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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 5, 2022 13:51:13 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 5, 2022 13:59:17 GMT -5
Women's Volleyball Sweeps Long Beach State, Remains Atop Big West Standings Women's Volleyball 11.04.2022  Excerpt: HONOLULU—The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team (15-6, 12-1 Big West) swept Long Beach State (15-7, 10-4 BW) with a balanced offensive attack and solid defense on Friday night at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, 26-24, 25-18, 25-18.The Hawai'i win snapped The Beach's nine-match win streak as UH remains alone atop the conference standings . Rookie Caylen Alexander led Hawai'i with 11 kills while adding four digs, a pair of service aces, and a block. It marked Alexander's 12th double-digit kill match of her young career. She continues to lead UH overall with 25 service aces. Junior outside hitter Riley Wagoner finished one kill shy of notching a double-double, putting down nine kills with 10 digs and a couple of assists. Wagoner's second block of the match was her 100th career rejection. She finished with three total blocks for the match and 101 career blocks. Junior opposite Braelyn Akana helped Hawai'i stay afloat in the closely contested first set with The Beach. She put down four kills on four attacks and ended the match with eight kills and a .385 hitting percentage. Akana has come on strong since returning to the lineup, hitting over .300 in five of the last six matches. Sophomore setter Kate Lang recorded her seventh double-double of the year with 29 assists and 11 digs. She also dealt a pair of aces and put down four kills with a block. Junior middle Amber Igiede added seven kills which snapped her streak of 18-straight double-digit kill matches. But her streak of consecutive games with at least two blocks remains intact at 20. Junior defensive/serving specialist Kendra Ham continued her stellar back-row play, posting a team-high 12 digs in just three rotations. It is the fifth time in the last seven matches that she has recorded 10+ digs. Overall, it was her eighth double-digit dig match of the season. Full UH release: hawaiiathletics.com/news/2022/11/4/womens-volleyball-sweeps-long-beach-state-to-remain-atop-big-west.aspx |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 5, 2022 14:01:39 GMT -5
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Post by aznsun90 on Nov 5, 2022 14:02:36 GMT -5
Really happy to see how the outsides played today and most importantly the tough serving. I thought Long Beach played such great defense, blocks and digs. Thought Hawaii would win but not with a sweep! Hope cal poly wins against UCSB tonight and get their revenge!
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 5, 2022 14:05:02 GMT -5
Hawaii women’s volleyball sweeps Long Beach State to stretch Big West leadby: Christian Shimabuku 11/4/22, KHON  With a chance to gain more separation atop the Big West standings against another one of the conference’s best teams, the University of Hawaii women’s volleyball team swept Long Beach State 26-24, 25-18, 25-18 at SimpliFI Arena at Stan Sheriff Center on Friday night. Hawaii improves to 15-6 overall and 12-1 in Big West play, while Long Beach State drops to 15-7 overall and 10-4 in conference matches. The Rainbow Wahine played stellar defense, amassing 51 digs as a team, led by Kendra Ham’s 11. On offense, freshman Caylen Alexander led the team with 11 kills, while Kate Lang had a double-double of a team-high 29 assists and 11 digs. Meanwhile, Braelyn Akana was the team’s most efficient hitter with eight kills and three errors in 13 swings at a team-high .385 clip. For Long Beach State, Morgan Chacon had a match-high 13 kills, while Zayna Meyer had a match-high 34 assists and Dylan De La Cruz had a match-high 13 digs. Hawaii closes out its penultimate homestand of the season with a 7 p.m. match against Cal State Fullerton on Saturday. Link: www.khon2.com/sports/hawaii-womens-volleyball-sweeps-long-beach-state-to-stretch-big-west-lead/
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 5, 2022 14:06:07 GMT -5
and missed this halloween story from earlier in the week ... the "business braid" ... haha!
