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Post by DiggUH on Oct 24, 2014 13:16:19 GMT -5
On another note, Emily Hartong's first match with her pro team, Volero Zurich, is tomorrow at 11am (tonight at 11pm HST). Not sure how much playing time she'll get as her team has a couple of world class OH's in Mammadova & Rabadzhieva, but hopefully she'll be able to get in there and do well.
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Post by DiggUH on Oct 24, 2014 14:30:41 GMT -5
On another note, Emily Hartong's first match with her pro team, Volero Zurich, is tomorrow at 11am (tonight at 11pm HST). Not sure how much playing time she'll get as her team has a couple of world class OH's in Mammadova & Rabadzhieva, but hopefully she'll be able to get in there and do well. It's already the 2nd Swiss League match. Volero Zurich won in four on the road vs. Volley Köniz last Sunday. And i had fortunately time to attend this match. But Emily got no playing time (Rabadzhieva and Unternährer (and later Granvorka) played as OH). Unfortunately the Swiss Volleyball federation and/or the clubs are still not able/or not willing to provide any match stats or live streams. For someone like me, who hasn't the opportunity to attend that many matches, it's impossible to find good information about Swiss league matches. I can easily find stats about the performance of the Swiss girls playing in the NCAA (even Division II or NAIA) but i hardly find any reliable numbers from the league here in my home country. It's a pity. But for the CEV Champions League matches of Volero Zurich, stats will be available for sure on this site: www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/Competition.aspx?ID=739&PID=1355
Thank you for the correction and the link! I found this link for "tickers" on Volero's home page, but it looks like they don't really update it often, as you said.
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Post by volleyballfan99 on Oct 24, 2014 17:23:54 GMT -5
Dave Shoji should do what Megan Huff's High School coach did with her, move Magill to the Outside. Due to the Wahine inability to pass well, and in turn set the Middle. To make room for Magill, on the Outside, switch Nikki Taylor to the Middle. It would save Nikki Taylor's arm from further injury, cause she would not be taking as many swings. I know this is radical thinking, but at this point, you need to think radically to improve the team.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Oct 24, 2014 17:43:34 GMT -5
Dave Shoji should do what Megan Huff's High School coach did with her, move Magill to the Outside. Due to the Wahine inability to pass well, and in turn set the Middle. To make room for Magill, on the Outside, switch Nikki Taylor to the Middle. It would save Nikki Taylor's arm from further injury, cause she would not be taking as many swings. I know this is radical thinking, but at this point, you need to think radically to improve the team. LOL. No. That would kill the wahine. Nikki taylor has NEVER played middle and Magill has never played back row. MAGILL and taylor are in their right positions
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Post by volleyballfan99 on Oct 24, 2014 18:17:53 GMT -5
Dave Shoji should do what Megan Huff's High School coach did with her, move Magill to the Outside. Due to the Wahine inability to pass well, and in turn set the Middle. To make room for Magill, on the Outside, switch Nikki Taylor to the Middle. It would save Nikki Taylor's arm from further injury, cause she would not be taking as many swings. I know this is radical thinking, but at this point, you need to think radically to improve the team. LOL. No. That would kill the wahine. Nikki taylor has NEVER played middle and Magill has never played back row. MAGILL and taylor are in their right positions You can sub for Magill in the back row. As erratic the Wahine passing is, how many times would the setter be able to set Magill. Also, the sets that Magill does get in the Middle are most often way to low for her. Magill would get a lot more sets, especially high ones, to take advantage of her leaping ability, playing the Outside, the way the Wahine passing is. As for Nikki Taylor playing Middle, how difficult is it to play Middle. She already is a decent blocker, and she moves quite well.
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Post by superfan1 on Oct 24, 2014 18:30:05 GMT -5
LOL. No. That would kill the wahine. Nikki taylor has NEVER played middle and Magill has never played back row. MAGILL and taylor are in their right positions You can sub for Magill in the back row. As erratic the Wahine passing is, how many times would the setter be able to set Magill. Also, the sets that Magill does get in the Middle are most often way to low for her. Magill would get a lot more sets, especially high ones, to take advantage of her leaping ability, playing the Outside, the way the Wahine passing is. As for Nikki Taylor playing Middle, how difficult is it to play Middle. She already is a decent blocker, and she moves quite well. There is a big difference biomechanically and psychologically between the two positions. I doubt that either of those players would be able to make that change at this point in the season. I think it would also really change the chemistry on the team as that means both of these key players are only in for 3 rotations each...
