Hawaii Wahine 2022

[chatchu-off moksri]

Caylen should continue to play 6-rotations. It'll help her and Hawaii in the long run. They should try running her out of the back more.

[wang pu]

Sept 10, 2022 12:01:52 GMT -5 chatchu-off moksri said:

Caylen should continue to play 6-rotations. It'll help her and Hawaii in the long run. They should try running her out of the back more.

With Caylen in the back row, they should set her on bad passes some of the time. That would take some pressure off of Wagoner.

Lang also needs to set the middle more!

[Sandy Toes]

Sept 10, 2022 10:20:32 GMT -5 dd2000 said:

Considering we are playing teams with Fab-50 girls, I think this Wahine group should be complemented for competing the way they have thus far. We should have beat UCLA, but for these girls to have competed against them, USC, Pit, San Diego, the way they did, I think that's actually pretty amazing. Robin is going to get the most she can out of this team, and I do think they will do very well in conference. I think maybe we can pull the next one out with USC later. We'll see. Either way I back this team and commend them and coach for competing hard every step of the way.

Agreed! With losing BVS to graduation, freshman Leoniak to transfer portal as well as Mia Johnson, Kiraly with health issues, and promising verbal commit changing minds, Robin has had a challenging year to say the least! These girls have the talent to win the BW and they've already shown it. We shouldn't be debbie downers (like some of the folks here). Love love love Caylen Alexander! Good job coaches in bringing in the talent!

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Hawaii women’s volleyball looking for answers after loss to USC

By Jason Kaneshiro
9/10/22, Honolulu Star-Advertiser


JAMM AQUINO / [e-mail]
Hawaii middle blocker Amber Igiede, top, and defensive specialist Talia Edmonds came up short on a dig against USC during the second set on Friday.



After seeing a chance at a bounce-back win slip away, Hawaii was again left to ponder what might have been.

Yet the schedule won’t allow much time for the Rainbow Wahine to dwell on the missed opportunities in Friday’s four-set loss to Southern Cal in the opener of the two-match Hawaiian Airlines Volleyball Series.

The Wahine entered the match looking to rebound from a heartbreaking five-set loss to UCLA on Sunday. The late-set swings again tilted the other way in the first and third sets on Friday and the Trojans pulled away in the fourth before finishing off a 25-23, 24-26, 27-25, 25-20 win before a crowd of 4,746 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

Skylar Fields, a transfer from Texas, led USC (5-2) with 14 kills and was in on five blocks, and freshman outside hitter Jordan Wilson added 12 kills.

USC setter Mia Tuaniga dished out 38 assists and had 14 digs while leading a USC attack that hit .252 to UH’s .155.

USC sent back 121⁄2 blocks and the Rainbow Wahine tied their season high with 32 attack errors in falling to 2-5 with only tonight’s 7 p.m. rematch with the Trojans left before starting Big West play in two weeks.

“All credit to USC, they are a good program. But at the end of the day, when you look at the numbers, we really just lost ourselves,” UH middle blocker Amber Igiede said after a nearly hour-long meeting in the locker room. “We just have to be better with executing tomorrow, point blank, it’s just executing. Another opportunity and we know what we have to do.”

UH freshman outside hitter Caylen Alexander led the Wahine with her second straight double-double (13 kills, 10 digs) and a season-high five aces. Outside hitter Riley Wagoner finished with 12 kills against 13 errors and nine digs. Igiede finished with 11 kills on 19 attempts and was in on three blocks.

UH libero Tayli Ikenaga led the Wahine defense with a season-high 18 digs.

The Wahine posted 32 hitting errors in a second straight match, tying the season-high mark they set against UCLA on Sunday, when they saw a lead late in the fourth set disappear before the Bruins pulled away in the fifth. Even so, the Wahine nearly pulled off a comeback in the first set, surged late to win the second, and had a swing for set point in the third before coming up short in the match’s pivotal set.

“For me, just a missed opportunity,” UH coach Robyn Ah Mow said, pointing out the two-point margins in each of the first three sets. “If we’re leading in each category, except for blocking and errors, we should win.

“Obviously they’re a good team and they came out and they played. But with all those errors and two hitters hitting negative, it’s still a deuce game. There’s no excuses, we just gotta be better.”

They committed seven errors in hitting .083 in the first set yet still remained within striking distance and closed to 24-23 in a 4-1 run highlighted by aces from Annika de Goede and Wagoner. But the Trojans converted on their third swing for set point when Wilson scored off the block.

UH’s error count went up to 12 in the second set, but again the Wahine stayed close with the aid of four USC service errors. Alexander again gave the Trojans fits from the service line and fired her third ace of the match to trigger a 7-2 run that gave the Wahine a 20-17 lead. USC pushed ahead again and earned set point at 24-23. UH setter Kate Lang, who finished with 39 assists, went to Alexander for a kill off the block to force deuce and another that landed in the corner to give UH set point. After a USC timeout, Igiede’s serve hung on the tape before falling to the court for an ace that tied the match at 1-1.

