|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 25, 2017 10:16:15 GMT -5
Preseason schedule / results - NOVEMBER-->> October| Date | Location | Teams | Result |
|
|
|
| Oct. 28, 2017
| Gulf Shores, AL | Georgia State, Florida State, LSU, Spring Hill, Stetson, TCU, Tulane | FSU | Nov. 04, 2017
| Tavares, FL
| FGCU, Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Stetson, UNF
| FSU-? | Nov. 04, 2017
| Emerson, GA
| Georgia State, LSU, South Carolina, UAB
| GSU | Nov. 04, 2017
| Zuma Beach, CA | Pepperdine vs. Cal Poly
| ?? | Nov. 04-05, 2017
| Glendale, AZ
| Arizona, Grand Canyon, UCLA, USC
| USC | Nov. 05, 2017
| Mesquite Beach, AZ
| Arizona State vs USC
Arizona State vs. UCLA
| USC & UCLA
| Nov. 05, 2017
| Fort Worth, TX
| TCU vs. Houston Baptist
| TCU | Nov. 11, 2017
| ??, CA
| Loyola Marymount (tournament)
| ??
| Nov. 11, 2017
| Stanford, CA
| Cal, Stanford, SJSU, USF
| Cal
| Nov. 12, 2017
| New Orleans, LA
| Houston Baptist, Tulane, UAB
| Tulane
| Nov. 18, 2017
| Del Mar, CA
| Cal Poly, UCLA, USC
| USC | Nov. 18-19, 2017
| Honolulu, HI
| Hawaii Tournament
| Hawaii | Dec. 01, 2017
| Playa Del Rey Beach, CA
| Loyola Marymount vs. Vanguard
| LMU
| Dec. 02, 2017
| Honolulu, HI
| Hawaii scrimmage
| Hawaii
|
-->> Preseason Schedule - FEBRUARY
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 26, 2017 14:45:41 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by kalihifc on Oct 26, 2017 14:55:33 GMT -5
Rainbow Wahine believe that this might be ‘the year’
By Cindy Luis
The thunderstorm on Monday washed out the first fall practice for the Hawaii beach volleyball team. But the Rainbow Wahine looked at the rain as a blessing and the lightning as a portend of what their season might bring:
Flashes of brilliance that will lead to an NCAA championship.
The SandBows want to improve on their 29-7 record and third-place finish from last May and, given the parity that the national scene appears to have, it’s a very realistic and reachable goal. There’s been the feeling, almost since the last ball dropped in the national semifinal against Pepperdine on May 7 at Gulf Shores, Ala., that 2018 would be “the year.”
“There’s a couple reasons,” said Jeff Hall, elevated to full-time beach coach after three seasons splitting time as the associate head indoor coach. “We’re the deepest we’ve ever been. We’re the most experienced we’ve ever been. And the field is much more open.
“USC for the last couple of years has had such talent that you were really playing for second place. They’ve graduated five seniors and have come back to the field, become more human if you will. I think it’s still going to be the same top five programs — UCLA, SC, Pepperdine, us and Florida State — but I think any one of us could have a great weekend and win it all.”
Hawaii returns eight beach-only veterans, three redshirt freshmen and a redshirt sophomore, seven true freshmen and graduate student Allyssah Fitterer, an All-Big Ten middle who played four years indoor for Michigan State. The SandBows also expect to have at least four crossover players from the Rainbow Wahine indoor team, including beach All-American Emily Maglio.
Hawaii’s fall season includes Saturday morning’s practice at Makaha Beach, scrimmages Nov. 18-19 at Queen’s Beach in conjunction with the Hawaii high school state championship, and the Green-White Scrimmage Dec. 2 at the Ching Complex courts. The SandBows also have been doing several community outreach and service projects including a recent taro planting at the campus lo’i (taro wetlands).
“We usually do the lo’i every other year,” fifth-year senior Hannah Zalopany said. “For me, it’s about more than giving back. It gives me the opportunity to give back to my roots, to the Hawaiian culture.
“It’s really cool that we can share that with the girls from the mainland. It gives them a new-found respect for the Hawaiian culture, what makes Hawaii Hawaii.”
Zalopany, who said she is a quarter-Hawaiian, also feels that this coming season was going to be successful. The immediate goal is to three-peat as Big West champions.
“Every year our team collectively has gotten deeper in talent,” she said. “The playing field looks more even. What’s exciting this year is we know what we are more than capable of competing at the end and coming home with a national championship.”
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 27, 2017 1:59:24 GMT -5
Gulf Shores Collegiate Beach ClashOct. 28, 2017 Gulf Shores, AL Georgia State, Florida State (#4), LSU (#6), Spring Hill, Stetson, TCU, Tulane Format: Pairs are guaranteed 4 matches during the day. The focus of the event is to provide competition for each pair and test their pre-season training. There will not be a pairs winner but rather a school winner. The school that wins will be determined based on percentage of matches won through-out the day for a given school (rallyvb.com). Tulane begins Preseason Schedule at Gulf Shores Collegiate Clash - tulanegreenwave.com/news/2017/10/25/womens-beach-volleyball-beach-volleyball-begins-preseason-schedule.aspx?path=wbvball"We are heading into it with a high level of confidence, both in our ability to perform and in our capacity to improve from the experience," said Tulane head coach Wayne Holly. "We'll use the event to experiment with some different lineups and pairings." 
