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

Rosenmeier-Cowell fourth at USAV Beach

By Cindy Luis on May 13, 2017

Brett Rosenmeier and Colton Cowell lost in today’s semifinals to UCLA’s Bantle-Smith, 21-17, 21-17. It dropped the 10th seeded Hawaii duo into the third place match were they couldn’t hold on in losing 21-14, 12-21, 15-11 in the USAV Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championships at Hermosa Beach Pier. complete scores at http://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/events/beach/collegiate-beach-championships/schedule

Rosenmeier-Cowell undefeated, into USAV Beach semifinals

By Cindy Luis on May 12, 2017

Thank you for your patiences while we dealt with maintenance issues. https://www.facebook.com/USAVolleyball/videos USAV streaming matches on their FB page Brett Rosenmeier and Colton Cowell advanced to the today’s men’s semifinals of the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Championships at Hermosa Beach, Calif. Rosenmeier-Cowell finished undefeated in pool play at 3-0 earlier on Friday then swept Hoffman-Dominguez 21-18, 21-14 in Friday afternoon’s quarterfinal played at the Hermosa Beach Pier courts. The Rainbow Warrior duo, seeded 10th out of 11 pairs, will face […]

Thursday checkin: facilities upgrade

By Cindy Luis on May 11, 2017

Discussion had started on previous thread. moving it over here http://www.staradvertiser.com/2017/05/10/sports/uh-will-use-14-3m-to-update-aging-athletic-facilities/ as reported by our columnist Ferd Lewis but for those of you who don’t subscribe, here is the gist $14.3M for renovations and upgrades The 35-year-old practice gyms are due for $9.3 million-$12 million in renovation and improvements, projects targeted starting date for construction is 2018. The project heads a list of $14.3 million in capital improvements and health and safety repairs for basketball, baseball, football, softball and volleyball […]

Weekend recap/Beach A-A next week. World League players

By Cindy Luis on May 9, 2017

Not sure what happened to previous threads regarding beach and NCAA men and Cal Baptist dropping program Sorry to everyone who posted Appreciate all the help when I was traveling. Didn’t get home until Monday night To recap the weekend. Ohio State sweeps BYU 25-19, 25-20, 25-22 to successfully defend its title It was the third national championship for the Buckeyes (’11, ’16, ’17) • Fourth consecutive national title for the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA)ALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM All-tourney team […]

SandBows go 1-1 at NCAA tourney

By Cindy Luis on May 5, 2017

Aloha kakahiaka leaving Columbus and heading west. team left earlier than I am. Wade with the three seniors who played last night and the rest of the team on another plane. Will be in the air when the SandBows open against FSU you can watch live at http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2017/05/05 updates available on twitter (believe Sydney Shinn is doing them) Tweets by UHBeachVolley Appreciate any help with updates. will check in when getting to Las Vegas. Thanks again

Ohio State 3, Hawaii 0

By Cindy Luis on May 4, 2017

Match probably at 215 p.m. HST Live stream http://www.ncaa.com/championship/liveplayer/player?gameId=2482104&date=2017/05/04 1420-AM http://www.espn420am.com live stats http://www.ncaa.com/game/volleyball-men/d1/2017/05/04/hawaii-ohio-st livestats UH back to its regular lineup Franciskovic, Mol, Tuileta, van Tilburg, Rosenmeier, Fey, Gasman

Rosenmeier, Cowell on USAV beach team/BYU 3, Beach 0

By Cindy Luis on May 4, 2017

above pix part of the banner. MPSF against the world. livestats for BYU-Beach http://www.ncaa.com/game/volleyball-men/d1/2017/05/04/byu-long-beach-st online stream http://www.ncaa.com/championship/liveplayer/player?gameId=2482102 From UH University of Hawaii men’s volleyball players Brett Rosenmeier and Colton Cowell will represent UH at the USA Volleyball Collegiate Beach Championships, May 11-13 in Hermosa Beach, Calif. The event is part of the Team USA Summer Champions Series and will serve as a Team USA Trials, garnering a spot to the top women’s and men’s pair for a USA Volleyball collegiate […]

Thursday check in

By Cindy Luis on May 4, 2017

Above is view from last night’s banquet room The Ivory Room, overlooking the Olentangy River. Was told that they have a great fireworks show on July 4. my guess it is nice but Waikiki may be better. next is Hawaii’s three All-Americans. nice that all had their parents there. felt sorry for Mol. All they did was ask that the Honorable Mentions stand for a round of applause. I don’t know, it’s not like there are a lot of them […]