Wahine up to 12 in poll
By Cindy Luis on November 4, 2013Hawaii up to 12 Top 8 unchanged. North Carolina’s two losses drops them from 12 to 19 http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/poll-11-4-13di/
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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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Top 25 scores 11-3
By Cindy Luis on November 3, 20131. Texas idle 2. Penn State idle 3. Washington (H) def. Colorado 3-0 4. USC idle 5. Florida (A) def. Texas A&M 3-2 6. Stanford idle 7. Missouri (H) def. Kentucky 3-0 8. San Diego idle 9. Colorado State idle 10. Minnesota idle 11. Nebraska idle 12. North Carolina (A) lost to Miami 3-2 13. Hawaii idle 14. Michigan state idle 15. Wisconsin idle 16. Purdue idle 17. Michigan idle 18. Duke idle 19. Kentucky (A) lost to No. 7 […]
Wahine-Beach rewind
By Cindy Luis on November 2, 2013Sorry for the delay. trying to help Ann Miller with quotes from Gimmillaro but not luck. It’s almost 10 p.m. and The Beach is still in the locker room. Box not up yet at UHathletics.com In Brief: UH hit 271 for the match, 143 in set 4. The Beach 128, 058 in Set 4. UH 15.5-9.5 edge in blocks, 65-54 edge in digs. 1 ace, 7 SEs. The beach 4 aces, 9 SEs Taylor 12-1-25, Vorster 5-1-11, Manu-Olevao 11-3-25, Hartong […]
Hawaii 3, Beach 1 11-2
By Cindy Luis on November 2, 2013Wahine starters the same: Longo, Taylor, Vorster, Manu-Olevao, Uiato, Hartong, Adolpho. Longo is in a white jersey, should make Leahey happy. Personally I like the spring green.
BWC & Top 25 scores 11-2
By Cindy Luis on November 2, 2013Big West UCSB def. Cal Poly, 3-0 25-20, 25-12, 26-24 UC Davis 3, CSU Fullerton 2 No. 24 CSUN (A) def. UC Riverside 3-0 1. Texas def. Oklahoma 3-1 2. Penn State (A) def. No. 14 Michigan State 3-0 3. Washington idle 4. USC idle 5. Florida idle 6. Stanford idle 7. Missouri (H) def. Ole Miss 3-0 8. San Diego (A) def. LMU 3-1 9. Colorado State (A) def Utah State 3-2 10. Minnesota idle 11. Nebraska (H) […]
wahine rewind 11-1 redux
By Cindy Luis on November 2, 2013Not sure what happened to the one from last night. Thought it got posted before I left the arena, including what I put up on breaking. Anyway As many have observed, the L2 continues to be problematic. Neither Manu-Olevao nor Kastl effective . both 0-2-7 … before Manu-Olevao was 0-0-3 in Set 3. Bringing in Kastl does change the energy, not as dynamic a hitter as Manu-Olevao is when she’s on, but Kastl does bring the heat. As did Hartong […]
Post match call-in on 1420 am
By Cindy Luis on November 1, 2013You can call 296-1420 to talk to Scott.
Top 25 scores 11-1
By Cindy Luis on November 1, 20131. Texas idle 2. Penn State (A) def. No. 17 Michigan 3-1 3. Washington (H) def. Utah 3-1 4. USC (A) def. No. 22 Cal 3-1 5. Florida (A) def LSU 3-1 6. Stanford (H) def. UCLA, 3-1 7. Missouri (H) def. Ole Miss 3-0 8. San Diego idle 9. Colorado State idle 10. Minnesota (A) def. No. 16 Purdue 3-2 11. Nebraska idle 12. North Carolina (A) lost at No. 10 Florida State 3-2 13. Hawaii (H) vs. UC […]