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Post by 808 on Oct 3, 2022 13:25:05 GMT -5
Hawaii at No. 41 RPI. Not sure where we'll end up, but good start. Disappointing that UCLA is at 71. But they've gone 2-6 since we lost to them. At least USC is at 25 (and we split with them). Others: Pitt 4 USD 6 Texas A&M 37 Another disappointment: Texas State at 127; also West Virginia 168
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 3, 2022 14:42:14 GMT -5
Hawaii at No. 41 RPI. Not sure where we'll end up, but good start. Disappointing that UCLA is at 71. But they've gone 2-6 since we lost to them. At least USC is at 25 (and we split with them). Others: Pitt 4 USD 6 Texas A&M 37 Another disappointment: Texas State at 127; also West Virginia 168i would say ... don't just look at the ranking of hawaii's apponents. look at their win/loss record. that is what is factored into hawaii's RPI formula, and not the ranking. (although, there are bonuses for having played against teams in the top 25 and 50 of the RPI, as i understand it.) but by and large, it's more important that hawaii's opponents rack up wins! so even though texas st is #127 in the RPI, they have an 11-5 win/loss record. they are likely to finish at or near the top of their conference. so they will keep compiling wins! that's helping to boost hawaii's RPI moreso than ucla right now (who is 6-7 at the moment), or west virginia (at 6-9). we need ucla to get a winning record or at least tread water at least around .500 in the pac-12, in order for them not to drag hawaii's rpi down. we need west virginia to start doing the same ... and start picking up some wins in the big-12. though, it might be tough for them as they're rebuilding this year. they are starting conference play 0-3 so far ... as hawaii faces more big west teams, it will likely start bringing down their RPI. the aggregate win/loss of hawaii's non-conference opponents right now is 82-38 (which is awesome!). the win/loss of the big west teams that hawaii has played so far is 25-26 (not so great...). here's the win/loss of hawaii's opponents so far: texas a&m 10-6 pittsburgh 14-2 san diego 13-1 texas st 11-5 west virginia 6-9 ucla 6-7 usc 11-4 (2x) uc davis 8-6 uc riverside 3-10 cs fullerton 8-4 long beach st 6-6 non-conference opponents: 82-38 big west opponents (so far): 25-26 aggregate of all opponents: 107-64 **hopefully, i did the math right ... haha ...**
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Post by veebz17 on Oct 3, 2022 15:30:50 GMT -5
I think UCLA will get stronger as the season goes on - they’ve had key players battling injuries. I wouldn’t be surprised if they finished out with a winning record. They’ve just got too many great players to keep losing!
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 3, 2022 15:41:46 GMT -5
I think UCLA will get stronger as the season goes on - they’ve had key players battling injuries. I wouldn’t be surprised if they finished out with a winning record. They’ve just got too many great players to keep losing! hopefully! luper did play in both losses this past weekend, to utah and colorado. forte played part-time only against utah. ucla travels to the zona schools this week. hopefully they can pick up 2 wins there. but road wins in the pac-12 can sometimes be tough to claim ...
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Post by 5100 on Oct 3, 2022 16:04:19 GMT -5
Hoping this weekend, IF the Wahine go up 2 sets to 0, Robyn will allow Mylana Byrd, setting time. Allow Kendra Ham to play all 6 rotations, and especially give Kennedi Evans a whole lot more floor time, get her back in volleyball mode. Have these players play the whole 3rd set. Rest players like Braelyn Akana, and especially Kate Lang and Amber Igiede. Do not believe this coming weekend's teams will give the Wahine much trouble, good time to rest some of the players, at least for one set. Especially, if the Wahine go up 2 sets to 0. Although cleared to play, Kennedi is still healing and not ready for prime-time duty. There is no rush, I would rather have her heal more and slowly come back than to push her out there for reps. Akana was under the weather this trip which is why Ham played all the way around. Kate is still tender from her injury so pulling her out when she starts to slow is the remedy for Coach Rob. Why do you need to temper Ham and Byrd's contributions to make excuses for Akana and Lang? Brae hit .222 for the match - it was actually one of her better matches hitting-wise. She came out the gate with two kills on two swings. Ham just happened to do better. And that's exactly what the team needed that time. Lang had some questionable sets especially in the third set. She needed to sit and and observe from the sidelines what was needed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2022 16:35:33 GMT -5
Although cleared to play, Kennedi is still healing and not ready for prime-time duty. There is no rush, I would rather have her heal more and slowly come back than to push her out there for reps. Akana was under the weather this trip which is why Ham played all the way around. Kate is still tender from her injury so pulling her out when she starts to slow is the remedy for Coach Rob. Why do you need to temper Ham and Byrd's contributions to make excuses for Akana and Lang? Brae hit .222 for the match - it was actually one of her better matches hitting-wise. She came out the gate with two kills on two swings. Ham just happened to do better. And that's exactly what the team needed that time. Lang had some questionable sets especially in the third set. She needed to sit and and observe from the sidelines what was needed. I didn’t know Kate got hurt? Was there an injury reported?
