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Post by kahusancali on Oct 27, 2014 14:25:23 GMT -5
maybe the writer based it on the stats.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 28, 2014 13:52:42 GMT -5
Hawaii remains unranked in volleyball pollRainbow Wahine slip a spot to No. 30 in RPIBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 10:00 a.m. HST, Oct 27, 2014 LAST UPDATED: 04:17 a.m. HST, Oct 28, 2014 DARRYL OUMI / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii middle blocker Olivia Magill (9) is congratulated by teammate Taylor Higgins (7) in the NCAA women's volleyball game between the Cal Poly Mustangs and the UH Rainbow Wahine at the Stan Sheriff Center.Two wins last week did nothing to help Hawaii on the national volleyball scene other than to move the Rainbow Wahine into second place in the Big West standings. Hawaii (14-5, 6-2) remained unranked for the third consecutive week, receiving 19 points in Monday's AVCA Coaches Division I poll, three more points than last eek. That puts the Wahine outside of the Top 25 and in 28th place. Long Beach State (18-4, 8-0) remains the only Big West team in the Top 25 for the second consecutive week, dropping a spot to No. 24 despite two wins. Stanford (20-0) stayed at No. 1, receiving 59 of the 60 first-place votes, while Washington (21-0, 1 votes) moved up a spot to No. 2. Florida State (21-0) moved up a spot to No. 3 followed by Wisconsin (18-2), which swept then-No. 2 Texas over the weekend. It was the Badgers first win over the Longhorns since 1978, ending a 17-match losing streak. Texas (15-1) dropped to No. 5. Rounding out the top 10 were Penn State (20-3), Colorado State (22-1), Florida (16-3), North Carolina (17-2) and Illinois (16-6). In the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), Hawaii dropped one spot to No. 30. The RPI is part of the formula used by the NCAA selection committee to seed the 64-team field. The Wahine are the highest ranked of the Big West schools. Cal State Northridge's loss to RPI No. 165 UC Davis, dropped the Matadors from 19 to 32. Long Beach State is at 36 while the rest of the conference is below 100: UC Irvine 106, UC Santa Barbara 114, UC Davis 147, Cal Poly 191, Cal State Fullerton 193 and UC Riverside 283.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 28, 2014 13:54:46 GMT -5
Greeley, Mendoza earn weekly honors in Big West volleyballThe pair helped Hawaii win two matches last weekBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 11:51 a.m. HST, Oct 27, 2014 LAST UPDATED: 12:07 p.m. HST, Oct 27, 2014 KRYSTLE MARCELLUS / KMARCELLUS@STARADVERTISER.COM University of Hawaii Wahine Rainbow's Kalei Greeley puts down a kill against the University of California at Santa Barbara Gaucho's Chanel Hoffman in the first set of a women's volleyball match at the Stan Sheriff Center on Sunday. Hawaii outside hitter Kalei Greeley was named the freshman of the week and senior libero Sarah Mendoza the defensive player of the week in volleyball by the Big West Monday. Greeley put down 11 kills with nine digs in the sweep of Cal Poly and 10 kills and eight digs in the win over the Gauchos. Mendoza had a combined 39 digs in the two victories, including a career-high 25 in the 3-1 win over UCSB Sunday. She ranks No. 4 in the conference at 4.15 digs per set and has recorded 20 or more digs in five matches this season for Hawaii (14-5, 6-2).
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 28, 2014 13:55:46 GMT -5
maybe the writer based it on the stats. maybe so, but i would hope that the beat writer (and the person drafting the headline) would base their reporting on more than just stats from the match. just sayin' ...
