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Post by babybacksets on Aug 13, 2022 23:11:55 GMT -5
At the end of this coming season, we all will have a very good idea of how the Wahine will do in 2023, with all but 1 player returning. On the other hand, Robyn will have a very hectic off season, after the 2023 season trying to replace 8 Seniors. Can we all say, another rebuilding year in 2024. With Stella Adeymi, that Israelí recruit, and hopefully Miliana Sylvester down the road, I think the staff is restocking well so far. I think goal #1 for this 2023 class is to grab a good middle or 2 that can learn from but still push Amber, Kennedi, Tiffany, and Anna because they’ll all be gone in 2024, Ana’s status is subject to change and Sylvester isn’t a done deal. Probably going to need a big arm opposite with Stella or with another pin or 2 in 2024. 2024 will prob be a good time to bring in the future Libero and setter as well, Matias (possibly Lang) and Ikenaga will be experienced anchors by then. |
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Post by justaUHfan on Aug 13, 2022 23:13:01 GMT -5
At the end of this coming season, we all will have a very good idea of how the Wahine will do in 2023, with all but 1 player returning. On the other hand, Robyn will have a very hectic off season, after the 2023 season trying to replace 8 Seniors. Can we all say, another rebuilding year in 2024. I’ve been thinking about this for a while too. I hope in 2024, they can get some top transfers and bring in a top recruiting class to still be competitive. I mean we thought 2019 would’ve been a rough year with most of the starters graduating the year before but the freshmen did great and so we’re the transfers. |
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Post by brooselee on Aug 13, 2022 23:20:19 GMT -5
At the end of this coming season, we all will have a very good idea of how the Wahine will do in 2023, with all but 1 player returning. On the other hand, Robyn will have a very hectic off season, after the 2023 season trying to replace 8 Seniors. Can we all say, another rebuilding year in 2024. With Stella Adeymi, that Israelí recruit, and hopefully Miliana Sylvester down the road, I think the staff is restocking well so far. I think goal #1 for this 2023 class is to grab a good middle or 2 that can learn from but still push Amber, Kennedi, Tiffany, and Anna because they’ll all be gone in 2024, Ana’s status is subject to change and Sylvester isn’t a done deal. Probably going to need a big arm opposite with Stella or with another pin or 2 in 2024. 2024 will prob be a good time to bring in the future Libero and setter as well, Matias (possibly Lang) and Ikenaga will be experienced anchors by then. No doubt Robyn will grab a couple of transfers like she has done almost every year. If she can do like this year and get impact transfers similar to Chandler, Talia and Kennedi, we should be fine since Caylen and Stella along with Annika, Kate and Jackie will still be here. I’m not sold on Tali Hakas coming but if she does come, it will be a steal. So will getting Mili Sylvester. |
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Post by babybacksets on Aug 13, 2022 23:50:25 GMT -5
With Stella Adeymi, that Israelí recruit, and hopefully Miliana Sylvester down the road, I think the staff is restocking well so far. I think goal #1 for this 2023 class is to grab a good middle or 2 that can learn from but still push Amber, Kennedi, Tiffany, and Anna because they’ll all be gone in 2024, Ana’s status is subject to change and Sylvester isn’t a done deal. Probably going to need a big arm opposite with Stella or with another pin or 2 in 2024. 2024 will prob be a good time to bring in the future Libero and setter as well, Matias (possibly Lang) and Ikenaga will be experienced anchors by then. No doubt Robyn will grab a couple of transfers like she has done almost every year. If she can do like this year and get impact transfers similar to Chandler, Talia and Kennedi, we should be fine since Caylen and Stella along with Annika, Kate and Jackie will still be here. I’m not sold on Tali Hakas coming but if she does come, it will be a steal. So will getting Mili Sylvester. I think this season specifically will determine if transfers will be more drawn to Island. Experienced team of all Ah Mow recruits and a tough schedule that will platform the Wahine well, this 2022 team is really the beginning of the future success of the program. Even though 2019 was on its way to being increíble, the transfers already had previous draws to the program but not necessarily under coach Robyn. Brooke from her father and Hawaii was in Jolie’s Top 3 schools that were recruiting her. Can’t wait to see this team take ownership over the program. |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 14, 2022 14:06:33 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 14, 2022 14:26:38 GMT -5
