Hawaii 3, UCI I
By Cindy Luis on January 30, 2015Links for Friday’s match (5 p.m. HST) Available through ucirvinesports.com audio, video and game tracker will see if Hawaii can make the adjustments needed and figure out UCI’s serving.
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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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UCI 3, Hawaii 0
By Cindy Luis on January 28, 2015May not get to the match until later. At Wahine basketball practice. live stats and video Links for today available at http://ucirvinesports.com/sports/m-volley/2014-15/schedule
Warriors move up to No.6 in poll
By Cindy Luis on January 26, 2015http://www.avca.org/divisions/men/1-2-poll-1-26-15/ After a bye week, UH up a spot to No. 6 Loyola-Chicago stays at No. 1 USC with one vote moves up from 5 to 2 Lewis drops a spot to 3, UCI drops a spot to 4 Pepperdine drops a spot to 5 BYU from 4 to 7 after splitting at UCSB
Update on Sandbows
By Cindy Luis on January 24, 2015Team practiced in light passing drizzles (after the passing deluge) yesterday afternnon. actually fairly cool and pleasant. Hall said it’s all about adapting to conditions. Can remember the first year the Wahine were at Hermosa Beach for the USAV Challenge. it was cold and rainy and miserable. Anyway, did ask Hall about the outgoing seniors playing in spring. He didn’t think they would, since it would be more about the younger players getting experience. The spring indoor match will start […]
The official announcement: Texas at Hawaii exhibition
By Cindy Luis on January 22, 2015The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will host national-power Texas in a spring exhibition match on Thursday, March 19.
Congrats to Averill, national POW
By Cindy Luis on January 20, 2015Apologize for the lateness. Was out all day with friends in town, headed to the North Shore. http://www.avca.org/awards/players-of-the-week/men-division-one-two/ From the AVCA wutg a very old photo of Averill. ndividual Weekly Stats SP: 8 K/S: 3.12 Hitting %: .513 B/S: 1.25 Pts./S: 4.00 Team Recap January 16: No. 3 UC Santa Barbara, W 3-1 January 18: No. 3 UC Santa Barbara, W 3-1 Head Coach: Charlie Wade AVCA Rankings: Last Week: 9, This Week: 7 Helped end the Rainbow Warriors seven-match […]
Averill POW, Hawaii up to 7 in poll
By Cindy Luis on January 19, 2015From the MPSF Senior middle blocker Taylor Averill was named men’s volleyball’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation/Molten Player of the Week (Jan. 19-25). It is Averill’s second weekly conference award this season. The San Jose, Calif. native played a big role, along with his teammates, in netting two consecutive victories last weekend over UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 16 & 18), ending a seven-match losing streak to the Gauchos. The Rainbow Warriors improved to a 5-1 record, opening MPSF-play 2-0. Averill accumulated […]
Hawaii 3, UCSB 1
By Cindy Luis on January 18, 2015Reminder no TV There is radio at 1420-AM or espn1420am.com >> Had a nice chat with UCSB coach Rick McLaughlin, his brother is Jim, former UW coach who took the job at Notre Dame. He said the timing was right and Jim has always loved Notre Dame, family very catholic. Sounds like his wife is from around that area and his grandkids live there. Rick said it was a good fit, although it was a very hard decision for his […]