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.

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10-11 Top 25, Big West scores

By Cindy Luis on October 11, 2014

5) Penn State lost to No. 15 Illinois 24-26, 25-16, 23-25, 22-25 7) Colorado State def. Fresno State 25-15, 25-7, 25-17 10) BYU def. Saint Marys 25-12, 23-25, 27-25, 25-13 14) Purdue def. Indiana 25-15, 25-27, 25-8, 25-23 23) Minnesota def. Rutgers 25-8, 25-17, 25-21 24) Northwestern lost to Ohio State 21-25, 24-26, 25-17, 17-25 25) Loyola Marymount def. Pepperdine 25-21, 26-24, 25-23 UC Irvine leads Cal Poly 25-23, 25-20 UC Santa Barbara leads Cal State Fullerton, 25-23, 25-20 UC […]

Long Beach State 3, Hawaii 2

By Cindy Luis on October 11, 2014

Watch online at espn3.com. You need to be a customer of one of the numerous options offered on the drop down menu http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2005593/NCAA-Womens-Volleyball-Hawaii-vs-Long-Beach-State audio at 1500-AM or NBCSportsRadiohawaii.com livestats at http://www.longbeachstate.com/gametracker/launch/gt_wvolley.html?event=1349562&school=lbst&sport=wvolley&camefrom=&startschool=&

10-11: USA women sweep Brazil in World semis

By Cindy Luis on October 11, 2014

The U.S. women defeated Brazil 25-18, 29-27, 25-20 in the semifinals at the FIVB Women’s World Championship in Milan, Italy. Brazil was 11-0 in the tournament. They are ranked number one in the world and are the two-time defending Olympic champions. replay at http://universalsports.com/video/2014-womens-volleyball-world-champs-semi-final-usa-vs-brazil/ The U.S. will play China Sunday. Here’s that link http://universalsports.com/olympics/ Jordan Larson-Burbach was the leading scorer in the match with 15. Kelly Murphy and Kim Hill, both in just their second season with the national team, […]

10-10 Top 25, Big West scores

By Cindy Luis on October 10, 2014

1. Stanford def. No. 16 Arizona, 25-23, 24-26, 25-20, 25-20 3) Washington def. Oregon State 25-21, 25-20, 23-25, 25-13 4) Florida State def. Louisville 25-21, 24-26, 25-18, 25-22 6) Wisconsin def. Rutgers 25-8, 25-17, 25-15 8) Nebraska def. Michigan State 25-20, 25-18, 22-25, 25-23 9) Florida def. Georgia 25-14, 25-15, 25-16 11) Oregon def. Washington State 18-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-23 12) North Carolina def. Virginia 25-23, 25-14, 25-16 13) Kentucky def. Tennessee 25-19, 25-20, 25-13 17. UCLA def. Utah, 22-25, […]

CSUN 3, Hawaii 0,

By Cindy Luis on October 10, 2014

4:30 p.m. Friday Live stats today at gomatadors.com/sports/w-volley/2014-15/schedule TV in Hawaii at Oceanic 228 HD 1228 Radio 1500-AM NBCSportsRadioHawaii.com One link I found online for the match is below http://areyouwatchingthis.com/tv/programs/SP003042100000-Womens-College-Volleyball-Hawaii-at-Cal-State-Northridge/90333580 If you are a TWC subscriber, match is available online as well

Check in Thursday: Wahine in LA

By Cindy Luis on October 9, 2014

Spoke to shoji after the team had its regularly schedueld practice at CSUN. At some restaurant for dinner at 9 p.m. More crowded than expected. Said the delay was not what they had been planning on, that they had wanted to get in Wednesday night and have a good night’s sleep But it is what it is and they rested before going to practice up at CSUN

Top 25 scores 10-8

By Cindy Luis on October 8, 2014

#5 Penn State (H) def. #24 Northwestern 3-0 #14 Purdue (H) def. Indiana 3-0 #15 Illinois lost to Ohio State 2-3 #16 Arizona (H) def. Cal 3-0

Wednesday checkin: Kahakai not traveling

By Cindy Luis on October 8, 2014

Shoji said this morning that they didn’t feel Kahakai was 100 percent. So they’re taking Anderson and Ponce again. Asked him about Guinasso, he said next trip. Continue to be impressed with Huff’s back-court abilities. She passes well. Maglio has been working on the slide, definitely a different look that what Adolpho gives.