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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2022 3:12:58 GMT -5
This excerpt from the article made me chuckle: "Robyn Ah Mow’s patience was tested in the second set of Hawaii’s Big West volleyball clash with UC Riverside on Saturday night. Patience passed. The Rainbow Wahine rallied from an eight-point deficit to take the set and dispatch the lowly Highlanders, 25-17, 25-23, 25-13 at SimpliFi Arena. UH, to the dismay of its coach and the crowd, fell behind by several points early in Set 2 and eventually 17-9 before the Wahine buckled down and moved to 29-0 all-time against Riverside. “I pat myself on the back because I never yell today,” said UH’s sixth-year coach, who grinned as she physically reached around to tap herself. “I stayed calm. But if that was the first year, oh yeah. I probably would’ve had a red face and everything. Definitely different. I think the trust is there in the team. I think, because I trust them that they’re going to come back and they’re going to do their job.” She double checked with setter Kate Lang, sitting next to her at the interview table. “Did I yell today?” Lang confirmed that she didn’t." Full story: spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/sports/2022/09/25/hawaii-women-s-volleyball-team-works-for-sweep-of-uc-riverside?cid=app_shareI love!
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Post by bucky415 on Sept 29, 2022 5:05:21 GMT -5
To me, the perfect situation for next season(too late for this season) is to move Alexander to OPP. She played that position in club ball and did pretty well. With Wagoner coming back(hopefully) and possibly Tali Hakas coming in, the 2 outside hitter spots will be spoken for. Both are way ahead of Alexander in terms of passing and defense. Both will be extremely experienced next season and will be tough to beat out. Caylen at the OPP will allow her to focus on what she does best...hit. This should shore up the weak link...which currently is the play of our OPP. Not sure about that. Alexander has just shown a knack for finding holes, seams, hands, whatever on out of system sets. I am not sure that is something you can teach or something that an even really good recruit will have. Yeah, getting more offense from the right side would help a lot, but Alexander may end up being too good on the left to move.
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Post by babybacksets on Sept 29, 2022 6:02:24 GMT -5
To me, the perfect situation for next season(too late for this season) is to move Alexander to OPP. She played that position in club ball and did pretty well. With Wagoner coming back(hopefully) and possibly Tali Hakas coming in, the 2 outside hitter spots will be spoken for. Both are way ahead of Alexander in terms of passing and defense. Both will be extremely experienced next season and will be tough to beat out. Caylen at the OPP will allow her to focus on what she does best...hit. This should shore up the weak link...which currently is the play of our OPP. Not sure about that. Alexander has just shown a knack for finding holes, seams, hands, whatever on out of system sets. I am not sure that is something you can teach or something that an even really good recruit will have. Yeah, getting more offense from the right side would help a lot, but Alexander may end up being too good on the left to move. Second this, I know her blocking is behind the rest of her skill set but I think Caylen’s offensive approach is particularly good as a Leftside Hitter. I’m sure she’d be great on the right as well but just really like what I see from her on the left.
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Post by 5100 on Sept 29, 2022 15:27:26 GMT -5
I hope Evans is cleared to play. Her specialty is blocking, right? Tiff has great lashes and all, but she can't buy a block. It would be great to see them both used the same way Shoji used Gregory and Sanders in 2004 and 2005. Gregory the better blocker and Sanders the more aggressive attacker split time at the second middle position. Umm. So far this BW season, Westerberg is putting up pretty good blocking numbers. Against UC Davis she had 5 blocks. ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2022/hawai-i/boxscore/22260 Not sure why you have to disparage one player in order for you to prove a point that Evans is a good blocker. Coach Rob could give 2 poops what you think. She will have the last say as to if and when Evans will play. She only hopes that any injury is as completely healed as possible for any of her student athletes. That's always been her priority. You bring up one match in 10 as evidence of her blocking prowess. Here's a fact: She's averaging 0.62 blocks per set this season. That's the worst by a full-time starting middle since Liva in 2018. And before Liva, most UH starting middles were averaging close or over one block per set. Why are you getting so personal? Who the hell said Ah Mow should do this and do that? Or that Tiff should be replaced as a starter? I said it would be great to see them be used like Sanders/Gregory IF indeed Evans is a better blocker than Tiff. And what's with hyocritical tone? Weren't you the one bashing Melissa Villaroman in 2003 because you wanted Kamana‘o to be the libero? Need to remember!
