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Post by hwnstunner on Mar 1, 2020 20:22:54 GMT -5
Iosia and Kekauoha are an intriguing No. 5.
Lots of volleyball IQ, firepower and all around game. Plus, both are stone-cold in pressure situations and have a wealth of experience as Division 1 athletes. I’d imagine they also play with great chemistry. They’d be a really solid option at Flight 5 IMO. Leaves Loker/Maidment and Rasmussen out. But this really is a nice set of flights for Hawaii No. 1-5 moving forward to build chemistry and consistency with.
Still not sure how a freshman pair will fair against tougher and more experienced teams. But Hellvig and Huddleston is another interesting pair.
For some reason I do feel Hellvig/Huddleston at 4 and Iosia/Kekauoha at 5 may be more valuable to the team long term than the other way around...
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Post by brooselee on Mar 1, 2020 20:34:20 GMT -5
Ugh.....struggle at #2 rears it ugly head again. Lost to a pair made up of a freshman and a sophomore. Hall need to really shake things up. We cannot have that pair losing to the #20 ranked team. I believe the Stanford #2 flight went 3 sets with them in Hawaii too.
Hawaii’s #2 was the only flight that went 3 with Stanford on the second matchup in Honolulu and now Hawaii’s #2 is the only one to lose a match against Stanford. Cannot hide the weakness anymore.
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Post by hwnstunner on Mar 1, 2020 20:54:08 GMT -5
Ugh.....struggle at #2 rears it ugly head again. Lost to a pair made up of a freshman and a sophomore. Hall need to really shake things up. We cannot have that pair losing to the #20 ranked team. I believe the Stanford #2 flight went 3 sets with them in Hawaii too. Hawaii’s #2 was the only flight that went 3 with Stanford on the second matchup in Honolulu and now Hawaii’s #2 is the only one to lose a match against Stanford. Cannot hide the weakness anymore. Do you move Ozee/Van Sickle up and Scoles/Hanneman down. Or do you go Scoles/Van Sickle and Ozee/Hanneman? All I know is making changes earlier in the season are better than later. I know someone suggested Huddleston with Scoles, and Hanneman with Hellvig. But looks like Flight #4 is really building some chemistry...
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Post by brooselee on Mar 1, 2020 22:37:11 GMT -5
Ugh.....struggle at #2 rears it ugly head again. Lost to a pair made up of a freshman and a sophomore. Hall need to really shake things up. We cannot have that pair losing to the #20 ranked team. I believe the Stanford #2 flight went 3 sets with them in Hawaii too. Hawaii’s #2 was the only flight that went 3 with Stanford on the second matchup in Honolulu and now Hawaii’s #2 is the only one to lose a match against Stanford. Cannot hide the weakness anymore. Do you move Ozee/Van Sickle up and Scoles/Hanneman down. Or do you go Scoles/Van Sickle and Ozee/Hanneman? All I know is making changes earlier in the season are better than later. I know someone suggested Huddleston with Scoles, and Hanneman with Hellvig. But looks like Flight #4 is really building some chemistry... I want to see if the combo of Scoles and Van Sickle will work. Van Sickle have enough offense to make this pair work. Hanneman at 3 might be less intense.i think Ozee’s happy personality could make Maia relax a little more. Something need to be done though.
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Post by newbeach on Mar 1, 2020 22:47:31 GMT -5
Damn...Julia Scoles is all over place. She playing with Hannemann at flight 2 and then go over and play with Ozee at flight 3. Dudette must be a stud. I hope Brooke Van Sickle is not feeling left out...LOL Julia Scoles must be Superwoman. Faster then a speeding bullet. Being able to play two flights at the same time. LOL. Whoops! She is good, but....Sorry Brooke! : )
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Post by newbeach on Mar 1, 2020 22:53:36 GMT -5
#5 UH 4 vs #20 Stanford
1 Morgan Martin / Pani Napoleon vs Charlie Ekstrom / Sunny Villapando (Hawaii) 16-21, 21-14, 15-9 2 Julia Scoles / Maia Hannemann vs Tori Ashkinos / Maddi Kriz (Stanford) 15-21, 21-19, 15-12 3 Amy Ozee /Brooke Van Sickle vs Maddie Daley / Amelia Smith (Hawaii) 21-17, 21-16 4 Hanna Hellvig / Ilihia Huddleston vs Shannon Richardson / Blake Sharp (Hawaii) 21-17, 21-18 5 Norene Iosia / Harlee Kekauoha vs Natalie Berty / Chelsea Red-Horse Mohl(Hawaii) 21-14, 21-19
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Post by newbeach on Mar 1, 2020 22:57:01 GMT -5
Ugh.....struggle at #2 rears it ugly head again. Lost to a pair made up of a freshman and a sophomore. Hall need to really shake things up. We cannot have that pair losing to the #20 ranked team. I believe the Stanford #2 flight went 3 sets with them in Hawaii too. Hawaii’s #2 was the only flight that went 3 with Stanford on the second matchup in Honolulu and now Hawaii’s #2 is the only one to lose a match against Stanford. Cannot hide the weakness anymore. Did Martin / Napolean not go three sets, or did I get that wrong? Eckstrom and Villapando are a very good pair though.
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Post by hwnstunner on Mar 1, 2020 23:02:02 GMT -5
Next week is a big one with Florida State, Stetson and USC. Knowing Hall, he’ll stick with his status quo for these matches. However, if Hawai’i struggles against these three schools and has a poor showing (like going 1-2, 0-3). I’d expect him to make changes.
