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Post by practicesafesets on Aug 17, 2022 11:21:48 GMT -5
Yes ma'am! Stella is listed. Wonder if Hawaii is on anyone else's radar? Hello Leila |
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Post by Logan Tom Fan on Aug 17, 2022 11:43:50 GMT -5
Grace would be a good get too, wonder if Robyn is looking at her. Great blocker, smart attacker, reads well and is efficient. Little on the underside height wise for that position but good upside to her.
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Post by rainbowcard on Aug 17, 2022 11:56:44 GMT -5
Yes ma'am! Stella is listed. Wonder if Hawaii is on anyone else's radar? Hello Leila im gonna lose my 💩 if Stella pulls a DNS and commits somewhere else. Lol I think she’s gonna be one of the best in the big west. |
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Post by Logan Tom Fan on Aug 17, 2022 12:03:00 GMT -5
Miliana Sylvester rated the 5th best MB in the state of Missouri, 30th overall, and she will only get better. At 6’2”, wonder if she grows a little more….
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Post by babybacksets on Aug 17, 2022 12:31:38 GMT -5
Miliana Sylvester rated the 5th best MB in the state of Missouri, 30th overall, and she will only get better. At 6’2”, wonder if she grows a little more…. Yea she really should be one that the staff is actively after. Hopefully bring in another middle and Opposite along with her |
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Post by wahinefan on Aug 17, 2022 13:22:08 GMT -5
I am getting really confused with this Covid additional year thing. Does this mean, players who would be Seniors in 2023, like Amber, Riley, Tiffany, etc., will have an additional year of eligibility to play, if they want to? How about the Redshirts like Kennedi, Talia, and Chandler, does the same apply to them also?
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Post by skeleton on Aug 17, 2022 13:46:17 GMT -5
Returnees set the pace as Rainbow Wahine volleyball team gears for seasonBy Jason Kaneshiro CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team practiced inside Stan Sheriff Center on Tuesday.The buzz of activity around the dormitories on move-in day in Manoa annually heralds the approach of the University of Hawaii’s fall semester. So too did this week’s move in practice sites for the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team. After a week of two-a-day workouts in Gym 1, the Wahine relocated into SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center on Monday as they continued preparations for next week’s season-opening trip to Texas. “Getting in here and practicing with the air flow … has been really important and it’s really exciting,” senior setter Mylana Byrd said before Tuesday’s afternoon session in the arena. “It feels more game-like and it feels like we’re starting the season.” The Wahine went into Tuesday’s practices 10 days away from their opening match in the Texas A&M Invitational and a week away from departing on the trip to College Station. “That is crazy to me,” junior outside hitter Riley Wagoner said. “It feels like just yesterday we were starting summer stuff.” The pace set by the team’s 10 returnees early in the summer has already paid off through the first week of camp. The entire team finished the mile run in under seven minutes on opening day, and their work in open gym sessions has helped accelerate the rate of progress through a week of two-a-days. “It’s something we felt mimicked the 2019 team,” UH assistant coach Kaleo Baxter said. “We’re still going over the skill work and the techniques that we want to see, but the upperclassmen did a very good job at preparing the newcomers in that summer training block so we could hit the ground running. So we’re doing a lot more 6-on-6 earlier than we have in the past. “It’s more of a testament to what these girls did in preparation in the summer, and it’s the culture that they know, it’s the culture that they want, and it’s the attitude we’ve instilled in them.” Position battles continue throughout the court, including among a group of seven pin hitters. Wagoner returns as the most seasoned of the group after starting 27 matches and averaging 2.63 kills per set. Brooke Van Sickle ended her UH indoor career as the Big West Player of the Year and three members of last year’s freshman class — Mia Johnson, Martyna Leoniak and Ilayda Demirtas — departed via the transfer portal. “It is very tight,” Baxter said, “and it’s nice to see what the newcomers are doing and it’s nice to see some returning faces step up and see an opportunity and they’re going out and grabbing it.” Braelyn Akana made 16 starts last season and sophomore Annika de Goede, a left-handed opposite, returns from an injury that limited her to four appearances. Junior transfer Chandler Cowell and freshman Caylen Alexander added to the competition along with the return of Kendra Ham, who transferred from Cal Poly prior to last season. “(The competition) is really intense, but at the same time it’s really great for our team that we can have so many different weapons and different pieces,” Wagoner said, “(so) that if someone is having a bad game someone else can fill in and step up that day.” Once the season arrives next week, the Wahine will be tested by a nonconference schedule highlighted by four teams ranked in the AVCA preseason Top 25 poll released on Monday in Pittsburgh, San Diego, UCLA and USC. The Wahine received votes in the poll, as did Texas State, UH’s opponent for the Sept. 1 home opener. “We’ve always attempted to schedule that way,” Baxter said. “We understand how important the RPI is, and as a coaching staff we did what we felt was best to prepare ourselves not only for Big West but prepare ourselves for the NCAA Tournament.”
