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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 6, 2015 18:17:32 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 7, 2015 14:35:44 GMT -5
No. 4 Hawaii upsets No. 1 Pepperdine in sand volleyballSandBows rally for 3-2 winBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 03:07 p.m. HST, Mar 06, 2015 LAST UPDATED: 04:57 p.m. HST, Mar 06, 2015 KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER The "SandBows'" Lara Schreiber, left, dug one out with her partner Mikayla Tucker ready to take a shot at practice in the new sand courts at UH-Manoa on March 3.The No. 4 team of Mikayla Tucker and Lara Schreiber rallied past Pepperdine's Sophie Asprey and Taylor Rocich 16-21, 21-12, 15-8 for the deciding point and No. 4 Hawaii upset No. 1 Pepperdine in an AVCA Collegiate Sand dual match Friday morning at Queen's Beach. It was the first time the SandBows (2-0) had defeated the Waves (1-1) in six meetings. Pepperdine had won the previous five via 5-0 sweeps. It also was just the third duals loss in four seasons for the Waves (53-3). Earlier Friday, Hawaii defeated No. 6 Loyola Marymount 4-1 and Pepperdine beat Loyola Marymount 4-1. Against the Waves, the SandBows trailed 2-1 going into the final two matches, getting an expressive point at No. 2 with a 21-16, 21-16 sweep y Olivia Urban-Katie Spieler over Delany Knudsen-Lara Dykstra. Hawaii tied the match with a win in a battle of All-Americans at No. 1. Brittany Tiegs-Nikki Taylor came back for a 14-21, 21-14, 15-8 win over Kellie Woolever-Kelley Larsen. Tucker-Schreiber were ahead 7-1 in Set 3 when the No. 1 match finished. The SandBows No. 4 duo said they were unaware that their match would be the deciding point. Hawaii, Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount continued play Friday afternoon in the pool-play portion of the Rainbow Wahine Invitational. The top team from each of the six pools will advance to the gold bracket Saturday when seeking the overall pairs title. The remaining duos will be seeded in two other brackets for places 7 through 14 and 15 through 18. Saturday's play also is at Queen's Beach.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 7, 2015 14:38:54 GMT -5
SandBows knock off top-ranked Pepperdine
By Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 07, 2015 LAST UPDATED: 02:09 a.m. HST, Mar 07, 2015
It’s early. Opening-day-of-the-season early.
Still, it’s never too early to savor a first.
Because it was a big one.
How big? Consider that in the five previous sand volleyball dual meetings, Hawaii hadn’t even taken a point off Pepperdine.
That’s 0–5 times five. That’s 0-forever until Friday.
The No. 4 Rainbow Wahine rallied to win the final two flights against the top-ranked and defending national champion Waves, earning 2-1 victories at Nos. 1 and 4 for a 3-2 victory at Queen’s Beach. It was just the third duals loss in four years for Pepperdine, now 53-3 since the sport’s inaugural season of 2012.
“They’re really tough,” said SandBows sophomore Mikayla Tucker, who teamed with freshman Lara Schreiber at No. 4 to earn the deciding point. “I wanted it so badly.
“We had no idea that it was coming down to our match. We would have probably felt more pressure if we had. It was a beautiful day out here. Even more so now.”
Tucker-Schreiber were well on their way to the win, leading 7-1 in Set 3 when Nikki Taylor’s ace gave her and Brittany Tiegs the 14-21, 21-14, 15-8 victory over Pepperdine’s Kellie Woolever and Kelley Larsen. The Hawaii pair had dominated after losing Set 1, one that the left-handed Woolever controlled with her tough serving and four aces.
The marathon match at No. 1 was a battle featuring four All-Americans. Seniors Woolever and Larsen were 50-5 when playing together the past two seasons, while senior Tiegs and sophomore Taylor had different partners as the SandBows finished tied for third nationally last year.
Both Nos. 1 had three-setters earlier in the day, Tiegs-Taylor surviving against Loyola Marymount’s Betsi Metter-Sarah Sponcil, 15-21, 21-17, 15-12, in the SandBows’ 4-1 win over the Lions. Metter-Sponcil handed Woolever-Larsen what would be the first of two losses on Friday, 21-23, 21-15, 15-10, the only point for the Lions in a 4-1 loss to the Waves in the second match of the triple header.
“I like it when we go to three (sets), you get that extra chance to come on strong at the end and win,” Tiegs said. “We just had to play our game, calm down a little bit. Winning that second game, I think, put pressure on them, made them think about it because they had just lost in three.”
