Kansas State 3, Hawaii 1; UCI sweeps USC
Big win for UCI, 25-23, 25-21, 25-22 over No. 7 USC. Women of Troy now 0-3
As Shoji said last night, Higgins will start. Both he and Berg said the problems they had weren’t all on Higgins. When Iosia came in, Burns also did which allowed Castillo to go back in her normal position.
I am expecting Maglio not to play back row tonight. but we’ll see.
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its not that it was all higgins fault. but when iosia went in she not only played like a boss but substantially improved everyones performance. in response to the broadcast, shes the difference maker. she showed last night that she doesnt play just to hang out with the big gals, but that she is one of the big gals.
Sounds like Mick Haley has a problem…
starting tonight: Granato, Smith, Burns, Higgins, Greeley, Maglio, Kahakai.
1. not going to argue with you. I liked what Iosia did.
I really hate our opening video song.
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No Baylee Johnson is a problem for Usc their best setter and second best hitter.
When she gets her grades up wouldn’t mind her as a wahine to play opposite. Seems like her time at usc is over.
Top 25 updated
1) Nebraska def. Texas 25-15, 25-16, 25-21
2) Texas lost to Nebraska 15-25, 16-25, 21-25
3) Minnesota def. San Diego 25-19, 25-21, 29-31, 25-16
4) Wisconsin def. Arizona 26-24, 26-24, 25-22
5) Kansas def. Eastern Washington 25-13, 25-15, 25-21
5) Kansas def. Lamar 25-17, 25-14, 25-9
7) Washington def. James Madison 25-19, 27-25, 25-15
7) USC lost to Santa Clara 25-22, 11-25, 20-25, 17-25
7. USC lost to UC Irvine, 23-25, 21-25, 22-25
9) Penn State lost to North Carolina 25-16, 22-25, 25-21, 23-25, 9-15
9) Penn State def. Georgia Southern 25-13, 25-12, 25-7
10) Florida def. Oregon 25-16, 19-25, 25-16, 26-24
12) UCLA def. Loyola Marymount 20-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-19
12) UCLA def. Illinois State 25-9, 25-19, 25-17
13) BYU def. Cal Poly 25-16, 25-13, 25-20
13) BYU def. Rice 25-20, 23-25, 24-26, 25-18, 15-8
14) Illinois lost to Missouri State 22-25, 25-14, 22-25, 25-15, 10-15
14) Illinois def. Xavier 21-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-21
15) Ohio State def. Texas A&M 21-25, 32-30, 21-25, 25-18, 15-13
16) Texas A&M def. North Texas 25-21, 23-25, 28-26, 25-19
16) Texas A&M lost to Ohio State 25-21, 30-32, 25-21, 18-25, 13-15
17) Florida State def. UCF 25-23, 25-23, 25-13
18) Creighton lost to Wichita State 25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 23-25, 7-15
19) North Carolina def. West Virginia 25-16, 28-26, 25-21
19) North Carolina def. Penn State 16-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-23, 15-9
20) Purdue lost to Kentucky 20-25, 18-25, 26-24, 25-21, 18-20
21) Loyola Marymount def. Niagara 27-29, 25-20, 25-14, 25-17
21) Loyola Marymount lost to UCLA 25-20, 14-25, 19-25, 19-25
22) Western Kentucky def. Villanova 25-21, 25-21, 25-22
22) Western Kentucky def. Florida Gulf Coast 25-12, 25-23, 20-25, 28-26
23) Louisville def. Bowling Green 15-25, 25-18, 25-22, 17-25, 15-11
24) Kentucky def. Purdue 25-20, 25-18, 24-26, 21-25, 20-18
25) Colorado State def. Saint Marys 25-20, 25-20, 25-18
26) San Diego lost to Minnesota 19-25, 21-25, 31-29, 16-25
Big West Conference
Cal Poly lost to BYU 16-25, 13-25, 20-25
Cal Poly def. Utah Valley 25-8, 26-24, 25-21
Cal State Fullerton def. South Carolina State 25-12, 25-19, 25-16
Cal State Northridge lost to Pepperdine 25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 23-25, 4-15
Long Beach State lost to Colorado 21-25, 18-25, 22-25
Long Beach State def. Texas Tech 25-16, 25-16, 25-23
UC Davis def. Nebraska-Omaha 25-19, 25-11, 25-18
UC Davis def. North Dakota 25-23, 25-22, 25-18
UC Irvine lost to Marquette 25-23, 18-25, 22-25, 25-17, 11-15
UC Riverside lost to Cal 25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 7-15
UC Riverside def. Southern Utah 25-12, 26-28, 25-17, 25-17
UCSB def. Albany 27-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-21
7. that’s not going to happen. noticed Alexa Strange didn’t play either.
