Hawaii 3, Northwestern 0
By Cindy Luis on September 13, 2013a little different look tonight on opening serve Mendoza starting at DS. Vorster, Manu-Olevao, Long, Adolpho, Hartong, Uiato
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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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Definitely Friday the 13th, USC, Texas lose
By Cindy Luis on September 13, 2013Thanks for posting some scores on another link. will update here AVCA is so lazy. have half their top 25 idle when all are playing 9. USD (H) def. USC, 3-1 Arizona State (N) def. 2. Texas, 3-0 3. Penn State def. Marquette (N), 3-0 4. Minnesota def. Louisville (N), 3-0 5. Florida (H) def. Iona, 3-0; def. Georgetown 3-0 6. Washington def. Illinois (H), 3-1 7. Michigan def. Siena (N), 3-0; def. Texas A&M (H), 3-2 8. Stanford (N) […]
Arizona 3, Portland State 1
By Cindy Luis on September 13, 2013Arizona leads 22-25, 25-17, 25-19 But the Vikings had a 7-2 lead in Set 4 with Rubio burning both his time outs (bad rotation). PSU leads 9-5.
Wahine-Vikings rewind
By Cindy Luis on September 12, 2013Seemed like a very quick night. 99 minutes. UH threw a lot of lineups out tonight, hit .269. Adolpho had a very nice match 10-0-14. hit .714, in on all six of UH’s blocks with 1 BS and 5 BA. Hartong with her third double-double with match highs of 12 kills and 13 digs. Taylor 1-4-8, Vorster 3-0-9, Manu-Olevao 7-5-21, Hartong 12-3-27, Long 2-2-6, Goodman 1-0-1, Tuaniga 1-2-3, Kastle 2-0-4. UH 6 aces, 2 each by Kastl and Kawamura. Swore […]
Fan Phones for volleyball start tonight
By Cindy Luis on September 12, 2013Beginning with tonight’s match, ESPN 1420 going to have fan phones after UH match. 296-1420. not sure how long it lasts for. Scott Robb just mentioned it to me. will get more details after Set 2.
UH 3 Portland State 0
By Cindy Luis on September 12, 2013UH up 3-0 early. some very good rallies Wahine, as discussed in Ann’s article yesterday. going more to the middless early. PSU has rallied to 8-7.
Update on Maeda
By Cindy Luis on September 12, 2013Ran into her mom at Costco today. Mom said Emily doing well, planning her wedding for the end of the year, almost done with her master’s and working for Catholic Charities. Told her I missed seeing her, husband and other daughters in the seats watching practice even during Emily’s redshirt year. She said they were there for the Texas match. Think that is part of the specialness of the Wahine program, the ties of the all the families who invested […]
Jason Olive in town
By Cindy Luis on September 12, 2013Jay-O in town to participate in the Warrior volleyball golf tournament (think it’s today) over at Olomana. He gave me a call, hoping to catch up at the arena tonight. Not sure if he’s going to make it but be nice to see him. Just as it was when catching up with Carlos Briceno the other week. What I miss with the way the job has changed is … not getting the chance to get to know the players better. […]