Tiegs’ smart placement shots sealed it in Set 3. Twice she surprised her opponents as well as her partner with a two-handed fist shot on one (first contact) that landed deep behind both Woolever and Larsen.
“No one was expecting that, I wasn’t expecting it,” Taylor said. “Those were great shots, just perfect.”
As for her match-ending ace at 14-8, “I had been serving more in the middle,” Taylor said. “When I went back to serve, my first thought was I’m going to ace them. I saw (Woolever) take a step towards the middle, so it was, ‘I’m serving line (toward the outside of the court).’ ”
“It’s a great feeling to win today,” first-year Hawaii coach Jeff Hall said. “Our girls have been chomping at the bit, ready to go and play someone else.
“We started off a little rocky (against LMU), but we got better throughout the day.”
Even in defeat, Pepperdine coach Nina Matthies was fairly satisfied. She, too, had mixed up a few pairs, putting returnees with newcomers.
“I liked what I saw for the most part,” Matthies said. “We’ve opened at home (the past three years), so it was good to get this experience. We had a few new pairs, so obviously we’ll keep working. We’re not done yet.”
The Rainbow Wahine Invitational pairs tournament got underway Friday afternoon with pool play. The winners of each of the six pools moved into the gold bracket to determine the overall champion.
Pepperdine had four pairs advance out of the six pools and Hawaii and Loyola Marymount one.
Playing in the gold bracket will be Waves Sophie Asprey-Taylor Racich, Kellie Woolever-Kelley Larsen, Delany Knudsen-Lara Dykstra and Becca Strehlow-Emily Cook
Hawaii's Olivia Urban and Katie Spieler also won their pool, as did LMU's Betsi Metter-Sarah Sponcil.
3 HAWAII 2 PEPPERDINE
Also: Hawaii 4, Loyola Marymount 1;Pepperdine 4, LMU 1 Next: Rainbow Wahine Invitational, Pairs Bracket Play. 8 A.M. Saturday, Queen’s Beach
No. 4 Hawaii 4, No. 6 Loyola Marymount 1
No. 1: Brittany Tiegs/Nikki Taylor (UH) def. Betsi Metter/Sarah Sponcil (LMU) 15-21, 21-17, 15-12
No. 2: Olivia Urban/Katie Spieler (UH) def. Litara Keil/Taylor Akana (LMU) 21-11, 21-14
No. 3: Sammie Brown/Hannah Rooks (UH) def. Anne Marie Taylor/Avery Bush (LMU) 21-10, 21-16
No. 4: Rachelle Suaava/Hannah Tedrow (LMU) def. Mikayla Tucker/Lara Schreiber (UH) 21-13, 16-21, 15-13
No. 5: Hannah Zalopany/Kaiwi Schucht (UH) def. Ashley Maxfeldt/Taylor Scioscia (LMU) 22-20, 21-16
No. 1 Pepperdine 4, Loyola Marymount 1
No. 1: Betsi Metter/Sarah Sponcil (LMU) def. Kellie Woolever/Kelley Larsen (PEPP) 21-23, 21-15, 15-10
No. 2: Delaney Knudsen/Lara Dykstra (PEPP) def. Litara Keil/Taylor Akana (LMU) 21-14, 21-14
No. 3: Becca Strehlow/Emily Cook (PEPP) def. Anne Marie Taylor/Avery Bush (LMU) 21-14, 21-10
No. 4: Sophie Asprey/Taylor Racich (PEPP) def. Rachelle Suaava/Hannah Tedrow (LMU) 21-11, 21-10
No. 5: Corinne Quiggle/Katie Messing (PEPP) def. Ashley Maxfeldt/Taylor Scioscia (LMU) 21-12, 21-10
No. 4 Hawaii 3, No. 1 Pepperdine 2
No. 1: Brittany Tiegs/Nikki Taylor (UH) def. Kellie Woolever/Kelley Larsen (PEPP) 14-21, 21-14, 15-8
No. 2: Olivia Urban/Katie Spieler (UH) def. Delaney Knudsen/Lara Dykstra (PEPP) 21-16, 21-16
No. 3: Becca Strehlow/Emily Cook (PEPP) def. Sammie Brown/Hannah Rooks (UH) 21-19, 21-17
No. 4: Mikayla Tucker/Lara Schreiber (UH) def. Sophie Asprey/Taylor Racich (PEPP) 16-21, 21-12, 15-8
No. 5: Corinne Quiggle/Katie Messing (PEPP) def. Hannah Zalopany/Kaiwi Schucht (UH) 21-18, 21-18
POOL PLAY
Pool 1
Brittany Tiegs/Nikki Taylor (UH) def. Rachelle Suaava/Hannah Tedrow (LMU) 21-18, 21-18
Sophie Asprey/Taylor Racich (PEPP) def. Rachelle Suaava/Hannah Tedrow (LMU), 21-0, 21-18
Sophie Asprey/Taylor Racich (PEPP) def. Brittany Tiegs/Nikki Taylor (UH) 21-16, 21-19
Pool 2
Hannah Zalopany/Kaiwi Schucht (UH) def. Ashley Maxfeldt/Taylor Scioscia (LMU) 21-18, 21-11
Kellie Woolever/Kelley Larsen (PEPP) def. Ashley Maxfeldt/Taylor Scioscia (LMU) 21-18, 21-9
Kellie Woolever/Kelley Larsen (PEPP) def. Hannah Zalopany/Kaiwi Schucht (UH) 21-12, 21-10
Pool 3
Betsi Metter/Sarah Sponcil (LMU) def. Corinne Quiggle/Katie Messing (PEPP) 21-12, 23-21
Corinne Quiggle/Katie Messing (PEPP) def. Mikayla Tucker/Lara Schreiber (UH) 21-19, 21-18
Betsi Metter/Sarah Sponcil (LMU) def. Mikayla Tucker/Lara Schreiber (UH) 21-17, 21-13
Pool 4
Olivia Urban/Katie Spieler (UH) def. Samantha Cash/Leanna Schroeder (PEPP) 21-16, 21-9