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Oct 3, 2022 16:40:45 GMT -5
Although cleared to play, Kennedi is still healing and not ready for prime-time duty. There is no rush, I would rather have her heal more and slowly come back than to push her out there for reps. Akana was under the weather this trip which is why Ham played all the way around. Kate is still tender from her injury so pulling her out when she starts to slow is the remedy for Coach Rob. Why do you need to temper Ham and Byrd's contributions to make excuses for Akana and Lang? Brae hit .222 for the match - it was actually one of her better matches hitting-wise. She came out the gate with two kills on two swings. Ham just happened to do better. And that's exactly what the team needed that time. Lang had some questionable sets especially in the third set. She needed to sit and and observe from the sidelines what was needed. between akana and ham, we got 8k, .316 hitting out of the opposite spot. i like that aggregate ... normally, i don't like 'platooning' a position. but i'll take that kind of offensive production if it means using akana early, when she tends to be hot ... and then letting ham rotate through the front as akana starts to taper off later in the match.
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Post by HawaiiVB on Oct 3, 2022 17:17:32 GMT -5
Although cleared to play, Kennedi is still healing and not ready for prime-time duty. There is no rush, I would rather have her heal more and slowly come back than to push her out there for reps. Akana was under the weather this trip which is why Ham played all the way around. Kate is still tender from her injury so pulling her out when she starts to slow is the remedy for Coach Rob. Why do you need to temper Ham and Byrd's contributions to make excuses for Akana and Lang? Brae hit .222 for the match - it was actually one of her better matches hitting-wise. She came out the gate with two kills on two swings. Ham just happened to do better. And that's exactly what the team needed that time. Lang had some questionable sets especially in the third set. She needed to sit and and observe from the sidelines what was needed. before you spew your crazy, understand this, no one said Ham or Byrd did not contribute. All I said was why the switches happened. This trip was played back to back with travelling in between. There have been players who were playing sick and some are still getting over it. And other players have physical injuries that they are also nursing. If any player show signs that they need a break, coach will not hesitate. Its okay that they take a rest. Hawai'i is a team. You do what you need to do to win. If you notice, both Fullerton and Beach had two and three days of preparing for Hawai'i, while we had to play them back to back. Same when they come here to play, for the most part, we play back to back. While the visiting team plays once. Its not fair but its a fact. I'm sure if we had a day of rest between, the players would have a better performance.
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Post by rainbowcard on Oct 3, 2022 17:25:50 GMT -5
CONGRATS to Caylen Alexander for 3x now freshman of the week honors! bigwest.org/news/2022/10/3/mustangs-aggies-and-rainbow-wahine-represented-for-womens-volleyball-weekly-honors.aspxTrue freshman Caylen Alexander produced two performances with double-digit kill totals in two road successes last weekend for Hawai’i to claim Big West Freshman of the Week.
The native of Alpharetta, Ga., totaled 23 kills, including six in the first frame (and set point in each) against both Cal State Fullerton on Friday and Long Beach State on Saturday. In the sweep in Fullerton, Alexander put down 10 kills while hitting .350 (10-3-20) with a dig. At the Walter Pyramid, she added 13 kills and three more digs in a 3-1 win.
Alexander has appeared in all 12 matches for the Rainbow Wahine so far in 2022, recording 10-plus kills in seven of them. The outside hitter has collected 38 kills over the past three contests alone, hitting at a .365 (38-7-85) clip.
A winner of a season-high five in a row, defending champion and preseason favorite Hawai’i (7-5) is tied atop The Big West standings at 4-0 alongside UC Santa Barbara.
Alexander now leads all conference rookies with three Big West Freshman of the Week honors over the first six weeks of the season. She has now earned back-to-back distinctions for the first time, with her initial award coming back on Sept. 5.
Also Nominated: Emme Bullis (Cal Poly); Lolo Fonua (Cal State Fullerton); Jade Light (UC Davis); Kendra MacDonald (UC Irvine); Zayna Meyer (Long Beach State); Aubrey Tanner (UC San Diego)
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Post by bucky415 on Oct 3, 2022 17:28:27 GMT -5
The RPI futures thread for this week has Hawai'i at 48, so maybe a bubble team. Let's not find out, though! Win the league!
