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Post by fetchin on Nov 9, 2019 1:46:52 GMT -5
oregon's post season is officially over with a loss to washington. i wonder what is going through the heads of the oregon transfers, which made me think - i hope that jolie is able to talk about what she's going through mentally as well. missing more than half of your collegiate career (reported in commentaries, forget which game) is a lot. she's a tough kid for sure, and she does seem engaged cheering on her team. but it's not only about her body, but her mentality when she returns. wishing her a full recovery soon. aside: it's a damn shame to see stone and johnson end their collegiate career with this season. Honestly, BVS KH and JR should be thinking about persuading Oregon girls into transferring to Hawaii. The Wahine are a Nuneviller and Robinson away from a Final Four team next season Lol Robinson is not even good.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Nov 9, 2019 1:49:31 GMT -5
Honestly, BVS KH and JR should be thinking about persuading Oregon girls into transferring to Hawaii. The Wahine are a Nuneviller and Robinson away from a Final Four team next season Lol Robinson is not even good. Not to mention the constant “so and so”’should transfer isn’t cute. Hawaii got its fair share of impact transfers this year, and we were blessed to get them, but let’s not get greedy
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Post by practicesafesets on Nov 9, 2019 2:00:27 GMT -5
Lol Robinson is not even good. Not to mention the constant “so and so”’should transfer isn’t cute. Hawaii got its fair share of impact transfers this year, and we were blessed to get them, but let’s not get greedy Don't care about cuteness. Also, Hawaii didn't stop with Jolie. Hawaii reached out to BVS too and we got her. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take as they say. RAM will get greedy. She'll find all the top players she can find. Her job is on the line after all. Regarding Robinson, her top 10 ranking in high school isn't random. She is good, she would get even better with RAM.
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Post by fetchin on Nov 9, 2019 2:01:15 GMT -5
Not to mention the constant “so and so”’should transfer isn’t cute. Hawaii got its fair share of impact transfers this year, and we were blessed to get them, but let’s not get greedy Don't care about cuteness. Also, Hawaii didn't stop with Jolie. Hawaii reached out to BVS too and we got her. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take as they say. RAM will get greedy. She'll find all the top players she can find. Her job is on the line after all. Regarding Robinson, her top 10 ranking in high school isn't random. She is good, she would get even better with RAM. Those rankings are wrong all the time.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Nov 9, 2019 2:04:59 GMT -5
Not to mention the constant “so and so”’should transfer isn’t cute. Hawaii got its fair share of impact transfers this year, and we were blessed to get them, but let’s not get greedy Don't care about cuteness. Also, Hawaii didn't stop with Jolie. Hawaii reached out to BVS too and we got her. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take as they say. RAM will get greedy. She'll find all the top players she can find. Her job is on the line after all. Regarding Robinson, her top 10 ranking in high school isn't random. She is good, she would get even better with RAM. They didn’t reach out to players who had no intent yet on transferring. They reached out to players in the portal. If Brooke N goes into the portal, I would be the first to say let’s contact her. But they aren’t yet. That’s what isn’t cute.
