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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2022 19:43:27 GMT -5
Wags has improved tremendously this season and the numbers show that as well. You’re right about those examples with CP especially the second match where her all-around game allowed her to contribute on the defensive side. Her purse is increasing in size! Wags, will need to replace that purse with a beach bag. lol And you know she will! Lol
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 19:48:05 GMT -5
congrats to all the honorees! well earned, accolades and player/setter/freshman of the year honors to igiede, lang and and alexander, plus first team honors for wagoner. but it's especially well earned for robyn being coach of the year. after the first half of the BW season, it looked like the title would be close. but hawaii ended up winning with some insurance to spare. it's a testament to robyn harnessing her players at the right moments in the season. other teams in contention faltered when it got tight, when lesser teams having a good night were looking for an upset. hawaii went undefeated in the 2nd half of the BW season, but it wasn't a runaway by any means. they were tested, and there were close matches. i think this year we're seeing robyn maturing a little more and being more adaptable as a coach. she doesn't always have to take the hard approach to get her team's attention anymore. she has learned to know when to soften the message at the right moments. and when to pull the trigger on the tough-love tunnel sessions. i think it paid off this season. in a lot of early season interviews, robyn stressed building a culture around the program. and you can sense that buy-in in the tone of the players when they too are in interviews. robyn netted the award this year because of her team's success on the court. but she's worthy of it for what she's building off the court as well. A good testament to what you mentioned about Robyn, her practices are always tough, but she picked the right moment to have that water balloon fight, to loosen the team up. That kind of thing shows the players that she knows how to have fun to. Robyn has shown that she has a good feel of her players. i'm not sure even dave would have done a water balloon fight with his players ... not even in his later years, when he softened a little ... lol
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 19:55:35 GMT -5
Edmonds gets first taste of NCAAs after 3 seasons at MSUBy Jason Kaneshiro 11/30/22, Honolulu Star-Advertiser JASON KANESHIRO / JKANESHIRO@STARADVERTISR.COM Wahine defensive specialist Talia Edmonds took a selfie on her way to the team bus as UH departed Tuesday to prepare for its NCAA Tournament match Friday against LSU at Stanford, Calif.
JASON KANESHIRO / JKANESHIRO@STARADVERTISR.COM Wahine coach Robyn Ah Mow waved to supporters on her way to the team bus. UH departed Tuesday to prepare for its NCAA Tournament match Friday against LSU at Stanford, Calif.Before boarding a bus to begin the journey to her first NCAA Tournament, Talia Edmonds recalled a conversation with her new teammates prior to her University of Hawaii debut. “At the beginning of the season we had this team hangout and it was just us,” the junior defensive specialist said. “And I told them, ‘Guys, not be selfish or anything, but I’ve never been to the tournament, so it would be really cool if we could make it at the end of the year.’ “Now we’ve found ourselves in that position, so I’m super, super excited.” During her three seasons at Michigan State, Edmonds had watched other Big Ten programs advance deep into the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament. She joined the Rainbow Wahine last spring as a graduate transfer and will make her first appearance in the event on Friday when Big West champion UH (22-6) faces LSU (15-13) in a first-round match in Stanford, Calif. So, camera phone at the ready, Edmonds took in the sendoff for the team on Tuesday as the Rainbow Wahine embarked on the trip to Northern California for the program’s 29th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. They emerged from the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center security gate just before noon to the UH band playing the fight song and athletic department staff and coaches and boosters cheering them on. Although UH has now qualified for 40 NCAA Tournaments, “being in it, I’ve learned that it’s not an easy thing to do,” Edmonds said. “And that it’s definitely attainable when everyone is so invested and the coaches really care a lot, about winning and about culture.” Edmonds was well versed in Hawaii’s volleyball culture — particularly the islands’ emphasis on defense — while growing up in Michigan. Her mother, Elizabeth “Peka” (Malae) Edmonds, was an All-American and NAIA and AIAW national champion at Hawaii Hilo, and Talia attended UH volleyball camps when she visited family in the islands. A former team-captain at Michigan State, Edmonds made 21 starts this season as part of UH’s T-and-T back-row combination with sophomore Tayli Ikenaga. The duo has helped defuse opposing attacks, with Ikenaga leading the team with 3.12 digs per set and Edmonds averaging 1.98 when she rotates into the lineup. Although Edmonds is one of the program’s postseason newcomers, UH’s nonconference schedule and 10 weekends of conference play served as preparation for the team’s upcoming opportunity in Palo Alto. A rigorous early-season slate gave the Rainbow Wahine experience against tournament-quality competition, such as San Diego and Pittsburgh, both No. 2 seeds in their regions. The Big West season provided the tension of knowing any stumble could put their title hopes in jeopardy. “Every point, every match is so important,” Edmonds said. “So I think that’s not really going to shift for us going into this weekend.” UH ended up going 19-1 to earn a third straight Big West title and carries a 12-match winning streak into the tournament. But now that UH again secured a spot in the 64-team bracket, postseason play means resetting the records entering the tournament’s opening weekend. The UH-LSU winner will face the survivor of Friday’s second match at Maples Pavilion between Pepperdine and host Stanford, the top seed in the region. “That’s the most exciting part of it, that there’s so much opportunity for great things to happen,” Edmonds said. “It really is taking it one game at a time. I’m really excited just to focus and embrace it all and play that one game on Friday and after that see what happens.”