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 27, 2017 12:33:07 GMT -5
Relentless Collegiate Challenge Huntington Beach, CA Cal Poly, Grand Canyon, LMU, Long Beach State, Northridge, San Jose State, UCLA, USC, Vanguard UCLA head coach Stein METZGER: " This is by far the strongest we’ve been in a fall tournament. (...) We tend to not be as strong during the fall, because we always have a couple of indoor players that come out and help us out quite a bit. (...) Nicole McNamara had shoulder surgery over the summer. She’s on a path to recovery that will have her back for the season. We’re missing Nicole, Sarah Sponcil, Mac May, who’s a 6-foot-3 freshman, I don’t know how she’ll be, because she’s a little raw, new to the game, but she’s physical. And then we’ll also add Zana Muno and Savvy Simo. We’re missing a good group, but we’re going to be pretty deep. (...) It’s a good time for our program, we continue to grow and add depth." volleyballmag.com/beach-notes-102617/USC head coach Anna COLLIER: "We won the gold, which was nice, with a freshman, and I thought all my pairs played pretty well. It was really a good tournament. (...) Now that the NCAA has given us these four opportunities in the fall, to have competitions, it’s giving us a great opportunity to have an experienced player play with a freshman. It lets them be introduced into the culture of USC beach volleyball, how we really try to have a winning culture and winning tradition, and teach them."
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 27, 2017 15:57:45 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by johnbar on Oct 27, 2017 21:20:29 GMT -5
Stanford is playing at Cal Poly this weekend.
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 28, 2017 6:35:02 GMT -5
Gulf Shores Collegiate Beach ClashOct. 28, 2017 Gulf Shores, AL Georgia State, Florida State (#4), LSU (#6), Spring Hill, Stetson, TCU, Tulane Beach volleyball heads to familiar territory for Gulf Shores tournament - seminoles.com/beach-volleyball-heads-to-familiar-territory-for-gulf-shores-tournament"Florida State swept its last preseason tournament in Tavares, winning all three brackets. With a few conference rivals in this tournament and with Gulf Shores being the site of the NCAA Tournament again this season, this Saturday will prove to be an important introduction to the 2018 season for the Seminoles." Format: Pairs are guaranteed 4 matches during the day. The focus of the event is to provide competition for each pair and test their pre-season training. There will not be a pairs winner but rather a school winner. The school that wins will be determined based on percentage of matches won through-out the day for a given school. - rallyvb.com Seminoles continue to collect aces for Puerto Rico FSU beach volleyball: "For every ace the beach team earns in their 3 fall tournaments, Brooke Niles and Nick Lucena will be donating $5 to hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico." #scalpem LIVE - twitter.com/fsu_beachvb
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 28, 2017 23:50:23 GMT -5
Gulf Shores Collegiate Beach Clash Oct. 28, 2017 Gulf Shores, AL Georgia State, Florida State (#4), LSU (#6), Spring Hill, Stetson, TCU, Tulane Pairings   Photo: @gsubeachvb LSU photos http://instagram.com/p/Baz00FRgwdB  http://instagram.com/p/BazL3h7Fpqv @tulanebeachvolleyball: " Cold, rain, wind and sun made the Collegiate Beach Bash a perfect fall training ground today."
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 30, 2017 10:16:50 GMT -5
Gulf Shores Collegiate Beach Clash Oct. 28, 2017 Gulf Shores, AL Georgia State, Florida State (#4), LSU (#6), Spring Hill, Stetson, TCU, Tulane http://instagr.am/p/Bazy77JFaij Tulane review - tulanegreenwave.com/news/2017/10/30/womens-beach-volleyball-beach-volleyballs-mertz-chin-shine-at-preseason-tournament-in-gulf-shores.aspxTulane vs. No. 4 FSU – 3-9 vs. No. 6 LSU – 4-8 vs. No. 11 GSU – 5-5 vs. No. 13 TCU – 3-1 vs. No. 15 Stetson – 6-6 vs. Spring Hill – 5-1 Stetson review: "Came in 2nd with 68% team win percentage (38-18) ahead of GSU, LSU, Tulane, TCU and Spring Hill." 1. Florida State ??-?? 2. Stetson 38-18 3. Georgia State 34-30 4. LSU ??-?? 5. Tulane 26-30 6. TCU ??-?? 7. Spring Hill ??-??
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Oct 31, 2017 9:40:54 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by newbeach on Oct 31, 2017 14:29:31 GMT -5
USC poor frosh? Think again. Slater may be the best lefty of any freshman. European women's 5th for Graudina. Hallgren youth FIVB silver. Some good pairs coming up. Probably the top Freshman class with the addition of these 3 players.UCLA Sponcil and May are top upgrades as well. |
|
|
|
Post by houdini on Oct 31, 2017 16:28:54 GMT -5
Sarah Sponcil is a joy to watch. Perfect technique. Just lacks an inch or two for third set attacks. Tina Graudina and Abril Bustamante showed promise with their Huntington Beach gold
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Nov 1, 2017 8:44:14 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by sandball on Nov 2, 2017 10:28:56 GMT -5
Teams for upcoming weekend - Arizona, Arizona State, Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Georgia State, Grand Canyon, LSU, Pepperdine, South Carolina, Stetson, TCU, UAB, UCLA, USC.
|
|
