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.
Been buried on other threads so let’s start fresh. As we know, Croson hasn’t been with the sand team for a few weeks. It is not academic, it is not injury. She is mulling over her options to stay or go. The only thing I can confirm is that the final decision will be hers. Originally told there would be an announcement this week IF she were to leave. Have since been told that there will be no announcement. That […]
Not all that surprised. didn’t feel that their pairs had enough quality wins. And the regional emphasis at the moment limits the teams from the West http://www.avca.org/sand/championships/2013/ Pool A (Names of Players/School) 1. Lane Carico/Katie Madewell (Georgia State) 2. Kelly Reeves/Meg Norton (UCLA) 3. Jessica Mendoza/Maryna Samoday (Florida International) 4. Bethanie Thomas/Kiriana Hirini (UAB) 5. Hannah Clancy/Katarina Schulz (Pacific) Pool B(Names of Players/School) 1. Sammie Strausbaugh/Taylor Nyquist (Jacksonville) 2. Kate Stepanova/Ksenia Sukhareva (Florida International) 3. Felicia Arriola/Litara Keil (Loyola Marymount) […]
From UH, if you want complete scores, see link http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/news/2013/4/21/WSVB_0421134255.aspx?path=wsvb HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. – The University of Hawaii sand volleyball team completed the second day of the USA Volleyball Collegiate Challenge with five UH tandems competing in three separate divisions. Each of the five squads went 1-1 on the day. UH’s top pair of Natasha Bell and Tai Manu-Olevao competed in the 16-team gold division, advancing to the quarterfinals with a three-set victory over Katy Fuller and Cinnamon Sary of […]
At Hermosa Beach, Wahine lose to No. 1 Pepperdine 5-0 def. Santa Clara 4-1 def. UCLA 3-2 #1 Pepperdine def. #5 Hawai`i, 5-01. Lilla Frederick/Kim Hill (PEP) def. Natasha Bell/Tai Manu-Olevao (UH) 21-8, 21-132. Lara Dykstra/Caitlin Racich (PEP) def. Katie Spieler/Ginger Long (UH) 21-19, 21-173. Kelley Larsen/Kellie Woolever (PEP) def. Emily Mount/Ashley Kastl (UH) 21-15, 21-114. Victoria Adelhelm/Taylor Racich (PEP) def. Ali Longo/Karlee Riggs (UH) 21-17, 21-95. Emily Cook/Katie Messing (PEP) def. Ku`ulei Zalopany/Olivia Urban (UH) 21-15, 21-3 #5 Hawaii […]
Impressed that Hawaii went 5 without 2 of its leading hitters (Marks and Zarkovic) Tough place to play. UH is now 21-3 in Provo. some stats Warriors hit 319 for the match 8 aces, 22 SEs, 30 digs, 6.5 blocks. Sedore 18-8-35, 4 aces, 6 Se, 6 digs, no blocks Averill 16-5-28, 1 SE,1 BS, 3 BA Olsen 9-2-22, 3 aces, 5 SEs, 2 BA Holt 8-1-12, 1 ace, 2 SE, 3 BA West 5-2-10, 1 SE, 1 BS, 1 […]
Long Beach sweeps Stanford 25-21, 25-17, 30-28UCLA sweeps Pepperdine, 25-19, 25-18, 25-18UCI def. UCSB, 26-24, 22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 15-10
3 p.m. HST today On TV today OC 409 Radio 1420-AM espn1420am.c0m livestats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=20889
Taylor Averill, Brooke Sedore and Siki Zarkovic named honorable mention on the all-MPSF teams today. Zarkovic also named to the 7-member all-freshman team. BYU sweeps awards, Patch Freshman of the year, Sander player of the year. Also first team was Long Beach State’s Taylor Crabb (Punahou) Second team to USC’s Micah Christenson (Kamehameha) and Pepperdine’s Josh Taylor (Punahou). both sophomores. Complete list: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mpsf/sports/m-volley/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/mvb-allmpsf2.pdf