No. 15 Hawaii 3, Pepperdine 0,
Usual links for tonight’s match
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1) Nebraska def. Gonzaga 25-15, 25-12, 25-11
1) Nebraska def. Montana State 25-15, 25-5, 25-16
3) Minnesota def. North Dakota 25-12, 21-25, 25-20, 25-18
4) Kansas lost to Purdue 21-25, 26-24, 19-25, 14-25
4) Kansas def. Xavier 25-15, 20-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-5
5) Washington def. Oklahoma 25-17, 21-25, 25-15, 25-15
6) Wisconsin def. Texas A&M 25-16, 25-17, 25-22
7) Florida def. Jacksonville 25-12, 25-18, 25-20
7) Florida def. Florida A&M 25-13, 25-19, 25-16
8) North Carolina def. Sam Houston State 25-21, 25-18, 25-13
9) BYU def. Cal State Northridge 25-15, 25-16, 25-11
10) San Diego def. Long Beach State 25-18, 25-18, 24-26, 25-21
14) Purdue def. Kansas 25-21, 24-26, 25-19, 25-14
14) Purdue def. Southeastern Louisiana 25-15, 25-11, 25-17
16) Texas A&M lost to Wisconsin 16-25, 17-25, 22-25
17) Santa Clara lost to Arizona State 25-20, 25-13, 20-25, 22-25, 8-15
18) Colorado def. Chicago State 25-12, 25-10, 25-11
19) Ohio State def. UNC Greensboro 25-20, 25-12, 25-14
19) Ohio State def. Valparaiso 25-17, 25-13, 25-18
20) Penn State def. Rhode Island 25-6, 25-18, 25-13
22) Michigan State def. Notre Dame 25-17, 25-13, 25-19
23) Michigan def. Auburn 25-18, 27-25, 25-16
25) Kansas State def. Arkansas 25-21, 25-17, 25-13
25) Kansas State def. UMKC 25-18, 25-16, 25-27, 25-17
Mitchem making her first start It’s also Granato, Iosia, Taylor, Kahakai, Castillo, Maglio.
Pepperdine is young and tall. 6-7, 6-5, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0. Libero Lishman from Punahou is 5-8
They run a 6-2 with Trent Dilfer’s daughter the other setter, she is 5-11
Ashley Harris transferred from Arizona. She is the daughter of former basketbow Rogue Harris.
Can’t wait to see Annie
3. as well as the daughter of former Wahine basketball player Jeanne Wade Harris
Mitchem served, goes long. Replaced by Greeley in back row.
Pepperdine on a 4-0 run. takes the lead at 13-10. TO UH
Smith in for Granato in back row. Pepperdine up 22-18. TO UH
Not sure why the comment about Granato was deleted, but she has struggled tonight on serve receive. And that is being kind.
That is why they are serving her.
And I am not piling on Granato, just making an observation without making a personal attack.
need smith – a libero by design
Taylor with an ace. Pepperdine still leading 24-21. TO Waves.
Thought they were going to use the challenge system tonight. could be wrong
Smith had a bad pass.
Ok no way pepperdine can keep hitting this well but wahine defense needs to step it up and Granato why are the coaches keeping her in the backrow to pass still??
9. what comment?
Granato definitely continues to struggle. To overpasses ended up as Pepperdine points.
14. not as bad as others.
Too many errors, both passing and blocking.
UH has closed to 24-23. on 3 kills by Taylor and her ace. TO Waves
WUJ, uncalled for. deleted and let it go
16. Someone posted a comment about how Pepp was serving Granato and there were too many errors. Then the comment disappeared.
Annie needs to stay on the left although I’d love to see her do the step out.
21. thanks didn’t see it but then my comments have’t been posting.
UH has fought off 8 set points. leads 28-27 for their first
Iosia with the ace. UH wins it 29-27
23. No prob, it looks like the tech bugs are alive and well.
Annie does make a difference.
