Watching UH basketball #startDyrbe
By Cindy Luis on March 10, 2016Off topic but Comm/Jour 390 class will be watching and live blogging during today’s game.
Expanded coverage of all things volleyball, including notes, observations and analysis on the Rainbow Wahine, Rainbow Warriors, SandBows and Team USA.
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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.
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No. 5 SandBows home Saturday, Spieler-Maglio honored
By Cindy Luis on March 9, 2016SandBows are at Queen’s Saturday, 9 a.m. vs. HPU, noon vs. TCU Hawaii dropped two spots in the AVCA poll to No. 5 Pepperdine moved to No.1 after beating preseason No. 1 USC last weekend. SC to 2, UCLA up three spots to 3, FSU up one to 4. Hawaii at 5, The Beach at 6 https://www.avca.org/polls/beach.html Also, Spieler-Maglio won the inaugural Big West pairs of the Week. They teamed together on the second day of the event and posted […]
SandBows finish 1-3, defeat Long Beach State
By Cindy Luis on March 6, 2016Hawaii finishes the Pepperdine tournament 1-3, went 1-1 Sunday losing to the Waves 4-1, downing the 49ers 4-1 Note that Maglio moved up to 2 with Spieler vs. the Waves, moved to No. 1 vs. the 49ers Vs. Pepperdine No. 1 Heidi Dyer/Taylor Racich (PEP) def. Mikayla Tucker/Nikki Taylor (HAW) – 21-13, 21-10 No. 2 Katie Spieler/Emily Maglio (HAW) def. Kaity Bailey/Delaney Knudsen (PEP) – 21-19, 21-16 No. 3 Skylar Caputo/Corinne Quiggle (PEP) def. Lara Schreiber/Ari Humayun (HAW) – 21-12, […]
No. 2 BYU 3, No. 7 Hawaii 1
By Cindy Luis on March 4, 2016TV: OCSports Radio: 1500-AM Livestats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=113610 You might see redshirt freshman Luke Owens on crutches, has a meniscus tear in his knee. He’s been out with a broken hand, think it’s been broken three times, mostly in high school. said he’s going to get another surgery on it. Friday results UCLA def. UC Santa Barbara, 25-22, 25-15, 25-23 UC Irvine def. UC San Diego, 26-24, 25-15, 25-10 Penn State Invitational CSUN def. Penn State, 20-25, 39-37, 25-23, 25-21 Long Beach […]
No. 2 BYU 3, Hawaii 0
By Cindy Luis on March 2, 2016TV OCSports Radio 1420-AM espn1420am.com live stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=113609
Willoughby’s daughter dies; Boyan fund; challenge system
By Cindy Luis on March 2, 2016Kim Willoughby’s Daughter Dies After Fall Condolences to Kim. This from a newspaper item. The 3-year-old daughter for former Wahine All-American Kim Willoughby died Tuesday morning after slipping in the bath tub and hitting her head in Puerto Rico where Willoughby is playing professionally for Indias MayaGuez. According to police reports, Willoughby was looking for a towel when her daughter slipped. CPR was performed but the toddler died. Also, today: (checking if the Big West will go for it. I’m […]
Boyan out for beach season after fall; update on Taylor
By Cindy Luis on March 1, 2016UH will release a statement later today … waiting on HIPAA or HERPA stuff .. but Heather Boyan is out for this beach season after falling about 50 feet during a hike Saturday on the Ka’au Crater trail. She is at Queen’s in stable condition with multiple injuries. Didn’t get all the details but some say she is lucky to be alive after slipping over an edge and landing in shallow water. She was with a group of friends, some […]
Warriors stay at No. 7 in AVCA poll
By Cindy Luis on February 29, 2016Not much movement in the Top 15 1-7 the same. 10-12 & 15 the same Only changes are Ball State and UCSB flopping at 8-9 and Lewis and UC Irvine flopping at 13-14. The Beach unanimous No. 1 followed by BYU, Stanford and UCLA. https://www.avca.org/polls/dii-men/poll-2-29-2016.html Saturday results Pepperdine 3, UCI 2 UCLA 3, USC 1 BYU 3, CSUN 0 Cougars haven’t dropped a set since Jan. 23 when swept by The Beach, a span of 10 matches.