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

USD 3, Marquette 0, Top 25/BWC scores

By Cindy Luis on August 27, 2017

Kennedy with 12 kills and No. 22 San Diego sweeps Marquette in 76 minutes, 25-20, 25-19, 25-18 will put up Top 25 scores in a bit Top 25 22. San Diego def. Marquette, 25-20, 25-19, 25-18 24. Arizona def. Middle Tennessee, 25-13, 25-18, 25-7 Big West Baylor def. UC Santa Barbara, 25-19, 25-12, 25-14

No. 22 USD 3, No. 20 Hawaii 0

By Cindy Luis on August 26, 2017

Hawaii-USD match should start pretty much on time Teams only taking 30 minutes warmup in arena. believe they warmed up, per protocol, in the other gyms for 30 minutes. probably close to 7:10 Video stream http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=6 Radio 1420-AM espn1420am.com Live Stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=184096 Top 25 1. Texas def. 18. Oregon, 23-25, 25-17, 25-22, 25-23 2. Stanford def. Iowa, 25-23, 25-16, 25-10 2. Stanford def. Wright State, 25-19, 25-11, 25-21 3. Washington def. Saint Mary’s, 25-15, 25-17, 25-19 9. Creighton def. 3. […]

UCLA 3, Marquette 1 early Top 25 scores

By Cindy Luis on August 26, 2017

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=184095 live stats for Bruins-Golden Eagles Bruins win Set 1 25-16 some Top 25 1. Texas 3, Oregon 1 2. Stanford 3, Iowa 0 2. Stanford 3, Wright State 0 3. Washington 3, Saint Mary’s 0 4. Minnesota 3, Louisville 1 12. Florida 3, 5. Nebraska 2 6. Penn State 3, Delaware 0 6. Penn State 3, West Virginia 0

Marquette 3, No. 20 Hawaii 2

By Cindy Luis on August 25, 2017

Team just entered the arena, warming up in grew sweats. Very Under Armor But they are still wearing Asics shoes Ah Mow-Santos came out early, went over to see her husband and son who flew in from Las Vegas. Links: (don’t shoot the messenger) TV: Spectrum Ch. 12/1012 http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Live=4 Radio: 1420-Am espn1420am.com link page: http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=wvball live stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=184094 Looks like Burns not cleared. She is standing on the court but not participating in drills. Lipscomb not either. she was shagging.

Recapping Thursday, VB special out Friday

By Cindy Luis on August 25, 2017

One thing that has changed with Ah Mow-Santos are practice times. No more early ones before class. As good as the early ones were when getting people up and starting their class days, you often had players leaving 30 minutes early in order to get to class. Practices start later in the afternoon. Last night’s ran 4 to 7ish. Ah Mow-Santos said early on that she was going to utilize all 3 hours and they do. She said she wasn’t […]

Countdown to opener, feature in ESPN-W

By Cindy Luis on August 23, 2017

Our special is done and will be in Friday’s paper. Have some time to catch up now http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/20419014/robyn-ah-mow-santos-takes-dream-job-replaces-legendary-dave-shoji-hawaii Nice, in-depth feature on Ah Mow-Santos on ESPN-W Pretty much everyone cleared to participate in some way although Burns hasn’t done a lot of team stuff. No decision on a starting lineup but they are playing with some options. Do not be surprised if Maglio moves to the OH. Today she is taking swings on left and right as they run in […]

Live from scrimmage in the arena

By Cindy Luis on August 19, 2017

Not shooting video. they got a little late start. It’s 317 and they are just know doing warmups. Only ones not participating are Burns and Ma’afala, both sidelined with knee issues. Greeley cleared to swing but has had sat out some of the week with a back thing. Not sure what to expect other than likely the male coaches will be on one side. they’re supposed to be doing a lot of moving things around. not sure if Maglio stays […]