Well, now Pepp feels like UH did when Na Wahine blew its set lead against Washington. Before tonite, I didn’t think the team had the mental strength to come back from such a deficit. I hope they keep it up. Maybe a turning point for the season, although we still have a match to win.
26. thanks again. Nice comeback for Hawaii on that one.
Pepperdine got swept at Arizona two weeks ago
any ace including delayed – works.
Well, that was fun! Hope our passing improves. I think the constant lineup changes also effects our passing and chemistry.
Pepperdine came in hitting .181, they ‘cooled down’ to .462 in Set 1
27. It also helps that Pepp didn’t have an opportunity to scout/game plan for her. But she does stabilize the left and takes a lot of pressure off Nikki Taylor. Mitchem has more attempts than anyone else. Hitting .294 is great too.
Again, Wop UR Jaws. Enough.
Three aces by Taylor and it’s 4-0 UH
Off speed by Taylor, 4 in a row. It’s 5-0 TO Waves
good job nikki – 4 of a kine aces
Cindy, I apologize. It won’t happen again. Frustrated fan.
Very bad rotation for Pepperdine.
What a gutty set 1 win for our Wahine
38. accepted. Play nice.
Maglio with a solo then 2 kills. It’s 12-2. TO Waves
thats what we need. more good serves with the spin serve including aces/forcing overpasses or bad passes.
Nothing to be frustrated about here in set 2. I think Pepp had the wind taken out of their sails. UH playing great to capitalize. If there is one area I’d like to see addressed, it is getting more to Castillo. But I understand there is only so much you can do. Also, to all those who downplayed a diversified offense, there has been a nice distribution among Taylor, Mitchem, Granato and Maglio.
Ponce with an ace, ends it 25-6. ouch
10 aces already.
44. there has. Amazingly Taylor didn’t have a kill in Set 2 until making it 21-6.
Cindy, do you happen to know what is an opponent’s lowest score against UH in the rally scoring era? Six is pretty low.
What a difference a set makes
I like this lineup alot, i’d love Smith to play backrow for Granato and Higgins as the serving sub, think this lineup can peak during the NCAA tourney and make another deep run!
46. double digit aces!
48. 2013 vs fullerton ali longo served up a 21-0 run. wahine won set 2 25-5 after kind of playing evenly in the first set with them. fullerton they were so miserable it made their poor setter cry.
50. yes indeed.
Here we go again.
51. Thanks. Since the current scoring format was instituted in 2008, UH has twice held opponents to five points in a non-fifth set. Riverside on 10/3/15, and on 9/27/13 against Fullerton as mentioned. On 8/24/12, UH held Albany to six points in a set.
53. thanks. was just about to say 5.
UH up 15-12 at the TTO
54. I went through the media guide during the game break, while waiting for set 3 to start.
Pepperdine closes to 19-17. TO UH
Still great distribution. Taylor only getting 27% of all attempts. Three players with 20+ attempts. Five players hitting at least .200. Very nice to see.
I like this rotation.
Maglio with another solo. it’s 21-17. TO Waves
Koelsch in. Maglio ends it 25-18.
Hope Annie opened up Daves eyes tonight , she looked good and she was probably rusty.
In the middle she would be lucky to have half as many hitting attempts.
Imagine how good Annie could be on the left by December.
61. That’s a great point. If Annie is the superior terminator to Casey, then leave Casey in the middle and let Annie bomb away from the left. She will get more attempts and UH needs an effective alternative to Nikki Taylor.
Mags had a good night too. 12 kills no errors, .750.
Now im bummed Dave didn’t take the rchanfe and play Annie on the left all of last year imagine how good she would be now.
Chance*
The following stats help show how Annie stabilized the left tonight. As a team, UH had a total of 10 service errors, or 3.33 errors per set. Both figures are season lows. Recall that UH had over 8 per set versus UCLA.
Also, three players with 10+ kills, Taylor only took 29% of the team’s hitting attempts, middles hit .560 combined, and UH out hit, assisted, served and dug Pepperdine.
