Expanded coverage of all things volleyball, including notes, observations and analysis on the Rainbow Wahine, Rainbow Warriors, SandBows and Team USA.
About the blog host
Cindy Luis covers University of Hawaii volleyball for the Star-Advertiser. She began her career as a sports journalist in Hawaii in 1981 with the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and was the sports editor, assistant sports editor, columnist and beat writer during a 31-year span before the paper became the Star-Advertiser. She graduated from UCLA in 1977 with a B.A. in Communication Studies.
Hawaii the only idle team All home teams won UC Santa Barbara (H) def. CSUN, 25-9, 23-25, 17-25, 25-23, 15-9 Cal Poly (H) def. Long Beach State, 25-22, 25-23, 25-19 UC Davis (H) def. UC Irvine, 25-15, 24-26, 13-25, 25-15, 15=10 UC Riverside (H) def. 26-24, 23-25, 26-24, 29-27 Top 25 No. 2 Baylor def. Texas State, 25-19, 25-16, 25-11
complete release click here For the first time this season, a Wahine did not receive a weekly honor from the Big West. UCSB’s Lindsey Ruddins ties conference record for most POWs. Hawaii’s Hanna Hellvig was nominated for player of week and freshman of week. Brooke Van Sickle for defensive player of week _____ Hawaii moved up to No. 11 in today’s AVCA Top 25. Sometimes it’s just where the votes fall. UH (10-1), which lost its first match of the […]
FINAL: No. 13 Hawaii (10-1) loses its first match, falling to No. 5 Baylor (9-0), 25-19, 25-23, 25-22. All-tournament team Yossiana Pressley, Baylor, best scorer & MVP Kylie DeBerg, Missouri, best attacker Shelly Stafford, Baylor, best blocker Hannah Lockin, Baylor, best setter Brooke Van Sickle, Hawaii, best defender Set 3: Baylor wins 25-22 10:34: Hawaii drops first match of year 10:32: Call stands. it’s 23-22 1030: Hawaii challenging whether Baylor into the net. 10:27: Baylor up 22-20. TO UH 10:22 […]
No. 1 Nebraska (H) def. Wichita State, 25-17, 25-10, 25-15 No. 12 BYU def. No. 2 Stanford (H), 18-25, 25-22, 25-23, 31-29 No. 7 Minnesota (H) def. Oral Roberts, 25-15, 25-9, 25-12 No. 8 Marquette def. Saint Louis, 25-13, 25-23, 25-19 No. 10 Washington (H) def. No. 9 Wisconsin, 25-20, 25-20, 25-14 No. 11 Florida (H) def. Louisiana-Lafayette, 25-15, 25-14, 25-18 No. 13 Hawaii (N) def. No. 17 Missouri, 17-25, 28-26, 16-25, 25-16, 16-14 No. 15 Creighton (H) def. Wyoming, […]
FINAL: No. 13 Hawaii remains unbeaten with its third five-set win of the season, 17-25, 28-26, 16-25, 25-16, 16-14 over No. 17 Missouri. >> HAWAII VS. MISSOURI PHOTO GALLERY Set 5: UH wins 16-14 1024: Wahine with their 15th block, ends it. 10:22: Hawaii had three match points, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13. TO Wahine. 10:18: It was 12-7. It is now 12-9. TO UH 10:16. Kill by Hanna Hellvig, it’s 11-6. TO Missouri 10:15: No NV. UH up 10-6 10:14: Missouri […]
Happy Aloha Friday. It is a busy one. Forgot to mention official uniforms finally came in. Wahine able to do team picture on Wednesday. Team’s direct flight to Dallas was delayed. They ended up taking one through Los Angeles then to Dallas. The plan was then to drive to Waco. I do not know revised itinerary _____ Photo courtesty Tiff Wells, ESPNHonolulu.com As mentioned previously, the Ferrell Center is the same blueprint as the Stan Sheriff Center. For volleyball they […]
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 […]
Mentioned on other thread that Wahine aren’t leaving until Thursday. Several of us had been told earlier in week they were out today. I do not have update on Jolie Rasmussen’s travel status yet. Two schools of thought. She stays here to rehab under UH supervision She travels for the value she has on the bench and rehabs at Baylor under UH’s trainer supervision. Top 25 No. 2 Stanford (A) def. No. 1 Nebraska, 25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 25-16 Rice (H) […]