It has taken a couple of weeks, a couple of losses and a lot of settling in, but the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team may have finally found their groove. After being pushed to the brink in a five-game win over the Wichita State Shockers, the Rainbow Wahine looked a little more like the No. 16 team in the nation in a four-game victory over the No. 19 Santa Clara Broncos. The University of Hawai‘i match against Santa Clara was considered to be the tournament championship after the ‘Bows swept the Eagles of Eastern Washington in three games on Thursday and outlasted Wichita St. on Friday.
The University of Hawai‘i Warriors were the 28-point favorite going into Saturday's contest with the Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs. They slipped away from the game with a 45-44 overtime, come-from-behind win, but dropped from No. 20 to No. 24 in Sunday's Associated Press Top 25 poll.
The University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Wahine soccer team has already been putting on quite a show for fans this season, beginning with last week's season-opening victory over nationally ranked Kansas and the tournament title overtime win against Auburn. The University of Hawai‘i women's cross-country team opened their season this weekend with the Brigham Young-Hawai‘i Invitational on the grass course in Lā‘ie.