67. Sorry, hitting errors, not service errors.
I’d still like to get a look at Annie in the middle. Both Burns and Casey have been ineffective at MH, so the blockers are ganging up on our LH’s. Annie could make it easier for the LH to score points. Our passing would need to improve, of course. I’d also like to see how Casey would do on the left.
Casey does better in the middle , she doesn’t have the explosiveness and power Annie has, so she needs perfect sets to be effective which will happen more in the middle ( she was real effective against UCLA)
I’m just wondering, because I thought she was recruited as an OH.
Nice win – solid performance. It was great to see Mitchem in action as she hit some bombs. Annie puts up a huge block and knows how to keep the ball in play. The front-line of Mitchem, Maglio and Taylor is very formidable. Nice serving and ace by Ponce tonight.
69. Mitchem in the middle only because Sibley is out. Sibley will be out again Saturday
73. Too bad she isn’t at left permanently, or at least for the next few weeks. Sibley isn’t the answer at left, and I’m not sure Castillo should be shifted from the middle. I like that Mitchem can take 20+ swings per match, something that will be more difficult to do in the middle.
Totally agree with your assessment of Castillo, Warriorfan . She can still be a very decent middle with a little more experience. All of Smiths passes were playable The same can not be said about Granato. (piggy backing on what both Maverick and the host mentioned) I would like to see Annie be the L1 and Sibley be the L2.
Annie was everything you could hope for. She not only played great but I think she helped elevate Nikki’s, Emily’s and Noreen’s game to a higher level. I have never seen them have so much fun!
Great return of Annie!! She makes a difference with her return…After observing for 10 matches this year I conclude this is the lineup to take us a long way into the postseason:
S/Iosia
OPP/ Taylor
LS/ Mitchem
M/Maglio or Castillo
DS/ Smith
That’s how I would start them…
I would rotate Granato into the front row for Smith. It is useless to keep Granato back there…We don’t need 4 offensive weapons…I would sacrifice having a more reliable passer to start back there to get the offense into a better rythmn.
We always seem to be come back to Smith in crucial moments…Why wait?
Now that Sibley, Ross, and Burns got PT during the pre-season they add more depth. We have 3 setters that all have great experiences in big moments…Claire and Baby G are also very good DS if needed. We also have a Ponce that could come in for a serve to throw the other team off.
And we have Maafala, the vocal leader with such a great attitude bringing zest to her team….Lastly we have 4 great coaches with tons of expertise….Let’s do it!
I LOVE the Coca-Cola!!! Yes!!!
74. we’ll see if it’s permanent. Mitchem said she likes being on the outside. Good problem to have. They like Sibley but if Mitchem’s going to be more effective and Castillo can do a decent job there, why not?
Did ask Shoji what being able to run the middle like they did with Maglio did. He said he’d like it to be their first option. (Of course that hinges on passing). Said he thought they did a better job on the tip. it was something they focused on this week.
Castillo was blocking good tonight. Tiff said only Ross and Burns did not play.
