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Post by aaronic on May 7, 2021 20:46:39 GMT -5
I have been rooting for Hawaii to win since Taylor Averill and Siki Zarkovic days and My heart still goes to Hawaii. However, the Gabi and Davide tandem is hard to beat if they’re on. BYU’s serves are better than Hawaii’s. Hawaii has a tendency to do lollipops serves in tight matches, instead of going all out. The only reliable server for Hawaii lately is Thelle. Chaz loves his lollipop serves which basically is a side out game right away and Colton has been off with his serves the past couple of matches. They can’t rely just on Rado to carry the team. I hope players are on so we see a great match. The semifinals was mehh, with just too many errors, NCAA volleyball is different from FIVB volleyball, in an NCAA tournament FF match there will be errors made, and “imperfect” serving. It’s just common sense lol. As many have said it’s going to come down to serving and passing. It’s just that simple.
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Post by berry808 on May 7, 2021 20:52:06 GMT -5
No. this Hawaii is is really good but nowhere near the 2019 team. Joe was a better setter and SVT was light years better than Chaz. If BYU forces Hawaii off the net and has to rely on Chaz, Cowell and Rado out of system I don’t see it happening for Hawaii. On the other hand if BYU has to rely on Gardini, Zach and GGF out of system i give the edge to the cougars. This. SVT vs Chaz? Nah. And Joe is def way better than Thelle. Gage 2019 was better than 2021 except for his semis match where he finally was digging balls and passing great. (i didn’t notice an overpass reception vs UCSB). LBSU 2019with amazing TJ DeFalco was out of this world way better than BYU 2021 Of course the 2019 team with Joe and Stijn was better than the current team. But you're comparing senior Joe Worsley, who had 2 full seasons (plus a half season) as starter setter to sophomore Jakob Thelle, who hasn't gotten a full season as starting setter. Same goes to comparing freshman Chaz Galloway to senior Stijn van Tilburg. Thelle and Galloway have a few more years to develop their craft/skill sets yet. Maybe then there can be side by side comparisons.
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Post by aaronic on May 7, 2021 21:19:32 GMT -5
This has been such a weird year for all the men’s teams. Not being able to play teams OOC. Especially for Hawaii, who interestingly has yet to play ANY team OOC yet this season; BYU will be their first and ONLY non-BWC team they play this year.
There’s just nothing to really justify how either team will win other than based on the “eye-test” and statistically on paper.
Having said that, it’s just going to come down to how teams can adjust to each other throughout the match. Agree with Hawaii’s lollipop serving. Watching Voss serve has been cringeworthy, and BYU will eat that up tomorrow. Galloway is still very young and almost a non-factor on the OH, especially when the pass isn’t there. I expect him to be going up against GGF while in the front. As others have already pointed out, the serve/pass game will be key for both teams, especially Hawaii. Even if Rado is ON, BYU just has too many weapons to overcome. They need everyone to be ON.
I think the majority of starters on both teams will be nearly identical to last year’s teams, which ironically was the last match played by both teams. BYU gave Hawaii a shocking and embarrassing whooping on the first night of their series in Hawaii!! The second night, BYU was up 2-0 I believe, and Hawaii somehow (behind Rado) miraculously found a way to pull the reverse sweep. That second night is how Hawaii need a to play; everyone was ON... wait a minute, I now recall Cowell was out with an injury that night, so maybe not exactly the same starters as the last meeting. Humler was also playing... but I regress. Speaking of Humler though he was a great OOS hitter last year, and Hawaii will need another OH to help Rado hit those OOS balls on Saturday.
I really hope BYU is off on Saturday lol. In general, Hawaii has just never played well against the Cougs, and if they are successful, it’s usually never via a sweep. On the contrary, BYU giving Hawaii an unexpected spanking last year in front of a shocked Stan Sheriff is nothing surprising as a Hawaii fan. But please please volleyball Gods have mercy on Hawaii on Saturday!! They rarely reach this platform, and have such an opportunity. Crossing fingers!!