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Post by practicesafesets on Nov 9, 2019 2:07:50 GMT -5
Don't care about cuteness. Also, Hawaii didn't stop with Jolie. Hawaii reached out to BVS too and we got her. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take as they say. RAM will get greedy. She'll find all the top players she can find. Her job is on the line after all. Regarding Robinson, her top 10 ranking in high school isn't random. She is good, she would get even better with RAM. They didn’t reach out to players who had no intent yet on transferring. They reached out to players in the portal. If Brooke N goes into the portal, I would be the first to say let’s contact her. But they aren’t yet. That’s what isn’t cute. I didn't reach out to players not on the portal so this is irrelevant. Again, I don't care about your values regarding "cuteness". RAM will get all the game changing players she can and no I never said she reached out to non-portal players
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Post by haw2991 on Nov 9, 2019 2:15:57 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 9, 2019 3:11:11 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 9, 2019 3:14:15 GMT -5
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Post by aaronic on Nov 9, 2019 4:48:19 GMT -5
No. 19 Hawaii leading Big West volleyball resurgence By Cindy Luis cluis@staradvertiser.com Today Updated 12:05 a.m. Honolulu Star-Advertiser ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii’s Brooke Van Sickle, left, and Hanna Hellvig celebrated after a point during the fifth set against UC Davis on Oct. 20 at the Stan Sheriff Center.How good is Big West volleyball this season? As good as the 1980s, when three of the league’s teams — Hawaii, Pacific (which left after 2012) and Long Beach State — won six of the eight NCAA tittles between 1982 and 1989? The decade in which the Northwest Regional usually had four Big West teams fighting for one spot to the final four? Probably not. As good as 2013, when the tri-champions (Hawaii, Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara) all got NCAA bids, the most for the conference since 2006? Probably better. In 2013, Hawaii (24) and CSUN (23) had 20-plus wins heading into Selection Sunday and UCSB was at 18. This season, the Rainbow Wahine already are at 20 with four regular-season matches remaining. The Gauchos could hit that mark Saturday with a win at Cal Poly, the second of this year’s Blue-Green Rivalry, the outcome of which will break the current tie for second place. More importantly, all three are in the top 50 of the Ratings Percentage Index, the computer-generated system used by the NCAA to select the 64-team field and seed the top 16. If the selection show were today, and not Dec. 1, the Wahine (RPI 11) would host the first and seconds rounds, something they haven’t done since 2013, the Gauchos (26) would get an at-large bid and the Mustangs (41) would have a good shot as a bubble team. (Hawaii’s RPI was 46 when selected as an at-large last year.) Projections around the country have the trio in … barring a collapse the rest of the way. If UC Davis coach Dan Conners were on the committee, “Yes, the Big West absolutely deserves three teams. “Hawaii, UCSB and Cal Poly have strong nonconference records that include some big wins for each program,” he said. “They have the talent and ability to compete nationally and up to this point have each proven themselves worthy of a bid.” Conners and his Aggies (14-11, 6-6) get to test out that theory in person today at The Pavilion against the Rainbow Wahine (20-3, 10-2). The last time the teams met, Hawaii rallied for a reverse sweep, 22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-12 at the Stan Sheriff Center on Oct. 20. In that match, junior hitter Brooke Van Sickle came off the bench for Hawaii in Set 3, her first appearance since being injured during the five-set home loss to UC Irvine on Oct. 4. Seven kills, eight digs and two aces later, some saw Van Sickle turning the No. 2 on her jersey into an “S” a la Supergirl. The Wahine acknowledge that the 5-foot-9 Van Sickle brings a different energy to the court. Hawaii coach Robyn Ah Mow calls it something different. “It’s just the chemistry on the court when she’s there,” Ah Mow said. It also allows Hawaii to change up the lineup, with Van Sickle mainly hitting on the left and freshman Hanna Hellvig moving from left to right-side hitter, a position at which the reigning conference Freshman of the Week has said she feels is more natural for her. Hellvig had 16 kills in the earlier match with Davis, with a combined eight kills on 12 errorless swings in the final two sets. Of concern this week for the Wahine is Aggies sophomore hitter Mahalia White, the 2017 conference Freshman of the Year. Hawaii didn’t slow down the 6-footer until Set 5 in the last meeting, when White had just one of her match-high 17 kills. Lauren Matias, a 6-2 senior outside, added 15 kills and sophomore opposite Leonie Strehl 11 for the Aggies at the Sheriff Center. In Tuesday’s 20-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-7 win over Cal State Fullerton, Matias had 24 kills and 14 digs while White did not play. Asked about the key to defeating the Wahine today, Conners joked: “To score more points than Hawaii in three of the sets.” The only time the Aggies were successful in the series was in The Pavilion in 2013, a match that went five sets. Davis has lost the past 12, which means today is the last chance for the senior class of Matias, Ally Reyes and Jackie Graves to defeat the Wahine in their final home match. BIG WEST VOLLEYBALL
All times Hawaii
>> No. 19 Hawaii (20-3, 10-2) at UC Davis (14-11, 6-6) When: Today, 5 p.m. Radio: 1500-AM Streaming video: BigWest.tv Series: Hawaii leads 14-1
>> No. 19 Hawaii at UC Riverside (6-17, 2-10) When: Sunday, noon Radio: 1500-AM Streaming video: BigWest.tv Series: Hawaii leads 26-0 Interesting article, but not by a long shot does the strength of this year’s BWC rank as high as in the early 1980s as is mentioned, but also the early 2000s which is barely mentioned .. that I honestly think was a poor job on wording of the article. Sorry I really respect Cindy and everything she is, but that’s just like mentioning that the Wahine volleyball had relevant Championship winning teams from their inception of the NCAAs and disregarding the Hawaii teams from the AIAW era, which also fielded strong Wahine teams. I keep wondering if the BWC can ever get as high as they did in early 2000s ish when they got more bids than last year or even 2013! I think for those who don’t know just how relevant and how many bids the BWC sometimes used to receive especially in the early 2000s will be quite shocked to say the least when finding out.
