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PARKERSBURG – Wood County Christian and Ohio Valley University graduate Kayla Ward has been hired as the next head volleyball coach at Parkersburg Catholic.

Ward, who works for the IRS in human resources and is replacing Michelle Wiltse, most recently served as an assistant and junior varsity coach at Williamstown.

“We’re going to do that after Christmas break and try to get the kids excited,” replied Ward when asked if she had a chance to meet with the team yet. “Just try to get them excited and get other kids excited about going.

“My goal this year is definitely just to create some ways for Catholic volleyball and hopefully other people will want to join the program.”

A 2006 graduate at Wood County Christian, Ward was recruited to play volleyball at OVU for head coach Paul Jacoby where she earned her degree in elementary education and special education in 2010.

“I did not,” admitted Ward when asked if she played volleyball for the Fighting Scots. “I had a baby instead.”

During her time as a Wildcat, Ward competed in volleyball, basketball and track.

Along with serving as an assistant girls basketball coach at Belpre, Ward coached middle school track for three years and was an assistant for two years for cross country.

Ward, who also was an assistant track coach at Williamstown Middle School and an assistant cross country at the high school, led the WMS volleyball team to three state Wood County championships.

“I definitely jumped at the chance,” Ward said. “They had a need and I got asked if I was interested and I jumped on it.”

Parkersburg Catholic is in its final year as a member of the Little Kanawha Conference as they are set to be members of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.

“I do know we’ll have more regional opponents that we’ll see,” Ward added. “We’ll still play some of the LKC rivalries, but still have those regional opponents as well.”

Ward won’t be in the building at PCHS, which she admitted “definitely helped” in the past.

“That’s a little bit of a challenge now. I was able to sub during the government shutdown,” she added. “We’re going to have some summer stuff and hopefully we can get some interest that way and get the conditioning started in the spring, summer and start rolling.

“I’m excited for the opportunity. Definitely a little nervous. My goal is to have fun, but I want them to be competitive. Ultimately my goal is to build a championship program. That’s the ultimate goal. We’re going to work hard, compete and have fun at the same time.”

Contact Jay Bennett at jbennett@newsandsentinel.com

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Men’s Volleyball vs NJIT on 1/2/2026 – Box Score

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin.

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NJIT subs: Tidhar, Ron.

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Hawaii subs: Greenidge, Quintin; Jordan, Trevell.

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NJIT subs: Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

0-1

[Rosenthal, Tread] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor.

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1

[Rosenthal, Tread] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor.

Hawaii

1-1

[Rosenthal, Tread] Kill by Aleixo, Andre (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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1

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

NJIT

1-2

[Figueiredo, Bruno] Kill by Todd, Justin (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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2

[Figueiredo, Bruno] Kill by Todd, Justin (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

2-2

[Roure, Adrien] Kill by Aleixo, Andre (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

2

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

NJIT

2-3

[Aleixo, Andre] Service error.

2

3

[Aleixo, Andre] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

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Hawaii subs: Jordan, Trevell; Greenidge, Quintin.

Hawaii

2-4

[Todd, Justin] Attack error by Girard, Harrison (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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[Todd, Justin] Attack error by Girard, Harrison (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

Hawaii

2-5

[Todd, Justin] Kill by Sakanoko, Louis.

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5

[Todd, Justin] Kill by Sakanoko, Louis.

Hawaii

3-5

[Todd, Justin] Service error.

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5

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Hawaii subs: Greenidge, Quintin; Todd, Justin.

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego.

NJIT

3-6

[Heins, Alexander] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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6

[Heins, Alexander] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Lopez, Diego; Heins, Alexander.

Hawaii

4-6

[Titriyski, Kristian] Service error.

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6

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Heins, Alexander.

NJIT

4-7

[Nowak, Wiktor] Kill by Sakanoko, Louis (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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[Nowak, Wiktor] Kill by Sakanoko, Louis (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Heins, Alexander.

Hawaii

4-8

[Sakanoko, Louis] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (block by Jordan, Trevell; Roure, Adrien).

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[Sakanoko, Louis] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (block by Jordan, Trevell; Roure, Adrien).

