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 missing practice. UCLA over Pepperdine in 4

By Cindy Luis on September 13, 2016

Taylor will sit out today’s practice, and have a limited practice on Wednesday. She is expected to fully participate on Thursday. Mitchem is scheduled to have the pin removed from her left pinkie Wednesday morning. They’ll determine if she’ll be cleared to play this week sometime this week. Pepperdine, Hawaii’s next opponent hosts UCLA tonight (4 p.m. HST) in Malibu Waves lost to The Beach 3-2 and topped Harvard 3-2 on Saturday http://www.pepperdinewaves.com/gametracker/launch/gt_wvolley.html?event=1497532&school=pepp&sport=wvolley&camefrom=&startschool=& 25) Kansas State def. Creighton 18-25, 25-23, […]

Hawaii back to No. 15 in poll

By Cindy Luis on September 12, 2016

https://www.avca.org/polls/di-women/9-12-2016.html Nebraska unanimous no. 1 again Washington up to No. 5 big jump for San Diego, from 15 to 10.

No. 6 Washington 3, No. 14 Hawaii 2

By Cindy Luis on September 11, 2016

Other media for today OCSports 1500-AM nbcsportsradiohawaii.com http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=140314

Saturday check-in UW sweeps NIU

By Cindy Luis on September 10, 2016

Today’s matches at the arena are free but they will be clearing the arena in between the noon (NIU-USU) and 5 p.m. (UW-NIU) matches Here’s the complete Top 25 results from Friday night 1) Nebraska def. Arkansas 25-19, 25-15, 25-21 2) Wisconsin lost to North Carolina 23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 20-25, 11-15 3) Texas def. Colorado State 25-20, 25-23, 25-23 4) Kansas def. Chattanooga 25-12, 24-26, 25-17, 25-13 5) Minnesota def. Louisville 25-10, 25-12, 25-13 6) Washington def. Utah Valley 25-10, […]

Top 25 scores; No. 14 Hawaii 3, NIU 0

By Cindy Luis on September 9, 2016

NIU might be a little jet lagged. They only got in yesterday. Went to a luau last night. leaving Sunday morning Long Beach just picked a good win, 3-2, over Duke. The usual links for UH match OCSports 1420-AM espn1420am.com http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=140311 1) Nebraska def. Arkansas 25-19, 25-15, 25-21 2) Wisconsin lost to North Carolina 23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 20-25, 11-15 3) Texas def. Colorado State 25-20, 25-23, 25-23 4) Kansas def. Chattanooga 25-12, 24-26, 25-17, 25-13 5) Minnesota def. Louisville 25-10, […]

Fri: Top 25, No. 6 Washington 3, Utah Valley 0

By Cindy Luis on September 9, 2016

) Nebraska def. Arkansas 25-19, 25-15, 25-21 11) North Carolina def. 2) Wisconsin 25-23, 25-27, 23-25, 25-20, 15-11 4) Kansas def. Chattanooga 25-12, 24-26, 25-17, 25-13 5) Minnesota def. Louisville 25-10, 25-12, 25-13 5) Minnesota def. Louisville 25-10, 25-12, 25-13 7) UCLA def. UC Irvine 25-15, 25-10, 25-18 10) BYU def. Boise State 25-11, 25-23, 25-18 12) Ohio State def. IUPUI 25-9, 25-13, 25-12 13) Florida State def. Florida A&M 25-20, 25-22, 25-21 13) Florida State def. Arkansas-Little Rock 25-15, […]

Top 25; Hawaii 3, Utah Valley 0

By Cindy Luis on September 8, 2016

The usual links OCSports 1420-AM espn1420am.com Streaming at BigWest.TV 4) Kansas def. Creighton 25-21, 23-25, 21-25, 28-26, 15-13 13) Florida State def. Baylor 18-25, 25-15, 25-13, 19-25, 15-13 15) San Diego def. UC Irvine 18-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18 25) Loyola Marymount lost to Long Beach State 17-25, 25-27, 13-25 Big West Conference Long Beach State def. Loyola Marymount 25-17, 27-25, 25-13 UC Irvine lost to San Diego 25-18, 19-25, 14-25, 18-25 UC Riverside def. Southeastern Louisiana 25-18, 25-23, 25-19 UC […]

Wed: Spieler NCAA Woman of the Year semifinalist

By Cindy Luis on September 7, 2016

Just announced Former UH beach volleyball All-American Katie Spieler is among the 30 semifinalists for NCAA Woman of the Year. A record 517 school nominees were submitted this year, which was whittled down to 142 conference nominees. The committee selected 30 women from that pool – 10 from each of the three NCAA divisions, who represent 13 sports and a host of diverse majors. Spieler finished her career with a program-best 102 career victories and was the recipient of the […]