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.
The banquet is Monday, January 20, 2014 (Martin Luther King Day) at the Ala Moana Hotel. 5:30 p.m. registration, 6 p.m. dinner $55 per person. $550 reserved table of 10 $600 corporate table of 10 Sponsor a player: $55 RSVP and payment due Jan 10. Info Maggie Gaukler 282-2821 or Stanley Ching 521-1455
Coach of the Year to Penn State’s Russ Rose Assistant of the Year to Texas’ Salima Davidson Rockwell, former PSU All-American setter.
Buried on another thread. For the curious since Hartong was one of the 10 finalists Penn State right side hitter Ariel Scott has been selected as the 2013 Senior CLASS Award® winner in NCAA® Division I volleyball. The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I volleyball coaches, national volleyball media and fans, is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I volleyball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an […]
University of Hawai’i senior Emily Hartong collected her third All-America honor of her career today with the announcement of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America teams. Hartong earned first-team honors for the second straight year after receiving a second-team nod in 2011. Hartong is the eighth Wahine to have been named to the AVCA All-American team at least three times. Hawaii’s four-time winners are Angelica Ljungquist, Kanoe Kamana’o and Kanani Danielson. Other three-time winners are Deitre Collins, Teee […]
Stay safe out there. It is nasty on the windward side anyway, the comment about the usual suspects got me thinking about just who have been the ‘usual’ since the BCS philosophy took over volleyball. Yes, bored on my day off and don’t feel like cleaning house Let’s just start with 2000 and the teams with the most final four appearances. There was a comment about Penn State-Texas again for the title. only happened in 2009 Including this year with […]
Brigham Young-Hawaii’s quest for an 11th national volleyball championship fell short today when the Seasiders were swept by Concordia-St. Paul 25-15, 25-14, 25-20 in the NCAA II title match in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was the seventh consecutive championship for the Golden Bears (35-3), an NCAA record for any level of volleyball. It was the first loss in 22 matches for the Seasiders (29-1) Named to the NCAA all-tournament team from BYU-Hawaii were junior hitter Shih Ting “Stella” Chen, junior […]
Penn State def. Stanford, 22-25, 25-22, 28-26, 18-25, 15-11 Wisconsin def. Purdue, 25-22, 23-25, 25-18, 25-21 Texas def. Nebraska, 25-19, 25-23, 25-23. match ended on Nebraska serving error Washington holds off two match points to win Set 5 17-15 UW def. USC, 26-28, 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 17-15
Junior All-American hitter Shih Ting “Stella” Chen put down 21 kills to lead Brigham Young-Hawaii to a five-set win today over West Texas A&M and into the NCAA II women’s national volleyball championship final in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Junior middle Erh Fang Hsu added 17 kills and junior libero Bry Tatupu-Leopoldo 24 of the team’s 90 digs in the 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 21-25, 15-11 victory over the Lady Buffs at the U.S. Cellular Centet. BYU-Hawaii advances to Saturday’s championship against […]