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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Feb 27, 2004 0:30:08 GMT -5
Bruins up 15-9 in game 1, time out Hawai'i.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Feb 27, 2004 0:49:59 GMT -5
UCLA wins game 1 30-26.
Warriors plagued by service and hitting errors so far.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Feb 27, 2004 1:06:40 GMT -5
Hawai'i leads game 2 15-13, time out.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Feb 27, 2004 1:23:03 GMT -5
Warriors take game 2 30-28.  match tied 1-1. |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Feb 27, 2004 1:40:51 GMT -5
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Post by dreamteam on Feb 27, 2004 2:35:27 GMT -5
Its going 5
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Feb 27, 2004 2:47:09 GMT -5
9-7 Warriors, game 5.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Feb 27, 2004 2:55:20 GMT -5
Hawai'i still number #1. The Warriors win game 5 15-9 to take the match 3 games to 2.
Hawai'i wins, Hawai'i wins!
Game scores
UH 26 30 25 30 15
UCLA 30 28 30 26 9
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Post by cougarize on Feb 27, 2004 3:02:56 GMT -5
Congrats to Hawaii. Contrary to popular opinion Cougarize does not hate Hawaii. He actually has many island connections!  It would be nice to see a No. 1 vs. No. 2 match up when BYU and Hawaii hook up March 18 and 20. I am sure then, we will have lively banter about things of present pertinence. |
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Post by EP on Feb 27, 2004 3:05:48 GMT -5
Some thoughts on the match,
A lot of service errors by both sides.
Hawaii has won 5 straight matches against UCLA now, has anyone else ever done that?
Brilliant serving by Azenha in the end of the 4th game, and during the 5th.
Pena cracks me up, he plays with passion.
Fun match between #1 and #2, Saturday could be better.
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Post by volleystar37 on Feb 27, 2004 3:08:38 GMT -5
The matchups im waiting to see are saturdays game between UCLA and Hawaii for a rematch, Long Beach vs. Hawaii, and BYU vs. Hawaii. So many good matches...oooweee ;D
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Post by cougarize on Feb 27, 2004 3:11:01 GMT -5
Some thoughts on the match, A lot of service errors by both sides. Hawaii has won 5 straight matches against UCLA now, has anyone else ever done that? Brilliant serving by Azenha in the end of the 4th game, and during the 5th. Pena cracks me up, he plays with passion. Fun match between #1 and #2, Saturday could be better. BYU hasn't won five in a row, which obviously doesn't answer your question, but the Cougars have won 5 of the last six, including three sweeps. |
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Post by roy on Feb 27, 2004 3:27:40 GMT -5
Thoughts on the match.
I decided to stay at home instead of going to the game. The rain made driving a real problem, so I didn't get to go. Now I regret it. It was just a great game.
Both teams struggled serving. Neither had a really good ace to error ratio. There were some critical times both made costly mistakes. But I suppose that was expected. UCLA uses 5 jump servers and they all gave Hawaii fits. Gonzalez is the only one that doesn't just a jump serve and it is a real nice change up that will give teams some problems. While neither team had a lot of aces, they did put a lot of pressure on the setters, as the passing wasn't as crisp for both teams.
Gonzalez outplayed Beckwith in that department. He got all of his players involved including the middles in Pena and Johnson. Hawaii's middles were not involved. They combine for only about 10 kills in the whole match. If Hawaii can get the middles more involved, they can really dominate.
UCLA was...UCLA. They had depth that really hurt Hawaii. Klosterman got pulled in the first game, and didn't play again. I think that really threw off Hawaii. How do you plan to play a team when their star player gets pulled? Also Wenger got pulled for Scott. UCLA depth threw off Hawaii and it took some time to respond.
The match was based on runs. Who was able to put together a string of points. The team that put together the most string of points in a game won that game.
Hawaii's blocking was sketchy. There were times when they left no blockers on the outside and Jogoda feasted on it. At times, Hawaii put up a great block and really bothered UCLA.
Finally, Hawaii was interesting to watch. I was bored with this team in the beginning, but this team is finally showing emotion. This should be a great forerunner to the match on Saturday.
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Post by kolohekeiki on Feb 27, 2004 5:09:24 GMT -5
The Warriors overcame a slow start to defeat the UCLA Bruins in five games tonight 26-30, 30-28, 25-30, 30-26, 15-9.
The Bruins came out firing and took it to the Warriors while the Warriors struggled to get on track. The Warriors had a hard time getting on track committing error after error in the first set.
In the second set the Warriors came out with a lot more fire power and cut back on the errors. They were able to take the set 30-28 and hold off UCLA's mini run at the end of the set.
In the third set, the Warriors struggled again and the Bruins took advantage. The Warriors never did get on track in the third set and the Bruins took the set 30-25.
In the fourth set the Warriors came out with a lot of energy again led by Jose Delgado. Delgado was the Warriors emotional leader tonight. He had a great night at the net as well as he helped lead the Warriors to victory in the fourth set 30-26.
The Warriors just came out and took it to the Bruins in the fifth set. Pedro Azenha went on a run at the service line and put the Warriors up for good.
Pedro Azenha led the Warriors tonight with 22 kills and Delano Thomas contributed 20. The crowd also played a big factor in the match tonight as the crowd was really into the game and helping the Warriors pull out the match.
The Warriors and the Bruins will play again on Saturday. It will be another great match.
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Post by Noname on Feb 27, 2004 6:01:15 GMT -5
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