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Post by kaBOOOOM on Oct 28, 2014 15:21:47 GMT -5
Hawaii remains unranked in volleyball pollRainbow Wahine slip a spot to No. 30 in RPIBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 10:00 a.m. HST, Oct 27, 2014 LAST UPDATED: 04:17 a.m. HST, Oct 28, 2014 DARRYL OUMI / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii middle blocker Olivia Magill (9) is congratulated by teammate Taylor Higgins (7) in the NCAA women's volleyball game between the Cal Poly Mustangs and the UH Rainbow Wahine at the Stan Sheriff Center.Two wins last week did nothing to help Hawaii on the national volleyball scene other than to move the Rainbow Wahine into second place in the Big West standings. Hawaii (14-5, 6-2) remained unranked for the third consecutive week, receiving 19 points in Monday's AVCA Coaches Division I poll, three more points than last eek. That puts the Wahine outside of the Top 25 and in 28th place. Long Beach State (18-4, 8-0) remains the only Big West team in the Top 25 for the second consecutive week, dropping a spot to No. 24 despite two wins. Stanford (20-0) stayed at No. 1, receiving 59 of the 60 first-place votes, while Washington (21-0, 1 votes) moved up a spot to No. 2. Florida State (21-0) moved up a spot to No. 3 followed by Wisconsin (18-2), which swept then-No. 2 Texas over the weekend. It was the Badgers first win over the Longhorns since 1978, ending a 17-match losing streak. Texas (15-1) dropped to No. 5. Rounding out the top 10 were Penn State (20-3), Colorado State (22-1), Florida (16-3), North Carolina (17-2) and Illinois (16-6). In the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), Hawaii dropped one spot to No. 30. The RPI is part of the formula used by the NCAA selection committee to seed the 64-team field. The Wahine are the highest ranked of the Big West schools. Cal State Northridge's loss to RPI No. 165 UC Davis, dropped the Matadors from 19 to 32. Long Beach State is at 36 while the rest of the conference is below 100: UC Irvine 106, UC Santa Barbara 114, UC Davis 147, Cal Poly 191, Cal State Fullerton 193 and UC Riverside 283. I thought Wisconsin swept Nebraska?
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 28, 2014 15:31:45 GMT -5
... Stanford (20-0) stayed at No. 1, receiving 59 of the 60 first-place votes, while Washington (21-0, 1 votes) moved up a spot to No. 2. Florida State (21-0) moved up a spot to No. 3 followed by Wisconsin (18-2), which swept then-No. 2 Texas over the weekend. It was the Badgers first win over the Longhorns since 1978, ending a 17-match losing streak. ... I thought Wisconsin swept Nebraska? yup good catch. and texas was swept by oklahoma. fact-checkers fell asleep.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 29, 2014 15:08:09 GMT -5
Rainbow Wahine still work on the little things
By Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 29, 2014
If it's Tuesday, it must be skills day. That's been the routine this season for the Hawaii volleyball team.
Following a day off Monday, the Rainbow Wahine were back in Gym 1 for a 6 a.m. practice, Monotonous in its repetitions perhaps, but necessary for continued improvement midway through the Big West season.
Hawaii is in second place, two games behind Long Beach State, the lone conference unbeaten. With the 49ers having a single match this week -- at Cal State Northridge on Saturday -- the Wahine look to cut into The Beach's lead with two road wins at UC Irvine on Friday and Cal State Fullerton on Saturday.
Hawaii is packing a two-match win streak as well as taking along the reigning conference Freshman of the Week (Kalei Greeley) and Defender of the Week (Sarah Mendoza) on its red-eye flight to Los Angeles on Wednesday night. There are also two additions to the travel roster: Freshman defensive specialists Savanah Kahakai and Giana Guinasso are set to make their first road trip in Wahine uniforms.
"I'm really excited to go back home," said Guinasso, who grew up some 13 miles away from UCI's Bren Events Center, site of Friday's match. "I did look at (UCI during the recruiting process), but my mom thought it was too close to home. Now she regrets it. She misses me."
Guinasso said she missed not making the last two road trips -- Hawaii traveled with 14 and took sophomore Katiana Ponce and freshman Clare-Marie Anderson -- but was able to do "fun things" on the free weekend.
