Hawai’i win streak rolls to six straight behind Ratkai, efficient night of offense

Hawai’i win streak rolls to six straight behind Ratkai, efficient night of offense

Sep 18, 2026

Hawai’i win streak rolls to six straight behind Ratkai, efficient night of offense

The Rainbow Wahine celebrate a point against UC San Diego. | Photo: Riley Guillermo

Taking to the road for the first time this season, the University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball team looked right at home.

The Rainbow Wahine (7-2) opened up the Lucky Aces Women’s Volleyball Invitational with a dominant victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2-6) on Friday night, hitting a season-high .471 as a group while sweeping through the Islanders in straight sets inside Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, (25-17, 25-13, 25-13).

Senior outside hitter Panna Ratkai continued her scorching-hot start to her UH career, leading the team in kills for the sixth straight match as she racked up 16 kills while hitting a season-best .556 against the Islanders.

Tali Hakas followed right behind her roommate as the junior outside hitter tallied eight kills and only one attacking error on the night. Hawai’i only recorded five attacking miscues as a team against TAMU-CC, the least amount of attack errors in a single match for the Rainbow Wahine since September of 2017 against Cal State Fullerton.

“Obviously, great performance overall,” head coach Joshua Walker said after the dominant win. “Started off a little slow from the service line but once that steadied out, I think we did a good job consistently throughout the night just executing what the scouting report was.”

The Rainbow Wahine seemingly got hands on every swing by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, posting 9.0 blocks while the Islanders managed just 2.0 through the three frames. Already ranked among the top 25 in the nation for opponent attack percentage entering the night (.151), Hawai’i held TAMU-CC to a .099 hitting clip across the sweep.

Hawai’i started off slow, allowing TAMU-CC to jump out to a 5-3 lead before rattling off five straight points to force a timeout from the Islanders. The stoppage did little to slow the Rainbow Wahine back down, rolling to a 25-17 victory in the opening frame behind Maëli Cormier’s perfect five kills on five swings.

“I think it’s that sense of urgency and that mentality in which you’re not letting somebody off the hook,” Walker said after his team broke out of the slow start on the way to their sixth straight victory. “We kind of got rid of the plays that we’re shooting ourselves in the foot a little bit. So, when teams are struggling, we’ve been able to capitalize on it and we haven’t looked back.”

The Rainbow Wahine continued to push the throttle forward in the follow-up frame, jumping out to a 15-8 advantage by the media timeout in the second set. Ratkai moved into double figures in kills by the end of the stanza, sending down her 11th kill of the match to clinch a 2-0 lead over the Islanders for Hawai’i.

Well on their way to a third consecutive sweep, Hawai’i handled business again in the night’s final set as they raced to a nine-point advantage by the frame’s media timeout. The Rainbow Wahine pushed the advantage out to as large as 15 before taking five chances to wrap up the win.

Cormier closed out with seven kills on 10 swings for UH, adding a pair of blocks as she helped set the tone early for the tournament hosts. Miliani Sylvester continued her highly efficient start to her junior season, tacking on seven kills and three blocks of her own while hitting .455 for the Rainbow Wahine.

Freshman middle blocker Rachel Purser, who prepped at Coranado High School in Nevada before making her way to the islands, tallied five kills on six swings while recording a trio of digs and four blocks in her return to her home state.

TAMU-CC outside hitter Ally Saleh, who entered the weekend leading the team in kills (85), had a muted impact as the Rainbow Wahine defense held her to a season-low three kills on 13 attempts. Senior outside hitter Kenna Buchanan picked up the slack for the Islanders, hitting .500 while leading the way with eight kills on the night.

Hawai’i will be right back in action on Saturday afternoon, putting the six-match win streak on the line as they take on Iowa State at 1:30 p.m. HT. The Cyclones had a slow start of their own in the Lucky Aces Invitational, falling in straight sets in the day’s first match against UCLA.

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Hawai’i completes roster with addition of standout U20 French guard Douglas

Hawai’i completes roster with addition of standout U20 French guard Douglas

Sep 18, 2026

Hawai’i completes roster with addition of standout U20 French guard Douglas

via Hawaii Athletics

HONOLULU – C’est magnifique.

