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.

Latest news

Wahine NLI from UH, Enriques to Stanford

By Cindy Luis on November 16, 2013

apologize for being MIA. fighting a bad cold and slept most of the day. Enriques to Stanford as suspected here’s the link http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=209308301 This was the official wahine release from UH Friday University of Hawai’i women’s volleyball head coach Dave Shoji announced the signing of four recruits for the 2014 season. The class includes Kalei Greeley of Riverside, Calif., Savanah Kahakai of Honolulu, Emily Maglio of Coquitlam, British Columbia, and Megan Huff of Auburn, Wash. “The scholarship players coming in […]

NLI for Wahine

By Cindy Luis on November 13, 2013

No surprises so far. Most have been mentioned in the previous weeks. Not sure when UH will get around to the announcement. May wait for all to send in their NLIs. Savanah Kahakai (Farrington) OH but likely L at UH Kalei Greeley, 6-2, OH, King High, Riverside, Calif. Megan Huff, 6-3 MB/OH , Beamer High, Federal Way, Wash Emily Maglio, 6-2 OH, Canada Others of interest in volleyball who side through the Pacific Alliance Adora Anae, Kahuku Utah Alohi Robins-Hardy, […]

Wahine: 12 in RPI, poll; ran into Deitre Collins

By Cindy Luis on November 11, 2013

Quick trip to California includes stop in San Diego, where I ran into Deitre Collins and her team at the Soup Planation near campus. Also spoke to Michele Waber. Asked about her dad, She said his cancer is in remission. Anyway, Wahine up to 12 in RPI, stay at No. 12 in poll thanks to all who got to this before me. Been driving Poll line: http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/poll-11-11-13di/ RPI lin http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2013WVBrpi1.html

no rewind, sorry

By Cindy Luis on November 9, 2013

getting kicked out swill try to get back on tomorrow

Big West scores 11-8/9

By Cindy Luis on November 9, 2013

Friday results Hawaii 3, Cal Poly 0 CSUN 3, UC I 1 Long Beach State 3, UC Davis 1 Saturday Hawaii at UCSB CSUN at The Beach … 530 p.m. HST UC Davis at UC Irvine UC R at CSU Fullerton

UCSB 2, Hawaii 3

By Cindy Luis on November 9, 2013

Sorry for being MIA. flew into LA yesterday morning for a function. am at UCSB First time for me in the Thunderdome after all these years. Shoji did say he was fairly pleased with the sweep of Cal Poly. Said that having Taylor and Manu-Olevao play well was key. It was part of the design to not overuse Hartong, in part for tonight’s match as it was to diversify the offense. UCSB coach said their key will be to be […]

Warriors to USC tourney, new assistant (updated)

By Cindy Luis on November 7, 2013

see new info on comments UH is competing in USC’s Fall tournament this Friday and Saturday at the Galen Center, 12-team event Not officially announced but Siki Zarkovic’s dad Milan is the new assistant. He finally got in after quite a delay last week due to the LAX airport problems. He has quite the coaching resume … head coach of Serbian junior national team and Al Ain VC in the Serbian VB Federation. this is what I got off the […]

Hawaii No. 16 in RPI

By Cindy Luis on November 4, 2013

Hawaii drops a spot to No. 16 http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2013WVBrpi1.html Two wins by Hawaii last week did not help the Rainbow Wahine in the NCAA Ratings Percentage Index released today. Hawaii (18-4), up a spot to No. 12 in today’s coaches poll, dropped a spot to No. 16 in the computer-generated power rankings used by the NCAA for postseason seedings and hosting duties for 16 schools for the first and second rounds. The RPI  measures wins, losses, strength of schedule and opponents’ […]