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Post by Rocky on Feb 10, 2007 2:44:48 GMT -5
UCSB won in four games.
30-26, 19-30, 30-19,30-20
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Post by roy on Feb 10, 2007 3:43:59 GMT -5
A very interesting match. UCSB played well, but you can see their weaknesses. Patak is...Patak and got his kills. But his supporting cast is all over the place. Some times they are just great and other times they are just arn't really strong. Kowalski did well, but Kennedy who was so hot last night cooled off. A lot of strange errors. Free balls dropped on UCSB's side and they just seemed to be very uneasy for the entire series.
Hawaii played well technically. The passing was fairly strong, the service errors were kept down and Hawaii had a bunch of aces. Hawaii didn't block as well as they did last night, but part of that was UCSB tooling the block better than last night. The big problem for Hawaii was that they don't seem to know how to control the momentum swings. When UCSB had the momentum, they didn't have a huge terminator to slow down their momentum. When Hawaii had the momentum, they would make an error like a service or hitting error or get caught in the net, and it would slowly take the momentum away from their team.
I think Hawaii is actually looking better than they did 2 weeks ago against Penn State and Loyola. Still a work in process, but you can see the potential to be dangerous.
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Post by 5100 on Feb 10, 2007 8:43:24 GMT -5
Was the decision to move Hakala to the left outside a good one? Clar seems to be doing well at opposite, but the other left side spot seems to be a revolving door for Hawaii. Schkud, Vanzant, Vidinha and now Ribeiro. Why didn't Hakala play, anyway? Also, has Rawson really moved ahead of Klinger?
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Post by ACE on Feb 10, 2007 11:12:48 GMT -5
I hope with Hakala being out that another left side hitter will emerge and when Hakala is better he is moved back to the OPP position.
When Clar does hit from the left side for that one rotation, he seems more insync than Hakala does. Also, Hakala noted that he strained it after moving to the left as he had to adjust to the different set, well, if he's not going to be practicing/playing for a while, I think the same thing might happen again.
Hawaii might be looking at a 4-10 record by the ending of February.
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Post by bunnywailer on Feb 10, 2007 11:35:48 GMT -5
With the way that the MPSF is structured now, and the decline in men's volleyball overall nationwide, the MPSF regular season becomes more and more meaningless each year. As UCLA proved last year, the league basically is playing a 4 month regular season solely for the purpose of determining who gets to host and who has to travel in the first rounds of the playoffs/MPSF tourney. And also like UCLA proved last year, home court advantage in the first round isn't that big of an advantage anymore either - these teams play so much in the same venues and their isn't a crowd advantage because typically the crowds number less than 1000 with the exception of BYU, UH, and maybe UCI.
That, along with the fact that the MIVA and EIVA are weaker competitively than they were 10 years ago, means that all an MPSF team has to do is finish at least 8th out of 12 teams to get into the tournament. From there on out, anyone can get hot and basically knock out the top teams that have put up the best regular season records over the course of a single match.
That being said, UH still needs to get their act together. UC-San Diego, Stanford, and probably USC are going to finish at the bottom no matter what. UH needs to keep itself out of that fourth spot for teams not making the playoffs. So they better start beating SOMEBODY in the league.
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Post by cyberVBmidwest on Feb 10, 2007 12:37:29 GMT -5
With the way that the MPSF is structured now, and the decline in men's volleyball overall nationwide, the MPSF regular season becomes more and more meaningless each year.... ...That, along with the fact that the MIVA and EIVA are weaker competitively than they were 10 years ago, means that all an MPSF team has to do is finish at least 8th out of 12 teams to get into the tournament. History tells us that remembrances of past teams being better than today's teams is usually just a figment of the person's memories of their old good days. As real as it is to them, it's opinion not fact...  |
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Post by bunnywailer on Feb 10, 2007 12:47:29 GMT -5
Actually, my statement has nothing to do with the quality or ability of teams today versus teams 10 years ago. It actually has more to do with the fact that it has been a long time since either the MIVA or EIVA has been able to put in a serious case for the at-large berth. The only time a non-MPSF team has been given the at-large berth was in 1994. In 1998, Princeton upset Penn State in the EIVA tournament and took the automatic bid. In 1997 and 1998 and 1999, Ball State, Lewis, and IPFW all won the MIVA tournament and the automatic bid when Ohio State faltered, even though many considered Ohio State to be the top team in the league.
So my statement isn't a knock on today's teams vs. teams 10 years ago. It merely speaks to the fact that men's volleyball has settled into a comfortable funk of inertia, where it is pretty much the same thing year-in and year-out.
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Post by cyberVBmidwest on Feb 10, 2007 13:29:26 GMT -5
Actually, my statement has nothing to do with the quality or ability of teams today versus teams 10 years ago. It actually has more to do with the fact that it has been a long time since either the MIVA or EIVA has been able to put in a serious case for the at-large berth. The only time a non-MPSF team has been given the at-large berth was in 1994. In 1998, Princeton upset Penn State in the EIVA tournament and took the automatic bid. In 1997 and 1998 and 1999, Ball State, Lewis, and IPFW all won the MIVA tournament and the automatic bid when Ohio State faltered, even though many considered Ohio State to be the top team in the league. So my statement isn't a knock on today's teams vs. teams 10 years ago. It merely speaks to the fact that men's volleyball has settled into a comfortable funk of inertia, where it is pretty much the same thing year-in and year-out. Fair statement... |
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Post by sexy on Feb 10, 2007 19:36:43 GMT -5
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Post by vball808 on Feb 10, 2007 20:42:13 GMT -5
Patak is a big monster.. I'm sorry, u can only hope to contain him..
Anyways, another loss. You'd like to think that there would be changes here.
I'm really sold on this line up..
Libero - Cervantes
OH1 - hakala
OH2 - Kalima
Opp - Clar
Setter - Beckwith
M1/M2 - Rawson, Dante
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Post by ACE on Feb 11, 2007 16:55:23 GMT -5
Is this the worst start Hawaii's had?
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