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No. 4 FSU 3, No. 5 SandBows 2; SandBows 4, No. 19 TCU 1

By Cindy Luis on March 9, 2019

Hawaii falls 3-2, decided at court 2 1. Martin-Ozee def. Brooke Kuhlman-Payton Rund, 21-14, 21-14 2. Maglio-Huddleston lose to Alaina Chacon-Madison Fitzpatrick, 21-18, 20-22, 15-13 3. Scoles-Homayun def. Molly McBain-Kate Privett, 21-18, 21-16 4. Dreeuws-Napoleon lose to Payton Caffrey-Sara Putt, 21-14, 21-13 5. Loker-Banz lose to Jenna Johnson-Marcy Jerger, 14-21, 21-14, 15-12 +++++ Hawaii’s pairs for FSU match same as TCU match FSU defeated No. 3 Pepperdine 4-1 earlier today 1. Martin-Ozee 2. Maglio-Huddleston 3. Scoles-Homayun 4. Dreeuws-Napoleon 5. Loker-Banz […]

No. 2 Hawaii 3, No. 15 Ball State 0

By Cindy Luis on March 8, 2019

FINAL: No. 2 Hawaii completes a 25-22, 25-19, 25-18 sweep of No. 15 Ball State. 8:49: Stijn van Tilburg with his 12th kill, ends it at 25-18. 8:43: Ball state hitting error gives Hawaii the 19-15 lead. TO Cardinals. 8;39: Gage Worsley’s service overpass put back down, Ball State closes to 15-14. TO UH. 836: sorry lost the internet. Hawaii up 15-11 TTO. Stijn van Tilburg with a solo stuff of Matt Szews (his first error) and a kill. Joe […]

No. 2 Hawaii 3, King 0, Warriors tie program record at 13-0

By Cindy Luis on March 7, 2019

Senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg continued his climb up the career kills charts and No. 2 Hawaii (13-0) tied the program’s best start when sweeping King 25-8, 25-15, 25-7 in tonight’s second match of the 25th Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Invitational at the Stan Sheriff Center. Van Tilburg put down five kills to move into 11th place all-time with 1,170, eight shy of passing Pono Ma’a (1,177) for 10th. The Rainbow Warriors extended their NCAA-record consecutive sets won to 39 […]

Van Tilburg, Melounova honored by Big West; get your final four tickets now

By Cindy Luis on March 7, 2019

Congrats to Hawaii’s senior men’s volleyball player Stijn van Tilburg and junior women’s tennis player Petra Melounova. They will will be honored as the University of Hawaii’s recipients of the Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. One male and one female student-athlete from each of the nine conference schools will be honored at a special banquet next Thursday at the Marriott Suites hotel in Garden Grove, Calif. Doubt if SVT will make the banquet. Warriors host CSUN next week. […]

Wahine volleyball makes it official: spring match vs. Texas, trip to Hilo, Malibu

By Cindy Luis on March 6, 2019

As mentioned a while ago (courtesy of the Longhorns): Hawaii is hosting Texas on Friday, March 22. That’s preceded by a scrimmage in Hilo and the Pepperdine tournament in Malibu. The details: The Hawaii women’s volleyball team has filled its spring break later this month with a trip to Hawaii Island and the mainland, sandwiching a spring match with Texas. The Rainbow Wahine will hold two youth clinics, two open practices and an intrasquad scrimmage at the Hawaii Hilo Gym. […]

Congrats to Parapunov, National POW

By Cindy Luis on March 5, 2019

Not a real surprise: Rado Parapunovf was named the national player of the week after Hawaii’s two road sweeps of UC Irvine. SPORTS IMPORTS/AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK Rado Parapunov – Hawaii Junior, Right Side, 6-9 (Sofia Bulgaria – National High School of Math) Congrats to @HawaiiMensVB Right Side Rado Parapunov for winning the @SportsImportsVB / AVCA Player of the Week! pic.twitter.com/WX3vltjwXL — AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) March 5, 2019 Individual Weekly Stats SP: 6 K/S: 5.67 Hitting %: […]

Parapunov POW, Warriors stay at No. 2

By Cindy Luis on March 4, 2019

Hawaii junior opposite Rado Parapunov picked up his third weekly Big West honor of his career, and first this season, after putting down a combined 34 kills with eight blocks and hitting .463 in last week’s wins over UC Irvine. The Bulgarian national had 18 kills on Friday, including 12 in the 33-31 Set 1 victory, and added 16 kills Saturday as Hawaii extended its program records for consecutive sweeps (12) and consecutive sets won (36). It was the third […]

No. 2 Hawaii with its 12th sweep, tops No. 3 UC Irvine; J. Worsley earns OTB award

By Cindy Luis on March 2, 2019

Off the Block National Offensive Player of the Night Joe Worsley had 39 assists and guided the offense to a .529 attack percentage along with contributing two aces in a sweep against No. 3/3 UC Irvine ++++ Other Saturday scores No. 1 Long Beach State def. No. 11 CSUN 25-11, 25-20, 25-18 No. 14 USC def. No. 4 Pepperdine 25-19, 25-27, 28-26, 25-20 No. 8 Stanford def. No. 9 BYU 25-20, 25-20, 22-25, 25-21 No. 15 Ball State def. Quincy […]