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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 21, 2016 13:50:27 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 21, 2016 13:53:11 GMT -5
Sand ‘Bows defeat Huskers, 4-1, SundayPosted: Monday, March 21, 2016 7:36 am | Updated: 7:39 am, Mon Mar 21, 2016. Katie Almeida, Staff Writer  Photo by Shane Grace / Ka Leo O Hawai‘iExcerpt: "The University of Hawai‘i sand volleyball team defeated the Nebraska Huskers on Sunday, 4-1. First seed team consisting of junior Nikki Taylor and sophomore Lara Schreiber challenged Huskers first seed players Kadie Rolfzen and Kelly Hunter and took the match in three sets: 9-21, 21-18, 15-13. Second team freshman Emily Maglio and senior Katie Spieler played Huskers Amber Rolfzen and Justine Wong-Orantes and won 21-15, 21-17. On the third court sophomore Ka’iwi Schucht and junior Hannah Rooks won in three sets: 21-15, 17-21, 15-12. “They were very good at hustling and it took us by surprise, so I think our focus was a little down,” Schucht said. “We’ve been in this situation many times so as long as we were focused and played our game, we knew we were fine.”" Full story: www.kaleo.org/sports/sand-bows-defeat-huskers---sunday/article_6c52609c-ef8b-11e5-91ef-0fc7a1d038fc.html
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 21, 2016 16:44:38 GMT -5
Warriors move to No. 8, Wahine stay at No. 5 in pollsBy Cindy Luis March 21, 2016 Updated March 21, 2016 11:25am www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sports-breaking/warriors-move-to-no-8-wahine-stay-at-no-5-in-polls/ JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaii’s Hannah Zalopany (13) puts a kill past Nebraska’s Mikaela Foecke during a fifth-place sand volleyball game against Nebraska’s Mikaela Foecke (14) and Sydney Townsend (22) on Sunday.An idle Hawaii did not idle in the national poll. The Rainbow Warriors come off a bye week by moving up one spot in today’s AVCA Division I-II Men’s Volleyball Top 15. Hawaii returned to No. 8, a spot it held two weeks ago. The Warriors (12-9, 7-9 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) return to the Stan Sheriff Center court when hosting No. 14 UC Irvine (7-14, 5-11 MPSF) in matches Friday and Saturday. For the first time this season, a non-MPSF team holds the top spot. Ohio State (18-3, 9-1 MIVA) jumped three places to No. 1, courtesy of losses by both previous Nos. 1 (BYU) and 2 (Long Beach State). UCLA (19-3, 13-3 MPSF) also was a beneficiary of the losses, the Bruins moving to No. 2. BYU (17-3, 13-3 MPSF), upset at home by Pepperdine, fell two spots to No. 3 and Long Beach State (19-4, 13-3 MPSF) two spots to No. 4 after a road loss to No. 11 Cal State Northridge (13-10, 6-10 MPSF). Stanford (15-3, 13-3 MPSF) remained at No. 5, Pepperdine (11-7, 10-7 MPSF) leapfrogged two spots to No. 6 and UC Santa Barbara (14-8, 9-7 MPSF ) stayed at No. 7. Ball State (17-5, 9-1 MIVA) moved a spot to No. 9 while Penn State (12-6, 7-1 EIVA), losing twice last week, fell four spots to No. 10. In today’s AVCA Collegiate Beach rankings, there was no change in the top 10 with Hawaii (4-5) holding at No. 5. Pepperdine (9-0) remained at No. 1, Florida State (12-0) No. 2 and USC (9-2), which defeated the Rainbow Wahine twice last week, at No. 3. UCLA (4-3) stayed at No. 4. Rounding out the Top 10 were Long Beach State (2-5), Arizona (5-1), Georgia State (10-2), Stetson (13-1 and Florida International (5-2). Hawaii next plays at the Stetson Invitational in Deland, Fla. The Wahine will face Tulane Thursday, No. 9 Stetson and Florida Atlantic Friday, and No. 2 Florida State and No. 10 Florida International Saturday.
