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Parapunov POW again, Warriors unanimous No. 1, RPI back to 1

By Cindy Luis on April 8, 2019

Junior opposite Rado Parapunov today was named the Big West player of the week in men’s volleyball, the fifth time this season for Parapunov and the sixth straight week a Rainbow Warrior player was recognized. The Bulgarian national averaged 5.71 kills per set, hitting .435 (40-10-69) as Hawaii won both of last week’s matches against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara. Parapunov had 20 kills in both of the matches at the Stan Sheriff Center. In Friday’s opener, half of his […]

Streak ends at 74: No. 1 Hawaii 3, UCSB 1; Top 15 scores

By Cindy Luis on April 6, 2019

#HawaiiMVB finishes off UCSB in 4, 25-16, 25-21, 23-25, 25-19. Set streak ends at 74 but UH improves to 25-0. pic.twitter.com/f6BATe8J0f — Brian McInnis (@Brian_McInnis) April 7, 2019 Set 4: UH wins 25-19 9:32: Warriors remain unbeaten 9:03: Two amazing digs by Gage Worsley helps Hawaii jump out 5-2. TO UCSB. 9:08: Patrick Gasman with two aces, Warriors with two blocks. It’s 10-3. TO Gauchos. 9:13: Rado Parapunov with his third hitting error, UCSB closes to 10-8. TO Warriors. Fans […]

SWEEP No. 24 No. 1 Hawaii 3, No. 3 UCSB 0 Set streak at 72

By Cindy Luis on April 5, 2019

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s all over. No. 1 #HawaiiMVB sweeps No. 3 UCSB 25-18, 25-22, 25-16. UH is 24-0 and has won 72 straight sets. pic.twitter.com/6vyj5mwtJ8 — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) April 6, 2019 Set 3 UH win 25-16. 8:47: UH with a walkoff block, ends it 25-16. 842: Gaucho hitting error makes it 23-14. TO UCSB 8:33: Hawaii running away at 15-7 at the TTO. 8:25: Ryan Wilcox had no hitting errors until now. His 2 back-row attacks fail […]

UPDATE: Saturday officially sold out; about 2800 left for tonight (Friday)

By Cindy Luis on April 5, 2019

4:50: UH announces Saturday is a sellout, first since 1997 +++++++ Noon Friday update from UH Approximately 500 tickets remain for Saturday’s senior night between No. 1 Hawaii and No. 3 UC Santa Barbara. About 2,800 left for tonight. ++++++++ Previous thread Some one had counted 382 seats left for Saturday when they went online. UH had held out some ‘obstructed’ seats but have now released them. The arena will not be opened until 6 p.m. on Friday. It may […]

Saturday tickets: 8,100 sold; Thursday scores

By Cindy Luis on April 4, 2019

Latest update from UH: Saturday: 8,100 sold Friday: 6,000 sold _______ Coming to practice today were Jennings Franciskovic & Iain McKellar. All they need is Hendrik Mol to make that senior closs complete. As mentioned earlier, Kupono Fey dropped in Tuesday. ______ No. 4 Pepperdine (H) def. No. 6 USC, 25-16, 25-23, 25-21 No. 5 UCLA (H) def. No. 14 Concordia-Irvine, 25-19, 25-19, 25-19 Grand Canyon (H) def. No. 11 BYU, 19-25, 27-25, 19-25, 25-22, 16-14 Ohio State (H) def. […]

Ticket sales brisk, parking plans for UCSB matches

By Cindy Luis on April 2, 2019

Kupono Fey dropped into practice today, fresh off his pro play in Italy. Said he was bummed he had to miss last year’s senior night with his Punahou friend Tui Tuileta. Said he wasn’t going to miss this one. ++++++ Some numbers from UH on tickets for this week and Big West tournament some 5,000 tickets sold for Friday vs. UCSB Some 6,500 tickets sold for Saturday’s senior night And some 4,500 ticket packages sold for Big West tournament in […]

Rado Parapunov POW again, UH No. 1 in poll, 2 in RPI

By Cindy Luis on April 1, 2019

Rado Parapunov earns his fourth player of week award in five weeks. The 6-foot-9 junior opposite averaged 4.89 kills per set and hit .472 (44-10-72) in a 3-0 week for the Rainbow Warriors, who improved to 23-0 on the year. UH hasn’t lost a set all season long. Parapunov notched 18 kills on .640 (18-2-25) hitting in the rematch against UC San Diego. He had 15 kills and a season-high six blocks against Concordia. The native of Bulgaria turned in […]

SandBows fall to Cal Poly 3-2, sweep Sac State & Beach

By Cindy Luis on March 31, 2019

No. 6 Hawaii lost to No. 7 Cal Poly 3-2 The SandBows won at Flights 3 and 4, losing at Flights 1, 2 and 5 The match came down to Flights 4 and 5 going 3 Huddleston-Loker won 19-21, 21-16, 15-13 Dreeuws-Russo lost 16-21, 28-26, 15-11 _____ Hawaii swept Sac State in today’s second match at the Big West Challenge The No. 3 pair of Morgan Martin and Pani Napoleon extended their win streak together to 16 matches – all […]

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