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Post by raian13 on Aug 29, 2021 15:34:34 GMT -5
Imagine if Mia eventually wins the OH spot over Riley, this has got to be the shortest OH duo for Hawai’i. McKenna Ross was even shorter! 🙂 Their primary OH that season was JR listed at 6’2.
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Post by koavball on Aug 29, 2021 15:35:55 GMT -5
McKenna Ross was even shorter! 🙂 Their primary OH that season was JR listed at 6’2. Rasmussen played like 7 matches as a wahine.
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Post by koavball on Aug 29, 2021 15:38:34 GMT -5
My 2 cents on last nights match: Hawaii got exposed but that's a good thing in the long run as all the things that went wrong last night are correctable: defense/serve receive, serving tougher (aside from BVS our serve is too weak and rarely got Marquette OOS), and blocking. I like Mia Johnson in for Riley. I hope to be wrong but the setting will be an issue all season, easy to see why they were open to bringing in a third and more experienced setter in the off season.
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Post by bg on Aug 29, 2021 16:10:29 GMT -5
One win and one loss and the sideline coaches are out in force. If Robyn read this board, she'd probably shaking her head and (hopefully) laughing. Interesting to see who thinks they know better than RAM without being in the gym every day. My only opinion is that there's more talent that came in this year, but it's more uneven in strengths and weaknesses. Hanna could play backcourt, terminate, and block. Bailey could do it all as a setter. Lang sets well but is a liability on the block. Both Wagoner and Mia were targeted by Marquette on serve receive.
Right now, the inconsistent setting makes it difficult to evaluate the hitters. But if there's one thing that will get fixed and better with time is the setting just because Robyn is Robyn. Even in 2019, it took a couple of tournys for Norene to start connecting with Amber. You can go back and look at the games.
I was totally focused on how the Wahine would react in set 3. If they folded, it wouldn't bode well for the rest of the season. Thankfully, they showed their heart and fought back. I would be really pleased to see continual development through the season.
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Post by hapaguy on Aug 29, 2021 16:36:42 GMT -5
My 2 cents on last nights match: Hawaii got exposed but that's a good thing in the long run as all the things that went wrong last night are correctable: defense/serve receive, serving tougher (aside from BVS our serve is too weak and rarely got Marquette OOS), and blocking. I like Mia Johnson in for Riley. I hope to be wrong but the setting will be an issue all season, easy to see why they were open to bringing in a third and more experienced setter in the off season. I think our setting will be fine. I'm more concerned with our defense and lack of tough serving....I think this is the weakest serving team we've had in a long time....
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Post by beachgrad on Aug 29, 2021 18:17:27 GMT -5
Hawaii lost to a more polished and experience team in Marquette. Hawaii is a long way from their best volleyball and Marquette is a lot closer to their best. By the end of the season Hawaii will probably be the better team so just take a few lumps early and watch the team mature.
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Post by hwnstunner on Aug 29, 2021 18:26:25 GMT -5
McKenna Ross was even shorter! 🙂 Their primary OH that season was JR listed at 6’2. What the heck? She was out 2/3 of the year. She was NOT the primary outside. Ross struggled here and there but came into her own by the final 1/3 of the season. If any of the current prospects for the OH2 spot in the lineup can duplicate Ross' offensive numbers, I'll take it. Johnson looked the best on the outside after Van Sickle. Yeah, its only two games and she only came in for the last portion of a sweep, but you can tell the potential is there. Jump high and hit hard. Ah Mow would rather a player swing than tip. Johnson swung away.
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Post by toonscivb on Aug 29, 2021 21:52:43 GMT -5
It was a tough game last night for them. They just need time to make adjustments with each other and learning about each other when they're on the court.
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Post by 2left on Aug 30, 2021 3:29:13 GMT -5
Unlike BigWestTV, ESPN+ doesn't carry the post game. Can anyone tell me who was interviewed each night?
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Post by babybacksets on Aug 30, 2021 8:59:57 GMT -5
Gonna be a TOUGH next couple of weeks for Hawaii San Diego and Utah should be a test, not to mention it’ll be the Wahine’s first time with a crowd.
Then the 2 game series with a USC team who is also trying to figure things out. Hopefully fans will be allowed by then since it will be only be 1 California team in attendance vs a Texas area (that’s not political, that’s just stating a fact) that’s not taking things as seriously, not sure how Wisconsin is doing.
I think if the Wahine can just iron out: - Clean up middle connections issues so we can set Middle early and often. It seems like Amber is running the slide more in the gap vs all the way to the pin, that could be a REALLY good play for UH.
- Passing from Ikenaga and Johnson. They are both going to be targets for the rest of the season, this is something they need to embrace and focus on more than anything. Can’t do the first point if we cant handle the first pass.
