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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Maglio wins 100th, Homayun all-time at 104; SandBows 3-0 at BWC Challenge; Wahine at Pepperdine tourney

By Cindy Luis on March 30, 2019

At Big West Challenge, Pismo Beach, Calif. Congrats to Emily Maglio, becomes fifth SandBow to reach 100 wins, joining Ari Homayun, Katie Spieler, Ka’iwi Schucht and Nikki Taylor Happened during the sweep of CSUN Congrats to Ari Homayun, now the program’s all-time leader at 104. came against Bakersfield. She is at 105 with win over UC Davis Hawaii sweeps CSUN, 5-0 1. Maglio-Ozee, 21-15, 21-4 2. Homayun-Scoles, 21-12, 21-5 3. Martin-Napoleon, 21-13, 21-6 4. Huddleston-Loker, 21-11, 21-7 5. Dreeuws-Russo, 21-13, […]

Sweep No. 22: No. 1 Hawaii 3, UCSD 0

By Cindy Luis on March 29, 2019

Other scores Friday Big West No. 2 Long Beach State def. No. 7 UC Irvine 25-22, 18-25, 25-18, 25-20 No. 3 UC Santa Barbara def. No. 12 CSUN 25-20, 25-22, 32-30 MPSF No. 4 Pepperdine def. Grand Canyon 25-16, 25-10, 25-17 No. 9 USC def. No. 6 Stanford 25-23, 25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 15-10 EIVA Princeton def. No. 13 George Mason 25-22, 21-25, 25-18, 25-23 Penn State def. Harvard 25-22, 24-26, 25-21, 25-20 MIVA No. 8 Lewis def. McKendree 25-23, 25-13, […]

21st sweep: No. 2 Hawaii 3, CUI 0; belated congrats to Martin-Napoleon Pairs of Week

By Cindy Luis on March 26, 2019

Junior opposite Rado Parapunov put down 15 kills and No. 1 Hawaii continued its undefeated season with a 25-20, 25-16, 25-16 victory over Concordia-Irvine in a nonconference men’s volleyball match today in Concordia, Calif. Senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg added 12 kills with just one error for the Rainbow Warriors (21-0), who hit .449 on the night, just off their nation’s best .481. Hawaii extended its program-best winning streak to 21 as well as its NCAA record for consecutive sets-won […]

J Worsley POW, Gasman DPOW, Warriors No. 1

By Cindy Luis on March 25, 2019

For the first time since April 13, 2015, the Hawaii men’s volleyball team is No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Top 15. The Rainbow Warriors (20-0) received all 16 first-place votes in the rankings released today.It is the program’s 30th time at No. 1. Hawaii replaced defending national champion Long Beach State (19-1) at the top spot; the 49ers lost for the first time since last April 14 (at Hawaii in five) when being swept at USC on Saturday. The […]

SWEEP: No. 2 Hawaii 3, No. 8 BYU 0; SC sweeps Long Beach St

By Cindy Luis on March 23, 2019

Over at North Gym, USC sweeps No. 1 Long Beach State, 25-21, 25-21, 21-17. A new No. 1 next week? Photos courtesy Off The Block/Jonathan Bates +++++ Set 3. UH wins 25-14 443: Joe Worsley ends it with an ace. 25-14. BYU challenged but lost it. 4:40: Hawaii out of challenges, lose it 20-14. UH now up 22-14. 4:31: BYU with a net violation. Hawaii up 15-9 at the TTO. 4:23: Patrick Gasman 10-0-11. Hawaii up 12-8. TO BYU Set […]

USC 4, SandBows 1; UH 4, ASU 1; MVB Hawaii at BYU links

By Cindy Luis on March 23, 2019

Beach volleyball at ASU Invitational USC 4, UH 1 1: Tina Graudina/Abril Bustamante (USC) def. Emily Maglio/Amy Ozee (UH) 21-16, 21-12 2: Slater/Cannon (USC) def. Scoles/Homayun (UH) 20-22, 22-20, 15-8 3: Martin/Napoleon (UH) def. Poletto/Hallgren (USC) 25-23, 28-26 4: Joy Dennis/Cammie Dorn (USC) def. Kylin Loker/Hi’Lawe Huddleston (UH) 21-18, 21-19 5: Mollie Ebertin/Maja Kaiser (USC) def. Paige Dreeuws/Sofia Russo (UH) 21-18, 21-16 Order of Finish: 4, 5, 3, 2*, 1 UH 4, ASU 1 1: Maglio/Ozee (UH) def. Wenz/Braun (ASU) […]

Texas 3, Wahine 2

By Cindy Luis on March 22, 2019

Set 5: Texas wins 15-12 9:32: Hawaii hung tough but falls 15-12. 9:27: Texas up 11-6. TO Texas for some reason 9:15: Texas up 5-1. TO UH Set 4: Texas wins 25-20. 9:12: Going five. Texas wins 25-20 9:10: Texas with 13th block. it’s 24-19. TO UH 9:04: UH closes to 18-16. TO Texas 8:56: Texas up 15-9 at the TTO 8:51: The Wahine, who had been dealing with the flu all week, may be running out of gas. Texas […]

Hawaii sweeps Princeton, SandBows sweep ASU; BYU upset