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Post by wang pu on Oct 24, 2014 20:53:51 GMT -5
Dave Shoji should do what Megan Huff's High School coach did with her, move Magill to the Outside. Due to the Wahine inability to pass well, and in turn set the Middle. To make room for Magill, on the Outside, switch Nikki Taylor to the Middle. It would save Nikki Taylor's arm from further injury, cause she would not be taking as many swings. I know this is radical thinking, but at this point, you need to think radically to improve the team. In no way will this "improve" the team. Nikki Taylor is athletic, but in no way is she quick enough to do the work of a MB.
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Post by volleyballfan99 on Oct 24, 2014 21:31:07 GMT -5
Dave Shoji should do what Megan Huff's High School coach did with her, move Magill to the Outside. Due to the Wahine inability to pass well, and in turn set the Middle. To make room for Magill, on the Outside, switch Nikki Taylor to the Middle. It would save Nikki Taylor's arm from further injury, cause she would not be taking as many swings. I know this is radical thinking, but at this point, you need to think radically to improve the team. In no way will this "improve" the team. Nikki Taylor is athletic, but in no way is she quick enough to do the work of a MB. Nikki Taylor is a lot quicker then the Wahine other MB, Kalei Adolpho.
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Post by volleyballfan99 on Oct 24, 2014 21:36:21 GMT -5
You can sub for Magill in the back row. As erratic the Wahine passing is, how many times would the setter be able to set Magill. Also, the sets that Magill does get in the Middle are most often way to low for her. Magill would get a lot more sets, especially high ones, to take advantage of her leaping ability, playing the Outside, the way the Wahine passing is. As for Nikki Taylor playing Middle, how difficult is it to play Middle. She already is a decent blocker, and she moves quite well. There is a big difference biomechanically and psychologically between the two positions. I doubt that either of those players would be able to make that change at this point in the season. I think it would also really change the chemistry on the team as that means both of these key players are only in for 3 rotations each... Not necessarily, who says Nikki Taylor, as a MB, has to come out when she rotates to the back row. If I recall correctly, Magill has been practicing in the back row, cause she wants to be able to play all the way around.
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Post by mcman27 on Oct 24, 2014 22:34:15 GMT -5
Dave Shoji should do what Megan Huff's High School coach did with her, move Magill to the Outside. Due to the Wahine inability to pass well, and in turn set the Middle. To make room for Magill, on the Outside, switch Nikki Taylor to the Middle. It would save Nikki Taylor's arm from further injury, cause she would not be taking as many swings. I know this is radical thinking, but at this point, you need to think radically to improve the team. Nikki hurt her arm BLOCKING. She should in no way be a MB.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 25, 2014 17:26:46 GMT -5
Revived Wahine wipe out Cal PolyBy Cindy Luis, STAR-ADVERTISERPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 25, 2014 DARRELL OUMI / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii players celebrated a point against Cal Poly on Friday. It was a night to celebrate, from the 20th anniversary of the Stan Sheriff Center to the return to winning ways. Playing at home for the first time in 20 days, Hawaii snapped a two-match losing skid against a very young Cal Poly squad that started four freshmen and a sophomore Friday night. Junior hitter Tai Manu-Olevao put down 15 kills and senior middle Kalei Adolpho served the final five points of a match the Rainbow Wahine took 93 minutes to sweep, 25-17, 25-18, 25-22. The win lifted Hawaii (13-5, 5-2 Big West) into a tie for second in the conference standings with UC Davis; the Aggies stunned host Cal State Northridge in five earlier Friday. The Mustangs (7-11, 2-6), got eight kills each from sophomore Taylor Gruenewald and Caihla Petiprin, losing their fourth straight and seventh of the past nine. All of Hawaii's conference wins have come via sweeps. The Wahine's fifth was anything but easy and reminiscent of their come-from-behind victory against UC Irvine in their last home match, when they scored seven straight to pull it out. Friday night, Hawaii trailed 22-19 in Set 3 when a dump shot by sophomore setter Tayler