i don't think i've seen robyn laugh and smile this much during an interview ... lol
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 5, 2022 14:17:13 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 5, 2022 15:01:08 GMT -5
got to be in the stanley last night ... for the first time since before covid. it was so nice being in familiar surroundings again. hearing the crowd get into things. cheering, clapping ... even muttering, when hawaii has a mis-step ... haha! the crowd made a difference, especially in the first set, or when the beach threatened to go on a service run ... the crowd would get loud, and "force" a service error. granted, it might have been the beach feeling the pressure of needing to serve tough against uh. but i like to think the crowd played its part ...  chacon was all over the place. passing nearly half the court, taking big swings in and out of system. uh was targeting her on serve receive, and it seemed to work ...since it "over-worked" her. beach needed more from kennedy. glenn looked like she would make an impact early. but hawaii adjusted to her, and then she started to spray errors (both hitting and from the service line). i was impressed with bacon! she did well blocking against igiede and then avoiding the hawaii block when meyer set her. great to finally see our freshman phenom alexander play in person! she's a treat to watch! great arm, and already showing the ability to hit an array of shots and angles. didn't hit for a great percentage on the night. but when i peaked at the live stats, it looked like she had 3K and 5 errors after set 1. but by the end of the night, she finished with 11K and 6 errors. that's a nice sign of maturity to be able to make the right adjustments against a quality conference opponent. glad to see riley back in form. she had some clutch kills and digs. in fact, nearly every player on the court tonight had a clutch moment. nice to see akana have a great night. big opening set for her. the quality of the sets fed to her seemed to fade over the course of the match though. but it was fitting that she got the swing on match point. a well-earned moment! igiede had some big kills. beach defense was all over her though. still though, she made her presence felt ... she ended up tying second in points for the team on the night, even with the beach limiting her kill production. i loved the one sequence, where she was back left, and dug up a laser kill ... wagoner chases it beyond the end line and bumps it up high for alexander ... who tools it off the block for a tough out-of-system kill. just awesome vintage wahine volleyball! here's that point in the match!  |
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Post by wang pu on Nov 5, 2022 15:21:42 GMT -5
got to be in the stanley last night ... for the first time since before covid. it was so nice being in familiar surroundings again. hearing the crowd get into things. cheering, clapping ... even muttering, when hawaii has a mis-step ... haha! the crowd made a difference, especially in the first set, or when the beach threatened to go on a service run ... the crowd would get loud, and "force" a service error. granted, it might have been the beach feeling the pressure of needing to serve tough against uh. but i like to think the crowd played its part ... chacon was all over the place. passing nearly half the court, taking big swings in and out of system. uh was targeting her on serve receive, and it seemed to work ...since it "over-worked" her. beach needed more from kennedy. glenn looked like she would make an impact early. but hawaii adjusted to her, and then she started to spray errors (both hitting and from the service line). i was impressed with bacon! she did well blocking against igiede and then avoiding the hawaii block when meyer set her. great to finally see our freshman phenom alexander play in person! she's a treat to watch! great arm, and already showing the ability to hit an array of shots and angles. didn't hit for a great percentage on the night. but when i peaked at the live stats, it looked like she had 3K and 5 errors after set 1. but by the end of the night, she finighed with 11K and 6 errors. that's a nice sign of maturity to be able to make the right adjustments against a quality conference opponent. glad to see riley back in form. she had some clutch kills and digs. in fact, nearly every player on the court tonight had a clutch moment. nice to see akana have a great night. big opening set for her. the quality of the sets fed to her seemed to fade over the course of the match though. but it was fitting that she got the swing on match point. a well-earned moment! igiede had some big kills. beach defense was all over her though. still though, she made her presence felt ... she ended up tying second in points for the team on the night, even with the beach limiting her kill production. i loved the one sequence, where she was back left, and dug up a laser kill ... wagoner chases it beyond the end line and bumps it up high for alexander ... who tools it off the block for a tough out-of-system kill. just awesome vintage wahine volleyball! here's that point in the match! Sounds like it was awesome to be back in the Stan! We were in the University area a little after 6pm and the traffic was NUTS! |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 5, 2022 15:23:39 GMT -5
