No. 12 Oregon 3, Hawaii 2, Top 25 scores
The Wahine volleyball alumnae match. / Photo by Cindy Luis
UPDATE: Here is the breaking of Hawaii’s five-set loss to Oregon on Friday night.
No. 12 Oregon (6-3) at Hawaii (4-4), 7 p.m.
Alumnae match at 4:30 p.m. (no links)
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For what it’s worth, I would rather see Ma’afala coming off the bench as a reserve and let Iosia be the exclusive setter. Maybe a player doesn’t practice as well but is a gamer. You’ll never know unless you play that player. I’m curious to see how Castenada would do in a match.
alumnae game is fun to watch. lauren duggins chun still has some attack skills. kanoe kamanao still has the hands. shanteel satele malapeai is snapping the wrist well. coach amo santos waiting to enter the match.
Set 1: Wahine 25, Rainbows 12
Duggins still runs a nice slide
And Kamana’o with sweet hands.
Something you rarely heard before this afternoon.
Clare-Marie Anderson in on the block
2nd set, robin amo santos is putting on a setters clinic.
Ah Mow-Santos setting for the Rainbows. who have Kahakai, Satele, Maeda, Ong, Lelepali.
Wahine have Kamana’o, Duggins, Kane, Anderson, Woolford
I liked Wa Wa’s post from last thread. I think we all have to have some patience for this program to grow. Robyn inherited some of her situation so she has to do the best she can. Just as it took time for Dave to build his program, Robyn needs that same due respect. In the beginning Dave was harsh on the girls as well but over time, mellowed out. Almost the same start that Robyn has. As well as the girls who are trying to execute her game plans. Give them all a chance. We have been too spoiled.
GO BOWS!
Top 25
1. Nebraska (H) def. Central Michigan, 25-18, 25-15, 25-11
1. Nebraska (H) def. New Mexico, 23-25, 25-12, 25-20, 25-11
2. Stanford (A) def. 3 Texas, 25-16, 25-18, 20-25, 25-18
5. Penn State (A) def. Howard, 27-25, 25-13, 25-19
6. Wisconsin (A) def. 21. Marquette, 25-23, 25-14, 25-15
8. Illinois (H) def. Northern Iowa, 25-13, 26-24, 25-21
10. Creighton (N) def. Lipscomb, 25-23, 25-19, 25-23
11. Florida (H) def. Jacksonville, 22-25, 25-15, 25-14, 25-13
11. Florida (H) def. Florida International, 25-13, 25-12, 25-7
13. Washington (N) def. CSUN, 25-17, 25-14, 25-17
13. Washington (N) def. Sac State, 25-13, 25-11, 28-26
14. Cal Poly (N) def. Mississippi State, 25-10, 25-20, 25-23
15. Purdue (N) def. Southern Miss, 27-29, 26-24, 25-16, 23-25, 21-19
15. Purdue (A) def. 25 Alabama, 25-22, 25-19, 25-15
16. USC (N) def. Louisiana-Lafayette, 25-13, 25-16, 25-22
16. USC (A) def. 23. San Diego, 25-22, 25-15, 25-20
18. Baylor (A) def. UTSA, 25-21, 20-25, 26-28, 26-20, 15-9
19. Michigan (H) def. Notre Dame, 25-22, 25-17, 25-18
20. Kentucky (A) def. Louisville, 25-18, 25-13, 25-14
22. Washington State (N) def. Northern Illinois, 25-14, 25-16, 25-15
22. Washington State (H) def. Western Kentucky, 22-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-23
24. Utah (H) def. Utah Valley, 25-17, 19-25, 25-16, 25-21
25. Alabama (H) def. South Alabama, 25-21, 17-25, 25-15, 25-19
I agree with WaWa and #6 dark fire.
We have been unusually critical of Robyn. I, for one, am happy she returned to lead the program. Can you imagine the comments if the person replacing Dave had no ties to the program or to the island? We would have annihilated someone with no ties. Dave’s retirement was quick, a shock because of the situation, and late in the year. I was relieved it was Robyn. She has also assembled a pretty impressive coaching staff. We need to give them a chance.
In some ways, all of the players are on equal footing with Robyn. No favorites. No standout from last year etc. No favoritism. The incoming seniors, despite it all, have more experience playing at the collegiate level than do our freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. They need practice playing together.
Wahine def. Rainbows 28-26, held off a couple of set points. Ah Mow-Santos and Ljungqvist still have a magical connection. Ljungqvist a couple of slides and a solo block.
they decided to play a third.
Wahine sweep 15-9
Other Big West
Long Beach State (H) def. Lamar, 25-11, 25-19, 23-25, 25-9
Boise State (H) def. CSUN, 25-14, 25-17, 25-16
UC Davis (N) def. UT Martin, 25-17, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16
New Mexico State (N) def. UC Davis, 26-24, 10-25, 25-16, 17-25, 15-8
UC Irvine (N) def. Fresno State, 25-13, 26-24, 25-19
UC Riverside (N) def. Idaho, 24-26, 25-22, 22-25, 25-21, 15-13
Ahuna with 34 kills, UCR program record
UCSB (N) def. Montana, 25-23, 25-21, 25-11
San Francisco (A) def. CSU Fullerton, 25-18, 25-19, 25-15
Epiphany: Put Liva at opposite and run the slide for her.
