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Post by volleyballfan99 on Sept 15, 2014 0:56:20 GMT -5
Magill - 15 kills,7 blocks, .560 Taylor - 14 kills, 2 blocks, .098 Adolpho - 9 kills, 6 blocks, .312 Greeley - 7 kills , 3 blocks, .130 Wow. Can't imagine Nikki will hit that low of a percentage throughout the year. Blocking is a huge strength this year. Nikki was hitting mid 200 after the 3rd Set. She just ran out of gas. This match was like her 4th practice this year.
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Post by skeleton on Sept 15, 2014 0:56:54 GMT -5
Magill - 15 kills,7 blocks, .560 Taylor - 14 kills, 2 blocks, .098 Adolpho - 9 kills, 6 blocks, .312 Greeley - 7 kills , 3 blocks, .130 Wow. Can't imagine Nikki will hit that low of a percentage throughout the year. Blocking is a huge strength this year. She took 41 swings with 10 errors. This was her first game back. I'm not worried.
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Post by ACE on Sept 15, 2014 0:59:12 GMT -5
Wow. Can't imagine Nikki will hit that low of a percentage throughout the year. Blocking is a huge strength this year. She took 41 swings with 10 errors. This was her first game back. I'm not worried. I'm not worried either, if I'm not mistaken, she just started taking full swings this past week, and a lot of her sets were either too low or too tight or bailout sets. And like Shoji said in his interview, they did not anticipate her taking soo many swings or playing backrow, but he said he had no options as Long and Passi was not cutting it.
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Post by LanaiBoy on Sept 15, 2014 1:05:10 GMT -5
One of the major reasons Taylor had a low hitting percentage was the large number of trap sets she had to contend with tonight. Higgins just did not have a good night setting, especially in the 1st set when she was really off as was the passing (not entirely her fault). Taylor mentioned in the TV interview that the match yesterday was the first time she got to actually hit the ball for several months. She'll get better pretty quickly.
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Post by roy on Sept 15, 2014 2:12:09 GMT -5
Really glad Hawaii pulled the win tonight. Never really felt like Hawaii was in control at any time, so I was breathing a sigh of relief when finally won sets 2 through 4. Really glad Hawaii played this San Francisco team, because they play very similar to the style Hawaii will see in the Big West. Very fiesty and will dig the ball a lot. A lot of really well placed shots by a lot of the players. And I think it was Pilepic who had just a huge arm and really ripped the ball.
Like others, it was great to see Taylor and she will improve as she gets playing time. I think all the fans pretty much agree that it will be Taylor, Greeley, and Olevao on the pins. I think Hawaii has found its lineup, so now it's about getting everyone to gel. The only thing that kind of worries me about this team is that I feel their back row is not as strong as years past. It just seems that a lot of balls that teams from the past would have gotten are getting dropped by this team. But Taylor was not a bad back row player, so hopefully it will get better.
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Post by network155 on Sept 15, 2014 3:26:43 GMT -5
They might drop out of the Coaches poll tomorrow, but it doesn't matter. I feel Hawaii with Taylor back, and Tai Manu Olevao playing the rest of matches from now on, will continue to improve, and I strongly believe this team will be a very dangerous team in the postseason. Kalei Greeley is very solid, but seemed very tired. We are very good in the middle with Adolpho and Magill, just hope that Higgins will improve on her set location especially for Nikki Taylor and Magill, when she sets them. Too many trap sets that just gets blocked back.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2014 3:37:07 GMT -5
If Higgins doesn't improve her location, the big west will be a battle, if she does, UH will win comfortably.
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Post by mcman27 on Sept 15, 2014 3:47:24 GMT -5
Wow. Can't imagine Nikki will hit that low of a percentage throughout the year. Blocking is a huge strength this year. She took 41 swings with 10 errors. This was her first game back. I'm not worried. I'm not worried either, meant to imply that her percentage is guaranteed to rise. Glad to have her back. Agree with anyone who says that Nikki/Tai/Kalei is a potent OH group. Magill is a one woman wrecking crew. Adolpho performed well tonight. Looking at the "RPI Futures" thread is kinda encouraging... Wahine can finish with 5 losses(2 in conference) and still have an RPI ranking of 22? Am I reading that right? 3 losses now, finish with 5 and be 22nd in RPI? I am not worried about hosting(although to achieve that would be AMAZING) so RPI #22 sounds pretty solid. Wonder what another loss or two would do to that number.
