Hawaii 3, TCU 2

reedMatch at 12:30 p.m. HST
ESPN3.com

http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index#sport/volleyball/

Radio: 1420-AM
espn1420am.com

Broadcast being picked up on the Big Island in Kona and Hilo


Not seeing a lot of purple under 75. Hawaii fans about 50. Mitchem’s dad, Taylor’s parents and brother. Booster club president, couple of other H shirts.
Very sad because there would have been at least 8,000 at the SSC.

good warmup music tho.

COMMENTS

  1. Warrior Dave December 4, 2015 12:09 pm

    I’m on the watch ESPN site bit it doesn’t list the Wahine game at 5:30 eastern time. Should I be concerned??? This is my first attempt to watch online. Good luck Wahine!!


  2. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:14 pm

    WD, they’ve got screw here. Link should be up Weird. I’m hoping because I may have to watch it. I’m way back in a corner Not a good angle


  3. OrbitalRipZ December 4, 2015 12:15 pm

    Other Dec 4/Frida Matches I’m Following

    Two of UH’s non-PowerFive non-conference opponents won their league crown, and now face PowerFive opposition in Round 1.

    Both UH opponents are widely expected to be swept by the all-powerful PowerFive teams. I think otherwise — wishful thinking, perhaps, but I’ve seen both American and Wichita State play live and know first-hand that they can give the PowerFive a run for their money.

    American (AQ of the Patriot League) vs. Kentucky of SEC

    Wichita State (AQ of the MVC) vs. Kansas State of the Big 12

    GO BOWS!


  4. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:17 pm

    WD, go to drop down menu for Coming Up
    Shows up there. but no link yet


  5. Koleni December 4, 2015 12:17 pm

    did you look at the “upcoming” section? it’s listed there most likely with the time listed for your time zone (e.g. 230 pm for pacific time)


  6. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:18 pm

    http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/volleyball-women/d1

    interactive bracket link above


  7. greenthumb December 4, 2015 12:25 pm

    T minus 6. Good luck, team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


  8. greenthumb December 4, 2015 12:28 pm

    Radio’s working but video not clickable yet. Glad to hear someone brought a Hawaii flag!


  9. greenthumb December 4, 2015 12:32 pm

    Go thru hawaiiathletics.com … wahine schedule … live video…


  10. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:32 pm

    don’t know what to tell you about video.
    same starters as has been


  11. greenthumb December 4, 2015 12:34 pm

    Cindy and others, try going through hawaiiathletics link. I’m seeing video. (see post 10)


  12. Maverick December 4, 2015 12:35 pm

    Video is working on espn


  13. WaWa December 4, 2015 12:37 pm

    kaHAWK-EYE lol. Could be worse.


  14. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:38 pm

    Video should be working
    TCU up 7-2. TO UH. Last point on when Taylor blocked.


  15. Maverick December 4, 2015 12:38 pm

    The new dink queens have arrived… TCU


  16. greenthumb December 4, 2015 12:39 pm

    ESPN3 scoring is off


  17. WaWa December 4, 2015 12:40 pm

    Higging not setting the middles, not setting them well. Oh boy, I hope that changes QUICKLY!


  18. Warrior Dave December 4, 2015 12:40 pm

    Come on Wahine settle down.


  19. Maverick December 4, 2015 12:40 pm

    I can’t watch the stats which are ahead of tv


  20. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:43 pm

    Interesting subs. Castillo for Manu-Olevao, Granato for Greeley.


  21. Ashley December 4, 2015 12:48 pm

    this is so hard to watch


  22. Maverick December 4, 2015 12:48 pm

    Maglio looking really good.


  23. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:48 pm

    Hitting error by Taylor makes it 18-10. TO UH


  24. warriorfan December 4, 2015 12:49 pm

    feed the middles the ohs arent getting it done. and the block no where to be seen.


  25. mei mei December 4, 2015 12:50 pm

    aauughhh… :()!

    can’t watch… gonna just hit the gym …


  26. warriorfan December 4, 2015 12:50 pm

    Dissapointed with the defense, they aren’t digging easy hit balls. TCU players have no heat at all.


  27. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:51 pm

    sorry Wawa but what match are watch inching? Maglio 4-0-4,
    Magill 1-0-5. Setting middle when it’s there.


  28. greenthumb December 4, 2015 12:52 pm

    Magill kill


  29. warriorfan December 4, 2015 12:55 pm

    set 1 a complete nightemare.


  30. Ashley December 4, 2015 12:55 pm

    no one looks good in set one honestly. nikki is just not playing the way we would like her to play. TCU not doing anything fancy, Hawaii is just making it easy for them


  31. Andrew December 4, 2015 12:56 pm

    Hopefully they wake up and play better or this will be a short and extremely embarrassing match


  32. Maverick December 4, 2015 12:56 pm

    Castillo really struggling on serve receive.


