CSUN loses, Warriors staying alive

Does anyone know the status of Siki’s ankle (or was it his leg) injury from which he suffered during last weekend’s alumni match? Any info is appreciated.

Interesting to read what Northridge had to say after their loss tonight. These are the first two paragraphs.

It’s beginning to look like Cal State Northridge might need some help from an unlikely ally this weekend in its bid to reach the postseason.

After the 10th-ranked Matadors were swept at No. 4 UC Irvine 25-19, 25-19, 25-22 Wednesday night at the Bren Center, CSUN could advance if UC San Diego can upset 14th-ranked Hawaii either Friday or Saturday in La Jolla.

So it’s clear that Northridge is praying for Hawaii to lose as they don’t sound too hopeful they’ll beat Long Beach on the road. So maybe the Warriors will have to control their own fate there (and at the same time, the fate of Northridge).

I am not asking the Warriors to lose. It’s really up to them how badly they want to win this week. If they truly want to play at BYU in the playoffs and prove capable of doing so, I’ll be happy for them. They’ll still need help from Long Beach to beat Northridge on Saturday. But if the Warriors lose, I wouldn’t regard it as a disaster. I just hope that next year they could finish higher than eighth in the MPSF so they wouldn’t have to face a top team in the first round of the playoffs. Then I would care a whole lot more.

I may have been a bit harsh with the previous comment, but just seemed to me that a couple of fans were posting here earlier that they would rather have this team lose and not make the playoffs than to sneak in as the 8th seed and get smoked at BYU. if that wasn’t your intent, I apologize for reading too much into your comments.
sure Hawai’i has had the schedule in their favor the last six weeks and unable to capitalize on it (losses to UCSB, CSUN, CBU) but I think we can all agree that with how the season unfolded and heading into these last two matches of the regular season, for them to still legitimately have a shot of making the postseason would somewhat salvage the season almost.
history in the MPSF has shown recently that low seeds can find a way to win in the MPSF tournament (LBSU in ’07 was a 7-seed and had success; UCSB in ’11 won the tourney and lost in the NCAA final).
Long Beach is a tough venue to play at and LBSU still has something to play for as well. CSUN is winless since needing just one win to get a postseason berth.
volleyball fan-I believe they want these matches. with so much riding on Friday’s match, just get to Saturday and have a chance at getting the 8th seed. to show that even if they have won 1 match on the road, is motivation. and with how BYU, UC Irvine and Long Beach have played this year, seeds 1 through 3 have been good teams throughout the year.
vballfreak808-i think a goal every year is to get into the playoffs as the highest seed possible if you can’t win the league, then to win the MPSF tournament and then bring home the national title. i’m like you in that i want them to win, but it’s almost unimaginable that Hawai’i has needed so much help and up to this point has gotten every outside help its needed to still be alive in postseason contention, especially when CSUN has had 4 chances to close out the 8th spot and can’t get it done. i know i’ll care if they make and will continue to care once the postseason starts next saturday.
first things first; they MUST win on Friday at UC San Diego. broadcast time at 3:50pm on NBC Sports Radio AM-1500 with Blaine Kauwe. just get to Saturday with the chance of still getting in.
Go Warriors

Oh yeah,
They can still beat UCSD WITHOUT Siki, too.
..even more tantalizing.

I think they can beat UCSD w/ or w/o Siki, and could very well come out and surprise a potentially overconfident BYU looking past them. Stranger things have happened….

Good now no excuses warriors, go and earn that playoff spot,, no team deserves to be in the playoffs after limping and losing 5-6 straight like Northridge.

Thanks for all your honest comments. I have to admit mixed feelings in all this and I’m truly afraid to watch Friday’s match because of this. I won’t be able to watch Saturday’s since I’ll be gone. I’ve never felt like this before. I’ll just wait for the final result. Let the chips falls as they may.

All I can say is that next year I hope that UH won’t have to play for eighth place again and face another 6,000-mile road trip to BYU. I’d love to see them in a better position and if they do have to go on the road in the playoffs, I’d rather see them go to a California university. BYU is not only farthest away but also the highest elevation. It sounds more like a punishment than a prize. Yes, I can understand why it’s important to make the playoffs. I feel that it is more in UH control than Northridge. Sorry, volleyball fans, that I’m not a more solid fan this year and for this I do apologize. I do love volleyball and it’s my favorite sport. That’s why I call myself a volleyball fan (in general).

17. Are you making stuff up again??

Now that Football has released their schedule is it possible wahine volleyball will release there schedule soon as well?

Anything new on the recruiting front for the Wahines? Other schools are gettting verbals and just read where UCSD got a verbal from this Canadian prospect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzzYIGCriyA I mean just saying, why couldn’t Dave get someone like this. Tall, dynamic, great athlete, super quick with a good arm swing. UCSD? I mean it’s a great school but another of her videos says she was looking for a great volleyball school. Only a junior we should ask and offer. What can you lose?

Anyone hear anything about Hawaii vs. SDSU today?

@vballfreak – per SDSU’s website, match started at 4pm in California and nothing has been put up on their site (http://goaztecs.cstv.com/). Probably will be posted on their website in a couple hours; unsure if or when UH will put something up

And it isn’t SDSU (San Diego State), it is UCSD (UC San Diego).

Whoa why did JP not make the trip??? I cant hear am1500.

UCSD leading 2nd 15-8

okay second set is a disaster.

UCSD won 2nd 25-15

Hawaii up 22-20 in 3rd

Come on guys, let’s win it in 4…

Damn Olsen just is not a good hitter, Put Siki in.

16-16 in 4th

I just got in and am only now listening to the match. Is Siki playing? If so how’s he doing? I hear Timmer’s name… Is he starting for Marks?

vlimafan – Siki is 50% and didn’t play tonight. Timmer and Olsen were on the outside. JP didn’t make the trip

Haha, I made it in time for the end of the match. Too funny.

Thx for the info, tiffers. How did Olsen n Timmer do?

Looks like he got in half way in the third set and stayed in there til the end of the match.

Ramos got the start and Max came in late.
Jace – 7 kills, hit .000
Johann – 4 kills, hit -.045.
Brook came up big with 19 kills, Taylor with 13 in the middle. Davis had 9 kills in the middle too

Ooh ouch! Those aren’t good numbers for the outsides. Hopefully they’ll do much better tomorrow. Glad Sedore and Averill were solid.

Just heard that Larry Tuiletta has verbaled to HAWAII for football. Best part for volleyball fans is Norm Chow Erik allow him to play both FOOTBALL & VOLLEYBALL.

59. No way really? thats awesome news Ki MO.

I think he will redshirt his first year for football and hopefully play volleyball?? I honestly hope UH can get better quarterbacks so that he is down to fourth string or lower for football and selfishly want him to play all four years of volleyball, he’s really good. Great pickup for both sports (hopefully)