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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SandBows fall to Pepperdine, 3-2; Hawaii vs. Princeton links

By Cindy Luis on March 22, 2019

This morning: No. 5 Pepperdine 3, No. 6 Hawaii 2 Second time Pepperdine has defeated Hawaii this season, other one also 3-2 Waves improve to 13-5, SandBows drop to 11-5 Pepperdine clinched the dual at No. 2. followed by UH’s win at No. 1 1. Emily Maglio/Amy Ozee (UH) def. Brook Bauer/Heidi Dyer (PEP) 21-16, 16-21, 15-13 2. Gigi Hernandez/Deahna Kraft (PEP) def. Ari Homayun/Julia Scoles (UH) 23-21, 21-15 3. Morgan Martin/Pani Napoleon (UH) def. Skylar Caputo/Alexis Filippone (PEP) 22-20, […]

No. 2 UH sweeps McKendree, SVT 18-0-24; SandBows win

By Cindy Luis on March 21, 2019

Behind senior hitter Stijn van Tilburg’s 18 kills, No. 2 Hawaii remained undefeated at 18-0, sweeping McKendree 25-10, 25-19, 25-18, at the Brigham Young Invite in Provo, Utah. Van Tilburg didn’t have a hitting error in 24 swings, hitting .750. Junior opposite Rado Parapunov added 14 kills and three of the team’s four aces. Hawaii ran its NCAA consecutive sets-won record to 54 against the Panthers (9-9). Parapunov and junior middle Patrick Gasman were both in on five of the […]

BWC tourney tickets on sale; links for UH-McKendree, SandBows

By Cindy Luis on March 20, 2019

Have heard BYU-Hawaii is sold out for Saturday. Should be a good one. I am flying back from the mainland and will not be able to do live updates. Match may be over before I can get to blog. You’re welcome to comment. Thursday, noon HST No. 2 Hawaii (17-0) vs. McKendree (9-8) Livestats click here Livestream on WCCTV click here +++++ No. 6 SandBows (10-5) at Grand Canyon (10-2) 1 p.m. HST No live stats but twitter updates at […]

Parapunov wins second national POW

By Cindy Luis on March 19, 2019

Congrats to Rado Parapunov, the AVCA national player of the week. It’s the first time a Warrior has won it multiple times in a season since Costas Theocharidis in 2001. From the AVCA: Parapunov had another dominant week in helping lead the Rainbow Warriors to a pair of sweeps over the Matadors…Smashed 12 then 17 terminations to lead the team in kills in both matches…Recorded an astounding .733 then .520 hitting percentage clips to continue his national lead in hitting […]

SandBows 4, Nebraska ; Loker-Huddleston earn weekly honor

By Cindy Luis on March 18, 2019

Hawaii 4, Nebraska 1 Loss comes at 1 1. Nicklin Hames-Lauren Stirvins (N) def. Ari Homayun-Julia Scoles (H), 21-18, 14-21, 15-13 ,Win at 2. 2. Emily Maglio-Amy Ozee (H) def. Jazz Sweet-Kenzie Knuckles (N), 21-15, 21-16 Hawaii wins at 3 and 4 3. Morgan Martin-Pani Napoleon (H) def. Mari Kurkova-Madi Kubik (N), 21-6, 21-10 4. Kylin Loker-Hi’ilawe Huddleston (H) def. Anezka Szabo-Hayley Densberger (N), 21-10, 21-9 ++++++ Freshman Kylin Loker and senior Hi’ilawe Huddleston were named the Big West Pairs […]

Rainbow Warriors No. 1 in RPI; Parapunov POW; 2 first-place votes in poll

By Cindy Luis on March 18, 2019

The Rainbow Warrior volleyball team was slotted at No.1 in the first NCAA RPI report of the season. Behind the Rainbow Warriors (17-0) are Long Beach State (19-0), Pepperdine (15-6), UC Santa Barbara (15-5) and UCLA (16-6). Not that it means a lot in the RPI. Charlie Wade called it ‘fool’s gold.’ CORRECTING They were No. 1 in Strength of Schedule, No. 4 RPI on Selection Sunday last year. Complete rankings here. —————— From the Big West: Rado Parapunov nabbed […]

SandBows edge Cal 3-2 for Heineken title, Loker MOP

By Cindy Luis on March 17, 2019

Freshman Kylin Loker’s final kill gave No. 6 Hawaii its deciding point and the Rainbow Wahine claimed the title of the Heineken Hawaii Invitational beach volleyball tournament today at Queen’s Beach when holding off No. 11 Cal 3-2. Loker, named the tournament’s most outstanding player, paired with senior Hi’ilawe Huddleston at Flight 4 to defeat Madison Dueck-Alexia Inman, 21-15, 17-21, 17-15. The SandBows (9-4) also defeated the Golden Bears (9-3) 3-2 in Saturday’s pool play. In the third-place match, Boise […]

Hawaii 3, CSUN 0, Top 15 scores

By Cindy Luis on March 16, 2019

FINAL: Hawaii (17-0) picks up its 17th straight sweep, 25-16, 25-17, 25-18. Stijn van Tilburg weighs in on #HawaiiMVB’s second sweep of CSUN on Saturday night, and explains how he chooses when to show emotion to the crowd. pic.twitter.com/M4xRsWjUqP — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) March 17, 2019 Enjoy the entertaining last couple points of #HawaiiMVB’s 25-16, 25-17, 25-18 sweep of CSUN pic.twitter.com/p1ITVs56dH — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) March 17, 2019 Set 3: UH wins 25-18 8:43: Parapunov with his 17th […]

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