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Post by aznsun90 on Aug 17, 2022 15:27:02 GMT -5
Yes ma'am! Stella is listed. Wonder if Hawaii is on anyone else's radar? Hello Leila im gonna lose my 💩 if Stella pulls a DNS and commits somewhere else. Lol I think she’s gonna be one of the best in the big west. That’s exactly what I was thinking. I watched a clip of Stella she reminds me of Oganna Nmanni, just the hops and the power. |
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Post by brooselee on Aug 17, 2022 18:37:14 GMT -5
Miliana Sylvester rated the 5th best MB in the state of Missouri, 30th overall, and she will only get better. At 6’2”, wonder if she grows a little more…. Wouldn't be surprised if she has grown. The 6-2 is probably the height she played at last fall. It's been a year ago she was 6-2. Her Twitter has her at 6-4. It's not the size that got me excited though. Her club highlight was darn good with her quickness and athleticism. OTOH, Her high school videos are not that great. Could be her high school team is not that good. I still think she should be target #1 because MB will be a position of need and that fact that she has Hawaii ties make her a good prospect.....along with her skill sets. |
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Post by babybacksets on Aug 17, 2022 19:11:54 GMT -5
So what do we know of this group?
Any gems in the mix? Undersized Outsides that could be converted to Liberos? Pins with hops and ball control? No position specificity in the Maxpreps article…
- Grace Fiaseu
- Milan Ah Yat
- Senna Roberts-Navarro
- Reese Diersbock
- Haiti Tautua'a
- Adrianna Arquette
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Post by po'okela on Aug 17, 2022 19:36:08 GMT -5
someone with hawaii ties who i’m hoping will come to hawaii is also on that list, a 6-2 banger named leilia toailoa from las vegas.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 17, 2022 19:45:42 GMT -5
this RPI futures post/thread is really just for fun at this point, since it's way too early to prognosticate. but if hawaii really did end up at 37 at season's end, i would take that. gives them at least a shot at an at-large, even if they don't get the automatic BW bid ... volleytalk.proboards.com/post/3044413/thread |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2022 19:46:32 GMT -5
Miliana Sylvester rated the 5th best MB in the state of Missouri, 30th overall, and she will only get better. At 6’2”, wonder if she grows a little more…. Wouldn't be surprised if she has grown. The 6-2 is probably the height she played at last fall. It's been a year ago she was 6-2. Her Twitter has her at 6-4. It's not the size that got me excited though. Her club highlight was darn good with her quickness and athleticism. OTOH, Her high school videos are not that great. Could be her high school team is not that good. I still think she should be target #1 because MB will be a position of need and that fact that she has Hawaii ties make her a good prospect.....along with her skill sets. Agreed! She was giving me Jamie Houston with the way she pulls back her shoulder and let’s her arm fly forward. |
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Post by medusa on Aug 17, 2022 20:20:29 GMT -5
Hawaii vs TA&M watch:https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/caa3085a-fec5-491e-8e99-6a3d608b4009
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Post by justaUHfan on Aug 17, 2022 20:50:30 GMT -5
So is there any way we can watch the UH games vs sand Diego and pitt next weekend
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