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

Warriors back to No. 5, BeachBows at No. 3

By Cindy Luis on February 15, 2016

Thought they’d drop to 6 but everyone else is losing too. Last week’s two road losses at Stanford led to Hawaii dropping one spot to No. 5 in today’s AVCA Division I-II Men’s Volleyball Top 15. The Warriors (9-4, 4-4 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) continue their four-match road trip today and Tuesday at unranked USC (2-10, 2-10). Long Beach State (11-2, 8-2) remained No. 1, this week a unanimous choice with all 18 first-place votes. BYU (10-2, 8-2) traded places […]

No. 6 Stanford 3, No. 4 Hawaii 1

By Cindy Luis on February 13, 2016

links through www.gostanford.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&SPID=130908&SPSID=789125&DB_OEM_ID=30600 live stream available at pac-12.com Standings after Friday night W L Pct. GB All Long Beach St 8 2 .800 — 11-2 UCLA 7 2 .778 1/2 11-2 Stanford 7 2 .778 1/2 9-2 BYU 6 2 .750 1 10-2 Pepperdine 5 3 .625 2 6-3 UC Santa Barbara 6 4 .600 2 10-5 Hawaii 4 3 .571 2 1/2 9-3 CSUN 3 5 .375 5 8-5 UC Irvine 3 7 .300 5 4-8 Cal Baptist 3 […]

No. 6 Stanford 3, No. 4 Hawaii 0

By Cindy Luis on February 12, 2016

match at 5 p.m. HST updates on Twitter Tweets by StanfordMVB no radio, tv or stream Live Stats http://www.gostanford.com/liveStats/v2/volleyball/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=2536166&db_oem_id=30600 UCLA losing at UCI last night in five means 5 teams with 2 losses: UCLA, Long Beach State, Stanford, Hawaii and BYU that will change after tonight with Hawaii at Stanford Other matches Friday Long Beach State at USC UC San Diego at UCSB CSUN at Cal Baptist BYU at Princeton

Thursday checkin

By Cindy Luis on February 11, 2016

Wanted to carry over the discussion from previous thread on MPSF/Big West split should UCSD come over to the Big West. It would allow the Big West to sponsor men’s volleyball. They only need 6 teams and currently have 5 with UH, The Beach, CSUN, UCSB and UCI The MPSF would then be comprised of the remaining teams from the Pac-12, WCC and DII Cal Baptist. To answer someone’s question, the Pac-12 is not going to sponsor men’s volleyball. And […]

Hawaii up to No. 4 in poll

By Cindy Luis on February 8, 2016

http://www.avca.org/divisions/men/1-2-poll-2-8-16/ Warriors up a spot to No. 4 Long Beach State narrowly replaced UCLA at No. 1, just a point separating the two 288-287. The Beach with nine first-place votes, the Bruins with 11. BYU stays at No. 3. Loyola-Chicago trades places with UH, down to 5. Stanford stays at 6.

No. 1 UCLA 3, No. 5 Hawaii 2

By Cindy Luis on February 6, 2016

Links accessible below http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/schedule.aspx?tab=volleyball2&path=mvball Radio will be joined in progress after men’s basketball on 1420. Tonight’s matches UCLA at Hawaii, 7 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center USC at UC San Diego Stanford at CSUN Pepperdine at Long Beach State UC Santa Barbara at BYU Holy Names at Cal Baptist Concordia at Cal Baptist

No. 5 Hawaii 3, No. 1 UCLA 1

By Cindy Luis on February 5, 2016

Men’s banner has been MIA. Back up to reflect last year’s tourney appearance. Usual links for match. All available through schedule page. http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/schedule.aspx?tab=volleyball2&path=mvball Even though the 90 minute clock started for serve and pass neither team is out. Micah Ma’a dropped by to say hello. Spencer McLachlin on staff with the Bruins. spoke to a couple of the wahine. Greeley in a sling for another three weeks. complete rehab for 6 months. Wahine are doing individual workouts. They aren’t sure […]

Pink Night Saturday, Beach No. 3 in DiG poll

By Cindy Luis on February 2, 2016

Saturday night is “Pink Night” and the men’s team will be wearing new plumeria uniforms in honor of breast cancer awareness. Saturday coincides with the anniversary of the death of Wade’s mom from beast cancer. Fans are encouraged to wear pink for that match. a few other notes Redshirt freshman Jasper Rhodes has left school and returned home to Santa Barbara. G. Worsley and E. Irizarry on the radar for 2017 but UH also has a number of players they […]