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.

Latest news

Taylor national POW

By Cindy Luis on November 22, 2016

Taylor picks up national player of week https://www.avca.org/awards/players-of-the-week/sports-importsavca-division-i-women-player-of-the-week.html

Wahine 28 RPI, 13 poll, weekly honors to Taylor, Iosia

By Cindy Luis on November 21, 2016

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2016WVBrpi1.html Wisconsin goes back to 1 Rest of Top 16 2. Texs. 3. Nebraska. 4. Minnesota. 5 Florida. 6. Kansas. 7. Missouri. 8. BYU. 9. Stanford. 10. North Carolina. 11. Washington. 12. UCLA. 13. San Diego. 14. Michigan State. 15. Western Kentucky. 16. Kentucky. Sunday’s Top 25 2) Minnesota def. 18) Michigan 25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 23-25, 15-12 5) Florida lost to 25) Missouri 18-25, 25-23, 15-25, 25-21, 10-15 8) Washington def. 16) Utah 25-20, 21-25, 25-22, 25-18 12) Stanford def. […]

No. 14 Hawaii 3, UCSB 1

By Cindy Luis on November 19, 2016

T-shirt worn by Nikki Taylor’s ‘ohana There will be a moment of silence for Dan Apol, the 44-year-old ref who died earlier this week while officiating a RMAC match. He was the up ref for Hawaii’s matches against Long Beach State and CSUN Links for tonight: TV: OC Sports Radio: 1420-am espn1420am.com Stream http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=17 Gametracker http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=140324 Early Top 25 1) Nebraska def. Iowa 25-17, 25-19, 25-13 3) Wisconsin def. 13) Michigan State 25-20, 25-19, 25-23 4) Kansas def. Iowa State […]

Friday checkin: walk-on, etc

By Cindy Luis on November 18, 2016

2) Minnesota def. 13) Michigan State 25-17, 25-18, 21-25, 19-25, 18-16 6) North Carolina def. Virginia 28-26, 25-16, 25-18 12) Stanford def. Arizona State 25-21, 25-17, 25-18 17) Florida State def. Duke 20-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-20 20) Western Kentucky def. UTEP 25-19, 25-23, 26-24 21) Creighton def. Georgetown 25-17, 25-20, 25-19 23) Kentucky def. LSU 25-17, 25-18, 25-22 24) Ohio State def. Northwestern 23-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-21 25) Missouri def. Auburn 17-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-19 Also 29) Arizona def. Cal […]

No. 14 Hawaii 3, Cal Poly 0

By Cindy Luis on November 17, 2016

Santa in the house Links for tonight 7 p.m. HST TV: OC Sports Olivia Magill will be in the corner tonight with Chelsea Hardin with Scott Robbs. Lisa Strand-Ma’a will be with Kanoa Leahey. Tsuji out with the passing of his dad. Chris McLachlin on the mainland. Radio: 1420-AM espn1420am.com Streaming: http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=14 Livestats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=140323 This is Pestolesi’s last home match. He is leaving Friday for his mother-in-law’s funeral Mary Sebastian, Diane’s mom, passed on Saturday. Top 25 early 16) Utah […]

Wednesday checkin: Warriors exhibition vs. SportConX

By Cindy Luis on November 16, 2016

Men’s exhibition at 7 p.m. someone on previous thread asked about cost. Admission is free but parking $6 there may be live stats but no radio or TV. will do a live blog. Wahine match Thursday is “Family Night” Fans can bring their families to get 50% off tickets in the upper level sections (K-P, CC-GG). H-Zone is offering 20%-off volleyball related apparel and Sodexo will be running a buy a hot dog and receive a FREE fountain drink promotion […]

Tuesday check in: UCI 3, Long Beach State 2

By Cindy Luis on November 15, 2016

Match being played at UCI. Set 2 goes to UCI 25-23 The match resumed with UC Irvine leading 1-0 and serving in the second set with the score UCI-20; LBSU-18. their livestat link not working but you can watch video. http://www.bigwest.org/story.asp?story_id=16073 be back later to update.

Hawaii sweeps BWC awards, to 36 RPI, stays 14 in poll

By Cindy Luis on November 14, 2016

Wahine up 2 to 36 http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2016WVBrpi1.html Texas loses and moves to 1 I know, I know, how the formula works but still …. Top 16 1. Texas 2. Nebraska. 3. Wisconsin. 4. Minnesota. 5. Florida. 6. BYU. 7. Stanford. 8. North Carolina. 9. San Diego. 10. Kansas. 11 Michigan State. 12. UCLA. 13. Washington. 14. Missouri. 15. Michigan. 16. Western Kentucky.