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.

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Up early with the chickens; Q&A with Parapunov

By Cindy Luis on February 5, 2019

The Warrior volleyball team practiced from 6-8 a.m. today, and headed to the mainland this afternoon for matches against Queens and St. Francis in Charlotte, N.C., from Thursday to Saturday. They are traveling 12: Joe Worsley, Gage Worsley, Stijn van Tilburg, Rado Parapunov, Patrick Gasman, Dalton Solbrig, Colton Cowell, Brett Rosenmeier, James Anastassiades, Jakob Thelle, Max Rosenfeld, Filip Humler. Very busy on lower campus this morning. Several teams out conditioning on the track. Mahalo to our Brian McInnis for the […]

Congrats to G. Worsley, DPOW; Hawaii stays at No. 2

By Cindy Luis on February 4, 2019

Gage Worsley earned his first career Big West Defensive Player of the Week award on Monday. The sophomore libero averaged 3.00 digs per set in the home series sweep of No. 8 Stanford. Worsley had a match-high 11 digs in the opener, a 25-15, 27-25, 25-22 win. He had seven digs in the 25-15, 25-18, 25-16 victory on Sunday. Worsley’s defense helped limit Stanford to .246 hitting over the two matches. Here’s the <a href="http://” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>complete Big West release. […]

No. 2 Hawaii 3, No. 8 Stanford 0

By Cindy Luis on February 3, 2019

FINAL: Hawaii (5-0) kept its spotless set record intact, sweeping No. 8 Stanford for the second time in three days, 25-15, 25-18, 25-16 on Sunday night. Anddddd … it’s another sweep for No. 2 #HawaiiMVB, 25-15, 25-18, 25-16 over No. 8 Stanford. UH still hasn’t dropped a set. pic.twitter.com/ovVMy37iVT — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) February 4, 2019 Set 3: UH wind 25-16 739: Van Tilburg ends it with his tip, his 12th kill 7:34: Hawaii with its eighth ace, this […]

Hawaii 3, Stanford 0

By Cindy Luis on February 1, 2019

FINAL: No. 2 Hawaii completes a 25-15, 27-25, 25-22 sweep of No. 8 Stanford in the team’s first official match in 20 days. No. 2 #HawaiiMVB closes out #No. 8 Stanford in straight sets, 25-15, 27-25, 25-22 17 kills by Rado Parapunov41 assists by Joe Worsley11 digs by Gage Worsley pic.twitter.com/589ABI210T — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) February 2, 2019 A couple more shots from tonight: ++++++ Set 3 Hawaii wins 25-22 Cowell ends it 25-22 Parapunov with the overpass. Great […]

Warriors stay at No. 2 in poll

By Cindy Luis on January 28, 2019

Hawaii (3-0) stayed at No. 2 for a second consecutive week in the AVCA Division I-II Men’s Volleyball Top 15 released on Monday. Ahead of Hawaii was unanimous No. 1 Long Beach State (7-0), the defending national champion receiving all 16 first-place votes. Behind the Warriors were BYU (4-0), which traded places with new-No. 4 UC Irvine (8-2). #AVCA Top-15 (Jan. 28): 1. Long Beach State2. Hawai'i3. BYU4. UC Irvine5. UCLA6. Pepperdine7. Loyola-Chicago8. Stanford9. UC Santa Barbara10. Lewis11. Ball State12. […]

Congrats to Walker, alumni award winner; Saturday scores

By Cindy Luis on January 26, 2019

Hawaii men’s volleyball assistant coach Josh Walker will receive the program’s Pae Makaukau Alumni Recognition Award at Sunday’s 9th A’o a Koa Scholarship Dinner at the Stan Sheriff Center. Walker, a former Rainbow Warrior outside hitter, ranks fifth in program history in kills (1,428) and was named a second-team AVCA All-American as a junior in 2010. The fourth-year assistant played professionally in Greece, Denmark, Finland and the UAE. Sunday’s event begins at 5:30 p.m. and includes a silent auction. Tickets […]

Varsity, alumni tie 2-2

By Cindy Luis on January 25, 2019

The Rainbow Warrior alumni and current players tie at 2-2. They had announced they were only going to play 4 sets. Set 4: Alumni take the last one 25-20 Set 3: alumni win 25-23, needed four swings at ending it after leading 24-20. Gasman moves over to the alumni side, G Worsley back to the varsity +++++ Set 2: UH 25-19. Set 2 they are switching some players. Van Tilburg, G. Worsley, Solbrig over on the alumni side +++++ Great […]

Warriors alumni match Friday

By Cindy Luis on January 23, 2019

The UH men’s volleyball alumni-varsity match is this Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center, 7 p.m. A skills contest is first at 6 p.m. Skills include serving, setting, and hitting contests between current and former players. An autograph session follows. Among the players who have committed are: Tui Tuileta, Manane Namahoe, Tom Pestolesi, Kai Kahele, Brian Beckwith, Kolby Kanetake, Joby Ramos, Maulia Labarre, Nemanja Komar, Mikey China, Cory Enriques, Erik Kalima, Justin Ching, Matt Cheape, Clyde Ching.