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Post by babybacksets on Mar 8, 2023 4:29:31 GMT -5
Really wish Stella grad early would have loved to see her against Minny I was thinking the same thing, also wondering when Hakas will get on campus. Don’t think she has a high school season to finish since she’s an older freshman recruit? Tbh Left pin production and depth look good in this instance, I’m sure it’s going to be competitive once everyone is together.
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Post by comet on Mar 8, 2023 8:22:26 GMT -5
Why would Minnesota walk all over Hawaii? they’re here on vacation and it’s practice for both teams. Well, the Wahine were missing Talia Edmondson and especially, Riley Wagoner. Two mainstays in the back row, plus Riley Wagoner is their 'GoTo' player on the Outside. Plus, the fact, Robyn had Tiffany Westerberg playing a different position that she did last season. Whereas, Minnesota had basically their whole team, plus Landfair. No, we're missing our starting libero Murr,and other starting middle. They both transfer in this summer.
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Post by forvolley on Mar 8, 2023 8:38:30 GMT -5
Well, the Wahine were missing Talia Edmondson and especially, Riley Wagoner. Two mainstays in the back row, plus Riley Wagoner is their 'GoTo' player on the Outside. Plus, the fact, Robyn had Tiffany Westerberg playing a different position that she did last season. Whereas, Minnesota had basically their whole team, plus Landfair. No, we're missing our starting libero Murr,and other starting middle. They both transfer in this summer. Haha not to mention, the team is only like, 11 people right now and still needs a couple more transfers/players, specifically in the backrow. To be clear, MN does not basically have it’s whole team.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2023 11:07:28 GMT -5
Wish I could have seen the match! It’s good that Hawaii is able to see a team like Minnesota in a relaxed setting.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Mar 8, 2023 12:19:08 GMT -5
No, we're missing our starting libero Murr,and other starting middle. They both transfer in this summer. Haha not to mention, the team is only like, 11 people right now and still needs a couple more transfers/players, specifically in the backrow. To be clear, MN does not basically have it’s whole team. Neither did Hawai’i. That is why it is just good practice. Neither Amber Igiedi nor Landfair played the whole match either. These spring matches are just a chance for coaches to experiment against quality competition. Plus Minnesota got a nice vacation out of it.
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Post by staticb on Mar 8, 2023 12:42:09 GMT -5
I wonder if Minnesota is staying long enough to go and heckle Nebraska's indoor team in their beach matches on Friday. Catching up their Instagram--they definitely got a food exemption on their diet this week. (As well they should)
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Post by aardvark on Mar 8, 2023 12:47:00 GMT -5
I wonder if Minnesota is staying long enough to go and heckle Nebraska's indoor team in their beach matches on Friday. Catching up their Instagram--they definitely got a food exemption on their diet this week. (As well they should) Right. There's nothing better for them to do there anyway. The entire state completely lacks anything of interest. It's why they had to get paid to make the trip, instead of stay home in Minny in the winter, where the weather is surely nicer. Ow. I think I suffered eye muscle sprain rolling my eyes while typing in this response. Now I'll have to see a doctor.
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Post by staticb on Mar 8, 2023 13:00:31 GMT -5
I wonder if Minnesota is staying long enough to go and heckle Nebraska's indoor team in their beach matches on Friday. Catching up their Instagram--they definitely got a food exemption on their diet this week. (As well they should) Right. There's nothing better for them to do there anyway. The entire state completely lacks anything of interest. It's why they had to get paid to make the trip, instead of stay home in Minny in the winter, where the weather is surely nicer. Ow. I think I suffered eye muscle sprain rolling my eyes while typing in this response. Now I'll have to see a doctor. To people that grew up in Hawaii, there's nothing to do there.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Mar 8, 2023 13:38:54 GMT -5
Right. There's nothing better for them to do there anyway. The entire state completely lacks anything of interest. It's why they had to get paid to make the trip, instead of stay home in Minny in the winter, where the weather is surely nicer. Ow. I think I suffered eye muscle sprain rolling my eyes while typing in this response. Now I'll have to see a doctor. To people that grew up in Hawaii, there's nothing to do there. In Hawai'i? Get plenty to do here. I never run out of things to do.
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Post by craftylefty on Mar 8, 2023 13:45:31 GMT -5
To anyone who watched - how did Skylar Gray perform? I am guessing that Murr doesn’t have to worry about losing the L jersey, but was Gray serviceable from a DS standpoint, at least?
What about Wucherer’s passing?
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Mar 8, 2023 14:00:26 GMT -5
Big Ten power Minnesota tops Wahine in 5By Jason Kaneshiro Today Updated 12:22 am Hawaii and Minnesota got the most out of the first night of their women’s volleyball exhibition series.
The Rainbow Wahine and Golden Gophers traded the first four sets before Minnesota — which reached last season’s NCAA Tournament round of 16 and placed 10th in the final AVCA coaches poll — closed out a 21-25, 25-17, 13-25, 25-18, 15-9 win before a crowd of 816 on Tuesday at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.
