Streak ends at 74: No. 1 Hawaii 3, UCSB 1; Top 15 scores

Hawaii fans gathered early outside the Stan Sheriff Center for the first UH men's volleyball sellout since 1997. / Photo by Brian McInnis

Set 4: UH wins 25-19
9:32: Warriors remain unbeaten
9:03: Two amazing digs by Gage Worsley helps Hawaii jump out 5-2. TO UCSB.
9:08: Patrick Gasman with two aces, Warriors with two blocks. It’s 10-3. TO Gauchos.
9:13: Rado Parapunov with his third hitting error, UCSB closes to 10-8. TO Warriors.

Set 3: UCSB wins 25-23
8:56: Call stands. Gauchos end the streak at 74. 25-23. Pretty good rally that fall short, it was 23-17.
8:52: Hawaii challenging whether Chavers was over the 3-meter line. If call stands, UCSB would win 25-23. If not, it’s 24-24.
8:48: Another kill by Stijn van Tilburg. It’s 23-21. TO UCSB. SVT 17-3-25, .560.
8:46: 2 kills by Stijn van Tilburg pulls Hawaii to 23-20. TO UCSB
8:42: UCSB UP 22-16. TO UH.
8:34: Ryan Wilcox with his 11th kill. UCSB up 16-10. TO UH.
8:32: Hawaii trailing at the TTO 15-10.

Set 2: UH wins 25-21


8:10: Sorry, lost internet. UH finishes it off on a 5-1 run. Stijn van Tilburg with his 11th kill off an amazing cross-court set by Joe Worsley for set point 24-21.
8:04: Hawaii with its 4th block. UH up 21-20. TO UCSB
8:00: Ryan Wilcox with his 8th kill, gives UCSB a 19-18 lead. TO UH
7:59: UH challenging if UCSB was in the net. If it fails, UCSB has tied it at 18. Call Stands.
7:52: Service error by UCSB gives Hawaii the 15-13 lead at the TTO. Warriors with 18 digs already, 7 by Brett Rosenmeier.

Set 1: UH wins 25-16
7:34: Rado Parapunov with his fourth kill. UH wins 25-16.
7:32: SVT with his seventh kill, passes Siki Zarkovic for No. 8. Ace by Brett Rosenmeier makes it 24-16
7:29: Corey Chavers hits wide. It’s 21-15. TO UCSB. Stijn van Tilburg has tied Siki Zarkovic for No. 8 all-time kills. (1,305).
7:25: not sure why UCSB coach Rick McLaughlin is complaining, maybe the ball not being on Hawaii’s side when Rado Parapunov slammed back the overpass. Regarless, UH up 18-13. TO UCSB
7:21. Ace by Stijn van Tilburg and hitting error by Ryan Wilcox gives UH the 15-12 lead at the TTO.
7:15: Stijn van Tilburg reaches 1,300 kills. Puts UH up 7-5
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No change in starters for UCSB
Brett Rosenmeier getting the start over Colton Cowell
Others remain the same. Stijn van Tilburg, Rado Parapunov, Patrick Gasman, Dalton Solbrig, Gage Worsley, Joe Worlsey.

PARKING UPDATE: The UH lower campus structure is full as of a little after 6 p.m. Seek upper campus or alternate site parking.

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Saturday, 7 p.m. HST
No. 1 Hawaii (24-0, 7-0) vs. No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (17-6, 4-3)
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Live stats click here
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Pepperdine has already clinched the top seed in the MPSF Tournament and will host. The last time they did that was in 2005, when the Waves won their last NCAA title.
No. 2 Long Beach State def. UC San Diego (H), 25-18, 25-15, 27-15
No. 4 Pepperdine (H) def. No. 14 Concordia-Irvine, 25-11, 25-20, 25-17
No. 6 USC (H) def. No. 5 UCLA, 19-25, 25-15, 14-25, 25-20, 15-11
No. 7 Lewis (H) def. Lindenwood, 25-17, 25-19, 25-20
No. 9 Stanford def. Grand Canyon (H), 25-20, 25-24, 25-21
No. 10 Loyola (H) def. Quincy, 25-15, 25-18, 25-20
Reverse sweep No. 8 UCI (H) def. No. 12 CSUN, 17-25, 23-25, 25-15, 25-22, 15-8
McKendree with the upset of No. 13 IPFW, 25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 26-24, 15-13
Bearcats will host a MIVA tournament match for first time in program history
No. 15 George Mason def. Penn State, 25-16, 25-23, 25-18

COMMENTS

  1. Don April 6, 2019 6:56 pm

    UCSB libero’s jersey is not legal: color is too similar to the nain player jersey. Did he forget to clean his white jersey?


  2. Cindy Luis April 6, 2019 7:02 pm

    1. Guess it’s been OKd since they’re letting him wear it.


  3. Ray April 6, 2019 7:12 pm

    Is live stats working for anybody?


  4. Don April 6, 2019 7:30 pm

    Rick is salty about Hawaii screening when gasman is in the front row on serve. He should know the rules and he doesn’t…red card him soon. If he steps foot on the court to contest a play, toss him.