got to be in the stanley last night ... for the first time since before covid. it was so nice being in familiar surroundings again. hearing the crowd get into things. cheering, clapping ... even muttering, when hawaii has a mis-step ... haha! the crowd made a difference, especially in the first set, or when the beach threatened to go on a service run ... the crowd would get loud, and "force" a service error. granted, it might have been the beach feeling the pressure of needing to serve tough against uh. but i like to think the crowd played its part ... chacon was all over the place. passing nearly half the court, taking big swings in and out of system. uh was targeting her on serve receive, and it seemed to work ...since it "over-worked" her. beach needed more from kennedy. glenn looked like she would make an impact early. but hawaii adjusted to her, and then she started to spray errors (both hitting and from the service line). i was impressed with bacon! she did well blocking against igiede and then avoiding the hawaii block when meyer set her. great to finally see our freshman phenom alexander play in person! she's a treat to watch! great arm, and already showing the ability to hit an array of shots and angles. didn't hit for a great percentage on the night. but when i peaked at the live stats, it looked like she had 3K and 5 errors after set 1. but by the end of the night, she finighed with 11K and 6 errors. that's a nice sign of maturity to be able to make the right adjustments against a quality conference opponent. glad to see riley back in form. she had some clutch kills and digs. in fact, nearly every player on the court tonight had a clutch moment. nice to see akana have a great night. big opening set for her. the quality of the sets fed to her seemed to fade over the course of the match though. but it was fitting that she got the swing on match point. a well-earned moment! igiede had some big kills. beach defense was all over her though. still though, she made her presence felt ... she ended up tying second in points for the team on the night, even with the beach limiting her kill production. i loved the one sequence, where she was back left, and dug up a laser kill ... wagoner chases it beyond the end line and bumps it up high for alexander ... who tools it off the block for a tough out-of-system kill. just awesome vintage wahine volleyball! here's that point in the match! Sounds like it was awesome to be back in the Stan! We were in the University area a little after 6pm and the traffic was NUTS! haha yeah, it was! i took some side/surface street "short cuts" to get there .... of course, i only got there 2 minutes faster than what GPS was recommending ... all that work to save a couple minutes ... haha but we got there in time to grab a beer and for 1st serve ... so all good! haha! |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Nov 5, 2022 15:26:19 GMT -5
got to be in the stanley last night ... for the first time since before covid. it was so nice being in familiar surroundings again. hearing the crowd get into things. cheering, clapping ... even muttering, when hawaii has a mis-step ... haha! the crowd made a difference, especially in the first set, or when the beach threatened to go on a service run ... the crowd would get loud, and "force" a service error. granted, it might have been the beach feeling the pressure of needing to serve tough against uh. but i like to think the crowd played its part ... chacon was all over the place. passing nearly half the court, taking big swings in and out of system. uh was targeting her on serve receive, and it seemed to work ...since it "over-worked" her. beach needed more from kennedy. glenn looked like she would make an impact early. but hawaii adjusted to her, and then she started to spray errors (both hitting and from the service line). i was impressed with bacon! she did well blocking against igiede and then avoiding the hawaii block when meyer set her. great to finally see our freshman phenom alexander play in person! she's a treat to watch! great arm, and already showing the ability to hit an array of shots and angles. didn't hit for a great percentage on the night. but when i peaked at the live stats, it looked like she had 3K and 5 errors after set 1. but by the end of the night, she finighed with 11K and 6 errors. that's a nice sign of maturity to be able to make the right adjustments against a quality conference opponent. glad to see riley back in form. she had some clutch kills and digs. in fact, nearly every player on the court tonight had a clutch moment. nice to see akana have a great night. big opening set for her. the quality of the sets fed to her seemed to fade over the course of the match though. but it was fitting that she got the swing on match point. a well-earned moment! igiede had some big kills. beach defense was all over her though. still though, she made her presence felt ... she ended up tying second in points for the team on the night, even with the beach limiting her kill production. i loved the one sequence, where she was back left, and dug up a laser kill ... wagoner chases it beyond the end line and bumps it up high for alexander ... who tools it off the block for a tough out-of-system kill. just awesome vintage wahine volleyball! here's that point in the match! Amber’s dig was the highlight of the match for me. That’s a middle out there playing defense. Coach Shoji, who was in the building, must have been smiling. |
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Post by toonscivb on Nov 5, 2022 17:50:37 GMT -5
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Post by practicesafesets on Nov 5, 2022 18:27:06 GMT -5
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Post by molokaiboi on Nov 5, 2022 19:05:28 GMT -5
Hello! Did you find the correct link with Stella playing? Looks like it was switched again. |
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Post by practicesafesets on Nov 5, 2022 19:09:56 GMT -5
Hello! Did you find the correct link with Stella playing? Looks like it was switched again. Hi, I think they're just running behind schedule. Class B is playing before Class A with Stella |
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