Hawaii men’s volleyball lands at No. 2 in Big West preseason poll

JAMM AQUINO / MARCH 29

Hawaii setter Tread Rosenthal, who is coming of a All-American season as a sophomore, was one of three Rainbow Warriors picked to the Big West Men’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches Team today.

The defending Big West champion Hawaii men’s volleyball team isn’t the favorite to repeat in the conference this year.

The Rainbow Warriors were slotted No. 2 in the Big West Men’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll today as voted on by the league’s six head coaches.

Hawaii earned two of six first-place votes to finish two points behind defending national champion Long Beach State, which topped the poll for the third consecutive season.

UC Irvine was picked to finish third and Cal State Northridge, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara all tied for the fourth spot with nine points each.

Hawaii was the only school to have three players selected to the Big West Men’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches Team.

Junior setter Tread Rosenthal, who has finished on the All-Big West first team in each of his first two seasons, and was a AVCA first-team, All-American last season, made the team along with sophomores Adrien Roure and Kristian Titriyski.

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Roure, who started 32 matches at outside hitter and hit .327 while averaging 3.10 kills per set as a freshman, was named the Most Outstanding Player in the Big West Championships and also made the AVCA All-America first team.

Titriyski, who started 23 matches at opposite hitter before a suffering a season-ending injury in early April against CSUN, was a AVCA second-team, All-American.

UH opens the season Friday hosting NJIT for the first of two matches at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

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