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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.
CSTV/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll Matches 6) Colorado State def. New Mexico 25-17, 25-23, 25-22 24) Loyola Marymount def. San Francisco 25-17, 20-25, 25-27, 25-19, 15-10 for those who care, Waber had 17 kills, 13 digs and a block assist as Cal Baptist def. UHH 3-2 Kam had 12 digs and 8 assists as Azusa Pacific def. Chaminade 3-2
This from one of his first days of preseason practice in August. Took me this long to figure out how to upload. Enjoy.
Sand tournament postponed until Nov. 2 They made that decision after this morning’s practice. They are still going to Molokai at the moment. Shoji will not. He has left for the mainland for recruiting. Wong had stayed behind after Long Beach match to do the same, he got back Tuesday. Magill not cleared to play. She was wearing a knee sleeve today. Waiting on doctor’s diagnosis.
5) Wisconsin def. Minnesota 25-16, 25-19, 30-28 8) Florida def. South Carolina 19-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-19 10) Oregon lost to UCLA 18-25, 21-25, 25-20, 19-25 13) Nebraska def. Northwestern 25-12, 25-22, 25-13 15) Illinois def. Iowa 28-30, 25-12, 25-23, 19-25, 15-11 19) UCLA def. Oregon 25-18, 25-21, 20-25, 25-19 20) Texas A&M lost to Arkansas 25-20, 12-25, 21-25, 25-27 23) Minnesota lost to Wisconsin 16-25, 19-25, 28-30 25) Kansas State def. TCU 25-18, 25-21, 25-21 Odd, thought UCLA was playing […]
They’re still working on whether they will go to Molokai Saturday or not. Molokai’s ‘Barn’ is one of the emergency shelters. As well as contingency for Sunday’s Horseshoes event. As for Magill’s MRI, nothing new other than not cleared to play yet. The light stuff like Tuesday practice OK.
Back to 6 a.m. practice, as it will be Wednesday and Thursday. Done around 8:15. They finish early on Tuesdays because of 9 a.m. classes for many. Magill was out for the most part. She is getting an MRI later day. They’re not sure what’s wrong yet. She helped with blocking drills, using two of the long noodles people you use in a pool. Anderson was out sick. Mendoza had an appointment so wasn’t there either. The remaining 3 DSs […]
Sorry, just noticed this in drafts. Thought it had been posted Sunday 1) Stanford def. Arizona State 20-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-18 3) Washington def. Oregon 21-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-16 4) Florida State def. NC State 25-21, 25-16, 25-23 6) Wisconsin def. Maryland 25-14, 25-17, 25-17 8) Nebraska lost to Michigan 19-25, 30-32, 21-25 9) Florida def. Texas A&M 25-12, 25-23, 25-17 11) Oregon lost to Washington 25-21, 17-25, 20-25, 16-25 13) Kentucky def. Auburn 25-15, 25-19, 25-18 17) UCLA lost […]
among those receiving votes: 26. Northwestern, 58. 27. Long Beach State, 40. 28. Colordo, 38. 29. CSUN 21. 30. Marquette 20. 31. Hawaii 17. http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/poll-10-13-14di/ Link to the RPI Howaii from 17 to 24, CSUN from 20 to 16, The Beach from 28 to 32 http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2014WVBrpi1.html