Expanded coverage of all things volleyball, including notes, observations and analysis on the Rainbow Wahine, Rainbow Warriors, SandBows and Team USA.
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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.
will update more when I get to the arena schedule is what AVCA has, not that I trust it. 1. USC (A) def. ASU, 3-0 2. Florida (A) def. Arkansas 3-1 3. Texas idle 4. Penn State def. Illinois 3-2 5. Michigan State idle 6. Washington idle 7. Stanford (A) def Washington State 3-0 8. Nebraska def. Indiana 3-0 9. Hawaii idle 10. Minnesota idle 11. San Diego idle 12. Colorado State idle 13. North Carolina (A) def. Virginia 3-0 […]
Just heard from UH. totally different than in past years They are playing the alumnae-alumnae match at 7 p.m., one set The varsity-alumnae match to follow Scheduled to go against the Varsity Melissa Villaroman Brittany Hewitt Stefanie Brandt Hedder Illustre Ashley Watanabe Aneli Cubi Otineru Lauren Duggins Kanoe Kamanao Kaaihue Sarah Mason Juliana Sanders
From the Big West: UC Santa Barbara senior Katey Thompson earned Big West Women’s Volleyball Player of the Week honors as she led the charge in an upset road victory over No. 5 Hawai‘i.Thompson delivered 19 kills along with a match and career-high 11 blocks in a thrilling five-set affair that shocked the Stan Sheriff Center crowd of 7,302, which witnessed a 22-match win streak against Big West Conference opponents crumble. The 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 15-12 triumph was UCSB’s […]
Hawaii’s five-set loss to UC Santa Barbara cost the Rainbow Wahine seven spots in the NCAA’s Ratings Percentage Index released today. Hawaii was at No. 3 last week in the first RPI of the season. The computer-generated power rankings are used by the NCAA selection committee for seedings and brackets of the postseason tournament. The RPI measures wins, losses, strength of schedule and opponents’ strength of schedule. The Wahine (16-2) also dropped four places in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 […]
1. USC (A) def. Oregon 3-0 2. Florida (H) def. Georgia 3-0 6. Washington (H) def. No. 16 Arizona State, 3-0 15. Kentucky (A) def. South Carolina, 3-0 16. ASU (A) lost at No. 6 Washington, 3-0 21. Florida State (H) def. Pitt, 3-0 22 Oregon (H) lost to USC 3-0 25. Missouri (H) def. Alabama 3-1 Also Arizona (A) def. Washington State 3-2
Very efficient night in 76 minutes. this from my web story. Senior outside hitter Emily Hartong put down 11 kills and freshman outside hitter Nikki Taylor added 10 as No. 5 Hawaii rebounded from Friday’s stunning loss to UC Santa Barbara with a very efficient 25-17, 25-16, 25-13 sweep of Cal Poly in a Big West volleyball match Saturday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Rainbow Wahine (16-2, 5-1) hit .405 against the Mustangs (8-9, 2-2) in the 76-minute […]
1. USC idle at Oregon Sunday 2. Florida idle host Georgia Sunday 3. Texas (A) def. Kansas 3-1 4. Penn State (H) def No. 19 Wisconsin 3-0 5. Hawaii leads Cal Poly 2-0 6. Washington idle hosts Arizona State Sunday 7. Michigan State (H) def. Nebraska 3-1 8. Stanford (H) def. Colorado 3-0 9. Nebraska lost to No. 7 Michigan 3-1 10. North Carolina (H) def. Wake Forest 3-0 11. Minnesota (A) def. No. 14 Ohio State 3-0 12 San […]
I like the pink uniforms. Shoji has forgotten about ordering them in time. Finally put Ah Mow-Santos in charge. Looks like they went back to the non-Mendoza starting lineup. Longo, Taylor, Vorster, Manu-Olevao, Uiato, Hartong, Adolpho.