One very fun thing found her a few weeks ago. Guinasso ended up baby-sitting for three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings during a family wedding at Turtle Bay.
Guinasso's father, Angelo, is a former pro beach partner of Jennings' husband, Casey, and "my dad saw Kerri playing in Huntington and they asked about me, then said they were going to Hawaii for her cousin's wedding," Guinasso said. "They asked me to babysit the three kids and I ended up at the ceremony. It was like, 'Hey, I'm part of the Walsh family now.' "
Wednesday afternoon practice will focus more on UCI, which is a game back of Hawaii in third. The Anteaters had won five straight since being swept in Honolulu on Oct. 4 but were swept Monday at San Diego State in nonconference play.
UCI has been without oft-injured junior opposite Marisa Bubica, the Big West leader in kills (4.01 kps), the past two matches. It is unknown whether she will return against Hawaii. She had 12 kills in the first meeting with the Wahine.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 31, 2014 14:08:18 GMT -5
UC Irvine will be a challenge, especially in new digsBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 31, 2014 BRUCE ASATO / OCT. 4 Hawaii outside hitter Nikki Taylor stayed in the back row to help its 3-meter attack as UH tweaked its rotation last week.Tied for third place, three games out of first place, likely out of contention for the Big West title. But that doesn't mean UC Irvine is any less dangerous this week, especially since the Anteaters are very comfortable in the Bren Events Center. UC Irvine is 7-3 at home but all three losses came when playing in Crawford Gym, a refurbished 800-seat facility very reminiscent of McKinley High Student Council Gym in Honolulu. Friday's match with Hawaii is in the 5,000-seat Bren where the Anteaters are 4-0 since moving across the athletic complex mauka of the pool earlier this month. UCI also is expecting its largest crowd of the season, which is usually the case when Hawaii comes to town. It will be considerably less than the announced 7,213 who saw the Rainbow Wahine rally to sweep the Anteaters at the Stan Sheriff Center on Oct. 4 but likely more than triple that of the 419 who saw UCI pull out a 3-2 win over UC Santa Barbara. That Oct. 10 victory over the Gauchos jump-started a five-match winning streak that ended quickly Monday down the coast. San Diego State, coached by former Rainbow Wahine Deitre Collins-Parker, needed just 88 minutes to sweep UC Irvine 25-19, 25-21, 27-25 in the nonconference match. "It was probably the best we've played all season," Collins-Parker said. "Even though we were up 2-0, I told our players, don't let up because they'll come back. I knew they would and they did." Much like what happened in Honolulu over three weeks ago when trailing 2-0, the Anteaters led in Set 3 22-20. And, as happened against Hawaii, UCI couldn't hold onto the lead and were outscored 7-3 by the Aztecs. The Anteaters again will face the Rainbow Wahine after a tough loss. Prior to its previous match with Hawaii, UCI dropped a 3-2 contest to Cal State Northridge in Crawford, one where the Anteaters led 2-0 and led 14-13 in Set 5 before falling 16-14 to the Matadors. "Like any other loss, we focus on the next match and getting better at practice," UCI coach Paula Weishoff said. "I feel we have improved in all aspects of our game (since last seeing Hawaii). "Hawaii is a good volleyball team and we will need to be consistent for the entire match if we want to challenge Hawaii." One challenge may be to overcome the absence of kill-leader Marisa Bubica. The 6-foot-3 junior hitter leads the Big West in kills (4.01 kps) but has missed the past two matches; her injury-plagued career has included a stress fracture and sprained ankle, both on her left leg. As of Thursday, it had not been decided whether Bubica would be cleared to play against Hawaii Friday. She had 12 kills and hit .286 against the Rainbow Wahine. Hawaii is more concerned about getting back to its winning ways on the road. The Rainbow Wahine's last trip was