A 16-0 season
By Cindy Luis on November 21, 2015Great photo from UH SID Kara Nishimura.
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. 8 Hawaii 3, UCSB 0, finishes 16-0 in Big West
By Cindy Luis on November 21, 2015Match time 5:30 p.m. HST Saturday Radio on 1500-AM or nbcsportsradiohawaii.com BigWest.TV http://www.bigwest.org/story.asp?story_id=16075 Live Stats http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/w-volley/2015-16/boxscores/20151121_3hmw.xml Early T25 9. Kansas def. West Virginia, 25-20, 25-16, 25-17 No. 12 BYU def. San Francisco, 257-25, 25-12, 25-17 No. 13 Colorado State def. Fresno State, 25-19, 25-22, 25-14 30. San Diego def. Santa Clara, 30-28, 25-20, 19-25, 21-25, 15-12
Friday checkin, top 25 scores
By Cindy Luis on November 20, 2015Hawaii drove down from SLO to UCSB today, worked out at Goleta Beach while waiting to check into the hotel work out at the Thunderdome this evening. Thank you coach Ah Mow-Santos for first photo, trainer Renae for the second and third in case you missed the final update from Thursday 7) Stanford def. 26) Colorado 18-25, 25-12, 25-19, 25-18 8) Hawaii def. Cal Poly 25-17, 25-19, 25-18 12) BYU def. Santa Clara 25-19, 25-22, 23-25, 25-14 30) San Diego […]
Hawaii 3, Cal Poly 0, win streak at 20 straight
By Cindy Luis on November 19, 2015Just in case you didn’t see the links from the previous thread Hawaii radio on 1420-AM espn1420am.com which is the audio link you’ll get through Cal Poly all links accessible through the Mustangs volleyball site www.gopoly.com/sports/wvball/2015-16/schedule Video through Big West TV www.bigwest.org/story.asp?story_id=16070 Live Stats /www.gopoly.com/sports/wvball/2015-16/boxscores/20151119_4u90.xml
Wednesday checkin, Top 25 scores
By Cindy Luis on November 18, 2015Good morning. Taking the day off but will back tonight to update with scores. Have been asked about a couple of ‘mystery’ people in the above photo. Far left is strength coach Tony Cox, far right is team manager Ilima Sumida (updated from original post) Also Natasha Burns behind ah Mow-Santos. She’s on the trip for practice purposes. Annie Mitchem remained in Honolulu for the second trip in a row as she continues to rehab that fractured pinkie. When I […]
No. 8 Hawaii 3, UCI 0, wins Big West title outright
By Cindy Luis on November 17, 2015Hawaii wins the BWC title outright with a win tonight. Match is on ESPN3, 1500-AM at 5 p.m. http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2673349/NCAA-Women’s-Volleyball-Hawaii-vs-UC-Irvine http://www.nbcsportsradio.com Live stats at http://ucirvinesports.com/sports/w-volley/2015-16/boxscores/20151117_1h0t.xml
Taylor POW, Hawaii down to 8 in poll, up to 27 RPI
By Cindy Luis on November 16, 2015Have an appointment at 9 so likely will not be back in time to update today’s RPI and AVCA poll. If someone would be kind enough to post when it comes out, I’d appreciate it. Thanks
Hawaii 3, UC Davis 1, clinches share of BWC title
By Cindy Luis on November 15, 2015Live streaming supposed to be through BigWest.TV Radio 1420-AM or espn1420am.com Radio has NFL at the moment. Wahine match will be joined in progress. other links through UC Davis. Aggies also have audio but I found it difficult to follow the guy last time I listened to him. http://www.ucdavisaggies.com/sports/w-volley/sched/ucda-w-volley-sched.html Sibley said she’d be at the match.