  33. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 12:57 pm

    TCU wins 25-17. needed 4 set points. We’ll see what happens in Set 2. Which hasn’t has dropped in 27 matches


  34. Maverick December 4, 2015 12:57 pm

    31. Maglio is awesome


  35. warriorfan December 4, 2015 12:58 pm

    That was embarrassing, Hope UH picks it up quickly or they will be considered an extremely over rated team.


  36. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 12:59 pm

    TMO is killing us backrow for the million times. Savannah needs to know after all these games she needs to motor her behind…we are not legit…sorry….bring Koelsch in!…Get TMO every single time she goes behind it we will not advance…sorry the truth


  37. Maverick December 4, 2015 1:00 pm

    Nikki Taylor hitting -.308. I can’t remember seeing anyone ver hitting that far under .000


  38. greenthumb December 4, 2015 1:00 pm

    A few bright spots in first set. Breathe deep and knit those together in second set.


  39. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 1:03 pm

    Dave? Do you want to lose? Get TMO OUT!!!!


  40. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:04 pm

    Diana Jessies just stopped by to say hello. Always good to see the former Wahine.


  41. Maverick December 4, 2015 1:05 pm

    TMO having a very bad receive match right now.


  42. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:06 pm

    TCU up 8-4. TO UH


  43. warriorfan December 4, 2015 1:07 pm

    UH serving way too easy, and not blocking anything. TMO should not be passing and Higgins is struggling and Taylor looks like she is trying too hard, needs to be benched for a bit to clear her mind.


  44. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:07 pm

    42. not just her.


  45. Ashley December 4, 2015 1:08 pm

    is TCU that good or are we that bad?


  46. Andrew December 4, 2015 1:08 pm

    Wonder why we haven’t seen Kendra yet? Not saying Higgins is playing horribly but we’ve seen how Kendra can provide that necessary spark


  47. Maverick December 4, 2015 1:08 pm

    45. No kidding. Read my other posts above.


  48. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 1:10 pm

    TMO is having a bad receive night all career. It is just haunting us now in postseason. We need some height up front or new players …we need to find someone on the bench to energize this team


  49. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:10 pm

    Koelsch in for Higgins at 11-8


  50. 'ohanaInBellingham December 4, 2015 1:10 pm

    Is Kendra injured, or ill?


  51. AlexM December 4, 2015 1:12 pm

    Give TCU credit. They look prepared and are executing well.


  52. Maverick December 4, 2015 1:13 pm

    I’ll say it again, Maglio having a monster game.


  53. greenthumb December 4, 2015 1:14 pm

    That 12th point looks more like us. Whew


  54. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:15 pm

    Hawaii up 14-13. TO TCU. This is the rotation they can do something with Anderson serving.


  55. AlexM December 4, 2015 1:16 pm

    Is Mitchem cleared to play?


  56. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:21 pm

    TCU on a 3-0 run UP 1917. TO UH


  57. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:23 pm

    56. no. not that they’d put her in


  58. warriorfan December 4, 2015 1:23 pm

    the connection with Higgins and Magill is not there, very disappointing.
    The block is awol.


  59. Maverick December 4, 2015 1:24 pm

    After Maglio, Magill and Greeley, nothing from UH offensively. Only 3 with positive hitting percentages.


  60. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 1:24 pm

    Our weaknesses is being exposed!!! Cannot wait til next year….Dave, please play your bigger athletes.


  61. warriorfan December 4, 2015 1:24 pm

    Koelsch needs to be playing front row.


  62. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:28 pm

    Ace by Anderson gives UH set point at 24-23. TO TCU


  63. warriorfan December 4, 2015 1:32 pm

    Uh needs to get off a better start and just blow them out the next two games.


  64. T103 December 4, 2015 1:33 pm

    WHAT THE HECK UH?!?! They put the radio on in the back and I’m gonna get in trouble for swearing!! They better get their act together, this is horrible. I’m kinda glad I can’t visually see this bc I would be more livid then I already am!!!


  65. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:33 pm

    Dig by Taylor goes over. Good screen by Koelsch. UH wins 25-23. keeps their Set 2 streak going at 28-0


  66. H-Man December 4, 2015 1:33 pm

    Phew !!!


  67. 'ohanaInBellingham December 4, 2015 1:33 pm

    Glad to see that #2 served for #14.


