By Cindy Luis

Kanani Danielson, who led the Wahine to the Chevron Invitational title, was named the WAC’s player of the week today.The Wahine (3-0) also moved up to No. 4 in the AVCA poll. Penn State remains No. 1, followed by Texas and Washington.

By Cindy Luis

Was rather impressed how the Wahine didn’t fold in Set 3. I think last year’s team might have. They didn’t hold on to the calls that went against them and Kaufman didn’t let hitting negative get into her head. She served tough and played defense. Thought Ferrell was key, after a slow start, she really picked it up. Shoji even said he didn’t know if last year’s team would have pulled out Set 3.Danielson is just a delight in the interview room, so positive and honest. we’ll see how they match up with Texas and Cal next week. Good start for Hawaii. first 3-0 since 2004

By Cindy Luis

Hawaii takes a 15-12 lead at the TTO, the biggest lead of the set. Hawaii has led by 2 with the Bruins leading once (at 11-10). 2 aces by Cubi-Otineru and a UCLA lift accounted for last three points.UCLA has come back to tie it at 19, last two points when blocking Kaufman and then Kaufman hit the antenna. Timeout UH.UCLA was up 23-22 but a kill by Danielson and a hitting error (started by a tough serve from Brandt) has Hawaii at set point 24-23. TO Bruins.Near ace by Brandt saved by the Bruins but Danielson hammered her 8th kill to end it. 25-23.

By Cindy Luis

thanks to Rick Kern of RichKern.com#2 Texas def. #15 San Diego 3-0#5 Stanford def. Denver 3-0#6 California def. UConn 3-0#15 San Diego lost to #2 Texas 0-3#18 Wichita State def. Louisville 3-1#24 Colorado State (H) def. Cal Poly 3-0#25 Santa Clara def. Western Michigan 3-2No. 26 St. Mary’s def. Nevada, 3-0 Tati Santiago shared setting duties for Nevada.  Kapua Kamana’o had 30 assists for the Gaels

By Cindy Luis

Krista Kelley had 18 kills and Santa Clara came back to beat Western Michigan today 19-25, 25-14, 18-25, 25-17, 15-11. Jessica Brown and Michelle Moore had 13 kills for WMU.

By Cindy Luis

Happy it didn’t go five. might have missed our first deadline.A good match for Hewitt. Her 10 kills were pretty quiet but she came up big on 11 blocks. Cubi-Otineru had a double double 13 kills and 14 digs, and a really smart shot to the empty corner that put UH ahead 28-27 in Set 3.Their second set letdown has been a trend over past years. They seemed really out of sync tonight in Set 2Kaufman apparently said something about wanting the ball more. She was 8-0-10 in Sets 3 and 4.Hawaii outblocked SCU 14-9, 8-4 in the final two sets. The Broncos had only 4 kills in Set 4.Ferrell was a little off in her hitting but made some great defensive plays. hawaii hit .373 for the night, opened with a strong .556 and closed with a strong .522.Be interesting how they do against UCLA. The Bruins are tall but not as quick as Hawaii’s outsides. it will come down to serve and pass again.

By Cindy Luis

Met Kalei Adolpho tonight. She orally committed to UH. She’s a 6-1 middle from Molokai High. A junior. Said this was her first match tonight in the arena and thought it was so cool.

By Cindy Luis

Same starting lineup for Hawaii.Wahine up 15-14 at the TTO. teams pretty evenly matched.couple of mistakes by SCU and a nice redirect dump by Mafua has UH up 19-16. Timeout Broncos.Hawaii win 25-19, UH hitting .556.Set 2 Wahine looked very flat, trailed most of the way and held off three set points before a rare overpass by Danielson results in Krista Kelley pounding it back, Broncos wins 27-25Hawaii holds off two set points before pulling out a 30-28 win. Danielson with 16 kills so far. Hawaii’s block much better, 11-6 edge.Santa Clara had nothing let and Hawaii found its rhythm. UH wins 25-13. Danielson ties career high with 22 kills and Kaufman ties high with 13, while hitting a career high .765. 13-0-17.

By Cindy Luis

Smallish crowd, maybe a couple hundred. WMU led early (9-7). Great rally, I’d say at least 10 plays on either side, UCLA finally wins it to go ahead 14-13. Gil serves an ace, then 2 WMU hitting errors … and now it’s 118-13UCLA wins Set 1 25-17 and Set 2 25-14.Bruins went up 20-9, ended up winning 25-15 with UCLA’s second team finishing the match

By Cindy Luis

Courtesy of Rich Kern#1 Penn State def. Alabama 3-0<p>No. 1 Penn State def. Saint Louis 3-0#2 Texas def #23 Long Beach State 3-2#3 Nebraska (H) def.. #11 Minnesota 3-2<p>#4 Washington def. Seattle 3-0<p>#4 Washington (H) def.. San Diego State 3-0Notre Dame def. #5 Stanford, 3-0#6 California def. Saint Marys, 3-1#8 Florida (H) def.  Colorado, 3-0#9 UCLA def. Western Michigan, 3-0#10 Illinois def. Creighton 3-0<p>#10 Illinois vs. Texas Tech 3-0#12 USC def. Albany 3-0<p>#12 USC def. North Carolina 3-0<p>#13 Iowa State (H) def. Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3-0t#14 Oregon (H) def. Eastern Washington 3-0<p>No. 14 Oregon def. missouri State 3-0#16 Michigan def. #22 Kansas State 3-1<p>#17 Utah (H) def. UC Riverside 3-0<p>No. 17 Utah def. Cincinnati 3-0#18 Wichita State lost to Pittsburgh 0-3<p>#19 Purdue (H) def. Coastal Carolina 3-0<p>No. 19 Purdue lost to Dayton 3-2#20 Saint Louis (H) def. Miami-OH 3-1<p>#21 Kentucky (H) def. Florida International 3-0<p>#21 Kentucky (H) def. Western Carolina 3-0<p>Oregon State def. #24 Colorado State, 3-2WAC <p>Gonzaga def. Utah State, 3-2<p>Tulsa def. Boise State, 3-1<p>CSU Northridge def. Boise State, 3-0<p>Utah Valley def. Utah State, 3-1<p>Fresno State def. Wis-Green Bay, 3-0<p>Pacific def. Fresno State, 3-1LaTech def. Centenary, 3-0<p>LaTech def. South Alabama, 3-0<p>New Mexico State def.  Northern Colorado, 3-1<p>New Mexico State def. North Texas, 3-0<p>San Diego State def. San Jose State, 3-1<p>Seattle def. San Jose State, 3-1 <p>UC Irvine def. Nevada, 3-1