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Post by rainbowsets on Dec 17, 2019 17:27:57 GMT -5
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Post by wang pu on Dec 18, 2019 14:19:12 GMT -5
Nebraska has no chance to beat Hawaii on the beach. They were 1-14 in flights against the Bows last season and Hawaii will be much better this year. I wish legitimate beach teams would stop scheduling Nebraska. It is a joke to them and they announce that they use it as training for their indoor team. |
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Post by staticb on Dec 18, 2019 14:27:36 GMT -5
If having a beach program were a huge advantage for your indoor team you would see Penn State, Wisconsin, etc doing it too.
Nebraska built an indoor facility and promised to take it seriously once schools around them do. They literally have no other D1 school within 300 miles—which is the main reason they can’t. In order to grow the game it’s important to help the outpost schools—just like it did in the early days of indoor volleyball when no one played it. (And why our men’s team sometimes goes on road games to weird places)
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Post by rainbowsets on Dec 18, 2019 15:06:26 GMT -5
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Post by Wolfgang on Dec 18, 2019 16:11:02 GMT -5
I'm okay with Iosia being AVCA AA Honorable Mention (instead of 1st-3rd). I was okay with Nikki Taylor being AVCA AA 2nd team (instead of 1st team) when it was considered an outrage by Dave Shoji back in 2015-16. I would've been okay with Dvoracek or Ruddins being named Big West POY instead of Iosia this year. Nothing against Iosia but I don't sweat over these athletic awards things. I'm still amazed though that McKenna Ross got All Big West Honorable Mention, not that she didn't deserve it but I think it was for her performance in the final 1/2 to 1/3 of conference play. She only became a full-time starter after Van Sickle went down and Riley Wagoner was sent to the bench. Also, just looking over her career and seeing how far she came is amazing, too. It's one of those I-don't-believe-it-unless-I-see-it-with-my-own-eyes kind of thing.
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Post by 5100 on Dec 19, 2019 0:59:40 GMT -5
It was an outrage for Nikki Taylor to not make first team. She carried the team to the postseason and had the stats.
Iosia just does not have the stats.
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Post by staticb on Dec 19, 2019 1:03:36 GMT -5
Iosia played 3 rotations for like 40% of the season. Can’t build up stats enough for AA honors but I’m sure she got some votes.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 19, 2019 1:13:07 GMT -5
Had Iosia played 6 RO from the beginning she would of made AA, sadly she did not do it hurt her.
Next year we will have potential AA in Brooke, Jolie Hannah and amber. It’ll definitely be a fun year
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Dec 19, 2019 16:53:04 GMT -5
Hawaii’s Norene Iosia named All-America honorable mention By Cindy Luis 12/19/19 Honolulu Star-Advertiser  ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Hawaii setter/hitter Norene Iosia closed her senior season with a team-high 645 assists and 48 service aces in helping the Rainbow Wahine win the Big West title.She will go down as one of the most versatile players ever to wear a Rainbow Wahine uniform, her name listed in the top 10 of several all-time statistical categories. On Wednesday, Norene Iosia added another accolade to her extensive resume when named one of 42 All-America honorable mentions by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. “It’s definitely just another reflection of how great the teammates I’ve had (are), as well as the coaching staff,” the Hawaii setter/hitter said on campus in the afternoon. “I guess my parents are really proud as well as my coaches. Yeah, this is a big award for our whole team in general.” Despite being the Big West Player of the Year, she did not make one of the 14-member teams (first, second and third) while two other conference players did. Named to the third team were UC Santa Barbara senior hitter Lindsey Ruddins and Cal Poly sophomore hitter Maia Dvoracek. Also on the honorable mention list was Utah sophomore setter Saige Ka‘aha‘aina-Torres (‘Iolani). Iosia played two positions in helping the Rainbow Wahine to their first conference title since 2016. Hawaii (26-4) advanced to the NCAA tournament third round, losing to Nebraska last Friday, with Iosia turning in her 20th double-double of the season and 64th of her career (19 assists, 13 digs). The Torrance, Calif., native was a four-time first-team All-Big West selection, one of seven Wahine ever to earn that distinction, and, this season, was a first-team All-Pacific North pick. Iosia finished her career tied for second in aces with Martina Cincerova (139), is eighth in digs (1,175) and ninth in assists (3,148). “It came