Hawaii 3, UC Irvine 2
UPDATE: Here’s the breaking for Hawaii’s reverse-sweep five-set win over UC Irvine.
Sunday’s match noon HST
Hawaii (5-5, 1-0) at UC Irvine (7-6, 1-0)
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Current standings
Cal Poly 3-0, 13-1
Long Beach State 2-0, 10-5
UC Irvine 1-0, 7-6
Hawaii 1-0, 5-5
CSUN 1-1, 5-9
UCSB 2-1, 10-5
UC Davis 0-2, 8-6
CSU Fullerton 0-3, 6-9
UC Riverside 0-3, 5-9
ICYMI
Saturday Top 25 scores
1) BYU def. Saint Marys 25-10, 25-14, 25-13
6) Wisconsin def. Rutgers 25-9, 25-15, 25-10
7) Minnesota def. Maryland 25-19, 25-19, 25-18
16) Purdue def. Northwestern 22-25, 25-13, 25-22, 25-19
19) Baylor def. Iowa State 15-25, 25-19, 25-14, 22-25, 15-8
24) San Diego def. Pacific 25-17, 25-22, 25-19
Other Big West
UCSB def. Cal State Fullerton 25-21, 25-15, 25-11
Yeah it’s early in the conference season, but when seeing the conference standings, its still a splash of cold water to see the Wahine at 5-5/1-0 behind Cal Poly (13-1/3-0), Long Beach St (10-5/2-0) and UC Irvine (7-6/1-0). And looking further down the list, there’s UCSB at 10-5/2-1. Today’s match is almost a must win for the Wahine. It’s not, but ….
UH down 15-12 in the first set. Playing great defense but not productive enough on offense. UCI has never beaten the Wahine in 38 tries… will that change today?
Gaskin hits out to give UCI the first set 25-23. Argh.
come on wahine! get this back.
Hawaii loses Set 1 25-23 after being up 22-21.
Wahine led 6-1 and by as many as 8 at 14-6 Anteaters with their first lead 22-21. TO UH (last time out)
Carter ends it. UCI win 25-22.
they are literally gonna get swept. how do you blow the second set? I will never understand
What a disaster. After building 14-6 and 17-10 leads the Wahine lose focus, lose momentum and lose the second set 25-22. I’ve never seen a Wahine team blow big leads the way this year’s squad does.
UH is hitting .121. SMH.
8. i have seen them blow leads under Shoji. but it has been a while.
9. that in part to being blocked 10 times by UCI.
Not surprised! This year will be a very trying year in the Big West . It will be difficult just to finish what they predicted us (2nd after Cal Poly).
Robyn and Staff just got to get back to recruiting some athletes in the future. Hopefully some with height and athleticism. I must say one positive thing is these girls never quit and are relentless.
We, the fans, just have to be patient because this will be a rough year.
Go Bows!!!
Granato with a double-double so far 13 kills-10 digs
Akiu with 11 digs
Hawaii up 21-19. TO UCI
Hawaii up 22-21. TO Wahine.
Okino with the ace, it’s 24-22. TO UCI
UCI service error ends it 25-23. On to Set 4
Yeah!
11. I should have been more specific. What I meant to say is that I don’t recall previous Wahine teams blowing big leads in multiple matches. It’s almost become a pattern with this year’s squad whereas I don’t recall it being a pattern with any of Dave’s teams. Having said that, it will be a lot less concerning if UH can dig out of the hole and come from behind to win this thing.
On the positive side, I am finding Brian’s color commentary surprisingly restrained and somewhat informative.
18. true. since they have added up to a number of losses.
Wahine down 5-0. TO UH
UH on a 7-5 run behind Granato’s serving. TO UCI
Granato with her fifth ace. it’s 8-5. but service error makes it 8-6.
Hawaii up 19-13. TO UCI
wahine turn up the heat!
From following match on Live Stats Tracker…it looks like McKenna Ross contributing alot also in Game 4
26. you could always listen on line
Ross off the bench in Set 3. has 10 kills, ties her career high.
UH has two set points denied. It’s 24-20. TO UH
another service error by Marjam ends it 25-20. on to set 5
McKenna Ross… WOW.
Always Love McKenna Ross in match. I would like to see her get a nod at starting only because she is athletic and has a pretty good attack skill when she hits. Its sometimes a disservice to bring her off the bench as they always do. Gosh they are all pretty small anyways why not use one more…just a thought…Lets Go Bows
Granato with her 21st Kill. UH leads 8-7 at the changeover.
