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Rosenmeier-Cowell advance to Saturday’s final

By Cindy Luis on May 11, 2018

Hawaii’s Brett Rosenmeier and Colton Cowell will play for the title of the USAV Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship on Saturday after advancing with Friday’s semifinal win at Hermosa Beach, Calif. Rosenmeier-Cowell swept Quincy’s Collin Merk-Anthony Winter 21-18, 21-16 in a rematch of Thursday’s Pool B opener won by the Rainbow Warriors 2-1.The second-seeded Rosenmeier-Cowell, who finished fourth in this event last year, will face fourth-seeded Florida State’s Jon Justine-Adam Wienckowski at 8:20 a.m. Hawaii time. winner represents the U.S. at […]

Rosenmeier-Cowell, Forbes-Bunn at USAV Beach

By Cindy Luis on May 10, 2018

Taking a few days off, checking in occasionally Play starts today (May 10) in Hermosa Beach. Online stream here https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Video schedule and results here https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/Calendar/2018/May/10/Collegiate-Beach-Championships Mentioned last week that Rosenmeier and Cowell would be at this week’s USAV Collegiate Beach Championships again. They placed fourth last season. From UH http://hawaiiathletics.com/news/2018/5/8/mens-volleyball-rosenmeier-cowell-to-compete-in-usav-collegiate-beach-championship.aspx from the SandBows, Cali Bunn and Presley Forbes are competing From UH http://hawaiiathletics.com/news/2018/5/9/womens-beach-volleyball-bunn-and-forbes-join-usav-collegiate-beach-championship-field.aspx

BVB FSU 3 UH 2, will play UCLA; MVB NCAA champs Long Beach State 3-2 over UCLA

By Cindy Luis on May 5, 2018

Interactive link below https://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/beach-volleyball/nc/2018 All matches on ESPN2 224 on Spectrum Today’s schedule USC vs. Pepperdine, 8 a.m. HST loser out UCLA vs. LSU, 9 a.m. HST, loser out Hawaii vs. FSU, 10 a.m. HST, loser to losers bracket on Sunday USC-Pepperdine winner vs. UCLA-LSU winner, 11 a.m. HST loser out winner to Sunday’s match with Hawaii-FSU loser, 6:30 a.m. HST Sunday Championship Sunday, 9 a.m HST Links for MVB: Beach At UCLA, 1 p.m. HST ESPN2 224 on Spectrum […]

NCAA semis: No. 1 Long Beach St. 3, Ohio St. 1; UCLA 3, No. 2 BYU 1

By Cindy Luis on May 3, 2018

Interesting that they are giving UCLA the late game despite the lower seed. In past they’ve mandated the higher seed get the late match links for Beach-OSU 2 p.m. HST Video https://www.ncaa.com/championship/liveplayer/player?gameId=2925891 Live stats https://www.ncaa.com/game/volleyball-men/d1/2018/05/03/ohio-st-long-beach-st Audio 22WestMedia.com links for UCLA=BYU match 4:30 HST or 30 minutes after completion of first match if it goes later than 4 p.m. HST Live Stats: https://www.ncaa.com/game/volleyball-men/d1/2018/05/03/ucla-byu Video:https://www.ncaa.com/championship/liveplayer/player?gameId=2925889 Audio: http://ucla.leanplayer.com/

Congrats to van Tilburg, Tuileta 1st Team A-A, 3 other Warriors honored

By Cindy Luis on April 30, 2018

https://www.avca.org/awards/all-regional-all-america-awards/di-ii-men.html The Rainbow Warriors today had five players named to one of the three AVCA All-America teams, led by first-team selections Stijn van Tilburg, a junior outside hitter, and senior libero Larry “Tui” Tuileta. Named to the second team was junior setter Joe Worsley while sophomore middle Patrick Gasman and opposite Rado Parapunov were honorable mention. There were 10 players on each of the first and second teams. Only Long Beach State had more: 3 first team and 1 2nd. […]

SandBows win 28th, Todd signs with Warriors

By Cindy Luis on April 27, 2018

Tournament website below http://www.bigwest.org/sports/wbvball/info/champs/ Tournament opens at 10 a.m. Queen’s Beach first match CSUN v CSU Bakersfield Hawaii plays that winner at noon There is Live Stats for all matches http://statbroadcast.com/ Mentioned that Todd made his decision last week They appear to have some other players coming in but those will be walk-ons. This is the release from UH Charlie Wade secured the commitment of Alaka’i Todd of Punahou School in Honolulu for the 2019 season. “We are excited to […]

Thursday check-in: Ohio State sweeps King

By Cindy Luis on April 26, 2018

apologies. been traveling then taking care of Big West beach. As mentioned, Warriors got a commit from Alaka’i Todd. All-America comes out Monday. I would expect at least a couple of first team, maybe second team. Beach selection show is Sunday during the BWC pairs event at Queens not quite sure why folks had problems finding the beach bracket. been up on UH’s website for a few days http://hawaiiathletics.com/news/2018/4/20/womens-beach-volleyball-sandbows-host-2018-big-west-tournament.aspx In the big green box at left, there are links for […]

The morning after RPI: UH 4, UCI 6

By Cindy Luis on April 23, 2018

Apologies. Been traveling all day And in the middle of a couple of VB-related stories latest RPI finally released. No surprise. UH 4, UCI 6 https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-men/nc/nc-mens-volleyball-rpi Strength of schedule: UH 1, UCI 10 Doesn’t sound like there is any recourse. Have not heard from Matlin if he is filing a complaint Oh, not that the poll matters but the coaches voted UH 4, UCI 5 https://www.avca.org/polls/dii-men/4-23-2018.html