Volleyshots

Expanded coverage of all things volleyball, including notes, observations and analysis on the Rainbow Wahine, Rainbow Warriors, SandBows and Team USA.

About the blog host

Cindy Luis covers University of Hawaii volleyball for the Star-Advertiser. She began her career as a sports journalist in Hawaii in 1981 with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and was the sports editor, assistant sports editor, columnist and beat writer during a 31-year span before the paper became the Star-Advertiser. She graduated from UCLA in 1977 with a B.A. in Communication Studies.

Latest news

Averill, J. Taylor named to men’s Pan Am Cup roster

By Cindy Luis on May 19, 2016

Averill, Taylor named to Pan Am Cup roster Former Hawaii All-American middle blocker Taylor Averill and Punahou graduate Josh Taylor were named to the U.S. national team that will compete in this week’s NORCECA Pan American Cup in Mexico City. Averill is one of three middles selected for the 12-team roster, Taylor, an All-American at Pepperdine, is one of five outside hitters picked for the competition the runs Saturday through Thursday. The U.S. opens Saturday with Chile. Also competing are […]

Congrats to Shoji on Kulia i ka Nu’u Award

By Cindy Luis on May 17, 2016

Still on vacation but wanted to post these Wahine seniors graduate, courtesy Stanley Ching From UH: Dave Shoji will be receiving the distinguished Kulia I Ka Nu’u Award at the 14th Annual Five Star Aloha Gala hosted by the Hawai’i Chamber of Commerce of Northern California (HCCNC) in San Francisco, Calif. on May 31. The Kulia I Ka Nu’u Award is presented to leaders, trailblazers and innovators who have spread the Aloha Spirit beyond the Islands’ borders. The gala event […]

Spieler-Maglio named All-Americans, blog on break

By Cindy Luis on May 11, 2016

https://www.avca.org/awards/all-regional-all-america-awards/collegiate-beach-all-america-team.html One pair each from Arizona, FSU, Grand Canyon, UCLA, USC, UH, Pepperdine, Stetson Honorable mention to FAU and Georgia State pairs. From UH The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced its Beach Volleyball All-America Team on Wednesday. Among those honored on the first team were a pair of Rainbow Wahine, senior Katie Spieler and redshirt freshman Emily Maglio. This is the second AVCA All-America honor for Spieler, who previously earned the distinction in 2014. In 2016, Spieler finished the […]

Taylor named to Pan Am Cup training team

By Cindy Luis on May 10, 2016

Am on vacation, not checking in much but Nikki Taylor named as one of 19 for Pan Am Cup training team http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Features/2016/May/10/USAV-Names-19-Players-to-Pan-Am-Training-Roster

Long-Tucker named all-tourney, SC takes NCAA title

By Cindy Luis on May 8, 2016

SC tops Florida State 3-0 Long-Tucker named all-tournament at No. 3 SC has the No. 1 (Hughes-Claes) and No. 5 pair Kremer-Nightingale Arizona No. 2: Bonomi-Schulz UCLA No. 4: Muno-Ngauamo Odd that FSU doesn’t have a pair named

UCLA ends SandBows season 3-0; Ohio State MVB champs

By Cindy Luis on May 7, 2016

Sorry, was out and wasn’t able to update until now. #4 UCLA 3, #5 Hawai’i 0 (Order of Finish: 4, 3, 2) 1. Katie Spieler/Emily Maglio (UH) vs. Megan McNamara/Nicole McNamara (UCLA), 21-18, 14-21, DNF 2. Ivey Schmitt/Kamila Tan (UCLA) def. Nikki Taylor/Ka’iwi Schucht (UH), 18-21, 21-12, 15-12 3. Elise Zappla/Izzy Carey (UCLA) def. Ginger Long/Mikayla Tucker (UH), 20-22, 21-19, 15-11 4. Zana Muno/Jessyka Ngauamo (UCLA) def. Lara Schreiber/Hannah Zalopany (UH), 21-15, 22-20 5. Hannah Rooks/Ari Homayun (UH) vs. Julie […]

SandBows 3, Arizona 0 Play UCLA

By Cindy Luis on May 6, 2016

UH-UA match time is at 8 a.m. HST. No TV. TruTV coverage is 9 a.m.-noon on OC 119. First match should be the Pepperdine-UCLA elimination match. Florida State-USC at 10 a.m. HST The winners of the UH-UA and UCLA-Pep match play around 11 a.m. but given how late everything ran Friday, no guarantee of how much will be on TV NCAA.com has the live stream http://www.ncaa.com/live/player?vid=2016/2626&date=2016/05/07 Bracket at http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/beach-volleyball/nc

FSU 3, Hawaii 2; SandBows play Arizona Saturday

By Cindy Luis on May 6, 2016

On the other side of the bracket Pepperdine vs. USC in the second winners bracket semi. In contenders bracket games UCLA hangs on to eliminate Stetson 3-2 Arizona eliminates Georgia State 3-2. Great match for Kalei Mau if you don’t have TruTV, this is the live schedule http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2016/05/06