Volleyshots

IVC summer school ended today. Nothing has changed about Mitchem. Still is on track to be here by fall camp Aug. 10. She has provisional admittance to UH, meaning that she still has to attain her AA degree and submit the paperwork. As for her broken toe and crutches … just a joke between her and friends which went viral. Spoke with Shoji today about his incoming players. He’s excited about seeing what this class can do but they will […]

About an 11 hour day at Queen’s for the players. Both finals finished after sunset with it really dark for the women’s that went three James Ka-Spencer McLachlin defeated Bryan Starks-James Bartholow, 21-12, 21-13. Starks-Bartholow had little time to rest after eliminating Johann Timmer-Dennis Roberts, 14-21, 21-17, 15-11 Natasha Bell-Nikki Taylor def. Kaui Salzman-Eva Tcholakova 19-21, 21-16, 15-10 Salzman-Tcholakova were top seeds, came out of losers bracket with a 21-18, 21-12 win over Heather Boyan-Hi’ilawe Huddleston. Ka-McLachlin were the top […]

at bottom of post there is a video link from camp under Walker’s pictures Coaches and UH players were demonstrating different types of plays at the beginning of the last day of camp. The rally allowed for what Shoji calls out at the end “This is called transition.” Averill didn’t play in Friday’s match against Cuba as the Americans lost 28-30, 25-22, 25-14, 25-22 The U.S. finish sixth. Next up is the Pan Am Cup Aug. 12-17 in Reno. Most […]

A little late with this one, had mentioned earlier this month she got her AAA rating when playing with H. Huddleston a few weeks ago. July 12 Spieler and cousin Torry Van Winden repeated as Santa Barbara Open champions. Nice story in the local paper. Van Winden has committed to play for UCLA. Spieler-Van Winden repeat as Santa Barbara Open champs

Not a good performance by the U.S. lose 25-16, 25-21, 25-15 Averill took 10 swings, had 2 kills and a block. U.S. plays Friday for fifth place 9:30 a.m. HST Stats at http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/volleyball/match-results-p2-men-3-02.htm if they win, they advance to Friday’s semis. opponent will either be Canada (3-0) or Brazil (2-1) both of which won their pools and had a bye into the semis. Assuming the SandBows now become the BeachBows with the NCAA name change their annual Portuguese Horseshoe Tournament […]

As mentioned on previous thread, Wahine roster is up http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?roster=568&path=wvball carrying over the conversation about no Mitchem yet. Keep being told that she’s on track to be here. So don’t think there’s cause for alarm yet. But she does need her AA degree that will then go through the process of UH acceptance and the NCAA clearing house. there was a comment about Huff being listed at MH. That’s what last year’s roster had and even after the played OH, […]

From USAV At the end of a long two months of volleyball, the U.S. Men’s National Team swept Poland, 25-22, 25-23, 25-23 to win the FIVB World League bronze medal on Sunday at the Maracanazinho stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Middle blocker Max Holt was named the World League Best Blocker. France defeated Serbia in the final, 25-19, 25-21, 25-23. E. Shoji sill out with knee injury, did not play. K. Shoji did not play. Christensen with 2 blocks and […]

The U.S. men’s national volleyball team rallied from down 0-2 couldn’t complete the comeback, falling to Serbia 25-23, 25-21, 25-27, 20-25, 15-12 in the FIVB World League semifinal match Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. The Americans, winners of this event last year, were to play Poland for the bronze medal Sunday (2:10 a.m. Hawaii time). Serbia takes on France for the gold. Starting setter Micah Christenson (Kamehameha) had 31 assists and reserve setter Kawika Shoji (‘Iolani), who played briefly in […]