Miller and Heintzelman Head To AVCA Pairs Nationals

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A pair of Rainbow Wahine seaside volleyball gamers will signify the University of Hawai’i and the 2025 AVCA Beach Pairs National Championship, Nov. 7-9, in Huntsville, Ala. Senior Sydney Miller and switch Emily Heintzelman will make their solution to the fourth annual occasion as the varsity’s lone pair.

The ladies’s championship encompasses a 64-pair bracket—no pool play—and matches begin on Friday and undergo Sunday’s. Schools earned bids in 3 ways: efficiency within the 2025 spring season, high finishes at qualifying occasions held over the previous six weeks, and being one of many at-large choices. Miller and Heintzelman had been UH’s high finishers on the Surf City Challenge qualifier held final month in Huntington Beach, Calif. 

Key matches from the AVCA Beach National Championships will probably be streamed. Six matches from the ladies’s pairs occasion—two of the quarterfinals, each semifinals, the third-place match, and the championship—will probably be out there at ESPN+. An extra 20-plus matches will probably be streamed on the AVCA YouTube channel. Check out the printed schedule here.

This would be the fourth yr of the  AVCA National Beach Championships in Huntsville at John Hunt Park which features a state-of-the-art volleyball advanced with 15 courts. The Rainbow Wahine have had six pairs beforehand compete within the occasion. 

 

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