Hawaii women’s volleyball: Wahine 3, CSUN 1; T25 & BWC scores
Freshman hitter Hanna Hellvig and senior McKenna Ross each put down 14 kills as No.11 Hawaii gave Robyn Ah Mow her 50th victory as a head coach with a 25-17, 23-25, 25-23, 26-24 win over Cal State Northridge in a Big West volleyball match today in Northridge, Calif.
Freshman hitter Riley Wagoner had her first career double-double with a career-high 11 kills and 10 digs for the Rainbow Wahine (12-1, 2-0 Big West). It was a career high in kills for Ross and Hellvig had a career-high 20 digs.
Senior setter Norene Iosia also had a double-double with 21 assists-12 digs, her sixth of the season and 50th of her career. Junior hitter Brooke Van Sickle added 10 digs.
For the Matadors (5-9, 0-2), sophomore hitter Nicole Nevarez had 13 kills and senior setter Kamalu Makekau-Whittaker (Kamehameha-Hawaii) finished with 40 assists and 14 digs.
Hawaii was out-blocked for the second time this season, CSUN with the 12-10 edge. The Wahine had the edge in digs, 76-59.
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Set 4: Hawaii wins 26-24
6:12: Hawaii needs two match points, ends it on a block by Hanna Hellvig and Sky Williams.
6:08: Hawaii serving for the match at 24-23. TO CSUN.
6:06: CSUN has tied it 22. TO UH. although game tracker says CSUN up 23-22.
5:59: Hawaii was up 18-13. CSUN has used 3 UH errors and a kill to close to 18-17. TO UH
5:53: Two kills by McKenna Ross gives her 15, a career-high, and UH up 15-12. TO CSUN
Set 3: Hawaii wins 25-23
5:37: Hawaii uses a 3-0 run to pull it out. Kill by Riley Wagoner, HE by CSUN, kill by Amber Igiede
5:34: It was 22-20. CSUN now up 23-22. TO UH
5:30: Hawaii outscored 5-1, including two blocks by Matadors, two hitting errors by Wahine. CSUN pulls to 20-19. TO UH
5:25: Kills by Hanna Hellvig and McKenna Ross has Hawaii up 19-14. TO CSUN
5:16: Hawaii on a 4-0 run, up 11-7. TO CSUN
Set 2: CSUN wins 25-23
Norene Iosia already with a double-double 10 digs-11 assists, 6th of season, 50th of career
5:03: Riley Wagoner hits long to end it
5:00: Hawaii ties it at 23 on a kill by Hanna Hellvig and Matador hitting error. TO CSUN.
4:50: Hawaii was up 14-13. CSUN has opened up a 17-14 lead. TO UH. Tiffany Westerberg in for Amber Igiede when it was 12=12
Set 1: Hawaii wins 25-17
4:32: Kill by Brooke Van Sickle and a CSUN hitting error ends it
4:24: Ace by Hanna Hellvig puts Hawaii up 18-13. TO CSUN
4:16: Ace by Riley Wagoner has Hawaii up 10-7. TO CSUN
4:11: Hawaii was up 2-1. CSUN on a 4-0 run. Matadors up 5-1. TO UH
Hawaii starters the same: Brooke Van Sickle, Amber Igiede, Norene Ionia, Hanna Hellvig, Riley Wagoner, McKenna Ross, Rika Okino
Saturday, 4 p.m. HST
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No. 11 Hawaii (11-1, 1-0) at CSUN (5-8, 0-1)
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UCSB def. CSU Fullerton, 25-15, 25-13, 25-17
Cal Poly def. UC Irvine, 25-18, 25-23, 25-18
Other Top 25
No. 2 Baylor still undefeated, def. Kansas, 25-15, 25-13, 25-22
No. 3 Nebraska def. Northwestern, 25-21, 25-17, 30-28
No. 5 Penn State def. Rutgers, 25-15, 25-20, 25-14
No. 6 Texas def. Texas Tech, 25-17, 25-18, 25-18
No. 7 Minnesota def. No. 15 Purdue, 25-19, 25-21, 25-23
No.9 BYU def. Portland, 25-20, 25-22, 25-18
No. 10 Marquette def. St. John’s, 22-25, 26-24, 25-23, 25-18
No. 17 Colorado State def. UNLV, 24-26, 25-15, 25-19, 25-17
No. 20 Illinois def. Iowa, 25-21, 25-18, 25-22
No. 21 Cal def. Washington State, 25-23, 22-25, 25-19, 18-25, 15-4
No. 25 USC def. Arizona, 25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 25-22
Re: disappearing text
Did people update to ios13.0 and viewing on iPhone in dark mode?
1. Thank you, but on Android.
Robyn was quoted with very honest assessment of the team (including coaches, too?): Long road trip, people getting under each other’s skin. I can imagine how it must be. Not easy, but team and coaches better work on emotional intelligence or else this kind of stuff will eat away at the cohesiveness of the team. It’s not just about skills.