The University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team has finished up filling out the roster ahead of the 2026-27 season, announcing the addition of French guard Maïdy Douglas on Friday afternoon.

Douglas, a 6-foot-4 guard from Paris, comes to the islands after developing in the Espoirs Pro A U21 league with Nanterre 92. The 19-year-old combo guard led the team in scoring, pouring in 23.3 points per game while shooting 50.8% from the field and 34.5% from 3-point range across 23 appearances. He was named the league’s most valuable player at the end of the 2025-26 season.

He also starred over the summer for the French U20 national team, helping his country earn a semifinal appearance and fourth-place finish at the 2026 FIBA U20 EuroBasket tournament this past July. Douglas averaged a team-best 13.9 points across seven contests, turning in his biggest outing of the tournament in the semifinals against eventual champion Slovenia with 32 points on 11-of-16 shooting in a one-point loss for France.

Between his big season for Nanterre 92 and strong showing at the U20 EuroBasket tournament, Douglas piqued the interest of multiple high-major and mid-major programs in the United States.

“I had the best feeling about Hawai’i,” Douglas said of picking the Rainbow Warriors over other options at the Power 4 level. “It was the perfect fit for me and my transition to the NCAA.”

Fans will have to wait before they see Douglas in action as the 19-year-old sits out of competition during the 2026-27 season on the way to completing eligibility requirements. He will be able to practice and attend team-related events and activities during the academic redshirt season and will have four years of eligibility when he finally takes the floor next year.

When asked about how Hawai’i got onto his radar in the first place, Douglas alluded to the Rainbow Warriors getting one final assist from one of last season’s stars.

“I watched Dre Bullock’s videos on YouTube,” the dynamic scoring guard revealed over the phone. “I’m excited to play for [Hawai’i] and on this beautiful island with the entire staff and [for] all my teammates to have the best year possible.”

Douglas is the 13th different player to join the Hawai’i program after last season’s Big West Tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance. He continues the international flavor on the Rainbow Warrior roster as well, becoming the sixth player on the 2026-27 team from overseas and the second player in head coach Eran Ganot’s tenure to hail from France.

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A look behind Jadyn Miller’s multi-sport college juggling act

A look behind Jadyn Miller’s multi-sport college juggling act

Sep 16, 2026

A look behind Jadyn Miller’s multi-sport college juggling act

HONOLULU – Having a packed schedule is nothing new for Jadyn Miller.

A five-sport athlete in high school who toiled away in the classroom to graduate as one of the valedictorians in a highly competitive Class of 2025 at Waialua, life would almost feel incomplete if she wasn’t running around from event to event.

She starred on the soccer field for the Bulldogs, earning all-OIA West honors in her junior and senior campaigns while helping the Waialua program make back-to-back state tournament appearances for the first time since 2015 and 2016.

Miller also participated in cross country and track and field; a pair of sports that helped the ever-busy high schooler stay in shape for when soccer wasn’t in season.

When she wasn’t busy sprinting around, she was crushing it on the diamond for the Waialua softball program. Miller took her game to new heights by 2025, hitting .417 while scoring 19 runs and stealing 12 bases in 14 games as she earned first-team All-Hawaii honors in Division II.

As if four sports and a full academic schedule weren’t enough, Hawai’i became the 12th state to officially sanction girls’ flag football as a high school sport just in time for her senior spring.

Of course, Miller had to try and make it work.

“Flag football was my first sport,” Miller shared. “I did it when I was younger and it was really like my favorite sport, so I couldn’t turn down the opportunity.”

With her springtime coaches willing to collaborate with each other and share the standout student-athlete during the same season, Miller made her dreams come true and returned to the gridiron before she wrapped up her time at Waialua.

“Just really grateful that I got to do them all,” Miller smiled.

But when high school ends, most multi-sport maniacs like Miller have to pick just one path so they can keep up with school work in college.

Miller isn’t like most student-athletes though.

