No. 17 Hawaii 3, UC Davis 0
Expect a lineup change tonight and we’ll see how long it lasts.
As mentioned Castillo likely out with a leg problem.
Davis’ staff now has Dan Conners’ wife. She played at UCLA as well, Becky Green. She has a one-match waiver to coach since the Aggies’ other assistant’s wife just had a baby.
Links for today, 5 p.m. HST
TV: OcSports
Oceanic subscribers can get stream at OCSports.TV
Radio: 1500-AM
http://www.nbcsportsradiohawaii.com
Non-Hawaii residents live stream
http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/watch/?Live=8
Livestats
http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=140320
Top 25 Sunday
2) Nebraska def. Maryland 25-16, 25-14, 25-17
7) Washington def. Colorado 25-12, 25-16, 25-21
8) North Carolina def. Louisville 25-11, 25-21, 25-17
9) Florida def. Texas A&M 27-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-16
13) Washington State lost to 21) Utah 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 23-25, 9-15
15) Florida State def. Pittsburgh 25-22, 24-26, 25-20, 25-23
23) Kentucky def. Ole Miss 25-20, 29-27, 25-19
25) Western Kentucky def. Florida International 25-13, 25-17, 25-19
Other Pac-12
Cal def. Arizona 25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11
USC def. Oregon State 25-20, 25-23, 25-18
Utah def. Washington State 25-22, 23-25, 17-25, 25-23, 15-9
Top 25 from Saturday
1) Wisconsin def. 18) Michigan 25-20, 25-18, 17-25, 20-25, 15-13
3) Minnesota lost to 14) Michigan State 25-12, 20-25, 21-25, 25-18, 13-15
5) San Diego def. Portland 25-15, 25-23, 25-14
6) Kansas def. TCU 25-12, 25-19, 25-22
10) Penn State def. Indiana 25-16, 25-18, 25-18
11) BYU def. Gonzaga 25-13, 25-16, 25-19
12) Stanford def. Arizona State 25-13, 25-17, 25-19
19) Ohio State def. Iowa 25-15, 25-22, 25-9
22) Purdue def. Rutgers 25-14, 25-18, 26-24
24) Illinois def. Northwestern 25-11, 25-15, 25-20
Big West
Cal Poly def. UC Riverside 25-23, 26-24, 25-13
Long Beach State def. Cal State Northridge 25-14, 25-21, 25-15
UCSB def. Cal State Fullerton 26-24, 21-25, 25-19, 25-20
You will see Mitchem starting on the left with Granato and Burns in the middle tonight. We’ll see how long it lasts.
I can’t get even audio. Please let me know how to get livestream audio. It’s bad enough I am locked out of video. Now audio as well? This is too much!
For the moment Mitchem is playing 6 rotations and is serving
2. gave you the link at
nbcsportsradiohawaii.com
Big West TV furnished the wrong address. It isn’t broadcast by ESPN but NBC radio. I had to refer to the UH website.
4. It wasn’t clear that it was the audio as it was two lines below the radio and it didn’t mention audio. I thought it was another video which I couldn’t watch. The line needed just one word before it: audio.
Greeley ended up coming in for Mitchem for a couple of rotations
5. you should always check with hawaiiathleticds.com go to the schedule link and they have all the links to tv, radio, live stats.
Taylor with the back row attack UH up 15-10 at the TTO
UH 9-0-15. Davis 7-2-21.
23 on previous thread. its not a reply to myself, its an add on. i figured wood needed to be knocked.
Granato: 8 swings. 1 kill. 1 out It’s going to be a long night.
hawaii challenging Taylor’s hit being out. linesman said in, up ref said out.
weird. they called it inconclusive. should have been a replay. Granato with a kill. it’s 18-15.
UH up 20-15. TO UCD
Yes, it should have been replay. The replay showed that the ad on the far side impeded the R2 from overruling.
11. so silence since Granato is 2-0-2 since then?
15. thank you
Anyone else thinking that middle is throwing the ball? My viewing in the tv isn’t HD but possibly looks like a throw to me.
Taylor with the stuff. it’s 23-16. TO UCD.
Don, maybe not. If it inconclusive to overturn then the original call stays. I think the issue was that there were conflicting calls on the play. IMO, then there is a replay.
18. agree that was a throw and Shoji yelled about it.
16. She should be hitting for a higher percentage than .200, UC Davis is not a tall team, and Granato has had plenty of good sets. That makes Connor’s point all the more painful.
Taylor with the kill, ends it 25-16.
18.YES! she is throwing the ball…so obvious, but no one is calling it. Dave has protested a few times, but these refs are deaf and blind.
21. sorry his point was 1-1-8. not every ball is going to go down. She adjusted after the error and 2-0-2 on the next swings.
Big problem, Mitchem has only been set 3 times, Maglio/Burns four times. If that trend continues, then why put Mitchem out on the left? She needs more sets.
UH up 4-0. TO UCD
Something wrong with Nikki?
24. We will see how she does the rest of the way. I am hoping well, because she needs a good match.
25. the problem is UCD is siding out when Mitchem is on the left. and Hawaii is holding service runs when Granato is on the left,
27. no why?
25. plus Maglio is in the middle when Mitchem is on the left.
30. TV showed Nikki getting her arm checked out. Looked like an injury to her arm after a block.
Interestingly Anderson is serving for Taylor
32. thank you. It’s going to get jarred every time that happens. Something she has to live with.