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 20:03:25 GMT -5
Hawaii’s Amber Igiede named Big West Player of the YearBy Jason Kaneshiro 11/30/22, Honolulu Star-Advertiser STEVEN ERLER / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii Rainbow Wahine middle blocker Amber Igiede during the first set of a game against the UC San Diego Titans at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center, Saturday, Oct. 8.Hawaii middle blocker Amber Igiede was named the Big West women’s volleyball player of the year today as the Rainbow Wahine claimed four of the conference’s five major awards. Robyn Ah Mow was voted the conference’s coach of the year for the third straight season. Outside hitter Caylen Alexander won the freshman of the year award and sophomore Kate Lang earned the inaugural setter of the year honor. Igiede made the All-Big West first team for the third time and was joined by Lang and junior outside hitter Riley Wagoner. Alexander was selected to the second team and also made the All-freshman team. Igiede led the conference with 4.90 points per set and UH claimed the Big West player of the year award for the seventh time in 10 seasons since re-joining the conference in 2012 and for the third consecutive year, following Norene Iosia in 2019 and Brooke Van Sickle a year ago. Igiede averages 3.79 kills per set and ranks fourth nationally in hitting percentage at .439. She is on pace to break the UH single-season record of .417 set by Angelica Ljungqvist in 1996. In Big West matches, Igiede’s hitting percentage rose to .450 with 3.97 kills per set. Alexander won the Big West freshman of the week award six times, including a run of three in a row in October, to break the UH record of five set by Hanna Hellvig, the conference’s top freshman in 2019. Alexander enters her first NCAA Tournament averaging 2.75 kills per set and with a team-high 33 service aces. Lang set UH to a league-high .292 team hitting percentage in Big West matches and her 10.78 assists per set also led the conference. She posted eight double-doubles (assists and digs), including a 55-assist and 17-dig performance to go along with a career-high six kills in last week’s five-set win at UC Santa Barbara that clinched the Big West title. Wagoner, one of four Rainbow Wahine to play in every set this season, was second on the team averaging 3.44 kills per set during conference matches. The Rainbow Wahine (22-6) are in Stanford, Calif., this week and will face LSU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at Maples Pavilion. Link: www.staradvertiser.com/2022/11/30/sports/sports-breaking/hawaiis-amber-igiede-named-big-west-player-of-the-year/
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 20:06:18 GMT -5
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Post by raian13 on Nov 30, 2022 20:19:37 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 20:32:18 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 20:34:13 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 20:45:34 GMT -5
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 20:45:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2022 20:52:17 GMT -5
Love love LOVE those videos for the all-conference honorees. It would be cool if they had one for Robyn because she is giving action on that side line lol
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Post by 2left on Nov 30, 2022 21:03:04 GMT -5
Coaches around the conference knows the impact Riley has on the team and probably don't look at stats. Stats can be misleading sometimes. I mean look at a player like CP's Tommi Stockham. She puts up big hitting numbers but she is not in the top 10 in any other statistical category other than kills per set. She also took a lot of swings(1055 compare to Wagoner 959) and is a liability to CP with her serve receive( 64 receiving errors vs Wagoner 39...UGH!). If Stockham can make 1st team, Riley definitely deserves first team too. The BW coaches seem to put some thought into their annual votes. Noreen won POY despite never having been a POW that year or leading the conference in any statistical category because of her hybrid role. But I'm sure when other coaches played Hawaii, they thought "I wish we had one of her."
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 21:04:58 GMT -5
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Post by jttaberu on Nov 30, 2022 21:08:49 GMT -5
Love love LOVE those videos for the all-conference honorees. It would be cool if they had one for Robyn because she is giving action on that side line lol her reactions are always my fave
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Nov 30, 2022 21:18:21 GMT -5
Love love LOVE those videos for the all-conference honorees. It would be cool if they had one for Robyn because she is giving action on that side line lol her reactions are always my fave every hawaii parent watching their kid from the sidelines in any sport ...
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