couple of updated scores
1) Nebraska def. Gonzaga 25-15, 25-12, 25-11
1) Nebraska def. Montana State 25-15, 25-5, 25-16
3) Minnesota def. North Dakota 25-12, 21-25, 25-20, 25-18
4) Kansas lost to Purdue 21-25, 26-24, 19-25, 14-25
4) Kansas def. Xavier 25-15, 20-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-5
5) Washington def. Oklahoma 25-17, 21-25, 25-15, 25-15
6) Wisconsin def. 16) Texas A&M 25-16, 25-17, 25-22
7) Florida def. Florida A&M 25-13, 25-19, 25-16
7) Florida def. Jacksonville 25-12, 25-18, 25-20
8) North Carolina def. Sam Houston State 25-21, 25-18, 25-13
9) BYU def. Cal State Northridge 25-15, 25-16, 25-11
10) San Diego def. Long Beach State 25-18, 25-18, 24-26, 25-21
12) Stanford def. Saint Marys 25-19, 25-17, 25-12
14) Purdue def. Kansas 25-21, 24-26, 25-19, 25-14
14) Purdue def. Southeastern Louisiana 25-15, 25-11, 25-17
15) Hawaii def. Pepperdine 29-27, 25-6, 25-19
17) Santa Clara lost to Arizona State 25-20, 25-13, 20-25, 22-25, 8-15
17) Santa Clara lost to Boise State 21-25, 19-25, 25-15, 19-25
18) Colorado def. Chicago State 25-12, 25-10, 25-11
19) Ohio State def. UNC Greensboro 25-20, 25-12, 25-14
19) Ohio State def. Valparaiso 25-17, 25-13, 25-18
20) Penn State def. Rhode Island 25-6, 25-18, 25-13
22) Michigan State def. Notre Dame 25-17, 25-13, 25-19
23) Michigan def. Auburn 25-18, 27-25, 25-16
25) Kansas State def. Arkansas 25-21, 25-17, 25-13
25) Kansas State def. UMKC 25-18, 25-16, 25-27, 25-17
Big West Conference
Cal Poly def. Grand Canyon 25-16, 25-19, 20-25, 25-13
Cal State Fullerton lost to San Jose State 17-25, 25-22, 12-25, 25-19, 11-15
Cal State Northridge lost to BYU 15-25, 16-25, 11-25
Long Beach State lost to San Diego 18-25, 18-25, 26-24, 21-25
Long Beach State def. San Jose State 22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 23-25, 15-12
UC Davis lost to Boise State 12-25, 21-25, 25-22, 23-25
UC Irvine def. San Francisco 25-17, 25-18, 25-11
UC Riverside lost to CSU Bakersfield 15-25, 23-25, 25-27
UC Riverside lost to Northern Arizona 21-25, 18-25, 26-24, 25-22, 12-15
UCSB lost to San Diego State 21-25, 21-25, 25-27
Not sure who is playing Saturday but alumnae match at 5 p.m.
Cindy,
I just mentioned the doctor because there was a lot of talk about the coaches making Nikki play when she was hurt last week. If there is a doc on the sidelines, I thought she should make the call based on medical soundness rather than the coaches. I mentioned the phone only because that is how I learned of her presence. I am sorry I was so unclear.
79. Glad you mentioned the tip defense. I noticed a clear improvement as well. And a lack of complaining about tipping on this thread, lol.
Keeping Annie outside looks like a defense for offense trade off as Castillo still seems to be learning the MB position defensively. However, she holds her own hitting from the middle and Annie looked like a force on the left tonight. It will be interesting how consistent she proves to be, and whether Castillo can learn the MB position if the coaches decide to stick with this.
Glad Annie proved me wrong and did excellent against a very good Pepperdine team.
I agree that mitchem should permanent left side. Castillo in middle. Let her develop. Sibley as other left side. Smith in for sibley in back row. Sit granato. Too inconsistent. Let both middles serve to not use up subs. We will have team with size to challenge big girls.
#83…….I believe there was a doctor on the sidelines. I glanced over to the bench during the timeout to see Renee work on Nikki’s arm and Dr. Elizabeth Ignacio was behind the bench.
Players /coaches usually make the final decisions on non-head injuries cause everybody’s pain threshold is different.
This is really a non-issue.
#76 I guess you don’t like Kahakai. Kahakai is doing a great job at libero. As far as what the coaches should do or shouldn’t do, I’m glad all you wannabe coaches have a forum to express yourselves because that is as far as it will go. I have all the confidence in our coaching staff to know better what to do and who to use and where.
89. Good for you, but I don’t see fans giving opinions on the players as being “wannabe coaches.”
Opinion on Kahakai: I don’t think she’s doing such a great job. When people are complaining about the passing, it isn’t just Granato or Greeley. Kahakai shanks a good number of balls. And let’s be honest, she can be a bit slow at times. She has a hard time with the tips.
