Wahine volleyball: Hawaii 3, No. 21 San Diego 2
FINAL: Hawaii defeats No. 21 San Diego 25-19, 20-25, 16-25, 25-19, 15-10.
#HawaiiWVB battles back to defeat No. 21 San Diego in five, 25-19, 20-25, 16-25, 25-19, 15-10.
Ends three-year losing streak in season openers. pic.twitter.com/9I4MHZdzpM
— Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) August 31, 2019
Set 5
9:30: Hawaii wins 15-10 on a net violation
926: Hawaii up 13-8. TO USD
9:23: Hawauu up 11-7. TO USD
9:18: Hawaii up 8-5 at the crossover.
9:12: not sure why San Diego challenged. But they lost it.
Hawaii up 2-0
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They’re going FIVE in the 2019 opener as Jolie Rasmussen puts it down through the block.
Set 4 goes to #HawaiiWVB, 25-19. pic.twitter.com/OHfh0DNQoN
— Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) August 31, 2019
Set 4: Hawaii wins 25-19.
9:06: Jolie Rasmussen ends it on third set point. On to 5.
8:58: Jolie Rasmussen with the solo stuff. UH up 18-12. TO USD
8:48: Hawaii up 9-4. TO USD.
8:43: Hawaii with three true freshmen in the front row: Hanna Hellvig, Tiffany Westerberg and Riley Wagoner.
This time, Riley Wagoner gets roofed to end a set. USD takes the third convincingly, 25-16, and leads #HawaiiWVB 2-1 overall. pic.twitter.com/7VI3Fq5WoU
— Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) August 31, 2019
Set 3: USD wins 25-16
8:38: Riley Wagoner blocked to end it, 25-16. USD up 2-1.
8:29: Hawaii’s passing a little shaky. Toreros out to an 18-10 lead. TO UH
8:25: Tiffany Westerberg makes her debut, in for Amber Igiede, down 12-7.
8:22: A couple of costly mistakes for Hawaii. Skyler Williams called for an overreach, would have made it 7-6 Hawaii. Instead it puts USD up 7-6. Bailey Choy called for a backrow attack, even though she didn’t jump on the back-dump, her hand was above the plane of the net. USD up 11-6. TO Hawaii.
8:18: Hawaii uses a libero for the first time, bringing in Rika Okino to serve at 5-4
Set 2: USD wins 25-20
8:07: Jolie Rasmussen blocked. USD evens the match 1-1
8:04: Wahine with their sixth block, close to 22-19. TO Toreros.
8:01: USD up 22-17. TO Wahine
7:52: Call stands It stays 13-7.
7:51. First challenge of the season. Hawaii saying that Roxie Wiblin’s hit was long. Initially called in. At the moment it’s 13-7.
7:44: Teams switched sides with the momentum. USD up 8-3. TO Hawaii.
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Freshman Riley Wagoner puts away Set 1, 25-19, for #HawaiiWVB with the cross-court kill. pic.twitter.com/jSiy2ywWWQ
— Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) August 31, 2019
Set 1 UH wins 25-19
7:36: Riley Wagoner ends it on Hawaii’s second set point.
7:33: UH on a 6-0 run behind Norene Iosia’s serve. Brooke Van Sickle with a solo on Roxie Wiblin. It’s 22-17. TO USD.
7:30: Ace by Norene Iosia gives Hawaii the 19-17 lead. TO USD
7:25: USD up 15-14 at the TTO. Hawaii’s freshmen doing well.
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The setters will run the offense from the back row with three attackers in the front row. Have not used the libero yet.
Bailey Choy with her second ace. It’s 13-13.
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Interesting sub pattern. Looks like they’re running a true 6-2. Bailey Choy in, Norene Iosia out.
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Starting for Hawaii:
Brooke Van Sickle, Amber Igiede, Hanna Hellvig, Norene Iosia, Skyler Williams, Rika Okino, Jolie Rasmussen, Riley Wagoner.
