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

Hawaii MVB stays at No. 5 in poll

By Cindy Luis on February 6, 2017

https://www.avca.org/polls/dii-men/2-6-2017.html Ohio State remains unanimous No. 1 BYU’s two wins over then No.2 UCLA lift Long Beach State from 3 to 2, BYU from 4 to 3, and the Bruins down to 4 Hawaii stays at no. 5. some jumbling with 6=14 with Lewis jumping from 8 to 6. More based on UCI and Stanford losing.

No. 5 Hawaii 3, No. 11 UCSB 1

By Cindy Luis on February 4, 2017

TV: OCSports stream for not in the blackout area http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=51 Radio will be joined in progress after men’s basketball at CSUN 1420-AM espn1420am.com Gametracker http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157412 in matches tonight BYU def. UCLA, 25-13, 25-23, 31-29 Long Beach State def. Stanford, 30-28, 25-14, 25-18 UC San Diego at USC Tritons up 2-1

No. 5 Hawaii 3, No. 11 UCSB 0

By Cindy Luis on February 3, 2017

Good match going on in Provo. Cougars take Set 1, 28-26. BYU had three set points, Bruins 1. on BYUtv. OC 409 UCLA without two all-Americans, Arnitz & Stahl been told Kahakai has decided to concentrate on indoor and forego beach this spring as for tonight’s 7 p.m. if coming to arena, don’t forget traffic gets heavy because of Punahou Carnival. TV OCSports stream for those not in the blackout area http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=50 Radio 1420-AM http://www.espn1420am.com live stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157411Stah

Thursday check-in, Oglivie PrepVB FOY

By Cindy Luis on February 2, 2017

Isaac Liva supposed to be officially added to roster. No. 24. but haven’t see the roster updated yet. if you want to read his football bio http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=15381 gave some dates for Wahine spring matches earlier. don’t have the teams yet but they changed one of the dates in the SSC Corrected Now March 21 instead of March 22, unchanged Feb. 28 and March 15. and congrats to ‘Iolani’s Elena Oglivie, PrepVolleyball.com’s freshman of year

Greeley out for spring

By Cindy Luis on February 1, 2017

Greeley had surgery on the same shoulder on Tuesday, will be out for spring. previous thread suggested redshirting. Think it’s too early to discuss that. Some of you may have seen Stephen Tsai’s mention of her brother committing. to UH for football Kade Greeley 6-6 TE.

Warriors remain at No. 5 in poll

By Cindy Luis on January 30, 2017

Not a lot of movement Ohio State (24 first-place votes) at No. 1 and UCLA at No. 2 Long Beach State and BYU swapped places. some juggling after the Warriors, Lewis drop to 8 which moves UCI to 6 and Stanford to 7. https://www.avca.org/polls/dii-men/1-30-2017.html

Hawaii 3, Grand View 0 .. Wahine banquet

By Cindy Luis on January 29, 2017

I will not be at the match tonight. Stan Lee is covering for me while I’m at the Wahine volleyball banquet No TV = no stream Radio 1420-AM espn1420am.com Live Stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157410 catching up on Saturday scores PEPPERDINE 3, USC 2 (20-25, 25-21, 21-25, 25-16, 15-11) BYU 3, UC Irvine 0 (25-21, 25-18, 28-26) This was nonconference, not MPSF, Friday’s win by the Anteaters was a MPSF match Just the way the schedule is this year, same when SC plays […]

Hawaii 3, Grand View 0

By Cindy Luis on January 27, 2017

Reminder, No TV = no stream Radio: 1420-AM espn1420am.com live stats http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=157409 Friday in the MPSF Stanford def. Cal Baptist, 25-19, 25-21, 25-18 UCLA def. UCSB, 25-22, 25-22, 25-17 Long Beach State def. St. Francis, 21-25, 25-15, 25-23, 32-30 CSUN def. Hope International, 25-15, 25-21, 25-21 UCI poised to sweep at BYU, couldn’t do it. going to 5 UCI wins Sets 1 and 2 25-23, 28-26. Cougars come back in Sets 3-4, 34-32, 25-21