  68. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 1:33 pm

    Wow Greeley’s shoulder must be real sore…Her ball is lacking pop…Even she is not her usual steadiness out there…Maybe coach may want to use Casey Castillo.for her or TMO


  69. Andrew December 4, 2015 1:36 pm

    Thank god they pulled that 2nd set off. The streak is still alive! At least they are tied up. I really didn’t like their chances if they went down 0-2 especially with the momentum TCU would have had. It would have reminded me of the BYU match in the 2nd round couple years ago.


  70. jmy December 4, 2015 1:37 pm

    American swept Kentucky…


  71. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 1:37 pm

    It looks like TCU us a crossbred of Long Beach St. and Cal Poly…they play hard and with lots of energy…Our girls can do it but they need to shore up there blocks and pass the better you think?


  72. kimo browner December 4, 2015 1:38 pm

    We cannot win without Kendra Koelsch. Our block is scattered and should be tighter.
    TAMU is better than TCU. Shoji is stubborn. It’s his to lose or win.


  73. warriorfan December 4, 2015 1:38 pm

    The biggest issues aside from bad passing from Kahakai and TMO, no blocks and too many hitting errors, is just not showing any emotion at all,very low energy.

    Hope they clean it up and get off to better start in set 3.


  74. AlexM December 4, 2015 1:39 pm

    62. Agreed. There were a few plays there where her height would have a made a big difference.

    The BWC just doesn’t prepare us well for post season matches like this.


  75. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:39 pm

    Kahakai with 15 digs already. UH outblocked 6-1. Taylor out of negative 9-7-25. Magill 7-1-17. Greeley 7-1-18, Maglio 7-1-12. Manu-Olevao 4-4-18. Granato 1-0-1. 1 ace, 2SE.
    TCU hitting 312 for the match, 238 in Set 2. Mikals 7-1-14, Martin 5-2-10, McGuire 6-0-12. Glover 6-0-18.


  76. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:42 pm

    73. Are you watching Koelsch sets? she blocks well but her sets to the left side not very good. but guess we should watch the match


  77. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:44 pm

    The issue isn’t the setting. It is the serve-receive. That and TCU hitters have unorthodox swings. Well Anderson with a service error. her first in about 240 attempts. Last came against UCLA


  78. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:46 pm

    And Taylor having an up and down match. Taylor with another hitting error. it
    s 8-4 TO UH


  79. Wen December 4, 2015 1:48 pm

    espn3 is slow and jerky for me. What I was able to catch is nobody on the Hawaii side is showing much emotion or energy.


  80. ManoaFan December 4, 2015 1:50 pm

    Take Nikki Taylor OUT. She is not playing her way into the match


  81. warriorfan December 4, 2015 1:50 pm

    jeez another slow start, what is wrong with this team .


  82. kimo browner December 4, 2015 1:50 pm

    koelsch hasnt made that many sets. higgins has been off all night.


  83. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 1:50 pm

    Please tell me there is nobody on the bench that can replace TMO….she is very bad….come on coach…I would serve her all nite and set the ball to Higs side all the time


  84. warriorfan December 4, 2015 1:53 pm

    keep setting the middles. they are the only ones getting it done.


  85. greenthumb December 4, 2015 1:54 pm

    80 yeah ESPN3 has several VB matches streaming now, bet the call on its servers is building with the mainland folks coming home from work


  86. OrbitalRipZ December 4, 2015 1:54 pm

    On the positive side, winning Set 2 was all-important to the Wahine. Good to see Taylor digging herself out of that deep negative hole.

    On the negative side, the 2 co-captains remain the X factors, as they have been all season long. TMO is a streak player. Team Shoji has got to recognize when she’s not hitting the way she hits when she’s on one of her streaks.

    GO BOWS!


  87. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:57 pm

    sorry lost the internet. UH upUH was up 14-11. TCU has tied it at 14. Anderson serving at 1


  88. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 1:58 pm

    Magill with 2 solo. UH up 17-14. TO TCU


  89. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:03 pm

    Taylor hits wide (not her fault) then blocked. TCU has closed to 19-17. TO UH


  90. warriorfan December 4, 2015 2:03 pm

    Keep setting Olivia and Em, no sense going to TMo.


  91. warriorfan December 4, 2015 2:05 pm

    Nikki is not making a case for first team all american today, she is not playing well at all.


  92. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 2:06 pm

    91..YES set the Middles only….don’t set TMO…too much bazooka only…I great kill 5 blocked back..


  93. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:09 pm

    UH was up 24-19. they deserve to lose this TCU up 25-24


  94. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:10 pm

    Wow. UH gave up 7 straight. TCU wins it 26-24.


  95. Maverick December 4, 2015 2:11 pm

    94. Agree, monumental collapse by UH. Now UH needs to play lights out or they are coming back home.


  96. Jon December 4, 2015 2:12 pm

    This is getting hard to watch. So predictable and so messy. Can’t expect to blow 4 set points and win in the tournament.


