Beach Bows Schedule Hunt

The Wahine Beach volleyball team will soon start its preseason practices next semester, but it is never too early to hunt for their upcoming 2016 Schedule. There are no indication of when an official schedule will be posted as last season it was not posted until time season began. Right now there is a tentative schedule up. As of right now (11/25), these are the schools and tournaments the University of Hawaii will be participating in. For any additional schedule updates, either check back to this post as it will be updated or follow my Twitter for updates.

March 5-6

• Pepperdine Kick Off Tournament
• Location: Malibu, CA
• Featuring: UCLA, USC, Long Beach State, Pepperdine

March 12

• x2 Matches
• Location: Honolulu, HI (TBA)
• Featuring: TCU, Hawaii Pacific

March 15-19

• Queen of the Beach Challenge
• Location: Honolulu, HI (Queen's Beach/Ching Complex)
• Featuring: USC, Nebraska, Loyola Marymount

March 25-26

• Stetson Spring Break Tournament
• Location: DeLand, FL
• Featuring: UCLA, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Stetson, Florida State

April 1-2

• Hawaii Invitational
• Location: Honolulu, HI (Queen's Beach)
• Featuring: UCLA, Arizona State

April 12

• Match
• Location: Honolulu, HI (Ching Complex)
• Featuring: Boise State

April 22-23

• Aloha Invitational
• Location: Honolulu, HI (Queen's Beach)
• Featuring: Long Beach State, USC, Grand Canyon, Florida International, ULM, Washington
• *Televised on CBS Sports Network

April 29-30

• Big West Championships
• Location: Huntington Beach, CA

As of right now there are two USAV hosted tournaments in Chula Vista (March 12-13) and Hermosa Beach (April 9-10) and Hawaii usually participates in one of them. This upcoming season will be the first time being an NCAA Sport along with the beginning of the Big West Beach Volleyball conference. Look for there to be a possible Big West Championships in the ending of April. The NCAA Championships return to Gulf Shores, AL from May 6-8.

This month is also the Pac Rim Championships that is being hosted in Hawaii. This takes place November 26-28 with teams from Hawaii, UCLA, USC, Arizona, Canada, and Japan. Thursday will be the International Competition taking place on the UH campus, Friday will be the duos of the college teams featuring Japan, and Saturday will be 16 Pair tournament with the past duos plus duos from Hawaii Pacific and Chaminade. The last day will also have a coaching clinic featuring head coaches of UCLA, USC, and the assistant coach for Hawaii. (Hawaii In Pac Rim Championships)

Edit: Hawaii Athletics has announced the 2016 schedule but is missing a few events from the list above. (Schedule)