By Cindy Luis

All the home teams wonUSC def. UCLA, 30-23, 28-30, 30-27, 30-18BYU def UCSD, 30-24, 30-22, 30-21CSUN Northridge def. Stanford, 36-34, 27-30, 30-21, 35-33UCSB def. UOP, 30-26, 30-23, 30-17 

By Dave Reardon

I always felt like Chris Tormey got a raw deal when he was fired as Nevada’s head coach. Now he’s a UH assistant. This is a strong pick.

By Dave Reardon

Of course, time will tell. Gordon Shaw has coached some great players and has plenty of experience. That experience includes being on the Minnesota staff that lost 17-3 to Fred vonAppen’s Hawaii team in 1997.

By Cindy Luis

Game tracker a bit slow but UH wins Set 1 30-26. Lofy in for Rawson, Strotman in for Walker. clar made a brief appearance at the end, teamed with Grgas to stuff Bittner for set point. UH led 26-20 but The Beach tied it at 26. Tuaniga with three kills among UH’s last four points. Gus is 6-2-13, Hunt 4-2-9.Riley leads 49ers with 4 kills. Bittner is 2-5-14.  

By Cindy Luis

49ers won 30-23, 31-29, 30-28Bittner had 25 of The Beach’s 56 kills, including the match ender. Hawaii led most of Set 2, had a swing for the set at 29-28 but gave up three straight points. Warriors rallied late in Set 3. 49ers needed three swings to end it, the third on Bittner’s last kill. 

By Cindy Luis

 Third-ranked UC Irvine needed to go the distance to escape with a win over No. 12 UC Santa Barbara, 3-2 (30-28, 27-30, 30-32, 31-29, 15-12) at the Bren Events Center.

No. 2 Pepperdine took 90 minutes to top host Pacific 30-24, 30-24, 30-20. Paul Carroll had four of the Waves’ seven aces

By Cindy Luis

Sorry, been at softball 

Thursday’s result

UCLA def. Stanford, 34-36, 26-30, 30-21, 30-27, 15-11

Friday’s results

USC def. BYU, 30-21, 25-30, 30-27, 30-27

CSU Northridge def. Long Beach State, 30-24, 32-30, 33-31

UCLA def. Pacific, 25-30, 30-22, 30-16

UC Irvine def. Stanford, 30-25, 30-23, 30-22

UC San Diego def. UC Santa Barbara, 30-22, 30-24, 30-32, 23-30, 15-13

Saturday, Feb. 7

CSU Northridge def. UC San Diego, 30-20, 30-23, 30-21

Long Beach State def. UC Santa Barbara, 30-28, 30-20, 36-34

UC Irvine def. Pacific, 30-21, 30-17, 28-30, 30-24

USC def. BYU, 34-32, 33-35, 29-31, 30-23, 15-10

By Dave Reardon

What do you folks think about the UH football recruiting class?I think the Warriors need to get more of the top local players. It’s tough to compete with BCS conferences and the allure of the mainland, but the coaches have to find a way to keep more of the great talent home. 

By Cindy Luis

Had received a number of e-mails from the mainland after they read my story about Donnis. I am very sad. and once again it reminds me to go call people who I know aren’t doing well. Had put off going to Leahi to see her. My loss. Donnis was one of the first feature stories I did for the Star-Bulletin in 1981. I can remember doing it in Klum Gym right after she accepted the job to be the superintendent of Hawaii schools. Was happy to include her in my Title IX series in 2002. hard to believe it was written over 8 years ago. The most interesting thing I think is something that didn’t happen. She was up to be the AIAW president in 79, right about the time the NCAA was trying to take over women’s sports. Texas A.D. was elected and Texas was among a number of schools who held out being taken over by the NCAA in 1980. I wonder if UH would have held out for the 1 year if Donnis had been elected.  

By Dave Reardon

Colt Brennan, Davone Bess, Ryan Grice-Mullins, Nate Ilaoa, Tim Grasso and Jake Ingram helped raise what was estimated at $40,000 last night for the Hawaii Leukemia & Lymphoma Society event at The Willows last night.Coach Greg McMackin, Jim Leahey, Augie T, Bobby Curran, Rich Miano and Kale Ane  were among the other celebrities in attendance.Today’s McMackin’s focus returns to recruiting as it is letter of intent day. The Warriors hope Jray Galeai, an athlete from Kahuku, decides on UH instead of BYU. I’ll be filing something from McMackin’s news conference this afternoon at 2.