Comments on: Hawaii 3, UCSB 1

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 00:25:14 +0000

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=44952
sorry, forgot to put new link up for Monday thread.
quick couple of comments
The Big West men are having a tournament, their first year of the conference. All six teams will go. It is at Long Beach in April. Hawaii will host the following year. Hosting, at least for now, will be on a rotating basis.
Don’t know if having a BWC women’s tournament is a good idea. it would have helped fill Hawaii’s schedule this year at the end with the Wahine having two bye weeks.

Granato had improved a great deal from freshman year. she’s also carrying a much heavier load this year.
Ross struggled vs. Cal Poly.
Re: freshmen playing more. They like what Burns is doing so that’s the MB option with Maglio. When do you suggest they would have put in Howling or Williams? there was a thought of Howling to Opp but she hasn’t practiced much there. When they threw her in a few weeks ago, that was with Koelsch struggling. Koelsch did not struggle on Saturday.

By: tako

tako — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:52:33 +0000

Most everyone is interested in who the Wahine signs, mainly, it is the door to the future. With quality recruits and good coaching you’ll probably have a viable and sustainable program. Both the Men’s and both Wahine VB teams’ (indoor and sand) are shining examples of this.

Maybe more so for the Wahine because of it’s celebrated history.

Believe Robyn and Angelica are the perfect coaches. We’ll see how they do with recruitment,
with Shaney leaving they still have 3 openings for next year. Who knows they may defer and target the 2019 class, they have one verbal committment (Riley W.) thus far. Go Bows – finish with wins and let’s hope for a at large berth.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:49:37 +0000

I think we all worry about recruiting. The State has failed to provide the funds needed to make a degree from Hawaii as sought after as most of the other schools in the Big West. You can not blame kids who go to the mainland for collage. Parents are not spending their money on private schools just to see their kid go to UH. That leaves us the public school kids to recruit to UH. Hawaii still has enough allure to attract kids from California and that is where we need to concentrate. 40 million people who still think we are paradise and compared to California (except for a collage education) we are. Robyn will figure it out, she has been a winner her whole life and will continue to be one given the opportunity. I hope I did not offend anybody, these are just my options and I have been wrong many times in my life.

By: noblesol

noblesol — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:58:25 +0000

The Div II champ, Le Jardin had a couple of nice NCAA Div I players. Julia Fisher, 6’1″, played six rotations in the final. She served very well, hit bombs from all over the court, had 23 kills in four sets, hit .293. Natalie Piper, about 5′ 10″ maybe 5′ 11″, was a go to and out of system player. She had 22 kills, 73 swings, hit .164, had 19 digs, served and passed very well, and hit the pipe out of the back row as a 1st option in the offense. I think I heard one of them was headed to USF. It can be hard to gauge how well the Div II players will do against the size and speed they’ll see at the next level, but I believe these two will likely see a lot of court time.

By: rabbit ears

rabbit ears — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:23:43 +0000

Not sure how anyone can knock Granato this season. She gives it her all every night. Without her the wahines would have loss 1/2 of their matches. Because Maglio only plays 3 rotations. Granato has a bigger impact on the team. Yes, her service errors drive me crazy also. And yes I am a big Maglio fan.

By: nomu

nomu — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:17:28 +0000

KSK and Maryknoll have some very good D1 talent.

By: nomu

nomu — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:15:04 +0000

Wahine still have a shot at making the post season if they can finish out strong. How badly does this team want to make it there?

By: Warriorfan

Warriorfan — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 07:14:07 +0000

Still the best prospect in the state , lets just say the setting for iolani was not good saturday night.

By: Big Island Volleyball Fan

Big Island Volleyball Fan — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 06:03:03 +0000

35. Maluhia Ma’a is Lisa Strand’s youngest daughter. I checked it out online.

Sorry I couldn’t watch the high school girls state volleyball championship. Same reason I can’t watch OC Sports online. No cable in my area. I did follow live scoring and noted that Oglivie started slow and then picked up her pace.

Last year Oglivie was state player of the year. This year – a letdown. Maybe next year she’ll grow and do better. Same with Adlee van Winden of Cal Poly. She was Big West Freshman of the Year. In her sophomore year she was a dud, didn’t even make the All Big West t Team. Now, she greatly improved in her junior year as she was instrumental in defeating Hawaii twice. No doubt she’ll make the All Big West Team this year.

If I follow the van Windens so much, that’s because I watched their mother, Kelly Strand and their father, Jim van Winden, play at Cal Poly over 30 years ago, so I’m a big fan of the whole family.

By the way, let’s not pass judgment on Oglivie so early. Give her a break.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 03:36:59 +0000

Hi Cindy. I always enjoy the conversations on these threads. I read most of them (not all) so I hope I didn’t miss a convo about this in the past – but why hasn’t Kalei Greeley played more this year? Did she not progress out of her injury as much as anticipated? I enjoyed watching her play as a frosh/soph. If I remember, she was a 6 rotation player. She wasn’t necessarily a terminator at the net but was a strong left side, steady and consistent (at least I thought so). Thx again for all you do to keep us mainland fans up-to-date.