Higgins put Adolpho on the service line at 22-20. She never left, with the Wahine using two blocks, a Cal Poly hitting error and kills by Magill and Manu-Olevao to finish it off. Adolpho, who had served only once all season coming into the match, said coach Dave Shoji told her to be prepared to serve. "I knew I needed to stay composed and not have an error," said Adolpho, who added a season-high five digs and a perfect 6-for-6 in hitting. "It was fun watching her serve," added Magill, who finished with nine kills with one error and was in on five of the team's seven blocks. "The middles always practice serving, so we're ready to go in. "We played as a team tonight and that felt good." Hawaii will practice Saturday before hosting UC Santa Barbara in a key match Sunday at 4 p.m. The Wahine will be without Manu-Olevao, who will sit out due to religious beliefs. Shoji said he'll use Saturday's practice to determine a lineup. "I think the best thing about tonight was that Magill looked sharp early and took over late," he said. "The worst thing was we got in trouble and got behind late (in Set 3). We can't afford those kinds of lapses. "At 22-19, I was just hoping we could make something happen. We had prepared to have (Adolpho) serve. We had planned to use double subs and had to conserve our subs. Our middles, bless their hearts, take a lot of reps for almost no action. Kalei didn't miss a serve. She came up big for us -- oddly enough it was on the defensive end." Hawaii survived poor serving (6 errors) in Set 1 to win going away. Magill put down all six of her attempts and freshman Kalei Greeley added four of her 11 as the Wahine used a 4-0 service run by Manu-Olevao to take control at 17-12. Down 0-2, Cal Poly found some rhythm in Set 3, helped by Gruenewald moving back to her natural position of middle after playing the first two sets on the outside. The Mustangs led most of the way, reaching 20 points for the first time in eight sets against the Wahine when Petiprin made it 20-18. A sweep was in doubt when Cal Poly extended the lead to 22-19. Higgins put down her second kill, then teamed with Magill on consecutive blocks to help Hawaii take the lead for good at 23-22. Kills by Magill and Manu-Olevao sent the turnstile crowd of 4,908 home happy. The match saw the return of freshman defensive specialist Savanah Kahakai, who had been out since Sept. 17 with a sprained knee. Hawaii also had an anxious moment when sophomore Nikki Taylor retweaked her injured right elbow early in Set 1; she returned in Set 2 and finished with three kills. Full photo gallery here, by DARRELL OUMI / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 26, 2014 18:28:07 GMT -5
A rarity, Santa Barbara has history of winning in HawaiiBy Cindy Luis, HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISERPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 26, 2014 DARRELL MIHO / SPECIAL TO THE HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER The University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Kalei Adopho, Sarah Mendoza and Kalei Greeley can't control the ball against the Cal State Long Beach 49ers during a match on October 12 at the Walter Pyramid.The Stan Sheriff Center crowds long have been witness to homegrown volleyball talent playing for the opposition, and often with great success. There is a lot of pride on the line and a desire to play well in front of family and friends. The same is true for Hawaii players when seeing their hometown team across the net. Sunday, that will be Rainbow Wahine senior libero Sarah Mendoza, who grew up just down the coast from the UC Santa Barbara campus in Goleta. Mendoza, a defensive specialist last season, is expected to start at libero in a critical match for both the Wahine (13-4, 5-2) and the Gauchos (9-9, 4-3). Hawaii and UC Santa Barbara shared the Big West crown last year — along with Cal State Northridge — with both the Wahine and the Gauchos leaving each other's home courts with victories. While Hawaii's five-setter at the Thunderdome on Nov. 9 may have been gutsier, keeping alive the hope for a share of the conference crown, the five-setter by the Gauchos at the Sheriff Center on Oct. 11 may have been more impressive. UCSB snapped Hawaii's conference win streak of 77, dating back to 2008, when UH was a member of the Western Athletic Conference; it was the Gauchos' first win in Honolulu since 1994, when they became the first opponent to beat Hawaii in the then-new Special Events Arena. "That was hard, them beating us here," Mendoza said. "But stepping into the Thunderdome and winning that five-setter was a huge