No doubt Robyn will grab a couple of transfers like she has done almost every year. If she can do like this year and get impact transfers similar to Chandler, Talia and Kennedi, we should be fine since Caylen and Stella along with Annika, Kate and Jackie will still be here. I’m not sold on Tali Hakas coming but if she does come, it will be a steal. So will getting Mili Sylvester. I think this season specifically will determine if transfers will be more drawn to Island. Experienced team of all Ah Mow recruits and a tough schedule that will platform the Wahine well, this 2022 team is really the beginning of the future success of the program. Even though 2019 was on its way to being increíble, the transfers already had previous draws to the program but not necessarily under coach Robyn. Brooke from her father and Hawaii was in Jolie’s Top 3 schools that were recruiting her. Can’t wait to see this team take ownership over the program. anytime a transfer does well here, that'll be a good draw ... and will hopefully persuade other transfers to give hawaii a look. this crop of transfers still has a good mix of players with hawaii ties though ... cowell, edwards ... |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 14, 2022 14:27:50 GMT -5
New Rainbow Wahine libero/defensive specialist Talia Edmonds reconnects with Hawaii roots By Jason Kaneshiro 8/14/22, Honolulu Star-Advertiser  CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL /CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
Talia Edmonds’ mother was part of five national championship teams while playing for Hawaii Hilo. Talia transferred from Michigan State.Talia Edmonds relished every aspect of her summer trips to Hawaii growing up … except for one. “Every time I came here, the worst part was leaving,” Edmonds said. Edmonds made the trip from Kalamazoo, Mich., to visit family on Oahu every other summer and worked in time to attend the University of Hawaii volleyball program’s youth camps during her middle and high school years. This summer, she’s sticking around quite a bit longer than her previous 10-day vacations, and is now immersed in training camp with the Rainbow Wahine as a graduate transfer from Michigan State. “I grew up coming to the UH camps and watching the games, and it’s different than anywhere on the mainland, this culture that you’re going to get throughout the whole state and the support that you get from the community,” Edmonds said. “When I got the opportunity coming from Michigan State, I felt just ecstatic being able to live here and get that experience first hand.” After earning degrees in human development and family studies with double minors in youth and society and women’s and gender studies from Michigan State in December, Edmonds enrolled at UH in January to join the Wahine as a libero/defensive specialist. While the 5-foot-7 Edmonds will start her graduate program in social work later this month, she’s classified as a junior in eligibility and the spring semester gave her a chance to acclimate within a new program. Along with getting to know her new coaches and teammates, Edmonds’ move to Hawaii presented a chance to reconnect with family and further explore her mother’s volleyball legacy in the islands. Elizabeth “Peka” (Malae) Edmonds graduated from Radford and was a part of five national championship teams at Hawaii Hilo. Under coach Sharon Peterson, the Vulcans won an AIAW title in 1981 and four straight NAIA titles from 1981 to ’84. She’s a two-time member of the UH Hilo Vulcan Hall of Fame, as an individual inductee and a member of the 1981 dual-championship team. “She’s very humble,” Edmonds said. “She would tell us these stories growing up, ‘My college team was pretty good.’ … I get here and she’s downplayed it so much. “I called and said, ‘Mom, why didn’t you tell me that it was such a big deal. You won four or five national championships at Hilo and your high school team was really good.’ And she was, ‘I don’t know, I just never thought of it that way.’ “I think the biggest compliment I’ve gotten since I’ve been here is ‘Oh, you’re so much like your mom.’ I never really heard that before because no one on the mainland really knows her.” Edmonds’ parents met while her father, Lawrence, was stationed in Hawaii as an Army Ranger and they moved to Michigan, where Talia grew into a multi-sport athlete at Kalamazoo Central High School. Along with volleyball, she played basketball and softball all four years and had a season of soccer and throwing the shot put with the track and field team. Basketball season kept her from attending some of the national volleyball events her friends and teammates were attending, but dropping the sport wasn’t an option. “My dad was, ‘No, you’re going to thank me later that you’re going to be a well-rounded athlete,’” Edmonds said. “Now I tell him, ‘OK, Dad, you were right. I’m glad I didn’t specialize too early.’ ” Edmonds’ parents are making plans to spend the fall in Hawaii after the Rainbow Wahine open the season at the Texas A&M Invitational on Aug. 26-28. In the meantime, she’s continuing to bond with her UH teammates as she works and competes with sophomore Tayli Ikenaga in the back row. Edmonds served as a team captain at Michigan State last year and played in 98 of 105 total sets, leading the Spartans with 238 digs (2.43 per set). Ikenaga held the libero role at UH throughout her freshman season, and there figure to be times when they’ll be on the court together to anchor the Wahine defense. “(Ikenaga) is very efficient in the way she does her skills, passing and digging,” Edmonds said. “While she’s younger than me, I feel like I can still learn a lot from her and we have this relationship where we can give feedback to each other. We are competing for a position, but we want each other to get better. Because if I’m getting better and she’s getting better that just makes the team better as a whole. “Either way, whoever’s in the (libero) jersey, we’re going to end up ultimately working together anyway and I think we’re going to end up making a really good backcourt regardless.”