Alexa Strange? Did Mick change his rule regarding indoor players playing beach, vice versa?
I’m a big fan of the Broadway musical Hamilton. Every time they say Sibley’s hometown, Lafayette, I can’t help but think of Guns and Ships from the musical. I love it. If you don’t know it, look it up, you won’t regret it.
K-State challenging the line call. looked in from the replay but we’ll see.
replay overrules it. it’s 12-10.
10. i don’t know. she’s on the roster. She’s also done with beach eligibility
Hawaii up 15-13 at the TTO
Hawaii up 17-14 on a Maglio block. TO KState
Nice one on one block by Granato. Smith is solid back there.
7. How is Baylee Johnson USC’s second-best hitter when they return Abercrombie, Ford and Ruddins, while adding Lainier? Johnson recorded 0.85 kills per set and hit .141. Again, how is she their second-best hitter?
Sheesh, it’s just the second match of the season. UH has 19 players on the roster and already you want Johnson to come over next year.
10. Alexa Strange played against Santa Clara. She had six assists and one dig in two sets.
Hawaii called for delay of game. losing the serve and a point. 19-16.
Has Emma Smith overtaken Anderson as top DS?
Emma Smith is great back there. Looks like she beat out Anderson.
As for Strange, I think she is on the roster indoor because she used up her beach eligibility.
1 7. thanks. looked at the wrong box.
Shoji calls timeout as KState pulls to 19-17. They wanted to get Anderson in to serve for Maglio but it supposedly didn’t happen within the allotted 6 seconds.
Why not use Iosia as a serving sub with her wicked serve.
20. yes, said that about Strange. See 13
I’m a little surprised about Smith. but Anderson is the sub for Maglio so that’s how it’s set up. It’s 21-18. TO Wildcats.
23. Smith is pretty accomplished. Maybe she’s the top DS who can handle passing, serving and defense. The trio of Anderson, Ponce and Guinasso haven’t really been used to pass the past two years. They’re mostly used to serve.
UH wins 25-19
According to livestats, Faith Ma’afala came out of nowhere and got herself a kill. Was that Guinasso?
Higgins has a really good serve.
26. think you’ll see livestats updated. Greeley is in the front row.
Kalei is in the front right now.
29. Thanks, Cindy. It’s updated now. It was the same thing yesterday when they had Ma`afala listed as playing too.
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Granato and Maglio taking a lot of swings.
Another challenge by Kansas State. about a ball being in or not
ruling over turned. Wildcats lead 12-10
Shoji not using a lot of players. Would love to see Iosia and Castillo come in if needed.
32. they are. they get stuck in a few rotations where there aren’t a lot of options like when Higgins is front left.
Did Ponce and Castillo play? livestats say so.
How the heck does K-State win that appeal when every replay angle showed the ball was out??
Iosia in for Higgins.
Shoji challenging the non net call.
right call. it was a net. it’s 16-18.
Wildcats up 22-19. TO UH
Iosia with an ace. UH closes to 22-21. TO KSU
37. obviously live stats having a problem.
Iosia. Impressive.
ace by Iosia, kill by Sibley. UH up 23-22. TO KSU
45. i agree. Higgins has 2 aces as well.
another ace by Iosia. 24-22
very young lineup out there. 2 freshmen, 2 sophomores. 2 juniors
Castillo in for Koelsch.
Greeley long on the corner shot. KSU wins 30-28
Poor passing.
That was a nail biter. And I was just following live stats.
Passing problems again.
Someone explain the last sub for kendra
45 and 48. that ‘dangerous’ setter strikes again.
Need to put a bigger block on Zumach.
wahine need to reorganize. it was kind of in disarray from the start of set 2.
k state saves the wahine with their service errors and on the same token hawai’i minimizes theirs. so thats good.
dave ought to not bring iosia in too late or when things go south. and wrap up his poor sub planning he had.
Iosia starting Set 3
55. Kendra’s attacks weren’t successful towards the end so Dave wanted to put a different hitter in hoping for a kill. Didn’t happen.
Wow. Iosia with 5 aces already and she only started playing near the end of Set 2.
Love Iosia’s game and would make her the starter.
Still hope Dave uses Higgins as the serving sub though.
iosia will put Kaufmans 11 ace record in jeopardy.
58. not understanding this issue. they won Set 1 with Higgins.
they’re trying different things to see what works. sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. Yes, Iosia has been splashy hasn’t been perfect.
Blocking has been poor tonight.
We giving away free points tonight.
State up 10-6 when smith and greeley can’t figure out who goes for the serve. Smith and Kahakai were called for out of rotation point before.
