OCSports streaming starts, Hawaii 3, UCI 1

Great news for all of us on the mainland. The best WVB broadcast is back online.

I hope Kendra plays front row setter. We need her offensive output.

Did Kahakai actually get a kill?!

10. Thanks for your commiseration. I can only hope that in the future UH Athletic Department will switch TV carrier though it’s hardly likely. Either I move or I quit being a UH fan altogether and find a mainland team to support.

i didnt know/recall kahakai had a fever during the beach match. was that part why she wasnt rock solid as usual?

22-23: I am listening to the audio but I can hardly focus. I just want to cry. I am just too upset right now. I’m not sure that there will be YouTube upload as most people now can watch the match. I feel like I am the only exception singled out for monumental frustration. How I wish I could watch the Long Beach match live on Nov. 4th. I feel like Oceanic Sports just doesn’t care for exceptional cases.

I wonder if we will see Castillo on the left. Combined, the left side is hitting .143, including .000 from Granato. Mitchem only has 9 attempts to this point, hitting .444. If I were the opposing coach, I’d focus on shutting down Taylor and forcing the left to hit well.

Interestingly, the only real change I saw after Shoji’s claim that all positions were up for grabs was subbing out Granato from the back row. I guess Castillo didn’t do enough to force a change at the left, or in the middle (with Annie going left). I think this indicates this is the starting lineup is pretty much set.

Granato struggle but Dave pulls sibley?

This Hawaii team is so up and down… Frustrating!!!

I don’t think he should have subbed so much seeing as how UCI was gaining momentum…very poor choices tonight…

Gave up a 6-1 run. SMH.

60. That’s very true. There is no pleasing the posters here.

Not sure if this was discussed, I apologize if it has.

But, I was just looking up the tie breaker if two teams are tied at the end of the conference season. It says that the first tie breaker is the games results vs the team right under them. So in this case, that’s cal poly right now. LBSU wins that tie breaker as of right now.

So, its not a who has the better “games” record between the two tied teams, as others have mentioned it to be.

Maybe I’m wrong, but that is how I read and interpretated the rules. I could be wrong.

Hawaii needs to start stopping the slide attack in their opponents. Akpakpa is having a field day on the slide.

So happy to hear the Oceanic streaming to the Mainland is back in place. Cindy, do you know if that’s for all UH sports or for Wahine VB only?

74. My thoughts exactly.

Since I can’t watch, which Hawaii player made player of the night according to the TV station?

Second that, a big surprise that Casey did not play. Did she miss practice or something? Nice to see Kalei play some front row hope she is getting close to full speed. She was getting reamed by coach in the first set for something. Seems like they are used to it already.

Mahalo to our Wahines for another win. Keep working hard and good things will happen. I’m not disappointed with the Wahines but I am disappointed in the direction of our federal government in the past two decades and this presidential election but that is another thing for another blog.

Their libero was fun to watch tonight. She was a big reason we struggled to put the ball down.

I liked that Shoji used Smith, Anderson and Guinasso to pass for Granato.

. . . cause I feel you’re going to go down early, you might as well go down swinging (pun intended).

I thought each DS played really well and proved the point that Granto should not be receiving serve. I also kept wondering when they were going to put in Casey. She is a much better all-around option than Granato IMO. I think that Dave is over-relying on the return of Greeley to the front court. I am still up in the air as to where to play Annie but the numbers provided by M sway me to have her play LS with Casey in the middle, not Burns, even though I love the progress she has made.

11. Iosia had 6 kills in 6 attacks, there is your offensive output. Granato had 3 aces. Nikki was held out of practice for 2 days this past week, per TV commentator. I like Burns too.
The pre-game TV show had a piece on Annie and, as probably mentioned before, she wanted to play for Hawaii since she was in 9th grade. But she didn’t qualify academically and when she went to JC, she kind of fooled around her first year. Then Tom and others helped her out and she was able to turn it around but then she needed one more class -Algebra, which she got done late. Then she had the injuries, but is back strong. Good to see her serving and to see the two consecutive solo blocks in the 4th set.
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Thanks for the info on the streaming, I am an OC subscriber. The football folks on the mainland want to know if there will be streaming for football ?

I agree that we are seeing a lot of unrealized potential when Mitchem is just locked in MH position. Nevertheless, I believe Annie should be in the middle because she can be effective at MH even against the top teams in post season (if we get there) – neither Castillo or Burns are at the same level. Staff appears to be developing ways to get the ball more to Annie when she is upfront. And perhaps similar to how Stanford and Long Beach have used their MHs to hit at the pins, there will be designated moments when Annie switches to hit at the pin. Good grief, we have Tom to show us how to best use Annie as he did so successfully at Irvine Valley.

The evolving backcourt led to several lapses in defense that were not unexpected. Nevertheless, it was so “not” Wahine Volleyball. Like to see the substitution of a DS for Granato in backcourt a permanent one as wahines need to start solidifying backcourt players for post season. McKenna needs backcourt reps to grow but that development needs to be set aside for next season. Dave’s post match comment gives hope that Greeley may come back to front row duties in couple weeks. We are desperately needing Kalei.

Here is what I saw – lack of enthusiasm, energy, lack of focus and reaction to the ball seem a half step slow. Are they having fun? Do they even want to go to the postseason tournament?

Here is what I’m seeing with the top teams in the country – they are improving every week and most of these teams are showing why they belong in the final four.

Here is what I see with the other teams in the Big West – they are also improving every week. It’s likely there will be more parity in this league in the coming years.