Kainalu Ka'ahanui
2 Kainalu Ka'ahanui
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    175
  • Hometown:
    Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Position:
    OH
  • Year:
    So.
  • High School:
    Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
  • m
    30
  • k/s
    0.82
  • h %
    .142
  • a/s
    0.26
  • b/s
    0.30
  • sa/s
    0.11
  • d/s
    1.02

Player Profile

Recent Games
Mar 26 at Calumet (IN) W, 3-1
Mar 31 Trinity Christian (IL) W, 3-0
Apr 2 at Governors State L, 3-0
Apr 7 Olivet Nazarene (IL) L, 3-2
Apr 14 Viterbo W, 3-1
Apr 16 at #3 Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-0
  Overall Conf
Matches 30 14
Sets 90 41
Kills 74 27
Kills per set 0.82 0.66
Errors 43 21
Total Attacks 219 79
Total Attacks per set 2.43 1.93
Hitting Percentage .142 .076
Assists 23 11
Assists per set 0.26 0.27
Service Total Attempts 320 125
Service Aces 10 4
Service Errors 44 19
Service Aces per set 0.11 0.10
Receptions 390 154
Reception Errors 20 7
Digs 92 37
Digs per set 1.02 0.90
Block Solo 5 1
Block Assist 22 9
Block Total 27 10
Blocks per set 0.30 0.24
Block Errors 1 0
Ball Handling Errors 0 0
Points 100.0 36.5
Points per set 1.1 0.9
Matches started 16 5
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Jan 23 Millennia Atlantic   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 23 Cumberland (TN) W, 3-2 1 5 3 2 11 .091 1 1 4 21 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 5.0
Jan 24 Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 14 .429 1 0 1 11 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Jan 30 vs. Graceland W, 3-0 1 2 3 0 5 .600 1 1 1 9 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 4.5
Jan 30 at UHSP W, 3-0 1 3 2 3 7 -.143 1 1 3 22 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Jan 31 vs. Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Jan 31 vs. #6 Missouri Baptist L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 6 vs. #9 Campbellsville (KY) L, 3-2 1 5 4 2 15 .133 0 0 2 35 2 6 2 3 0 5 0 7.5
Feb 6 vs. Reinhardt (GA) L, 3-0 1 3 2 2 6 .000 0 0 2 26 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Feb 7 vs. Indiana Tech W, 3-2 1 5 2 3 15 -.067 4 0 1 22 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Feb 13 at Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 3-0 - 2 1 2 5 -.200 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Feb 17 Augustana W, 3-1 - 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 20 Viterbo W, 3-1 - 2 6 3 11 .273 0 1 1 8 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 8.0
Feb 21 at #2 Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-0 - 2 0 1 5 -.200 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Feb 21 vs. Cornerstone (MI) W, 3-0 - 1 0 0 0 - 1 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Feb 23 at Augustana L, 3-1 - 3 3 1 12 .167 1 0 1 20 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 4.5
Feb 28 vs. #14 Morningside L, 3-2 - 5 4 2 13 .154 0 0 2 39 1 4 0 3 0 3 0 5.5
Feb 28 at Clarke (IA) W, 3-2 1 5 12 2 28 .357 2 1 4 9 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 13.5
Mar 3 Judson (IL) W, 3-1 - 4 2 1 8 .125 0 0 0 19 2 11 1 1 0 2 0 3.5
Mar 5 Calumet (IN) W, 3-1 - 3 2 1 7 .143 7 0 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Mar 7 at Trinity Christian (IL) W, 3-1 - 3 2 5 10 -.300 1 1 2 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mar 10 Governors State L, 3-1 - 2 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0 1 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 12 at Olivet Nazarene (IL) L, 3-1 - 1 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mar 19 at Viterbo W, 3-1 - 3 3 1 6 .333 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 4.0
Mar 21 #2 Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-1 1 4 1 0 2 .500 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mar 21 #12 Bethel (IN) W, 3-1 1 4 4 2 9 .222 0 1 2 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Mar 24 at Judson (IL) W, 3-2 1 4 2 2 7 .000 1 0 2 31 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Mar 26 at Calumet (IN) W, 3-1 1 3 3 2 8 .125 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Mar 31 Trinity Christian (IL) W, 3-0 1 3 2 2 5 .000 0 0 2 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2.5
Apr 2 at Governors State L, 3-0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 1 17 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1.5
Apr 7 Olivet Nazarene (IL) L, 3-2 - 4 3 1 6 .333 0 0 0 13 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Apr 14 Viterbo W, 3-1 1 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Apr 16 at #3 Saint Xavier (IL) L, 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2024-25 26 85 32 0.38 27 111 .045 42 0.49 14 0.16 291 21 97 1.14 0 3 3 0.04 47.5 0.6
2025-26 30 90 74 0.82 43 219 .142 23 0.26 10 0.11 390 20 92 1.02 5 22 27 0.30 100.0 1.1
Total 56 175 106 0.61 70 330 .109 65 0.37 24 0.14 681 41 189 1.08 5 25 30 0.17 147.5 0.8
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 30 90 74 0.82 43 219 .142 23 0.26 10 0.11 390 20 92 1.02 5 22 27 0.30 100.0 1.1
Conference 14 41 27 0.66 21 79 .076 11 0.27 4 0.10 154 7 37 0.90 1 9 10 0.24 36.5 0.9
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 36 30 0.83 14 74 .216 11 0.31 5 0.14 114 9 40 1.11 2 5 7 0.19 39.5 1.1
Away 11 32 29 0.91 20 91 .099 6 0.19 3 0.09 140 5 28 0.88 1 8 9 0.28 37.0 1.2
Neutral 7 22 15 0.68 9 54 .111 6 0.27 2 0.09 136 6 24 1.09 2 9 11 0.50 23.5 1.1
Result Wins 20 58 56 0.97 32 156 .154 20 0.34 8 0.14 212 12 62 1.07 2 14 16 0.28 73.0 1.3
Losses 10 32 18 0.56 11 63 .111 3 0.09 2 0.06 178 8 30 0.94 3 8 11 0.34 27.0 0.8
Month January 5 14 15 1.07 6 37 .243 4 0.29 3 0.21 63 5 22 1.57 1 3 4 0.29 20.5 1.5
February 11 34 34 1.00 18 110 .145 8 0.24 3 0.09 181 9 35 1.03 3 12 15 0.44 46.0 1.4
March 11 34 21 0.62 18 65 .046 11 0.32 4 0.12 115 5 26 0.76 1 6 7 0.21 29.0 0.9
April 3 8 4 0.50 1 7 .429 0 0.00 0 0.00 31 1 9 1.13 0 1 1 0.13 4.5 0.6

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