Wahine up to No. 6
By Cindy Luis
Hawaii moved up a spot in today’s AVCA Coaches Top 25 Division I volleyball poll.
The Wahine (12-2), winners of 11 straight, host Louisiana Tech Friday and New Mexico State Sunday.
Penn State (15-0) remained a unanimous No. 1, followed by Nebraska (15-0) and Texas (10-2). Stanford (13-2) jumped up two spots to fourth with Cal (14-1) at No. 5.
October 9th, 2008 at 1:14 am
This is off-topic, but I was looking at the UH men’s roster and Keali’i Frank isn’t listed anymore. Is he still with the team? Transferred? Also, who are the new players/recruits expected for this upcoming season?
October 9th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
sorry but the roster is still up in the air. I know they had 30 before a mandated cut of 10 earlier this week. I’m not privy to academic issues until the season starts. I know that Kealii did not make the trip to canada, neither did morehouse nor grgas nor tuaniga nor rawson. with the 13 they took and the four i mentioned (minus Frank). that’s 17. they are allowed to carry only 20. Bruizuela is still listed but I don’t think he made the trip. I’ll know more next week before the alumni match. As I mentioned in today’s paper freshman steven hunt is on the trip.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
http://www.usavolleyball.org/Juniors/07_boys/07bjo_17.asp
October 9th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
October 9th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Her name is also Tuaniga they both have the same last name.
This is from her club site announcing her commitment to UH
http://longbeachvbc.d4sportsclub.com/page.aspx?id=245
October 10th, 2008 at 4:58 am
I do believe Gus and Kristiana Tuaniga are cousins.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:17 am
I guess we could create another trivia question about related players with Rory Brandt on the men’s team and Stephanie Brandt on the Wahine.
I know that they are not brothers and sisters but maybe related in another way? One is from Thousand Oaks CA and the other from Santa Barbara CA.
October 10th, 2008 at 7:05 am
I should note, I got my info from VolleyTalk. http://volleytalk.proboards88.com/index.cgi?board=menvb&action=display&thread=21299&page=2
I also got a reply from one of Gus’ relatives via YouTube email-message box after I watched a video on Gus signing his letter of intent to play for UH ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXUDsfsKhH4 ) in which I posted a comment asking if Kristiana was there at the family gathering. By judging of the reply I got from “jrahz”, Kristiana is related to Gus or else I would suspect that jrahz would’ve mentioned along the lines of “why would she be there?” or “who is that?”. Can’t wait to see both of them playing for UH.
— the email-message reply —
wuddup, kristiana was not in that video.
i will tell gus to check your comment so he
can read what you wrote to him.
peace n blessings. JR
October 10th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Thanks all. The info I got initially spelled the two last names differently. Tuaniga for one and Tuinaga for another. when I see Gus next week I’ll ask about Kristiana. Thanks again for all the clarifications
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
yes, they are cousins. according to Gus
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
To answer an earlier question, Keali’i is not enrolled in school this semester.