somewhat of a disaster, swept at Cal State Northridge and falling 3-2 at Long Beach State, a match where junior middle Olivia Magill went out early with a leg injury. "Everyone is a threat to us," Hawaii coach Dave Shoji said. "We've just got to go in with good attitudes and play our game. "UCI has been playing well in conference and they're at home. We need to stay focused." Hawaii won both of its home matches last week, including a 3-1 victory over of UC Santa Barbara Sunday where sophomore hitter Nikki Taylor had a career-high 22 kills and senior libero Sarah Mendoza — the reigning Big West Defender of the Week — a career-high 25 digs. The match featured a tweak in the rotation when Taylor — still rehabbing a sprained right elbow — remained in the back row to help Hawaii's 3-meter attack and freshman defensive specialist Savanah Kahakai replaced freshman hitter Kalei Greeley — who earned Big West Freshman of the Week honors Monday — in the back row to shore up the passing. "Whether we go back to that combo will depend on how the game is going, who is playing well and not so well," Shoji said. "We've got to get some sort of back-row attack and Nikki was able to do that (Sunday)." Hawaii leads the series with UCI 31-0 and is 32-0 against Saturday's opponent Cal State Fullerton. BIG WEST VOLLEYBALLFriday » Hawaii (14-5, 6-2) at UC Irvine (15-8, 5-3), 4 p.m. » Radio: 1420-AM » Video: espn.go.com Saturday » Hawaii at Cal State Fullerton (7-15, 1-8), 4 p.m. » Radio: 1500-AM » Video: espn.go.com
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Post by bigfan on Nov 1, 2014 12:25:12 GMT -5
Why did Gib Arnold get the boot a week before their first game?
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Post by kahusancali on Nov 1, 2014 14:18:59 GMT -5
Why did Gib Arnold get the boot a week before their first game? Is this UH men's basketball coach?
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 1, 2014 14:56:01 GMT -5
Wahine might have saved their seasonUC Irvine has them down to match point, but Tai Manu-Olevao leads a furious rally in a five-set thrillerBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 01, 2014 DARRELL MIHO / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Olivia Magill, hitting against UC Irvine’s Arielle Manz, had 17 kills and hit .484. IRVINE, Calif. » Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was blasting throughout the Bren Events Center on Friday night, evoking visions of a graveyard that was aptly reflected on Hawaii's side of the court. UC Irvine was serving for the match at 24-23 and the Rainbow Wahine were all but left for dead. Not just their faint conference title hopes but potentially their NCAA tournament aspirations. "I didn't want to tell the team we lose this and we might not make the tournament," Hawaii coach Dave Shoji said. "But I felt if we could just get something going, one play, we could make something happen. "I didn't know what it would be and I don't know what it was, but we kept at it." "It" turned into one of Hawaii's biggest wins of the season. Led by junior Tai Manu-Olevao's career-high 21 kills and a team defense that finished with 104 digs -- 33 in the final two sets -- Hawaii wore down UC Irvine 21-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-18, 15-7 in 2 hours and 40 minutes. Senior Sarah Mendoza, moving from libero to defensive specialist in Set 3, led six Wahine in double-digit digs with 20 and sophomore setter Tayler Higgins finished with a career-high 19 digs to go with 53 assists. Freshman Savanah Kahakai, making her road debut, replaced Mendoza at libero and finished with 13 digs. As her nerves steadied, so did Hawaii's passing game. "This was a big win for us," said Kahakai, noting that the Rainbow Wahine had lost their previous two five-setters this season. "My mind-set was to just keep the ball in play so we could convert. I thought Tai came up big. We didn't want the same thing to happen like at Long Beach." Three weeks ago, Hawaii (15-5, 7-2 Big West) dropped a five-set match at Long Beach State, a match the Wahine felt they let get away. Friday, it