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Hawaii women’s basketball: Amy Atwell has Australia on mind as Big West play begins

By Brian McInnis on January 8, 2020

Amy Atwell was of two minds as the Hawaii women’s basketball team embarked on its first Big West road trip of the season. Much of the fourth-year junior’s thoughts were of the here and now, of her 6-7 Rainbow Wahine taking on Cal State Northridge (5-9) in their opener at 5 p.m. Thursday. But Atwell also couldn’t also help but be thousands of miles away mentally, back to her homeland of Australia, which continues to be scorched by out-of-control wildfires, […]

Hawaii men’s basketball: Big West rankings as league play begins

By Brian McInnis on January 8, 2020

It’s Jan. 8, and it’s about time the Big West Conference finally got underway with official league games. Coming into Wednesday, the BWC is the last of 32 NCAA Division I conferences to not have played a conference game. Well, that ends with UC Santa Barbara (11-4) visiting Cal Poly (3-11) and Long Beach State (5-11) driving over to Cal State Northridge (5-11) tonight. UH (9-5) gets underway at Cal State Fullerton (5-10) at 5 p.m. (HST) on Thursday. #HawaiiMBB […]

Hawaii volleyball: Guilherme Voss Big West Freshman of the Week; SandBows release schedule

By Cindy Luis on January 7, 2020

Hawaii middle Guilherme Voss was named Big West Freshman of the Week, the first time in three Big West seasons a UH player has won the award. Voss had three kills on .400 hitting with a dig and a block in Friday’s season opener against Charleston. The Brazilian followed that with two kills on .667 hitting with three blocks in another sweep of Charleston on Saturday. JUST IN: Voss Wins Program's First @BigWestSports Freshman of the Week Award ➡️ https://t.co/Mg8J3P8rCF#HawaiiMVB […]

Rainbow Forecast: Basketball teams open Big West; men’s volleyball hosts tournament

By Brian McInnis on January 6, 2020

Brace yourselves. Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday break, because the Hawaii athletics calendar revs back into high gear starting this week. The UH basketball teams both head to the road to launch Big West Conference play, the men’s volleyball team hosts a three-matches-in-three-days tournament at the Stan Sheriff Center, and the tennis and swimming & diving squads are in action at home on both the men’s and women’s sides. Without further ado: TUESDAY Men’s tennis: Duke (0-0) at Hawaii (0-0), […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Patrick Gasman proud of young guns after second sweep of Charleston

By Brian McInnis on January 4, 2020

Patrick Gasman beamed like a proud uncle. The Hawaii senior middle blocker had a good night, sure. Five kills on .400 hitting and three block assists in a second straight sweep of Charleston, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 on Saturday. But that wasn’t the reason for the big grin. It had more to do with the procession of first-timers that had just graced the Stan Sheriff Center court for the 2-0 Rainbow Warriors. “It’s really good to get a lot of guys […]

Junior college defensive back Isaiah Mays set to join Hawaii football team

By Stephen Tsai on January 4, 2020

Isaiah Mays, a defensive back who played the past two seasons at City College of San Francisco, has accepted a scholarship offer from the UH football team. Mays told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser he will begin taking classes on Jan. 13, the first day of UH’s spring semester, and participate in the Rainbow Warriors’ offseason conditioning program and spring practice. https://twitter.com/amays213/status/1213590278541463552 Mays said he is 6 feet 1, 190 pounds, and capable of running 40 yards in 4.5 seconds. He said […]

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

By Cindy Luis on January 4, 2020

FINAL: Hawaii swept Charleston for the second straight night, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17, to improve to 2-0 on the 2020 season. Set 3: UH wins 25-17. Night 2 fittingly ends on another service error by Charleston (19 for the match) as #HawaiiMVB sweeps the Golden Eagles for the second straight night to open #WarriorBall20, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 pic.twitter.com/BmsbQNOzNt — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) January 5, 2020 8:31: Hawaii sweeps, using Charleston’s 19th service error. 8:20: Hawaii with its seventh block, up […]

VIDEO: Hawaii men’s volleyball new setter Jakob Thelle plays up to expectations in season opener

By Brian McInnis on January 3, 2020

For the record, it’s pronounced “Ya-kob Tell-a.” Sophomore Jakob Thelle, who was a freshman reserve for the Hawaii men’s volleyball team in the Rainbow Warriors’ run to the NCAA national championship game in 2019, introduced himself to fans in a more direct way on Friday night as UH’s new starting setter. But even after a 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 season-opening sweep of Charleston, teammates and UH staff couldn’t resist calling out to the sophomore with the English pronunciation of his name, […]

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