thing. That was an intense match. "For me, it's definitely a thing of pride. We don't want a repeat of last year at home. They aren't going to give up easy points. We know we have to pick it up and mentally be prepared." Mendoza had 14 digs Friday night in the ragged sweep of Cal Poly as Hawaii needed a late 6-0 run to finish off Set 3. That pattern of needing to play catch-up concerns Wahine coach Dave Shoji. "We're getting behind in games and having to come back," he said. "We've been able to, but we don't want to be in that situation." There also is a matter of unforced errors and giving away points, particularly from the service line. Friday, the Wahine had 10 service errors, including six in Set 1. Hawaii had a two-hour practice Saturday morning to work on various lineup combinations, some to try something different, others out of necessity. The Wahine again will be without junior hitter Tai Manu-Olevao, who will sit out for religious beliefs; she had a match-high 15 kills against the Mustangs to push her team-high kill average to 3.54 kps. Hawaii's options on the outside include juniors Keani Passi and Ginger Long and freshman Megan Huff. It may also mean that sophomore hitter Nikki Taylor spends more time on the left than on the right; she retweaked her injured right elbow Friday night on a defensive play but practiced well Saturday. While Shoji had toyed with using a 6-2 offense, utilizing two setters, it is no secret that second-year UCSB coach Nicole Lantagne Welch will. Splitting time at setter are senior Ali Santi (Punahou) and junior Hanna Nielson, with the pair having the Gauchos hitting around .200. Leading the balanced UCSB attack are junior opposites Jaylen Villanueva (2.63 kps) and Britton Taylor (2.61 kps) and junior hitter Ali Barbeau (2.41 kps). Coming on as of late is freshman hitter Chanel Hoffman, who had a combined 50 kills in the Gauchos' past four matches with wins over Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Northridge, and losses to UC Irvine and Long Beach State. "We had two incredible matches with Hawaii last year, high intensity and good battles," said Lantagne Welch prior to Saturday afternoon's practice. "Our concern is that they are bigger and more physical. We need to handle the ball really well so we can stay in system and have a lot of options. When we have a balanced attack that's when we're playing our best." BIG WEST VOLLEYBALLStan Sheriff Center » Sunday, 4 p.m. » UC Santa Barbara (9-9, 4-3) at Hawaii (13-4, 5-2) » TV: OC 16 » Radio: KHKA, 1500-AM
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 27, 2014 13:58:03 GMT -5
Wahine dominate UC Santa BarbaraBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 27, 2014 LAST UPDATED: 02:35 a.m. HST, Oct 27, 2014 KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / KMARCELLUS@STARADVERTISER.COM UH’s Olivia Magill sliced through the defense of UC Santa Barbara’s Kristen Berlo and Britton Taylor for a kill in the second set at Stan Sheriff on Sunday. That was one heck of a mulligan. Throw out Set 2 and it appears Hawaii simply dominated its Big West volleyball match with UC Santa Barbara Sunday evening at the Stan Sheriff Center. But put it back into play and what it showed was the Rainbow Wahine's ability to rebound and refocus after coming out of the locker room tied with the Gauchos in a critical contest for both teams. Sophomore hitter Nikki Taylor — sans protective elbow brace — put down a career-high 22 kills and Hawaii got career nights on the defensive end from senior libero Sarah Mendoza (25 digs) and junior hitter Ginger Long (13) in defeating UC Santa Barbara 25-22, 19-25, 25-15, 25-16 in front of 4,080. Junior middle Olivia Magill and freshman hitter Kalei Greeley added 10 kills each for the Rainbow Wahine (14-5, 6-2 Big West), who will take a modest two-match winning streak on the road this week at UC Irvine (15-7, 5-3) on Friday and Cal State Fullerton (7-15, 1-8) on Saturday. Sunday was the first time that Hawaii went exactly four sets in conference play this season. The matches had either gone three (seven times) or five (once). "After Set 2, we said let's get it done in four," said Taylor, who had three of the team's four aces. "We came out with more intensity. We were able to focus on our side of the court and get it done. "I was given a lot of good opportunities from (setter Tayler Higgins) and tried to be as strategic as possible. Higgins gave me those opportunities." As for the brace that she had worn since spraining her right elbow during summer, Taylor had two choices: Wear it with extra padding to cover the metal or go without it, wearing