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Hawaii men’s volleyball: Rainbow Warriors preseason No. 1 in Big West

By Cindy Luis on December 19, 2019

Hawaii, preseason No. 1 in the AVCA coaches poll, was the unanimous choice to win the Big West in 2020 as voted by the league’s coaches. The Warriors collected all six first-place votes and 36 points. UC Santa Barbara was in second place with 28 points, while two-time reigning national champion Long Beach State was third with 23 points. UC Irvine came in fourth place with 19 points, followed by CSUN (13) and UC San Diego (seven). PRESEASON MEN'S VOLLEYBALL […]

VIDEO: Hawaii football’s signing day haul yields 10 players

By Brian McInnis on December 18, 2019

The Hawaii football team brought in a haul of 10 players on the first day of the early signing period for 2020 today. Below is an overview of the group. For comments from coach Nick Rolovich about the makeup of his recruits for his fifth season as Manoa head coach, check out Stephen Tsai’s content in Thursday’s print edition. Of the 10 listed below, four hail from Hawaii high schools. The second signing period begins Feb. 5. —————— 1. Ezra […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: VIDEO Norene Iosia honorable mention All-America

By Cindy Luis on December 18, 2019

Hawaii senior Norene Iosia today was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honorable mention team, one of 41 players so honored. Iosia, the Big West Player of the Year, played both setter and hitter when helping the Rainbow Wahine to their first conference title since 2016. Hawaii (26-4) advanced to the NCAA tournament third round, losing to Nebraska last Friday. AVCA All-America honorable mention Norene Iosia put #HawaiiWVB’s 26-4 season and her final year of indoor college volleyball […]

Hawaii football: Craig Stutzmann, Andre Allen among finalists for FootballScoop assistant coach awards

By Dave Reardon on December 17, 2019

Assistant coaches Craig Stutzmann (quarterbacks) and Andre Allen (wide receivers) of Hawaii have been named FootballScoop Coach of the Year finalists. Stutzmann is on a list of six finalists that also includes Steve Ensminger (LSU), Graham Harrell (USC), Jeff Lebby (UCF), Phil Longo (Noth Carolina) and Mike Yurcich (Ohio State). The other four finalists joining Allen are Joe Brady (LSU), Keary Colbert (USC), Jeff Scott (Clemson) and Holmon Wiggins (Alabama). Hawaii is 9-5 heading into next week’s SoFi Hawaii Bowl, […]

Hawaii football: Running back Dae Dae Hunter commits

By Stephen Tsai on December 17, 2019

The top running back from one of the nation’s top high school football teams has accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Hawaii. Daveon “Dae Dae” Hunter of Chandler (Ariz.) High said he will sign his national letter of intent Wednesday morning, the first day football prospects may put their binding commitments in writing. The Rainbow Warriors are expected to sign about a dozen players, including defensive lineman Kemon Smith of Blinn College. BLESSED BEYOND MEASURES ! I’m 100% […]

Hawaii volleyball: Brooke Van Sickle all-tournament; update on Masui Allen memorial clinics, tournament

By Cindy Luis on December 16, 2019

Congrats to Brooke Van Sickle, named to the Wisconsin regional all-tournament team. She was the only Wahine named. Also on the team: Molly Haggerty (MVP), Sydney Hilley and Dana Rettke, Wisconsin; Jazz Sweet and Lexi Sun, Nebraska; Hollan Hans, Texas A&M. Van Sickle had a team-high 14 kills and four errors on 27 swings (.370) in UH’s straight-sets loss to Nebraska in the round of 16 on Friday. —————— The Masui Allen One Love Memorial Volleyball Clinics Saturday at Kaneohe […]

Rainbow Forecast: men’s basketball opens Diamond Head Classic, women’s hoops takes third road trip

By Brian McInnis on December 16, 2019

It’s final exam week on the Manoa campus, which means an exceptionally light workload in this week’s Forecast. In fact, there’s only a single men’s basketball game (at home) and a single women’s basketball game (on the road) to account for at the tail end of the week. However, in the case of the Rainbow Warriors, that’s the start of the always exciting Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. Why so light a schedule? Well, the Hawaii football team doesn’t play […]

Hawaii basketball: Rainbow Warriors and Wahine both fill the buckets in wins Sunday

By Dave Reardon on December 16, 2019

If you had to pick a genre for that Sunday double feature matinee at the Stan Sheriff Center it would definitely not be drama. There was little of that as the University of Hawaii women (6-5) took the hope away from Hope International with a 16-0 run leading to a 86-49 final score and then the UH men (7-3) never trailed in blowing out Samford 94-73. It was the most points and widest margin of victory for both Hawaii teams […]

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