Expanded coverage of all things volleyball, including notes, observations and analysis on the Rainbow Wahine, Rainbow Warriors, SandBows and Team USA.
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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.
Team back in Gym 1 today. They will be in there tomorrow and leave Thursday for UCR then Fullerton Spoke to Greeley. She said she is hoping to play front row soon. Had a cortisone shot and has been pretty pain free. said the bye week was helpful, allowed for some healing and resting of nagging injuries (someone also mentioned that from Sunday’s horseshoe tournament). Shoji said that Greeley will have to earn her way back into the lineup but […]
Hawaii down a spot to 34 in RPI http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2016WVBrpi1.html nebraska replaces Wisconsin at 1. Badgers to 2 three opponents ahead of UH 7 Washington 10 UCLA 17 Kansas State will be back in a bit to discuss more but some below UH 36 Arizona 46 Long Beach State 61 Pacific 64 Cal Poly 69 Northern Illinois 76 UC Santa Barbara Wade was on the morning show. talked about his exhibitions this Friday vs. UC Irvine They play SportConX Nov. 16 […]
Am on the mainland to be with my mom. Probably won’t be online much, if at all. Wahine off until Wednesday and have a few light practices this week. Shoji on a recruiting trip, Hall may be with him or they may be splitting up. Not sure. Beach volleyball fundraiser this coming Sunday at the football practice field. 2-6. more info at http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/news/2016/9/29/womens-beach-volleyball-beach-volleyball-fundraiser-set-for-oct-23.aspx
http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2016WVBrpi1.html Wisconsin, losing again, stays at 1 Arizona, which beat Stanford (now 11) but lost to Cal (now 122) now down 2 to 31.
Expect a lineup change tonight and we’ll see how long it lasts. As mentioned Castillo likely out with a leg problem. Davis’ staff now has Dan Conners’ wife. She played at UCLA as well, Becky Green. She has a one-match waiver to coach since the Aggies’ other assistant’s wife just had a baby. Links for today, 5 p.m. HST TV: OcSports Oceanic subscribers can get stream at OCSports.TV Radio: 1500-AM http://www.nbcsportsradiohawaii.com Non-Hawaii residents live stream http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=8 Livestats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=140320 Top 25 […]
Spirited practice today You likely won’t see Castillo on Sunday. She’s had a bit of a leg issues that hasn’t gotten better. Shoji said they’re still looking for their best lineup. Mitchem said she likes playing both but likes to pass as well so that happens when she plays outside. Greeley still about 70 percent. She said she was surprised she stayed in the front row in Set 4 but happy she got a kill and a team-high 10 digs. […]
Happy homecoming. UH athletic department has been working on this the past few months. As of tonight, OcSports streaming is back for the mainland. If you are in Hawaii, you will be geoblocked. If you are in Hawaii and are an Oceanic subscriber, the stream is available by signing in with your ID at OCSports.TV If you are in Hawaii and not an Oceanic subscriber, no stream available but TV is available through Oceanic ad HawaiianTel. Single-camera through UH no […]
They continue to look at things in practice. Shoji had hinted yesterday they may go to a 6-2, true or modified. Said he hasn’t ruled that out. Dig Pink is set for Nov. 5, The CSUN match. They’ll have pink jerseys that will be auctioned off, much as they did senior year of Jayme Lee and Amber Kaufman. Wahine also losing team manager ‘Ilima this month She is leaving school and will be helping her grandparents move to Kent, Wash. […]