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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NCAA final: Stanford 3, Nebraska 2

By Cindy Luis on December 14, 2018

Great match Stanford takes Set 5 15-12 Set 4: Nebraska wins 25-15 Huskers roll in Set 4, up 5-0 and 9-1 Set 3: Stanford 25-16 Cardinals only needed one swing. Set 2 Nebraska 25-22 Huskers had two set points, the first at 24-21. final point came on a Stanford NV, very close call. Set 1: Stanford 28-26 Cardlinal needed six set points, first one was at 24-21. From NCAA.com Preview story and other links click here To watch in Hawaii, […]

NCAA semis: Stanford sweeps BYU; Nebraska 3, Illinois 2

By Cindy Luis on December 13, 2018

Top-ranked Stanford advanced to the NCAA women’s volleyball championship match for the 16th time following a 25-15, 25-15, 25-18 sweep of Brigham Young on Thursday in Minneapolis. The Cardinal (33-1) will face either Nebraska or Illinois in Saturday’s final. Illini were up 2-0, Nebraska has come back to win Sets 3 and 4, including a 7-2 run in Set 4 to win 25-20. On to Set 5. Illinois is 5-0 and Nebraska 2-2 when it goes to a fifth. Huskers […]

All-America teams announced

By Cindy Luis on December 12, 2018

Not a lot of love for the Big West players, or non-Power 5 conferences. Van Winden sisters and Ruddins all named honorable mention complete list click here

Final 4 set

By Cindy Luis on December 10, 2018

Thursday’s semifinals 1) Stanford vs. 4) BYU 3) Illinois vs. 7) Nebraska Quarterfinal scores 1) Stanford def. 8) Penn State, 28-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-16 3) Illinois def. 6) Wisconsin 25-19, 15-25, 25-22, 25-23 4) BYU def. 5) Texas 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 7) Nebraska def. 15) Oregon 25-22, 25-23, 25-17

Warriors AVCA preseason No. 3; SandBows schedule out

By Cindy Luis on December 6, 2018

Hawaii was picked No. 3 in the AVCA preseason poll; defending national champion Long Beach State was the unanimous No. 1, with UCLA No. 2. ——————— The SandBows’ schedule was ready a few weeks ago, but I think they were waiting on contracts and sponsors. There’s good home and away matches. Kickoff tourney with UCLA Stanford Pepperdine Saint Mary’s Feb 23-24 @ Queens

No Wahine on all-region team

By Cindy Luis on December 4, 2018

Tough region for Hawaii, Pac-12 North, First team: Stanford (6), Oregon (3), Cal Poly (2 with the Van Winden sisters) 1 each from Washington, Washington State and Colorado For complete list, click here HM: Oregon (2), Washington State (2), Colorado State (2) POY Plummer Stanford. Fo’y: Neneviller, Oregon. Coy Hambly, Stanford

NCAA Sweet 16 set

By Cindy Luis on December 2, 2018

Interactive bracket click here Seeds in parenthesis Friday’s third round Washington State (16) at Stanford (1) Oregon (15) at Minnesota (2) Marquette (14) at Illinois (3) Florida at BYU (4) Michigan at Texas (5) San Diego at Wisconsin (6) Kentucky (10) at Nebraska (7) Washington at Penn State (8) ICYMI Saturday’s second round Stanford (1) 3, LMU 0Illinois (3) 3, Louisville 1 Minnesota (2) 3, South Dakota 0 Illinois (3) 3, Louisville 1 BYU (4) 3, Utah 0 Wisconsin (6) […]

Baylor with a reverse sweep, Hawaii down in 5

By Cindy Luis on November 29, 2018

Here’s the breaking summary of Baylor’s 23-25, 23-25, 25-14, 26-14, 16-14 win over Hawaii in the NCAA first round. Set 5 Baylor wins 16-14 7:22. Baylor ends it 16-14. 7:19: Baylor with match point at 15-14. TO UH. 7:16: Milana hits long, UH with match point 14-13. TO Bears. 7:13: Call stands, it’s 11-11. 7:12: In the fifth set, you get another challenge. Baylor had already used its 3. If call stands, It is tied 11-11. if not, Baylor would […]

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