UH with 3 blocks and it’s 10-3.
Cindy, who is the backup opposite tonight, Koelsch?
32. I saw that too when UC D called timeout at 4. Panned to Nikki walking off the court, she had that same ‘ouch’ face she had that one crazy match she hyper-emended her elbow. I thought I was imagining that. Ryan Kalei just said she was looked at by doctors and she got her elbow re-taped and ready to come back in the match.
This is the lineup that will get hawaii far IMO
They retaped her elbow according to Leahey. I was worried because she had that same look on her face after a block.
Dave said earlier that backup was Ross?
Please no more lineup changes coach shoji stick with this and let them gel:)
But I do think we need more Higgins as a serving sub.
Higgins into set. Ross in. UH called timeout at 22-9. think they’re checking on the rotation.
Mitchem on the slide went behind Maglio. 25-11
Id love to see annie get to do the slide as a left side player like how Willoughby used too.
Well there u go love to see Annie do the slide even as a left.
I’m glad Granato is hitting more efficiently and Annie is seeing more sets. Can’t really conclude too much from this match, unless UH loses 2 or 3 sets, but the numbers are trending the right way. Next big test will be 11/4 against LBSU, so UH has a little more than two matches to give Annie and Natasha more work in their roles, assuming the lineup doesn’t change.
37….more efficient blocking and passing….When Castillo comes back she should help at the LS….I also think McKenna Ross is an athlete….she could help us when we need some energy boust! I agree the lineup is the best so far
Burns looks like she has a tougher time moving laterally to cover left than right. Strand-Ma’a mentioned at break that maybe UCD will try to attack from right more. Will be interesting to see how Burns reacts.
Natasha is improving though just a few weeks ago she was even slower to close the block.
Taylor with a kill. it’s 5-2. TO UCD
Interesting to see Nikki talking to Natasha between points and occasionally giving her extra encouragement. Looks like she has really taken her under her wing.
Granato still serving. It’s 8-2. TO UCD
50. Burns needs some work on her footwork.
52. Ballroom dancing in the offseason might do wonders. If she can find a 6’7″ partner.
little sloppy at the moment. Guinasso with the attack, into the net. it’s 11-8. TO UH
Yes, i know. that was a throw. but they’re not going to start calling it now.
53. that’s not the solution.
Guinasso had two consecutive digs of hard-driven spikes but of course stat person only credits one dig.
Conners challenging Burns netting . Conners is 0 for 8. now.
Yay for Natasha Burns! five kills and six blocks, hitting .571.
Koelsch ends it from the right. 25-15.
Dave said with another week of rehab we may see more of Kalei in the front row. Whether Annie plays outside really has a lot to do with what they can get out of Burns in the middle.
I think Inlike Mckenna hitting from the right more than the left.
I like^
Greeley was way off on her passing tonight. She had a rare bad outing. Want to get her healthy. When she is ready we could have a lineup except for setter of everyone 6 2 or taller. Mitchem and Greeley LS. Burns, maglio or castillo middles Nikki opp. This could be very competitive team if Greeley is anywhere healthy.
Leave mitchem on the outside where she can get more opportunities. She solves the bigger problem by staying on the outside. The other middles are improving.
#63 Hoping that Greeley’s struggle with passing tonight has more to do with her recovering shoulder regaining mobility and throwing her receiving off. Great to see Maglio having so much fun on the court. Mitchem looks good hitting from the pin and on that slide. Burns still needs footwork but she is looking good. Very nice interview with Emma Smith on OC Sport post game show.
Tongo: I love the front line of mitchem burns and Taylor. 6’4 6’5 6’4.
great quick match, was worried about a letdown because there was a football game on Saturday, but they did perform really well. almost 2 weeks before their next game, a good time for them to rest and heal nagging injuries.
60. Shoji did say that about Greeley, calling her the X factor. But I really doubt she’ll be much better in two weeks. She said she’s still at about 70 percent and bummed things haven’t gotten better.
61. Granato hits right once every rotation. she just doesn’t get set there that often
65. enjoyed my chat with Smith this week as well. In case you missed it, the feature on her ran in Friday’s paper.
The bye week for sure comes at a good time for them. They are off the next two days, light practice Wed-Thu-Fri.
BTW, Shoji spoke with Rubio after Arizona beat Stanford. Rubio said he thought that Cal would be a trap game and that they had to stay focused. But the ‘Cats lost in 5 to the Bears tonight.
Shoji in a good mood after Dodgers win tonight
I know this point is moot, but I wish Greenly had redshirted this year. I was anticipating her to have a great year 2016 due to the fact that she IMO was the most steady player all around in 2015. She was “Miss Dependable” in the backrow and made plays when needed at the OH position. I know Labrum tears takes a very long time to recover and if she gets close to 100% which I don’t think will happen this year, her immense benefit to this team is really 1 year wasted. But again, she might have different plans for her future.
going back to my earlier comment about the size of the UH lineup if Greeley plays LS with Mitchem and Granato sits, i think that this lineup will be psychologically huge in playing the rest of the season. it will really get the opponents worried about big blocks and terminators. Dave should do it while he still has mitchem and taylor. “Shock and Awe”.
70. that was never discussed. Everyone, including Greeley, expected she’d be further along by now.
71. as much as Shoji would like to do it, it all depends on whether Greeley can play front row with effectiveness.
and much depends on Burns. sure she looked against Davis but it was Davis.
Hawaii down to 33 in RPI
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