He’s very very slow to make changes in season - at least drastic ones. And unless there’s major issues, I don’t expect him to make many changes.
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Post by newbeach on Mar 1, 2020 23:15:26 GMT -5
Do you move Ozee/Van Sickle up and Scoles/Hanneman down. Or do you go Scoles/Van Sickle and Ozee/Hanneman? All I know is making changes earlier in the season are better than later. I know someone suggested Huddleston with Scoles, and Hanneman with Hellvig. But looks like Flight #4 is really building some chemistry... I want to see if the combo of Scoles and Van Sickle will work. Van Sickle have enough offense to make this pair work. Hanneman at 3 might be less intense.i think Ozee’s happy personality could make Maia relax a little more. Something need to be done though. I still don't think that the coaches are going to make any changes, and it is unfortunate because this week would have been the week to try a few more combinations out. I think you could go either way: Scoles/Van Sickle Scoles/Huddleston Ozee/Hanneman OR Ozee / Van SickleHellvig/Huddleston Hellvig/Hannemann I favor Scoles/Huddleston because they played together in the Fall and have good chemistry, and experience together. Huddleston is very beach savvy as well. I think you have less room for error at flight #2 against ranked competition next week. Then, you wouldn't be messing with the 3rd flight at all. I think Hellvig/Hanneman at #4 would do well. Ozee, while positive, can still be very intense. I think Brooke might handle that better than a freshman. A change now isn't ideal, but again, still better than down-the-road. Or maybe, I made a serendipitous error earlier, putting Scoles and Ozee together! lol #1 Martin/Napolean #2 Scoles/Ozee #3 Hellvig/Huddleston #4 Iosia/Van Sickle/Hannemann #5 Loker/Maidment/Kekauoha/Rasmussen I think Hellvig and Huddleston are both really good players, that are coming along well and only going to improve as the season goes on. They could handle #3 with a little more time together. However, we still have to deal with the "up one flight or down a flight" rule. Maybe they leave things as is for next weekend, and hope that the team can pull out a win, and then make changes on March 17. They play Tampa and FGCU. This would give them a chance to practice together to be ready for GCU the following weekend (as well as Nebraska, and Washington). Next week will be a test the test to see how the teams fare against FSU, USC, Stetson, and UAB (though I still think their opening weekend was a tougher schedule). We'll see how the #2 pair and #5 pairs fare.
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Post by brooselee on Mar 1, 2020 23:28:20 GMT -5
Ugh.....struggle at #2 rears it ugly head again. Lost to a pair made up of a freshman and a sophomore. Hall need to really shake things up. We cannot have that pair losing to the #20 ranked team. I believe the Stanford #2 flight went 3 sets with them in Hawaii too. Hawaii’s #2 was the only flight that went 3 with Stanford on the second matchup in Honolulu and now Hawaii’s #2 is the only one to lose a match against Stanford. Cannot hide the weakness anymore. Did Martin / Napolean not go three sets, or did I get that wrong? Eckstrom and Villapando are a very good pair though. Yes...Martin and Napoleon went 3 today but I was talking about last week when we faced Stanford the second time in Honolulu. .....every flight went straight set except #2. My point is that #2 struggled against Stanford #2 last week and took Hawaii 3 to win the match and today lost to them this week in three. static.hawaiiathletics.com/custompages/Stats/Wsvb/2020/dkc9.htm
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Post by newbeach on Mar 1, 2020 23:31:52 GMT -5
Did Martin / Napolean not go three sets, or did I get that wrong? Eckstrom and Villapando are a very good pair though. Yes...Martin and Napoleon went 3 today but I was talking about last week when we faced Stanford the second time in Honolulu. .....every flight went straight set except #2. My point is that #2 struggled against Stanford #2 last week and took Hawaii 3 to win the match and today lost to them this week in three. And lost to LSU in the second match. And, they really haven't played UCLA's best #2 pair (as I think Denaburg and Sparks are likely going to keep that position over Justine / Monkhouse who have been playing at #3).
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Post by brooselee on Mar 1, 2020 23:42:36 GMT -5
The first day matches Honolulu last week were a crapshoot for everybody. There were no scouting report on the newcomers. As the tourney went on and as the days went by, teams will see the scouting reports and will try to expose a pair’s weakness.
Stanford played our top flights better this time around probably due to having seen us before and made adjustments. FSU and USC will be tough to beat if we don’t improve.
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Post by newbeach on Mar 1, 2020 23:52:57 GMT -5
The first day matches Honolulu last week were a crapshoot for everybody. There were no scouting report on the newcomers. As the tourney went on and as the days went by, teams will see the scouting reports and will try to expose a pair’s weakness. Stanford played our top flights better this time around probably due to having seen us before and made adjustments. FSU and USC will be tough to beat if we don’t improve. I may get in trouble for saying this, but I think FSU and USC are not going to be as tough as UCLA and LSU. It will still be a very good test, however, especially on the road.
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Post by hwnstunner on Mar 1, 2020 23:55:24 GMT -5
Would you all say that #2 and #5 are the flights to keep an eye on?
Regarding No. 5, would you all say Iosia/Kekauoha?
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Post by brooselee on Mar 2, 2020 0:11:51 GMT -5
I like Noreen and Harlee at 5. That is a pair with a lot of volleyball knowledge and versatility. Both can hit and both can handle the ball. Having two seniors at the lower fight should mean we should be able to count on winning there consistently.
Kylin and Anna will get their shot next year after we graduate half the starting 10.
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