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 21, 2016 19:10:44 GMT -5
I don't watch a lot of beach volleyball...well...practically none. So, I have several questions:
1. Are there rotations in beach volleyball?
2. Is there such a thing as illegal back row attack?
3. Regarding the flight arrangements, if I switch my #1 and #2 flights so that my #1 flight plays their #2 flight and my #2 flight plays their #1 flight, what's to stop the other team from preventing that from happening by switching up their #1 and #2 flights? For example, Hawaii switched their #1 and #2 flights against USC so that their previous #1 (Spieler/Maglio) could play against USC's #2 and their previous #2 (Taylor/Schreiber) could play against USC's #1 (Hughes/Claes). What's the stop USC from switching up their #1 and #2? My guess is that the flight arrangements are submitted to the officials beforehand without either team knowing what their opponents flight arrangements are going to be.
4. Can a team call a timeout for restroom needs?
Questions re. Hawaii team:
1. Does it seem like certain pairings just aren't working? For example, Taylor/Schreiber and Long/Tucker.
2. If a team has already reached 3 victories in a dual meet and there's one or two more matches remaining, why do they play the remaining matches when the dual outcome has been determined?
Questions re. Ching Complex:
1. Is the Ching Complex all that it's cracked up to be?
2. Do they charge to watch matches?
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Post by Viki on Mar 21, 2016 19:23:47 GMT -5
last post.
Three practice courts;
Two show/competition courts.
Ching-ching.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Mar 21, 2016 20:42:48 GMT -5
I don't watch a lot of beach volleyball...well...practically none. So, I have several questions: 1. Are there rotations in beach volleyball? 2. Is there such a thing as illegal back row attack? 3. Regarding the flight arrangements, if I switch my #1 and #2 flights so that my #1 flight plays their #2 flight and my #2 flight plays their #1 flight, what's to stop the other team from preventing that from happening by switching up their #1 and #2 flights? For example, Hawaii switched their #1 and #2 flights against USC so that their previous #1 (Spieler/Maglio) could play against USC's #2 and their previous #2 (Taylor/Schreiber) could play against USC's #1 (Hughes/Claes). What's the stop USC from switching up their #1 and #2? My guess is that the flight arrangements are submitted to the officials beforehand without either team knowing what their opponents flight arrangements are going to be. 4. Can a team call a timeout for restroom needs? Questions re. Hawaii team: 1. Does it seem like certain pairings just aren't working? For example, Taylor/Schreiber and Long/Tucker. 2. If a team has already reached 3 victories in a dual meet and there's one or two more matches remaining, why do they play the remaining matches when the dual outcome has been determined? Questions re. Ching Complex: 1. Is the Ching Complex all that it's cracked up to be? 2. Do they charge to watch matches? 1. No 2. No 3. Teams separately turn in an official lineup sheet 60 minutes before play starts As for flight positioning, the NCAA rule is somewhat contradictory. On one hand, the rule states that pairs should be ordered "by ability" from 1 to 5. In other words, your best team is #1 and everyone else is slotted in descending order. But on the other hand, the NCAA allows teams to move up or down one spot during a competition. Some schools playing USC figure they have no chance against USC's #1 (and they would be correct), so they'll switch it up and offer their #2 team as a sacrificial lamb to Claes/Hughes and hope their usual #1 team can compete with USC's #2. Nebraska and Hawaii tried it, USC still won the duals. This is currently an area of some contention, and in the future the rules may be tightened up in respect to pairs placement. 4. Not specifically for that, no. |
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Post by volleyguy on Mar 21, 2016 21:32:40 GMT -5
No need for bathroom breaks. Sand is Nature's kitty litter.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Mar 21, 2016 22:01:15 GMT -5
No need for bathroom breaks. Sand is Nature's kitty litter. That's what I keep saying! But the cops never seem to buy my argument. |
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Post by downtheline on Mar 22, 2016 0:39:15 GMT -5
USC has not played musical chairs with their pairs. Last year Anna went start to finish with the same 1 thru 5.
