Volleyshots

Good morning from the arena. Practice not as early as last week since summer school is out. They are going 8-11 a.m. first session as opposed to 6-9 a.m. Manoa Move-In today also for the dorms. Afternoon practice today also moved from 3-6 to 5-8 due to a meeting after lunch. 3-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday’s scrimmage 3-5 p.m. (Open and free to public.) People have asked how practice is going. Not much has changed, still doing drills, mostly position […]

Don’t have complete details yet but next week’s Green-White Scrimmage will be open to the public. Believe it is next Friday, which is a state holiday. Two practices 6-9 and 3-6. Pretty standard skills and drills, some with entire team, some broken down by position. Two players still haven’t passed test. Not mentioning who due to HIPA. Early observations Angel Gaskin, a physical lefty opposite, will help immediately. Passes well from my limited viewing. Considering Sarah Liva hasn’t played college […]

Practice scheduled to start at 6 a.m. They started warming up at 5:48. New strength coach is former baseball player Steven Ventimilia. Only Sophia Howling not cleared to practice. Team spent about 20 minutes warming up in the arena then went out to run on the track. Fun music. First song: I’m So Excited. The AVCA poll is out. Think UH’s run being ranked in preaseason poll may be over today.

Not much of a surprise … other than UH getting four first-place votes out of the nine. Hawaii was picked second behind defending champion Cal Poly. The Mustangs received 77 points and five first-place votes, while Hawaii secured the remaining four first-place votes and 75 total points. 2018 Big West Women’s Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Cal Poly (5) 77 2. Hawaii (4) 75 3. UC Irvine 62 4. Long Beach State 48 5. UC Santa Barbara 45 6. UC […]