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Post by wang pu on Sept 29, 2022 15:47:37 GMT -5
Would people agree that Dave Shoji was the same way when he first started coaching? Loud then mellowed out Absolutely! Dave was a strict coach and much tougher on his earlier teams than on his later teams. I think that Robyn even said that when she came back to be his assistant, he had mellowed out (gotten soft?) lol
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 29, 2022 15:51:37 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2022 15:55:19 GMT -5
Umm. So far this BW season, Westerberg is putting up pretty good blocking numbers. Against UC Davis she had 5 blocks. ucdavisaggies.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2022/hawai-i/boxscore/22260 Not sure why you have to disparage one player in order for you to prove a point that Evans is a good blocker. Coach Rob could give 2 poops what you think. She will have the last say as to if and when Evans will play. She only hopes that any injury is as completely healed as possible for any of her student athletes. That's always been her priority. You bring up one match in 10 as evidence of her blocking prowess. Here's a fact: She's averaging 0.62 blocks per set this season. That's the worst by a full-time starting middle since Liva in 2018. And before Liva, most UH starting middles were averaging close or over one block per set. Why are you getting so personal? Who the hell said Ah Mow should do this and do that? Or that Tiff should be replaced as a starter? I said it would be great to see them be used like Sanders/Gregory IF indeed Evans is a better blocker than Tiff. And what's with hyocritical tone? Weren't you the one bashing Melissa Villaroman in 2003 because you wanted Kamana‘o to be the libero? Need to remember! Oh yeah I agree that Tiff’s blocking is cracks. Not just from a numbers and production standpoint but also technically. It’s ugly but I still think she’s doing decent in the middle
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 29, 2022 16:06:23 GMT -5
With its win over the Beach, Fullerton has UH’s full attention By Jason Kaneshiro 9/29/22, Honolulu Star-Advertiser Hawaii entered the week already locked in on a matchup with Cal State Fullerton. The Titans have likely captured the attention of the rest of the Big West as well early in the conference’s women’s volleyball race. Voted ninth out of 11 teams in the Big West preseason coaches poll, Cal State Fullerton enters the weekend at 8-3 overall and 2-1 in conference play following a statement win over Long Beach State on Tuesday. So although UH enters Friday’s meeting in Titan Gym at 43-0 in the all-time series with Cal State Fullerton, the Rainbow Wahine know better than to overlook the defensive-minded Titans. “Fullerton always plays us tough,” UH assistant coach Kaleo Baxter said. “We’re expecting them to dig a lot of balls and frustrate us, so we have to stick to our game plan.” The Rainbow Wahine (5-5, 2-0 Big West) departed for the second road trip of the season on Wednesday in advance of the Friday meeting with Cal State Fullerton and Saturday’s match at Long Beach State (6-5, 1-2). UH’s rivalry with the Beach holds a far more storied history, but Tuesday’s result in Orange County adds intrigue to the meeting between the Wahine and Titans. Second-year coach Nicole Polster led Cal State Fullerton to a 9-11 Big West record last season for the program’s highest conference win total since 2012, and the Titans enter Friday’s match having won seven of their last eight matches. In Tuesday’s win over Long Beach State, senior setter Elizabeth Schuster, a cousin of Kansas City Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, orchestrated an attack that hit .311 led by senior outside hitter Julia Crawford’s 16 kills on .378 hitting. Outside hitter Danielle Jeffries went 12-for-15 with no errors and freshman Lolo Fonua also finished with 12 kills while hitting .333. Freshman libero and Kamehameha alumna Nadia Koanui, who already has a Big West defensive player of the week award, led the Fullerton defense with 11 digs and the Titans top the Big West with 15.76 digs per set. “We followed the game plan, so we got a lot of touches on the block and were able to recycle those balls and just keep going and reset,” Polster said in a postgame video. While UH is undefeated in the series with Fullerton, the Wahine survived a five-set duel with Fullerton in 2019 and again last year, both at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center. The 2019 UH team rallied from a two-set deficit and held off the Titans in the fifth to escape the upset. Last year, Fullerton nearly pulled off a reverse sweep before the Wahine held on in the fifth. The Wahine head into the 44th meeting coming off a sweeps of UC Davis and UC Riverside in the opening weekend of the Big West season. UH sophomore Kate Lang set UH to a .356 weekend on the way to her first Big West setter of the week award and Caylen Alexander was named freshman of the week after putting away 15 kills without an error against UC Riverside. “She is one talented woman. She’s amazing,” Lang said of Alexander. “I’m super excited for her. She definitely deserved freshman of the week. … That