UCLA vs. Hawaii highlights: 2023 NCAA men's volleyball championship

UCLA men's volleyball won its 20th national championship in program history with a 3-1 win over Hawaii in the 2023 title match. Watch the full match highlights here.
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[@gissneric]

Both teams were great but it all came down to serve receive and UCLA did a way better job at it.

[@ricmagik]

UCLA middles also dominated

[@fistbump445]

shutup

[@Thomas_Erickson]

Best championship match in 5ish years. Competitive high level play.

[@jaimesantos1170]

Hawaii had their karma. They took this season too lightly. This is their best chance for another championship. They'll lose Thelle. Can't see hawaii winning next year too.

[@joshmason6169]

Definitely not their best playing! Who knows, maybe they’ll surprise us again next year as they did last year after losing so many big guns. The ‘21 match was pretty wild too!

[@Thomas_Erickson]

@@joshmason6169 I think Hawaii could make it back to the national semis, but right now next years championship is UCLA’s to loose.

[@supertacogaming3646]

Go wild

[@brocky]

When Norris missed like 4 serves in the 2nd set I was seriously feeling the nerves. Then he dominated in 3 and 4 whenever he subbed in. That freshman setter plays like a senior. UCLA looked tired after a hard 2nd set but Hawaii looked exhausted/defeated towards the end of 3rd and 4th sets. UCLA was so deep with their rotation as well. I can tell the subs towards the end of each 3rd and 4th sets rejuvenated them. Great win!

[@VicNasty559]

Rowan! Best setter all year. He can set, serve and block! Amazing season for him and the Bruins! The fact that he’s only a freshman still amazes me! Congrats!

[@pressvolley]

What an amazing match this was! Congratulations UCLA!!! That makes 20!!!

[@unknownuser9587]

Overpass on a free ball to end the championship point. Smh

[@myerklamb8529]

And they say that womens volleyball is all about errors lol. Just completely inexcusable contact

[@bradsimpson9396]

Rowan is impressive. That dude is gonna be a superstar In the end, the team that played better won the match. UCLA was better all around and my concern about Hawaii’s serve receive (especially after PSU dropped 12 aces on them) came to fruition. Great match tho. That second set was one of the best sets I’ve watched in a while

[@anandguruji83]

20-TIME MEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPION MEN'S VOLLEYBALL UCLA BRUINS

[@anandguruji83]

20-TIME MEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPION MEN'S VOLLEYBALL UCLA BRUINS

[@Lil.debbie]

Hawaii🥺they were so good😪but congrats to UCLA 💙

[@berkeslaw]

I have been a Bruin fan since Karch's reign in the early '80s. I photographed the team for 4 years from 2015 on. I went to law school there. And now, I am sincerely overjoyed. If Rowan stays, there are more rings to come. Miles Partain, who was named 2022 MPSF Player of the Year and a first-team NVA/AVCA All-America selection, left because Rowan was overtaking his spot. Crazy good team next year.

[@GeoAce777]

5:37 RIDICULOUS spike and dig🤯

[@michaeldatuin15]

Imagine shanking a free ball 💀

[@myerklamb8529]

On match point of the national championship!

[@jarey9955]

an amazing championship match ! Proud of my Bruins for such an amazing season. Being the underdogs and winning the 'ship is a chefs kiss

[@jarey9955]

@@locomojoboy2 From the posts that I’ve seen every one had Hawaii “three peating” . Post include “out of system” and other various social media outlets. Majority of the comments in these posts also had hawaii three peating.

[@meu4972]

I totally agree! The commentators were so biased towards Hawaii too that I wanna see them cry lol

[@airwinserranoditianquin5454]

Great game. Salute to both teams. Congrats UCLA!

[@seanitttoooo]

UCLA’s passing is so pretty to watch

[@s.th0mas]

If Hawaii had been better on the serve receive they definitely could've won

[@ChangGuo]

Definitely. I think Thelle is the best setter in NCAA men’s volleyball currently, so if he had better serve receive he could have led his team to a win over UCLA.

[@leigh3659]

0:06 Kong Block 🔥

[@volley6man]

It was great to watch in person. Hawai'i was out of their normal rhythm. They didn't run the middle and the back row attack enough.

[@glacius6860]

Hawaii:(

[@stevenhagedorn4153]

A three peat would have been nice for Hawai’i but still proud of Hawaii for back to back national championships!!

[@nathancerbo7050]

Rowan looking like the new Christenson 👀 but we’ll see in the future how he holds up

[@gissneric]

I think he's even better than Tuaniga who is Micah's backup setter.

[@nathancerbo7050]

@@gissneric oh he’s way better in terms of athleticism but rn Tuaniga has a ton of experience compared to Rowan

[@iceman9610]

About time! That was a long drought for UCLA!

[@kimnorberg9783]

When the game doesn't go in their way hawaiis don't know how to play, though still think they are stronger on paper

[@JERRY-oh6jd]

wheres cole hoglands wonka(one hand) block

[@jazrosales2008]

Congratulations fellow Bruins!!! Go Bruins!!!

