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Post by bucky415 on Aug 20, 2022 2:01:17 GMT -5
I am hoping ESPN+ is doing Wahine home streaming again. If I can't find a way to pay for it, even, to watch it, I will be very upset!
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Post by noblesol on Aug 20, 2022 2:52:32 GMT -5
I totally agree! I wonder if that was an issue last season and the coaches are working to improve it this season My guess, the players were/are working on it on their own, as they realize its importance. The men were pretty tight this past season, and it produced results easy to see.
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Post by noblesol on Aug 20, 2022 3:00:21 GMT -5
Did Annika pull a Helvig and grow two inches over the summer? It’s not just the team pic, but she looks taller in the quick cuts in videos too. I think it looks that way because Leoniak and Dermirtas aren't there anymore so now she stands out alone as the tallest of the group. Hellvig was a pretty solid 6'4" from the get go, but never wanted credit for it. Igiede is listed 6' 3" but having stood next to her, I'd say more like 6'2" early in the morning all stretched out and with hair high; Igiede wants full credit for every tick on the ruler she can get. I never trust the heights given for the women, some have hang ups about precisely what height they want to be, and the ruler be damned. And coaches seem to get it, and go with the flow of what keeps them happy.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 20, 2022 13:34:26 GMT -5
Rainbow Wahine excited to show volleyball fans what they have built By Jason Kaneshiro 8/20/22, Honolulu Star-Advertiser CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team holds practice at the Stan Sheriff Center on Tuesday.As training camp comes to a close, the process of selecting Hawaii’s starting six continues today with the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team’s first public appearance of the season. The Wahine will wrap up camp by inviting fans to an open practice today at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. Admission will be free for the practice scheduled for 2-4 p.m. Entry will be through the security gate on the arena’s ground level. Only water will be allowed in the arena. The practice session will offer fans an early look at this year’s team and give the coaching staff another opportunity to evaluate the Wahine heading toward next week’s season-opening road trip to Texas. The Wahine are scheduled to depart on Tuesday and open the season on Friday against Texas A&M in College Station. UH will also face No. 6 Pittsburgh and No. 24 San Diego in the season-opening Texas A&M Invitational. As of Friday’s practice, UH coach Robyn Ah Mow said she hasn’t settled on a starting group as position battles continue. “I think we have a lot of versatile players than can play outside, play right side, play middle,” Ah Mow said. “It just gives us more options.” The Wahine return four players who started at least 20 matches last season: All-Big West first-team picks in middle blocker Amber Igeide and setter Kate Lang, along with outside hitter Riley Wagoner and libero Tayli Ikenaga. Setter Mylana Byrd also returns as the team’s lone senior and juniors Tiffany Westerberg and Braelyn Akana can contribute on the pins or in the middle. Opposite Annika de Goede is back to full duty in her return from a midseason leg injury last year. Ah Mow is looking for consistency throughout the roster, and her emphasis on the first touch has remained a constant. “During the spring all we did was pass, pass again, and pass more,” she said. Michigan State transfer Talia Edmonds made her debut in the arena in March in the spring exhibition against Pepperdine, and Ah Mow praised the play of both back-row specialists during camp. “The two of them are doing awesome,” Ah Mow said of Edmonds and Ikenaga. “Within the first week I said these two are playing way better defense, way better controlling the passing lanes and out of system balls.” The open practice will also give fans a first look at the fall newcomers, including transfer outside hitter Chandler Cowell and freshmen Caylen Alexander and setter Jackie Matias. Engleman joins Ah Mow’s coaching staffSkylan Engleman, a former All-State boys volleyball selection and Grand Canyon libero, has joined the UH coaching staff as a volunteer assistant. Engleman was voted to the Star-Advertiser’s Fab 15 as a Moanalua senior in 2014. He closed his college career in 2018 second in GCU history with 726 digs. Engleman joins full-time assistants Kaleo Baxter and Nick Castello on the staff headed by Ah Mow. The staff didn’t have a volunteer assistant last year.
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 20, 2022 13:37:56 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 20, 2022 13:41:32 GMT -5
UH women’s volleyball to hold open practice SaturdayPractice will be from 2 to 4 p.m. at Stan Sheriff Center Ka Leo staff Aug 19, 2022 University of Hawai‘i women's volleyball coach Robyn Ah Mow talks to her team during practice on Aug. 9, 2022. Reece Nagaoka/Ka Leo O Hawai‘iThe University of Hawaiʻi women’s volleyball team will be holding a practice open to the public at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Entry is through the security gate located on the backside of the arena on the first floor. Water will be allowed inside but food will be prohibited. Hawaiʻi begins its 2022 season on Aug. 26 in College Station, Texas, against Texas A&M. First serve is scheduled for 6 a.m. HT. Link: www.manoanow.org/kaleo/sports/uh-women-s-volleyball-to-hold-open-practice-saturday/article_bb369dc2-202b-11ed-906d-13e69ffa5468.html
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Aug 20, 2022 13:54:25 GMT -5
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Post by babybacksets on Aug 20, 2022 14:22:57 GMT -5
Who all is going to be there??
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Post by rainbowcard on Aug 20, 2022 16:44:22 GMT -5
I wish a fan would do a live stream 😩
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Post by raian13 on Aug 20, 2022 19:33:13 GMT -5
I see Tiff is back to playing middle. And that freshman looks good.
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Post by pineappleexpress on Aug 20, 2022 19:43:39 GMT -5
A friend of mine is FaceTiming me the footage the girls look really good 👍🏻 So excited !
Westerberg is doing a great job in the middle Amber is looking strong the freshman are working well.
Aloha!
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Post by Wiz on Aug 20, 2022 19:50:15 GMT -5
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. Stella doesn't seem to comment as to why she likes Hawaii. I hope she stays on board. She's a top 50ish recruit and looking forward to becoming a six rotation player. I feel like she might be the Hawaii version of Michelle Ohwobete. was hoping Hawaii would snatch up Karli Heidemann but she's off to Montana State... I see her more of a Kanani Danielson type player. Her shot selection is really good, jumps out of the gym, and pretty ok in the backrow, with Coach Robyn she can really improve on that, and her serving is quite good.
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Post by staticb on Aug 20, 2022 20:58:46 GMT -5
Whose playing with the first team?
(From Instagram, I recognized Lang, Igiede, Wagoner, Ikenaga, Alexander getting reps with the first team. On the second team it looked like Akana, Byrd, Cowell, Edmonds, and ??)
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Post by hwnstunner on Aug 20, 2022 21:11:09 GMT -5
We get so many hella nosy UH fans and no one giving live updates from a FREE open practice??? You gotta be kidding me 🤣🤣🤣.
I woulda gone if I could lol.
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Post by soljah808 on Aug 20, 2022 21:11:10 GMT -5
Looks like Alexander was playing Oppo on the A Team. She got some heat with her spikes.
Possible starting line-up:
Set: Lang Lib: Tokunaga M1: Igeide M2: Westerberg Oppo: Alexander L1: Wagoner L2: Akana DS: Matias
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