Hawaii

5-8

[Sakanoko, Louis] Service error.

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8

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Heins, Alexander.

NJIT

5-9

[Girard, Harrison] Service error.

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[Girard, Harrison] Service error.

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Greenidge, Quintin.

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Heins, Alexander.

Hawaii

5-10

[Jordan, Trevell] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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[Jordan, Trevell] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

Hawaii

5-11

[Jordan, Trevell] Kill by Roure, Adrien (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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[Jordan, Trevell] Kill by Roure, Adrien (from Rosenthal, Tread).

Hawaii

6-11

[Jordan, Trevell] Kill by Fedmasu, Andrew (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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11

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Hawaii subs: Greenidge, Quintin; Jordan, Trevell.

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Lopez, Diego.

NJIT

6-12

[Fedmasu, Andrew] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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12

[Fedmasu, Andrew] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

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[Rosenthal, Tread] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian.

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[Rosenthal, Tread] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian.

Hawaii

7-13

[Rosenthal, Tread] Service error.

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13

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

NJIT

8-13

[Figueiredo, Bruno] Attack error by Titriyski, Kristian (from Greenidge, Quintin).

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13

NJIT

8-14

[Figueiredo, Bruno] Kill by Sakanoko, Louis (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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[Figueiredo, Bruno] Kill by Sakanoko, Louis (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

9-14

[Roure, Adrien] Kill by Aleixo, Andre (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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14

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

NJIT

10-14

[Aleixo, Andre] Kill by Heins, Alexander.

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NJIT

11-14

[Aleixo, Andre] Kill by Girard, Harrison (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT

11-15

[Aleixo, Andre] Service error.

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[Aleixo, Andre] Service error.

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Hawaii subs: Jordan, Trevell; Greenidge, Quintin; Kearney, Finn; Todd, Justin.

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

12-15

[Kearney, Finn] Kill by Nowak, Wiktor (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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15

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Kearney, Finn; Greenidge, Quintin; Todd, Justin.

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego.

NJIT

12-16

[Heins, Alexander] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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[Heins, Alexander] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Lopez, Diego; Heins, Alexander.

Hawaii

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[Titriyski, Kristian] Kill by Fedmasu, Andrew (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Heins, Alexander.

NJIT

13-17

[Nowak, Wiktor] Attack error by Girard, Harrison.

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[Nowak, Wiktor] Attack error by Girard, Harrison.

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Heins, Alexander.

Hawaii

13-18

[Sakanoko, Louis] Attack error by Girard, Harrison (block by Jordan, Trevell; Rosenthal, Tread).

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[Sakanoko, Louis] Attack error by Girard, Harrison (block by Jordan, Trevell; Rosenthal, Tread).

Hawaii

13-19

[Sakanoko, Louis] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (block by Rosenthal, Tread; Roure, Adrien; Jordan, Trevell).

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[Sakanoko, Louis] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (block by Rosenthal, Tread; Roure, Adrien; Jordan, Trevell).

Hawaii

14-19

[Sakanoko, Louis] Kill by Fedmasu, Andrew (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Heins, Alexander.

NJIT

14-20

[Girard, Harrison] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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[Girard, Harrison] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Greenidge, Quintin; Hazan, Ofeck; Jordan, Trevell.

Hawaii

15-20

[Hazan, Ofeck] Kill by Aleixo, Andre (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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Hawaii subs: Greenidge, Quintin; Hazan, Ofeck.

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NJIT subs: Heins, Alexander; Tidhar, Ron.

NJIT

15-21

[Fedmasu, Andrew] Service error.

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[Fedmasu, Andrew] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

15-22

[Rosenthal, Tread] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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[Rosenthal, Tread] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

Hawaii

15-23

[Rosenthal, Tread] Service ace (Lopez, Diego).

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[Rosenthal, Tread] Service ace (Lopez, Diego).

Hawaii

16-23

[Rosenthal, Tread] Kill by Nowak, Wiktor (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Uryniuk, Adam; Figueiredo, Bruno; Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

NJIT

16-24

[Uryniuk, Adam] Kill by Todd, Justin (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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[Uryniuk, Adam] Kill by Todd, Justin (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew; Figueiredo, Bruno; Uryniuk, Adam.