So huge for our confidence if we can pull this thing out…
UH was up 12-7. just need to side out to win.
3 hitting errors and it’s 12-10. TO UH
Ross stuffs Carter 15-11.
I wasn’t watching but guess they gave Burns a BA on that with Ross.
and RISE of na WAHINE II !!
YES!!!
Yes girls Prove me wrong all the time. Love it!!! Chee Hooo!! It will be a Happy Flight back home now!! 2-0
so rise of na wahine, again.
but did that really had to come down necessary?
28, 29, and 33. mckenna ross was definitely the wow factor, when the mainline wahine were going down, they still had her as the wahine mobile reserves hidden in the woods.
poor robyn looks like she was having a heart attack and had to be conseled by angelica linquist.
also natasha was an unsung hero in the end, she pulled her queen card, pulled the strings and blocked where it counts.
It was the Double McKenna Attack, arriving in the nick of time.
espn3 is not as good as big west live stream. too many buffer interruptions. will be nice to have the rainbow wahine at home this weekend. great match. hope we can continue to serve well. go bows!
Wow! Wish video appear in utube.
37…Was Robyn appeared like she did and got consoled during the break or after the win
42. after the win, i think.
Just returned home from a party. Glad I wasn’t following the match. Would have had a heart attack. But the Wahine pull out the win. A really important win. Go Wahine !!!
#41…in the past, matches shown on any ESPN network are achived and I believe you go find it and replay the match at your own pace….meaning you can stop it, fast forward it, rewind it, etc….
I haven’t looked this season since no UH sports was televised on ESPN but you can give it a try. Not sure how long after the match they put it in the archive though.
Actually you can go on WatchESPN now, put in “Hawaii vs Irvine “ on the “find” space and it will give you the link.
It was a long match so I’m going to skip the first two sets and just watch set 3 to 5.
45. i think espn including particularly espn3 holds it in archive for 30 days, i could be wrong.
that match 4 years ago on halloween was something particularly noteworthy to archive and/or keep on youtube. not sure how to save espn3 videos but i did include the link back then on hww. that was when shar (tai) manuolevao and olivia magill set the epitome of ‘difficult to defeat the bows.’ wahine were left for dead with one foot in the grave and were about to be mercilessly slaughtered by irvines serve at 24-23 and swept, only to take it 26-24 and come back winning it 15-7.
Replay below and the UCI MB Akpakpa is shown singing part of the national anthem in the first part. She is good and she had 9 blocks.
http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3430190
Great job by Ross and Ross. Like Liva as server, but need another middle to complement Burns. Blocking needs to improve, it’s bad right now. Transition needs work.
How many kills did McKenna Ross put down? Okino is the most improved player, keep getting better and she will be among the best to play in that position. Can anyone else step in on the right if Casey struggles?
This was a big win. But right now, Cal Poly is the team to beat. Maybe this team will find a way to play up to the level of the competition.
Forgot to add, that UC Irvine player singing national anthem belongs on The Voice, at least.
I expect McKenna Granato to be declared Big West Player of the Week. My last two predictions came through with Torrey van Winden. Now it’s Granato’s turn. She helped turn the tide against the Anteaters.
cindy what are your remarks given we had a ‘rise of the wahine’ extended edition this year? was this made a comeback by design unlike 4 halloweens ago? did it include red eyes as well?
McKenna and McKenna. Like the ring to it.
#46 and #47, Thanks although espn3 allows only for selected providers. At least one plug to stop uncontrolled bleeding is ‘Ross the savior’.
Wahine 99 digs was the most since 2014.
11 service aces to 8 service errors. Granato had 5 SA’s; Liva 3.
This was a great win for the Wahine. After being down 2-0 and winning the next three sets proved to themselves good things happen when you never give up. Kudos to Ross for her valuable contribution.
IMO, Liva is not getting it done as a middle blocker. She always seem to be a half step late in getting to the pins to help with the block.
I would like to see Sky Williams get a start, she’s a proven commodity.
Liva can be a serving specialist.
http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46943
new thread up
thanks for the link to ESPN.
52. not sure what your asking and what Rise of the Wahine, the movie, has to do with this.
I was there at UCI four years ago.