Anne Marie Taylor/Avery Bush (LMU) def. Samantha Cash/Leanna Schroeder (PEPP) 21-15, 21-19
Olivia Urban/Katie Spieler (UH) def. Anne Marie Taylor/Avery Bush (LMU) 21-9, 21-15
Pool 5
Delaney Knudsen/Lara Dykstra (PEPP) def. Lindsay Carr/Kristen Castellanos (LMU) 21-15, 21-13
Sammie Brown/Hannah Rooks (UH) def. Lindsay Carr/Kristen Castellanos (LMU) 21-15, 21-18
Delaney Knudsen/Lara Dykstra (PEPP) def. Sammie Brown/Hannah Rooks (UH) 21-17, 21-15
Pool 6
Litara Keil/Taylor Akana (LMU) def. Heather Boyan/London Chow (UH) 24-26, 21-13, 17-15
Becca Strehlow/Emily Cook (PEPP) def. Heather Boyan/London Chow (UH) 23-21, 21-14
Becca Strehlow/Emily Cook (PEPP) def. Litara Keil/Taylor Akana (LMU) 21-19, 18-21, 15-11
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 8, 2015 19:12:10 GMT -5
UH duo has great chemistry in getting to finalBy Kaylee Noborikawa POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 08, 2015 LAST UPDATED: 03:29 a.m. HST, Mar 08, 2015 CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii’s Katie Spieler lunged for a dig, passing to teammate Olivia Urban during bracket play at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational. It wasn't the outcome Katie Spieler and Olivia Urban hoped for, but it was a win for the fans in attendance. The University of Hawaii sand volleyball duo provided some free entertainment on Queen's Beach with a back-and-forth battle that included 11 game points in Set 2, but the Rainbow Wahine eventually fell to Pepperdine's Kellie Woolever and Kelley Larsen, 17-21, 31-29, 15-5 in the gold bracket championship at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational on Saturday. Hawaii's No. 2 pairing of Spieler-Urban advanced to the final after sweeping the Waves' No. 3 tandem of Becca Strehlow and Emily Cook, 21-15, 21-18 in the semis. They were the only Hawaii team to reach the gold bracket after Friday's pool play rounds. "For me, I love to just get to the finals, 'cause I feel like once you get there you just flow, the energy's there and you're just playing your game," Spieler said. Standing just 5-foot-5, Spieler put on a defensive clinic, picking up dinks and digs from sideline to sideline, and was named best defensive player of the invitational, while Urban held her own with eight kills and three blocks in the final match. In the first set of the championship game, the home team carried its momentum from the semis and led 17-11 with Spieler's ninth kill of the match in deep center court. Her array of shots kept the defense off-balance with bumps over on the first touch, sharp roll shots along the net, and well-placed digs that turned into kills. The Waves rallied back with a 6-1 run to trail 18-17, but a Pepperdine service error, a Spieler kill and a net violation gave the SandBows a 1-0 game advantage. Pepperdine came out strong in the second set and earned a 14-10 lead with Larsen's dump-over on the second touch. Hawaii inched its way back to tie the game at 19, one of 17 ties in the set. The Waves reached three game points, but Spieler-Urban answered each one with a sideout. The next six match points were Hawaii's opportunity to clinch the invitational title, but two consecutive errors and another Larsen kill forced a deciding third set. The SandBows appeared to be out of gas after the Set 2 marathon, and never held a lead in Set 3. Hawaii trailed 7-4 after a hard-angle kill by Urban, but gave up seven straight points as the Waves upped their tempo. Woolever's shot off the top of the tape landed short and out of Hawaii's reach to end the match. "That was pretty heart-breaking," Spieler said of the second set. "We gave it our all so we can't be upset, but it was just great volleyball and it was a privilege to be in that game and playing it." Spieler and Urban, who are also roommates and best friends, became sand partners just two weeks ago, but their solid chemistry has grown in a short period of time, first-year head coach Jeff Hall said. "We made that switch about a week and a half ago and they just started playing really, really good together," Hall said. "We knew that they were an exceptional team. Quite honestly, they're fighting now to maybe be the No. 1 team and they proved it this weekend." In the silver bracket, Hawaii's No. 1 team of Brittany Tiegs and Nikki Taylor defeated two Hawaii duos to advance to the final match, but