What the Hawaii men’s volleyball team of 2019 was able to do — with its program-record 28 victories and NCAA-record 74 consecutive sets-won — will be hard to replicate. So, too, will be the noise level on April 20 for the Big West tournament championship match against Long Beach State at the Stan Sheriff Center. I was the beat writer for UH men’s basketball for a number of seasons, including 1997-98 for what most consider the program’s signature victory, the […]
Some teams stand out more than others when it comes to memories and the Yuval Katz-led Warriors of 1995-96 are among the most memorable. It was the perfect storm of the brand-new arena meeting charismatic players who kept winning … a lot. Some of the myths surrounding the Warriors seem too good to be true but some of them are. Aaron Wilton did end up in a laundry cart, under towels, and was pushed past fans who waited out in […]
On Oct. 21 it will be 25 years since the Stan Sheriff Center, then known as the Special Events Arena, hosted its first event. In today’s Star-Advertiser, Cindy Luis recounts that women’s volleyball match between the University of Hawaii and San Jose State (you might be surprised when you’re reminded who played in that match). Also, I have a story about how the SSC came to be, and what it meant in 1994 to a rookie ticket office employee named […]
APB bracket livescoring click here Emily Hartong was the lone player with Hawaii connections to advance to Friday’s main draw of the AVP Tour’s Hawaii Open. Hartong and Geena Urango def. former SandBow Katie Spieler and Delaney Knudsen, 21-19, 21-10 These quotes didn’t make it into the print edition Friday but from Hartong On facing the top seeds: Always exciting to play against one of the best teams in the world and opportunity to compete at a high level. We’ve […]
University of Hawaii men’s volleyball assistant coach Josh Walker was named the 2019 AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year today. Walker, a second-team AVCA All-American in 2010 for the Warriors, completed his fourth season on head coach Charlie Wade’s staff in 2019. He is the first UH assistant coach to win the award since it debuted in 2010. The Virginia Beach, Va., native helped lead the Rainbow Warriors to a national runner-up finish and a program-best 28 victories, which included […]
Thank you to the S-A’s Brian McInnis for the videos. ++++++ Hawaii will be traveling 14 to Waco for this weekend’s three-team tournament with No. 5 Baylor and No. 17 Missouri, meaning two stay home. Coach Robyn Ah Mow said she had not decided on the travel roster, that she had one more day. On Monday, she said that decision included whether Jolie Rasmussen would be traveling or not. Today she said there was no update on Rasmussen, adding, “When […]
The U.S. men’s national team, with three players with Hawaii ties on the roster, won its pool at the NORCECA Continental Championship on Wednesday with a 25-17, 25-21, 25-22 victory over Cuba in Winnipeg, Canada. Micah Ma’a (Punahou) was the setter and team captain, had three aces and two kills. U.S. hit .425. Former UH setter Joe Worsley was used as a serving sub. Junior Gage Worsley was not used as a libero. The U.S. Men (3-0) will have Thursday […]
Sorry for the late post on Jolie Rasmussen. Was out on errands. From the Big West Hawaii junior hitter Jolie Rasmussen was named the Big West Player of the Week on Monday. Rasmussen led Hawaii to a 3-0 start to the season including a pair of upsets over nationally ranked opponents. The redshirt junior transfer from Oregon had a combined total of 57 kills, 17 digs, and 13 total blocks as UH went undefeated in the first week for the […]
