Wed: U.S. men vs. Poland, new banners up
U.S. sweeps Poland. Key was Set 2, came back from being down 5
Christenson setting very well. U.S. won Set 2 on a challenge, Pole netted before ball went down.
25-23, 25-22, 25-20
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Erik was amazing this match too, us faces either italy or Iran a very favorable draw.
Thanks, I needed to hear that! (about the win and Erik)
christenson had an awesome match as well! … set a very balanced offense.
erik was relentless on floor defense!
very impressive win for USA!
The live stream commentators were very high on E. Shoji, said he should be considered an extreme athlete, the way he threw his body around. They were very impressed with his serve receive.
here’s info from USAV about Thursday’s semi with USA women vs. Serbia
5 a.m. live stream HST
http://stream.nbcolympics.com/volleyball-womens-semifinal-1
World rank: U.S. No. 1, Serbia No. 6
All-Time Series Record since 1983: The U.S. leads the series 9-4, including a four-set victory during pool play of the 2016 Olympic Games
· Last USA win in Series: The U.S. Women defeated Serbia 25-17, 21-25, 25-18, 25-19 on Aug. 10 of this year’s Olympic Games pool play.
· Last Serbia win: Serbia defeated USA 25-20, 22-25, 18-25, 25-19, 15-6 in a thrilling match on the second day of the 2015 FIVB World Cup in Japan on Aug. 23, 2015.
Just a suggestion. Can you put the spoiler alert so it’s not on the summary page of the blog….thank you
so they updated all arena sports banners to reflect NCAA appearances. don’t think the white background is an improvement.
Think the impetus was both basketball teams making the tournament.
wish UH would celebrate conference championships and players of the year, especially the NCAA ones. Just MHO.
https://www.facebook.com/HawaiiWVB/
also a fun look at this morning’s practice, courtesy of SID Kara Nishimura.
Dave to be on the Sports Animals today at the 5 o’clock hour, per Dickman.
Serbia beats USA 3-2…USA led 10-7 in the fifth…I’m officially sad…
10. I agree with you. HUGE missed opportunity. I had warned against missing serves. Rachel Adams undid all her good blocking work with a critical missed serve near the end of the fifth set and USA got aced. Now at best USA can hope for a bronze though it would be of little consolation after two silver medals and even that might slip from their hands. What really hurt the team was that Foluke Akinradewo was unable to play after the first set and that’s what threw off USA completely. I wonder what happened to her. I truly feared that this loss would happen so I’m not surprised, only the way that it happened, losing a comfortable lead.. Totally crushing!
11. USA got out-aced too…
Haven’t seen the match yet but it is so sad. Had really enjoyed watching this team play so well together. Still, the future is very bright for women USA Volleyball!
Going forward to Tokyo 2020 Karch may wish to either revisit his ban on jump serves and/or spend 50% of practice on serving.
Due to parity among the top teams, the jump serve can make a difference. Beyond aces and faults, causing apprehension and system disruption in the opposing team cannot be overstated.
Two things undid USA women – service errors and played tentative at times.
Excerpt from Chris McGown’s (BYU Coach) Olympics Review (AVCA website):
“Serbia absolutely crushed Russia in their quarterfinal, mostly on the strength of tough serving and good defense. They served 12 aces and kept Russia out of system for most of night, and played good defense behind a big block.”
In a nutshell, winning from the service line.
http://hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=38709
new thread up.
Very disappointing about the USA women.