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Post by noblesol on Oct 3, 2022 17:57:43 GMT -5
The RPI futures thread for this week has Hawai'i at 48, so maybe a bubble team. Let's not find out, though! Win the league! - RPI Futures projects Hawai'i finishing at #48 with a record of 20-8 (currently 7-5). So, #48 with three more not identified losses. - This weeks NCAA RPI has Hawai'i sitting at #41. - Figstats 'RPI w/bonuses' has Hawai'i at #41. Need an RPI of under 40 to feel somewhat safe getting a non-AQ bid. RPI #45 give or take a few, is cut-off typically. Hanging around #48 is barely clinging to the outside of the bubble.
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Post by 2left on Oct 3, 2022 18:16:39 GMT -5
Hoping this weekend, IF the Wahine go up 2 sets to 0, Robyn will allow Mylana Byrd, setting time. Allow Kendra Ham to play all 6 rotations, and especially give Kennedi Evans a whole lot more floor time, get her back in volleyball mode. Have these players play the whole 3rd set. Rest players like Braelyn Akana, and especially Kate Lang and Amber Igiede. Do not believe this coming weekend's teams will give the Wahine much trouble, good time to rest some of the players, at least for one set. Especially, if the Wahine go up 2 sets to 0. Although cleared to play, Kennedi is still healing and not ready for prime-time duty. There is no rush, I would rather have her heal more and slowly come back than to push her out there for reps. Akana was under the weather this trip which is why Ham played all the way around. Kate is still tender from her injury so pulling her out when she starts to slow is the remedy for Coach Rob. With no inside information and just using our eyeballs at the match, my friends and I thought it was odd that Brae went out and immediately put on her sweatshirt like she was done for the night. As I mentioned before, Kennedi had a slight limp during warmups. I was surprised that Kendra was in the front row instead of platooning with Annika, but I can’t argue with the results.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2022 18:53:05 GMT -5
CONGRATS to Caylen Alexander for 3x now freshman of the week honors! bigwest.org/news/2022/10/3/mustangs-aggies-and-rainbow-wahine-represented-for-womens-volleyball-weekly-honors.aspxTrue freshman Caylen Alexander produced two performances with double-digit kill totals in two road successes last weekend for Hawai’i to claim Big West Freshman of the Week.
The native of Alpharetta, Ga., totaled 23 kills, including six in the first frame (and set point in each) against both Cal State Fullerton on Friday and Long Beach State on Saturday. In the sweep in Fullerton, Alexander put down 10 kills while hitting .350 (10-3-20) with a dig. At the Walter Pyramid, she added 13 kills and three more digs in a 3-1 win.
Alexander has appeared in all 12 matches for the Rainbow Wahine so far in 2022, recording 10-plus kills in seven of them. The outside hitter has collected 38 kills over the past three contests alone, hitting at a .365 (38-7-85) clip.
A winner of a season-high five in a row, defending champion and preseason favorite Hawai’i (7-5) is tied atop The Big West standings at 4-0 alongside UC Santa Barbara.
Alexander now leads all conference rookies with three Big West Freshman of the Week honors over the first six weeks of the season. She has now earned back-to-back distinctions for the first time, with her initial award coming back on Sept. 5.
Also Nominated: Emme Bullis (Cal Poly); Lolo Fonua (Cal State Fullerton); Jade Light (UC Davis); Kendra MacDonald (UC Irvine); Zayna Meyer (Long Beach State); Aubrey Tanner (UC San Diego)Yes ma’am!
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Post by HawaiiVB on Oct 3, 2022 19:12:32 GMT -5
Although cleared to play, Kennedi is still healing and not ready for prime-time duty. There is no rush, I would rather have her heal more and slowly come back than to push her out there for reps. Akana was under the weather this trip which is why Ham played all the way around. Kate is still tender from her injury so pulling her out when she starts to slow is the remedy for Coach Rob. With no inside information and just using our eyeballs at the match, my friends and I thought it was odd that Brae went out and immediately put on her sweatshirt like she was done for the night. As I mentioned before, Kennedi had a slight limp during warmups. I was surprised that Kendra was in the front row instead of platooning with Annika, but I can’t argue with the results. Annika would take a while to warm up and be ready to go. Ham is more than capable to play the front row and was all warmed up. Plus the substitutions in and out had to be considered.
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Post by raian13 on Oct 3, 2022 23:29:31 GMT -5
Hawaii’s bad loss so far I think is UCLA. If they split with UCSB I think they have a chance for an at-large. They should just win the AQ just like last year.
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