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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Shoji on the radio, Call the coach tonight

By Cindy Luis on September 2, 2014

Call the Coach 6 p.m. Tuesday, 1420-AM, espn1420am.com or go down to Rumors at the Ala Moana Hotel. I have a conflict so I won’t be listening. Would appreciate help with his comments if you’re so inclined. Shoji was on BC’s show this morning. Recapped the weekend spoke a bit about Magill. Said Rubio had told him ‘you’ll like her, the kid is an athlete.’ Shoji added that she’s a joy to coach, has a lot of range, has to […]

Wahine tie for 20th in poll, no BWC honors

By Cindy Luis on September 1, 2014

Not a huge surprise they dropped three spots to No. 20, tied with North Carolina. ASU moved up to No. 17 from No. 25 more surprised Nebraska didn’t fall father, from 7 to 12 after being swept twice at home. Some juggling among the top 13 Penn State stays at 1, Stanford and Texas switch places at 2-3, Wisconsin jumps two ion No. 4. http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/poll-9-1-14di/

Wahine-Aztec rewind

By Cindy Luis on September 1, 2014

A little late in getting this up, sorry. Wahine finally have a day off and I am taking one as well. Won’t be spending a lot of time on the computer today. Started off with a great paddle out to Na Mokulua with Lanikai Sunrise Crew. First time been able to get back with them in a month due to practices. Hope everyone else enjoys their day as well. Some interesting observations on the previous thread, don’t agree with all […]

ASU wins in 5; Wahine 3, Aztecs 0

By Cindy Luis on August 31, 2014

Much like Saturday with UH, ASU couldn’t hold a lead in Set 4 They were up 20-17 and served for the match at 24-23. Net serve tied it and Ohio scored the next 2. Don’t think Hawaii-SDSU will start until 545 ASU wins 25-16, 26-24, 26-24, 24-26, 15-8 Set 5 wasn’t as close as the score. At one point, it was 9-1, a 7-0 serving run by Macey Gardner

Top 25, Big West scores 8-31

By Cindy Luis on August 31, 2014

3. Stanford def. host No. 7 Nebraska 3-0 13. Florida State (A) def. Ioa State 3-0 17. Hawaii (H) vs. San Diego State 18. Colorado State (H) def. Marquette 3-0 22 Kansas (H) def. No. 23 Creighton 3-1 25. Arizona State leads Ohio 2-1 Other Big West UCSB lost to VCU 1-3 UNLV def. UC Riverside 3-0

No. 25 ASU 3 No. 17 Hawaii 0

By Cindy Luis on August 30, 2014

Hawaii starting its same lineup as Friday. But expect to see Greeley get more playing time. ASU will start reserve setter Shannan McCready (Punahou) just so she can get introduced. But they will sub her out before the first whistle. She’s got a shoulder injury and won’t play. Nice for the coach to do that. It will cost him a sub for the first set.

Ohio 3, San Diego State 1

By Cindy Luis on August 30, 2014

Aztecs much more efficient than yesterday, pulled away for a 25-23 win. I like their freshman libero Pritchard Has 9 digs in Set 1 Ohio wins Set 2 25-19. would not surprise me if this goes 5

Top 25, Big West scores 8-30 USC avoids upset

By Cindy Luis on August 30, 2014

Top 25 1. Penn State (H) def. Wm & Mary, 3-0; def. Iona, 3-0 2. Texas (N) def. Seattle 3-0 3. Stanford at Nebraska Sunday 4. Washington def. Gonzaga 3-2; def. Boise State, 3-0 5. USC def. Ark-Little Rock, 3-1; def. Pacific 3-2 6. Wisconsin def. Notre Dame, 3-0 7. Nebraska (H) vs. Stanford Sunday 8. Purdue def. LSU, 3-0 9. BYU def. IUPU 3-0; def. Toledo 3-0 10. Florida (H) def. Oklahoma 3-2 11. Illinois (H) def. Southern Illinois […]