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SandBows 3-0 at Queen’s Cup, top seed for Sunday

By Cindy Luis on April 13, 2019

MVB Saturday at the Pyramid, 4 p.m. HST TV: On Spectrum Sports Not available to non-Spectrum subscribers To watch click here To listen online Click here Live stats Click here ++++++ BVB Saturday at Queen’s Beach 9 a.m.: Washington 5, San Jose State 0 10:30 a.m.:Hawaii 3, Loyola Marymount clinching point came at No. 1 Order of finish: 2,5,4,3,1 1. Emily Maglio/Amy Ozee (UH) def. Bo Culo/Megan Nash (LMU) 21-15, 22-24, 15-12 2. Ari Homayun/Julia Scoles (UH) def. Savannah Slattery/Reka […]

No. 2 Beach 3, No. 1 Hawaii 2

By Cindy Luis on April 12, 2019

UPDATE: Here’s the breaking story on No. 2 Long Beach State defeating No. 1 Hawaii 24-26, 25-22, 16-25, 25-16, 15-13 at The Pyramid on Friday. +++++ Results from tonight’s other matches No. 9 UC Irvine (H) def. No. 3 UC Santa Barbara, 29-17, 25-12, 25-22 No. 11 CSUN def. UC San Diego (H), 25-23, 28-26, 25-23 EIVA Princeton (H) def. Saint Francis 25-19, 25-16, 20-25, 25-23 Penn State def. NJIT (H), 25-22, 21-25, 25-17, 26-24 George Mason def. Harvard (H), […]

VIDEO: Rainbow Warriors head to Long Beach for showdown

By Brian McInnis on April 10, 2019

It’s the matchup you’ve all been waiting for. No. 1 Hawaii (25-0) and No. 2 Long Beach State (23-1), the defending national champion that ended UH’s 2018 season in the Big West tournament, meet twice this week at the Walter Pyramid with top seeding on the line for the 2019 BWC tourney at the Stan Sheriff Center next week. Opposite Rado Parapunov, middle Patrick Gasman and libero Gage Worsley chatted with Hawaii Warrior World prior to boarding the bus behind […]

Warriors get commit from Geiger

By Cindy Luis on April 10, 2019

Hawaii got a commitment from Fullerton College sophomore hitter Garrett Geiger according to the Hornets’ website. He was one of the three recruits in the arena last week. The 6-foot-5 Geiger led the Hornets in kills during his freshman year in 2018 with 171 and earned second team All-Orange Empire Conference. He also helped Fullerton to a berth in the state tournament, a first for the program in only its third season of existence. Currently, he is leading the 2019 […]

Congrats to van Tilburg, Bonham Award winner

By Cindy Luis on April 9, 2019

from UH Senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg was named the Jack Bonham Award winner, given annually to the top male and female senior student-athlete who “best exemplifies the ideals for which the late assistant athletic director Jack Bonham stood for in the areas of athletic excellence, academic achievement, public service, leadership and character.” Women’s soccer player Raisa Strom-Okimoto was the female awardee. and men’s volleyball player Stijn van Tilburn secured the top honors by being named the 2019 Jack Bonham […]

H Awards: Raisa Strom-Okimoto, Stijn van Tilburg take top honors

By Brian McInnis on April 9, 2019

The Hawaii athletics department held its “H Awards” banquet on Monday night, honoring its top athletic and academic achievers spanning the school’s 21 sports. Men’s volleyball senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg and women’s soccer senior striker Raisa Strom-Okimoto took home the signature awards of the night, the Jack Bonham Award, handed out annually to one male and one female athlete at UH. Van Tilburg recently moved into eighth all-time in UH career kills with over 1,300 and plays an integral […]

Parapunov POW again, Warriors unanimous No. 1, RPI back to 1

By Cindy Luis on April 8, 2019

Junior opposite Rado Parapunov today was named the Big West player of the week in men’s volleyball, the fifth time this season for Parapunov and the sixth straight week a Rainbow Warrior player was recognized. The Bulgarian national averaged 5.71 kills per set, hitting .435 (40-10-69) as Hawaii won both of last week’s matches against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara. Parapunov had 20 kills in both of the matches at the Stan Sheriff Center. In Friday’s opener, half of his […]

Rainbow Warrior volleyball: ‘Set-back’ elicits response

By Brian McInnis on April 7, 2019

The Rainbow Warrior volleyball team’s “set-back” was no setback at all. It was probably inevitable that this top-ranked UH team, as good as it is in all facets, was going to drop a frame to someone at some point. And the capacity UH crowd recognized it, giving the ‘Bows a standing ovation between the third and fourth sets of a 25-16, 25-21, 23-25, 25-19 win over the UC Santa Barbara on Saturday. “You don’t go in expecting you’ll beat everybody […]

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