Comments on: Hawaii 3, Baylor 2

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:58:26 +0000

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=44658
new thread up for saturday’s byu-baylor match.
65. they will keep Granato in for serving, serve receive and the 3-meter attack. Did you only look at the stats and not see the match? a number of her swings are on the bail-us-out balls, no other option
but agree that Iosia goes to her to much when there seems to be other options. But, then, it’s a split second decision and I’m not the one setting.

By: connor

connor — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 23:17:43 +0000

Stop Granato from serving!!!! she gets an ace here and there but makes at least 2 errors to offset. is there no way to spread the opportunities? 60+ swings a game for someone barely able to hit over .200 is silly.

By: livealoha

livealoha — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 20:34:35 +0000

Think Hawaii *may* be finding the right lineup. I like Sibley on the right. She gives Hawaii honest swings, versus Koelsch, who has really only trained as a hitter this season. Sibley will need to greatly improve her blocking and I feel like her vertical got worse? Still, I’ve wondered why she was out so much earlier since I thought she had some stellar hitting games as a freshman last year – altho up and down.

Ross in the back row is best fit. She’s quite the defender – better than average passer. Think she’d be Ah Mow’s libero next season.

Assuming Hawaii beats Nevada tonight, 3 of their 4 losses were to rank teams after three tourneys. Hawaii has had stretches like this in recent years to start the season. Main thing is they take care of the Big West – which is pretty deplorable right now aside from Cal Poly and UCI – both of which have nice records but got taken out easily by Power 5 schools.

By: AstroBoy

AstroBoy — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 19:37:19 +0000

I have not been a big fan of Ross, but she really pulled the Bows out of the fire in this match. Definitely shining as a back row DS. Strange game, lots of players contributed who haven’t been very productive before.

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 18:03:26 +0000

Remember in the past, we had a team called the Cardiac kids because of the roller coaster of the wins. Well, I think these girls are Cardiac Kids #2. As Kanoa said, not for the faint of the heart. Great great comeback after the disappointing loss to BYU I’m sure the girls felt.

By: FitTrainer

FitTrainer — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:52:17 +0000

Agree with Setatone on end view camera angle!

Great showing by Maglio and Granato!

Strong contribution by Burns, Sibley and Ross (back row).

Too many serving errors almost cost us.

Overall, great confidence booster and hopefully will help RPI some. Shoji called it in five! Let’s hope heyrigjt about repeating as Conference champions too.

Enjoyed the interview with Maglio (and Shoji).

By: Amosilatus

Amosilatus — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:48:32 +0000

The end line angle for television is no good for volleyball. Can’t see what is happening at the net due to lack of visual depth in that area!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 11:03:06 +0000

i know Ross was moved to the outside but she clearly belongs in the back row. her defensive skills really showed against Baylor and i think she would be better suited as a DS. she, burns and Sibley really shined tonight. too bad we never got to see Skyler and Sophia play, but i was delighted to see Natasha finally back on the court.

By: nomu

nomu — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 10:00:18 +0000

Really like McKenna Ross in back row. Great that there are always options for this team. Hope to see every player on this team improve and get physically stronger week to week, because that is what it will likely take to make it to the postseason.

By: oldtimer808

oldtimer808 — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 09:48:22 +0000

#29 Finally someone else that sees the same thing that I do. The optics for a volleyball match using that camera angle is terrible. Do not follow what the NCAA tournament does during their volleyball tournaments. Oceanic never used that angle for good reasons so all these years I thought we had the best camera operators vs what the NCAA does during volleyball matches.