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Post by LanaiBoy on Sept 20, 2014 2:28:05 GMT -5
Interesting that in this particular match, Hawaii went to primarily Kalei Greeley and Nikki Taylor for the out-of-system, "garbage" sets, including some to the back-row for Nikki. I thought the team would use Manu-Olevao for this task.
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Post by Boof1224 on Sept 20, 2014 2:41:18 GMT -5
yeah the reason was 9/11. (and it was terrible that they'd use that excuse to begin with). but soon after 9/11, the ncaa used the excuse of wanting to "limit travel" to justify send seeds on the road. even when there were no longer concerns about flying teams all over for the tournament, the ncaa stuck to that simply as a cost-saving measure. the effect of all this is that the tournament started becoming more and more regionalized since that time. and that's how we've seen an imbalance and unequal distribution in the brackets some years. imo That is why PSU plays so many patsies in Tournament play. If anyone has noticed, PSU was not that great until after 9/11. NCAA going to regional selections allowed PSU to basically walk through the Tournament until the Regional Finals. Whereas other teams around the national had to battle from the get go in the Tournament. Your funny. Psu has had high quality teams for along time. Psu doesn't control who they get in tourney so don't fault rem for it. Psu went two years undefeated. One of those years they lost 1set all season. Are I really gonna blame it on seeding
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 20, 2014 2:47:44 GMT -5
Interesting that in this particular match, Hawaii went to primarily Kalei Greeley and Nikki Taylor for the out-of-system, "garbage" sets, including some to the back-row for Nikki. I thought the team would use Manu-Olevao for this task. i think also what limited olevao's attempts tonight was that she was really effective from the service line. when she's back there serving, the frontline is greeley, magill and taylor.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Sept 20, 2014 2:53:30 GMT -5
The Wahine did much better from the service line tonight after the first set. Olevao, especially, can do some damage off of her serve, Higgins too if she is not serving it into the net. This is already a strong blocking team for Hawai'i, if they start to get their serves in, look out.
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Post by roy on Sept 20, 2014 3:04:48 GMT -5
I was happy to see the line up we got. I think this could be a very potent line up for the rest of the year and now Hawaii just needs time to gel together. Northern Arizona was a very good defensive team. They picked up a lot of balls that usually went down the first few weeks of the season. I would assume part of that is now teams have film for scouting. They also really ripped their serves from the back line, so it was fun to see them just going for it.
Hawaii passing was a bit odd. There were times they looked really good and other times they looked kind of off. Setting was a bit spotty and I think the setting choices were not as good as they could have been. But now that Hawaii has the line up they wanted, Higgins just needs to get more familiar with everyone on the court at the same time. For the first part of the season, it was simply finding a way to win. Now, Hawaii has 5 viable hitting options and any of them could easily get double digit kills. So I really want to see Higgins run an offense that can get all players involved and keep the opposing team's defense guessing throughout the match.
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Post by mcman27 on Sept 20, 2014 3:34:13 GMT -5
Was having an issue with stats... Can anyone post some key player/team stats? magill, 11k .500 4 blocks taylor, 11k .208, 2 aces, 5 blocks, 9 digs greeley, 7k .111, 3 digs olevao, 6K .357, 4 aces, 10 digs adolpho, 6k .750, 4 blocks higgins, 31 assists, team hit .298 mendoza, 14 digs, 2 aces i like that hawaii hit well as a team. a rarity this season. and i liked seeing adolpho have a good night. Totally agree. I read those stats and smiled. Greeley's percentage doesn't seem to quantify what she contributed. Mendoza played well too in my opinion. Felt like I saw more decisive movement from her and some great gets/passes. So impressed with the blocking, and hope it may even improve with Taylor back and healthy. Thank you Cubi for posting those.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Sept 20, 2014 3:54:04 GMT -5
magill, 11k .500 4 blocks taylor, 11k .208, 2 aces, 5 blocks, 9 digs greeley, 7k .111, 3 digs olevao, 6K .357, 4 aces, 10 digs adolpho, 6k .750, 4 blocks higgins, 31 assists, team hit .298 mendoza, 14 digs, 2 aces i like that hawaii hit well as a team. a rarity this season. and i liked seeing adolpho have a good night. Totally agree. I read those stats and smiled. Greeley's percentage doesn't seem to quantify what she contributed. Mendoza played well too in my opinion. Felt like I saw more decisive movement from her and some great gets/passes. So impressed with the blocking, and hope it may even improve with Taylor back and healthy. Thank you Cubi for posting those. GREELEY got so many trap sets, that's why her numbers are low. If she got good sets all the time, she would be hitting .270-.300 IMO
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Post by mcman27 on Sept 20, 2014 4:02:53 GMT -5
Knowing her hitting percentage given in system sets seems like stretch, but I agree with the idea that she got more of the junk/traps along with Taylor. Thought Greeley's hits were stronger overall too. Good sign.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 20, 2014 4:46:02 GMT -5
Totally agree. I read those stats and smiled. Greeley's percentage doesn't seem to quantify what she contributed. Mendoza played well too in my opinion. Felt like I saw more decisive movement from her and some great gets/passes. So impressed with the blocking, and hope it may even improve with Taylor back and healthy. Thank you Cubi for posting those. GREELEY got so many trap sets, that's why her numbers are low. If she got good sets all the time, she would be hitting .270-.300 IMO i don't know, that's tough to do as a freshman outside hitter. even one as good as greeley. not even kanani hit .300 as a freshmen, and by all accounts, she had a tremendous freshman campaign (although she did come close to hitting .300... she hit at about .280 or so, and that was an all-american season for her). and really, if every pin hitter got good sets all the time, they'd of course be hitting at that clip or higher. but getting all kinds of sets -- good, bad, bailouts -- is simply the nature of an outside hitter. greeley is hitting .224 on the season so far. if she stays at that output or better the rest of the season, it'll be a tremendous accomplishment. she's certainly got the skills (including a solid wrist snap) to hit for better. whether she can consistently do so during her freshman season will be the challenge.
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Post by bigskybear on Sept 20, 2014 9:59:21 GMT -5
Hey VB4mee why does Kentucky play Moorhead St. Or half of the SEC for that matter!!! Try some teams that own their own volleyball's!!!!
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Post by LanaiBoy on Sept 20, 2014 11:21:51 GMT -5
I said at the beginning of the season that if Nikki Taylor maintains her hitting average from last season, about .280 and if Manu-Olevao hits about .250 and the other outside hitter hits about .225, the Wahine will have a really successful season. That's the nature of today's volleyball. With intensive scouting and review of tapes, outside hitters have a difficult time of it, with double blocks, being targeted on serves, and receiving all the garbage sets.
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Post by Wolfgang on Sept 20, 2014 20:59:48 GMT -5
Dave Shoji on tying Russ Rose for all-time winningest coach (Dave was all-time winningest before Rose passed him this season):
"They play all those eastern teams and they play three a night, so...Just kidding."
He smiled as he said this.
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Post by kahusancali on Sept 23, 2014 13:50:49 GMT -5
I said at the beginning of the season that if Nikki Taylor maintains her hitting average from last season, about .280 and if Manu-Olevao hits about .250 and the other outside hitter hits about .225, the Wahine will have a really successful season. That's the nature of today's volleyball. With intensive scouting and review of tapes, outside hitters have a difficult time of it, with double blocks, being targeted on serves, and receiving all the garbage sets. We'll find out comes conference play.
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