After considering options on the continent for college, Miller decided staying closer to home was a better path for her and promptly enrolled at Hawaii Pacific University. A conversation with women’s soccer head coach Connor Artigue also helped seal the deal as an opportunity to continue her athletic career awaited with the Sharks.

Jadyn Miller (16) takes the field for Hawaii Pacific University. | Photo Credit: HPU Athletics

“Playing college soccer was definitely always my goal,” Miller said.

Not only did the Sharks have a spot for her on the soccer team, but a change in the softball program head chair popped an idea into Miller’s head just before she embarked on her freshman year.

“We knew there was a new softball coach, and I reached out to him,” she remembered. “Honestly, I wasn’t expecting to be a dual-sport athlete in college, but I went to, I guess you can call it a tryout, and [Coach Takemura] saw me play and he offered me a spot on the [softball] team.”

After talking to both Artigue and Takemura about the idea of playing both sports and getting both coaches to sign off on the plan, Miller officially became a dual-sport athlete again as she prepared for her first year of college.

“They were like both 100% and very supportive of me doing both [sports],” she said of her two separate head coaches. “I’m just so grateful that they were just so accommodating and that I have the opportunity. It’s pretty awesome.”

She had an extra appreciation for Artigue, the coach who she first committed to when choosing HPU. Instead of meeting her optimism with pessimism, the head coach of the women’s soccer team simply stated how rare the opportunity was in college and how awesome it was that Miller was going to try it.

Takemura was also very supportive of the idea, going over the different give-and-take it would involve as she pieced together her plan. The sport that was in-season would always take priority for Miller, but she would try to make up for the time she would miss with the other program by putting in her own individual offseason work.

Unfortunately for Miller, her plan would get delayed and changed quickly as she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in the first week of her freshman soccer season.

Practically for the first time, the on-the-go sports standout would be forced to sit out for an extended period and watch from the sidelines.

Jadyn Miller (16) watches the action on the field. | Photo Credit: HPU Athletics

“Through that process, I really learned how important it is that you take care of your body,” Miller said.

Rehabilitating her knee included wading through plenty of troubled waters, testing her mental resolve as much as her physical toughness.

“Every day, I’d try my best to stretch and roll out [muscles], make appointments with the trainer and make sure that I’m taking care of my body properly,” Miller said, noting the importance of a balanced diet and getting appropriate amounts of sleep. “You have to really prioritize your time management.”

Still, she felt a crashing wave of sadness over a year of sports stolen away to begin her college career. After thinking she would be playing multiple sports in her first go-round at school, Miller would ultimately play none as she watched from the bench in soccer and softball.

The time off provided a new perspective for the former high school star, who originally felt down from not being able to go out and help her teammates through the battles of the campaign. Thankfully, Miller found comfort still being around the teams.

“Mentally, it was tough,” Miller conceded. “But eventually I figured out that I still got to bond with my team and just learn, like I didn’t have to take the load of everything in my freshman year and just see everything out [instead].”

There was still the physical battle of returning though. While the actual rehab exercises weren’t necessarily difficult, the process of getting her mind and body to trust certain movements again proved to be a challenge.

“Your muscles, you’ve got to get them to connect again, and you have to really learn how to trust your body and trust that you’re not going to get injured again,” Miller said.

She would ask her physical therapist everything, from questions about if she would be able to bend her leg again to how much of her ability to run would return.

“I didn’t think I’d be able to do all these things again,” Miller chuckled.

But after months of work, both physically and mentally, Miller returned to action ahead of the 2026 fall campaign for the Hawaii Pacific University women’s soccer team. She officially made her Sharks debut on August 27, tallying 38 minutes of action against the University of Texas-Dallas and has played in all six contests of the season so far for HPU.

Jadyn Miller (16) gives chase in her return to action as a sophomore. | Photo Credit: HPU Athletics

Now back and active, Miller has a simple message when it comes to advice for other student-athletes who might be looking to play more than one sport in college.

“I would just say dream big and just shoot for it because the worst you can get is a no,” said Miller. “Just take the opportunity and go for it … because you never know if it might go away, or you’ll never know what you could’ve lost out on. Anything is possible.”

