Hawaii Warrior World

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.

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SandBows getting ready for season opener

By Cindy Luis on February 20, 2019

As coach Jeff Hall said at media day today, this weekend’s tournament might be the best of the NCAA events this week. The Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic features No. 1 UCLA, No. 4 Pepperdine, No. 5 Hawaii, No. 11 Stanford and Saint Mary’s. The previous thread asked about the starting lineup. Hall said he was playing with the 1-2 flights. Those pairs are: 1/2. Emily Maglio-Hi’ilawe Huddleston & Morgan Martin-Amy Ozee. 3. Julia Scoles-Ari Homayun. 4. Kylin Loker-Pani Napoleon. […]

Warriors stay at No. 2, no weekly honors

By Cindy Luis on February 18, 2019

The latest AVCA men’s volleyball poll is here. Hawaii was voted No. 2 for a fifth straight week. Hawaii (10-0) stayed behind unanimous No. 1 Long Beach State (13-0). UC Irvine (13-2), next week’s road opponent, remains at No. 3. #AVCA Top-15 (Feb. 18): 1. Long Beach State2. Hawai'i3. UC Irvine4. Pepperdine5. UC Santa Barbara6. UCLA7. Loyola-Chicago8. Stanford9. BYU10. Lewis11. CSUN12. Ball State13. George Mason14. Southern California15. Purdue Fort Wayne — AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) February 18, 2019 Nominated for BWC honors […]

No. 2 Hawaii 3, Lincoln Memorial 0

By Cindy Luis on February 17, 2019

FINAL: Hawaii defeats Lincoln Memorial in straight sets, but has to scrap to keep its set streak intact in the third. The final: 25-9, 25-17, 27-25. #HawaiiMVB has to fight for it in Set 3 (trailing 24-22) but prevails in extras to complete the 25-9, 25-17, 27-25 sweep, improving to 10-0 and keeping their set streak intact. pic.twitter.com/plh4as4Bmb — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) February 18, 2019 Set 3: UH wins 27-25 6;43: UH survives with SVT putting down last two […]

No. 2 Hawaii 3, Lincoln Memorial 0; Ohio State shocker

By Cindy Luis on February 15, 2019

Shirt being handed out to UH students tonight ++++ Set 3: Hawaii sweeps 25-12 8:24: Warriors hit a program record .667. Colton Cowell with a match-high nine kills. 8:14: Hawaii up 15-5 in Set 3. Warriors’ first hitting error of the night comes when Colton Cowell has a net violation on an overpass. making it 31-1-41. 8:04: Second ace by Rado Parapunov (fifth overall) and UH up 4-0. TO LMU. 8:02: Brett Rosenmeier in for SVT in Set 3. SVT […]

Gasman DPOW, UH stays No. 2; SandBows are No. 5, add Sato

By Cindy Luis on February 11, 2019

Congrats to Patrick Gasman, the Big West’s Defensive POW today. (BWC has digs, not blocks in their release.) From the BWC: The 6-foot-10 middle blocker averaged an incredible 3.17 blocks per set as the Rainbow Warriors improved to 8-0 on the season, matching their best start to a season under head coach Charlie Wade. Gasman played in six out a possible nine sets, and racked up 19 blocks (one solo). He equalled his career-high of eight blocks in a sweep […]

No. 2 Hawaii 3, Queens 0

By Cindy Luis on February 9, 2019

FINAL: UH improved to 8-0 on the season and kept its set record intact as well, sweeping Queens for the second time in three days, 25-7, 25-16, 25-10. Set 3: Hawaii wins 25-10 343: Brett Rosemeier finishes with 8 kills, just 1 error, and Filip Humler also has 8. 3:33: Kill by Max Rosenfeld makes it 13-4. TO Queens 3:27: Dalton Solbrig with Hawaii’s fourth ace. It’s 6-1. TO Queens 3:23 Hawaii going with lineup from Set 2 Set 2: […]

No. 2 Hawaii 3, Saint Francis 0

By Cindy Luis on February 8, 2019

FINAL: Hawaii improved to 7-0, its seventh straight sweep, in dispatching Saint Francis 25-15, 25-20, 25-12. Set 3: Hawaii wins 25-12 3:40. Rado Parapunov with an ace and an SFU hitting error ends it. 3:37: SFU having problems with Rado Parapunov’s serve. It’s 21-12. TO Red Flash. Think the Warriors got a little bit angry after Set 2 was so close. It’s 8-1 and Hawaii has yet to have a kill 0-0-3. TO SFU Set 2: Hawaii wins 25-20 3:17 […]

No. 2 Hawaii 3, Queens 0; UCLA outlasts Stanford in 5

By Cindy Luis on February 7, 2019

Freshman opposite Filip Humler put down a career-high 10 kills with just one error and No. 2 Hawaii swept host Queens 25-13, 25-17, 25-16 in today’s nonconference men’s volleyball match at Charlotte, N.C. It was the first road match for the Rainbow Warriors (6-0), who have not dropped a set this season. Hawaii also got eight kills from junior hitter Colton Cowell and seven from junior opposite Rado Parapunov, the latter playing only in Set 1. The Royals (2-8), a […]

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