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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Hawaii defeats CSUN 3-1

By Cindy Luis on October 13, 2018

Senior middle Sarah Liva put down a career-tying 12 kills to lead four players in double-figure kills and Hawaii kept Cal State Northridge winless in 13 trips Honolulu when defeating the Matadors, 25-18, 17-25, 25-20, 25-20 in a Big West volleyball match tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Senior hitter Casey Castillo and junior middle Natasha Burns each added 12 kills for the Rainbow Wahine (11-6, 7-1). Senior hitter McKenna Granato had 11 kills and 12 digs for her eighth […]

Hawaii defeats Long Beach State in 4

By Cindy Luis on October 12, 2018

Junior setter-hitter Norene Iosia had her fourth triple-double of the season, her second straight, and senior opposite Angel Gaskin added 12 kills as Hawaii defeated Long Beach State for the fourth straight meeting, topping the 49ers 25-22, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20 in a Big West volleyball match tonight at the Stan Sheriff Center. Iosia had 26 assists, 12 kills and 10 digs for Hawaii (10-6, 6-1). Senior middle Sarah Liva added 11 kills and senior libero Tita Akiu had 16 digs, […]

Dig Pink Saturday, SandBows host Portuguese Horseshoe Tourney

By Cindy Luis on October 10, 2018

Saturday vs. CSUN is Hawaii’s Dig Pink Hawaii Pacific Health is the sponsor for “Dig Pink Night” and will distribute Pink Shirts to the first 500 fans at Gate A along with awarding other prizes throughout the night. Hawaii Pacific Health will also be doing a free health screening at Gate A. The H-Zone store located at Gate B will be selling pink apparel, and fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness. The SandBows will […]

Wahine RPI up to 70

By Cindy Luis on October 8, 2018

Hawaii’s volleyball RPI is 70, up 30 from last week’s 100. For the complete listing click here. Stanford (14-1) and BYU (16-0) are 1-2 in RPI. All of Hawaii’s opponents are updated below. Big West teams above Hawaii Cal Poly (16-1) 18 down from 16 UC Irvine (10-7) 47 down from 39 Big West teams below Hawaii UC Santa Barbara (12-7) 93 down from 87 Long Beach State (11-8) 125 up from 139 UC Davis (9-9) 134 down from 106 […]

No. 13 Cal Poly 3, Hawaii 1

By Cindy Luis on October 6, 2018

Hawaii (9-5, 5-0) @ No. 13 Cal Poly (15-1, 5-0) Saturday 4 p.m. HST Online stream Radio: 1500-AM Live stats

Hawaii 3, UCSB 2

By Cindy Luis on October 5, 2018

UPDATE: Here was the breaking on the Wahine volleyball team’s five-set win at UCSB. The Rainbow Wahine traveled all 15 players for today’s match at UC Santa Barbara. Friday: Hawaii (8-5, 4-0) at UCSB (12-6, 4-2), 4 p.m. HST Online stream click here. Radio: 1500-AM Listen online click here. Live stats click here. ICYMI Thursday Top 25 12) USC def. Oregon State 25-20, 25-18, 25-21

SDSU sweeps USD, Maglio returning

By Cindy Luis on October 2, 2018

Big Win for Aztecs (3-14), sweeping crosstown rival San Diego, 25-15, 25-19, 25-23 Toreros drop to 7-8 As for Emily Maglio, have not confirmed it with her was told by Coach Jeff Hallthat she’ll be in school in January. Gain one Canadian, lose another. Lea Monkhouse decided not to return, wanting to be closer to home. No indication where she will transfer. Maglio has been with Canada at the FIVB World Championships in Japan. Canada went 0-3 She had six […]

Hawaii opens at 100 in RPI

By Cindy Luis on October 1, 2018

The Hawaii volleyball team opened at No. 100 in the NCAA’s first RPI report. That’s not good news but expected. Big West teams ahead of the Wahine: Cal Poly at 16 UC Irvine at 39 UC Santa Barbara at 87 Hawaii’s other opponents 32 Oregon 53 Kansas State 56 Portland 65 Pepperdine 106 UC Davis 139 Long Beach State 164 Coastal Carolina 165 CSUN 187 Idaho 244 UC Riverside 250 San Diego State 288 CSU Fullerton Cancelled teams 23 UCLA […]

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