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

No. 3 SandBows win 18th, sweep No. 5 Long Beach State

By Cindy Luis on March 31, 2018

As expected the Mustangs are tough. Hawaii wins 4-1, all went 2-1 1. Maglio-Schucht W 20-22, 21-13, 15-13 2. Martin-Monkhouse W 21-13, 13-21, 15-13 3. Kan-Weaver W 15-21, 21-13, 15-9 4. Homayun-Ozee W 15-21, 21-15, 15-9 5. Zalopany-Dreeuws L 21-17, 15-21, 15-13 UH vs. Sac State underway UH vs. No. 5 Long Beach State at 3 p.m. HST

Hawaii 3, UCSD 0; Beach survives in 5

By Cindy Luis on March 30, 2018

TV: Spectrum for non-Hawaii residents http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=958 Radio: starting after baseball on 1420-AM http://player.listenlive.co/27971 livestats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=201048 At the Pyramid Long Beach State def. UCI, 22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 21-25, 15-9

SandBows win 15th straight, sweep CSUN to extend record

By Cindy Luis on March 30, 2018

No. 3 Hawaii (18-3) at Big West Challenge today Vs. CSU Bakersfield, 6 a.m. HST vs. CSUN, 9 a.m. HST A win over the Roadrunners gives the SandBows a 14-match winning streak, which would be a program record No live stats but you can follow on twitter @HawaiiBVB ICYMIS on last thread Maglio-Schucht won the national Pairs of Week Congrats to the @UHBeachVolley duo of Emily Maglio and Ka’iwi Schucht for winning the #AVCA / https://t.co/0ZRI0OipAz Pair of the Week! […]

SandBows win 11th in row, 3-2 vs. No. 8 Gamecocks

By Cindy Luis on March 23, 2018

No. 3 Hawaii faces UNC Wilmington at 4 a.m. Saturday then No. 8 South Carolina at noon HST Haven’t found any trace of GameTracker but UH pretty good about Twitter #HawaiiBVN SandBows sweep UNV Wilmington 5-0

Tuileta works out with FB team

By Cindy Luis on March 22, 2018

Stephen Tsai will have a story in Friday’s paper With the Warriors having a bye week and lighter workout schedule, Tuileta took reps at QB on Thursday. He is on football scholarship.

SandBows 4, Nebraska 1; Monkhouse in Canada, Luyties pairs with Martin

By Cindy Luis on March 20, 2018

4 p.m. Ching Complex matches will be Flts 5-6 at 4 p.m. Followed by Flts 3-4 TV dictate this one At 7 p.m. Flt 2 At 8 p.m. Flt 1 TV for Spectrum subscribers on BigWest.tv for mainland http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=955 Live Stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=211739