With Jolie being out it has given the opportunity for other players to step up their play to make up for the loss especially on offense. When it gets to post season, not everyone is going to be on their game 100% of the team so it’s good to have others ready to to step up when it’s needed
Gonna be a long, fun conference season ….. 1 W down, 15 matches to go!
Go Bows!
3. Agreed. It’s often an overlooked symptom of travel. Even the best of friends can get under each other’s skin affecting one’s motivation for playing a good game, focusing at the task at hand or the assignments required. Talent does not beget a winning team. As Robyn said before, they are very young, inexperienced and still have to learn to gel with each other. We’re only 5 weeks into the season…we have to give them a chance to grow. Success will not happen overnight.
So, in the meantime, we need to support them all we can, however we can! GO BOWS!!!
1-2. it just happened to me. I will ask our tech.
I refreshed and it showed the text
3. she had told me the same thing but didn’t use it in the story other than to say it’s a long road trip.
Wahine needs to be tough and focused, CSUN is no push over.
I think we should accept that it IS a long road trip and move on. It is of no use to discuss what is happening. In any workplace, we all do not have to be best friends but we need to get the job done. We should give them the space to get the work done without rumors and guesses as to what is happening. Let the players play and let the coaches coach.
Anyone else having a problem watching game on BigWestTV?
10. i don’t think too much should be read into it. Coach being honest in it being a long road trip and they’ve spent a lot of time together. A group that isn’t used to being together this much. Different being on the road instead of just seeing each other at home for practices, weight room, maybe some classes.
12. I agree. My comment was more preemptive
UCSB and Cal Poly hard to beat. Both 3-0 in conference.
Biting my nails
Whew, that was a tough one. Glad the ladies are coming home and will have a chance to rest and recharge. Hopefully Jolie’s rehab is going well and she can rejoin the team soon.
I like the emergence of Hanna Hellvig during this time of Jolie Rasmussen’s absence from the team. Her International experience is really paying dividends for the team. Overall, two conference wins without it’s leader and Hawai’i is off to a good start. I also like how this team stepped when it really mattered during those third and fourth sets. Not sure if it’s being on the road for soo long, but Hawai’i kind of took it’s foot off the pedal in that second set, kind of similar to the LBSU match. Otherwise, I’d say a great first road trip for the Wahine’s this season. Go Bows!
Thank lord this road trip is over with, they definitely were not at their best the last 2 matches. They looked like old Hawaii teams, no energy and spirit… playing down to the competition. Although CSUN is much improved this year and could easily be 2-0 instead of 0-2.
I wish there was a “like” button. Hopefully Jolie has rehabbed and will soon be back to her old self. But, she could easily reinjure herself so I hope she fully heals and doesn’t come back too early.
Make that 2 down, 14 to go ….. After two consecutive dreary seasons, the fun is back in Na Wahine volleyball.
Go Bows!
Just back from the match. It was intense and could have easily gone to 5th tie breaker – but fortunately we closed it in the 4th set. Hanna looked really tired and perhaps a little hurt in her left hand as she was rubbing it. Riley had a mini breakout match that we all have been waiting for. The passing improved significantly in the 4th set making our middle attack viable again, just in time to save the day. Ross was heroic and I loved watching her go all out with great hits and even better digs to cover herself.
IMHO, RAM critique of the players was kind of over the top especially in the 3rd set, sapping energy out of the players. RAM settled down in the 4th set and returned to coaching – not criticizing.
20. wouldn’t call them dreary seasons. Made the NCAA tournament both times.
finished second in the Big West both years.
Had 2 losses in conference both years.
the biggest difference is they’ve won 3 five setters this year and have defeated three ranked teams.
At this point last season, they had dropped two five setters, lost to No. 12 Oregon twice
At this point in 2017, they had lost three five setters and lost to three ranked teams.
21. If what you said is true, I hope RAM won’t wait 30 years before mellowing out and coaching like Shoji did. At least, that’s what I heard. If I’m wrong, I deeply apologize. But I’ve been in that position in sports before where sometimes the coach crosses the line between personal criticism and coaching. It is demoralizing not only to the person it is directed to, but others around them. But, I hope these girls have thick skin and will pull up their boot straps and continue on learning from their mistakes and try to get better.
GO BOWS!!!
Comparing the two coaches is unfair. The comparison is one at the end of a successful career while the other is beginning. Sometimes, when hearing…”the last time we beat Washington…” “…the last time we started the season (whatever it was) and zero…it seems we are rewriting history. This is not to take away from the most fabulous women VB coach but Coach Robyn has been doing well. They are different. We have an amazing beginning of a season..we should rejoice rather than nitpick.
21. Yes – at LBSU during one timeout Robyn was so aggressive it was uncomfortable to watch. She wasn’t so much yelling at Hanna as she looked like she was actually trying to stare her down. Maybe it worked that night, but I can see it growing old.
22. Some see the glass as half-full for the last 2 seasons. I saw it as half-empty, with what seemed like every few weeks another dreary record being set, such as RPI 100. (Some would say, that RPI could have been worst! I would say it could have been better.)