[@HomieHopper2070]

Hawaii looked tired from the get go. like they didnt sleep lol

[@nathanjhanna]

That set at 1:48 is nuts

[@RoyalsRP]

"No one was in the net. Actually YOUR guy is in the net. This is a ridiculous challenge, back to the dog pile" 😂😂

[@droggel7]

How was the matchpoint not an over call on ucla he literally hit it out of his hand

[@ianbooth4510]

The ball was on the plane of the net, which means it's fair game for either side to contact. It's only an over call if no part of the ball has gotten over top of the net yet.

[@noman266]

Congrats to UCLA! Hawaii has been amazing for the past few years. But the true champion wins!

[@Opus766]

Tough finish for Hawaii overpassing a free ball. I don't think they would have won even if that pass was perfect, but it will probably haunt him for a long time.

[@Tessiefaye]

Congratulations Bruins!

[@BelderTheBlender]

love from israel Ido David

[@joshmason6169]

Epic match! Free ball error in set 1 was a killer. The challenge at the end was also totally legit. That should have been called against the hitter, as the ball had not completely crossed the plane for ucla to attack. Calling it “ridiculous”by the commentators was pretty shame, but the call probably would have been too controversial at that point and UCLA was definitely on track to win anyway. Congrats to the Bruins on a very solid game. Rematch 2024 🙏🏼

[@maxmacc2193]

Idk, I paused it right as Champlin touches the ball, and it looks to be more on the UCLA side. Rough call to make

[@CreightonMiller]

Noob here, can anyone give the minutiae about why the final play was ruled legal?

[@richardthelionheart5594]

BRUINS back on Top. Now get TWO ... two Natties in one weekend.

[@Alan-jp7ho]

YESSS

[@myerklamb8529]

And yet their women choke again and can't get it done

[@richardthelionheart5594]

@@myerklamb8529 They don't have 20 yet but they'll get it rolling.

[@JDunkLow21]

not putting choi as a libero is a bad decision for hawaii = receive is the problem

[@Downypour]

He would not have made a consistent improvement. His strengths are his athleticism and drive, but he is not foundationaly sound yet.

[@alexandriamaxilom-bernales121]

It would have been nice to have a 3 peat! No matter what Hawaii did us proud.! There's always next year

[@Iron_Blooded]

The commentators were so bias lol smfh

[@JohnMKim-nt2li]

micro seconds...

[@Uscfootballlover]

Ueah

[@eddieabe7720]

Where’s the Hawaiians?

[@dalehatcher3935]

Hawaii will be the class of men’s volleyball moving forward. If they played just a fraction of what they did all year UCLA would have gotten smoked hands down.

[@michaeljiang3530]

thelle's leaving bro hawaii is done

[@Alan-jp7ho]

😂😂😂

[@matthewd39]

I don’t think any team has “smoked” UCLA and would have no matter how hard they play. Also Thelle and Mouchlias are leaving

[@jarey9955]

both of these teams are so elite it could of gone either or. Nobody is getting smoked that easy.

[@sunflowerseeds3884]

I’m pretty sure UCLA has set the new standard. They’ve been rapidly improving all year. The main difference between this championship match and the last time Hawaii played against UCLA, has everything to with UCLAs improvement and nothing to do with Hawaii. Hawaii didn’t change, instead UCLA cut their service errors by more than half and worked on service receive. If anything, I’m surprised UCLA didn’t sweep Hawaii. I’m sure loosing the second set in that crazy deuce was tragic for them.

[@collionsityzx_7490]

First

[@an0n71]

Ya ucla did a better job corrupting the momentum i think from Hawaii! We all think that ucla coach just wanted to challenge the second to the last point JUST TO TAKE AWAY THE MOMENTUM HAWAII WAS HAVING! Thats corruption of time and a sly he knows he did that on purpose! Shame on UCLA. Who’s coach mind will by the way ask for a time out for EVERY POINT THEY LOSE smh they don’t deserve the win sorry

[@jarey9955]

every coach does this. You challenge on purpose to kill the momentum.

[@unknownuser9587]

They lost because they cant pass... as with the match point, overpassing a free ball? Common! Lol

[@sunflowerseeds3884]

What a stupid take. Each set has a fixed amount of timeouts and challenges to use. Of course a coach is going to use them since they can’t be carried over to the next point. This is common practice in volleyball. Are you going to ignore how Hawaii used all their timeouts too and even tried to challenge the last set point, even though it was a clear shot? It’s all such common practise, learn more about volleyball. Smh 🤨

[@berkeslaw]

@@sunflowerseeds3884 Funny, the challenge on championship point showed that a Hawaii player was caught in the net like a Marlin.

[@sunflowerseeds3884]

@@berkeslaw yeah the commentators cracked me up when they pointed it out 😂

[@etheldingleberry8075]

The black players are the ones who didn’t make the basketball team.

[@etheldingleberry8075]

@@locomojoboy2 perhaps, but black people normally play basketball. I think it’s, like, a requirement or something.