Hawaii Warrior World

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.

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Hawaii men’s volleyball: Hawaii 3, Nittaidai 1; BYU tickets selling briskly

By Cindy Luis on February 26, 2020

FINAL: No. 1 Hawaii overcomes a slow start to defeat Nittaidai of Japan in four, 19-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-20. Rado Parapunov put down 10 kills and UH outblocked the visitors 19.5 to 3.5 to swing the outcome. Set 4: Hawaii wins 25-20 FINAL: #HawaiiMVB beats Nittaidai in 4, 19-25, 25-18, 25-17, 25-20. Match fittingly finishes on a block. UH wins that stat 19.5 to 3.5. Teams get together for another exhibition on Friday. pic.twitter.com/mLRt3rIIRh — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) February […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Warriors vs. Nittaidai links, men’s beach possible?

By Cindy Luis on February 26, 2020

Hawaii vs. Nittaidai, 7 p.m. Wednesday No radio or TV There is a live stream with audio (Tiff Wells the regular UH broadcaster) watch/listen click here Live stats click here _____ Good win for Concordia Irvine over No. 7 UC Irvine on Tuesday Eagles (H) over the Anteaters, 25-19, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19 EIVA No. 10 Penn State (A) def. Saint Francis 25-17, 25-13, 25-16 +++++ Think this is exciting news from the AVCA and I’d think that UH would very […]

Hawaii volleyball: Warriors stay No. 1, Maia Hannemann-Julia Scoles Pairs of Week, SandBows No. 5

By Cindy Luis on February 24, 2020

Maia Hannemann and Julia Scoles claimed the first Big West Pairs Team of the Week award of 2020 after going 4-1 against elite competition during the opening weekend of the season. The senior Scoles and freshman Hannemann enjoyed instant success together against a stacked Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic field. Competing at the No 2. flight, the pair had the best weekend of any UH squad, by winning four matches of its five with its lone loss coming in a […]

Hawaii beach volleyball: Hawaii 5, Stanford 0 for 3rd; LSU upsets UCLA for title

By Cindy Luis on February 23, 2020

Individual awards went to, left to right, LSU’s Taryn Kloth, best blocker; Stanford’s Tori Ashkinos, Aloha Spirit; UCLA’s Savvy Simo, best attacker; Hawaii’s Maia Hannemann, best defender; LSU’s Kristen Nuss, MOP. Championship LSU 3, UCLA 2 Third place No. 5 Hawaii vs. No. 19 Stanford Live stats click here 1. Pani Napoleon-Morgan Martin def Sunny Villapando-Charlie Ekstrom, 21-16, 21-19 2. Maia Hannemann-Julia Scoles def. Maddie Kriz-Tori Ashkinos, 23=25, 21-10, 15-12 3. Brooke Van Sickle-Amy Ozee def. Maddie Dailey-Amelia Smith,21-18, 21-19 […]

Hawaii volleyball: No. 5 SandBows 3, No. 3 LSU 2; men’s results

By Cindy Luis on February 22, 2020

The Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Beach Classic No. 5 Hawaii 3, No. 3 LSU 2 No. 5 Hawaii 5, No. 19 Stanford 0 No. 1 UCLA 3, No. 5 Hawaii 2 No. 1 UCLA 4, No. 3 LSU 1 No. 1 UCLA 5, No. 19 Stanford 0 No. 3 LSU 5, No. 19 Stanford 0 Hawaii 3, LSU 2 1. Pani Napoleon-Morgan Martin def. Kristen Nuss-Claire Coppoa, up 22-20, 21-12 2. Maia Hannemann-Julia Scoles def. Jess Schaben-Sydney Moore, 21-16, 21-15 3. […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Recents from earlier this week

By Cindy Luis on February 20, 2020

Thursday No. 2 BYU def. Concordia-Irvine 25-15, 25-19, 25-20 USC def. No. 12 Stanford 25-21, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21 McKendree def. Lindenwood 22-25, 25-21, 25-14, 28-26 Wednesday No. 3 UC Santa Barbara def. No. 8 UCLA 25-23, 25-22, 25-18 (Bruins with 20 SEs) No. 5 Lewis def. Quincy 25-17, 25-23, 25-11

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Rainbow Warriors stay No. 1; Guilherme Voss Big West, OffTheBlock freshman of week; Viking Chant at Stanford

By Cindy Luis on February 17, 2020

Hawaii stayed at No. 1 in this week’s AVCA poll, and picked up a first-place vote from last week. It’s the Warriors with 12, No. 2 BYU with the other four. #AVCA Top-15: 1. Hawai'i2. BYU3. UC Santa Barbara4. Long Beach State5. LewisT-6. PepperdineT-6. UC Irvine8. UCLA9. Penn State10. UC San Diego11. Princeton12. Stanford13. Grand Canyon14. Purdue Fort Wayne15. George Mason — AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) February 17, 2020 Congrats to Hawaii freshman middle Guilherme Voss, national freshman of week from OffTheBlock […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: FINAL No. 1 Hawaii 3, No. 11 Stanford 0; UCSD stuns UCI

By Cindy Luis on February 15, 2020

Senior opposite Rado Parapunov and senior hitter Colton Cowell each put down 11 kills as No. 1 Hawaii swept No. 11 Stanford for a second consecutive night, winning the non conference volleyball match in Stanford, Calif., 25-23, 25-13, 25-20. It was the the Rainbow Warriors’ 14th straight nonconference road win dating back to 2018 and Hawaii’s seventh sweep in a row, 12th of the season. The Warriors (14-0) only have dropped two sets, one each in the 3-1 road victories […]

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