No. 6 Washington 3, No. 14 Hawaii 2

wahine volleyball fans lets yell BOOM when any wahine jump/spin serves shall we? ie noreen, nikki, tayler and even emily if she should choose to jump/spin serve it. upon the smack of the ball only. they started some kine of noise saturday when wahine were serving, lets add an exclamation to it and treat washington in kine just like how they treated na wahine at their venue.

additionally, wake up the sleepers, if any. support! NOT slouch na wahine

6. Just saw on streaming that she will likely come back for the first road trip, week after Pepperdine.

Greeley or Granato

horrible start but I’m not surprised that’s usually the case after a football night game.

Wow kalei with a kill, really hope she gets 100 percent soon we need a left that hits for a good percentage.

Taylor with another slow start against a big team. Good news is that we are getting production from others to close within 4.

Horrible
passing was wahines undoing that set.

Just need to start quicker.

Agh, wahine dug themselves into a deep hole early on. Almost rallied; at least their blocking improved.

Nikki has always been kind of a streaky hitter, unlike Greeley. But when she gets hot, she’s unstoppable. Hope Granato can keep it up. Maybe bring in Smith to help with passing.

I feel for Kalei. Why is she even playing after shoulder surgery. She doesn’t look close to 100%.

Mags .833.

Wow, Grenato having an awesome 2nd set! And just as I type this, she gets block, ugh! I shouldn’t say anything lol! Well at least we are hanging tough w UDub…. Go wahines!

37.Greeley plays for her passing and defense, I think she’s hoping to be 100 percent by December which is why she’s not sitting and instead helping out where she can. seems like this team is looking to be at their very best in the Ncaa tournament.

OK, now that’s how the wahine’s need to play.

IMO, Washington may be #6, but they hadn’t played anyone in the top 25 until tonight. UH should beat UW in four if they can keep the passing up. UH also did well to close out set 2 quickly, as they have had trouble holding leads late.

Just a suggestion, when Greeley is in the back row replace her with Emma Smith.

I can understand why Shoji wants to keep Greeley in. 1) She is perhaps their best passer. 2) She needs to be in the game so that she won’t be coming in cold once she’s ready to hit full time.

I guess it’s just easy for fans to voice out their exasperation when Hawaii loses and Greeley gets aced a couple of times late in the match. Not to mention Smith, who has proven to be a consistent passer, is on the bench.

Wow, amazing defense for point # 6 for Hawaii with Grenato finishing it off, their transitions are looking REALLY good right now

Granato needs to be playing more PAC 12 teams. She is pretty effective. Iosia also seems to be running a quicker offense. There was a beautiful play earlier this set when Maglio went for a slide and there were no blockers, but Iosia chose to go with Granato, who had just one blocker and got a kill.

Husky Libero inconsistent passer

Husky passing gone south

And that’s why Dave saves Emma.

Glad shoji subbed for the receive.

IMO emma should play more backrow for Granato.

Wahine are just way too slow to react to tips and thats alot on Kahakai who plays too deep and isn’t the quickest libero.

Agh!! How did the wahines let his get away from them!!

Just handed another set to the other team…

I stand by my suggestion, Emma Smith needs to be in the back row as much as possible

And we had the rotation we wanted and Greeley received serve. Sometimes, the best laid plans . . .

Letting tips fall, hitting errors, not winning jousts, shanks thats how you lose a set..

Come on ladies you can do it!!!

That’s what happens when you don’t have a reliable second terminator. Nikki couldn’t put it down, Maglio couldn’t, Castillo couldn’t, Granato couldn’t. Every one of them had one or more swings to win the set and none of them delivered. So incredibly frustrating.

Yea I don’t understand emma not playing, she’s shown she’s a good passer and makes great digs, reliable server, and the more she plays the better she will get, so she needs to play.

I feel like all of these deja vus are hitting me all at once. If we win this 4th set and lose in the 5th, wasn’t there a regional game at UW in which if we had won one of the sets we had an advantage in, we wouldve won the match. Anways, I hope we pull it off!

Huskies not serving emma

Sibley is vulnerable to receiving; predictable hitting.

I meant 102.

Finally blocked Jones.

108

Need to start passing better first though

Set too close to the net for Granato.

Uw easily gobbles up wahine tips, frustrating how wahine struggle with them.

Bad set to Granato.

TV commentary mentions Hawaii’s receive and passing has struggled, probably why the middles have been silent.

Smart set by Iosea.

Good to see UH come back from behind late to take the set. Momentum with Na Wahine as set 5 begins.

nice choice setting Mags

tbh, i mute my tv a lot during the games because it’s sometimes annoying listening to the commentary being done. that’s just my opinion though, everyone has their own. this game is a thriller for sure. good job Hawaii for not giving up

Huskies hiding Libero on serve receive

too many errors this fifth set.