goes back to our team’s standard. That’s what we want out of everyone on the team.” Come Saturday, the Wahine will face Long Beach State for the 58th time and look to extend a nine-match winning streak in the series that has given UH a 32-24-1 advantage. Tyler Hildebrand, a former LBSU men’s All-American, took over the program after serving as an assistant at Nebraska and has four transfers in a restocked starting lineup led by setter Zayna Meyer (BYU), outside hitter Morgan Chacon (Florida State), middle blocker Callie Schwarzenbach (Nebraska) and Natalie Glenn (Minnesota). “Playing at Long Beach is always fun,” Baxter said of the visit to the Walter Pyramid. “It’s kind of a crazy environment. Their fans get into it, but we travel well and we’re going to have just as many fans and we’re excited for (this weekend’s matches).” BIG WEST WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLAt Titan Gym; Fullerton, Calif. Hawaii (5-5, 2-0 Big West) vs. Cal State Fullerton (8-3, 2-1) >> When: Friday, 4 p.m. >> Radio: 1500-AM >> Live stream: ESPN+
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 29, 2022 16:15:03 GMT -5
Hawai’i not overlooking Fullerton’s attention-getting win over BeachCindy Luis September 29, 2022 Excerpt: The wakeup call came early for the Hawai’i women’s volleyball team, which left Wednesday for its first conference road trip of the season. It came on Tuesday night, after practice in Gym I, when the Rainbow Wahine were able to scout their next two opponents via a live stream. Hawai’i (5-5) was already preparing for a defensive battle with the Friday’s foe, Cal State Fullerton. But the Titans (8-3, 2-1) helped with additional focus after what some considered a surprising win over Long Beach State. Full story: www.cindyluis.com/2022/09/29/hawaii-not-overlooking-fullertons-attention-getting-win-over-beach/
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Post by babybacksets on Sept 29, 2022 16:18:10 GMT -5
Even though the Big West is likely a one bid conference, I’m really happy for Fullerton and their shaking up the conference’s projections.
About time we saw some parity in the lower tier schools
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Post by toonscivb on Sept 29, 2022 20:58:33 GMT -5
Fullerton can be an issue for Hawaii potentially. 2021 it was a close game for the first set and then Hawaii took full control of the game. In 2019, Hawaii had to pull off a reserve sweep in order to take the win. So it'll be interesting to see how this game goes for the Bows.
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Post by brooselee on Sept 29, 2022 21:13:07 GMT -5
Would people agree that Dave Shoji was the same way when he first started coaching? Loud then mellowed out Absolutely! Dave was a strict coach and much tougher on his earlier teams than on his later teams. I think that Robyn even said that when she came back to be his assistant, he had mellowed out (gotten soft?) lol I don't think he got soft. He just realized that he could not continue to coach the same way as before and decided to change his ways a little. I also recall Dave telling a story about his wife(Mary) was not too thrilled about the way he was being so tough on the girls. Mary told Dave that he should be able to get his messages across to the girls without being angry all the time.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Sept 29, 2022 21:26:32 GMT -5
Absolutely! Dave was a strict coach and much tougher on his earlier teams than on his later teams. I think that Robyn even said that when she came back to be his assistant, he had mellowed out (gotten soft?) lol I don't think he got soft. He just realized that he could not continue to coach the same way as before and decided to change his ways a little. I also recall Dave telling a story about his wife(Mary) was not too thrilled about the way he was being so tough on the girls. Mary told Dave that he should be able to get his messages across to the girls without being angry all the time. Dave 1000 percent got soft. He knew he had too because the new generation wasn’t used to that tough coaching style.
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Post by aznsun90 on Sept 29, 2022 21:41:38 GMT -5
I think UCSB will be Hawaii’s toughest opponent but LBSU UC Irvine and Cal Poly are all threats to missing out on a post season.
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Post by kaipono on Sept 29, 2022 23:45:46 GMT -5
I think UCSB will be Hawaii’s toughest opponent but LBSU UC Irvine and Cal Poly are all threats to missing out on a post season. I think Cal Poly will be the toughest opponent in the Big West. They looked pretty solid against Long Beach and Cal State Fullerton last weekend. Stockham and Dvoracek can be scary when both of them are on. UCSB looked vulnerable in their five set matches against UCI and UC San Diego. With UC San Diego losing to UC Riverside and UC Irvine losing to UC Davis tonight, I'm not sure how to feel about UCSB's wins. Tomorrow's match between UCSB and Cal Poly should give us some insight. Also, if you're including Long Beach as a threat, you should definitely include Fullerton in the conversation as well.
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