Thursday check in
By Cindy Luis on December 3, 2015Waiting to fly to CLL. Will get in too late to catch UH’s practice which is going to start at noonish CT (8 a.m. Hawaii) Will catch up with team later.
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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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Wednesday check in
By Cindy Luis on December 2, 2015Appreciate all the links to other stories on the previous thread. Probably easiest if you got back to Tuesday thread to use the links. The one question asked previously was Mitchem and possible medical hardship request. Not applicable because she has played in too many matches this year.
Video: Shoji on TCU, Texas A&M
By Warrior World on December 1, 2015Travel to Texas reminds Dave Shoji of those Western Athletic Conference road trips.
Mitchem cleared to practice, no TV Friday
By Cindy Luis on December 1, 2015Mitchem cleared to practice. Pins removed but finger will always be bent and pretty ugly. she took a few reps but didn’t push it.She will have a support on it should she play at some point. Shoji said she’s not cleared to play yet Team ready to hit the road again. They are flying to Houston and driving, about 90 minutes. Shoji said it was reminding him of the old WAC road trip.
Taylor POY, Shoji COY, Magill, Maglio Manu-Olevao 1st team
By Cindy Luis on November 30, 2015From the Big West http://www.bigwest.org//story.asp?story_id=18758 Hawaii, the 2015 Big West Conference Champion, continued its dominance in the conference’s annual awards as it nabbed two of the three top awards. Junior Nikki Taylor was named Big West Player of the Year and Big West Coach of the Year was awarded to Dave Shoji. Grabbing the final award was Cal Poly’s Adlee Van Winden, who was named Big West Freshman of the Year. Honorable Mention to Savanah Kahakai and Kalei Greeley. Taylor […]
Hawaii vs. TCU at Texas A&M Friday
By Cindy Luis on November 29, 2015Minnesota Nebraska USC Texas
Let the guessing begin
By Cindy Luis on November 29, 2015Top 4 national seeds will be released on twitter at 330 p.m. HST @ncaavolleyball Selection show at 4 p.m. HST ESPNU Taking a guess: Top 4 seeds 1. Texas. 2. USC. 3 Washington. 4. Minnesota Or 2 Washington. 3. USC. Texas stays in Austin Regional, USC in San Diego regional, Washington in Des Moines regional, Minnesota in Louisville. Have at it.
Saturday check-in, Top 25
By Cindy Luis on November 28, 2015Team had practice 830-10 this morning, Taylor was back practicing fully, Greeley still not 100 percent. Home internet continues to be dead so apologize for not getting here soon. Currently covering Wahine basketball Will be back later. Saturday Top 25 No. 2 Washington vs. WSU at 6 p.m. HST No. 4 Minnesota def. Indiana 3-1 No. 9 Kansas def. Tecas Tech 3-0 No. 10 Wisconsin def. No. 14 Purdue 3-0 No. 12 Colorado State def. Iowa State 3-2 No. 16 […]