Miller hasn’t stopped shooting for the stars herself.

Her return to soccer was the first step. Next up, softball season … and a little more.

With Hawaii Pacific University announcing the addition of a women’s flag football program, Miller dialed up another coach (after a little push from her father) and found out that her dual-sport schedule could be upgraded once again.

Armed with the blessing of her current coaches, Miller will get to play her favorite sport once again while making history as part of the first collegiate women’s flag football team in her home state of Hawai’i when Spring 2027 rolls around.

Besides, by her own standards – she clearly wasn’t busy enough yet.

 

 

 

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Hawai’i handles New Mexico State behind big nights from Uiliata, Harris

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Sep 13, 2026

Hawai’i handles New Mexico State behind big nights from Uiliata, Harris

HONOLULU – It didn’t have to be perfect. Heck, it didn’t have to be pretty.

But it needed to be a win.

The University of Hawai’i football team bounced back from a slow start to the 2026 season on Saturday night, using contributions from all three phases to hold off New Mexico State for a 29-19 victory inside Clarence T.C. Ching Complex and remain perfect all-time in the islands against the Aggies.

Sophomore QB Micah Alejado tallied his first 300-yard game of the year and sixth of his career, completing 33-of-45 passes for 346 yards in the win as the offense found a way to score in all four quarters on the way to posting season highs in points, yards and first downs.

“What you saw out there was the Run-N-Shoot,” Alejado said of the offensive success. “Guys being on their Ps and Qs and coming out being ready to play. We found out a lot about ourselves these past two weeks and I think that’s the result you get … When your back is against the wall, you have to figure out what you’re going to do.”

Micah Alejado rolls to his left while escaping a defender during Hawai’i’s 29-19 victory over New Mexico State. | Photo Credit: Michael Lasquero, HSRN

Tama Uiliata and Audric Harris had breakout performances for the Rainbow Warriors as each wideout eclipsed the century mark in yards for the first time in their careers.

After being held without a catch last weekend and getting three total targets, Uiliata led the team with a career-high 10 receptions and 107 yards on 11 targets while also tossing a 7-yard touchdown to TE Frank Abreu late in the fourth quarter to help seal the win for Hawai’i.

“I think [Uiliata] is one of the best Waipahu football players that ever came out of that high school,” head coach Timmy Chang said after the sophomore’s big performance. “We fully trust him in all these positions because that’s what we saw when we recruited him … Tama is just a special player and we’re lucky he chose Hawai’i to be his home.”

Harris also had his best game of his college career, racking up multiple long receptions on the way to a 105-yard night on four catches in his first collegiate start. Reunited with his high school QB in Alejado, the transfer from Washington recorded the longest offensive play of the season for the Rainbow Warriors in the opening quarter as he took an Alejado pass 55 yards to set up a score.

WR Audric Harris celebrates after a big catch-and-run. | Photo credit: Michael Lasquero, HSRN

The defense set the tone early for the Rainbow Warriors, forcing a fumble on the game’s opening drive as Wynden Ho’ohuli punched the ball out and Jamih Otis hopped on top of it to secure the team’s first forced turnover of the season.

It was one of three turnovers by the New Mexico State offense, also seeing QB Trey Hedden toss a pair of interceptions after halftime as the Aggies failed to score a point on offense after the midway break.

The early takeaway by Hawai’i quickly turned into points as Alejado and the offense scored a touchdown on their game-opening drive for the first time this year. Alejado went 5-of-5 on the scoring drive, passing for 50 yards before RB DeVon Rice scored the first of his two touchdowns on a 7-yard scamper to the front right pylon.

“I think the biggest thing for the coaches was just re-evaluating and being very detailed in what we were doing out there,” Chang said. “We can give [our guys] a chance to execute. That’s what I think happened on the first drive was more execution happening consistently.”

Hawai’i added on four minutes later as the defense forced a quick punt and the offense glided back into the redzone before settling for a 32-yard field goal from Sean Olvera-Harle, giving a 9-0 lead to the Rainbow Warriors before the first quarter ended.

