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Hawaii basketball: Pivotal Saturday matchups for Rainbow Warriors, Wahine

By Brian McInnis on January 11, 2020

UPDATE II: The UH basketball teams went 0-2 against the defending Big West champions on Saturday, as the Rainbow Warriors fell 74-60 at UC Irvine — their fifth straight loss to the Anteaters and seventh in the last eight meetings. UH spotted the hosts an 11-0 lead, rallied back to lead briefly, fell behind by 14 at halftime, and got within four by finally succumbing. UPDATE: The Rainbow Wahine basketball team fell behind by 21 going into the fourth, rallied within […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: FINAL No. 1 Warriors 3, Grand Canyon 0

By Cindy Luis on January 11, 2020

FINAL: No. 1 Hawaii sweeps Grand Canyon 25-15, 25-20, 25-13 without star hitter Colton Cowell to take the Raising Cane’s Rainbow Warrior Classic title and sweep the season-opening five-match homestand. Rado Parapunov puts down a season-high 13 kills. Bump set from ‘Eleu Choy to Parapunov and that’s all she wrote for the Raising Cane’s Rainbow Warrior Classic.#HawaiiMVB sweeps Grand Canyon 25-15, 25-20, 25-13 and sweeps its season-opening five-match homestand. pic.twitter.com/jZI9N495OP — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) January 12, 2020 All-tournament Rado […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: No. 1 Rainbow Warriors 3, Harvard 0

By Cindy Luis on January 10, 2020

FINAL: No. 1 Hawaii (4-0) ran its season-opening sets-won streak to 12 with a 25-17, 25-18, 25-17 sweep of Harvard on Friday night. >> PHOTO GALLERY: HAWAII VS. HARVARD Set 3: UH sweeps 25-17 8:45: UH finishes it off 25-17 on a block of Jakob Thelle of Griffin Schmit. 8:32: James Anastassiades replaces Colton Cowell then serves up an ace. It’s 18-13. TO Crimson. Cowell had KT tape on his hitting shoulder and getting ice on his left leg. Think […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Rainbow Wahine sign transfer setter Mylana Byrd

By Cindy Luis on January 10, 2020

Hawaii has signed 6-2 setter Mylana Byrd, who is transferring from Alabama. She is enrolling at UH this spring and will have two seasons to play beginning in fall. From UH: In her two seasons at Alabama, Byrd played in 158 total sets with 844 assists, 81 digs, 80 total blocks (15-solo/65-block assist), and 71 kills. As a freshman, she played in all 32 matches for the Crimson Tide. As a sophomore, she posted a career-high 38 assists in a […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Old King Kekaulike teammates Colton Cowell, Don Thompson share a moment

By Brian McInnis on January 9, 2020

It probably should’ve been a kill. It sure looked like it was about to be one from press row. Then Colton Cowell dove headlong over the courtside barrier and popped the shanked ball back into play. UH managed to toss it back over the net on the third touch and somehow wound up winning the point. The player Cowell and Hawaii deprived of a kill? That would be Cowell’s old King Kekaulike High School teammate, Don Thompson, now an Emmanuel […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: FINAL No. 1 Hawaii 3, Emmanuel 0

By Cindy Luis on January 9, 2020

FINAL: No. 1 Hawaii remains unblemished on the season and in sets in sweeping Emmanuel College 25-13, 25-15, 25-15 on Thursday night. It’s a very quick night for #HawaiiMVB, which sweeps Emmanuel College 25-13, 25-15, 25-15. UH (3-0) faces Harvard (1-0) tomorrow night. pic.twitter.com/UOul9XAOJ0 — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) January 10, 2020 Touted #HawaiiMVB freshman hitter Chaz Galloway (and his 45-inch vertical) made a Stan Sheriff Center debut on Thursday night. He had six kills on seven swings. pic.twitter.com/CQQY8ZP0bK — […]

Hawaii football: Khoury Bethley named to Associated Press All-Bowl team

By Brian McInnis on January 9, 2020

Hawaii sophomore safety Khoury Bethley was named to the Associated Press’ All-Bowl team, a collection of players that included every FBS postseason game except the upcoming College Football Playoff national championship between LSU and Clemson. LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, the Heisman Trophy winner, headlined the list of 31 players spanning the 39 games played. Bethley, who recorded 10 solo tackles and two interceptions — including the game-clincher — in the 38-34 win over BYU in the SoFi Hawaii Bowl, was […]

Hawaii football: Quarterback Cole McDonald says he will enter NFL Draft

By Warrior World on January 8, 2020

Hawaii quarterback Cole McDonald announced on social media this afternoon that he will forgo his final season of eligibility and enter into the 2020 NFL Draft. 🤙🏼 pic.twitter.com/CmviJoHmio — °°° K . C °°° (@ColeHunter520) January 9, 2020 McDonald will finish his UH career with 8,032 passing yards and 70 touchdowns in 33 games. “Having a chance to play in the NFL has been a lifelong dream and I am excited for the challenge,” McDonald wrote as part of his […]

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