fell to Pepperdine's Corinne Quiggle and Katie Messing 21-17, 29-27. The Waves also clinched the Bronze bracket, as Samantha Cash and Leanna Schroeder edged Loyola Marymount's Rachelle Suaava and Hannah Tedrow 18-21, 21-18, 15-13. Overall, Hall appeared to be very optimistic after the SandBows' first tournament of the season. "It was kind of where we predicted. I think the surprises were the effort levels were extremely high," Hall said. "You're hopeful as a coach, but they absolutely went after it every single point, so hats off to the team." Full Photo Gallery here. Photos by CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 1:19:57 GMT -5
You know it wouldn't be such a bad idea to Have Spieler go on an indoor scholarship next fall, her defense is fantastic!
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Post by WahineFan44 on Mar 9, 2015 5:07:54 GMT -5
You know it wouldn't be such a bad idea to Have Spieler go on an indoor scholarship next fall, her defense is fantastic! Her defense is good, but we don't need two scholorship DS. Most teams don't even offer liberos scholarships out of high school. Most earn it after 2-3 years. Spieler is GREAT, but she's way better on the beach. I rather not lose a schollie that can go to a quality hitter, than to a DS that would rarely play behind kakakai and Gianna
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 6:33:39 GMT -5
You know it wouldn't be such a bad idea to Have Spieler go on an indoor scholarship next fall, her defense is fantastic! Her defense is good, but we don't need two scholorship DS. Most teams don't even offer liberos scholarships out of high school. Most earn it after 2-3 years. Spieler is GREAT, but she's way better on the beach. I rather not lose a schollie that can go to a quality hitter, than to a DS that would rarely play behind kakakai and Gianna 1. It would be for Spieler's senior year only , taking Huff's scholarship since she will be on a basketball scholarship. The scholarship will be open in the fall and I haven't heard of any quality hitters taking it. Sounds like UH is saving it for the 2016 class. 2. Spieler is much better defensively than both Guinasso and Kahakai! 3. It would give Spieler a full scholarship and allow the UH sand team to bring in another quality recruit. 4. It's just a suggestion, and who cares what other teams offer. UH is a great blocking and decent hitting team but it's a team that needs all the passing and defensive help they can get, especially after losing Sarah Mendoza.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Mar 9, 2015 6:42:32 GMT -5
Her defense is good, but we don't need two scholorship DS. Most teams don't even offer liberos scholarships out of high school. Most earn it after 2-3 years. Spieler is GREAT, but she's way better on the beach. I rather not lose a schollie that can go to a quality hitter, than to a DS that would rarely play behind kakakai and Gianna 1. It would be for Spieler's senior year only , taking Huff's scholarship since she will be on a basketball scholarship. The scholarship will be open in the fall and I haven't heard of any quality hitters taking it. Sounds like UH is saving it for the 2016 class. 2. Spieler is much better defensively than both Guinasso and Kahakai! 3. It would give Spieler a full scholarship and allow the UH sand team to bring in another quality recruit. 4. It's just a suggestion, and who cares what others teams offer. UH is a great blocking and decent hitting team but it's a team that needs all the passing and defensive help they can get, especially after losing Sarah Mendoza. Better than Kahakai? I don't know. Ive seen her play, and while I think she is FANTASTIC and has a huge career on the beach ahead of her, i can't see her making an impact indoors. But your idea does make a point. I didn't realize it would be for her senior year only, because I thought she was only a junior
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Post by wang pu on Mar 9, 2015 13:34:37 GMT -5
You know it wouldn't be such a bad idea to Have Spieler go on an indoor scholarship next fall, her defense is fantastic! There are rules regarding Sand Scholarship players moving to play indoors. I believe Sand scholarship players are not allowed to play indoors and must not be on a Sand scholie for a couple years before being eligible to play indoors.
