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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team will host Pepperdine in the first round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament, Saturday, April 24 at 7:00 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Warriors (18-9, 14-8) earned the tournament's fourth seed while the Waves (16-9, 14-8) are seeded fifth.
Tickets are on sale now at the SSC Box Office, through the phone sales line at 944-2697, and
online. Ticket prices are $12 (lower level), $10 (upper-adults), $5 (upper-student, 4-HS), and $5 (upper-UH or Pepperdine students).
Season ticket holders who reserved their seats may begin picking up their tickets beginning at 12:00 p.m. on Monday at the SSC Box Office.
UH will host an MPSF first round match for the first time since 2006 and snapped a two-year drought with its first appearance in the tourney since 2007. The Warriors and Waves split their two-match series last month in Malibu, Calif., with each team winning in straight sets. The teams finished in a tie for fourth place in the final league standings, however, UH won the tiebreaker due to point differential.
Under first-year head coach
Charlie Wade, the Warriors have had a remarkable turnaround in 2010. Picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches poll, UH improved nine wins from a year ago and posted its best league record since a 19-3 mark in 2006. The Warriors are led by freshman of the year candidate
Jonas Umlauft, who is the league leader in kills (5.20 kills per set) and outside hitter
Joshua Walker (4.40), who ranks eighth. Against the Waves, Umlauft averaged 6.83 kills per set, which earned him MPSF co-Player of the Week honors.
Pepperdine ended the regular season by losing four of its last seven matches, which began with a straight-set loss to the Warriors on March 27. A five-set loss at UC San Diego in the regular season finale last Saturday, cost the Waves a chance to host a first round match and a tie for second in the league standings. Outside hitter Cory Riecks (3.96) and freshman opposite Maurice Torres (3.92) are the team's top two attackers.
Match #28 - MPSF Tournament First Round
Who: No. 4 Hawai'i (18-9, 14-8 MPSF) vs. No. 5 Pepperdine (16-8, 14-8 MPSF)
When: Saturday, April 24
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300); Honolulu, HI
Television Coverage: KFVE-TV (Channel 5) will televise the match live with Jim Leahey (play-by-play) and Ryan Tsuji (color). Rebroadcast at 10:30 p.m.
Video Streaming: TBA
Radio Coverage: ESPN 1420 AM will broadcast the match live with Scott Robbs calling the action.
Audio Webcast: Available at espn1420am.com
Live Stats: Available at HawaiiAthletics.com
Tickets: Lower-level $12; Upper-level adult $10, Upper-level student (4-high school) $5; Upper-level UH and Pepperdine student $5.
Series Information: Pepperdine leads 38-23.
Series vs. Pepperdine: Pepperdine leads the overall series, 38-23, including an 16-12 advantage in Honolulu. The Warriors and the Waves have met three times in the MPSF Tournament with UH winning in three in Honolulu in 1996 (1st round) and Pepperdine winning in three in Los Angeles in 1998 (1st round) and in four in Malibu in 2002 (Finals).
UH In the MPSF Tournament: Since 1993, the first year of the MPSF, the Warriors have competed in 14 MPSF Tournaments and own a 10-14 record with first round losses in each of the past four appearances. UH is 7-7 in first round matches including a 7-2 mark in matches played in Honolulu. Hawai'i's two home losses were against Long Beach State (2005) and UCLA (2006). UH has never won the MPSF Tournament and has advanced to the championship match three times (1995, 2001, 2002).
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