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Post by wilbur on May 7, 2021 22:48:51 GMT -5
I’m guessing BYU feels the same. Fortunately for Hawaii BYU is no where close to the LBSU team they lost to in the last National final. ...this Hawaii team is better then the Hawaii team that faced that 2019 LBSU, for the National Championship. False, 2019 was better, SVT and Joe were significant upgrades and Solberg better. Rado and Pat are better now, Colton a push so overall 2019>>2021>2020
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Post by volleydino on May 8, 2021 0:16:09 GMT -5
This has been such a weird year for all the men’s teams. Not being able to play teams OOC. Especially for Hawaii, who interestingly has yet to play ANY team OOC yet this season; BYU will be their first and ONLY non-BWC team they play this year. There’s just nothing to really justify how either team will win other than based on the “eye-test” and statistically on paper. Having said that, it’s just going to come down to how teams can adjust to each other throughout the match. Agree with Hawaii’s lollipop serving. Watching Voss serve has been cringeworthy, and BYU will eat that up tomorrow. Galloway is still very young and almost a non-factor on the OH, especially when the pass isn’t there. I expect him to be going up against GGF while in the front. As others have already pointed out, the serve/pass game will be key for both teams, especially Hawaii. Even if Rado is ON, BYU just has too many weapons to overcome. They need everyone to be ON. I think the majority of starters on both teams will be nearly identical to last year’s teams, which ironically was the last match played by both teams. BYU gave Hawaii a shocking and embarrassing whooping on the first night of their series in Hawaii!! The second night, BYU was up 2-0 I believe, and Hawaii somehow (behind Rado) miraculously found a way to pull the reverse sweep. That second night is how Hawaii need a to play; everyone was ON... wait a minute, I now recall Cowell was out with an injury that night, so maybe not exactly the same starters as the last meeting. Humler was also playing... but I regress. Speaking of Humler though he was a great OOS hitter last year, and Hawaii will need another OH to help Rado hit those OOS balls on Saturday. I really hope BYU is off on Saturday lol. In general, Hawaii has just never played well against the Cougs, and if they are successful, it’s usually never via a sweep. On the contrary, BYU giving Hawaii an unexpected spanking last year in front of a shocked Stan Sheriff is nothing surprising as a Hawaii fan. But please please volleyball Gods have mercy on Hawaii on Saturday!! They rarely reach this platform, and have such an opportunity. Crossing fingers!! Colton was out, and then Sheward was pulled after two sets in favor of Thelle, who had 7 kills I believe in the final two sets.
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Post by Yvolley on May 8, 2021 0:22:22 GMT -5
This has been such a weird year for all the men’s teams. Not being able to play teams OOC. Especially for Hawaii, who interestingly has yet to play ANY team OOC yet this season; BYU will be their first and ONLY non-BWC team they play this year. There’s just nothing to really justify how either team will win other than based on the “eye-test” and statistically on paper. Having said that, it’s just going to come down to how teams can adjust to each other throughout the match. Agree with Hawaii’s lollipop serving. Watching Voss serve has been cringeworthy, and BYU will eat that up tomorrow. Galloway is still very young and almost a non-factor on the OH, especially when the pass isn’t there. I expect him to be going up against GGF while in the front. As others have already pointed out, the serve/pass game will be key for both teams, especially Hawaii. Even if Rado is ON, BYU just has too many weapons to overcome. They need everyone to be ON. I think the majority of starters on both teams will be nearly identical to last year’s teams, which ironically was the last match played by both teams. BYU gave Hawaii a shocking and embarrassing whooping on the first night of their series in Hawaii!! The second night, BYU was up 2-0 I believe, and Hawaii somehow (behind Rado) miraculously found a way to pull the reverse sweep. That second night is how Hawaii need a to play; everyone was ON... wait a minute, I now recall Cowell was out with an injury that night, so maybe not exactly the same starters as the last meeting. Humler was also playing... but I regress. Speaking of Humler though he was a great OOS hitter last year, and Hawaii will need another OH to help Rado hit those OOS balls on Saturday. I really hope BYU is off on Saturday lol. In general, Hawaii has just never played well against the Cougs, and if they are successful, it’s usually never via a sweep. On the contrary, BYU giving Hawaii an unexpected spanking last year in front of a shocked Stan Sheriff is nothing surprising as a Hawaii fan. But please please volleyball Gods have mercy on Hawaii on Saturday!! They rarely reach this platform, and have such an opportunity. Crossing fingers!! I love Hawaii and would root for them. BYU needs to win. They have been in the final so many times lately and can’t pull through. Please pull through. Please
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Post by berry808 on May 8, 2021 0:29:29 GMT -5
This has been such a weird year for all the men’s teams. Not being able to play teams OOC. Especially for Hawaii, who interestingly has yet to play ANY team OOC yet this season; BYU will be their first and ONLY non-BWC team they play this year. There’s just nothing to really justify how either team will win other than based on the “eye-test” and statistically on paper. Having said that, it’s just going to come down to how teams can adjust to each other throughout the match. Agree with Hawaii’s lollipop serving. Watching Voss serve has been cringeworthy, and BYU will eat that up tomorrow. Galloway is still very young and almost a non-factor on the OH, especially when the pass isn’t there. I expect him to be going up against GGF while in the front. As others have already pointed out, the serve/pass game will be key for both teams, especially Hawaii. Even if Rado is ON, BYU just has too many weapons to overcome. They need everyone to be ON. I think the majority of starters on both teams will be nearly identical to last year’s teams, which ironically was the last match played by both teams. BYU gave Hawaii a shocking and embarrassing whooping on the first night of their series in Hawaii!! The second night, BYU was up 2-0 I believe, and Hawaii somehow (behind Rado) miraculously found a way to pull the reverse sweep. That second night is how Hawaii need a to play; everyone was ON... wait a minute, I now recall Cowell was out with an injury that night, so maybe not exactly the same starters as the last meeting. Humler was also playing... but I regress. Speaking of Humler though he was a great OOS hitter last year, and Hawaii will need another OH to help Rado hit those OOS balls on Saturday. I really hope BYU is off on Saturday lol. In general, Hawaii has just never played well against the Cougs, and if they are successful, it’s usually never via a sweep. On the contrary, BYU giving Hawaii an unexpected spanking last year in front of a shocked Stan Sheriff is nothing surprising as a Hawaii fan. But please please volleyball Gods have mercy on Hawaii on Saturday!! They rarely reach this platform, and have such an opportunity. Crossing fingers!! And Oberender was in instead of de Brito Ferreira.