  97. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 2:12 pm

    OMG TMO….it’s all you coach…even ROLO could see thar


  98. 'ohanaInBellingham December 4, 2015 2:12 pm

    That was a loss by the UH coaches.


  99. Wen December 4, 2015 2:12 pm

    Hawaii struggling and maybe losing in the 1st round isn’t making much of an argument for its top 10 ranking. 🙁


  100. warriorfan December 4, 2015 2:12 pm

    Thats on the coach for keeping TMO in the passing rotation. why would they set greeley back to back and not go to the middle.


  101. jmy December 4, 2015 2:12 pm

    Hitting error, hitting error, hitting error…The #1 blocking team being outblocked 12-5…Depressing!


  102. Andrew December 4, 2015 2:13 pm

    TCU on cloud9 after that comeback. I hope they come back and win the next two but that quite possibly could have been the match


  103. 'ohanaInBellingham December 4, 2015 2:13 pm

    Wow. That might be the turning point of the match.


  104. Malachy Grange December 4, 2015 2:13 pm

    Wow…………… my stomach hurts……… playing poor competition in conference is showing. We need to join the PAC 12….. Let’s Go Bows…. still have a chance….. play like you know you can play…….


  105. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 2:14 pm

    We are not playing well overall except Middles but TMO really kills us…It should be different next year….it all starts with the PASS


  106. hopeislost December 4, 2015 2:14 pm

    You might as well kiss the season goodbye!!!!


  107. Ashley December 4, 2015 2:14 pm

    how did that happen? omg this is a disaster


  108. kimo browner December 4, 2015 2:14 pm

    YTMO in the back, Higgins in the front row–nightmare!


  109. warriorfan December 4, 2015 2:14 pm

    Nikki and greeley and TMO four hitting errors to give TCU that set. unaccapetable.


  110. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 2:15 pm

    I know this was going to haunt us!!! We just were lucky to get by all year…It was exposed but we did nothing about it…the primary blame is ?


  111. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 2:17 pm

    107….what’s new? Same old thing….


  112. greenthumb December 4, 2015 2:19 pm

    8-4, looks like Hawaii is gathering itself. Cmon team!


  113. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:20 pm

    UH up 8-4. TO TO TCU.
    Agree that is probably the weakest rotation.
    BTW what I meant was that if they couldn’t pull it out after being up 24-19, they deserved to lose the set.
    Set 5 is so short. not liking those chances.


  114. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 2:21 pm

    Too much Pride and Stubborness….I going show you my way is the best way….you have to fix what’s broken before it gets ruined and messy…


  115. warriorfan December 4, 2015 2:23 pm

    When will the coach figure it out that TMO in the backrow hurts the team more than it helps??


  116. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:30 pm

    what is hurting is the unformed errors. they’ve been called for net violations a ridiculous amount of times.


  117. Maverick December 4, 2015 2:30 pm

    112. Yes, I knew what you meant, and yes, they deserved that third set loss.

    I think Shoji has decided to roll the dice with TMO…if she plays well, then great, if not, so be it.

    With all the poor play, let’s not forget the good play of Magill, Magill, Greeley, and Kahakai.


  118. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:31 pm

    Not good for TCU. Smith down for a long time. UH up 20-17.


  119. greenthumb December 4, 2015 2:32 pm

    Blurry video here, are all the net violation calls legit?


  120. Wen December 4, 2015 2:33 pm

    Seems the officials are on calling the net violations but not there with the ball handling ones.


  121. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:35 pm

    It’s not all on Manu-Olevao.
    Greeley was blocked twice to the match. Taylor with another hitting error.
    Manu-Olevao was aced, making it 24-23. Maglio was blocked. It was a team collapse.


  122. H-Man December 4, 2015 2:37 pm

    This is like watching the Aloha Stadium’s jumbotron race where the colored-ball racers race around, changing positions, them just at the end, the winner jumps ahead to win. In set 3 it was the blue ball. Green leading in set 4, but blue timeout. Here we go, final stretch.


  123. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:37 pm

    Won’t show the replay but TCU hit long and they called it in. 22-19.


  124. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:39 pm

    TCU closes to 23-21. TO UH.
    Couldn’t tell if the NVs were legit. I’m way behind the baseline. but it looked like incidental contact not involving the play.


  125. Maverick December 4, 2015 2:40 pm

    120. Clearly the collapse isn’t on TMO. My comment addressed all the posters who are expressing their frustration with her play and coach’s decision to leave her in. I think we need to accept that she is staying in and need to hope she plays better.


  126. Andrew December 4, 2015 2:41 pm

    Oh god I really hope they don’t lose the lead again


  127. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:41 pm

    UH wins 25-21 on a block.