a sleeve over heavy taping. Big West official Kevin Cull, who was the up referee for both Friday's and Sunday's matches, had questioned the legality of the brace with the metal exposed. Hawaii coach Dave Shoji said he was told just prior to Sunday's match that it would have to be padded or taken off. "I found out about 45 minutes before the match," Taylor said. "Adding the padding would have just added to the weight and what I've disliked about it is that it's already heavy. We decided to go without it." "I think it freed her up," Shoji said. "She felt looser. She was tentative at first, but you could see her confidence grow, was able to hit a variety of shots. "Nikki stepped up tonight, Ginger stepped it up tonight, made some great defensive plays, passed solid. We needed those career highs tonight." Long was back in the starting lineup for the first time since Sept. 12 and was replacing junior Tai Manu-Olevao, who sat out Sunday for religious beliefs. Shoji said Long had earned her way back up the depth chart after a very good practice week. "We knew Sunday (without Manu-Olevao) was coming and we needed someone to step it up," Long said. "Nikki was huge and I knew I had to step up, too. I'm not the big terminator." Long, hitting negative most of the night, finished with seven kills and hit .000. The one that was most emphatic was late in Set 4 on a service overpass that she hesitated on, thinking about yielding to Magill, but took it instead for a 20-15 lead. That kill came during the Wahine's 6-0 decisive run that pushed the margin to 23-15. The Gauchos ended Savanah Kahakai's 5-0 stint at the service line with a kill from freshman hitter Chantal Hoffman, but Hawaii answered with an overpass kill by senior middle Kalei Adolpho and Magill's final kill to end it after 2 hours and 5 minutes. Hawaii, the leading blocking team in the conference, outblocked UCSB 10-5, Higgins was in on seven and Adolpho five. Hawaii also won the dig war 84-74, with Kahakai finishing with 15. Sophomore libero Ali Spindt led three Gauchos in double-digit digs with 25. Junior hitter Ali Barbeau had a team-high 16 kills and Hoffman 10. The key adjustment Hawaii made after Set 2 was letting Taylor serve — she had been subbed out for Kahakai in the first two sets — and have Kahakai serve for Greeley. It gave the Wahine another back-row attack option with Taylor and it was a huge difference. Shoji credited his associate coach Scott Wong for the change. It worked also with Taylor's serving with her second service rotation in Set 3 quite an extended one. Her kill gave Hawaii a 15-13 lead and, when she was done from the service line, she had two aces and the Wahine were up 22-13. 3 HAWAII 1 UCSB KEY: Nikki Taylor hits .462 with 22 kills NEXT: UH at UC Irvine, 4 p.m., FridayFull photo gallery here. Photos by: KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / KMARCELLUS@STARADVERTISER.COM
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 27, 2014 14:01:20 GMT -5
i would hardly say that hawaii "dominated" ucsb in this match. the first 2 sets were brutal, back and forth affairs. the scores in sets 3 and 4 are one-sided, for sure. but even in the 4th set, ucsb surged back from a big deficit to make things tough for the wahine, before the wahine pulled away for good.
i think that picture of shoji is pretty funny. he had to coach his butt off last night. and i know both coaches were frustrated at some of the calls by the up ref.
for all the swings that taylor took last night and the tremendous night that she had ... mendoza too had a big night. but not a single photo of either of them? what gives?
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Post by WahineFan44 on Oct 27, 2014 14:04:09 GMT -5
i would hardly say that hawaii "dominated" ucsb in this match. the first 2 sets were brutal, back and forth affairs. the scores in sets 3 and 4 are one-sided, for sure. but even in the 4th set, ucsb surged back from a big deficit to make things tough for the wahine, before the wahine pulled away for good. i think that picture of shoji is pretty funny. he had to coach his butt off last night. and i know both coaches were frustrated at some of the calls by the up ref. for all the swings that taylor took last night and the tremendous night that she had ... mendoza too had a big night. but not a single photo of either of them? what gives? Stats wise, they did dominate. Hit .100 higher, more digs, doubled blocks, more kills. But I agree, dominate isn't the right word because it had LONG rally's and both teams seemed even the first two sets.
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