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Post by aaronic on May 8, 2021 4:53:30 GMT -5
This has been such a weird year for all the men’s teams. Not being able to play teams OOC. Especially for Hawaii, who interestingly has yet to play ANY team OOC yet this season; BYU will be their first and ONLY non-BWC team they play this year. There’s just nothing to really justify how either team will win other than based on the “eye-test” and statistically on paper. Having said that, it’s just going to come down to how teams can adjust to each other throughout the match. Agree with Hawaii’s lollipop serving. Watching Voss serve has been cringeworthy, and BYU will eat that up tomorrow. Galloway is still very young and almost a non-factor on the OH, especially when the pass isn’t there. I expect him to be going up against GGF while in the front. As others have already pointed out, the serve/pass game will be key for both teams, especially Hawaii. Even if Rado is ON, BYU just has too many weapons to overcome. They need everyone to be ON. I think the majority of starters on both teams will be nearly identical to last year’s teams, which ironically was the last match played by both teams. BYU gave Hawaii a shocking and embarrassing whooping on the first night of their series in Hawaii!! The second night, BYU was up 2-0 I believe, and Hawaii somehow (behind Rado) miraculously found a way to pull the reverse sweep. That second night is how Hawaii need a to play; everyone was ON... wait a minute, I now recall Cowell was out with an injury that night, so maybe not exactly the same starters as the last meeting. Humler was also playing... but I regress. Speaking of Humler though he was a great OOS hitter last year, and Hawaii will need another OH to help Rado hit those OOS balls on Saturday. I really hope BYU is off on Saturday lol. In general, Hawaii has just never played well against the Cougs, and if they are successful, it’s usually never via a sweep. On the contrary, BYU giving Hawaii an unexpected spanking last year in front of a shocked Stan Sheriff is nothing surprising as a Hawaii fan. But please please volleyball Gods have mercy on Hawaii on Saturday!! They rarely reach this platform, and have such an opportunity. Crossing fingers!! I love Hawaii and would root for them. BYU needs to win. They have been in the final so many times lately and can’t pull through. Please pull through. Please Well, at least BYU has a title, a few actually under their belts. Hawaii has NONE!!! We need this more!
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2021 6:47:55 GMT -5
I love Hawaii and would root for them. BYU needs to win. They have been in the final so many times lately and can’t pull through. Please pull through. Please Well, at least BYU has a title, a few actually under their belts. Hawaii has NONE!!! We need this more! Hawaii hasn’t ever won the championship? That’s so surprising
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Post by superfan1 on May 8, 2021 7:27:36 GMT -5
Well, at least BYU has a title, a few actually under their belts. Hawaii has NONE!!! We need this more! Hawaii hasn’t ever won the championship? That’s so surprising Hawaii has won but forfeited the title because they used an ineligible player in 2002
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Post by aznsun90 on May 8, 2021 11:11:17 GMT -5
I am so nervous about this match! UCSB exposed UH’s weaknesses. Let’s go warriors!
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Post by BeachbytheBay on May 8, 2021 11:26:53 GMT -5
If BYU passes well, they win, regardless of how Hawaii plays. If Hawaii passes well, and BYU does not, Hawaii wins. If neither team passes well, BYU wins. lol, really? if BYU and Hawaii pass well, there's no guarantee BYU wins. there's setters and tremendous blockers involved I anticiipate a bit of a choppy match. It could be a tremendous match, these are the two best teams clearly. Cowell to me is a big key, he's such a good all-around player, the type of player that makes so many little plays all over the court - it's why I give an ever so slight edge to Hawaii, but this is truly a toss-up even if it could turn out lopsided if one or two key players for either team just don't perform well, as can happen in a huge pressure match
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Post by BeachbytheBay on May 8, 2021 11:30:11 GMT -5
wish this was being played in Southern Cal, with so many BYU & Hawaii fans in that area - both fan bases would have been able to bring a couple thousand fans each
would have been great to see at UCLA or the Pyramid, with at least some limited seating, but alas
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Post by reignbeau on May 8, 2021 11:49:52 GMT -5
The Bulgarian Bruiser is overdue for a good match, and an All-American NPOY game is definitely delinquent. With the spotlights on and the team on his back (not to mention an entire state pulling for a W), I suspect (and hope) Rado will have an amazing match. 🌈
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Post by wilbur on May 8, 2021 11:56:28 GMT -5
Can't wait to watch. So thankful the season happened. It would have been so cool to see these teams play multiple times, like UH v LB 2019
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