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Post by ay2013 on Sept 15, 2014 10:48:25 GMT -5
She took 41 swings with 10 errors. This was her first game back. I'm not worried. I'm not worried either, meant to imply that her percentage is guaranteed to rise. Glad to have her back. Agree with anyone who says that Nikki/Tai/Kalei is a potent OH group. Magill is a one woman wrecking crew. Adolpho performed well tonight. Looking at the "RPI Futures" thread is kinda encouraging... Wahine can finish with 5 losses(2 in conference) and still have an RPI ranking of 22? Am I reading that right? 3 losses now, finish with 5 and be 22nd in RPI? I am not worried about hosting(although to achieve that would be AMAZING) so RPI #22 sounds pretty solid. Wonder what another loss or two would do to that number. You can count on the Strength of the Pac-12 in the RPI for that. The Big West will end up keeping Hawaii slightly down (though not as down as a couple years ago), but based on the projections of the final record of Hawaii's preseason opponents, there aren't too many RPI negatives (i.e. most teams are projected to finish around .600+). When it comes to rpi, the biggest factor is the opponents record (50%) and even if Hawaii were to take a loss or two more, while they would drop, it probably wouldn't be significant. They are also immensely helped having 3 Pac-12 teams on the schedule in the OPP-OPP record, which will factor in the great, near .900 OOC winning percentage of the entire Pac-12 conference, three times. If Hawaii doesn't lose ANY matches in conference, they would have an rpi very close to the top 16....but at that point the "quality wins" would come into play for seed talk.
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Post by soljah808 on Sept 15, 2014 14:27:27 GMT -5
I think Hawaii fans are aware that should they advance to the post season....they will be on the road.
Our hope is that with Nikki getting back into the groove slowly....this team continues to progress and improve.
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Post by volleyballfan99 on Sept 15, 2014 14:49:27 GMT -5
Now that Nikki Taylor is back, the back row play should improve greatly. From what I saw, a lot of times the players in the back row did not know who was going to get the ball. With Dave using so many different lineups players were not used to playing next to each other. Now with Nikki back in the lineup, things will settle down, players will be put in their positions so that they can start working on getting familiar with each other, what each player is capable of doing. So a lot of these indecisive plays in the back row will go away.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 15, 2014 15:07:50 GMT -5
Really glad Hawaii pulled the win tonight. Never really felt like Hawaii was in control at any time, so I was breathing a sigh of relief when finally won sets 2 through 4. Really glad Hawaii played this San Francisco team, because they play very similar to the style Hawaii will see in the Big West. Very fiesty and will dig the ball a lot. A lot of really well placed shots by a lot of the players. And I think it was Pilepic who had just a huge arm and really ripped the ball. Like others, it was great to see Taylor and she will improve as she gets playing time. I think all the fans pretty much agree that it will be Taylor, Greeley, and Olevao on the pins. I think Hawaii has found its lineup, so now it's about getting everyone to gel. The only thing that kind of worries me about this team is that I feel their back row is not as strong as years past. It just seems that a lot of balls that teams from the past would have gotten are getting dropped by this team. But Taylor was not a bad back row player, so hopefully it will get better. I like this trio as hawaii's pin hitters going forward -- size, athleticism, and all 3 are a threat to put the ball away, which will help them take the pressure off each other. I feel the same way about the passing, but you gotta figure at times, 2 of the 3 passers are freshmen (greeley/kahakai). they will only get more comfortable as the season progresses.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 15, 2014 15:10:46 GMT -5
I think Hawaii fans are aware that should they advance to the post season....they will be on the road.Our hope is that with Nikki getting back into the groove slowly....this team continues to progress and improve. i think hawaii's RPI will be fine to get them into the tournament (of course, i could be wrong, and we'll have to see what the RPI looks like as the season progresses, right?). in any case, they won't be seeded (strong likelihood at this point). but (and i posted this in the week 3 poll thread) ... hawaii will be a different team by the end of the season, and could prove to be a very dangerous unseeded team in a seeded team's subregional on the road.
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Post by volleyballfan99 on Sept 15, 2014 15:16:13 GMT -5
The next really scary match for me is when the Wahine face UCSB in October. Not because UCSB is that good, but that match will be played on Sunday. We all know by now what that means, NO Tai Manu-Olevao. That would mean just another lineup juggle by Dave. Who will Dave use in place of Olevao, will it be an unproductive Long or Passi, or will be a somewhat productive Huff.
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Post by volleyballfan99 on Sept 15, 2014 15:22:26 GMT -5
I think Hawaii fans are aware that should they advance to the post season....they will be on the road.Our hope is that with Nikki getting back into the groove slowly....this team continues to progress and improve. i think hawaii's RPI will be fine to get them into the tournament (of course, i could be wrong, and we'll have to see what the RPI looks like as the season progresses, right?). in any case, they won't be seeded (strong likelihood at this point). but (and i posted this in the week 3 poll thread) ... hawaii will be a different team by the end of the season, and could prove to be a very dangerous unseeded team in a seeded team's subregional on the road. I agree with you there. Hawaii could be a very dangerous unseeded team, just like BYU was last year. We all remember how dangerous BYU was last year, right.
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