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

Wahine Halloween fun

By Cindy Luis on October 31, 2017

top and bottom photo by SID Kara Nishimura UH athletics staff decided to dress up as Ah Mow-Santos, complete with a version of the necklace she wears during the match. And the green challenge card. Coaches then decided to dress up as the seniors Photo shows Ah Mow-Santos as Maglio, Baxter as Anderson, Ljunqvist as Koelsch. Also Lee as Kahakai, trainer Shigemura as Greeley and Costello as Guinasso. Of note today: Sibley still not cleared to practice.

Warriors on fall playing trip to LA

By Cindy Luis on October 31, 2017

Warriors heading out to Los Angeles Wednesday where they’ll play at four sites over three days. USC and CSUN on Thursday, Pepperdine Friday and Long Beach State Saturday. some of the patches are split squad so A and B teams against the opposing A and B sides. Warriors traveling 16. Not going is Matautia, who is recovering from a leg issue Going is Tuileta since he’s not traveling with football. Heard from Hendrik Mol. He’s playing beach in Norway but […]

Wahine RPI stays at 49

By Cindy Luis on October 30, 2017

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi No change for the Wahine in the RPI opponents ahead of them 11 Utah 19 San Diego 20 BYU 21 Cal Poly 23 UCLA 26 Baylor 32 Marquette this week’s opponents 183 CSUN 213 Long Beach State http://www.bigwest.org/aotw.asp weekly honors to Cal Poly’s Nelson POW and Brouker DPOW FOW to UCD’s White.

Hawaii 3, UCSB 1

By Cindy Luis on October 28, 2017

Match in Rob Gym (1,300) at 2 p.m. HST looks very much like Klum Stream http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=313 baseline camera Radio 1420-AM http://www.espn1420am.com http://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/w-volley/2017-18/boxscores/20171028_59dj.xml

No. 23 Cal Poly 3, Hawaii 2

By Cindy Luis on October 27, 2017

Happy Aloha Friday Hawaii at Cal Poly 4 p.m. HST streaming video http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=116 radio 1500-am http://www.nbcsportsradiohawaii.com livestats http://gopoly.com/sports/wvball/2017-18/boxscores/20171027_ch1x.xml

Tuesday check-in

By Cindy Luis on October 24, 2017

http://www.sidearmstats.com/ucirvine/wvball/ Cal Poly at UC Irvine before match with Hawaii. Mustangs on a 14-match winning streak Friday’s match with the Wahine is just the fifth home match for Poly Wahine leave Wednesday. Staying home are Sibley, Okino, Gong They are opting to take all four middles. Asked Ah Mow-Santos about Howling on the right. She said that since Howling had played some right in club that they would look at it, as they did late Saturday. that was a combination […]

Congrats to Kahakai, DPOW; RPI at 49

By Cindy Luis on October 23, 2017

Sorry for delay this morning. Had an early appointment Maglio was nominated for POW, went to UCSB’s Ruddins. http://www.bigwest.org/aotw.asp Hawai‘i senior Savanah Kahakai claimed her first Big West Women’s Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week award since 2015 after averaging 4.83 digs in a pair of home sweeps. The 5-8 libero led UH with 29 digs against UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton. She has now recorded double-digit digs in 17 matches this season, including a string of 11 straight. […]

Hawaii 3, Fullerton 0; Happy 23rd to SSC, Sibley out

By Cindy Luis on October 21, 2017

Arena opened 23 years ago tonight. sellout vs. San Jose State Sibley not medically cleared. My guess is that it is concussion protocol Gong still out with the flu. Believe there is at least one recruit in tonight. Looks like Casteneda near the Spectrum corner TV: Ch 12/1012 http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=280 Radio 1420-AM http://www.espn1420am.com/ Game tracker http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=184118

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