Wahine down to 40 in RPI, 15 in poll

Mitchem hits for over .320 for the weekend, averages JUST under a block per set, and 3 kills per set, yet barber wins it, while hitting only .216? I swear, Hawaii isn’t winning any of these awards this year.

any of LBSU makes me sick. sorry i am anti LBSU 100%

The Longest Beach, Murray showed the typical attitude by walking away from shaking hands with Irvine after match point on Gimarrilo.

Re #9, I’ve been watching for 26 years and I was confident going into the season that the team had Final Four caliber talent, but that was with a healthy squad. The injury bug has been absolutely brutal this year.

This post is for Tongo and Cindy, regarding the LBSU red card, so skip if you are tired of the topic.

I rewatched the red card point and just before the camera pans to the UCI server for the next point to be played, you can barely see the ref take out a yellow card from his right pocket. Split second. The camera doesn’t catch him holding it up as it panned away by then. So BG was carded right after his outburst, similar to his first yellow, and most of the delay appeared to be the refs getting on the same page about the yellow, and then the red. So Tongo, your faith in the officials was well placed. I still think the protest will be denied if it is based on harshness of the penalty. Enuf.

5. It’s a little cringe-worthy during the road matches when the commentator says that Kahakai is supposedly a great libero and Shoji believes she has national team potential — and then the opposing libero ends up doing a better job.

I agree with your opinion that Kahakai isn’t a very consistent passer nor is she quick enough on defense. IMHO, Longo, Mendoza, Watanabe, Villaroman, Ilustre were better. Lee and Maeda were certainly quicker on defense.

And Shoji himself has acknowledged that Granato doesn’t jump high enough. At least not high enough to compensate for her being undersized. His reasoning for keeping her in the lineup is that she takes an “honest swing” every time. Which is sad, because even the best OHs in the world tip and dunk and drop and do placement shots when needed and not just take an “honest swing” all the time. Otherwise they’d end up like Granato constantly hitting out or into the block.

Regarding the height listings, such a big deal was made about them being measured for their accurate hieght last year. Taylor went from 6-3 to 6-4, Maglio and Mitchem from 6-2 to 6-3, Anderson from 5-5 to 5-7, etc., but somehow nobody bothered to correct Granato’s height. She’s not six feet tall.

17. Thanks for responding, Cindy.

I hope Taylor is healthy enough to play vs LBSU. They should rest her if needed. Health comes first.

By the way Great news for the warriors getting Joe Worsley’s little big brother to commit officially. He’s probably the best libero in the 2017 class.
Now hopefully they can get Hugh Hogland and Jaylen Jasper.

I feel for you Ashley (21.), I sprained my ankle playing racket ball and I was on crutches for over 6 weeks before I could walk again. Of course, I had to work or I wasn’t getting paid, so my recovery took longer. I hope Kirsten and Nikki will be back soon!

Claire Marie wasn’t chosen for the trip this time, he had Smith and Ross go. As Cindy has said before, I believe, Dave likes to rotate his walk-ons on the trip so everyone has a chance to see their families.
GO BOWS! Just focus like Daniel-son and you’ll take out LBSU!

19. It’s TMO the Sequel. On paper (uninjured) this is a final four team, and if you project her performance based on what we’ve seen, there is cause for concern. She has trouble against the taller teams. Explains in part why her hitting average has risen in the Big West, the other being a return to health of other players. Expectations for the starting left are high, and she is not performing like people want her to. And when people had legitimate hopes of a title this year, they zero in on who they feel is the weakest link. I guess it is a shame UH can’t play Arizona every match.

alright….so to finally recap (especially since cindy likes to close threads and not reopen new ones)

previous thread 61, 64, 67, 68, 69, 71. that state champion…aint that something? elena ogilvie truly is outstanding! shoji should not pass that opportunity knocking. although only 5’9″ at her present doesnt mean she doesnt grow including a few more inches in a few years (1″ a year would make her 6′ even) and even still at 5’9″ she can be made an ‘attacking libero’ (yes liberos as it turns out can attack – as in jump behind the 3 meter and attack, though they cant overhand set over said 3 meter.) her passing and attack was so flawless like they said, ‘she can make something out of nothing.’

27. Sure, the libero can send the ball over on the third contact, but she can’t jump and spike it if it’s above the plane of the net. If what you saw in the SEC game was accurate, then it was a violation that the officials failed to call.

Before they even resort to using the libero for the back row attack (which is illegal), they have a lot of DS who can do that if needed. Ross and Guinasso are the taller ones.

15 and 27. I really liked last year’s Wahine team because they reminded me of a supersized version of 80’s Wahine teams — very gritty, smart, and know how to win close games. But I think a lot of those characteristics came from two of their undersized players, Manu-Olevau and McGill, who are now gone. Sadly, LBSU now reminds me more of past Wahine teams than the current team. Prior to losing last week to UCI, I think they were 5-1 in 5 set matches. And they really showed a lot of heart when upsetting UH last month. UH is now reminding me of those big Pac-10 or Big-10 teams that we used to upset.

As far as passing, I was at the CSF game last week and it seemed like the Wahine were serving way harder than CSF, yet CSF was rarely aced and really passed the hard serves well. In fact, the group behind us said after a perfect pass of an exceptionally hard serve by Nikki, “wow, they are passing everything.”