- Leoniak/OPP. Once she or whoever gets into a rhythm offensively, thats when the Wahine will see a real uptick. I wasn’t sold on her as a rightside but the type of defense she is playing is more than making up for the inconsistency she’s having offensively. I would like to see her step into the passing formation as well if Johnson is going to be OH1. Give them both the opportunity to be challenged in receive and help each other out when the other is struggling. Not really sure what would be best for Leoniak as far as a set, looks like she is just not staying behind it very well, which is normal for young hitters.
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Post by practicesafesets on Aug 30, 2021 11:54:13 GMT -5
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Post by hwnstunner on Aug 30, 2021 12:09:52 GMT -5
Gonna be a TOUGH next couple of weeks for Hawaii San Diego and Utah should be a test, not to mention it’ll be the Wahine’s first time with a crowd. Then the 2 game series with a USC team who is also trying to figure things out. Hopefully fans will be allowed by then since it will be only be 1 California team in attendance vs a Texas area (that’s not political, that’s just stating a fact) that’s not taking things as seriously, not sure how Wisconsin is doing. I think if the Wahine can just iron out: - Clean up middle connections issues so we can set Middle early and often. It seems like Amber is running the slide more in the gap vs all the way to the pin, that could be a REALLY good play for UH. - Passing from Ikenaga and Johnson. They are both going to be targets for the rest of the season, this is something they need to embrace and focus on more than anything. Can’t do the first point if we cant handle the first pass. - Leoniak/OPP. Once she or whoever gets into a rhythm offensively, thats when the Wahine will see a real uptick. I wasn’t sold on her as a rightside but the type of defense she is playing is more than making up for the inconsistency she’s having offensively. I would like to see her step into the passing formation as well if Johnson is going to be OH1. Give them both the opportunity to be challenged in receive and help each other out when the other is struggling. Not really sure what would be best for Leoniak as far as a set, looks like she is just not staying behind it very well, which is normal for young hitters. Opposites rarely pass in the volleyball. Libero's, outsides, and then DS subs if the outsides struggle make up make up the passing formation. I think we'll be fine with Van Sickle/Ikenaga and Johnson.
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Post by staticb on Aug 30, 2021 13:01:49 GMT -5
Gonna be a TOUGH next couple of weeks for Hawaii San Diego and Utah should be a test, not to mention it’ll be the Wahine’s first time with a crowd. Then the 2 game series with a USC team who is also trying to figure things out. Hopefully fans will be allowed by then since it will be only be 1 California team in attendance vs a Texas area (that’s not political, that’s just stating a fact) that’s not taking things as seriously, not sure how Wisconsin is doing. I think if the Wahine can just iron out: - Clean up middle connections issues so we can set Middle early and often. It seems like Amber is running the slide more in the gap vs all the way to the pin, that could be a REALLY good play for UH. - Passing from Ikenaga and Johnson. They are both going to be targets for the rest of the season, this is something they need to embrace and focus on more than anything. Can’t do the first point if we cant handle the first pass. - Leoniak/OPP. Once she or whoever gets into a rhythm offensively, thats when the Wahine will see a real uptick. I wasn’t sold on her as a rightside but the type of defense she is playing is more than making up for the inconsistency she’s having offensively. I would like to see her step into the passing formation as well if Johnson is going to be OH1. Give them both the opportunity to be challenged in receive and help each other out when the other is struggling. Not really sure what would be best for Leoniak as far as a set, looks like she is just not staying behind it very well, which is normal for young hitters. Opposites rarely pass in the volleyball. Libero's, outsides, and then DS subs if the outsides struggle make up make up the passing formation. I think we'll be fine with Van Sickle/Ikenaga and Johnson. You're right, but from a team-make up standpoint, we don't have an Opposite oriented attack. (i.e. right now our Opp is our last offensive option) Thus it would help us immensely if our opposite would pass--if you watch Game 3 of A&M, TAMU started to catch up when they started serving BvS. Even though BvS was passing ok, several times she had to dive, etc. and was taken out of the play. Having an Opp that would relive SR pressure would have been exactly what we needed.
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Post by goblin on Aug 30, 2021 13:22:45 GMT -5
It’s very early in the season, but you can see the pieces starting to come together for this Wahine team. Improving set location as virtually everyone here has raised has to be the top priority right now. Breaking in a new setter usually comes with timing and location Issues. Robyn’s got her work cut out. That being said, I’m very pleasantly surprised at how poised and skilled this freshman class is.
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Post by wahinefan on Aug 30, 2021 13:27:14 GMT -5
I still want to see what Demirtas has to offer, at Opposite. I can understand why she did not see any action this past weekend, missing 1 week of practice, arriving only during the last week of fall practice. Hopefully, once she gets up to speed, Robyn will give her some floor time. Thinking she may be the answer, at Opposite, offensive and blocking anyway, with her size being 6'5-6'6. She could play the front row, while having Leoniak serve and play the back row for her. Leoniak will still be available for the 'D' and 'Pipe' sets while playing the back row.
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