Count me in among those baffled by Shoji’s decision to stay with Granato in the back row when she is giving up a lot of points with her passing, and they don’t really use her for the back row attack. Meanwhile, he is willing to burn two subs on Mitchem/Sibley’s back row substitutions. I think Smith playing back row for Granato should be a more regular occurence. If they are trying to limit their substitutions and insist on a serving sub plus Greeley for Mitchem, they can eliminate the serving sub for Maglio. Maglio is not a liability as a server.
How many players will they bring for the Big West road trips? If it’s 14, it will likely include
Taylor
Maglio
Castillo
Iosia
Mitchem
Granato
Greeley
Kahakai
Sibley
Burns
Koelsch or Higgins or both?
Smith or Anderson or both?
Ross, Ponce or Guinasso?
From the coach’s mouth: “Right now, I wouldn’t change anything,” Shoji said. “We were more balanced and I hope to be balanced again tomorrow and stay with what we’re doing.” From Cindy’s article. Again, a diversified offense is superior to one dominant hitter, particularly one who is not 100%.
Agree mostly with Hot. I would never want to be a coach but I enjoy reading others’ speculations as well as adding my own slant as to possible scenarios this deep and multi-talented team has to offer. I do think that Kahakai contributes a great deal with her defensive digs. I also think Guinasso is better than Anderson this year. This has nothing to do with the coaching staff. I wish Dave would stay forever!
89 – pet peeve of mine is people coming into fan forums then complaining about fans posting their opinions.
Yeah, Granato is clearly struggling big time with serve receive. IMO, Dave sees her, and probably Sibley, as important core future players that need to be developed this year. While both will continue to struggle this year, the payoff will come next year when Nikki and Annie are gone. Both appear to be hard working, passionate, and teachable. Both are improving weekly.
#94 So true – as I have found myself doing it. You have properly humble us!
I would like to see how Annie does in the middle. She does seem like she could be a terminator on the left, but I would like to see how her blocking is as a MB. Blocking can change the tone of an entire match and right now, Castillo is just not a good enough blocker. I agree Granato should be subbed out of the back row, although after the two oversets in the first game, she did a lot better. But she is a better hitter than Sibley. She hits a way heavier ball. I also don’t understand why Dave keeps putting Greeley in the back row when she cannot hit the ball and you have DSs that can pass and dig better than her. A DS and a libero or two DSs in the back would be a lot better for us defensively. That’s what UCLA does I think.
Yeah, Greeley had some very uncharacteristic hiccups and whether she can recover enough is still up in the air. Dave clearly believes she will. For me, if Kalei is willing to give up a year of eligibility because she believes she can contribute, I think we owe it to her to see it through. Dave clearly trust her in the moments that counts – and that tells me all I need to know about how important she is to the team.
I am gonna sound like a broken record but hope Emma plays more she needs to develop she will be important in the post season when we face teams with huge bangers , she has the ability to not only pass better than both Greeley and Granato but also get some crazy digs, not sure why the coach only brings her in when passing is conpletely off.
Great to see the offense show some balance and good distribution last night. With Annie back, they can continue to build on that, wherever they wind up playing her. They have so many more options with her back. If Greely heals up enough for front row duty, then, wow. Then it gets really fun.
I thought Greely had an excellent night in the back row. She dug a lot of tough balls, popped up more than a glut of tips and roll shots, and turned a very high percentage of them into great passes. IMO, she out shined all the DS’s last night. I’m glad they’ve been using her in the back row, even though I think they shouldn’t hesitate to pull her if she’s having a rough night, but that’s a sub rule that should apply to everyone on the court. Eventually I believe she will regain strength and range of motion in her shoulder. Maybe not 100% this year, but enough to be a front row factor at the end. And she has her senior year yet ahead of her which I’m 100% looking forward to seeing her perform better than she ever has.
