Fundraiser for Warrior program on Wednesday at College Hill. Many of the players not on-island. Was able to catch up a bit with (pictured left to right) Patrick Gasman, James Anastassiades and Brett Rosenmeier. Anastassiades gave a lovely blessing in Greek prior to food being served. Efharisto! (Thank you) Today United States (0-0) vs. Brazil (0-0), 6:30 a.m. HST, Katowice, Poland On the roster, not sure who will play, with Hawaii ties are: Taylor Averill, Micah Christenson, Erik Shoji, Kawika […]
Cover of our VB special from Sunday Congratulations to former Rainbow Warrior All-Americans Taylor Averill and Tui Tuileta, two of the six with Hawaii ties named to the 25-man roster for the U.S. Men’s National Team at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League. Also UH All-American opposite Rado Parapunov was named to Bulgaria’s 25-man NVL team. Each week, coaches may choose 14 players from the 25-man roster to compete in the VNL preliminary matches as well as the final round. […]
The road trips will continue for Emily Maglio. The indoor and beach volleyball was one of 18 players selected to the Canadian Indoor National Team. Maglio, who most recently earned AVCA All-America honorable mention honors in beach volleyball earlier this week, will be competing with Team Canada at the Challenge Cup — a continental pre-qualifier for the Volleyball Nations League to be held in Chateaugauay, Quebec — from May 31-June 2. Canada also will compete in the Pan American Games […]
Hawaii’s Rado Parapunov (Bulgaria) and Stijn van Tilburg (Netherlands) were named to Off The Block’s All-Euro collegiate team. Van Tilburg led all pin hitters and was second in the nation with a .457 attack percentage, along with being in the nation’s top 15 averaging 3.82 kills per game. He also had double-digit kills in both of the team’s NCAA tournament matches and a season-high 25 kills and zero errors on a .543 attack percentage in a victory against Long Beach […]
The Warriors were honored at the Capitol today by Gov. David Ige. Not all the players were there, some stayed on mainland, some finishing finals. #HawaiiMVB is honored by Gov. David Ige for the team’s standout 2019 season. pic.twitter.com/NSKWC2ubDQ — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) May 8, 2019 ______ The AVCA announced its Beach Volleyball All-America teams today with SandBows Emily Maglio and Amy Ozee earning honorable mention. It’s the first honor for Ozee while Maglio earned All-America mention for the […]
Whether you were a diehard Hawaii volleyball fan or a late-comer to the sensation that was #WarriorBall19, you likely shared in some indelible moments over the past few months. The record 74-set streak, and the moment it came to an end to a standing ovation at home. The five-setters at Long Beach State to cap the regular season. The epic rematch with The Beach for the Big West title played in front of an epic sellout crowd. The curious timing […]
Worsley brothers during national anthem Named to the all-tournament team were Joe Worsley, Colton Cowell and Rado Parapunov from Hawaii From the Beach were Josh Tuaniga, Nick Amado, Simon Andersen and TJ DeFalco (MVP) +++++ Set 4: Beach wins 25-23 7:38: TJ DeFalco with his 20th kill ends it. 7:30: Beach up 23-21. TO UH 7:24. Challenge denied. it’s 19-18 and now 20-18 on Josh Tuaniga’s ace. TO Hawaii. 7:23: Hawaii challenging that there was a net violation on the […]
There may be some tickets left but if you feel like driving down without one, the Beach has a open-air picnic-style watch party a la Sunset on the Beach with a big screen. It’s makai side of the Pyramid beyond the track. Free to get in the venue but $9 for parking. There will be at least one food truck. Bring a blanket and sweater since it will be chilly tonight. They did this also for Thursday except they told […]
