hawai'i vs. Louisville, 5. Monday-Hawai'i vs. UCLA, 4 p.m.). September 4-6 — Ninth Aston Imua Wahine Challenge (Thursday-Pacific vs. Baylor, 5 p.m.; Hawai'i vs. Wichita State, 7. Friday-Pacific vs. Wichita State, 5 p.m.; Hawai'i vs. Baylor, 7. Saturday-Wichita State vs. Baylor, 5 p.m.; Hawai'i vs. Pacific, 7). 12-13 — Sprint Hawai'i Invitational (Friday-Stanford vs. Weber State, 5 p.m.; Hawai'i vs. Utah State, 7. Saturday-Third place, 5 p.m.; Championship, 7.). 18 — Loyola Marymount vs. UNLV, 7 p.m. 19 — Loyola Marymount. 20-UNLV. 26 — *at San Jose State. 28-at Santa Clara. October 2 — *Fresno State. 4 — *Nevada (Alumnae at 5 p.m.). 9 — *at Boise State. 11 — *at UTEP. 16 — *Louisiana Tech. 18 — *SMU. 19 — Arizona (5 p.m.). 23 — *at Rice. 24 — at Louisiana State. 25 — *at Tulsa. 30 — *Boise State. November 6 — *at Nevada. 8 — *at Fresno State. 15 — *San Jose State. 21-23 — at WAC Tournament (Reno, Nev.). 27-28 — at UNLV Thanksgiving Tournament (Thursday-Hawai'i vs. Weber State, UNLV vs. Kentucky. Friday-Hawai'i vs. Kentucky, UNLV vs. Weber State.). December Dec. 4-7 — NCAA Tournament first and second rounds Dec. 11-14 — NCAA Tournament regionals at Hawai'i (Dec. 12-13), Long Beach State, Florida and Nebraska Dec. 18 and 20 — NCAA Tournament final four at Reunion Arena in Dallas * WAC matches All home matches begin at 7 p.m. at Stan Sheriff Center, unless noted |
Hawai'i will be shown on two of the 11 Sunday shows. UH will make a third appearance if it reaches the WAC Tournament Championship.
CSTV, the first 24-hour college sports network, started last year and currently can be caught only on satellite TV (DirecTV channel 610).
The Rainbow Wahine have moved their match at Santa Clara to Sept. 28, to allow live coverage on CSTV. The match will be played at 1 p.m. in California.
That change moved their WAC opener at San Jose State to Sept. 26.
The following week, Hawai'i's home WAC match against Nevada will still be played Saturday, but it will be shown tape delayed Sunday.
Sunday Night Spike will show 15 teams from last year's NCAA Championship. The first match will be Sept. 7 between Florida and Stanford.
Hawai'i has also updated its schedule on other dates. It will now play UCLA at 4 p.m. on Sept. 1, instead of 5 p.m. The newly sponsored Sprint Hawai'i Invitational will bring in Stanford, Weber State and Utah State Sept. 12 and 13.
The Rainbow Wahine's final regular-season matches will be at the UNLV Thanksgiving Tournament (Nov. 27-28). They play Weber State on Thanksgiving Day and Kentucky the following day.
Hawai'i returns All-Americans Lauren Duggins, Kim Willoughby and Lily Kahumoku from last year's final four team. It opens the 2003 season against Kansas State, Aug. 22, in the State Farm/NACWAA Women's Volleyball Classic at Stan Sheriff Center.
