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

Hawaii to No. 12, Taylor three-peats, Kahakai Defensive POW

By Cindy Luis on September 14, 2015

http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/poll-9-14-2015/ Hawaii at 12. Florida drops to 5. here’s scores from Sunday 4) Texas def. 14) Colorado State 25-20, 25-18, 25-19 10) Arizona State def. Gonzaga 25-23, 20-25, 25-14, 25-17 14) Colorado State def. Iona 25-12, 25-22, 25-15 17) UCLA def. UCSB 25-19, 27-25, 25-23

Top 25 scores, No. 16 Hawaii 3, EWU 1

By Cindy Luis on September 12, 2015

They were nice to keep the arena open in between matches. I’d say about 100 people stayed and watched … nothing for a while. But at lease the AC was on. They they got to see UH go through serve-and-pass. Early Top 25 1) Penn State def. Mississippi State 25-16, 25-14, 25-12 1) Penn State def. Notre Dame 25-17, 25-19, 25-16 5) Nebraska def. Georgia Tech 25-13, 25-15, 25-21 5) Nebraska def. USF 25-13, 25-21, 27-25 7) Illinois def. South […]

Saturday checkin: Florida 3, SDSU 0

By Cindy Luis on September 12, 2015

Have to apologize. Football blew up the blog and no posts were allowed. SDSU up early 2-0 and 4-1 Good morning/afternoon good observations by all even if I’m not 100 percent in agreement. No libero is ever perfect and some of those serve-receive and hits had heat that sometimes you can’t adjust for. thought I mentioned after Florida-EWU that Florida was beat-able but they weren’t going to beat themselves. I mentioned that they had a weakness during the course of […]

Hawaii=Florida rewind

By Cindy Luis on September 11, 2015

A very good win for a Wahine team that has been looking for the right combinations. Shoji called it a complete team effort. Said they served tougher at the end, that Koelsch and Mablio came up big, but emphasized the team effort. box not up but you can look at the stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=98957 Career-high 27 kills by Taylor, Manu-Olevao with 16. Kahakai with 19 digs. Houston finished with 19 but had 6 hitting errors, 3 in the final 2 sets. […]

Top 25 scores, Hawaii 3, Florida 2

By Cindy Luis on September 11, 2015

1) Penn State def. Eastern Kentucky 25-14, 25-13, 25-14 3) Stanford def. Duke 25-17, 22-25, 25-17, 23-25, 15-10 4) Texas def. Santa Clara 25-21, 25-12, 25-23 4) Texas def. Texas-San Antonio 31-29, 25-21, 25-14 5) Nebraska def. UC Davis 25-17, 25-11, 25-17 6) USC def. Idaho State 25-20, 25-22, 25-18 7) Illinois def. 21) Kentucky 26-24, 25-19, 25-18 8) Washington def. Cal State Northridge 25-14, 25-16, 25-13 8) Washington def. Saint Marys 25-19, 25-18, 25-14 9) BYU def. Oregon State […]

Friday stuffs: SDSU 3, EWU 0

By Cindy Luis on September 11, 2015

Just to let those coming to tonight’s matches know: Expect traffic delays around campus (University-Dole areas) due to the conflict with an upper campus event on the Bachman Hall front lawn that starts at 5 p.m. Maybe not as much of an issue as DOT deciding to do road work Saturday from 8 a.m.-130 p.m. on Kalanianaole heading into Waimanalo. it get backs up to Keolu Drive on weekends even without it going down to one lane. And for those […]

Top 25 scores, Hawaii 3, SDSU 0

By Cindy Luis on September 10, 2015

2) Florida def. Eastern Washington 25-9, 25-17, 22-25, 25-16 6) USC def. Utah State 25-22, 25-9, 25-14 6) USC def. Pepperdine. 8) Washington def. Cal State Northridge 25-15, 25-11, 25-10 11) Wisconsin def. Georgia 25-11, 25-6, 25-14 27) North Carolina def. 3) Stanford 25-17, 27-25, 25-22

UNC sweeps Stanford, No. 2 Florida 3, EWU 1

By Cindy Luis on September 10, 2015

Match about to start. usual links through hawaiiathleticds.com 3) Stanford lost to 27) North Carolina 17-25, 25-27, 22-25 6) USC def. Utah State 25-22, 25-9, 25-14 11) Wisconsin def. Georgia 25-11, 25-6, 25-14 2