65. KSU setter is pretty deceptive.
UH leads in blocks 6-5
UH closes to 10-9. TO KSU. Ionia’s last set to Granato was quick and KSU block couldn’t close
Granato working her way out of a sub .200 hitting percentage.
Mags and smith some fabulous digs, this is the Mckenna I expected.
ace by Smith. UH up 17-15. TO KSU
UH had tied at 20. KSU up 22-20. TO UH
If only Granato were actually six feet tall.
Wildcats win 25-22.
64. issue is wahine in trouble unless they take it all the way past 5.
KSU up 4-1. TO UH
Defense has been poor the past two sets, block cant slow them down at all and not getting any digs.
Would like to see Sibley get a chance to hit.
76. your issue was with Iosia not playing. She is. they lost Set 3 with her
this is ugly. KSU up 13-8. TO UH
Their blockers are just sitting on our hitters. No surprise.
This must be so frustrating for Granato. Three consecutive errors.
Letting balls drop, that’s like two now this set alone. wahine look sloppy 🙁
Every single ball going to Granato.
UH closes to 18-14. TO KSU
Reininger has been dinking the ball to the same spot.
79. my issue is iosia not playing. my issue is shoji with his subbing/rotation disorganization and wahine in peril.
Not your typical Shoji team. Girls don’t appear focused. Too many mental errors. Coaching staff minus Shoji didn’t prepare the girls to win in this tournament.
UH loses 25-20
Ksu is a pretty good team with a very nice setter but wahine back row and block was just disappointing.
thought it was a mistake to not have sibley hit more.
I’d still start Iosia.
isnt that ridiculous.
when is the last time Hawaii started
0-2?
Disappointing result, though not entirely unexpected…too bad UH is starting this season the same way they ended last season: injury-plagued…
K-State – Happy Feet. Wahine – Heavy Feet.
They had a better defense. I miss Nikki’s back row attack. It’ll be a different team when the terminator returns.
87. correction. i had my words switched around. my issue was NOT iosia not playing.
2005 they starter 0-2 , not worried about these losses
Ksu will give wisconsin fits too
It would have been nice to host sub regionals but knew that was out of the picture when Nikki got hurt. think hawaii will be good by post season.
They had a really good setter. Our block could not get up fast enough.
this match looked worse than the Wisconsin match TBH. too much patty cake, and letting balls fall ridiculously. Maglio doesn’t seem to be hitting as hard as she did last season, sad that Kalei isn’t at full strength. this team has potential don’t get me wrong, but they look completely lost and floored without Nikki out there to rescue them time and time again.
99. Totally agree with you…to be fair, any team would struggle without their go-to player…last year Arizona State looked all-world…then their top hitter went down and their season went with her…I think that Hawaii’s best days are ahead of them…
So what will it be like next year when both Nikki Taylor and Annie Mitchem graduated? The team will be thoroughly depleted. Shoji will probably retire at the end of this year and save himself more headache and heartache.
99. this was incredibly worse than wisconsin match. wahine no longer undefeated against a team that they should be and were beaten by a volleyball team that despite being big12 doesnt really comparably exist on the map. balls were dropping and makes you wonder they did not get that. like a waste of previous efforts.
They beat us in every category except for service aces.
101. It will look a little better than what you are seeing right now.
103. yes even the blocking was missing. and while service errors were accosting kansas st, the latter sets it was also accosting na wahine.
isn’t it ironic how last night the only set we won, Norene was setting. & tonight the only set we won Tayler was setting. lol, just realized that. i won’t throw in the towel just yet, but Hawaii really needs to pull it together before it gets any worse
In the post-game interviews, S. Kahakai mentioned that one area the team could improve upon was their ‘spirit.’
Through set 4, the wahines looked flat and lacked intensity – certainly a complete turnaround from the previous night’s match with Wisconsin. I hope N. Taylor’s (possible) return next week will give them a well needed terminator, and inject the intensity they had in the final 2 sets against the Lady Badgers.
Hosting was out of the picture so why so mad about the loss? Ksu looked good no surprise they swept arizona would not shock me if they beat wisconsin tomorrow too.
I think the wahine will get very far if Nikki and Annie come back 100 percent and once Iosia gets more match experience, we need our backrow to improve though kahakai, greeley granato and the ds of the moment need to get it together.
The bottom line is they don’t have a lot of options on offense. They have no back-row attack. They need Greeley on the court but she’s about 80 percent. Burns has a hard time hitting behind the setter.
Will see what happens tomorrow
BTW, 05 they went 0-2 in Omaha. 76 they opened 0-2 against UCLA matches played at Blaisdell and War Memorial to technically this is the first time they’ve been 0-2 at home. Ever.