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Hawaii volleyball: Rainbow Wahine add Anna Kiraly, Warriors officially sign 3, T25 scores

By Cindy Luis on November 14, 2019

Hawaii has signed a second Rainbow Wahine volleyball player. She is 6-3 middle Anna Kiraly from Hungary, the first Wahine ever from that country. She helped lead her Godolloi Roplabda Club team to the Central Hungarian Regional Championship 1st place in 2017; U21 Hungarian Championship 2nd place in 2019; and the U19 Hungarian Championship 3rd place in 2017,’19. She is a two-time Hungarian Championship “All star tournament team player” (’18 U19, ’19 U21) and was named her club’s Player of […]

Hawaii volleyball: National Letter of Intent paperwork in on Kate Lang, Makua Marumoto, Austin Buchanan

By Cindy Luis on November 13, 2019

All three Hawaii volleyball teams were expected to announce commits for 2020-21 but we have been told the SandBows will be out on Thursday. Signing with the Hawaii men is 6-8 setter Austin Buchanan, son of Idaho WVB coach Debbie Buchanan. Mom was recruited by Dave Shoji but chose to play at USC over Hawaii. According to our Paul Honda and Billy Hull on Hawaii Prep World, Makua Marumoto (St. Francis/HBA) is signing with Rainbow Warriors. Makua Matumoto and his […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Hellvig FOW, Rainbow Wahine to 18 in poll, RPI stays at 11

By Cindy Luis on November 11, 2019

Congrats to Hanna Hellvig her fifth Freshman of the Week honors Big West release click here The Wahine moved up one spot to No. 18 in this week’s AVCA poll, while their RPI remained the same at 11. Haweaii’s Norene Iosia nominated for Player of Week, Rika Okino for Defensive POW Top 3 remain the same: 1. Texas (17-2, 50 first-place votes), 2. Pitt (25-1, 12 votes) and Baylor (20-1, 1 vote) 4. Stanford up a spot (18-4, 1 vote) […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: No. 19 Hawaii 3, UC Riverside 0, T25 results

By Cindy Luis on November 10, 2019

Senior hitter McKenna Ross put down 11 kills without an error and freshman hitter Hanna Hellvig also had 11 kills as No. 19 Hawaii used a balanced attack to sweep UC Riverside 25-19, 25-11, 25-17 in today’s Big West volleyball match in Riverside, Calif. It was the ninth consecutive victory for the Rainbow Wahine (22-3, 12-2) when running the series record to 27-0 against the Highlanders (6-18, 2-11). Hawaii is a game ahead of Cal Poly (17-7, 10-2) in the […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Top 25, Cal Poly 3, UCSB 0

By Cindy Luis on November 9, 2019

Big West Cal Poly up 25-13, 25-18, 25-19. Mustangs home winning streak at 30 This breaks the current tie for second. Mustangs 10-2, a half-game behind Hawaii (11-2) UCSB 9-3. CSUN (A) def. UC Irvine, 19-25, 25-18, 21-25, 25-20, 15-8 Long Beach State (A) def. CSU Fullerton, 25-23, 25-16, 25-15 live stats click here Saturday’s Top 25 No. 3 Baylor (A) def. Texas Tech, 25-18, 25-20, 25-21 No. 4 Wisconsin (A) def. Maryland, 25-18, 25-13, 25-13 No. 5 Stanford (A) […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: FINAL No. 19 Hawaii 3, UC Davis 1

By Cindy Luis on November 8, 2019

Freshman hitter Hanna Hellvig put down 17 kills and No. 19 Hawaii won its eighth straight, downing UC Davis 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 25-15 in a Big West volleyball match tonight in Davis, Calif. The Rainbow Wahine (21-3, 11-2) saw senior setter-hitter Norene Iosia turn in her 15th double-double of the season, 60th of her career, with 27 assists and 12 digs when coming within one kill of a triple-double. Junior hitter Brooke Van Sickle added 12 kills and junior libero […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Top 25 results Wednesday and Thursday

By Cindy Luis on November 7, 2019

Wahine left today (Wednesday) for Davis Top 25 Wednesday 7) Nebraska def. Northwestern 25-18, 25-7, 25-18 21) Illinois def. Iowa 25-18, 25-23, 25-15 27) Michigan def. Michigan State 25-19, 25-21, 22-25, 25-16 Top 25 Thursday 5. Stanford def. Arizona State, 25-16, 25-23, 25-10 11 BYU def. Santa Clara 25-22, 20-25, 25-23, 25-18 13. Colorado State def. Fresno State, 25-16, 25-22, 25=14 14. Washington def. Oregon, 25-19, 26-24. 25-20 16. Utah def. USC, 25-19, 31-33, 23-25, 26-24, 18-16 20 Cal def. […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Tuesday Big West results

By Cindy Luis on November 5, 2019

Tuesday’s matches involve the two teams Hawaii faces this week UC Davis pulled away from Cal State Fullerton, 20-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-7. UC Riverside held off UC Irvine, 11-25, 25-21. 25-20, 21-25, 15-8