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.

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Warriors 2, Anteaters 2 2-18

By Cindy Luis on February 18, 2013

Match on 1500-AM so no internet radio livestats at ucirvinesports.com UH starts Ramos, Timmer, Sedore, Averill, Marks, Zarkovic, Cheape. Timmer was backrow. West in the front now at MB.

Hawaii up to 11 in men's poll

By Cindy Luis on February 18, 2013

Warriors move up 2 spots after winning at UCLA. Bruins drop a spot to 7. 1. UCI. 2. BYU. 3. Long Beach. 4. Pepperdine. 5. Stanford. 6. Ohio State. 7. UCLA. 8 CSUN. 9 (tie) Penn State & USC (why at 3-6?). 11. Hawaii. 12. Lewis. 13. Cal Baptist. 14. Pacific. 15. Harvard.

MPSF scores & standings 2-16

By Cindy Luis on February 16, 2013

BYU def.  USC (h), 25-18, 17-25, 25-22, 25-18 Cal State Northridge (h) def. Pacific, 25-15, 24-26, 25-22, 25-17 UC Irvine def. UC San Diego (h), 25-16, 25-19, 25-21 Long Beach State (h) def. Stanford 25-20, 25-18, 25-11 Standings BYU   8   2   8-3 UC Irvine 9  3  12-3 Long Beach State 9  3  11-4 Pepperdine 7  4  7-4 Stanford 6   5   9-5 UCLA    5   6   9-8 CSUN   5   5  7-5 Hawaii […]

Warrior-Bruin rewind Night 2

By Cindy Luis on February 16, 2013

Very nice win for the Warriors, a rare one in Westwood. Victory snaps a nine-match losing streak on the road dating back to last season. Sedore 17-10-38, 2 aces, 1 BS, 2 BA Averill 8-1-9, Marks 18-3-36, 2 aces, Zarkovic 15-4-27, 2 aces; Holt 2-1-6, didn’t play last three sets. Timmer 0-1-1 3 BA. UH finishes with 12 blocks, 40 digs, 10 by Phelps. Warriors hit 542 in Set 4, 471 in Set 5. Warriors with 6 aces, 18 SEs. […]

Warriors win in 5 over UCLA 2-16

By Cindy Luis on February 16, 2013

Radio 1500-AM at 5 p.m. HST Gametracker, audio & video/live streaming at uclabruins.com UH starting Ramos, Zarkovic, Sedore, Averill, Marks, Holt and Cheape

Warriors-Bruins rewind 2-15

By Cindy Luis on February 15, 2013

Not a good night for the Warriors. outblocked 11-2. UH hit .191. Sedore 11-7-26, Averill 3-1-6, Marks 8-5-20, Zarkovic 8-3-21, Holt 6-1-12, 2 aces, 8 SE, 26 digs. UCLA hit .338, most damage by Page 11-3-29 and Quiroga 11-2-25. Worley 8-3-16, 3 aces, 10 SEs, 24 digs. Didn’t see the match, just gametracker. Ramos called for a mishandled ball to end it. sums up the night. As has happened this season, the Warriors get stuck in a bad rotation, give […]

Harvard sweeps Penn St, BYU falls to Pepperdine

By Cindy Luis on February 15, 2013

A bit of a shocker, Harvard (h) def. Penn State 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 MPSF from this week Pepperdine def. Cal Baptist 25-18, 25-20, 20-25,  25-23 UCI def. UCSB 20-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-22 USC def. Cal Baptist, 25-21, 25-22, 18-25, 26-24 Friday Pepperdine (h) def. BYU, 25-13, 25-22, 23-25, 22-25,  15-9 Stanford def. CSU Northridge (h) 22-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-21 Long Beach State (h)def.  Pacific, 25-19, 25-22, 25-19 UC San Diego (h) def. UCSB  25-20, 25-17, 25-20

UCLA 3, Warriors 0 2-15

By Cindy Luis on February 15, 2013

Sorry, running a bit late Radio 1500-AM Gametracker on uclabruins.com UH starters: Ramos, Sedore, Averill, marks, Zarkovic, Holt. Set 1 Warriors rallied to tie at 16.  Bruins on a 4-0 run, take the 20-16 lead. TO UH. Timmer in to serve. One of UH’s better rotations. It’s 21-19. TO UCLA UH holds off 2 set points to tie at 24. UCLA closes it out 26-24