nearly did again, with Hawaii starting slowly once more, getting stuck in rotations that led to runs of points, and a step-late defense. "We started out pretty bad," Manu-Olevao said. "I was hitting negative and I wanted to pull my hair out. We knew the only way we could win was to go to five and take all the advantages (UCI) had and turn them into ours. "We started putting pressure on them and you could see it affecting them. This was big for us, a big character builder." Hawaii could have easily folded in Set 3 with the Anteaters in control at 21-17. Senior Kalei Adolpho got free for a kill and she and Kalei Greeley teamed to block Alison Lee to tie at 21. Cassidy Pickrell, who finished with 16 kills, added two in helping UCI edge out 23-22. Manu-Olevao answered, tying it again, but Victoria Dennis had the UCI faithful standing for match point with one of her 10 kills. A kill by junior middle Olivia Magill tied it for what would be the last time at 24. Manu-Olevao gave Hawaii its first set point with one of her rockets and Pickrell's hitting error gave the Wahine the set and new life. Hawaii, which had 11 service errors through the first three sets to UCI's one, finally found the court with its serves. The Wahine had just two errors the rest of the way while picking up their defense, particularly picking up the Anteaters' tip shots and finally digging Pickrell's line shots. Behind tough serves from Mendoza and Kahakai, Hawaii took control in Set 4, pulling away to a 20-15 lead. Manu-Olevao was all but untouchable at the end with three kills among the last three shots, including getting one of her own tip shots to fall. The Wahine led 8-5 at the changeover in Set 5 and it was all but over. Magill took over with three kills, the last at 14-7 and Taylor ended it. "After Set 3, Hawaii dug in, they picked up their defense and that was probably the biggest difference," UCI coach Paula Weishoff said. "At one point, we had a 71-59 advantage in digs and we both finished with 104. "And No. 10 (Manu-Olevao) stepped it up. We played a great team tonight -- they stepped up their game and made the plays. Hawaii played some really nice volleyball tonight." Pickrell and Alison Lee finished with 16 kills for UCI (15-9, 5-4). Libero Arden Davis played a spectacular defensive match (31 digs). Hawaii heads to Cal State Fullerton (2-19, 0-9) on Saturday for a 4 p.m. contest. "We played great defense tonight at the end," Shoji said. "And Tai completely turned her game around. She and Nikki (Taylor) were buried in negative numbers and turned it around. "This was a huge win for us." Full photo gallery here. Photos by: DARRELL MIHO / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 1, 2014 15:02:43 GMT -5
Why did Gib Arnold get the boot a week before their first game? hawaii self-reported an incident and has been under NCAA investigation since the early part of the year. the incident involved a tampered financial document for a recruit. gib and an assistant, brandyn akana, were fired, altho akana had been suspended due to the investigation for some time now. it's not known what exactly gib's role is. it's been reported, but not verified, in the local news that akana was involved somehow with the tampered document. but the speculation is that the NCAA will be issuing a violation letter soon, and that UH might have received some early confidential info on what the findings might be. and that led UH to preemptively hand gib and akana their walking papers. this might be an over-simplified version of the events, but that's the gist. rough year for UH sports...
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Post by kahusancali on Nov 1, 2014 15:23:06 GMT -5
Yay. The football team struggle and now this basketball saga.
I read somewhere that football team has been losing money at the gate.Would it be in the best interest for UH to just get rid of the football and UH men's basketball program? Not sure if basketball program is making money. And keep the rest of the program? I read somewhere that football team has been losing money at the gate. Is that feasible?