Guess I believe that once you start lowering Na Wahine standards — such as finishing second in the Big West — you start lowering everything else. Perhaps “dreary” is a poor word choice, but IMAO I call it as I felt it. Those 2 seasons were uncharacteristic of our beloved NCAA D1 volleyball tradition.
Long way to go yet, but so far it’s been a blessing (not a moment of dreariness) to watch the growth of the 2019 version of Team Rainbow Wahine!
21. Could you hear players being “critiqued?”
24. Agree. Cannot coach by intimidating. Players could walk …can only take it for so long….
I think Robyn has such high expectations for each player and believes in them so much that she sets high standards and if not met, she gets very upset…
Keeping trust that everything is and will work out.
Go Wahine, you are a great group.
24. I agree with you wholeheartedly, I’m really not nit picking. The 2 coaches are apples and oranges, but the point is, you respond better to positive criticism vs negative. It also matters how you say it. In the heat of the moment, yelling “WHAT WAS THAT!!!! YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT”! doesn’t help as much as “Remember your training, focus, settle down.”
GO BOWS!!!
Robyn is also their BIGGEST cheerleader, she is very emotional on the sidelines and when they are playing at a high level she lets them know by her reactions. I’ve loved watching this wahine team because of their spirit and love for the game… although they didn’t seem to be having much fun these last 2 matches…
It is a tough battle if any team brings their A+ game and CSUN did it very well and made wahine fans, players & coaching staff very stressful. Both team and coaching staff are progressing very well along the learning curve and keep up the good work. Although two ugly road trip wins, congratulation for whole team for hanging on for wins!
Where is the Weekly Top 25 Scores (Results) ?
(Very Much appreciate Cindy’s day-by-day summaries)
WIN 2 of 2 on Road Often enough to Move Up (into Top Ten) IF Someone Above Clears a Space…
WORST Cases: NEXT Week or After…As Long As Keep Improving, Keep Winning
31. Here are two sources:
http://volleytalk.proboards.com/thread/78163/top-25-matches-results
https://www.avca.org/Groups/College-Women-Volleyball
The first link updates daily and the second link updates on Mondays I believe.
Sounds like the PC crowd is astonished that Robyn would yell at her players when they make mistakes.
Shame on her.
UW leads Stanford 2-1…another upset?
Big win by Washington over Stanford. Helps with UH’s RPI and solidifies UW’s top 25 RPI status, earning UH double bonus for its victory over the Huskies earlier this year (also good for when the committee decides who to seed–a true good win). Stanford not so invincible as some thought.
34/35. Who knows what to expect from the Huskies: dropping its Pac-12 opener in Pullman in 4 then beating the nation’s top-ranked team at 50-year-old Maples Pavilion in 4. (Stanford, which held the nation-best home winning streak at 37 until it lost to BYU, has now lost 2 consecutive matches at Maples! And there went that 26th consecutive match win streak over a Pac-12 opponent dating back to 2017!)
And who knows what to expect from UCLA, whose 2-0 start in the Pac-12 make the Bruins contenders and not pretenders to a NCAA tournament bid this year.
As mentioned by others, a W by Washington and UCLA will boost Hawaii’s RPI numbers.
And Baylor, soon to be the top-ranked team, stays undefeated after its road sweep over Kansas. (Baylor swept its 9th opponent in 11 matches, and it has now posted a 33-2 W-L set record during the 2019 season.) Of course Baylor’s win streak will only help Hawaii’s RPI even though Hawai’i was 1 of the 9 opponents who had the brooms come out in its face.
31. No, winning “2 of 2 on Road often enough to Move Up (into Top Ten).” Not when those road kills are against unranked opponents. True, a lost by the Bows would almost certainly mean a drop in the rankings. But moving up is more of a meh — even when, as you state, there are Ls by teams ahead of you in the Top 25.
Go Bows!
Just my thoughts on RAM. As a player, if I’m not doing my job or playing well, then I would rather have the coach being tough on me, rather than just hearing some words that dont get me motivated. Now, if the coach starts making things personal, that is wrong, period. If the coach loses focus and stops teaching, which is their job and responsibility, then that is a problem. Some conflict can be healthy, if it helps everyone to be open about how they feel, how they might think or see things. Each team member has to understand their role. Yes, long road trip. Rest, relax, chill. Successful road trip, who wouldnt be happy?
37. Thank you. Well stated.
Washington’s big win over Stanford, could shuffle the positions of BYU, Marquette and Hawaii. Probably, Wahine could climb all the way to #9 tomorrow.
Volleyball nation has the Long Beach/UH game and women volleyball 2019 has the CSUN/UH games on YouTube. Might be on volleytalk too.
https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=51320
new thread up with Sunday scores
31 For those who have asked
richkern.com updates scores daily
Ah Mow is very upfront with her coaching style
Players who buy in stay.
Players who won’t won’t