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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UH-UCI rewind
By Cindy Luis on March 9, 2014didn’t go to the game, finishing Chaminade story will have to ask my son, the radio guy, about the net on Holt. Sounded like the double contact on was Sedore was legit. Jeremy Dejno put down 21 kills and Zack La Cavera added 13 kills and six aces as No. 8 UC Irvine held off Hawaii 25-20, 17-25, 25-15, 15-25, 18-16 Sunday at the Stan Sheriff Center. It was the ninth consecutive win for the Anteaters (13-9, 10-7 MPSF) over […]
UCI 3, Hawaii 2 3-9
By Cindy Luis on March 9, 2014Apologize but been at Chaminade for their DII BK tournament announcement Anyway, UCI wins Set 1 25-20, Hawaii leads almost from the start in Set 2 in winning 25-17 match on radio only 1420-AM online at espn1420am.com Live stats at http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=39234 Have to write the Chamiande story. will try to drop in when I can with updates.
All-UH final for sand invitational, Tiegs-Cook win
By Cindy Luis on March 8, 2014really good showing and a huge win in the semis by Tiegs and Cook over The Beach’s Johnson and Jackson. uh held off six set points in set 1. individual awards: Best Offense: Janisa Johnson (LBSU) Best Defense: Katie Spieler (UH) Best Blocking: Karissa Cook (UH) Aloha Spirit award: Avery Bush (LMU) Championship Bracket (single elimination) Preliminary Round Karlee Riggs/Hannah Rooks (UH) def. Avery Bush/Taylor Akana (LMU) 21-12, 21-15 Ali Longo/Ginger Long (UH) def. Kuulei Lynch/Darcie Horiuchi 21-5, 21-6 Kyle […]
UH-UCI rewind
By Cindy Luis on March 7, 2014A very disappointing loss. Not sure what happened after leading 18-12 in Set 2. UCI going to a new setter and new opposite shouldn’t have made that big of a difference but it did. here’s the story from our website Reigning national and conference player of the week Brook Sedore put down a match-high 13 kills but it was not enough for No. 8 Hawaii as two-time defending national champion UC Irvine continued their dominance over the Rainbow Warriors with […]
UCI 3, Hawaii 1 3-7
By Cindy Luis on March 7, 2014Hawaii takes set 1 25-22, needed three swings to end it. Might have been a portend of things to come Warriors looked to be in control of Set 2, up 8-1 14-8, 18-12 Anteaters switched setters, going with Stork, and OHs in La Cavera UCI rallied to tie at 21, the first point of a 6-0 run that tied the match at 1 UCI takes Set 3 25-18 and it wasn’t that close, with UCI braking a 12-12 with 7 […]
MPSF scores 3-7, couple of upsets
By Cindy Luis on March 7, 2014Long Beach State def. BYU, 25-21, 25-16, 25-27, 26-24 Stanford def. Pepperdine, 25-21, 15-25, 28-16, 25-21 USC def. Pacific, 25-20, 25-22, 25-15 UC Santa Barbara def. UC San Diego, 25-15, 25-13, 25-27
SandBows 3-0 in duals, top The Beach 3-2, w/ individual scores
By Cindy Luis on March 7, 2014Rainbow Wahine finish the day 3-0, with a 3-2 win over Long Beach that was determined by the final match at No. 1. Tiegs-Cook prevail 22-20, 20-22, 15-11 Fortunately they finished right before a torrential downpour in Waikiki. good crowd. Big wein, especially by Spieler-Taylor at No. 2 with a 2-0 win. at 20-19, Spieler put down the match-winner, splitting the court with a shot right down the middle #5 Hawai’i 5, #10 Stanford 0 Order of Finish: 1, 4, […]