USC opened up a 22-18 lead in the third set before the Wahine answered with a 6-1 surge sparked by a block by Wagoner and Tiffany Westerberg. Both teams fought off a set point, with UH tying it 25-25 when Wagoner’s swing went off the block and into the antenna.

But her ensuing serve landed long. In a turnabout from Set 2, Wilson’s serve hit the tape before falling to give the Trojans the set and a 2-1 lead in the match.

“We’re doing what we need to do to take them out of system, and they’re taking chances and taking swings and we’re just not doing our assignments,” Ah Mow said.

USC took control of the fourth set with a 7-2 run that started with a UH service error and included four Wahine hitting errors. UH committed nine hitting errors and four service errors in the set and the Trojans earned match point at 24-15. UH fought off five with Igiede at the service line. The Wahine couldn’t bring back Kalyah Williams’ sixth kill to end the match.

“It felt like we got momentum, but if I’m being honest we should have gotten momentum way before that,” Igiede said. “It was just way too late, we shouldn’t have been in that position in the first place.”





JAMM AQUINO / [e-mail]
Hawaii libero Tayli Ikenaga kept the ball in play against USC on Friday.


JAMM AQUINO / [e-mail]
Hawaii’s Amber Igiede was blocked by USC opposite Emilia Weske, third from right, middle blocker Lindsey Miller and outside hitter Skylar Fields on Friday.

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Errors catch up to Hawaii women's volleyball team in 4-set loss to USC

By Brian McInnis Honolulu
Sep. 10, 2022, Spectrum News


Hawaii and USC shook hands across the net after the Trojans prevailed in four sets at the Stan Sheriff Center on Friday night. (Spectrum News/Brian McInnis)



Excerpt:

HONOLULU — The final point was recorded, and the crowd dispersed to head home, but the night for the Hawaii women’s volleyball team was far from over.

For nearly an hour after a 25-23, 24-26, 27-25, 25-20 loss to USC at the Stan Sheriff Center on Friday night, coach Robyn Ah Mow discussed with her team the importance of minimizing errors.

Again.

There were 32 attack errors, tying a season high established in UH’s last match, a demoralizing five-seat defeat to old rival UCLA on Sunday. This time they were accrued in four frames, two of which swung because of the many miscues.

“For me, (it’s) missed opportunities,” said Ah Mow, still seething following her postgame team meeting. “If we’re leading in each category, except for blocking and errors, we should win. … Obviously, USC is a good team, and they came out and they played. With all those errors, and two hitters hitting negative, it’s still a deuce game. There’s no excuses. We’ve just got to be better.”

Full story: spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/sports/2022/09/10/hawaii-vs--usc-wvb-night-1-2022?cid=app_share

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Sept 10, 2022 10:20:32 GMT -5 dd2000 said:

Considering we are playing teams with Fab-50 girls, I think this Wahine group should be complemented for competing the way they have thus far. We should have beat UCLA, but for these girls to have competed against them, USC, Pit, San Diego, the way they did, I think that's actually pretty amazing. Robin is going to get the most she can out of this team, and I do think they will do very well in conference. I think maybe we can pull the next one out with USC later. We'll see. Either way I back this team and commend them and coach for competing hard every step of the way.

It's not like our recruits aren't terrible.  We have 2 Fab50, and 2 others Top 100.  International Recruits like Westerberg likely would have been Top 100 as well but aren't ranked.  Sure they might be talent underdog but it's not that big of a gap. (And the scores were close)

With a playing a little smarter, they can totally win, especially given USC's glaring serve-receive weakness.  

[5100]

At least the 'Bows achieved something: season-high 32 errors.

Kidding aside, they have to realize by now that setting Riley the most balls every match is not the way to go. It's her third year of tipping every other ball. Not the setters' fault either. She was doing it even with All-America types in Choy and Iosia dishing out sets.

Igiede and Alexander are the centerpieces. I hope Robyn finds a way to build the rest of the lineup around those two.

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In my opinion, they beating a dead horse with hour long meetings and whatever else because you either got it and gonnn do it or you don’t got it and therefore won’t do it. Yes it does take courage to a degree but it’s more about trust in yourself, your teammates and the training that you’ve received to execute and they don’t have that yet.

[5100]

Also, I think Robyn should take a closer look at the DS spot. Edmonds is flashy as all get out and is fun to watch, but has not been a good passer from the get go. Stat-wise, Ham has been getting more digs and while not flashy, actually covers more court, I think.

[Logan Tom Fan]

Amber and Caylen should get the most attack attempts. Find them on the court and feed them the ball. Akana and Westerberg would be next in line. Wagoner, sometimes I wonder if she’s hitting out or in the block on purpose. She gotta work on her vertical, shot selection, and mental toughness cuz you can tell the game gets to her after a few errors.

[spikegreen]

I think it’s time to give Annika a chance on the right side. Sure Akana hits hard but she’s hitting .062 in 7 matches and .52 blocks per set. As an oppo with your main responsibility being hitting and blocking …….what’s the harm with trying someone taller and less orthodox. Give Annika a set on the net and I don’t care how goofy she looks, her height alone will give her more options.