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Post by kolohekeiki on Nov 9, 2019 6:10:09 GMT -5
No. 19 Hawaii leading Big West volleyball resurgence By Cindy Luis cluis@staradvertiser.com Today Updated 12:05 a.m. Honolulu Star-Advertiser ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii’s Brooke Van Sickle, left, and Hanna Hellvig celebrated after a point during the fifth set against UC Davis on Oct. 20 at the Stan Sheriff Center.How good is Big West volleyball this season? As good as the 1980s, when three of the league’s teams — Hawaii, Pacific (which left after 2012) and Long Beach State — won six of the eight NCAA tittles between 1982 and 1989? The decade in which the Northwest Regional usually had four Big West teams fighting for one spot to the final four? Probably not. As good as 2013, when the tri-champions (Hawaii, Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara) all got NCAA bids, the most for the conference since 2006? Probably better. In 2013, Hawaii (24) and CSUN (23) had 20-plus wins heading into Selection Sunday and UCSB was at 18. This season, the Rainbow Wahine already are at 20 with four regular-season matches remaining. The Gauchos could hit that mark Saturday with a win at Cal Poly, the second of this year’s Blue-Green Rivalry, the outcome of which will break the current tie for second place. More importantly, all three are in the top 50 of the Ratings Percentage Index, the computer-generated system used by the NCAA to select the 64-team field and seed the top 16. If the selection show were today, and not Dec. 1, the Wahine (RPI 11) would host the first and seconds rounds, something they haven’t done since 2013, the Gauchos (26) would get an at-large bid and the Mustangs (41) would have a good shot as a bubble team. (Hawaii’s RPI was 46 when selected as an at-large last year.) Projections around the country have the trio in … barring a collapse the rest of the way. If UC Davis coach Dan Conners were on the committee, “Yes, the Big West absolutely deserves three teams. “Hawaii, UCSB and Cal Poly have strong nonconference records that include some big wins for each program,” he said. “They have the talent and ability to compete nationally and up to this point have each proven themselves worthy of a bid.” Conners and his Aggies (14-11, 6-6) get to test out that theory in person today at The Pavilion against the Rainbow Wahine (20-3, 10-2). The last time the teams met, Hawaii rallied for a reverse sweep, 22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-12 at the Stan Sheriff Center on Oct. 20. In that match, junior hitter Brooke Van Sickle came off the bench for Hawaii in Set 3, her first appearance since being injured during the five-set home loss to UC Irvine on Oct. 4. Seven kills, eight digs and two aces later, some saw Van Sickle turning the No. 2 on her jersey into an “S” a la Supergirl. The Wahine acknowledge that the 5-foot-9 Van Sickle brings a different energy to the court. Hawaii coach Robyn Ah Mow calls it something different. “It’s just the chemistry on the court when she’s there,” Ah Mow said. It also allows Hawaii to change up the lineup, with Van Sickle mainly hitting on the left and freshman Hanna Hellvig moving from left to right-side hitter, a position at which the reigning conference Freshman of the Week has said she feels is more natural for her. Hellvig had 16 kills in the earlier match with Davis, with a combined eight kills on 12 errorless swings in the final two sets. Of concern this week for the Wahine is Aggies sophomore hitter Mahalia White, the 2017 conference Freshman of the Year. Hawaii didn’t slow down the 6-footer until Set 5 in the last meeting, when White had just one of her match-high 17 kills. Lauren Matias, a 6-2 senior outside, added 15 kills and sophomore opposite Leonie Strehl 11 for the Aggies