By Cindy Luis

Don’t think it was the entire class Wade wanted … as he says is it ever? …  but he got two good middles … two names that did pop earlier from another blog … one went to BYU, another to UCI …It will be up on the web site in a bit …. Shane Popelka of Chesapeake, VA., and Shan Welch, of Coral Springs, Fla.

Popelka is a 6-8 middle and a really good basketball player, with a GPA of over .4.0

Welch is a 6-9 blocker/OH and is a VB Mag Boys Underclassmen to Watch.

By Cindy Luis

Normal starting lineup with Hewitt starting. Better radio connection tonight. UH up 9-4, on a 5-0 run. TO USU.

UH up 18-12. TO USU. Danielson and Ferrell both with 4 kills.

Kaufman and Mafua with a block to end it. 25-19.

Danielson 8-1-11, Ferrell 4-1-9.

By Cindy Luis

Top 3 doesn’t change. Penn State, Texas, Hawaii.

A little surprised that UW stayed at No. 4 after the loss to USC but then they go and sweep UCLA … which dropped the Bruins a spot.

Get the feeling the poll is a lot like the BCS rankings. once the big name traditional powers get up there, hard to knock them out (can we say USC?) Florida out of the Top 10. Kentucky (25-2) to No. 10.

As for the RPI, don’t know how Hawaii will get out of the lower 20s. All they can do is keep winning and hope someone ahead of them loses. It is a very flawed system but it’s made for interesting discussions on VB.

By Cindy Luis

Didn’t get a play-by-play so I’n not sure how it all went. Reminded me of the old days before Fax and Internet when I’d wait for Shoji to call to tell me how he did and we’d take a few stats. The Star-Bulletin was the first paper to try to do an abbreviated box. sort of like the short boxes we ran for basketball.

Sorry to our readers and  blog readers but there just wasn’t much ti give.  Shoji said Aneli had a nice night (16 kills) askeda bout Danielson’s lack of offense lately but he said he wasn’t concerned. Think it was more that they stacked the block and Mafua went to other options.

Still a good win.

By Cindy Luis

Thanks to SID Ryan Reggiani ..

UH wins 25-12. Cubi-Otineru 8-0-11, Ferrell 4-0-4, Hawaii hit .556 to Idaho’s .ooo

An ace by Ka’aihue ends it at 25-15. (Thanks Idaho Boy, Melody Eckmeier’s husband Ben). I tried to buy Idaho’s package but it wouldn’t let me. Ben did and is posting on VolleyTalk.

Cubi-Otineru added another 4 kills, Ferrell and Danielson 3. UH hit .387 to Idaho’s 172.

Hawaii wins 25-22, with the usual subs. Cubi-Otineru finishes with 16 kills, Ferrell with nine. More later.

By Cindy Luis

Working on getting updated stax per timeout. Hope to have live updates for the match.

Idaho Boy (Melody Eckmeier’s husband Ben) is doing live updates. Hawaii up 6-1. TO Idaho.

By Cindy Luis

compliments of RichKern.com

#1 Penn State (H) def. #5 Illinois 3-0
#4 Washington lost to #17 USC 2-3
#5 Illinois lost to #1 Penn State 0-3
#6 UCLA (H) def. #25 Washington State 3-1
#7 Stanford (H) def. #16 Oregon 3-0
#9 Nebraska (H) def. Texas A&M 3-0
#10 Florida (H) lost to #19 LSU 1-3
#11 Kentucky def. Georgia 3-0
#12 California (H) def. Oregon State 3-1
#13 Minnesota def. Iowa 3-0
#14 Michigan (H) def. Purdue 3-2
#15 Florida State def. Clemson 3-1
#16 Oregon lost to #7 Stanford 0-3
#17 USC (H) def. #4 Washington 3-2
#18 Arizona (H) def. Arizona State 3-0
#19 LSU def. #10 Florida 3-1
#20 Saint Louis (H) def. Rhode Island 3-0
#22 Northern Iowa def. Missouri State 3-0
#24 Notre Dame (H) def. Georgetown 3-0
#25 Washington State lost to #6 UCLA 1-3

By Cindy Luis

ESPN broadcast having problems. UH up 4-0. 2 aces for Mafua so far. normal rotation for Hawaii ,except Forsythe gets first start. Hewitt out with flulike symptoms.

Hawaii up 19-13. TO BSU. sorry. BSU’s game tracker really slow so have no stax.

Hawaii wins 25-16.

Hawaii up 9-5. in Set 2. Sounds like Forsythe doing well. TO BSU.

Wahine win 25-14.

UH up 17-10. TO BSU Hawaii wins 25-14.

Hawaii up 15-10 in Set 3. TTO.

By Cindy Luis

Sorry for the delay, just got back. As you’ve seen all four have signed their NLIs. Hawaii’s going to be very good for a while. Kaela was born in Maui and really enjoyed her trip here and Sunday’s senior night. All four know each other, either playing together or against each other. should help them acclimate.

By Cindy Luis

I will be unable to update for the next few hours, have a doctor’s appointment, and I may miss UH’s release when it is sent out. Sorry for the delay but it will get posted when I get back. hopefully I’ll hear from coach Wade by then as well. or he may be doing the same as the women’s program where they’re waiting for all NLIs to be received before releasing anything.