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 14, 2022 14:31:49 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 14, 2022 14:39:26 GMT -5
WVB: Coming home comforting in several ways for Cowell Cindy Luis August 13, 2022  Excerpt: Consider it two scoops for Chandler Cowell. The Saint Mary’s transfer has doubled up on her comfort food when coming home to play for the Hawai’i women’s volleyball team. There’s no need for the 5-foot-10 outside hitter to call Door Dash to deliver “local food” when she can just walk a few blocks from the UH campus to get her foodie fix any time she wants. But more important to the the King Kekaulike alumna is being able to feed her athletic soul when returning home to play for the program she watched when growing up on Maui. “It feels right,” said Cowell, the younger sister of former Warrior All-American Colton. “There’s just this sense of pride that I finally get to wear the jersey. Full story: www.cindyluis.com/2022/08/13/wvb-coming-home-comforting-in-several-ways-for-cowell/
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 14, 2022 14:48:42 GMT -5
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Post by vballfreak808 on Aug 14, 2022 15:25:07 GMT -5
From Texas A&M's web site, here's the schedule for their season opening tournament starting 8/26. Good to see that the matches will be televised. I have ESPN+ ... but is SECN+ a separate add-on? Hmmm ... 🤔 Schedule link: 12thman.com/feature/invitational Thats huge news, glad to see they are streaming non-home team game’s especially for this tournament |
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Post by babybacksets on Aug 14, 2022 15:48:28 GMT -5
I think this season specifically will determine if transfers will be more drawn to Island. Experienced team of all Ah Mow recruits and a tough schedule that will platform the Wahine well, this 2022 team is really the beginning of the future success of the program. Even though 2019 was on its way to being increíble, the transfers already had previous draws to the program but not necessarily under coach Robyn. Brooke from her father and Hawaii was in Jolie’s Top 3 schools that were recruiting her. Can’t wait to see this team take ownership over the program. anytime a transfer does well here, that'll be a good draw ... and will hopefully persuade other transfers to give hawaii a look. this crop of transfers still has a good mix of players with hawaii ties though ... cowell, edwards ... Thats what im saying, the Hawaii ties help draw transfers initially but I think to get players from way across the country to be interested in Hawaii as recruits or transfers, being able to showcase the program, it’s diversity in player origin and Robin Ah Mow trained competitiveness, that’s what helps the program get back to national prominence, which the volleyball capital of the country needs for its State University. |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 14, 2022 16:20:58 GMT -5
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Post by medusa on Aug 14, 2022 16:53:03 GMT -5
Who has the most wicked serve on team?
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Post by kalihifc on Aug 14, 2022 17:26:12 GMT -5
From Texas A&M's web site, here's the schedule for their season opening tournament starting 8/26. Good to see that the matches will be televised. I have ESPN+ ... but is SECN+ a separate add-on? Hmmm ... 🤔 I think you need to have access to SECN to get SECN+. I can access SECN+ when I connect my ESPN+ to my TV provider, Spectrum. |
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