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Hawaii women’s volleyball: 5 things to watch in opening tournament

By Cindy Luis on August 29, 2019

Here’s five things to keep in mind for Hawaii women’s volleyball’s season-opening Hawaiian Airlines Classic taking place at the Stan Sheriff Center from Friday to Sunday. ————— 1) Akana’s debut would be special The third second-generation Rainbow Wahine could make her collegiate playing debut in the Hawaiian Airlines Classic. Freshman Braelyn Akana is the daughter of former all-conference player Joselyn Robins who was a two-time HAL Classic all-tournament selection (1995-96). Akana is wearing the same number (14) that Robins wore […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Brooke Van Sickle rediscovers love of the game

By Brian McInnis on August 28, 2019

Brooke Van Sickle opened up a recent interview by using an innocuous word, one that could easily be overlooked in the flow of conversation. Fun. She was having fun with her new Hawaii teammates. And for her, that was no small thing. “There are a lot of good personalities, some really fun girls,” said Van Sickle, a springy 5-foot-9 redshirt junior who transferred from Oregon in the offseason. “So on and off the court it’s a really fun time. I […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Countdown begins, ticket special through Thursday

By Cindy Luis on August 28, 2019

The Rainbow Wahine finally got into the Stan Sheriff Center on Tuesday for practice. They had been in Gym I until then with three practice courts. It was due to not being able to set up more than one practice court in the arena with seating and tables already courtside. _____ From UH: “Pack the House” promotion has 50 percent off tickets for opening night on Friday vs. #21 San Diego. Expires midnight Thursday, Aug. 29. Tickets are in special […]

Rainbow Forecast: Hawaii women’s volleyball opens up; soccer hosts 3

By Brian McInnis on August 26, 2019

Welcome back to the follow-up edition to last week’s inaugural Rainbow Forecast. Here, we’ll lay out what’s to come in UH sports through the weekend. Soccer and football opened things up last week — soccer losing 3-0 to No. 5 USC and football earning a thrilling 45-38 win over Arizona — and this week women’s volleyball joins the bunch with the Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). Robyn Ah Mow begins her third season as head coach with a […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Patrick Gasman named No. 2 blocker at NORCECA Cup

By Cindy Luis on August 25, 2019

Hawaii senior middle Patrick Gasman was named the second-best blocker when helping the U.S. to a silver medal at the NORCECA Champions Cup men’s volleyball tournament in Colorado Springs, Colo. Gasman had eight kills in Saturday’s 28-26, 25-20, 27-29, 26-24 loss to Canada. He led the U.S. in kills with 11 in Friday’s 3-1 loss to Cuba with one block. The U.S. assistant coach was Spencer McLachlin (Punahou). In the women’s tournament, former Hawaii All-American Emily Maglio had eight kills, […]

Hawaii volleyball: Wahine Green-White scrimmage; Gasman does well in U.S. loss

By Cindy Luis on August 23, 2019

Here was the breakdown of players for Friday’s Green and White scrimmage. Green: Hanawahine DS, Okino L, Ross OH, Sibley OH, Rasmussen OH, Williams MB, Krug MB, Iosia S White: Van Sickle OH, Westerberg MB, Wagoner L, Gong DS, Hellvig OH, Igiede MB, Akana OH, Choy S. +++++ White wins 15-10, teams have switched setters and scoreboard reset. ————— Hawaii senior middle Patrick Gasman had a team-high 11 kills and added a block as the U.S. fell to Cuba on […]

Hawaii volleyball: Kaniho new Wahine volunteer; Costello to Irvine Valley College; former Warrior Ribarich passes

By Cindy Luis on August 21, 2019

Kamehameha graduate Puna Kaniho is the new volunteer assistant coach for the Rainbow Wahine. He’s been at practice in an unofficial capacity so waited until UH made its announcement. Kaniho returns home after playing volleyball and earning two degrees from Grand Canyon. Kaniho received his Bachelor of Science in sports management in 2016 and then earned his Master’s in Business Administration in sports business in 2018. He finished his four-year career with the Lopes ranked fourth all-time with 1,249 assists. […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Back-row players Hanawahine, Okino, Gong dig in

By Brian McInnis on August 19, 2019

The competition has been equal parts fierce and friendly. A three-way battle to determine the successor to Tita Akiu as the next Hawaii women’s volleyball libero is underway at every Rainbow Wahine preseason practice. The candidates: fourth-year junior Rika Okino, junior Kyra Hanawahine and third-year sophomore Janelle Gong. The team temporarily got away from the daily grind over the weekend with a West-side camping trip, wrote Cindy Luis in Monday’s print edition of the Star-Advertiser. But they were right back […]

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