Going without a libero (Okino) to start.
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2019 #HawaiiWVB season begins with an Amber Igiede kill. pic.twitter.com/4IFCxzCm3o
— Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) August 31, 2019
San Diego at Hawaii, 7 p.m. HST
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Toreros came out to warm up first. Started stretching on Hawaii’s side of the court. Not long before they moved.
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Not participating in warmups Braelyn Akana and McKenna Ross
Not medically cleared. It is a day-to-day situation
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#HawaiiWVB takes the floor for warmups for its 2019 opener. pic.twitter.com/4gGYJcQQsx
— Hawaii Warrior World (@hawaiiwworld) August 31, 2019
Lineup?
so will robyn have a rabble or an elite band of mercenaries?
whats going on with mckenna and akana?
3. as mentioned, not medically cleared.
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Starting for Hawaii:
Brooke Van Sickle, Amber Igiede, Hanna Hellvig, Norene Iosia, Skyler Williams, Rika Okino, Jolie Rasmussen, Riley Wagoner.
Only Iosia, Okino and Williams have played for the Wahine
3 true freshmen and 2 junior transfers
No libero to start the match (Okino)
This team has talent. You can tell though that they haven’t played a season together. So far so good
Wow no need libero.
So weird not seeing familiar faces on the court, but this is awesome! Passing is a little shaky in that first set mid-way but we got talent! They just gottah gel together. surprise they haven’t played a libero in the 1st set and even this 2nd set. Go wahines!
9. No surprise about no libero. mentioned they did that last Friday in the scrimmage.
Someone’s got to check that score, before TO I thought Wahine had 4 points.
Too many errors.
shucks sorry Cindy, haven’t been able to keep up with the pre-season talk, been busy, so it surprised me that they weren’t/hadn’t used libber, more power to us hehe. We gottah steady our passing cuz we are hurting! But blocking is doing well right now
12. it’s the first match.
No live stats working ?
Rasmussen and Van Sickle will be the players to watch this season
15. haven’t been working for a while
Wonder what the pep talk was before set 4. They sure woke up
Wow Rasmussen (spelling?) is doing It right now. What a great first night for the freshman. Lets go, lets do this!!! Its take it to 5 and lets take the 5th!!
well played robyn..bring in the ‘working’ wahine.
Amazing.
Wouldn’t be surprised if UH will trade ranking with Cal Poly by Monday where UH will be ranked in the top 25 and Cal Poly will fall out. Last year San Diego defeated Cal Poly in the first round of the playoffs when they played without Torrey van Winden. If she’s still out, UH will be on top.
‘dont even worry about it’ – jolie
Still up here from D.C. and im clapping by myself this morning. (4am) . Amazing players.
I don’t know. In those middle matches I thought we were seriously lacking in back row defense. I can’t help but notice that putting in Rika and Kyra suddenly made this work a lot better.
Yeah, coach Robyn still has to figure out the pieces. She used a lot of combinations tonight. Van Sickle was a huge surprise. Wow, she can sky for someone maybe 5-8 or 5-9. A great win for first match.
The team was a pleasant surprise tonight; however,
– More offense from the middles would improve the hitting percentages for the OHs.
– San Diego did not bother to double the UH middles in the final sets.
– That Rasmussen was effective despite a double block all night was impressive.
– Skyler Williams put up an effective block.
– Too many missed serves. Work on those serves!
Wow, almost yelled myself hoarse tonight. Talk about being on the edge of my seat for the 5th. Agree that having the libero in there allows the hitters to get into position. What a difference Kyra made in that last match!
Great spread in the paper today, Cindy! You really put a lot of work into the articles, graphics and layouts. Loved the “laboratory” terms you used like “immersion oil” and “achromatic objective lenses”. The whole “under the microscope” theme worked really well! It was one of your better Wahine volleyball previews. Mahalo nui loa! GO BOWS!
