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

K State 3, Arizona 1; Top 25 (early)

By Cindy Luis on August 26, 2016

Both Arizona and K-State looking like it’s the first match of the year. KSU leads 10-6 1) Nebraska def. Florida 25-27, 25-15, 25-16, 25-21 5) Kansas def. Mississippi State 25-22, 25-20, 25-17 9) Penn State def. West Virginia 25-13, 25-13, 25-17 10) Florida lost to Nebraska 27-25, 15-25, 16-25, 21-25 13) BYU def. Utah Valley 25-14, 25-14, 25-13 14) Illinois def. Arkansas 25-19, 25-13, 25-22 15) Ohio State def. Texas State 25-10, 15-25, 25-19, 25-21 16) Texas A&M def. Nevada […]

Game day Friday

By Cindy Luis on August 26, 2016

Lot of good discussion on the two threads from Thursday. Not going to recap all. you’re welcome to go back and read. Couple of things The VB Special Section is out in today’s paper and available online. scroll to bottom of the home page and under Special Sections, you’ll see Shoji holding a Pokeball. Had discussed the starting lineup. Think it will look like this S: Higgins. Opp: Koelsch. MB: Maglio, Castillo. OH Granato, hybrid of Greeley/Sibley where Greeley plays […]

Thursday part II: Arizona in, UH lineup, streaming

By Cindy Luis on August 25, 2016

As mentioned on previous thread, no announcement about UH lineup. But based on today’s practice, seems pretty close to what my guess was a few days ago. Or maybe it was yesterday. the days are blending in. Anyway, thinking S: Higgins M: Maglio, Castillo Opp: Koelsch OH: Granato, Greeley/Sibley (Greeley back row for passing, Sibley front row) L: Kahakai May or many not have updated this but they are going to do the Challenge Replay System starting this weekend. will […]

Thursday checkin

By Cindy Luis on August 25, 2016

Good morning Don’t be surprised if you see Maglio play 6 rotations. think it’s going to be Koelsch who is libero-d out. had asked Koelsch if she’d be in the passing rotation. she said she didn’t know but was working hard to be the best all-around player she could be. Although I said yesterday that we’d get a lineup after today’s practice, I’m not sure that will happen. Shoji will have a better idea of what he wants but may […]

Wednesday check-in: Shoji back

By Cindy Luis on August 24, 2016

Previous thread getting a little too long. some comments Castillo has been practicing at middle but also taking swings at OH. That mean’s both left and right. Which all of UH hitters do, Taylor included, since that’s how UH offense runs. Rights hit right twice, left once; lefts hit left twice, right once. People keep putting up the individual position recaps links from UH. probably lost is the link posted for women’s volleyball where you can get all the recaps […]

Taylor out with elbow injury

By Cindy Luis on August 23, 2016

She will miss this week’s tournament with injured left elbow Koelsch will move to OPP

UH No. 1 in VBMag MidMajor poll, Taylor honored by ESPNw

By Cindy Luis on August 23, 2016

Moving the discussion some comments from Monday Will know more this afternoon about Taylor’s elbow. Shoji back tonight, at practice Wednesday it looks like setting will be between Higgins and Iosia, only because Koelsch is taking a lot of reps on the outside. she is still setting a little. It’s a tossup between Burns and Castilo as the second middle. burns is very athletic but her footwork needs work. New today: Hawaii is No. 1 in the inaugural VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major […]

Monday checkin

By Cindy Luis on August 22, 2016

School stars today. They are back to one practice, which will be this afternoon in Gym 1. Arena being prepped for opener and think they have some function in there Tuesday. so let’s continue the discussion over here from previous thread. Topics Yes the S-A is having a volleyball special. It comes out Friday. Yes DS can attack from behind the 3-meter line Yes Maglio is playing middle, she is very capable of playing back row. But I don’t see […]