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

Friday check in

By Cindy Luis on March 31, 2017

The way it looks any loss by UC Irvine in the ‘Eaters’ last three matches would give Hawaii the host duties. UCI at Stanford tonight 5 pm HST. on Pac-12 TV if anyone gets that on cable otherwise http://www.sidearmstats.com/stanford/mvball/ http://pac-12.com/mens-volleyball/event/2017/03/31/uc-irvine-stanford currently Hawaii 12-4 with 2 to play (at UCLA) UCI 10-5 with three to play (Stanford tonight, hosts Stanford next Friday, Pepperdine next Saturday) UCLA 9-6 with three to play (at Cal Baptist Saturday, Hawaii April 7-8) worst the Warriors […]

No. 2 Pepperdine 3, No. 5 SandBows 2

By Cindy Luis on March 29, 2017

Catching up from earlier in the week UH men stay at No. 4 in poll, 4 in RPI. that could change with Ohio State (1) losing to Penn State (13) UCLA at USC tonight, a loss by the Bruins would help UH clinch top-4 seed and home quarterfinal match. at the moment the scenarios for UH to clinch A split with UCLA next week a loss by UCLA (tonight vs. USC) or a loss by UC Irvine within its last […]

SandBows go 3-0, blog on break

By Cindy Luis on March 26, 2017

Will be taking a few days off and little or no internet access so … if you need men’s and beach polls on Monday, AVCA.org Be back to update Wednesday’s beach vs. Pepperdine Hawaii 5, Irvine Valley 0 Hawaii 4, TCU 1 (don’t have pairs results from first two. UH should post those later at hawaiiathleticds.com Hawaii 5, Stanford 0 1. Tucker/Martin (UH) def. Plummer/Gray (STAN) 21-19, 21-19 2. Taylor/Schucht (UH) def. Vanjak/Chang (STAN) 21-15, 21-19 3. Maglio/Weaver (UH) def. […]

Hawaii 3, CSUN 1, Beach sweeps BYU

By Cindy Luis on March 25, 2017

Senior night for the Warriors, 7 p.m. HST Live stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157420 Radio 1420-AM http://www.espn1420am.com TV OC16 http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=58&type=Live Stream for OC customers OCsports.tv Of interest in Provo The Beach at BYU 49ers win Set 1 25-21 If 49ers beat the Cougars in 3, 4 or on points in 5, they will have the tiebreaker otherwise, BYU has the tiebreaker if it comes down to that OC 409 BYUTV.org radio http://www.byuradio.org Live stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=156758

Hawaii 3, CSUN 0; tentative Wahine schedule

By Cindy Luis on March 24, 2017

TV Oc16 http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=57 Radio 1420-AM http://www.espn1420am.com livestats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157419 of interest tonight and tomorrow No. 1 Long Beach State at No. 3 BYU 3 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday HST TV if you have Oceanic 409 stream at http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157419 radio http://www.byuradio.org livestats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=156757 This is tentative. Baxter had told me earlier this week that they were waiting on contracts to be signed. last year several teams cancelled late But this is what went out to the boosters with their ticket renewal […]

Hawaii 3, Kansas 2

By Cindy Luis on March 21, 2017

Just Gametracker tonight http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=169511 Hall will be going solo tonight Baxter is going to mainland with his club team for a qualifier unlike last week, no ‘seniors’ expected to play. Mitchem was only in because Burns wasn’t well and they didn’t want to move Castillo to middle. As mentioned, Kansas pretty veteran team, five returning starters here, including a couple of All-Amiercans. they also have two of their graduated seniors on the bench in starting libero and middle. Shoji dropped […]

SandBows 4. Nebraska 1, Maglio-Weaver Pairs of Week

By Cindy Luis on March 20, 2017

Live stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=171806 This is a TV game so early matches at 4 p.m. TV starts at 7 p.m. with Flight 2 followed by Flight 1. That may not start until 8 p.m. OCSports and for those not in Hawaii like to live stream http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=59&type=Live http://www.bigwest.org/aotw.asp From the Big West Hawaii’s No. 3 pair in Emily Maglio and Laurel Weaver earned Big West Pairs Team of the Week honors after going 4-1 during the Outrigger Hawai‘i Invitational. Sophomore Emily Maglio […]

Warriors 4 in poll, 4 in RPI; SandBows stay at 5

By Cindy Luis on March 20, 2017

https://www.avca.org/polls/dii-men/3-20-2017.html no change at all in the pol, 1-15 even in the first-place votes 13 for No. 1 Long Beach State, 11 for Ohio State RPI link http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-men/nc/nc-mens-volleyball-rpi 1. Ohio State. 2. BYU. 3. Long Beach State. 4. Hawaii. 5 UCI