Hawaii

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[Roure, Adrien] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (block by Sakanoko, Louis; Titriyski, Kristian; Todd, Justin).

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[Roure, Adrien] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (block by Sakanoko, Louis; Titriyski, Kristian; Todd, Justin).

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HONOLULU — Charlie Wade will take it every single time.

The No. 2 Hawaii men’s volleyball team proudly showcased its stacked roster in its season-opening sweep of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 25-11, 25-16, 25-14 on Friday night at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

UH, which reached last year’s national semifinals, dismissed the Highlanders with a 13.5-0 advantage in blocks and a 6-0 advantage in aces.

A crowd of 5,685 passed through the turnstiles (6,721 tickets issued) for the brisk show. Opposite Kristian Titriyski pounded 12 kills on 22 swings, Adrien Roure added eight and UH committed only four attack errors as it hit .517 to NJIT’s .045.

Junior setter Tread Rosenthal made good on the extra inch he grew since last season — he’s up to 6 feet 11 — with a career-high-tying eight blocks and three aces dealt. On a prolonged second match point, Rosenthal ended it himself with a dump shot.

FINAL: No. 2 #HawaiiMVB sweeps NJIT 25-11, 25-16, 25-14 in the 2026 season opener.

UH hits .517, outblocks NJIT 12-0 and out-aces 6-0. The look of a national title contender, again. pic.twitter.com/BaE9imcODX

— Brian McInnis (@Brian_McInnis) January 3, 2026

With a roster stocked with national team-caliber players, one of Wade’s biggest challenges on the night was not the opponent — it was how to get everyone involved. But the massive talent was definitely not an unbearable weight for the 17^th-year head coach as UH won its 13^th straight season opener.

“It’s a lot better than not having any talent, you know what I’m saying?” Wade said. “I don’t think you can ever have too many good players.”

So stacked was the lineup that two experienced players who would start for a significant portion of the country, hitter Finn Kearney and middle Ofeck Hazan, were limited to serving-sub duty in the first two sets, then got some run in the third with the match well in hand.

Hazan, the native of Israel who was effective as a true freshman last year, was displaced from the starting lineup by Grand Canyon transfer Trevell Jordan, who registered four kills on six swings, four digs and six blocks.

“It was a lot of the fans, the community,” Jordan said post-match of what made UH his choice as he had to leave the GCU program that suddenly shut down at the NCAA Division I level in the spring. “Just what the program has built and become. And it just really invited me. I knew a lot of the guys too, and they helped me get here and made it so much easier for me.”

Wade quipped, “And the coaching?” Jordan smiled and nodded.

Among the other starters, Louis Sakanoko put down four kills on eight swings and Justin Todd was 3-for-3 in the middle. UH made do without sophomore opposite Kainoa Wade, the coach’s son who missed the match after taking some balls off the head in practice this week.

Wade said he felt the program is still ascendent with Rosenthal the centerpiece coming off a sweep loss to UCLA in the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

UH broke through for national titles in 2021 and 2022, but has been a half-step behind old rivals UCLA and Long Beach State in the endgame in the last few years. Wade’s longtime associate head coach, Milan Zarkovic, left for UCLA in the offseason. To counter, Wade promoted alumnus Kupono Fey to be his new right-hand man and added former Ball State head coach Donan Cruz to his staff.

The 6-foot-10 Jordan ball-hawked above the net about a foot higher than the reach of anyone for NJIT. He was clearly Wade’s kind of competitor as UH looks to make up for the loss of vocal team leader Kurt Nusterer in the middle.

UH also didn’t appear to lose a step with libero Quintin Greenidge of Canada stepping into the starting lineup for ‘Eleu Choy, the fan favorite who completed a six-year college career in 2025. Greenidge was named a co-starter with UH veteran Kai Taylor, though Greenidge received the bulk of the playing time.

Hawaii libero Quintin Greenidge received a serve against NJIT in the 2026 season opener. (Spectrum News/Brian McInnis)

“The best players want to go play with other good players,” Wade said. “If there’s a guy who doesn’t want to come, and we’ve had this — we clearly have missed some recruits that are like, ‘ehhh, I’m not going in that gym, because I’m years away from playing. It’s the wrong spot.’

