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

Happy birthday to Maglio, RPI up to 47

By Cindy Luis on November 13, 2017

Maglio was greeted by streamers in the Candian flag colors and a Happy Birthday sign posted above Gym I. Burns didn’t need a ladder to help put the banner up. Wahine up 2 to 47 in the RPI http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi RPI of Hawaii opponents 14 Utah 17. Baylor 19. Cal Poly 20. BYU 23. San Diego 24 UCLA 30. Marquette All losses by Wahine except Baylor Hawaii finishes season this week at 135. UC Davis 74. UC Irvine Practice today and […]

Saturday T25 & Big West scores; Cal Poly clinches

By Cindy Luis on November 11, 2017

The Mustangs’ sweep of UCI gives Cal Poly the AQ from the Big West at 14-0. Even if they were to lose their next two — highly unlikely at UC Riverside and CSU Fullerton — the worst they would be is 14-2. The best Hawaii can do is 14-2 and SLO has the tiebreaker on head-to-head. Top 25 1. Penn State def. Marland, 25-14, 25-21, 25-16 2. Stanford at Washington State 3. Texas def. 24. Iowa State, 25-21, 25-18, 23-25, […]

Friday check-in

By Cindy Luis on November 10, 2017

Team took Thursday off, went early morning today and going early Saturday. back in gym Monday, leaving for UCD on Tuesday` Early T-25 4) Florida def. Arkansas 23-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-7 5) Minnesota lost to 21) Purdue 25-23, 21-25, 28-26, 25-14 8) Michigan State def. Illinois 25-18, 26-24, 25-19 10) Wisconsin def. Indiana 25-21, 25-20, 25-15 20) Wichita State def. East Carolina 25-13, 25-16, 25-14 21) Purdue def. Minnesota 25-23, 21-25, 28-26, 25-14 Later No. 15 Utah at No. 18 […]

Castaneda, Loker sign with Wahine, men’s schedule

By Cindy Luis on November 8, 2017

Beach signee Carlsbad High’s Kylin Loker. NLI ceremony in San Diego Mentioned previously is indoor commit Trinity Castaneda. Ah Mow-Santos said today this likely it for early signings. they have 3 left 6-1 outside hitter out of Shadow Hills High School in Indio, Calif. She has earned four varsity letters in volleyball for the Lady Knights. This year as a senior, she led Shadow Hills with 290 kills (5.6 kills per set) with a .471 hitting percentage. She had 190 […]

Congrats to Maglio POW; Wahine stay 49 in RPI

By Cindy Luis on November 6, 2017

http://www.bigwest.org/aotw.asp Maglio Player of the Week. http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi Hawaii still at 49 Losses to 16 Utah 19 BYU 21 San Diego 24 Cal Poly 26 UCLA 33 Marquett T60 wins over 20 Baylor 68 UC Irvine https://www.avca.org/polls/di-women/11-6-2017.html in today’s poll, Penn State stays No. 1 Top 5 stays put Cal Poly moves up to No. 22, Baylor No. 23

Senior night: Hawaii 3, Beach 0

By Cindy Luis on November 4, 2017

3 anthems tonight. U.S., Hawaii and Canada. Links for Saturday TV Ch. 12/1012 http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=282 Radio 1420-AM http://www.espn1420am.com/ Gametracker http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=184120 Good win for Baylor Early T25 1) Penn State def. Rutgers 25-9, 25-9, 25-12 3) Texas def. Texas Tech 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, 25-12 5) Minnestoa def. Ohio State, 25-22, 25-22, 25-19 7) Nebraska def. Indiana 25-8, 25-14, 25-13 8) Wisconsin def. Maryland, 25-13, 21-25, 25-14, 25-13 9) Michigan State def. Northwestern 25-13, 25-19, 25-18 10) BYU def. Saint Marys 25-15, 25-18, […]

Hawaii 3, CSUN 0; UH on NIVC list, various Aloha Friday things

By Cindy Luis on November 3, 2017

CSUN at Hawaii 7 p.m. HST https://www.womensnivc.com/news Wahine among teams on Women’s NIVC watch list 110 on watch list. 2 have declined. not sure if UH is one of them. Wouldn’t be surprised if they were IMHO it just gives the NCAA an excuse not to take more at-large teams from the smaller conference TV Spectrum OC16 ch. 12/1012 http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=281 Radio 1420-AM http://www.espn1420am.com/ Gametracker http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=184119 On Thursday, UH men’s volleyball in California UH went 3-1 vs. SC split squad Ratray […]

Wednesday check-in

By Cindy Luis on November 1, 2017

Not much to discuss Sibley’s still out (unofficially concussion protocol) Apparently won’t be cleared for the weekend NLI is next Wednesday At the moment only Castaneda expected to sign on that day. They expect others later Kamalei Krug, Anuenue, will be a walk-on Beach should have 3, including Albert Hannemann’s daughter Warriors also will have a few T25 Wednesday 1) Penn State def. 9) Michigan State 27-25, 25-19, 25-27, 25-21 4) Florida def. 6) Kentucky 25-19, 25-23, 25-22 24) Baylor […]