This team is loaded with talent. I love the way Coach Rob used her substitutions. The “No Libero” was a surprise and is a great option to have when you have athletes that can play all 6 rotations.
It did show especially in the 2nd and 3rd sets. BVS, Jolie, Hanna, and Riley had to do alot of passing, blocking, and hitting at the same time which could have worn them down a bit affecting them. I feel Okino and Hanawahine was brought in at very crucial times. Those Libero’s made huge plays and contributed much in the win even with very small roles.
I knew about BVS and Jolie’s athleticism but I am in awe of what Hanna and the rest of the Freshmen Class will become in their tenure here.
I could definitely see Hanna’s experience in international play. Playing in front of a huge cheering crowd with a different culture is really new to her, but you just can tell that in the 4th and 5th set that she possess that swagger and calculated confidence that could possibly take over a match just like Jolie R. Hanna is the Real Deal….Great nite to be a 🌈 RAINBOWS
I think we need to make our MBS more active at the net. Our blocking was lacking but they managed to get more ROOFS and Crucial Touches during the end of the match
Overall, this team makes me very happy and I predict big accomplishments from them this year and the next couple of years!
What a wonderful way to start the 2019 season!!!!!
a couple of comments.
Agree they need more of a middle attack but when you have a back row setter all the time it isn’t the easiest thing to do to set the middle.
UH’s middles: Igiede was 4-2-7 in 2 sets, Westerberg 3-0-7 in three, Williams 5-1-14 in five.
Thought UH did a good job on Wiblin (7-5-23). She’s 6-2, and got soloed by Van Sickle, generously listed at 5-9.
The one thing that USD went away from that was successful was their setter attacking. Newsome was 8-1-13. No attacks in Set 5, 0-1-1 in Set 4.
28. thanks. all i did was write and give some input on the design elements. Most of the credit goes to our graphic guru Martha Hernandez.
29. Not sure about the ‘lack of blocking’ comment. UH had a 15-5 edge, plus a lot of touches that allowed their offense to set up and make plays.
I had understood that Choy and Rasmussen had devastating hard jump serves. Did not see that last night. Is this what we can expect?
31…wow! I didn’t realized we had that many blocks (15) my bad!
I don’t see Hanawahine in the “Individual” listing in the UH website
Box Score but she is listed in the 5th set Play- by -Play.
Also, Igiede,Skyler and Choy are listed as playing in only 1 set,
Priest and Turner not listed for San Diego.
Newspaper has Wagoner with 7 sets played.
UH site box score has 7 BA for San Diego but the newspaper has 8 and one solo block.
UH site has 5 SA’s and 14 SE’s but the newspaper has 6 SA and 15 SE’s for UH.
Watching the replay this morning and only just noticed Van Sickle’s defensive play. She is great.
34. Kara of UH said that the NCAA changed scoring programs this season and that there are many glitches in it.
wow the freshman wahines, very impressive. I think Hellvig is a future All American. Seems like she got tired in set three and then caught her second wind in sets 4 and 5. Wagoner is going to be solid also. I can now see why Van Sickle is starting. Sklyer and the freshmen middles did good. Norene’s sets were a bit erratic at the start but she settled in. Bailey Choy is such a pure setter.
32. it’s the first match. give them time. They also may have been instructed how and where to serve by the bench.
34. the box we used was the one that UH handed out as ‘official. after the match. but when I left the arena, the SID was still trying to get the program to work right. so there may be some differences. I saw some errors in the ‘official’ one such as people playing in sets when they hadn’t.
There also could be errors when the clerk typed it in quickly to make our deadline. I will let the desk know and perhaps it can be corrected online.
thank you for pointing it out.
38. The newspaper box score appears to be more correct than the UH website box score, except for Riley playing in 7 sets and Kyra in 0.
The errors in 34. were mostly on the UH website.
https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=50858
new thread up for Saturday
39. thanks. I know there were issues with the new software. Hopefully livestats will work tonight.