at the Sheriff Center. In Tuesday’s 20-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-7 win over Cal State Fullerton, Matias had 24 kills and 14 digs while White did not play. Asked about the key to defeating the Wahine today, Conners joked: “To score more points than Hawaii in three of the sets.” The only time the Aggies were successful in the series was in The Pavilion in 2013, a match that went five sets. Davis has lost the past 12, which means today is the last chance for the senior class of Matias, Ally Reyes and Jackie Graves to defeat the Wahine in their final home match. BIG WEST VOLLEYBALL
All times Hawaii
>> No. 19 Hawaii (20-3, 10-2) at UC Davis (14-11, 6-6) When: Today, 5 p.m. Radio: 1500-AM Streaming video: BigWest.tv Series: Hawaii leads 14-1
>> No. 19 Hawaii at UC Riverside (6-17, 2-10) When: Sunday, noon Radio: 1500-AM Streaming video: BigWest.tv Series: Hawaii leads 26-0 Interesting article, but not by a long shot does the strength of this year’s BWC rank as high as in the early 1980s as is mentioned, but also the early 2000s which is barely mentioned .. that I honestly think was a poor job on wording of the article. Sorry I really respect Cindy and everything she is, but that’s just like mentioning that the Wahine volleyball had relevant Championship winning teams from their inception of the NCAAs and disregarding the Hawaii teams from the AIAW era, which also fielded strong Wahine teams. I keep wondering if the BWC can ever get as high as they did in early 2000s ish when they got more bids than last year or even 2013! I think for those who don’t know just how relevant and how many bids the BWC sometimes used to receive especially in the early 2000s will be quite shocked to say the least when finding out. Not just bids into the tournament but made deep runs into the tournament. The years of relevancy for Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara, Pacific and Hawai'i. The Big West was one of the top conferences in the nation.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 9, 2019 10:18:50 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 9, 2019 10:22:00 GMT -5
No. 19 Hawaii leading Big West volleyball resurgence By Cindy Luis cluis@staradvertiser.com Today Updated 12:05 a.m. Honolulu Star-Advertiser ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii’s Brooke Van Sickle, left, and Hanna Hellvig celebrated after a point during the fifth set against UC Davis on Oct. 20 at the Stan Sheriff Center.How good is Big West volleyball this season? As good as the 1980s, when three of the league’s teams — Hawaii, Pacific (which left after 2012) and Long Beach State — won six of the eight NCAA tittles between 1982 and 1989? The decade in which the Northwest Regional usually had four Big West teams fighting for one spot to the final four? Probably not. As good as 2013, when the tri-champions (Hawaii, Cal State Northridge and UC Santa Barbara) all got NCAA bids, the most for the conference since 2006? Probably better. In 2013, Hawaii (24) and CSUN (23) had 20-plus wins heading into Selection Sunday and UCSB was at 18. This season, the Rainbow Wahine already are at 20 with four regular-season matches remaining. The Gauchos could hit that mark Saturday with a win at Cal Poly, the second of this year’s Blue-Green Rivalry, the outcome of which will break the current tie for second place. More importantly, all three are in the top 50 of the Ratings Percentage Index, the computer-generated system used by the NCAA to select the 64-team field and seed the top 16. If the selection show were today, and not Dec. 1, the Wahine (RPI 11) would host the first and seconds rounds, something they haven’t done since 2013, the Gauchos (26) would get an at-large bid and the Mustangs (41) would have a good shot as a bubble team. (Hawaii’s RPI was 46 when