Saw middles fingers move

Hope Nikki is okay.

Set someone other than Nikki…

Question is why does Shoji keep Niiki in? She’s not elevating.

A dink again!

I feel for Castillo trying to learn middle, and Burns isn’t there yet. I hope Mitchum gives us a lift next week.

they gotta be careful and make sure she’s healthy for conference. They can’t be going through conference assuming they’re guaranteed for the NCAAs

Castillo was really out if it tonight , moved slower than usual :/
Another frustrating loss, UH’s rpi will be really low.

…on a side note, looks like Beach & Cal Poly will be pretty good this year…Beach played pretty well this weekend & Cal Poly took Stanford to five…

Really hope Nikki’s elbow heals fast…

IMO stanford isn’t that great they cant pass and are slow.

Hope we don’t lose Nikki for more games just as BW is about to start. Don’t know why she was still out there (or set), if it was as serious as it looked.

Dave just said he does’t know if Annie will be available. They will be taking a pin out of her finger Wednesday. After that it is all up to the medical people.

A few takeaways from this match which cements that Hawaii has no outside hitter terminator in any of our current outsides on the left. 2) Granato and Sibley are liabilities in the passing rotation. 3) Iosia deserves to be starting but needs to work on her connection with Nikki, too many outside sets to sibley was not warranted.

I think that San Diego & Colorado will make significant moves in tomorrow’s poll…

155. Before this match, UH’s estimated RPI ranking was 24. Probably will fall into the 30s during Big West season. Focus should be on healing, addressing the left side, and finalizing the starting rotation in preparation for the tournament.

Ok shoji really needs to move Maglio to the pins now, she is not getting enough sets in the middle IMO, when Mitchem comes back she can man the middle with Castillo at M2 hoping she improves as the season goes on. Just go out all for December I do not believe we can advance to the final four with Granato/sibley/ and an ailing greeley getting so many sets on the pins would prefer those sets go to Maglio or Mitchem.

Disappointing outcome, especially given how set 3 went, but still a great, hard fought match by both teams and very edge of the seat entertainment. Hopefully Nikki’s not injured too badly. She’s already missed enough of her Senior year and I’m sure it would be devastating for her if she missed too much more.

Could be that Nikki was crying because she knew she had reinjured a previous injury and would need to sit out for a few more weeks.

174. At this point, UH doesn’t need to win the BW to get into the tournament. They have no bad losses, three losses to top eight teams and one to a team that may be ranked tomorrow. Separately, the BW now has a losing non-conference record. A couple of teams may be better but it is not translating into an overall stronger conference.

Hawaii will not drop in RPI, and it doesn’t matter right now. Hawaiʻi could use a gut check right now. Lazy Dazy doesn’t work with this squad. They all need discipline and commītmemt. Teams like Wisconsin, UCLA amd Wahington have team discipline. They play with purpose. The way some Hawai’i squads use to do. If you demand discipline, you also require respect, for the opportunities like these do not come often.

Well, even with an injured MB, OH and gimpy Opp, UH out-hit, out-blocked, out-dug, and out-scored a Top 10 UWteam. Just didn’t get the points that count and came up short. Also basically played Top 10 UCLA nearly dead even. If the Wahine can get back up to full strength and with a full season of experience for Norene, the NCAAs could still see the run we all expected.

185. Sometimes Kahakai steps in to set even though Iosia is able to set the ball. Back off and let the setter do her job. Other than that Kahakai has amazing passing and defense.

Washington was not that strong of team but they know how to win. The only possible All-Americans I see on our team are Kahakai and Iosia . Nikki is great but she has been playing just under what I would consider elite volleyball. I expect that many will disagree and wonder how I can kick her when she is down. I also cannot understand why Dave keeps Granato in the back row . Sibley should be playing more because Greeley will never recover enough to hit as well as Sibley. The simple reason we lost tonight is we lost concentration at critical moments. We need these lades to start demanding responsibility from each other. We need stronger leadership and someone needs to step up now!

I have not read any responses yet, but I have soooo much I want to say. But I need to calm down and not say anything if I have nothing nice to say.

