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Hawaii women’s volleyball: Top 25 results Friday

By Cindy Luis on November 29, 2019

Top 25 No. 3 Stanford def. Cal, 23-25, 25-13, 25-19, 25-21 No. 7 Penn State def. No. 5 Wisconsin, 19-25, 14-25, 25-12, 25-22, 15-11 No. 6 Nebraska def. Maryland, 25-20, 25-15, 25-18 St. John’s upsets No. 10 Creighton 25-17, 25-23, 26-24 No. 12 Marquette def. Villanova, 25-22, 25-18, 25-19 St. John’s plays host Marquette Saturday for Big East title No. 16 Purdue def. Michigan State,19-25, 25-21, 17-25, 25-10, 15-11 No. 22 Michigan def. Indiana, 25-12, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23 No. 23 […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: A Rainbow Wahine Thanksgiving story and anniversary

By Cindy Luis on November 28, 2019

Thanks to islandman for a Twitter link from NCAA. On this day in 1998. On this day in 1998, @HawaiiWVB defeated @BYUwvolleyball, 3-2 (15-12, 21-19, 13-15, 16-18, 24-22), in the longest match in NCAA DI history. The match lasted 3 hours, 38 minutes and with the win, Hawaii won its first-ever @WACsports Tournament title.#NCAAVB #TBT pic.twitter.com/yBeqousEUg — NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) November 28, 2019 It will remain the longest match every played in the history of DI volleyball since it […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: T25 results Wed

By Cindy Luis on November 27, 2019

Top 25 Wednesday No. 2 Pitt (H) def. Louisville, 25-22, 21-25, 25-11, 25-12 no. 9 Washington (H0 def. Cal, 22-25, 20-25, 25-22, 26-24, 15-6 No. 14 Kentucky (A) def. LSU, 19-25, 28-26, 25-23, 25-11 No. 15 Florida (H) def. Arkansas, 25-17, 25-21, 25=16 No. 16 Purdue (A) def. No. 22 Michigan, 26-24, 25-17, 20-25, 20-25, 20-18 No. 17 Utah def. Oregon State, 25-16, 25-22, 25-18 No. 23 UCLA (A) def. Arizona, 25-20, 27-25, 25-22

Is success contagious for University of Hawaii football and women’s volleyball?

By Dave Reardon on November 27, 2019

It was Championship Weekend for University of Hawaii sports. On Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center, the women’s volleyball team swept Long Beach State to become outright champions of the Big West Conference. The next night, at Aloha Stadium, the football team edged San Diego State 14-11 to clinch the Mountain West Conference’s West Division title — the first championship of any kind for the football team since 2010. The Wahine (24-3, 14-2 Big West) haven’t lost since Oct. 11 […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: NCAA ticket info, T25 results

By Cindy Luis on November 26, 2019

In anticipation of potentially hosting the NCAA tournament first and second rounds, Hawaii has posted some ticket information. click here It’s a notice to season ticket holders who should be receiving something in the mail. Selection show Sunday at 3:30 p.m. HST on ESPNU. If it happens, ticket packages will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, December 4, at 9 a.m. My guess is that, because of the travel to Hawaii, competition likely held Friday, Dec. 6, […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Rainbow Wahine sweep awards: Norene Iosia POY, Hanna Hellvig FOY, Robyn Ah Mow co-COY

By Cindy Luis on November 26, 2019

Hawaii took home the big awards in the Big West Conference postseason women’s volleyball honors announced today. After UH won its first outright conference title since 2016, senior setter/hitter Norene Iosia was named the BWC Player of the Year; Hanna Hellvig was named Freshman of the Year; and Robyn Ah Mow was named co-BWC Coach of the Year along with Cal State Fullerton’s Ashley Preston. Four players made the All-BWC first team: Iosia, Hellvig, Sky Williams and Amber Igiede. McKenna […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Weekly awards to Amber Igiede, Sky Williams

By Cindy Luis on November 25, 2019

The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team received two of the three Big West weekly awards on Monday. Congrats to Amber Igiede on BWC Freshman of the Week and Sky Williams for BWC Defensive Player of the Week. Stunning that Norene Iosia didn’t get POW. But could be a portend of things to come tomorrow when All-Big West comes out. Poly’s Maia Dvoracek gets POW for her big stats against UCI and Fullerton. From the Big West: Junior Sky Williams captured her […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Rainbow Wahine RPI to 11, stays at No. 18 in AVCA; more automatic qualifiers

By Cindy Luis on November 25, 2019

Hawaii’s RPI is up one to 11 in the latest calculation from the NCAA. This is the last publicly released RPI before Selection Sunday. The NCAA will have updated one for use Sunday after all the matches are done on Saturday. Current Top 16 1. Baylor. 2. Wisconsin. 3. Texas. 4. Stanford. 5. Pitt. 6. Nebraska. 7. Kentucky. 8. Washington 9. Florida. 10. Minnesota. 11 Hawaii. 12. Marquette. 13. Texas A&M. 14. Rice. 15. Western Kentucky. 16. Utah High RPI […]

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