so fast. I mean, just where this program is going and how I ended my career here,” Iosia said. “Definitely not what I expected, but just the journey of my whole time here has been very, I don’t even know, there’s no words to describe it. Challenging but very fun. I would do it all over again.” Iosia joined Kanoe Kamana‘o as the only Hawaii setter to earn player of the year honors. She is the 12th Wahine to be named All-America honorable mention and is the program’s third setter, joining Dani Mafua and Mita Uiato. Iosia also was named to the All-Big West freshman (2016) and All-BWC academic (2017) teams. Three times she was selected to the Hawaiian Airlines Classic all-tournament team including this season when the Wahine won their signature tournament for the first time since 2013. The AVCA Freshman of the Year went to Washington State middle blocker Magda Jehlarova. The player of the year will be announced at Friday’s All-America banquet held in conjunction with this week’s final four in Pittsburgh.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Dec 24, 2019 1:32:28 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Dec 24, 2019 3:22:48 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jan 1, 2020 13:50:55 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jan 2, 2020 16:01:19 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jan 2, 2020 16:38:37 GMT -5
University of Hawaii athletics: Top 12 moments of 2019By Brian McInnis on December 31, 2019 Excerpts:  Hawaii libero Rika Okino held a the Big West championship banner after UH beat Long Beach State on Nov. 22. / Photo by Steven Erler, Special to the Star-Advertiser5. Women’s volleyball reclaims Big WestHawaii is not used to standing by and watching as someone else hoists a conference championship, so when Cal Poly did that for the last two years — the first two years of Robyn Ah Mow’s coaching tenure in Manoa — it was unsettling. It appeared UH faced an uphill battle again after it lost in straight sets in San Luis Obispo, Calif., on Oct. 11, but that was the precursor to UH turning over the keys to the engine (hitting and serving) to senior Norene Iosia. UH rattled off 11 Big West wins in a row — including key matches at home over UC Santa Barbara and Cal Poly — capped with a sweep of Long Beach State on senior night Nov. 22 for UH’s first outright BWC crown since 2016.  Hawaii middle blocker Amber Igiede, left, celebrated with teammates after their straight-sets win over San Diego for UHs first regional appearance since 2015. / Photo by Bruce Asato, Star-Advertiser[/font] 4. Women’s volleyball advances to NCAA regionalWinning the Big West was one thing. Getting through a subregional at home — something UH could not do the last time it had that opportunity in 2013 — was another matter entirely. UH appeared to be at a crossroads against its opening round foe, Northern Colorado, when the Bears took Set 2 from the Wahine. But energized by the return of junior hitter Jolie Rasmussen in Set 3, the 18th-ranked Wahine rallied to defeat UNC in four sets, then took care of San Diego (a troublesome foe rematched from the first night of the season) in straight sets to punch their regional ticket to Madison, Wis. There, the Wahine lost to powerful Nebraska in straight sets to end their successful season at 26-4. Full article: www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/court-sense/hawaii-athletics-top-12-moments-of-2019/
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Jan 2, 2020 16:49:46 GMT -5
Ka Leo's Top Sports Stories of 2019Compiled by Chavonnie Ramos, Editor in Chief Dec 30, 2019 Updated Dec 31, 2019 Excerpt:  Hanna Hellvig greets UH fans after the Wahine took down UCLA 3-0.
Adrien Ace / Ka Leo O Hawai'iNo. 3: Give 'em HellvigHanna Hellvig, a true freshman on the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team emerged as a top contender this season. She was one of several true freshmen who surprisingly started the season in the starting lineup, opening the season alongside experienced Pac-12 transfer Jolie Rasmussen. Hellvig took it a step further though. After the team lost Rasmussen to an ankle injury, Hellvig stepped up to accept a new load of responsibilities. And she certainly delivered on those new expectations, passing Rasmussen to lead the team in kills through the first 11 games of the season with 127.  The Rainbow Wahine took sole possession of the Big West Conference title with a sweep of LBSU at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Adrien Ace / Ka Leo O Hawai'iNo. 7: 'Bows advance to round of 32 with Bears takedownFor the first time since 2016, the University of Hawai‘i women’s volleyball team opened the NCAA Tournament with a win after taking down the Northern Colorado Bears in four sets (26-24, 24-26, 25-8, 25-15). Full article: www.manoanow.org/kaleo/sports/ka-leo-s-top-sports-stories-of/article_4976bbb4-2b90-11ea-9528-5fff5bc67157.html
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