Now Nina on the other hand plays musical chairs week in and week out, basically, imho, pushing the rules to the edge and beyond.
If you cannot beat the best with your best then don't come to play like its a card game. It is bad for the sport. But heck, the NCAA has bastardized the sport making it team only anyway.
BTW, C&H have been struggling in the 2nd set numerous times. Unforced errors lead to 21-9 1st set wins and then 21-19, 2nd set wins. Story in the stats. When they clean that up, I agree they could be hard to beat.
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Post by vbvalley on Mar 22, 2016 11:52:25 GMT -5
Big tourney starting Friday at Stetson in Florida (near Orlando). Teams include UCLA, FIU and Stetson. How early does Hawaii and UCLA come out? If they land on Thursday, will we see something like in the NFL where West Coast teams usually struggle when they come to the East Coast? For example, FIU plays UCLA Friday at 9:00 AM, which is 6:00 AM in LA and 3:00 AM in Honolulu.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 22, 2016 14:21:06 GMT -5
Wahine beach pair earns honor
By Cindy Luis, Star-Advertiser
March 22, 2016
For a third consecutive week, a duo from the Hawaii beach volleyball team earned the Big West Pair of the Week.
Picking up the honor were freshman Ari Homayun and junior Hannah Zalopany, who went 3-0 in dual matches last week. They swept their contests at No. 5 against Loyola Marymount and USC on Saturday, and against Nebraska on Sunday. The Rainbow Wahine tandem also finished third in the silver bracket of Friday’s Hawaii Invitational pairs tournament.
Hawaii (4-5) went 2-1 last week to remain at No. 5 in the Monday’s AVCA Collegiate Beach rankings. There was no change in the top 10, with Pepperdine (9-0) at No. 1, Florida State (12-0) No. 2 and USC (9-2), which defeated the Rainbow Wahine twice last week, at No. 3. UCLA (4-3) stayed at No. 4. Rounding out the top 10 were Long Beach State (2-5), Arizona (5-1), Georgia State (10-2), Stetson (13-1 and Florida International (5-2).
Hawaii left Monday night for the Stetson Invitational in Deland, Fla. The Wahine will play Tulane Thursday, No. 9 Stetson and Florida Atlantic Friday, and No. 2 Florida State and No. 10 Florida International Saturday.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Mar 22, 2016 14:26:15 GMT -5
Beach Volleyball's Homayun/Zalopany Earn First Big West Honors3/21/2016 3:12:00 PM  Ari Homayun/Hannah Zalopany BWC Pair of the WeekExcerpt: "IRVINE, Calif. – For the third consecutive week, a University of Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine beach volleyball duo has been named as the Big West Conference Pairs Team of the Week, as the tandem of Ari Homayun and Hannah Zalopany pick up their first award. Unseating reigning award winners and teammates, Katie Spieler and Emily Maglio, the newly formed Hawai'i No. 5 pair of Homayun and Zalopany went 3-0 in team dual sets to receive their first-ever Big West Beach Volleyball Pairs Team of the Week honors. No other conference school has earned weekly honors this season." Full UH release: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2016/3/21/womens-beach-volleyball-beach-volleyballs-homayun-zalopany-earn-first-big-west-honors.aspx?path=wsvb
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 22, 2016 15:14:43 GMT -5
I often can't tell the beach players apart. They all seem to be blonde-ish with equal length hair.
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 22, 2016 15:20:12 GMT -5
How does a coach determine the different flights? I suppose they know the athleticism and skillsets of the individual players? Do the flights go head-to-head against each other during practice? Does this mean, in theory, Spieler/Maglio can go toe-to-toe with Taylor/Schreiber? That Spieler/Maglio can wipe the floor against Zalopany/Homayun?
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Post by gobruins on Mar 23, 2016 5:23:11 GMT -5
I often can't tell the beach players apart. They all seem to be blonde-ish with equal length hair. Maybe they should have numbers on their uniforms. Oh, wait... |
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