— She has the best percentage and a live arm.
— She will shore up the blocking on the right.
— Burns with Liva presents a better block.
— Maybe give Liva a shot at D set and let her go 6 rotations.
Williams alternates with Burns at middle. Iosia becomes setter in 5-1. Maafala becomes setter sub. Either Castillo or Granato at L1. Akiu and Okino, no change.
players give coach robin amo santos a poster board and gifts prior to warmups. a better gift would be a win tonight over the oregon ducks. go bows!
13. it’s Ah Mow-Santos
Her birthday Saturday. Players gave her roses. I’m sure there is chantilly creme cake later.
12. you usually run the slide from the middle, and Liva has run it from MB
If Granato could get on track, it would ease a lot of pressure on the other hitters. As someone mentioned, the key is to pass better.
granato busting out her tools on the spike for a sideout…off speed shot!
Hawaii led 3-1. Ducks now up 7-3. TO UH.
Vander Weide serving. same server that closed out Set 2 last night in the 7-0 run.
happy birthday then for coach robin. thanks cindy
Hawaii does have fight. Oregon serving for the set 24-23. TO UH
Hawaii with 23 digs already, Akiu with 8.
How/why was the decision made for the . . . alumni game before a bout with a school hey almost certainly have needed to know would be tough?
Gill ends it 25-23.
great all around play for the wahines. they look determined tonight.
21. their choice when to play it. personally think it should be on a Saturday.
Wahine finihsed with 24 digs. The Ducks with 5-1 edge in blocks.
Okino still letting balls drop in front of her.
18, She spells it Robyn with a Y
Williams in for Liva in Set 2
lord you can hear that lift that wasn’t called on Tastad. think i would have called the throw on Raskie. but that’s just me.
Castaneda in
nervous first swing for freshman castaneda
Ducks win 25-10. that was ugly
It’s frustrating that we can play such great defense only to be undone by a completely ineffectual offense. And it’s not just because we lack a terminator; the bigger issue IMHO is the simple lack of connection between our setters and hitters. Too many whiffs, too many dinks, too many free balls because the set doesn’t go where the hitter can really slam it.
28. The officiating is so bad, it detracts from the game. Better officials would be calling the Oregon setter much closer to the standard.
agree with the lack of calls from up ref
we need to press the blocks
Hawaii up 15-12 at the TTO. Think the crowd has shamed the up ref in to calling the Oregon setter for lifts.
Oregon has pulled to 22-21. TO UH. not a good rotation when Vander Weide in box serving.
Liva and Castillo stuff Stone. UH up 24-21. TO Oregon.
bad id las post
Castillo with the kill. UH wins 25-22
At last! Good to see Gaskin finally getting some decent sets and having success converting them.
nice set win bows. lets do this again.
hawaii challenging whether block hit Liva. at the moment it is 8-6 Oregon.
Hawaii wins challenge. it’s 7-7
up ref again.
Hawaii up 13-12. TO Oregon.
nice overset kill for iosia
45. He needs to go back to reffing ILH or OIA games…not an NCAA level ref…
48. agree
Hawaii rallies to a 21-20 lead. TO Ducks
we serve in and good things happen
Oregon holds off one set point, closes to 24-22. TO UH
one sideout and go to set five
Burns with the kill, ends it 25-23
We got spunk.
All right, Wahine</a)! Business time!
LET the libero get it!
Dinking the ball against Oregon is no better than free-balling it over the net. HIT the ball!
front row needs to play heads up
Hawaii up 10-9. TO Oregon
Akiu is amazing.
nice rally point dor the bows
Granato is the money-maker! Coach Ah Mow, please realize this!!!
Castillo hits long. Oregon up 12-10. TO Hawaii
Ducks win 15-12.
great match. look forward to our regular season.
I have to say Angel was on fire tonight. This may convince me that we have a good chance during conference season. Haven’t seen Robyn smile that big until tonight. Despite losing, she should be very proud of her girls. they could have given up after set 2 but they didn’t, they fought to the end. Bravo girls for never quitting.
Obviously not happy with the loss but they know they must play to this level defensively and the leftsides have to produce better for them to beat cal poly and win the conference becauee at this point that is tha only way they can get into the ncaa tournament.
Its obvious; the starting six of Granato, Burns, Iosia/Maafala, Liva, Castillo and Akui are the best players we have right now. This is what the coaches have to work with and the players just have to
get better and reduce the unforced mistakes. We’ve seen the bench players in games and they are not better than who we have as starters. If they can correct the passing and serving errors; they will be fine and we will see a faster executed offense. System matches with current talent on team.
Moral victory to win two games from powerful, quick Oregon. Vastly improved from last week. Rika’s service error in 5th set took the game away. No transition offence and instead pops back to opponent to rip apart. Please let the bench have opportunity in totally loosing games.