Comments on: Hawaii women’s volleyball: Beach knocks off Poly, T25 results

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 07:46:52 +0000

11. IMHO both UCSB and Cal Poly make the tournament
23. The Big West is only in its third season of sponsoring men. I’ts a 6-team league as opposed to the women’ who have nine. And next year will have 11.
There will be some changes next year with the women’, possibly not a true home and home schedule. And there is a potential to have a conference tournament
Why do you think Ah Mow (no hyphen) would do that or have the power to have that done.
Spectrum contract is a for a few more years
27. Women’s volleyball follows the model of Men’s and Women’s Basketball.
36. the UH coaches are pretty connected with Euro volleyball. Am sure they’re aware of the talent.
and as Maverick says in 39 Zarkovic used to coach in the region.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 07:25:55 +0000

https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=52086
new thread up with Sunday scores

By: darkfire35

darkfire35 — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:59:01 +0000

39. I agree with your statement about taking time off may make a team come back flat. Joe Worsley used to say that he’d rather keep playing to keep the edge up. But boy howdy would I just fall flat on my face if I saw Jolie Rasmussen dress up!!! Even if she was just on the side and didn’t play, it might psychologically affect the other team thinking she would come in at any point in time. That may even affect their game to the point of losing focus.
GO BOWS!!!

By: Maverick

Maverick — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 04:05:23 +0000

19, 20. UCSB and Poly should be in the tourney if they win out. Who cares if they lose in the first or second round? The point is to get in and then let the matches play out. UH hasn’t gotten out of the subregional since 2015.

21. UH’s large drop after the UCI loss was in part related to timing. One match result has a greater impact on a team’s RPI earlier in the season than later in the season (on the margin, the fewer matches played, the greater the impact an additional match has on the whole). Helps explain why UH’s RPI didn’t drop a lot after the recent matches against Davis and Riverside. Also difficult to predict drops without looking at other teams ranked just above or below a team. A lot of factors go into where a team’s adjusted RPI ranks is. Figstats is fairly accurate but it is an estimator and not official (the modeler admits differences with the NCAA official ranking can occur after he calculates the bonuses). I like it because you have daily updates versus weekly. Currently, the estimator has UH at 12, UCSB at 32 and Poly at 36. Interestingly, Poly has a better SOS than UH. However, UH has the better record, especially against the top 50 RPI teams, giving it more bonus points.

36. No, I didn’t email the coaches, but you are welcome to do so. I would be surprised if Zarkovic doesn’t know about her because he used to coach at Partizan where Georgieva now plays for the women’s team. She’s 17 and is a baller, but I’d be shocked if she wasn’t headed for the pros. On another board, someone described the European recruit as a Redo-quality player, so I thought it was her.

37. Reminds me of UH’s 2015 elite 8 year when UH had a lot of time off and needed 5 sets to beat TCU in the first round of the tournament. Time off is good for recovery, but sometimes a team comes back flat.

By: UHVoice97

UHVoice97 — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 03:45:52 +0000

Since Cindy might be busy today (Sunday, 11-17), here are some Top 25 scores…

No. 4 Stanford (H) def. UCLA: 25-18, 25-18, 25-20
No. 8 Penn State (A) def. Northwestern: 25-15, 25-18, 25-15
No. 17 Kentucky def. No. 11 Florida (H): 25-21, 15-25, 23-25, 26-24, 15-12
No. 13 Washington (H) def. No. 15 Utah: 25-18, 20-25, 18-25, 25-14, 21-19
No. 14 Creighton (A) def. Butler: 25-21, 25-22, 25-17
USC def. No. 20 Cal (H): 25-16, 25-22, 21-25, 25-20
No. 22 Washington State (H) def. Colorado: 25-23, 24-26, 13-25, 25-15, 15-9

Cindy’s article in yesterday’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser mentioned that the team wishes to experience a sell-out like how the men did for their Senior Night and the Big West Championship back in April. I’ll be there for sure. Let’s make it happen! Spread the word!

By: Beauston

Beauston — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 02:14:38 +0000

I actually think it’s an advantage for Wahine to play CSUN first before LBSU Friday. The Wahine had a bye week last week for the first time this season and I’m sure the girls took mental rest as well, at least I hoped so, for complete rest. The game with CSUN will be a good game to get them back into the game mindset since CSUN can give anyone fits including the Wahine so by the time Friday comes along, Wahine is all warmed up for the finale.

By: Warriorfan

Warriorfan — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 01:58:23 +0000

This is about a few blog posts back.
But for Maverick. i also googled this Bulgarian pin hitter and she looks incredible. Have you emailed the UH coaches about her?she is probably headed to pro leagues right away but it Doesn’t hurt to try. Seems she follows Rado so might be familiar with UH volleyball.

By: abacaxi

abacaxi — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 01:36:24 +0000

Will Senior Night also be White-Out Night?

By: jm2375

jm2375 — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:41:47 +0000

I believe baseball and softball also do alternating years home-and-home series. It’s all about the money.

By: darkfire35

darkfire35 — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 21:59:24 +0000

20. Mahalo for the link to LBSU interview. Yes, Friday will be tough. They are very motivated and all their players are healthy. I can only hope your 7th player, the fans, will help to disrupt their nerves and focus.

27. I can see how scheduling double matches wouldn’t go over big with the coaches of the BWC, particularly after reading your comment about the teams wanting to come to Hawaii. We would only be able to accommodate 4 of the 8 teams.

I’m eager to see what Robyn and staff will come up with so that they can take care of CSUN Thursday, without wearing out key players then giving a different look/line up against LBSU.

Much mahalos to all for your input on freshmen/new player transitions and trips to Manoa campus.