College men’s volleyball: Stanford upset by Saint Francis
By Cindy Luis on January 8, 2020Huge win for the EIVA’s Red Flash at home in Loretto, Pa. A reverse sweep of the No. 7 Cardinal, 15-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-11 Box score available here
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Hawaii volleyball: Guilherme Voss Big West Freshman of the Week; SandBows release schedule
By Cindy Luis on January 7, 2020Hawaii middle Guilherme Voss was named Big West Freshman of the Week, the first time in three Big West seasons a UH player has won the award. Voss had three kills on .400 hitting with a dig and a block in Friday’s season opener against Charleston. The Brazilian followed that with two kills on .667 hitting with three blocks in another sweep of Charleston on Saturday. JUST IN: Voss Wins Program's First @BigWestSports Freshman of the Week Award ➡️ https://t.co/Mg8J3P8rCF#HawaiiMVB […]
Rainbow Forecast: Basketball teams open Big West; men’s volleyball hosts tournament
By Brian McInnis on January 6, 2020Brace yourselves. Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday break, because the Hawaii athletics calendar revs back into high gear starting this week. The UH basketball teams both head to the road to launch Big West Conference play, the men’s volleyball team hosts a three-matches-in-three-days tournament at the Stan Sheriff Center, and the tennis and swimming & diving squads are in action at home on both the men’s and women’s sides. Without further ado: TUESDAY Men’s tennis: Duke (0-0) at Hawaii (0-0), […]
Hawaii men’s volleyball: Patrick Gasman proud of young guns after second sweep of Charleston
By Brian McInnis on January 4, 2020Patrick Gasman beamed like a proud uncle. The Hawaii senior middle blocker had a good night, sure. Five kills on .400 hitting and three block assists in a second straight sweep of Charleston, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 on Saturday. But that wasn’t the reason for the big grin. It had more to do with the procession of first-timers that had just graced the Stan Sheriff Center court for the 2-0 Rainbow Warriors. “It’s really good to get a lot of guys […]
Hawaii men’s volleyball: No. 1 Hawaii 3, Charleston 0
By Cindy Luis on January 4, 2020FINAL: Hawaii swept Charleston for the second straight night, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17, to improve to 2-0 on the 2020 season. Set 3: UH wins 25-17. Night 2 fittingly ends on another service error by Charleston (19 for the match) as #HawaiiMVB sweeps the Golden Eagles for the second straight night to open #WarriorBall20, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 pic.twitter.com/BmsbQNOzNt — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) January 5, 2020 8:31: Hawaii sweeps, using Charleston’s 19th service error. 8:20: Hawaii with its seventh block, up […]
VIDEO: Hawaii men’s volleyball new setter Jakob Thelle plays up to expectations in season opener
By Brian McInnis on January 3, 2020For the record, it’s pronounced “Ya-kob Tell-a.” Sophomore Jakob Thelle, who was a freshman reserve for the Hawaii men’s volleyball team in the Rainbow Warriors’ run to the NCAA national championship game in 2019, introduced himself to fans in a more direct way on Friday night as UH’s new starting setter. But even after a 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 season-opening sweep of Charleston, teammates and UH staff couldn’t resist calling out to the sophomore with the English pronunciation of his name, […]
Hawaii men’s volleyball: No. 1 Hawaii 3, Charleston 0
By Cindy Luis on January 3, 2020FINAL: No. 1 Hawaii opened the season with a 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 sweep of Charleston of West Virginia on Friday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. Set 3 UH in a sweep 25-16 For the first time for #WarriorBall20, the Viking chant rings out for #HawaiiMVB and they deliver a 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 sweep of Charleston. pic.twitter.com/qDwOESI4pq — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) January 4, 2020 8:38: Guilherme Voss with the last kill, 25-16. 8:27: Service error by Charleston makes it […]
Hawaii men’s volleyball: How have Rainbow Warriors fared opening season as No. 1?
By Brian McInnis on January 3, 2020When the Hawaii men’s volleyball team opens the 2020 season tonight against Charleston, it will do so as the AVCA preseason No. 1 team for the first time in program history. The Rainbow Warriors lost some notable players from last year’s NCAA runner-up squad, but still have weapons aplenty to turn to like Rado Parapunov, Colton Cowell and Patrick Gasman. As Ferd Lewis noted in today’s column on men’s volleyball, the AVCA preseason poll has only existed since 2007. In […]