Fresh-look Wahine subject to new tactics

By Ann Miller

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 08, 2012

~~<p>A third of the roster is new and All-American Kanani Danielson will take her remarkable volleyball gifts to Japan's professional league next month.</p>
<p>The University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine open training camp this morning with sleep in their eyes, questions in their heads and a strange-but-true challenge from coach Dave Shoji, whose team was picked by the league's coaches Tuesday to win the Big West title.</p>
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<h4>BIG WEST VOLLEYBALL</h4>
<em>Women's preseason coaches poll; first-place votes in parentheses</em><br />
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<td>1. Hawaii (9)</td>
<td>99</td>
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<td>2. Long Beach State</td>
<td>88</td>
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<td>3. CS Northridge</td>
<td>72</td>
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<td>4-t. UCSB</td>
<td>60</td>
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<td>4-t. Pacific</td>
<td>60</td>
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<td>6. CS Fullerton</td>
<td>46</td>
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<td>7. Cal Poly (1)</td>
<td>43</td>
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<td>8. UC Davis</td>
<td>37</td>
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<td>9. UC Irvine</td>
<td>31</td>
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<td>10. UC Riverside</td>
<td>14</td>
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A third of the roster is new and All-American Kanani Danielson will take her remarkable volleyball gifts to Japan's professional league next month.

The University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine open training camp this morning with sleep in their eyes, questions in their heads and a strange-but-true challenge from coach Dave Shoji, whose team was picked by the league's coaches Tuesday to win the Big West title. BIG WEST VOLLEYBALL Women's preseason coaches poll; first-place votes in parentheses 1. Hawaii (9) 99 2. Long Beach State 88 3. CS Northridge 72 4-t. UCSB 60 4-t. Pacific 60 6. CS Fullerton 46 7. Cal Poly (1) 43 8. UC Davis 37 9. UC Irvine 31 10. UC Riverside 14 Login for more...