The finals are set for the men’s volleyball NCAA Tournament.
Check out the matchup and the historical tidbits to know before filling out your NCAA Tournament bracket.
No. 2 seed Hawai’i (29-5, 9-1 Big West) vs. UC Irvine (21-8, 7-3 Big West)
Match vitals: 4 p.m. Monday in Los Angeles (at Pauley Pavilion)
Season series: Hawai’i leads 2-0
All-time series: Hawai’i leads 55-24
Last meeting: Opposite Kristian Titriyski had a match-high 20 kills on a .448 attack percentage as Hawai’i swept UC Irvine in April.
Previous meetings in the NCAA Tournament: First NCAA Tournament meeting
How they got here: Hawai’i defeated USC in the regional finals and then defeated the No. 3 seed Long Beach in four games in the semifinals. UC Irvine defeated Penn State in five games in the opening round, upset the No. 1 seed UCLA in the regional finals and then defeated Ball State in four games in the semifinals.
NCAA Tournament record: Hawai’i (14-8); UC Irvine (12-4)
NCAA Tournament appearances: Hawai’i (1995, 1996, 2002, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026); UC Irvine (2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2024, 2026)
NCAA Tournament finals appearances: Hawai’i (1996, 2002, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026); UC Irvine (2007, 2009, 2012, 2013)
NCAA Tournament titles: Hawai’i (2002, 2021, 2022); UC Irvine (2007, 2009, 2012, 2013)
NCAA Tournament finals record: Hawai’i (3-3); UC Irvine (4-0)
Hawai’i player accolades this season: Tread Rosenthal (First-Team All-American, First-Team All-Big West); Adrien Roure (Second-Team All-American, First-Team All-Big West); Kristian Titriyski (First-Team All-Big West); Louis Sakanoko (First-Team All-American, First-Team All-Big West); Quintin Greenidge (First-Team All-Big West, All-American Honorable Mention); Justin Todd (All-American Honorable Mention)
UC Irvine player accolades this season: Will D’Arcy (First-Team All-Big West, All-American Honorable Mention); Andrej Jokanovic (National Newcomer of the Year, Second-Team All-American, First-Team All-Big West, Big West All-Freshman Team); Shane Aitken (First-Team All-American, All-Big West Honorable Mention); Trevor Clark (Second-Team All-American, All-Big West Honorable Mention); Cameron Kotsy (Big West All-Freshman Team, All-American Honorable Mention); Micah Goss (All-American Honorable Mention)