Volleyshots

Sad news to pass along. Shoji called this afternoon to tell me of his illness. said he was diagnosed a few weeks ago. He spoke with his staff and players on Sunday, as well as Matlin. what he is doing is taking time off for treatment, not retiring. Jeff Hall will be doing the day-to-day operations. UH doing a release in a bit. Catching up on a few other things Thoughts on the final four? Nebraska vs. Texas Stanford vs. […]

https://www.avca.org/polls/dii-men/12-8-2016.html Ohio State No. 1, 23 votes. UCLA 2, the other vote Warriors open practice Dec. 28 Still catching up on stuff now that I’m back in Hawaii. probably check in later to update the scores. see link below for scoreboard. http://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/volleyball-women/d1/2016/12/09 couldn’t believe Rose’s interview after his team got seeded. Not jus drinking the BigTen kool-aid but passing it out. uh oh, Penn State up 2-1 at Nebraska. 25-23 25-23, 24-26. other third round matches also at Nebraska Arizona […]

was in contact with coach this morning. originally was flying back today, it will be Thursday. said that he hasn’t had a time to talk to the team or the AD so nothing will be announced Friday looks like earliest will be next week.

Niki Taylor earns another all-region, Maglio one of six Honorable Menion tough region includes north part of Pac-12 https://www.avca.org/awards/all-regional-all-america-awards COY Boise State’s Shawn Garus FOY: Plummer from Stanford. Also honored with Hawaii ties: senior hitter Carly Kan, Punahou/Missour, fourth time; Arizona senior setter Penina Snuka (Kahuku), her third honor;, and her Wildcat teammate Kalei Mau (St. Francis/Kaiser); and Utah junior hitter Adora Anae (Kahuku).

wished him early one at the end of last night’s press conference. He is on the mainland for a few days, be back Wednesday, which is my itinerary as well. no news on Taylor. believe they are waiting to do some X-rays.

Major apologies. Finally gave up on trying to update. the blog kept closing out. this is what i can tell you. No word on Taylor other than it’s he left ankle. HIPA requires her to sign a waiver to discuss what it is, she has in the past, but new injury requires new release. they may not know anything until swelling goes down. Shoji didn’t want to speculate Said it could be a sprain, a fracture or something else. She […]

Beautiful day in Minneapolis, sun out, overnight light snow has melted. Don’t think I mentioned that sponsoring Aspics sent warm-weather gear to the Whine, jackets, gloves and beanies. Very convenient for the players that there’s a Starbucks in the hotel. Match at 6 p.m. local, 2 p.m. HST and 5 a.m. in Novy Urengoy where the Shoji brothers are playing pro for Fakel. about 50 miles south of the arctic curve. Was minus-4 today when i got a text from […]

So 1420-AM located on 3rd story of arena, normally where hockey radio sits. The Hawaiian flag is there. Minnesota radio said if the two stations are there tomorrow, they’ll bring a state flag. View from USBank Stadium, looks like a Viking ship from the air TV OC16 in Hawaii or stream http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=27 Radio: 1420-AM espn1420am.com http://www.cstv.com/gametracker/launch/gt_wvolley.html?event=1535432&school=ncaa&sport=wvolley&camefrom=&startschool=& Did get to go the Vikings-Cowboys game last night. Very cool stadium. TV: Kanoa Leahey, Scott Robbs. Scott’s first NFL game. and he is […]