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 Beach volleyball: Cal Poly downs SandBows in Big West title finale

By Cindy Luis on April 26, 2019

Season may be over or they get an at-large. Find out Sunday 1 p.m. NCAA.com Results from Saturday Cal Poly 4, Hawaii 1 1: Crissy Jones/Tia Miric (CP) def. Amy Ozee/Emily Maglio (UH), 21-14, 24-22 2: Emily Sonny/Macy Gordon (CP) def. Julia Scoles/Ari Homayun (UH), 21-15, 21-1 (Medical forfeit) 3: Morgan Martin/Pani Napoleon (UH) def. Jayelin Lombard/Kat Wright (CP), 18-21, 21-11, 15-12 4: Delaney Peranich/Samantha Manley (CP) def. Hi’ilawe Huddleston/Kylin Loker (UH), 21-14, 21-14 5: Roscoe/Gruenewald (CP) def. Dreeuws/Russo (UH), […]

Hawaii beach volleyball: SandBows to play Cal Poly in semis

By Cindy Luis on April 26, 2019

No. 7 Cal Poly sweeps No. 12 Long Beach State 5-0 Mustangs advance to play Hawaii in the semifinal Saturday, 7 a.m. HST +++++ Playing along on Twitter: @UHBeachVolley final results 1. Emily Maglio-Amy Ozee win 21-13, 21-18 2. Ari Homayun-Julia Scoleswin 21-15, 21=12 3. Morgan Martin-Pani Napoleonwin 19-21, 21-10, 15-6 4. Hi’ilawe Huddleston-Kylin Lokerwin 21-12, 21-14 5. Paige Dreeuws-Sofia Russo win 21-8, 21-17 ++++++ In the Big West touranment at Zuma Beach, Cal State Northridge sweeps UC Davis this […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Charlie Wade under investigation for possible misconduct

By Cindy Luis on April 25, 2019

Some of you may have read the story from the Orange County Register that came out Wednesday on Charlie Wade being investigated for possible misconduct involving a female player over 20 years ago. The story has led to Long Beach State assistant Scott Touzinsky resigning from the 49ers staff so as not to be a distraction to the team. The allegations against Touzinsky have been proven. The one against Wade is still under investigation. Here’s our story in progress on […]

NCAA men’s volleyball: Princeton advances over Barton

By Cindy Luis on April 25, 2019

Princeton the EIVA champs, eliminates Conference Carolinas champion Barton to advance to Tuesday’s first round match vs. Pepperdine. Tigers win 25-23, 25-21, 18-25, 25-20. On the Bulldogs roster was Hilo High alum Justin Lord, a senior middle who did not play Thursday. +++++ Thursday, 1 p.m. HST Princeton at Barton for the trip to Long Beach State. Winner plays Pepperdine. livestats click here

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Stijn van Tilburg named national player of week

By Cindy Luis on April 23, 2019

Congrats to Rainbow Warrior senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg, who was named the AVCA national player of the week on Tuesday. From the release: Van Tilburg was named the Most Valuable Player of the Big West Tournament after leading the Rainbow Warriors to a pair of home victories. After a nine-kill performance in the win over the Anteaters he went off in the Big West Championship Match. He nailed 25 kills without a single hitting error in 46 attempts in […]

Hawaii men’s, beach volleyball: Warriors stay No. 1, SandBows up to No. 5

By Cindy Luis on April 22, 2019

The freshly crowned Big West champion Hawaii men’s volleyball team remained at No. 1 in the post-conference tournament AVCA poll today. #AVCA Top-15 (April 22): 1. Hawai'i2. Long Beach State3. Pepperdine4. Southern California5. UC Santa Barbara6. Lewis7. UCLA8. UC Irvine9. Loyola-Chicago10. Stanford11. BYU12. CSUNT-13. Concordia IrvineT-13. PrincetonT-15. Grand CanyonT-15. Purdue Fort Wayne — AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) April 22, 2019 There was no poll last week. Likely the Warriors would have traded places with the 49ers at No. 1 after the two […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Rainbow Warriors top seed in NCAA tournament

By Cindy Luis on April 21, 2019

updated NCAA bracket with times at LBS click here ++++++ Hawaii (27-2) has earned the top seed in the NCAA men’s volleyball tournament, it was announced today on NCAA.com. It was the first time the Rainbow Warriors have been the top seed in the national tournament. Defending national champion Long Beach State (26-2), which lost in the Big West tournament championship match on Saturday, was seeded second. >> UH VS. LBSU PHOTO GALLERY Both Hawaii and Long Beach State have […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Big West championship Warriors 3, 49ers 2

By Cindy Luis on April 20, 2019

UPDATE: Here’s the breaking on UH’s epic five-set win over Long Beach State for the Big West tournament championship. #HawaiiMVB raises the Big West tournament trophy. pic.twitter.com/GYAJ2m5PMj — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) April 21, 2019 Enjoy the last couple of points of #HawaiiMVB’s Big West championship win over Long Beach State. pic.twitter.com/FZ3fxcWr3T — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) April 21, 2019 Set 5 UH wins it 15-8 1058: Dalton Solbrig kind of knocks down the overpass on Joe Worsley’s serve. 1050: […]

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