It didn’t stop there for the hosts after forcing another fast punt, taking the first possession of the second quarter back to paydirt as Rice hurdled a defender to cap off an 11-yard scoring run and 6-play, 71-yard scoring drive that made it a 16-0 lead for Hawai’i.

The defense bent briefly in the second quarter, allowing the Aggies to get on the board after a pair of third down conversions kept a possession alive. Senior RB James Jones capped off the scoring drive with a two-yard push, capitalizing on a defensive pass interference call against the Rainbow Warriors in the redzone.

New Mexico State drew within a field goal with just over a minute left in the first half after a beautiful throw from Hedden dropped directly into WR TK King’s hands for a 33-yard touchdown, bringing a slight level of uneasiness to the 11,807 fans taking in the game at T.C. Ching Complex.

Hawai’i did not flinch, buckling down to drive the field and tack on another three points before the break as Olvera-Harle hit on a career-long 42-yard field goal to send his team into the locker room with a 19-13 lead.

After Titan Lacaden returned the third quarter’s opening kickoff 69 yards to set up the offense inside NMSU territory, it looked like the Rainbow Warriors might roll over the Aggies.

The visitors had other plans, hammering Alejado on a third-down scramble to force a fumble that was scooped up for an 84-yard score by Aggies DB De’Marcus Peters to tie the game at 19.

QB Micah Alejado stays down in pain after getting his helmet knocked off and fumbling at the start of the 3rd quarter. | Photo credit: Michael Lasquero, HSRN

Hawai’i again responded as a banged-up Alejado trotted back onto the field and shook off the hit (and fumble) to lead a go-ahead scoring drive that ended in Olvera-Harle’s third made field goal of the night, giving the Rainbow Warriors a 22-19 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

DB Jaylon Edmond gave UH a boost to finish out the third quarter with his first interception as a Rainbow Warrior and the defense stepped up again at the start of the fourth as they forced a turnover-on-downs out at midfield.

Buoyed by the sturdy performance from the defense, Hawai’i’s offense bought some breathing room after starting in plus territory. After getting into the redzone and being faced with a 4th-and-5 decision, Chang and the Rainbow Warriors rolled the dice and went for the kill shot.

Coming out of a timeout by NMSU, Chang reached deep in the playbook and dialed up a direct snap to Uiliata, who rolled to his right and delivered UH’s lone touchdown pass of the night to Frank Abreu to put the Rainbow Warriors up by 10 with 5:41 left to play.

Chang pointed to analytics for his decision to go for a touchdown on fourth down rather than kicking a short field goal.

“Three points doesn’t really do anything for you,” Chang said about not kicking while up by three points with under six minutes to play. “A decision like that, you go for it [and] get it, we’re in a good position … and if you don’t get it, at least you’ve got them pinned down in that area, try to make it a long field to score.”

It didn’t matter anyway as LB Jamih Otis jumped another Hedden pass on the next drive for his second career interception, allowing Hawai’i to waste NMSU’s timeouts and drain the majority of the clock on the way to the team’s first win of the season.

Hedden finished the night completing 19-of-35 passes for 256 yards and one touchdown while tossing two interceptions. RB James Jones had the best showing for the Aggies, tallying 13 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown while forcing his own fair share of broken tackles throughout the loss.

DeVon Rice finished the night with 16 carries for 59 yards and two rushing touchdowns, becoming the first UH running back to have multiple rushing scores in the same game since Dedrick Parson had three against Nevada in 2022.

Kai Kai Carvalho also turned in a big night at the office as the redshirt freshman received his first career start, totaling nine catches for 82 yards in the victory for the Rainbow Warriors.

Hawai’i now gets a chance to reset as the team enters a bye week for the first time this season, soaking in the win for an extra weekend before heading to Wyoming on September 26 to close out the first month of the season against the Cowboys.

“We’ll get these guys all healed up [and then] we’ve got a tough game ahead of us,” Chang closed out saying in his postgame press conference before the bye.

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HONOLULU – Well, that start was less than ideal.

