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.
I could see the Wahine match starting late. It’s 538 and Utah State finally wins 32-30 USU was up 22-18, loses 26-24 Utah State wins 25-21. it’s 636 715: Utah State wins 32-30 1. Stanford def. No. 20 Duke 3-1 2. Texas def. No. 21 Arizona 3-0 3. Penn State def. American, 3-1 def. Villanova 3-0 4. Wisconsin def. Miami 3-0 5. Washington def. UC Davis 3-0 6. USC loses to Florida 0-3 7. Florida State def.. Samford 3-0 8. […]
Will only be doing scoring updates at the timeouts and ends of sets. You’re welcome to drop in with comments. Ah Mow-Santos is back (actually was back Wednesday). Dad released from the hospital Tuesday) Taylor is warming up for the first time this season. Right elbow still heavily Bandaged. She is jumping in the front row but not fully extending on the blocking drill.
Bruins win Set 1 25-19. Lowe with 7, Strantzali 6-0-9. UCLA hit .543, USF .118 Bruins win Set 2 25-13. Wasn’t that close. Lowe and Strantzali both with 10 kills Bruins win Set 3 25-19 Lowe with 16 kills, Buechler with 12, Strantzali 10 No. 5 Washington def. Seattle, 25-20, 25-7, 25-14 Texas A&M def. No. 6 USC, 25-23, 15-25, 25-27, 25-13, 16-14 No. 10 Florida def. No. 13 San Diego, 25-22, 25-19, 25-14 Loyola Marymount def. Long Beach State, […]
The U.S. men’s national volleyball team, with two players from Hawaii in the starting lineup, rebounded from a first-set loss to defeat Serbia in Thursday’s pool-play match at the FIVB World Championships in Lodz, Poland. Setter Micah Christenson (Kamehameha) had 37 assists, two blocks, a kill and an ace, while libero Erik Shoji (Punahou) finished with nine digs in the 23-25, 31-29, 25-17, 25-21 victory at Atlas Arena. The U.S. (3-1) moved ahead of Serbia into fourth place in Pool […]
Spencer McLachlin is replacing Mauli’a LaBarre as volunteer assistant coach this season. Think it was more of a time issue for LaBarre, who is an HPD officer with several young children. McLachlin is rehabbing a shoulder injury. He had been playing in Greece. He’s hoping to go back and play pro.
Currently on OC 229 if you’re interested U.S. up 2-0 over Poland. according to USAV Live streaming is only available through participating TV service providers and the list is a little shorter than what’s available for the TV broadcasts. Those providers are AT&T U-verse, Atlantic Broadband, Bright House Networks, COX, DIRECTV, Dish, Fision, Optimum, Time Warner Cable and Verizon FiOS. To watch the live stream of U.S. matches, you need to sign up for beIN Sports Connect. On the right […]
Taylor has been cleared to practice a little more but not fully. No front row yet but she has been taking swings from the 3-meter. Shoji said he would not use her this weekend unless she was cleared to play and if she was ready. Stanley Lee will have a video chat with Taylor up on WarriorWorld some time today. Was alerted to a VT post about Huff being offered a scholarship to play basketball next season. Not true. Spoke […]
No real surprise. From the Big West: Hawaii junior Olivia Magill set a school record en route to being named the Big West Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week. The 6-1 middle blocker also was selected Most Outstanding Player of the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic after averaging 3.38 kills and 1.92 blocks per set, while hitting a robust .440 (44-7-84) in three matches. Her signature performance came in a four-set win over St. John’s, where she broke the Rainbow […]