As far as Annie going back to the middle I say keep Casey there. One reason is if there is one position that will get the least anount of sets (even with perfect passings) it’s M2, so Casey Not being a big offensive threat won’t hurt UH much if she stays at M2 and her blocking is improving slowly each match.
meanwhile having a big banger like Annie on the left , if she and Nikki are on and Granato has a match like Arizona , UH can win it all even against Nebraska.
93. Lol
General question: does the limit on substitutions play a role in not subbing out Granato in the back row? If they sub her out, does that mean someone else normally subbed out would now have to play in the back?
If not then it isn’t surprising that Granato played in the back during the last two sets. Shoji did the same with TMO last year–replacing a struggling passer only temporarily.
Sorry lol to 94
Love the coverage of the tips last night! Fantastic!
Annie needs to stay on the left. Finally a left side terminator. Tai and Greeley were ok, but we have not had a terminator on the left since Hartong. Annie needs to stay there. Castillo is holding her own in the middle.
Once KG gets 100%, which I hope will be by mid conference, put her in for Granato.
And SMITH NEEDS TO PLAY!!!!!! back row for Annie or one of the middles. But she needs to be on the court.
Hoping this lineup comes to fruition by mid conference season. This would be a great offensive and blocking team. Other than Burns, tallest lineup we could have out there, and I feel will be our best overall team to get us to the F4 or even NC.
S – Iosia
Opp – Nikki
OH1 – Mitchem
Oh2 – Greeley
M1 – Mags
M2 – Castillo
Lib – Kahakai
DS should be: Smith, Guinasso and Anderson. In that order. Sorry Ponce
Say it isn’t so Maulia, I really liked the guy.
104. For a healthy team and assuming Annie continues to produce on the left, then I agree completely with your lineup.
105. You mean the former men’s vball player who was arrested?
Yes, a very hard worker who got to be pretty good. He was a volunteer coach. I don’t get it except for the part about men being idiots when it comes to women.
107. Men can be idiots anytime. Like lying about being held up in a foreign country and in the process embarrassing the USA.
83. still don’t understand the ‘wqving the cellphone, security” thing. There is a trainer on the sidelines. Don’t believe she is flashing her cell around. Dr. Ignacio is there but I’m not sure where she sits.
91. 14 for the Big West.
97. again, the plan was for Mitchem to be in the middle but Sibley’s illness changed things. Easier to put Mitchem into her slot than move Taylor to the left and MAYBE use Ross on the right. Things may change next week.
98. Too late for Greeley to redshirt.
99. you do.
107> La Barre was arrested in April
A Honolulu police officer was arrested Tuesday night in Waikiki on suspicion of attempted bribery, prostitution and the unauthorized use of a computer, according to statements from Hawaii law enforcement agencies.
last report was he wasn’t charged. I’m sure others might know more.
94. pet peeve of mine is regarding posters having unrealistic expectations for 18-22 year olds, demanding they be perfect every play.
I didn’t know about April, it was in the Star-Advertiser today. P.S. Good example and on point, Maverick.
Cindy,
It was no big thing except the fan who eyes hurt had a migraine. The doc had a cell phone in her hand. It was face up so the phone caught the lights like a mirror would and cause temporary blindness. The fan told security to ask her to stop because it was hurting her eyes. That’s all. It really had nothing to do with security except to use the usher/security as a messenger as you can’t go on the floor.
The doc was only mentioned because many people last week were commenting about Nikki being injured so I mentioned that that there was a doctor if needed.
Some interesting scores: SDSU swept Beach, TCU beat UNC in 5, Boise St. beat ASU in 4…
Moving Mitchem to OH is a winner. Nevertheless, if Annie moves to MH, she will represent a very creditable threat that will likely freeze the opposing block much more, giving the pins more one on one situations. Granato, Castillo, and Sibley will benefit, as well as getting lots of reps at OHs to mature, as they will carry the load next year. If our backcourt can keep the ball in system at a high level, we will rock.
http://hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=39306
new thread up with early scores.
111. thanks. didn’t read today’s paper.