  128. Wen December 4, 2015 2:41 pm

    Block!!!


  129. 'ohanaInBellingham December 4, 2015 2:41 pm

    Dig deeply, ladies.


  130. Warrior Dave December 4, 2015 2:44 pm

    Come on Wahine!!! You can do it!!!!


  131. H-Man December 4, 2015 2:45 pm

    Awright, Nikki Taylor closed it out. On to 5.


  132. Pot of Gold December 4, 2015 2:46 pm

    We are going to find out if the team has heart or not now.

    Go Now!


  133. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 2:49 pm

    Did they teach her how to pass at Punahou?? Sorry, but there is no excuse for that…Scholarship too!


  134. T103 December 4, 2015 2:51 pm

    Listening to set 5 on the radio and can I get clarification of how many shanks TMO has had? From what I’m reading from u guys, HER PASSING IS HORENDOUS


  135. Wen December 4, 2015 2:51 pm

    Video still terrible and audio drops out for long periods of time. If there is a 2nd game, isn’t there some kind of way Oceanic carry the feed?


  136. warriorfan December 4, 2015 2:52 pm

    No she got subbed out for a DS so they could win.


  137. Willie December 4, 2015 2:52 pm

    Wahine early season opponent American just swept Kentucky of the SEC 3 – 0.


  138. Maverick December 4, 2015 2:53 pm

    Win or lose, this is a poor performance by the Wahine.


  139. greenthumb December 4, 2015 2:53 pm

    8-7 us ahead. Let’s go Bows!!!


  140. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 2:55 pm

    Taylor with a touch. UH up 9-7. TO TCU


  141. warriorfan December 4, 2015 2:57 pm

    Claire makes so many good plays it boggles my mind why she doesn’t play three rotations in the backrow for TMO,


  142. T103 December 4, 2015 2:57 pm

    How in the world 5 players in double digits but we are playing SO horrible! Ugh lets go bows!!!


  143. greenthumb December 4, 2015 2:58 pm

    Whoever is in the video booth needs to stop with the closeups and keep up with the serves.


  144. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 3:01 pm

    UH serving for the match 14-11. TO UH


  145. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 3:03 pm

    Now this would be bad. TCU closes to 14-13. TO UH


  146. Andrew December 4, 2015 3:05 pm

    lol I just hope they serve it into the net


  147. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 3:05 pm

    UH wins 15-13


  148. warriorfan December 4, 2015 3:06 pm

    Higgins makes terrible decisions in crunch time.


  149. greenthumb December 4, 2015 3:07 pm

    Thank goodness!


  150. z December 4, 2015 3:07 pm

    Whew!!!


  151. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 3:08 pm

    Yes…Round 2!


  152. warriorfan December 4, 2015 3:08 pm

    Way to grind it out but they must elevate their play tomorrow.
    greeley really saved that last point by keeping some awful sets in play.
    Again Higgins sets in crunch time are highly questionable.


  153. Andrew December 4, 2015 3:09 pm

    Dave and the girls are gonna get my doctor’s bill because my blood pressure was going through the roof…lol


  154. Malachy Grange December 4, 2015 3:09 pm

    Tai helped us win with some crucial points in the last set, no matter her tough game. Hope we learned our lesson to set the middles more and not depend so much on Nikki. Go BOWS!


  155. Big Island VB fan December 4, 2015 3:10 pm

    Will tomorrow’s match with UH be shown online on ESPN3? Please inform. Thank you.


  156. greenthumb December 4, 2015 3:11 pm

    154 … and for throat drops for me. Losing my voice and the poor dog is hiding.


  157. H-Man December 4, 2015 3:12 pm

    A close one, but it’s a WIN and on to TEXAS A&M. This was a good match to get out of the way. On the road and in hostile territory. Wahine will be better prepared for tomorrow’s match.


  158. HawaiiMongoose December 4, 2015 3:14 pm

    Wow, almost a disaster in the first round, but credit to the Wahine for gutting out the win despite being off kilter. I sure hope they play up to their potential in the next round.


  159. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 3:15 pm

    Okay as a coach do you live and die by your lineup or do you try to insert Koelsch in as a starter to mess up Texas AM scouting report…I definitely would use Granato or Anderson backrow with Savannah. It is not like we use the middle 10meter attack that often anyways. How about trying to sneak Casey in for inconsistent TMO, injured Greeley, or injured Nikki at OH? To me, you have to try all things in Round 2 and on…That’s why I thought during the regular season Casey should have gotten more opportunities. She could have been that weapon from the bench….but then again that’s why I am the bleachercoach only


  160. greenthumb December 4, 2015 3:17 pm

    156, this grid may be updated quicker than hawaiiathletics …

    http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Volleyball/USA-Teams/College-Corner/NCAA-Volleyball-On-TV


  161. Willie December 4, 2015 3:18 pm

    #158H-Man, which Texas A & M team?