  5. Chicken Grease April 6, 2019 7:33 pm

    Now THAT is a whiteout.

    Cindy—any chance of Hawaii hosting for any of the brackets?


  6. Cindy Luis April 6, 2019 7:55 pm

    4. it hasn’t risen to a RC level.
    5. no. that’s not how it is set up. unless Hawaii got a really low seed and had the early play-in


  7. Cindy Luis April 6, 2019 8:01 pm

    3. there are issues with live stats.


  8. Big Island Volleyball Fan in CA April 6, 2019 8:43 pm

    Video froze up. Bad omen. Looks like set win streak will end at 74 on senior night. Now all we can hope for is that the match winning streak won’t end tonight as well. It would be so sad for the seniors.


  9. Chicken Grease April 6, 2019 8:54 pm

    Man. Even if they lose this 3rd, it’s just magical with these Warriors. Beat these Gouches in # 4!


  10. Big Island Volleyball Fan April 6, 2019 9:00 pm

    Sorry that the set win streak is over, but at least Solbrig kept his serve in so he didn’t lose it for the team. Let’s hope that the team will gut it out and win this match for the sake of the seniors.


  11. Beauston April 6, 2019 9:05 pm

    Streak is over so what? At least I don’t have to hear Leahy say it 10 times before pausing for air.
    On a more serious note. The Warriors have already proven the caliber of their play this year. At some point, streak have just become, just that. But that gut check feeling and how they rose above that feeling towards the end of the 3rd set will do them good heading into the 49ers match.


  12. Big Island Volleyball Fan April 6, 2019 9:10 pm

    That set loss sure lit a fire under the Bows. Now they are playing with gusto. Go, go, go and get those Gauchos good and hard!


  13. Big Island Volleyball Fan April 6, 2019 9:39 pm

    So glad that UH managed to beat the Gauchos and give the seniors a glorious send-off.

    As for Long Beach next week. let’s hope for at least a split on the road. Perhaps the Warriors could win the first night after a long and hard struggle, but Long Beach will be highly motivated to win on senior night. Rather then than in the Big West tournament. Even a split on the road would still give UH the #1 ranking in the Big West.

    Like they said, the end of a set-win streak took the monkey off their back. Perhaps an end to the match-win streak next week would do the same and steady out their nerves for the Big West Tournament. I agree with the conclusions of 9 and 11. You set me straight.


  14. Don April 6, 2019 9:51 pm

    I don’t like the way the set streak ended. Chavers was crossing the line all during this series and the R1 was too weak to call it. I hope he doesn’t come back for the BW tourney. He’s a high school level ref at best. That game suits his speed of observation better.


  15. Maverick April 6, 2019 11:30 pm

    For inquiring minds:

    Regarding the Big West tournament, UH earns the #1 seed so long as it either sweeps or splits the two-match series with LBSU, regardless of sets won. In a split situation, the worst case scenario for UH is to lose 3-0 and win 3-2, which gives UH 2 more set losses than LBSU. Currently, LBSU has lost 4 sets in conference play versus 1 for UH (3 set advantage for the Warriors), so UH will have no worse than a 1 set advantage over LBSU in a split situation. If LBSU sweeps the two matches, UH will be seeded #2.

    See Section 21.13.2 and Appendix 5:
    http://www.bigwest.org/code_book/2019/2018-19%20BWC%20Manual%20-%20Section%2021-MVB%2012.1.18.pdf


  16. Big Island Volleyball Fan April 7, 2019 7:30 am

    15. Thanks for clarifying the wins needed with Long Beach. So the Bows can cement their #1 position if they can win in five sets the first night in Long Beach. Then they can relax. In fact, I’d much rather see the Bows eke out a solitary win on the first night rather than the second night which would spoil the Beach’s senior night and make them so mad that they’d seek the ultimate revenge at the Big West Tournament. Of course, no one wants to lose, but better next Saturday than the Big West Championship where any loss could spell the end of the season.


  17. Maverick April 7, 2019 7:40 am

    16. In your example, any kind of win by UH (3-0, 3-1, or 3-2) will give them the top seed in the BW tournament. I used 3-2 as a worst case scenario to prove that a series split is all UH needs for the #1 seed, regardless of the set scores.


  18. pyo April 8, 2019 8:11 am

    this is such a nice thread. i am a long beach fan (but have very high respect for the amazing talent of uh even from last year; shoutout to rado and stijn) but the comments here are so matter-of-fact and positive. am looking forward to friday’s game, and hopefully saturday’s too. i’ve seen the beach play a couple of times already, and am really excited to watch the warriors play live. if only hawaii was much closer to los angeles, i would have been part of the crowd last weekend. just wishful thinking, would there be some kind of meet and greet for the warriors this weekend?


  19. Cindy Luis April 8, 2019 9:15 am

    http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=49343
    new thread up for Monday with poll.
    We’ll see how it plays out this week.
    Think Hawaii would rather play UCI at this point than a match with UCSB, if everything goes according to seed. But no guarantee it would be Hawaii and Long Beach State in the final. If you remember the 1996 MPSF tournament at the SSC.


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