selected as an at-large last year.) Projections around the country have the trio in … barring a collapse the rest of the way. If UC Davis coach Dan Conners were on the committee, “Yes, the Big West absolutely deserves three teams. “Hawaii, UCSB and Cal Poly have strong nonconference records that include some big wins for each program,” he said. “They have the talent and ability to compete nationally and up to this point have each proven themselves worthy of a bid.” Conners and his Aggies (14-11, 6-6) get to test out that theory in person today at The Pavilion against the Rainbow Wahine (20-3, 10-2). The last time the teams met, Hawaii rallied for a reverse sweep, 22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-12 at the Stan Sheriff Center on Oct. 20. In that match, junior hitter Brooke Van Sickle came off the bench for Hawaii in Set 3, her first appearance since being injured during the five-set home loss to UC Irvine on Oct. 4. Seven kills, eight digs and two aces later, some saw Van Sickle turning the No. 2 on her jersey into an “S” a la Supergirl. The Wahine acknowledge that the 5-foot-9 Van Sickle brings a different energy to the court. Hawaii coach Robyn Ah Mow calls it something different. “It’s just the chemistry on the court when she’s there,” Ah Mow said. It also allows Hawaii to change up the lineup, with Van Sickle mainly hitting on the left and freshman Hanna Hellvig moving from left to right-side hitter, a position at which the reigning conference Freshman of the Week has said she feels is more natural for her. Hellvig had 16 kills in the earlier match with Davis, with a combined eight kills on 12 errorless swings in the final two sets. Of concern this week for the Wahine is Aggies sophomore hitter Mahalia White, the 2017 conference Freshman of the Year. Hawaii didn’t slow down the 6-footer until Set 5 in the last meeting, when White had just one of her match-high 17 kills. Lauren Matias, a 6-2 senior outside, added 15 kills and sophomore opposite Leonie Strehl 11 for the Aggies at the Sheriff Center. In Tuesday’s 20-25, 25-15, 25-19, 25-7 win over Cal State Fullerton, Matias had 24 kills and 14 digs while White did not play. Asked about the key to defeating the Wahine today, Conners joked: “To score more points than Hawaii in three of the sets.” The only time the Aggies were successful in the series was in The Pavilion in 2013, a match that went five sets. Davis has lost the past 12, which means today is the last chance for the senior class of Matias, Ally Reyes and Jackie Graves to defeat the Wahine in their final home match. BIG WEST VOLLEYBALL
All times Hawaii
>> No. 19 Hawaii (20-3, 10-2) at UC Davis (14-11, 6-6) When: Today, 5 p.m. Radio: 1500-AM Streaming video: BigWest.tv Series: Hawaii leads 14-1
>> No. 19 Hawaii at UC Riverside (6-17, 2-10) When: Sunday, noon Radio: 1500-AM Streaming video: BigWest.tv Series: Hawaii leads 26-0 Interesting article, but not by a long shot does the strength of this year’s BWC rank as high as in the early 1980s as is mentioned, but also the early 2000s which is barely mentioned .. that I honestly think was a poor job on wording of the article. Sorry I really respect Cindy and everything she is, but that’s just like mentioning that the Wahine volleyball had relevant Championship winning teams from their inception of the NCAAs and disregarding the Hawaii teams from the AIAW era, which also fielded strong Wahine teams. I keep wondering if the BWC can ever get as high as they did in early 2000s ish when they got more bids than last year or even 2013! I think for those who don’t know just how relevant and how many bids the BWC sometimes used to receive especially in the early 2000s will be quite shocked to say the least when finding out. I hear ya .... but to be fair, the opening paragraphs were a little tongue-in-cheek.