  162. cocobean December 4, 2015 3:20 pm

    Opening round of the Women’s Big Dance, much like March Madness there’s bound to be some upsets. We were lucky not to be one of them. Going 5 one would think the Wahine won’t have too much left in the tank for tomorrow. I’m thinking the girls will dig deep and come out fighting. Their adrenaline reserves will kick in and carry them through.

    The girls don’t need anyone telling them they didn’t play their best. Athletes are usually their own harshest critics they know they could have done better. Time for them to focus on the next game whoever it is and let this one go. Enjoy the win, get some rest and be ready tomorrow.


  163. H-Man December 4, 2015 3:22 pm

    Was this Olivia’s career high with 19 kills? Tayler Higgins led the Wahine blocking with 4 blocks . What?


  164. OrbitalRipZ December 4, 2015 3:25 pm

    Not taking anything away from the great performance by the Frogs, but has anyone mentioned the obvious reason for this less-than-stellar Round 1 by the Bows?

    It’s been about 2 weeks since Na Wahine played. While some said the long rest was a welcomed period for physical healing for the Women of Manoa, turn the coin on its opposite end and we see that the UH is not the same UH team when it comes off a long rest.

    In the end, congrats to the 2 seniors — OMG and TMO — for showing the much-needed senior leadership in the final set.


  165. mei mei December 4, 2015 3:27 pm

    157 – you crack me up… best comment thus far!

    ok… thanks for the cardiac almost arrest… please please pull out it tomorrow! 🙂 🙂

    go bows!


  166. tongo December 4, 2015 3:31 pm

    Congrats Ladies! Everything that could go wrong – did go wrong! Yet, you have heart and you found a way to win. Bravo!

    TCU came out to beat us – and almost there. I thought wahines were playing more not to lose than to win. Well, as we found out today, you can’t play not to lose. You need to play the next match as it is your last and you have nothing to lose. So, no more discussions about sweet 16/8/4 because as it looks right now, you will be fighting for your lives tomorrow night! And with a little luck, I know you can!


  167. greenthumb December 4, 2015 3:32 pm

    166, thanks lol (ouch cough).

    Wishing the team, staff, family/friends and us fans a calmer afternoon/evening and a good rest for tomorrow’s excitement.


  168. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 3:40 pm

    Back to TMO: I lover her as well as her mom…they are so respectful and beautiful people…in my frustration as well as others I am not blaming the athlete. That’s not their fault of lacking certain skills. I blame the coach but because he is showing his compassion and confidence towards her, he should treat every player and give every player that same treatment too…I see many players past and present and after 1 error he yanks them out…So what’s the difference?… it is frustrating because I we cringed, I can imagine how coach might feel, “Should I keep her in or bring her out?”…just don’t let it happen too long in Round 2 thereafter because our weaknesses has been exposed and better teams will capitalized on it


  169. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 3:50 pm

    Okay I pau whine….great heart attack win ladies…this match reminds me of the Hawaii of Old and Hawaii of today…TCU was the Hawaii of Old…emotional, scrapping for every point with tips, short serves, etc…but still was worn down by the more powerful team at the end. Hawaii today, more business-like, less emotional but self controlled, lose a set here and there but prevails at the end because the power comes out at the end…I like an emotional, charged, scrappy, powerful team, but heck: you can play whichever way you want to as long as we get the “W” at the end. Okay I going take an extra blood pressure pill before tomorrow’s match…Love you TEAM!


  170. OrbitalRipZ December 4, 2015 3:53 pm

    #3. No doubt one of the arguments used against UH hosting a subregional was its SOS (Strength of Schedule), which included playing against American and Wichita State (AQs of their respective leagues).

    American of the Patriot League? Puhleese! If ever there was a Round 1 cakewalk for Kentucky, which tied for 2nd in the SEC (after Texas A&M), American is it. Result: American wins, 3-0.

    Wichita State of the Missouri Valley Conf? A piece of cake for Kansas State of the Big 12. Result: Wichita St wins, 3-0.

    .


  171. menehune December 4, 2015 3:54 pm

    Love it that the Wahine dug deep and pulled this match out, in spite of their horrendous play. Were it not for our Dynamic Duo of OMG and Magnificent Mag, the Wahine would be packing their bags and heading home.

    No two players on this team are as dependable as the M&M girls. Both should be considered for AA after all is said and done. LET’S GO BOWS.


