HPU Announces Addition of Beach Volleyball for Year 2023-24

HONOLULU - Hawaii Pacific University announced the inaugural season of Women's Beach Volleyball to be added in the 2023-2024 academic year.

HPU has fielded beach volleyball as an exhibition sport and competes as an independent since the PacWest Conference does not sponsor the sport. The NCAA does not separate beach volleyball into traditional divisions (I, II, III), so Hawaii Pacific will be eligible for national championships at the same level as other high-profile programs. Current women's indoor coach Jenic Tumaneng serves as the interim coach and recruiter while the program gets up and running for its first season. The team will field a roster of 10 student-athletes.

Chaminade University announced that they had fielded a team for the upcoming year, and with the addition of HPU now bring the total to three beach programs on the island along with UH Manoa.

Beach volleyball will begin competition in the spring of 2024, raising the number of intercollegiate programs to 15.

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