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Post by Kale'aRuth on Mar 9, 2015 15:29:41 GMT -5
after two years, irregardless, a sand volleyball player becomes eligible. it only counts/"counters" against the twelve schollies that indoors offers.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 12, 2015 14:40:26 GMT -5
Warrior File: Katie SpielerBy Cindy Luis, Honolulu Star-AdvertiserPOSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 12, 2015 LAST UPDATED: 03:19 a.m. HST, Mar 12, 2015 KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Katie SpielerThe joke entering the season was that when Katie Spieler stood next to her new partner — her third in three years — a tall question mark would complement the 5-foot-5 junior. The AVCA All-American felt the answer was right in front of her in roommate Olivia Urban. “We wanted to play together last year but it didn’t happen,” Spieler said. “It’s been really fun to play with my best friend.” Urban and Spieler (5-1) opened their partnership by helping the Rainbow Wahine knock off then-No. 1 Pepperdine last Friday and placing second in Saturday’s gold bracket in the Rainbow Wahine Invitational. Urban-Spieler and No. 1 Hawaii (2-0) leave Friday to compete at the USAV Beach Challenge in Chula Vista, Calif. The SandBows face Grand Canyon and TCU on Saturday then move into the pairs tournament that runs through Sunday. >> Class: Junior >> Major: Business >> Hometown: Santa Barbara, Calif. >> High School: Dos Pueblos HS >> Quick Fact: Niece of former Rainbow Wahine Lisa Strand-Ma’a, member of the 1982-83 NCAA title teams.
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Post by po'okela on Mar 15, 2015 2:27:13 GMT -5
wouldn't this spring complete her 2 years as a sand only athlete making her eligible to play indoors while still on a sand schollie?
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 18, 2015 20:07:51 GMT -5
Volleyball Magazine article: Sand Volleyball in Full Swing "USAV Collegiate Challenge Winning their second pairs title of the still-young 2015 NCAA sand volleyball Pepperdine’s Kelley Larsen and Kellie Woolever defeated teammates Lara Dykstra and Becca Strehlow 21-14, 21-18 for the USAV Collegiate Challenge pairs title at the US Olympic training facility in Chula Vista, California. A week before, the duo won the Rainbow Wahine Invitational Pairs tournament in Hawaii. Pepperdine dominated the Collegiate Challenge, sending three duos to the pairs semifinal round and defeating Grand Canyon and CSU Bakersfield 5-0 in team competition. Hawaii also went 2-0 in the duals competition, defeating Texas Christian 5-0 and Grand Canyon 4-1. Brittany Tiegs and partner Nikki Taylor along with Sammie Brown and Hannah Rooks advanced to the quarterfinal round of the pairs tournament, however both duos lost to the Pepperdine teams that would appear in the final. Grand Canyon’s Mackenzie Phelps and Shannon Dugan had a good showing at the pairs championship as well, advancing all the way to the semifinals where they fell to eventual champions Larsen and Woolever." Full article/recap here: volleyballmag.com/articles/43565-sand-volleyball-season-in-full-swing
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Mar 18, 2015 21:27:14 GMT -5
wouldn't this spring complete her 2 years as a sand only athlete making her eligible to play indoors while still on a sand schollie? Nah, doesn't work that way. She's eligible to play indoor after two seasons, but her scholarship is counted as part of the indoor total of twelve.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2015 0:34:44 GMT -5
Why do they keep serving Strange.... It ain't working, switch it up!!
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