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

No. 4 Hawaii 3, No. 10 Pepperdine 0

By Cindy Luis on February 26, 2017

Welcome to 2 students from Comm/Jour 398 sitting court side NO TV No Streaming Radio 1420-AM espn1420am.com. livestats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157414

No. 4 Hawaii 3, Pepperdine 0

By Cindy Luis on February 24, 2017

Great to see Riley Wallace today, one of 3 Circle of Honor inductees. First started covering him in 87, think until ’03 with some breaks. Match 7 p.m. HST Friday TV OCSports Radio 1420-AM http://nbcsportsradiohawaii.com streaming for non-Hawaii residents http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=52 Live stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157414

Wednesday’s scores et al

By Cindy Luis on February 22, 2017

Wednesday scores Long Beach State def. Cal Baptist, 24-26, 25-12, 25-14, 25-19 USC def. CSUN, 25-22, 25-21, 18-25, 22-25, 15-10 Some answers, comments and dispelling myths off Monday’s thread in order of the posts on Ah Mow-Santos being “too nice” you obviously haven’t been in the gym when she is coaching. She is very vocal. She wasn’t the U.S. national team captain for eight years for nothing, which also speaks to her leadership. BTW, it’s Robyn not Robin, Kaleo not […]

Ah Mow-Santos to replace Shoji as Wahine coach

By Cindy Luis on February 20, 2017

As you all have heard by now, Ah Mow-Santos has accepted the job, replacing Shoji as Wahine head coach. apologize for not getting to this earlier. couple of press conferences and tracking down people. be back later. have a lot to write The official statement from UH Former University of Hawai‘i All-American, Olympian, and assistant coach Robyn Ah Mow-Santos will take over for Dave Shoji as women’s volleyball program’s next head coach, Athletics Director David Matlin announced. Ah Mow-Santos succeeds […]

Warriors remain at No. 4 in poll

By Cindy Luis on February 20, 2017

no change in top four Ohio State, Long Beach State, BYU, Hawaii https://www.avca.org/polls/dii-men/2-20-2017.html

Saturday MPSF scores

By Cindy Luis on February 18, 2017

Long Beach State def. UCLA, 25-20, 25-23, 25-22 Brigham Young def. UC San Diego, 27-25, 25-22, 25-22 USC def. Pepperdine, 30-28, 25-12, 22-25, 23-25, 15-10 Stanford def. Cal Baptist, 25-20, 20-25, 17-25, 25-16, 15-10

Spring matches vs. Minnesota, Kansas and Osaka

By Cindy Luis on February 17, 2017

Here’s the info from UH thought there was going to be a ticket package for the 3 but they changed their mind Women’s Volleyball Spring Match #1 Who: Hawai’i vs. Osaka When: Tuesday, February 28 7:00 pm Where: Stan Sheriff Center – Honolulu, O’ahu Tickets: All General Admssion – Adult – $11; Senior Citizen (65 & older) – $8; Student (Ages 4 to High School) – $5 Women’s Volleyball Spring Match #2 Who: Hawai’i vs. Minnesota When: Thursday, March 16 […]

Wahine job update

By Cindy Luis on February 16, 2017

We’ll have a story in Friday’s paper about where the process is. Application deadline was Monday, Feb. 11 Some 40 applications were received by the UH AD/personnel office. Although the deadline was Monday, UH is open to receiving other applications in what they call ‘rolling’ but those won’t have priority over those received by the deadline. They’d like to have a decision made within the next two weeks. which would be in time for the first of the three spring […]