Volleyshots

Hope everyone is riding out the storms safely. Heavy rain in Kailua off and on with major wind gusts. Spoke with Scott Wong Wednesday about a few things, including his upcoming 2nd Portuguese Horsehoes Tournament on Oct. 19.It coincides with National Sweetest Day of the Year. There may be malasadas involved. Anyway, attached is the flyer. 230-6 p.m., Hunkai Park Sponsor: $3,000. $125 per player, $200 for 2-person team. $50 for ‘cheer squad’ to watch and enjoy heavy pupus and […]

sorry, a little delayed. Was interviewing Shoji when this came out and couldn’t access the blog. First-place votes in parenthesis and yes, Shoji voted the Wahine No. 1 1. Hawaii (5) 77 2. Long Beach State (1) 68 3. UC Santa Barbara (2) 63 4. CSUN (1) 60 5. UC Irvine 42 6. Cal Poly 34 7. UC Davis 25 8. Cal State Fullerton 24 9. UC Riverside 12

U.S. men’s junior national team, with Evan Enriques and Kupono Fey, fell to Canada Saturday in the U21 NORCECA Semifinals Saturday in San Salvador 23-25, 25-14, 20-25, 25-22, 15-9. Enriques played the whole way at libero, Fey subbed in Sets 2 and 3, started Sets 4 and 5, finished with 10 kills. U.S. plays Puerto Rico for the bronze on Sunday. Cuba swept Puerto Rico 25-19, 25-18, 25-19 in Saturday’s other semi. U.S. was the defending champ of the event […]

The paper is launching a new site Sunday called www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com the blogs related to UH will be moving over to that, including this, Volleyshots. From what I’ve seen, it will greatly enhance the experience for our readers, especially those who participate on the blogs. Looking forward to seeing it as well.  

From UH: Individual tickets for the 2014 University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball season will go on sale Monday, Aug. 4. Fans buying individual match tickets are able to select their own seats when purchasing online. Season tickets and six-match mini packs are already on sale. Fans can purchase tickets online, visit the Stan Sheriff Center box office (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or call (808) 944-2697 during the same hours. The season kicks off with the Chevron Rainbow Wahine […]

U.S. wins quarterfinal over the host team, 25-15, 25-21, 25-18 U.S. advances to play Canada in the semis Saturday. Gold medal match Sunday. Enriques at Libero, Fey at OH Sets 2 & 3. four kills. quickie box at http://www.fivb.org/visweb6/vlivescoreNOMU2114.aspx?TournCode=NOMU2114&NoMatch=14 Other quarter has Puerto Rico vs. Barbardos. PR up early and likely winner. Winner takes on Cuba in the other semi.      

U.S. U21 team defeats Mexico 25-18, 25-21, 17-25, 25-11 in NORCECA pool play not much in the way of stats from the mini box just put up Enriques was the libero for all three sets, Fey subbed in during Sets 2 and 3. had 1 kill. Storm Faagata-Tuifuga the main attacker, had 18 of the team’s 43 kills. Brenden Sander, Taylor’s younger brother who has committed to BYU, with 11.