Bottom line for me: we should have easily swept this WA team in three. Period.

honestly i get that many of us are filled with so many different emotions right now, that it’s literally frustrating. i was extremely frustrated at many points during the match that i kept slamming my hand to the ground, so sure i would hurt myself by the end of the night. set 3 was the most stressing for me because they could have easily been up 2-1, and have the game on their side. Washington, just like Ucla….i have never liked them and i never will, but they just knew how to gut it out and take advantage of the free gifts Hawaii was giving them. i will not talk though as if i could do it better than they can. we have to remember that we aren’t the ones on that court, we are just spectators. it’s so easy to get mad and pick apart a team because we aren’t the ones playing the actual game. this team has potential, it’s there and you can see it. the only question is: how long is it gonna take for this potential to come out?! i applaud the Wahine for not backing down, most would have just folded. my only concern now is Nikki. i am hoping she is okay. but we will probably all be on edge waiting to see just how bad her injury is

1. im amazed that the broadcast pregame show talked about jump serving. i tried to get the BOOM in but couldnt get enough participants to make it any real effect in part because due to lack of students present and even the one that was present was concerned it might mess them up even though i explained that its upon the smack of the ball and it was understood. the students said they heckle them and use the clap for wahine serving but i didnt even hear neither when i sat right next to them.

that said wahine needs some real participants other than ‘lets go bows!’ or ‘roof’ for their 7th player. first off is the lack of student participation, and second is the fans participation (i tried to recruit some in the crowd to do it but it had minimal sound.) even the ROOF was loud enough which i think was totally unnecessary especially since they sound it off after the fact on the blocking replay! and btw fans ‘lets go bows!’ great it gave them the energy but then when its time for na wahine to continue play on the next rally, shut up already!

Nikki Taylor, not an All-American? Are you kidding? The University of Washington fans watching the video stream were saying things on Volley Talk like: Taylor is the best opposite in the nation (and Washington has Chrissy Jones!) and is a one-woman wrecking crew for the Bows. When you have 29 kills against constant attention and double blocks on you and you hit above .250. That is a very good for an outside, especially for a go-to hitter. She’s has All-American stats for blocking and serving too. She’ll be first team All-American, easily, depending, of course on how her elbow and knee holds up. By the way, since I first brought up the singing of the National Anthem and Hawaii Pono’i, I must say it was a joy to hear comedian Frank DeLima sing it. Just great, no trills, just straight.

184. Comments such as this are totally ridiculous and uncalled for “Maglio looking stonier than ever”. Really? Keep these personal attacks about how someone looks out of it (and especially implying simeone looks “stoned”?) These girls are all playing hard and doing their best. Keep the comments professional or don’t bother posting.

Hope to hear status on Nikki. Fingers crossed she’s okay!

Sorry I missed this match, work again. Recording it on the DVR this morning to watch later. Did read some morning after articles, this blog, VT etc. Looked at the stat sheet, which may be telling. Team stats were very close, slight edge to Hawaii in most categories except serve receive, where they had 8 receive errors compared to UW’s 5. What stands out team wise is that the UW offense was more distributed. For Hawaii, Nikki dominates the stat lines with 29 kills, 33.5 points, 70 attacks, hitting .257. For UW, Crissy Jones had 22 kills, 25.5 points, 60 attacks, hitting .300.

Individually for Hawaii, Sibley appeared to have good night, hitting .348 and 9 kills and a block assist, but playing only 4 sets. KG must have been rotating through at OH at least one set, but hit only .100 and 3 kills and a block. Granato got a lot of work, contributing 45 attacks, 17 kills, hitting .200. She had no blocks and one blocking error. Room for her to improve there, at best just ok. Mags had 11 kills, 20 attacks, hit .500, and 5 blocks. Good numbers for Mags, but Castillo and Burns were a big drop off on the stat line, with 11 attacks between them and hitting .000. Five blocks for Casey and one block assist for Burns, so defensively they contributed, but were missing from the offense.

From the stats, it’s pretty clear that Hawaii can rely on it’s OPP and MH1, and they are searching for production/consistency everywhere else. Defensively their serve receive suggests their OH’s and occasionally their Libero can be targeted, and maybe they are under utilizing their better DS’s. The stat box doesn’t directly reveal passing issues, but if there are serve receive issues there are probably passing issues as well, so it’s inferred. Passing issues means fewer good sets for the MH, means more reliance on the OPP and OH’s. If the OH’s are inconsistent it means the setter will go to the go to girl +70x. Of course, that can’t continue.

Since hosting a regional isn’t realistic at this point, the rest of the season rides on performance in conference. The matches with Pepperdine should be viewed in that context. Winning them isn’t as important as coming out of them healthier, more offensively balanced, and doing better at serve receive and passing. Of course easy to say, harder to achieve.

I can understand why so many challenges are won. Volleyball is a fast moving sport like tennis, except you have six teammates and a coaching staff to decide whether to challenge. Perhaps most importantly at UH, you get slow motion instant replay on the Jumbotron. When I was at a match and a replay was showing that a call in UH’s favor was clearly wrong, the opposing coaching staff looked up and challenged the call. My friends were all saying a little “homerism” by the technical staff to not show the replay would have been nice – but I don’t know if it just streams the telecast.