Billy Hull

Billy Hull is the prep sports editor at Hawaii Prep World and a sports reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser covering a little bit of everything.

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Hawaii senior Tayli Ikenaga honored by Big West

By Billy Hull
Sept. 9, 2024

Ikenaga had 27 digs in a five-set loss to the Waves on Friday and came back to finish with 33 in a five-set win on Saturday. Read more

Billy Hull: Wahine give loyal fans more volleyball for their money this season

By Billy Hull
Sept. 9, 2024

If you’re the kind of ticket holder who tries to maximize the number of adult beverages you’re allowed to consume at University of Hawaii home games, this Hawaii women’s volleyball team is the one for you. Read more

Hawaii women’s volleyball beats Pepperdine in 5

By Billy Hull
Sept. 7, 2024

Junior Caylen Alexander had a team-high 25 kills and senior libero Tayli Ikenaga posted a career-high 33 digs to give her 60 in the last two matches for Hawaii (3-1), which earned a two-match split against the Waves in front of a season-high crowd of 5,266. Read more

Hawaii fails to overcome another slow start to fall to Pepperdine

By Billy Hull
Sept. 7, 2024

As Robyn Ah Mow has cautioned even after two wins to start the season, the Hawaii women’s volleyball team is going to experience growing pains. Read more

Pepperdine rallies over Rainbow Wahine

By Billy Hull
Sept. 6, 2024

Despite playing without its leading hitter from opening weekend, Pepperdine rallied to stun Hawaii 25-15, 25-27, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11 tonight. Read more

Rainbow Wahine cannot afford slow start against tough Pepperdine team

By Billy Hull
Sept. 6, 2024

After watching her team play a bad first set in both of Hawaii’s season-opening wins last weekend, Rainbow Wahine volleyball coach Robyn Ah Mow took her team into the tunnel for what is now being called a “tunnel talk.” Read more

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Wahine opener was emotional homecoming for freshman Miliana Sylvester

By Billy Hull
Sept. 5, 2024

There was nothing sad about the tears that welled up in Miliana Sylvester’s eyes as Hawaii Pono’i played prior to the start of Friday’s Rainbow Wahine volleyball season opener. Read more

After a slow start, Hawaii comes back to steamroll San Diego

By Billy Hull
Sept. 2, 2024

Take away the first set in each of Hawaii’s first two matches and it was an impressive opening weekend for the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team. Read more

UCLA defeats Hawaii, 16-13, with last-minute field goal

By Billy Hull
Aug. 31, 2024

A sell-out crowd of 13,470 — the highest attended single-game sporting event ever held on the UH-Manoa campus — watched the Rainbow Warriors (1-1) race out to a 10-0 halftime lead. Read more

Rainbow Wahine survive in 5 in season-opening win over SMU

By Billy Hull
Aug. 31, 2024

When Robyn Ah Mow was asked earlier this week what she wanted to see the most on opening night, the first word out of her mouth was “fight.” Read more

Rainbow Wahine rally past SMU in volleyball season opener

By Billy Hull
Aug. 30, 2024

Junior Caylen Alexander put down a career-high 28 kills with 11 digs and the Hawaii women’s volleyball team opened the season with a stunning 7-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-21, 15-13 win over SMU tonight. Read more

Wahine volleyball special: Outside hitter Caylen Alexander

By Billy Hull
Aug. 30, 2024

Caylen Alexander is the first to admit she never expected to have the success she did as the Big West Freshman of the Year two years ago. Read more

Wahine volleyball special: Tayli Ikenaga

By Billy Hull
Aug. 30, 2024

In her final season with the Hawaii women’s volleyball team, Tayli Ikenaga has a newfound appreciation for her libero jersey. Read more

Wahine volleyball special: Middle blocker Jacyn Bamis

By Billy Hull
Aug. 30, 2024

Jacyn Bamis has played collegiate volleyball at two schools. Read more

Wahine volleyball special: Setter Kate Lang

By Billy Hull
Aug. 30, 2024

Long after Kate Lang’s Hawaii volleyball career is over, she will still have something handy to take her back to her collegiate playing days. Read more

New-look Rainbow Wahine ready for unveiling Friday

By Billy Hull
Aug. 29, 2024

Ready or not, a new-look Hawaii women’s volleyball team begins the 2024 season Friday night with the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic. Read more

Hawaii football beats Delaware State in season opener

By Billy Hull
Aug. 24, 2024

Hawaii had to surprisingly sweat out a tougher than expected 35-14 win over Delaware State tonight in its season opener in front of 10,279 people at Ching Complex. Read more