Two weeks, two losses and plenty of questions have appeared through the young start of the 2026 season for the University of Hawai’i football team. Seven-ish quarters of offensive ineptitude and plenty of doubters popping their heads out of the woodwork, who knew?

By no means did the first half-month of the 2026 campaign close the chance at a good year for Hawai’i, but after an offseason filled with hype about the potential ceiling of this group, you can understand some of the noise.

The only way to quiet down the outside though is to put up results, which Timmy Chang, Micah Alejado and the rest of the Rainbow Warriors still have plenty of ability to do. The team certainly isn’t panicking with a chance to get into the win column and enter a bye week to get closer to 100% before an important stretch of conference games and a visit to Arizona State.

If Hawai’i is to break out of the winless club this weekend, who are some of the guys who could lead them there?

Here are a few names to keep eyes on for UH’s second straight home game.

WR Audric Harris

He was so close.

The transfer from Washington looked to have his first Rainbow Warrior touchdown late in the third quarter against UNLV on a strike over the middle from backup QB Bjorn Jurgensen, but a review of the play saw the officials overturn the call on the field as an incomplete pass.

Tough break aside, Harris started to look more comfortable in his second week of game action in the green and white. As Hawai’i desperately looks for a pass catcher to emerge as Pofele Ashlock works back from an injury, Harris has an opportunity to cement himself as a key cog of the offense with his high school compadre and QB, Micah Alejado.

Plus, a pass catcher from the transfer portal practically always breaks out for Timmy Chang’s Rainbow Warriors. Steven McBride, Jackson Harris and Dekel Crowdus are a few that come to mind that went from Power 4 programs to big-time roles for Hawai’i.

Why shouldn’t another Harris be next?

DB Jeremiah Hughes

Another pickup from the transfer portal, Hughes quietly had a nice couple of weeks to start his Hawai’i career. While he didn’t get the official “start” against Stanford, Hughes graded out as the third-best defender (via PFF) while playing 29 snaps (17 in run defense, 12 in coverage).

That number jumped up to 58 of 65 possible defensive snaps in Week 1 against UNLV, seeing the junior defensive back out of Bishop Gorman grade amongst PFF’s top three defenders for the Rainbow Warriors again with contributions against both the run and pass.

New Mexico State’s defense fancies itself on creating turnovers, taking the ball away in 18 consecutive games. Hawai’i has had an overall solid showing from the defense this season, but the Rainbow Warriors are still looking for their first takeaway of the year.

The Aggies won’t be afraid to attack downfield, so there will be some chances for Hawai’i’s defense. With Hughes continuing to rise up the ranks with solid play against the pass and run, could he be the one to force a turnover this week with his first interception of his college career?

PK Sean Olvera-Harle

Do yourself a favor and take a peek at the way the game ended the last time Hawai’i hosted New Mexico State if you have some confusion about why a place kicker might find his way on the “players to watch” list.

Olvera-Harle had his own fair share of ups and downs over the opening two weekends as the starting kicker for Hawai’i. Taking over for the first consensus All-American in program history, the junior had plenty of pressure already on his shoulders heading into the season.

He made his first PAT in the Stanford game before shooting one wide on his second try. He drilled his first career Division I field goal attempt in the first half against UNLV, had one drift wide-right on his second attempt and bounced back to calmly cash in his third try against the Rebels – finishing the day as the lone Rainbow Warrior to score in the home opener.

While he (hopefully) won’t be the lone UH player to score on Saturday against New Mexico State, he still could be a key cog in the Rainbow Warriors picking up the team’s first win of the season against an Aggies squad that competed against Florida State in their opener before demolishing Mercyhurst out of the FCS last weekend.

While it may not come down it a last-second field goal against NMSU this time, every point will absolutely matter for an offense that hasn’t been able to get out of its own way so far this season. The best way to avoid needing late-game heroics? Take care of business during the first three quarters and allow the defense to protect a lead for the first time this season by capitalizing with points each time down the field.

Olvera-Harle could end up as the highest-scoring player this weekend for Hawai’i between FG attempts and PATs. He could also make the math hard for the hosts if he doesn’t have his best leg forward for the weekend.

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