Comments on: Hawaii women’s volleyball: Hanna Hellvig freshman of the week; Wahine stay at 11, Baylor No. 1

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 01:59:25 +0000

https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=51357
new thread up for Wednesday
agree with the job they did on the road.
Got into L.A. area Monday, didn’t play until Friday.
Practice times not idea. As mentioned before when Beach kept changing availability of practice times on them, including 6-8 a.m., they were helped by Jason Olive for an alternative site at St. Bernard’s, his alma mater.

By: Crazy4WVB

Crazy4WVB — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 01:48:13 +0000

I think Coach Robyn and staff and girls did a great job learning how to play on the road to prepare them for the NCAA tournament. Chances are they’ll be on the road a week to 10 days longer then this last trip because Hawaii always gets screwed with the seeding. Everyone play great when they had too. And adversities. Delayed flight and not gym to practice in. Wow. I admire how they handled themselves. Great job

By: Bleachercoach

Bleachercoach — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:53:55 +0000

4. Very impressed with Baylor and I think they will defeat Texas easily.

By: WaveRipper

WaveRipper — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:49:11 +0000

11. 15. Oregon, which tied for 2nd in last year’s Pac-12 conference and ended 2018 with an Elite Eight NCAA tournament appearance, was selected to finish 3rd (just above Washington and just below USC) in the 2019 Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll.

UO has been ranked in the AVCA Top 25 for 49 of the last 50 polls. But just because a team has been ranked week in and week out doesn’t mean it automatically deserves to be in the Top 25. You think?

Ducks hosts Stanford (Oct 4) and California (Oct 6). Should UO lose twice, it should go the same direction as once-14th-ranked USC — out!

By: Maverick

Maverick — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 08:19:56 +0000

17. Now a different perspective:

–UW, KY and UH each outhit their opponents (higher hitting pct.)
–If you calculate Kills minus Errors, each of UW, KY and UH had higher numbers than their opponents
–In all three cases, UW, KY and UH won.

Side note: CSUN is the only unranked team of the six. CSUN is the only team of the six with a losing record. CSUN is the only team of the six without a top 25 RPI ranking (unofficial); they are at 138. CSUN has 9 losses; the other five teams combined have 13 losses.

By: darkfire35

darkfire35 — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 05:53:39 +0000

Bra Jobbat, Hanna! And just a freshman too! Angelica & Kaleo really did the Bows proud by their recruiting! I really wasn’t expecting the freshmen to have such a huge impact, but they must really like each other to keep fighting when they were doing horribly on the road and still win.
I can see Jolie resting up until they go to Cal Poly/UCSB. I know in her pre-season interviews she wanted to start fresh, healthy, injury-free…but that’s life. Sometimes things just happen no matter what you do. Just get better Jolie! And fantastic job everyone else for filling in and fighting hard! We are proud of all of you no matter if your contribution is on the side or on the court! GO BOWS!

By: vballfan

vballfan — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 03:51:31 +0000

Hanna hou!!!
Hanna is great!
And, yes, the whole team really pulled through on a challenging road trip.

By: Big Island Volleyball Fan

Big Island Volleyball Fan — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 01:44:32 +0000

I forgot to congratulate Hanna Helvig for her second Big West freshman of the week award in three weeks. Again,, Maia Dvoracek from Cal Poly won her second Big West Player of the Week award in parallel. Both times Hanna was nominated for the same award which Maia won. Hope she doesn’t get jealous of her. Good that Hanna could win some kind of an award and I’m happy for her.

By: Blunite

Blunite — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 01:43:19 +0000

Notwithstanding the NCAA/AVCA rankings, a sober Perspective:

– Stanford had 28 errors and lost to Washington
– Missouri had 27 errors and lost to Kentucky
– Hawai’i had 32 errors and beat CSUN

By: Big Island Volleyball Fan

Big Island Volleyball Fan — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 01:31:47 +0000

Interesting that both Cal Poly and Hawaii are missing their best players, Torrey van Winden and Jolie Rasmussen, respectively. They both could be absent next week Friday when the teams meet at Mott Gym. Jolie has a better chance to recover by then than Torrey.

By the way, Volleyball magazine had a long article on Torrey’s concussion and a previous article about Julie Scoles, Hawaii’s beach volleyball player who also had suffered a concussion. Julie was the inspiration for Torrey on a possible path for recovery. May both Torrey an Winden and Jolie Rasmussen recover in time so they can compete next week. If not, then maybe by Nov. 3rd, when Cal Poly will visit Hawaii.