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2018-19 Rainbow Wahine basketball preview

By Brian McInnis on November 6, 2018

The Hawaii women’s basketball team hopes to reverse course beginning tonight against Pepperdine to launch the 2018-19 season. UH, 12-18 the last two seasons, lost top scorer Sarah Toeaina but has its Nos. 2 through 9 scorers back. Here’s what ran in today’s print edition of the Star-Advertiser, as seventh-year coach Laura Beeman resolved her team would be better this season. The Wahine are counting on versatility as a strong suit this season. “We’ve got a lot of different lineups […]

Pepperdine defeats Hawaii 3-2

By Cindy Luis on November 6, 2018

FINAL: Pepperdine defeats Hawaii in five, 19-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18, 15-6, to fall to 16-8 on the season with the nonconference loss. Here’s the breaking news on it. Mahalo to The Voice of Hawaii Volleyball Tiff Wells for the picture from Firestone Fieldhouse. ***** Set 5 Pepperdine wins 15-6 6:09: Wahine down 10-4. TO. 6:07: Not looking good. Pepperdine rolled out 7-1 and now 8-3 at the changeover 6:03. McKenna Granato hits long. Waves up 4-1. TO UH ***** Set […]

Warrior Beat: Tavai will miss rest of season

By Stephen Tsai on November 5, 2018

After each game the past two seasons, Jahlani Tavai would emerge from the postgame locker room and answer questions, any questions. Sometimes he would speak with a group of reporters, sometimes just one. Often he still would be wearing the white long-sleeved Under Armour shirt stained with the game’s wear and tear. Tavai was a leader in offseason conditioning (sometimes brining the water cooler), in practices, in games, and after games. He took the blame for losses and gave credit […]

Hawaii RPI up to 55

By Cindy Luis on November 5, 2018

The Rainbow Wahine are up six spots in the latest NCAA RPI report to their highest mark of the season. UH is up to 55, right behind Tuesday’s opponent Pepperdine (54, down 1). For the complete listing click here. The only conference team with higher RPI than Hawaii is No. 16 Cal Poly (remains at 22). UC Irvine plummeted to 80, down 22. Also ahead of the Wahine is: Oregon (20, down 2). Now behind Hawaii are: Kansas State (58, […]

Manuwai remembered for his deeds, others’ words

By Dave Reardon on November 4, 2018

That description of gentle giant gets thrown around a lot when we talk about behemoth football players. And it is true that Vince Manuwai, who died Sunday at age 38, was very big and very kind. One of his teammates, defensive back Jacob Espiau, put it best. “Never been picked up and mauled so bad by an O-lineman in my life. Then picked up and given a hug. We lost a super good braddah,” Espiau posted on Facebook upon the […]

Warrior Beat: Vince Manuwai dies at 38

By Stephen Tsai on November 4, 2018

The Warriors’ fortunes turned on a January night in 1999. Vince Manuwai, then a Farrington High senior, was set to make good on a verbal commitment to Utah. But then after talks with the UH coaches, he opted to be the first member of June Jones‘ initial recruiting class. Manuwai demonstrated strength of body (500-pound bench press) and character. When John Estes was being recruited to UH a few years later, O-line coach Mike Cavanaugh showed videos of Manuwai. “I […]

Condolences to Goods-Fernandez ohana, please share your stories of Cia

By Cindy Luis on November 3, 2018

It is with great sadness that I pass this along. Former Wahine Cia Goods-Fernandez passed away tonight on Maui after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. Goods played for the Wahine in ’93, 95-97. She was a teammate of three of the current Wahine staff: Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (1993-96), Angelica Ljungqvist (1993-96) and Aven Lee (1996-97, 99-00). Goods was the 1997 WAC Player of the Year-Pacific Division and AVCA all-region. She is in the UH record books in a couple […]

Aggies run over Rainbow Warriors

By Dave Reardon on November 3, 2018

This one was over early. It wasn’t much of a surprise to most that No. 18 Utah State had few problems clobbering a reeling Hawaii team 56-17 on Saturday at Aloha Stadium. The Aggies blasted out to a 28-3 halftime lead and cruised the rest of the way. It’s hard to believe the Rainbow Warriors, with four losses in a row, still have a winning record (6-5). After next week’s bye, they have two chances left — at home against […]

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