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: No. 1 Hawaii 3, No. 11 Stanford 0, other results

By Cindy Luis on February 14, 2020

FINAL: Senior opposite Rado Parapunov put down 15 kills and sophomore outside hitter Filip Humler added a career-high 13 to lead No. 1 Hawaii to a 25-15, 25-18, 25-22 sweep of No. 11 Stanford in a nonconference men’s volleyball match tonight in Stanford, Calif. Senior hitter Colton Cowell added a match-high 13 digs to go with nine kills for the Rainbow Warriors (13-0). Cowell had a 3-0 serving run late in Set 3, with an ace and a kill, as […]

Hawaii women’s volleyball: Congrats to Rika Okino, UH’s student engineer of the year

By Cindy Luis on February 12, 2020

My apologies for the lateness on this. Rika Okino, the Wahine starting libero last season, has earned the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies (HCES) Student Engineer of the Year Award for 2020. She is graduating this May with a degree in civil engineering. The Kalani High valedictorian has been a UH Scholar-Athlete the past four years and was an All-Big West academic selection in 2019.

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Weekly honors to Rado Parapunov, Guilherme Voss; Warriors remain No. 1 in AVCA poll; SandBows No. 5 in preseason poll

By Cindy Luis on February 10, 2020

Congrats to Rado Parapunov, Player of the Week, and Guilherme Voss , Freshman of Week, in the Big West. Think I would have nominated Brett Sheward for FOW. Defensive POW to UCI’s Scott Stadick for his performance in the Outrigger. —————— Hawaii (12-0) remained at No. 1 in today’s AVCA Top 15 poll, receiving 11 first-place votes. For a second week in a row, BYU (12-0) picked up the remaining five votes in staying at No. 2. UC Santa Barbara […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Final No. 1 Warriors 3, No. 4 UCI 0, Colton Cowell earns MOP

By Cindy Luis on February 8, 2020

FINAL: No. 1 Hawaii took care of No. 4 UC Irvine, 25-22, 25-20, 25-20, in what was a nonconference matchup. UH picked up its 10th Outrigger Resorts and Invitational title. All-Tournament Colton Cowell MOP, Rado Parapunov, Patrick Gasman and Gage Worsley from UH UCI’s Joel Schneidmiller and Scott Stadick, Concordia’s Addison Enriques Gage Worsley, Patrick Gasman, Rado Parapunov and Colton Cowell make the all-tournament team from #HawaiiMVB. Cowell is tournament MVP. pic.twitter.com/PMsEbLlpvn — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) February 9, 2020 […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Concordia Irvine 3, Queens 0, Saturday results

By Cindy Luis on February 8, 2020

For third place, Queens (4-6) vs. Concordia Irvine (5-6) Set 3: CUI wins 25-19 5:15: Concordia finishes it out on Ruben Greenstein’s ace, 25-19 5:08: Concordia up 19-9. TO Queens. 5:00: Concordia up 14-7. TO Queens. Set 2: CUI wins 25-19 4:50: Eagles up 2-0 4:35: CUI up 10-6. Eagles call timeout after giving up a couple of points. Set 1: CUI wins 25-20 4:20: Queens held off a couple of set points starting at 24-17. Eagles win 25-20 4:14: […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Final No. 1 Hawaii 3, No. 14 Concordia Irvine 0

By Cindy Luis on February 7, 2020

FINAL: No. 1 Hawaii swept Concordia Irvine 25-19, 25-21, 25-15 thanks to 17 kills from Rado Parapunov and 15 more from Colton Cowell. Filip Humler, Patrick Gasman and Guilherme Voss combined for 22 as UH hit .469 to Concordia’s .180. UH faces UC Irvine for the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Invitational title on Saturday night. Set 3: UH wins 25-15 Dimitrios Mouchlias puts away #HawaiiMVB’s second match point in a 25-19, 25-21, 25-15 sweep of No 14 Concordia Irvine. No. […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: final No. 4 UC Irvine 3, Queens 1, Friday results

By Cindy Luis on February 7, 2020

No. 4 UCI (7-3) vs. Queens (4-6) Set 4 5:31: UCI needed a couple of match points, finally ends it 25-16 5:20: UCI pulling away at 13-9. TO Queens. Set 3 5:06: UCI wins 25-10 4:58: UCI up 13-3. TO Queens 4:50: bad rotation for Queens, UCI up 7-0. TO Royals. Set 2: Queens wins 25-21. 4:44: Royals serving for the set at 24-20. 4:30: Queens is up 12-6, playing well. Zot, zot. 4:20: Set 1, UCI wins 25-19 4:05: […]

Hawaii men’s volleyball: Final No. 1 Hawaii 3, Queens 0

By Cindy Luis on February 6, 2020

FINAL: Hawaii moved to 10-0 on the season in turning to its reserves to open the Outrigger Hotels and Resorts Invitational, 25-10, 25-15, 25-17 over Queens. Max Rosenfeld led UH with nine kills on 11 swings, while Dimitrios Mouchlias and Chaz Galloway added seven apiece. >> PHOTO GALLERY: HAWAII VS. QUEENS Set 3: Hawaii wins 25-17 Rado Parapunov is fired up after his #HawaiiMVB teammates take care of Queens 25-10, 25-15, 25-17 without him having to remove his long-sleeved warmup […]

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