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Post by wintergreen on Nov 9, 2019 16:50:29 GMT -5
Im just always so impressed by Norenes stat line every game. People don’t realize how underrated her overall gameplay helps this team. Also she’s making moves in UH history books surpassing greats one game at a time is also amazing.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 9, 2019 16:56:28 GMT -5
Hawaii’s Norene Iosia helps Rainbow Wahine volleyball team win its eighth in a row By Star-Advertiser staff Today Updated 12:08 a.m. So close. No one realized that Norene Iosia was a kill away from a triple-double in Friday night’s Big West volleyball match at UC Davis. Hawaii’s senior setter-hitter had already reached her 60th career double-double (assists-digs) midway through Set 3 and her ninth kill had the Rainbow Wahine rolling at 20-11 in Set 4. “I wish I had known,” Bailey Choy, Hawaii’s other senior setter said. “I would have set her.” Iosia (28 assists, 13 digs) didn’t get the triple, which would have been her first of the season and sixth of her career, but she and No. 19 Hawaii got what mattered: a 26-24, 22-25, 25-22, 25-15 victory in Davis, Calif. It kept the Wahine (21-3, 11-2) atop the standings, a game ahead of UC Santa Barbara (19-3, 9-2) and Cal Poly (16-7, 9-2) The Mustangs host the Gauchos today in San Luis Obispo, where Cal Poly is riding the nation’s longest active home winning streak of 29. The outcome will break the tie for second, with the winner chasing Hawaii in the conference title race. Should the Wahine win their final three league matches, they will claim the Big West’s automatic NCAA tournament berth by virtue of holding the tiebreaker over both UCSB and Cal Poly. Hawaii can take another step toward that when it closes out its final regular-season road trip of the season at UC Riverside (6-17, 2-10) on Sunday. On Friday, the Wahine needed 2 hours and 1 minute to dispatch the Aggies (14-12, 6-7) for their eighth consecutive victory. Freshman Hanna Hellvig had a match-high 17 kills for her 19th outing in double figures, and junior hitter Brooke Van Sickle added 12 kills as Hawaii defeated UC Davis for the 13th time in a row. A season-high crowd of 1,378 at The Pavilion saw Aggies senior hitter Lauren Matias put down 13 kills in her final home match. Sophomore middle Josephine Ough also had 13 kills. “I think we had more fans than they did,” said Choy, who finished with 19 assists. “We’re so lucky to have this kind of following on the road, fans who love Wahine volleyball. “I think tonight it was definitely our heart that won it for us. Defense was a big part of it.” Hawaii outdug Davis 61-52, led by graduating libero Rika Okino’s 17 digs. “Rika did amazing,” Iosia said. “After that first set, she really got a feel for the game and was digging every freaking ball.” The reigning conference Defensive Player of the Week came up big late, frustrating the Aggies hitters, especially Matias. The senior didn’t have a single kill in Set 4, with the final three points of the match coming on her three hitting errors. There were few similarities between Friday’s match and the one played at the Stan Sheriff Center on Oct. 20. Last month, Hawaii needed a reverse sweep against Davis to prevent the upset, 22-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-17, 15-12. This time, the Aggies were unable to close out Set 1. Hawaii never led until 23-22, breaking the fourth tie on freshman Riley Wagoner’s first kill. It would be tied twice more, the last at 24, as Davis held off one set point. Iosia’s second kill gave the Wahine their second swing and Hawaii ended it when freshman middle Amber Igiede stuffed Leonie Strehl. After the Aggies pulled away in Set 2, the match turned on a Set 3 serving run by Iosia. It was 13-13 when Iosia went back to the baseline. When she was done, she had two aces and the Wahine a 19-13 lead. Davis rallied to within a point twice, the last at 23-22, before Van Sickle finished it with two kills. Hawaii took the lead for good in Set 4 at 8-7 on another kill by Van Sickle. Hellvig had three kills and was in on a block as the Wahine pulled away at 20-11. “It wasn’t my best match,” Iosia said. “I think everyone on the team stepped up tonight.” Her numbers tell a different story. Iosia became the ninth Hawaii setter to reach the 3,000-assist mark. She is at 3,019 heading into Sunday’s match. She also continued her climb up the career digs list, passing Lily Kahumoku and Martina Cincerova for No. 10 (1,114) Hawaii also outblocked Davis 8-7, with junior middle Sky Williams in on five.
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