Volleyshots

By Ann Miller, from today’s paper 8-22 FOURTH OF FIVE PARTS A glimpse at last year’s hitting statistics is all it takes to understand how critical Hawaii’s left-side hitter is. Emily Hartong and Jane Croson combined for more kills than the rest of the Rainbow Wahine combined, and Croson missed seven matches. Hartong went on to become the 27th Wahine to earn first-team All-America volleyball honors. She enters her final season as the team’s only true terminator and is entrenched in […]

Was at the morning practice briefly ’cause had an interview with Shoji set. They looked a lot at the passing numbers off the serves. Shoji would like those to be higher. Back in the arena. They continue to scrimmage in set rotations. They haven’t called many lifts but when Taylor tried to set the back from the back row, it was very ugly. the opposing side groaned so loudly — sort of the like SSC crowd — that Shoji felt […]

Was in the paper this morning. Didn’t have to time to put it up earlier. Some will care, some won’t. But for what it’s worth …. Story by Ann Miller. a couple of other notes on bottom about Jen Carey getting married and single tickets on sale. When Arizona comes here for Hawaii’s Verizon Volleyball Classic next month, Jane Croson will be with the Wildcats, and most likely on the court against her former teammates Sept. 14. Arizona coach Dave […]

Team had yesterday off. I was working on our mini-special for next week. the TWC free wi-fi in the arena is up and running. it is a two-hour thing. Don’t know if you’ll have to log back on if things go longer than 2 hours, which we know they will. There might be a concern if the server gets overloaded. am working on a paddleboard story at the moment but watching practice. It opened with a 3-on-3 drill where teams […]

Someone asked about Kawamura. I agree with the rating that she is the second libero and has a great serve. and I like Long listed as a DS. IMHO she would make a great libero, however she has a cannon of an arm and is a real threat from the 3-meter. someone asked about my comment of her being undersized. She is listed at 5-11. That may be a little generous.. and if she is playing right side, she’ll be […]

Another pretty routine practice although they did get into more of a true scrimmage at the end, first to 15, after playing Shoji’s favorite game: baseball. Baseball had 3 different teams but they kept switching some positions so hard for me to keep track as to who was in for what inning. And after a score one of the coaches would throw a ball onto the other side instead of a serve. The designated “at-bat” team can have runners get […]

Hope the name doesn’t offend anyone. Told Wong I wasn’t offended but he did change it from the original Portagee. The University of Hawaii Sand Volleyball program will host the inaugural Portuguese Horseshoe Tournament on Sunday, Sept. 8 at Hunakai Park in Kahala. It’s 2:30-6 pm. The concept is throwing large washers into a box instead of horseshoes toward a stake. The fundraiser will include a meet-and-greet with coaches and players, volleyball demos, heavy pupus and drinks, and a chance […]

The top-ranked U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team concluded the FIVB World Grand Prix preliminary round by rallying past Bulgaria 16-15, 25-23, 20-25, 25-15, 15-8 Sunday afternoon in Sendai, Japan. Tama Miyashiro was the libero, had 4 digs With the victory, Team USA advances to the FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round set for Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 in Sapporo, Japan. The Americans, the three-time defending champions of the premier annual women’s international volleyball tournament, finished the nine-match preliminary round […]