“This is good for (the Wahine), if not they don’t have anything to look forward to,” UH coach Robyn Ah Mow said of the spring matches. “I wish we could have more teams come here and have spring games.”
Minnesota sophomore Mckenna Wucherer put away a match-high 15 kills and All-American Taylor Landfair finished with nine while playing the first three sets.
Outside hitter Caylen Alexander, last season’s Big West Freshman of the Year, led the Rainbow Wahine with 14 kills. Middle blocker Amber Igiede, a third-team All-American last season, posted nine kills on 15 swings and was in on six blocks in her three sets of action. “I had a lot of fun today, I think the team did too,” Igiede said. “We were like, ‘Let’s just have fun and let’s play hard and work with anything (Ah Mow) gives us.’
“We’ve been playing ourselves for so long during spring, so it’s so exciting and refreshing to play a different team. They went really far in the (NCAA) tournament, so it’s a good team obviously. It was really fun to get extra reps and we get more (today).”
With All-Big West outside hitter Riley Wagoner playing for the UH beach volleyball team this spring, Kendra Ham got a start on the left side and hit .308 with 11 kills in 26 attempts. Libero Tayli Ikenaga finished with 16 digs and four assists.
Kate Lang distributed 37 assists and had two aces, and rotated with Jackie Matias, who didn’t see playing time in the fall, in the last three sets. Matias finished with nine assists and a kill.
“We’ve been working this whole spring adjusting to both of them and they’ve both been working really hard making sure we’re all connecting with them,” Alexander said.
Tiffany Westerberg started at opposite after playing all 29 matches at middle blocker last season. She posted seven kills and had two aces in the first set after not attempting a serve last season.
Westerberg’s first ace of the opening set gave UH a 14-13 lead after the Wahine rallied from an 8-3 deficit. Alexander had three kills in a four-point span to push UH ahead 20-19. The Wahine closed the set with a 5-1 run, with Westerberg’s second ace giving them set point and Igiede ending it with her fourth kill.
“Tiff went from middle, now she’s right side, left side, passing, playing defense. That’s huge for her and she’s doing well,” Ah Mow said. UH hit .571 in the opening set with 17 kills and one error and didn’t commit a service error, and Alexander went 6-for-7 in the set.
UH had a tougher time finding the court in the second set and hit .000 with 10 errors and Minnesota opened up an 18-8 lead. Igiede was in on three blocks and had a kill in a 5-1 UH run before the Golden Gophers closed out the set.
It was UH’s turn to run away in the third and the Wahine had three aces, two by Lang and another by Alexander, in an 8-2 run. With Matias subbing into the back row to serve and set, the Wahine closed the set on an 11-3 run with Annika de Goede posting two kills and two blocks in Igiede’s five-point service turn.
Wucherer had three consecutive kills and Melani Shaffmaster delivered an ace to spark an 11-3 run and the Golden Gophers ran away with the fourth set to send the match to the fifth.
Minnesota jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the fifth set with the aid of three UH attack errors and led 12-4 after Julia Hanson delivered an ace. UH closed to 13-8, but Minnesota ended the night with its seventh block.
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Post by medusa on Mar 8, 2023 14:49:42 GMT -5
Right. There's nothing better for them to do there anyway. The entire state completely lacks anything of interest. It's why they had to get paid to make the trip, instead of stay home in Minny in the winter, where the weather is surely nicer. Ow. I think I suffered eye muscle sprain rolling my eyes while typing in this response. Now I'll have to see a doctor. To people that grew up in Hawaii, there's nothing to do there. Not true. Like other places in the world. It's how you look at it. Theres a lot of outdoor activities.
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Post by soljah808 on Mar 8, 2023 15:11:11 GMT -5
Noticed that the UCLA men's team watched the scrimmage last night. That was nice to see.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Mar 8, 2023 15:24:28 GMT -5
Noticed that the UCLA men's team watched the scrimmage last night. That was nice to see. Big week for Volleyball on Oahu with the Outrigger Men's tournament at the Stan, and the Queen's Cup at Queen's Beach for the Beach Bows this weekend.
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Post by noblesol on Mar 8, 2023 15:27:25 GMT -5
To anyone who watched - how did Skylar Gray perform? I am guessing that Murr doesn’t have to worry about losing the L jersey, but was Gray serviceable from a DS standpoint, at least? What about Wucherer’s passing? Wucherer was the serving target much of the night. Box score had her at ~38 receptions, 4 errors (aced), .905 reception percentage. My impression was 'weak link' in the backrow. Many of her receptions pulled Shaffmaster off the net and negated her ability to attack. Eventually Minnesota went to a 6-2 and their overall digging, ball control and setting improved some. Gray, my impression was she was outplayed by Hawaii's libero Ikenaga, by a wide margin. But she was servicable and got better through the evening.
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