Beach Transfer From Across Town

Photo Credit: Hawaii Pacific (Eric Alcanfara)

Hawaii Pacific Profile

The Beach Bows did not have to go far to pick up a transfer for the upcoming 2016 season. Brooke Garlick (Henderson, NV) is now a Rainbow Wahine after transferring to Hawaii from Hawaii Pacific. She will be a sophomore this upcoming season and will wear jersey No.12.

Garlick played two seasons as a HPU Shark where she was a 6'1" outside hitter. Playing time was limited for her as her indoor career consisted of collecting six kills, two digs, and two blocks while she only played in 20 sets over both seasons.

While at HPU, she also played for their beach volleyball team. She played at the two's spot with Pomai Recca which featured matches against Hawaii. In a exhibition match against UH, she faced Olivia Urban and Katie Spieler but fell 2-0 with the scores 21-11, 21-10. Her stat line showed her with eight kills and 25 digs. Garlick and Recca also faced Hannah Rooks and London Chow in the Gold Bracket of a tournament where Rooks and Chow won 2-0 by the scores of 21-18, 21-17. She had six kills, five digs, one block, and an ace.

Playing beach volleyball is not as popular in the Nevada but she also had some experience in California. In 2013, she won a bronze medal in the AAU Summer Series 18U Division. She also earned a bid to USA Volleyball's Junior Beach Tour Championship from the Las Vegas Open.

She is the third player to join the Beach Bows for the 2016 season. Welcome Brooke!

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)

Hawaii Signs Talent

| Wahine Signing | Warrior Signing #1 | Warrior Signing #2 | Beach Signing |

Thursday, November 13 was National Letter of Intent day which is the beginning of the early signing period. All three University of Hawaii volleyball programs have signed players who will be extremely beneficial to the school in their careers. The Wahine signed two players, Warriors signed three, and the Beach Bows signed six. Each of these players who signed have committed to their respective programs months before their signings.

Wahine

Emma Smith, Norene Iosia, and Kirsten Sibley

The Wahine team signed extremely talented players, setter Norene Iosia (Long Beach, CA) and outside hitter Kirsten Sibley (Moraga, CA). Another player who will join the team is walk-on libero Emma Smith (Manhattan Beach, CA). All three players hail from California and have been starters on their high school and club teams. Each of their high school teams have made it to the state tournament. For club, Sibley plays for Vision Volleyball Club which is a successful NorCal team and Smith and Iosia will play on the same Mizuno Long Beach Volleyball Club team for the first time as Iosia has always played up. They will replace graduating seniors Olivia Magill and Tai Manu-Olevau.

Warriors

Jack Reese and Austin Matautia

Three members of the Warrior recruiting class has signed for the upcoming season. Outside hitter Austin Matautia (Ewa Beach, HI), middle blocker Jack Reese (Pittsburgh, PA), and middle blocker/opposite Everett Schuett (Thousand Oaks, CA) are each players who can contribute to the program once they arrive on campus. Matautia is the top player from the state of Hawaii and one of the best in the nation. Reese is a tall middle with a high ceiling of potential and athletic ability. Schuett has been playing up an age group in club and is a great hitter. They will replace Siki Zarkovic, Kolby Kanatake, and Brandon Hiehle. Also expected to walk-on is setter Jackson Van Eekeren (Chicago, IL).

Beach

Julia Chizanskos, Amy Ozee, Sydney Kidd, Cyrene Hertzog

Incoming is Jeff Hall's first recruiting class which consist of six talented beach players. The members consist of west coast players Morgan Martin (Mission Viejo, CA), Chloe Luyties (San Diego, CA), Sydney Kidd (Carlsbad, CA), Julia Chizanskos (Gilroy, CA), Amy Ozee (Makawao, HI), and Cyrene Hertzog (Snohomish, WA). All players have backgrounds of top beach volleyball at the junior level. Martin has represented USA in her beach career while Luyties has had family in the Olympics. This class consists of diversity in height and hometowns where all will bring something different to the team once they arrive. They will replace Heather Boyan, Ginger Long, and Katie Spieler. One more addition to the team is walk-on Regan Hurkett (Sedona, AZ) while Smith from the indoor team will also play on the beach team.