  172. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 4:02 pm

    170. yes, thank you, enough whining about Manu-Olevao. She came up big during the match as someone pointed out. got aced twice. Had 14 kills, 10 digs.

    171. Hawaii’s RPI was 26. It did not move last week despite UCLA upsetting USC, Wichita State and American winning out.
    But thanks for the reminder that they haven’t played in a week.
    They found a way to win, and that is what mattered.
    agree. don’t know how much they’ll have left for tomorrow.
    Did ask Shoji about him subbing Castillo and Granato early but not using them late. He said they weren’t going to win with that lineup.

    anyway, I have to go write and watch the second match.
    Laters


  173. Big G December 4, 2015 4:04 pm

    Harvard took first set off Nebraska! Tied at 1


  174. Big G December 4, 2015 4:07 pm

    Texas didn’t have it easy winning over Purdue: 25-14, 14-25,25-19,27-25


  175. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 4:07 pm

    and yes, Magill career high 19. previous was 17


  176. Andrew December 4, 2015 4:13 pm

    Have they said anything about Nikki’s injury? was worried when Tiff said she was limping around


  177. warriorfan December 4, 2015 4:15 pm

    The problem me and some others seem to have with TMO is Dave keeping her in the backrow to pass, her passing is very inconsistent, for every good pass, there are about two bad ones. It effects the offense. Claire is a decent passer and makes great digs, she should be the ds for Olevao.


  178. Big G December 4, 2015 4:23 pm

    178. Cindy talked about this before. If Claire subs for TMO then you need another DS to serve for one of the middles. Lib can’t serve for both. Issue with this is that Dave would run out of subs in a high scoring game and you don’t want middles playing back row.


  179. Maverick December 4, 2015 4:26 pm

    171. Perfect example of cherry picking the data. Let’s look at all UH’s competition please. I can find more than enough teams to demonstrate poor SOS.


  180. Hi5Ho December 4, 2015 4:28 pm

    So happy that they won. I’m hoping they have an easier time tomorrow. Was very impressed with our middles. I hope they continue their great hitting.


  181. greenthumb December 4, 2015 4:32 pm

    173, my favorite TMO play today was when she scored the 10th pt. in one of the sets, a hammer straight to the floor. It was after that the Wahine started stringing together little runs that got bigger. When the camera panned the audience near the end it was nice to see her mom there along with some other green shirts.


  182. Ron December 4, 2015 4:32 pm

    Totally agree with menehune, the dynamic duo saved our bacon. One of the announcers talking about Nikki’s stats said “Can you imagine what she would be like if she were having a good night?” I hope they find out tomorrow.


  183. man eating apple December 4, 2015 5:10 pm

    lol someone just now said, “Hope we learned our lesson to set the middles more”

    Shoji NEVER learned that lesson. Teams look at 20-year old video to scout UH.


  184. greenthumb December 4, 2015 5:19 pm

    The ESPN3 announcers who called our match also called the subsequent one. When it ended, they said they would have the call of our match tomorrow on ESPN3. So glad that we have a radio option to stream alongside the video.


  185. Ashley December 4, 2015 5:21 pm

    anyone watch the Texas A&M match? i did here and there and i mean they didn’t do anything fancy and Corpus Christi really was one awesome defensive team. wish the islanders could have at least taken a set off of A&M. anyways tomorrow should be exciting to see


  186. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 5:22 pm

    A&M sweeps Corpus Christi 25-16, 26-24, 25-15. The Islanders had set point in Set 2 and couldn’t close it out.
    in Set 5, UH had 15 kills to win it. Manu-Olevao was 5-0-6, Taylor 5-0-8, Magill 4-0-6. Maglio 1-0-3. Only 1 hitting error and that Greeley 0-1-6


  187. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 5:25 pm

    Can’t set the middles unless the passing is there. Magill was facing triple blocks. As she said in the press conference TCU finally figured out to stack the middle which opened up the outside.
    UH middles set a combined 60 times.


  188. tongo December 4, 2015 5:27 pm

    Five players each with over 10 kills – and new records for setting, digging, kills for several player. Shoji did say over and over that TCU was going to be tough match. A lot of fans didn’t think so and were already talking about beating Texas A&M and Penn. Lesson learned – focus on one match at a time and don’t talk about any other future matches! Our ladies can beat Aggie tomorrow night. IMO, Nikki appeared to not elevate tonight. In set 5, when she put a lot of effort to elevate, her shots started to look like her normal shots – but she started to limp more noticeably after that. Nikki is going to need a lot of help tomorrow night.


  189. greenthumb December 4, 2015 5:29 pm

    Cindy, how full did the stands get near the end of the A&M-Corpus Christi match?