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 1, 2014 19:11:27 GMT -5
Yay. The football team struggle and now this basketball saga. I read somewhere that football team has been losing money at the gate. Would it be in the best interest for UH to just get rid of the football and UH men's basketball program? Not sure if basketball program is making money. And keep the rest of the program? I read somewhere that football team has been losing money at the gate. Is that feasible? i wouldn't go that far. and there's no real danger of that happening anyway. doing that will do more harm than good in the long term. like it or not (and whether profitable or not), the football and to a lesser extent basketball programs are the flagship programs of any athletic program. get rid of 'em, and it's an immediate downgrade in the image of the program, which can affect the image and recruiting of other sports.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 2, 2014 13:43:13 GMT -5
Wahine roll to victoryBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 02, 2014 LAST UPDATED: 01:54 a.m. HST, Nov 02, 2014 DARRELL MIHO / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER The University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine held up a finger on one of the set points against Cal State Fullerton on Saturday at Titan Gym in Fullerton, Calif. UH won 25-22, 25-14, 25-18.FULLERTON, Calif. » Think a detour-filled drive through downtown versus a ride down an empty H-3. Such was the difference in the play for Hawaii in its two Big West matches the past two nights. While the going was slow for the Rainbow Wahine as they won in five at UC Irvine on Friday, UH cruised Saturday night in sweeping Cal State Fullerton (7-15, 1-8). Hawaii (16-5, 8-2) got a carpool effort over 91 minutes, with junior Olivia Magill putting down a team-high eight kills with no errors in 11 swings in a 25-22, 25-14, 25-18 win over the Titans. Senior middle Kalei Adolpho, sophomore hitter Nikki Taylor and freshman hitter Kalei Greeley each added seven kills and junior hitter Tai Manu-Olevao had six in a balanced attack that saw all 14 of the Rainbow Wahine get playing time in front of the pro-Hawaii crowd of 531 in Titan Gym. Freshman Savanah Kahakai, in her first career start at libero, finished with a season-high 17 digs. The Wahine outblocked the Titans 10-4, with Taylor in on six, Adolpho five and Magill four. "It felt good to win this one in three," said Magill, who has not had a hitting error in her past five sets, going 5-0-9 in Sets 4 and 5 against UCI. "We talked about starting better and I thought we were in control tonight." Coming back after the five-set battle Friday, the Rainbow Wahine knew they had to remain focused. In 2012, Hawaii went up 2-0 before needing to grind out a win in five and "we didn't want a repeat of that," Wahine coach Dave Shoji said. "We want to reward our players and we were able to get everyone in, but (in Set 3), we needed to take care of business and get out in three." Not long after CSUF's Stephanie Buss served long to end the match, Hawaii's collective thoughts turned to the tough upcoming week, when the Wahine host the two teams that have beaten them in conference play: Long Beach State on Friday and Cal State Northridge on Saturday. The undefeated 49ers moved closer to clinching the league crown, turning back the host Matadors in four Saturday. "We're thinking about them starting right now," Shoji said as the team left the gym. Magill wanted to savor the 2-0 road trip for a little longer. "It's one day at a time and it was a good win tonight," she said. "But we know we have two big matches next week." As for the Titans, losers of nine of their past 10, their youth showed at critical times. While Hawaii had the luxury of putting four freshmen on the court at the same time in Set 2, CSUF coach Carolyn Zimmerman had little choice with her roster that has just one senior and five freshmen. Two first-year players led the team in kills with 11 each: freshman Niki Withers and junior college transfer Megan Kurz. "We had our chances tonight and didn't capitalize," Zimmerman said. "I thought Hawaii got great play out of their middles — Magill and Adolpho really carried them tonight." And that concerned Shoji. As much as he liked the connection between his middles and sophomore setter Tayler Higgins, he said, "Our left-sides need to get better. But I thought Higgins has made a big jump in her setting this weekend. I like the way she is setting." Left-side hitter Manu-Olevao hit .087, while Greeley, with one kill on 10 attempts through Set 2, needed a strong third set to push her hitting percentage to .227. 3 HAWAII
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KEY: Five UH players get six or more kills in a balanced attack NEXT: UH vs. Long Beach State, 7 p.m. Friday at Stan Sheriff Center Full photo gallery here. Photos by DARRELL MIHO / SPECIAL TO THE HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER.
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