It was Colton Cowell’s time to rise and shine. Hawaii’s lone local product gave the raucous home crowd reason after reason to get on its feet and stay there on Friday night. Cowell, the junior outside hitter from Makawao, Maui, returned to form at a crucial time in a 25-17, 25-16, 25-18 sweep of UC Irvine in the Big West tournament semifinals, setting up another hyped matchup with rival Long Beach State in Saturday’s 8 p.m. title tilt. The 6-foot-2 […]
UPDATE: Here’s the breaking on second-seeded Hawaii’s 25-17, 25-16, 25-18 sweep of third-seeded UC Irvine. #HawaiiMVB finishes off UC Irvine in straight sets, 25-17, 25-16, 25-18. UH vs. Long Beach State for the @BigWestMVB title at 8 pm tomorrow night. pic.twitter.com/3dON1Pxeaq — Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) April 20, 2019 Set 3 9:33: Hawaii wins 25-18 9:19: Hawaii up 15-11 at the TTO. 9:14: SVT with his sixth kill. It’s 11-7. TO UCI. Joe Worsley has passed Erik Pichel for No. […]
Beach vs. UCSB Set 4: Beach wins 25-17 7:16: Simon Andersen with the match-ender, 25-17 7:09: Kyle Ensing 17-0-31. Beach up 20-13. 7:05: Josh Tuaniga with an ace. It’s 17-11. 7:00: Beach up 13-9. UCSB challenging a net violations. Original call stands. Don’t think Hawaii-UCI will start until 8 p.m. Set 3 Beach wins 25-18 6:45: Simon Andersen with the overpass. Beach wins 25-18. 6:43: Call overrulled. It’s 23-17. 6:40. 49ers challenging whether their block was in. Originally called out […]
Vinnie Lopes and Off the Block “crunched the numbers using the same criteria as the selection committee to show how the top teams in the nation fare against each other in the race for the two at-large bids and NCAA Tournament positioning.” Here’s the link to the bracketology Click here They also have audio interview with committee chair (from NJIT) about selection process. To listen, click here _____ One auto bid decided: Barton from Conference Carolinas Big West only matches […]
UC Santa Barbara vs. CSUN Set 5 UCSB wins it 15-9 1018: UCSB up 14-9. They were up 14-4. TO Gauchos. 10:04: UCSB up 6-1 Set 4 UCSB wins 25-13 10: On to Set 5 9:44: Another block by UCSB. It’s 15-6 at the TTO 9:42: UCSB UP 14-6. TO CSUN. Gauchos with a 14-3 edge in blocks. 9:36: UCSB up 9-4. TO CSUN Set 3: CSUN wins 28-26 9:25: Solo block gives Matadors the 28-26 victory 9:20: And just […]
As of noon on Wednesday, about 7,100 ticket packages had been sold for the Big West men’s volleyball tournament Thursday through Saturday at the Stan Sheriff Center, according to Hawaii athletic director David Matlin. If you wanted to buy tickets for UH’s semifinal match Friday (and possible title game appearance Saturday), you had to buy the complete tourney package (including first-round games Thursday that do not feature the host team). Only upper-level seating for $36 per adult package (discounted for […]
The 2019 Big West men’s volleyball postseason awards were announced on Monday. Here’s the breaking writeup. IMHO a big surprise that Coach of Year went to the Long Beach State’s Alan Knipe. Player of the Year to Beach senior Kyle Ensing. Freshman of the Year to UCSB’s Ryan Wilcox, Punahou. Hawaii has five on the first team, Beach has four. Patrick Gasman, Rado Parapunov, Stijn van Tilburg, Gage and Joe Worsley.
Updating: Hawaii will play in Friday’s second semifinal at 7:30; Long Beach State plays at 5 p.m. Although Spectrum has not announced it is televising all 5 matches, if you go to the spectrum app, it shows that it is on the schedule ++++++ Senior hitter TJ DeFalco put down 21 kills and No. 2 Long Beach State rallied past No. 1 Hawaii in five sets for a second consecutive night to give the 49ers their second straight Big West […]