“We want guys who are going to come in and battle and are confident enough, good enough players where they think, ‘look, I’m going to play. I’m a good player. Doesn’t matter, my first year, my fourth year.’ So, everybody here knows what they signed up for. This is the best of the best on a global level. These are the best players in the world at their age group, and that is not hyperbolic. That is a fact. So they all signed up for it, and here we go — let’s try to win as many matches (as) we can, let’s let them keep trying to improve and become professionals and Olympians and hopefully win a boatload of matches along the way.”

UH gets its next chance to add one to its ledger in a rematch with NJIT at 5 p.m. Sunday. Andre Aleixo led the Highlanders with 10 kills and 10 digs.

Brian McInnis covers the state’s sports scene for Spectrum News Hawaii. He can be reached at brian.mcinnis@charter.com.

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Long Beach State men’s volleyball fans got their first look at the defending national champions on Friday, as the Beach hosted their annual North American Challenge with the first of two pairs of matchups against Alberta and Calgary. First-year head coach Nick MacRae used the games as an opportunity to get everyone involved, as the Beach defeated Alberta 3-1 in the afternoon before sweeping Calgary 25-10, 25-14, 25-23.

“This is a big-time jump start for our season with bringing down Calgary and Alberta [from Canada],” MacRae said. “We have a great relationship with both teams, and they’re going to help challenge us and give us a lot of lessons to learn as a staff and a team. You saw two different matchups today with two different lineups, and a lot of guys going through growth while always trying to flex our Long Beach brand.”

The second lineup against Calgary featured a handful of familiar returning starters from last year, including senior star Skyler Varga, who was deemed Player of the Game and led the match with 13 kills on an efficient .500 hitting. Alex Kandev and Daniil Hershtynovich each chipped in seven kills apiece, as the Beach hit a collective .431 on the night.

The two matchups also provided an opportunity for fans to get a look at a couple of standout freshmen, including Long Beach native and 6-foot-10 middle Jackson Cryst, who was in on four blocks against Calgary. Earlier in the day, freshman Wojciech Gajek won Player of the Game with a 16-kill performance against Alberta, while freshman Myles Jordan also had a solid debut with six kills.

The Beach will be back in action on Sunday with another double header, taking on Calgary at 10am before facing Alberta at 5:30pm.

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Hawaii men’s volleyball opens season with sweep of NJIT

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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Tread Rosenthal and Trevell Jordan were up for a block against NJIT Highlanders Andrew Fedmasu during an NCAA mens’ volleyball game on Friday.

The University of Hawaii men’s volleyball team scored the first five points and never looked back in its season-opening sweep of the New Jersey Institute of Technology tonight.

UH never trailed in a 25-11, 25-16, 25-14 romp before a boisterous turnstile crowd of 5,685 at Bankoh Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center.

It was evident from the start that the Highlanders were not at the level of the Rainbow Warriors, who are ranked No. 2 nationally in the coaches preseason poll.

The opening salvo displayed just part of the Warriors’ wide array of weaponry. It started with Adrien Roure and Kristian Titriyski kills, followed by Tread Rosenthal’s first ace, a block by Justin Todd and Titriyski and then Rosenthal’s second of his team-high three aces.

After NJIT settled down a little, UH middle Trevell Jordan got into rhythm with his first kill, followed immediately by a combo block with Rosenthal, putting Hawaii ahead 9-3.

Titriyski led UH with 12 kills, including four in the first set. He also had two aces.

Hawaii hit .517 to .045 for the visitors.

UH’s setter, Rosenthal, also led the block party, in on eight of his team’s 13.5. NJIT had no blocks. The Warriors had 10 in the first set alone.

Andre Aleixo led NJIT with 10 kills.

The Highlanders kept it close with three ties to start the third set, but then the Warriors strung together one of Roure’s eight kills with two blocks by Finn Kearney and Ofeck Hazan go ahead 6-3.

This was the first of eight home matches to start the season for UH.

The same teams meet Sunday, with first serve at 5 p.m. The Warriors will receive their 2025 Big West championship rings after the match.

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