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Hawaii women's volleyball team earns NCAA tournament 8 seed in Stanford quadrant, draws LSU
By Brian McInnis
Nov. 27, 2022, Spectrum News
Hawaii middle Amber Igiede celebrated when the Rainbow Wahine's NCAA first-round matchup with LSU was revealed. (Spectrum News/Brian McInnis)
Hawaii players reacted as LSU was revealed as their first-round NCAA opponent. (Spectrum News/Brian McInnis)
Excerpt:
HONOLULU — When LSU’s purple banner appeared in the digital bracket of the NCAA volleyball tournament selection show, there was a murmur from the front row of Hawaii’s watch party at the Wong Hospitality Suite in the Stan Sheriff Center.
Amber Igiede, a native of Baton Rouge, La., seemed to sense something was coming. When the green “H” banner, with a No. 8 seed affixed to it in the Stanford quadrant, was suddenly displayed next to LSU’s, the Hawaii middle leaped off the couch and raised her fists the highest among a throng of cheering teammates.
“I don’t know if I spoke it into existence, but I literally said, ‘we’re going to play LSU.’ And it came up,” Igiede said afterward. “Everyone was like, ‘how’d you know that?’ I don’t know. But it just popped up. That was crazy.”
UH (22-6) and LSU (15-13) will play at Stanford’s Maples Pavilion at 2:30 Hawaii time.
The UH junior, a Big West Player of the Year contender, grew up as a Tigers fan 20 minutes away from campus and attended volleyball camps there as a youth.
LSU was the seventh-place team in the SEC at 9-9 in the conference. It dropped the last two regular-season matches at home in straight sets to Georgia.
Igiede was not very familiar with this year’s Tigers. They are led by Sanaa Dotson, a 6-foot senior hitter who averages 4.11 points and 3.67 kills per set. Anita Anwusi, a 6-3 middle, is the team’s top blocker at 0.8 per set.
Full story: spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/sports/2022/11/28/hawaii-women-s-volleyball-team-draws-lsu-in-ncaa-tournament-first-round?cid=app_share
By Brian McInnis
Nov. 27, 2022, Spectrum News
Hawaii middle Amber Igiede celebrated when the Rainbow Wahine's NCAA first-round matchup with LSU was revealed. (Spectrum News/Brian McInnis)
Hawaii players reacted as LSU was revealed as their first-round NCAA opponent. (Spectrum News/Brian McInnis)
Excerpt:
HONOLULU — When LSU’s purple banner appeared in the digital bracket of the NCAA volleyball tournament selection show, there was a murmur from the front row of Hawaii’s watch party at the Wong Hospitality Suite in the Stan Sheriff Center.
Amber Igiede, a native of Baton Rouge, La., seemed to sense something was coming. When the green “H” banner, with a No. 8 seed affixed to it in the Stanford quadrant, was suddenly displayed next to LSU’s, the Hawaii middle leaped off the couch and raised her fists the highest among a throng of cheering teammates.
“I don’t know if I spoke it into existence, but I literally said, ‘we’re going to play LSU.’ And it came up,” Igiede said afterward. “Everyone was like, ‘how’d you know that?’ I don’t know. But it just popped up. That was crazy.”
UH (22-6) and LSU (15-13) will play at Stanford’s Maples Pavilion at 2:30 Hawaii time.
The UH junior, a Big West Player of the Year contender, grew up as a Tigers fan 20 minutes away from campus and attended volleyball camps there as a youth.
LSU was the seventh-place team in the SEC at 9-9 in the conference. It dropped the last two regular-season matches at home in straight sets to Georgia.
Igiede was not very familiar with this year’s Tigers. They are led by Sanaa Dotson, a 6-foot senior hitter who averages 4.11 points and 3.67 kills per set. Anita Anwusi, a 6-3 middle, is the team’s top blocker at 0.8 per set.
Full story: spectrumlocalnews.com/hi/hawaii/sports/2022/11/28/hawaii-women-s-volleyball-team-draws-lsu-in-ncaa-tournament-first-round?cid=app_share