College men’s volleyball: Stanford upset by Saint Francis
By Cindy Luis on January 8, 2020Huge win for the EIVA’s Red Flash at home in Loretto, Pa. A reverse sweep of the No. 7 Cardinal, 15-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-11 Box score available here
Expanded coverage of all things volleyball, including notes, observations and analysis on the Rainbow Wahine, Rainbow Warriors, SandBows and Team USA.
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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 volleyball: Guilherme Voss Big West Freshman of the Week; SandBows release schedule
By Cindy Luis on January 7, 2020Hawaii middle Guilherme Voss was named Big West Freshman of the Week, the first time in three Big West seasons a UH player has won the award. Voss had three kills on .400 hitting with a dig and a block in Friday’s season opener against Charleston. The Brazilian followed that with two kills on .667 hitting with three blocks in another sweep of Charleston on Saturday. JUST IN: Voss Wins Program's First @BigWestSports Freshman of the Week Award ➡️ https://t.co/Mg8J3P8rCF#HawaiiMVB […]
Hawaii men’s volleyball: No. 1 Hawaii 3, Charleston 0
By Cindy Luis on January 4, 2020FINAL: Hawaii swept Charleston for the second straight night, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17, to improve to 2-0 on the 2020 season. Set 3: UH wins 25-17. Night 2 fittingly ends on another service error by Charleston (19 for the match) as #HawaiiMVB sweeps the Golden Eagles for the second straight night to open #WarriorBall20, 25-18, 25-16, 25-17 pic.twitter.com/BmsbQNOzNt — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) January 5, 2020 8:31: Hawaii sweeps, using Charleston’s 19th service error. 8:20: Hawaii with its seventh block, up […]
Hawaii men’s volleyball: No. 1 Hawaii 3, Charleston 0
By Cindy Luis on January 3, 2020FINAL: No. 1 Hawaii opened the season with a 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 sweep of Charleston of West Virginia on Friday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. Set 3 UH in a sweep 25-16 For the first time for #WarriorBall20, the Viking chant rings out for #HawaiiMVB and they deliver a 25-19, 25-16, 25-16 sweep of Charleston. pic.twitter.com/qDwOESI4pq — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) January 4, 2020 8:38: Guilherme Voss with the last kill, 25-16. 8:27: Service error by Charleston makes it […]
Hawaii women’s volleyball: Teee Williams, Charlie Brande among Southern California Indoor Hall of Fame inductees
By Cindy Luis on January 2, 2020Happy New Year Teee Williams-Slacanin, the AVCA Player of the Year in 1987 and (co) 89, as well as Dave Shoji’s former assistant Charlie Brande are among the 15 who will be inducted into the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame in May. Williams was a three-time All-American (likely would have been four if the NCAA didn’t have that ridiculous prop 48 in place that cost her a year). She helped Hawaii to the 1987 NCAA title and 1988 […]
Hawaii men’s volleyball: Season ticket sales up
By Cindy Luis on December 31, 2019Hawaii has sold over 2,100 season-ticket packages so far, the most since 2005 when they had 2,310. Packages are still on sale as well as individal game tickets Click here for more information Prices for individual matches range in upper level $5 (student) to $10 (senior 65-plus) to $14 (adult) Lower level $7 (student), $12 (senior) and $14 (adult). Season tickets upper $40, $80, $125 lower (includes premium seat charge) $80, $125, $175, $250
Hawaii men’s volleyball: No. 1 Rainbow Warriors open practice
By Cindy Luis on December 29, 2019And so it begins — #Warriorball20. Hawaii held the first of two practices today in Gym 1, 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Players were excited to get it started. No 1 Hawaii menʻs volleyball opens practice pic.twitter.com/SVOUvLS79a — Cindy Luis (@Cindy3Luis) December 29, 2019 Will be interesting to see how it plays out. They have three setters and coach Charlie Wade said all three will play. Also three opposites in camp and five middles. Wahine coach Robyn Ah Mow dropped by briefly. […]
Hawaii women’s volleyball: Hanna Hellvig, Amber Igiede honored by VolleyballMag.com
By Cindy Luis on December 24, 2019Complete story click here Congrats to Hanna Hellvig, and Amber Igiede named to VolleyballMag.com’s Freshman All-America Team. Hellvig is one of 14 All-America first team, and Igiede one of 45 honorable mentions. Cal State Fullerton’s outside hitter Julia Crawford and UC Santa Barbara opposite Tallulah Froley were the only other players from the Big West to be recognized, both earning honorable mention honors. Also named to the All-America team was Pitt setter Lexis Akeo (Kamehameha).