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 remain unranked

By Cindy Luis on September 4, 2017

Didn’t even get enough points to be mentioned 12 th week in program history Avca.org Minnesota to No. 1 Enjoy the holiday

Utah 3. Hawaii 1

By Cindy Luis on September 3, 2017

No blog tonight Just score updates Links at Hawaiiathletics.com Uh rallies from down 19-14 to win 25-20 Guinasso served 8 straight UH held off two set points Tying at 24 granaries served long then kill by Anae ends 26-24 Uh got stuck in rotation with Iosia in front row Went from 8-7 to 16-7 Utes take Set 3 25-15 Hawai’i falls 25-23

Hawai’i 3, So Dakota 0

By Cindy Luis on September 1, 2017

Links available at Hawaiiathletics.com Hawai’i takes Set 1 25-19 Wahine take Set 2 25-15 Maglio 10-0-12 UH wins 25-13

No 22 Utah 3, Western Carolina 0

By Cindy Luis on September 1, 2017

Links for match at Hawaiiathletics.com Catamounts getting early boost with about 12 of their football team watching Limited access to blog via phone Utah takes Set 1 25-20 Utes win set 25-18 they had Lef 21-7 Utes complete sweep Trailed Whole until tying at 21 Win it 25-22

Hawaii 3, Western Carolina 0

By Cindy Luis on August 31, 2017

Catamounts arrived this afternoon after a long day of flying They bussed 3 hours to Atlanta for a 730 am EST flight Links available on hawaiiathletics.com Wahine take Set. 25-15 UH with 6 blocks Wahine take Set 2 25-14 10 total blocks 5 aces Hawai’i sweeps 25-13

No 22 Utah 3, SoDakota 0

By Cindy Luis on August 31, 2017

Sorry no live blog tonight Borrowed laptop doesn’t have blog capability Links for both matches at Hawaiiathletics Utah sweeps 25-22 25-11 25-15

Wednesday check-in

By Cindy Luis on August 30, 2017

Heading out to practice in a bit Tuesday players were very upbeat, thought they could build on the five-set loss to UCLA on Sunday. As Ah Mow-Santos said, it’s not how you start but how you finish. Burns has been completely cleared to participate. Greeley may stay in the back row for now. She said her shoulder and back are fine, that she has missed playing. Enjoy interviewing Sky Williams. So upbeat and plays with such joy. Story will be […]

Wahine drop out of poll, Williams FOW

By Cindy Luis on August 28, 2017

Sorry for all the problem Laptop crashed and still dead Anyway Hawai’i drops out of poll after O-3 start Received 30 points Puts them at 30th Stanford new No 1 followed by Minnesota And Florida Preseason No 1 Texas drops to 4 UCLA up from 13 to 11 San Diego Up from 22 to 17 Utah UHOpponent Sunday Up to 22 from 23 Working on new laptop Until then using phone From UH University of Hawai’i middle hitter Skyler Williams […]