    And just wondering how this pencils out for NCAA if tickets there are $3/pop and it’s not full. Or does most of the money stay with the venue, so that NCAA would be getting a similar payout per ticket or per match no matter where the matches are?


  190. jmy December 4, 2015 5:33 pm

    Still think UH is the best team in College Station…I think today was a wake-up call/shake off the cobwebs match…I predict that tomorrow they will be fired up and ready to go…


  191. Andrew December 4, 2015 5:34 pm

    Wow Western Kentucky sweeps Arizona


  192. Andrew December 4, 2015 5:36 pm

    I think the team will come back tomorrow and play a lot better than they did today. I think the fact that they were pretty much about to get ousted in the first round really woke them up. I think a big difference though with this team than the previous couple years is although they really didn’t play very well they kept their composure and stayed in it and pulled it off in the end. I think some of the previous UH teams would have collapsed completely and wouldn’t have come out on top. Great win


  193. Warrior Dave December 4, 2015 5:41 pm

    NCAA don’t care that Hawaii would draw 8500 fans and make much more money. If they did, we would host every year. Not good business sense to not make money but it’s subsidized by football and basketball. Tired talking about those idiots.


  194. jmy December 4, 2015 5:46 pm

    LMU took set 1 off Stanford…


  195. warriorfan December 4, 2015 5:47 pm

    Watching ohio/BYU , byu got a tough draw in the first round for a seed, Ohio is good.

    Arizona no Mau, no chance.


  196. surfboy December 4, 2015 6:39 pm

    LMU SWEEPS STANFORD!!!!!


  197. warriorfan December 4, 2015 7:08 pm

    Kinda wishing UH got stanford, they looked not very good although LMU had solid defense and setting.


  198. darkfire December 4, 2015 7:11 pm

    It may not have been pretty, but a win is a win. Get some rest wahine, tomorrow is a new day. PLAY SMART, PLAY HARD! GO BOWS!


  199. Maverick December 4, 2015 7:22 pm

    197. I’m sure Stanford is saying, “I wish we got UH today.”


  200. H-Man December 4, 2015 7:38 pm

    Yup, Arkansas St got swept by Michigan St. So much for their No 16 RPI.


  201. Bleachercoach December 4, 2015 7:39 pm

    The WCC to me is the next Pac12..Hawaii would be battle tested in that Conference


  202. surfboy December 4, 2015 7:41 pm

    199….LMAO!


  203. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 7:42 pm

    never got an attendance. one of their people said it was the biggest crowd he’d seen. definitely not a neutral site. A&M got to do their normal home stuff.
    aggies average 1570. high was 2782 vs. Alabama.
    i’m guessing about 3200 tonight.


  204. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 7:54 pm

    1. Washington def. Denver, 25=12, 25-14, 25-12
    2. USC def. San Diego, 25-20, 25-23, 25-13
    3) Texas def. 1 7 Purdue 25-14, 14-25, 25-19, 27-25
    4) Minnesota def. Jackson State 25-9, 25-13, 25-17
    5) Nebraska def. Harvard 22-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-19
    Loyola Marymount def. Stanford, 28-26, 25-16, 25-23
    7) Hawaii def. TCU 17-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-21, 15-13
    8) Penn State def. Howard 25-16, 25-8, 25-17
    9) Kansas def. 25 Missouri 25-16, 25-13, 27-25
    10) Wisconsin def. Iowa State 25-18, 25-15, 25-21
    11. BYU def. Ohio, 19-25, 25-23, 25-17, 26-24
    12. UCLA def. Lipscomb, 25-10, 25-22, 25-15
    14) Ohio State def. Robert Morris 25-13, 25-16, 25-11
    15) Texas A&M def. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 25-16, 27-25, 25-15
    16) Florida def. 19 Florida State 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-19
    18) Louisville def. Belmont 25-20, 22-25, 25-23, 25-21
    20) Western Kentucky def. 27 Arizona 25-22, 25-15, 25-17
    21) Illinois def. Southern Illinois 25-19, 25-15, 26-24
    22) Kentucky lost to American 24-26, 17-25, 21-25
    23) North Carolina def. UNCW 25-18, 25-21, 25-21
    24) Arkansas State lost to Michigan State 23-25, 17-25, 12-25
    26) Creighton def. Coastal Carolina 29-27, 23-25, 25-22, 25-22
    35) Wichita State def. Kansas State 25-22, 17-25, 25-18, 25-20


  205. cocobean December 4, 2015 8:01 pm

    In the Dance the goal is to win and move on. The Wahine did. Time to stop looking back and focus on moving forward. It’s up to the coaches to review the game film of both of today’s matches and work out a game plan.


  206. Cindy Luis December 4, 2015 8:01 pm

    http://hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=34732

    new thread up if you want to discuss the results more.


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