Comments on: Pepperdine defeats Hawaii 3-2

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 06:30:02 +0000

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=47436
new thread up for Wednesday

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 04:04:22 +0000

46. It was not anonymous. It is staff byline. I wrote the story. But because I’m not at the match, I cannot put my name on it.
That is how we have done it ever since I began at the paper in 1981. Did you notice the rewrite of the CSUN match? same staff byline. I wrote that as well.

49. they went 2-1 but the wins were against conference teams that are way down in the RPI. Long Beach State 137, CSUN 170. Beating Pepperdine (RPI 54) non conference on the road would have been a big boost.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 01:21:48 +0000

Well…this is quite a bit of a flux this team is now in. The fact that they’re only one spot behind Pepperdine and forced them to 5 is astonishing, and that’s after they went 3-0 and 3-1 in conference play. Given where this team is at in the RPI, I’m hoping the 2-1 road trip will at least give them some form of confidence boost because I hate to see this non-conference loss negate the two conference road trip wins and have them DROP down out of the NCAA bubble. This team worked so hard to get where they’re at and given what they’ve done, I would hate for Robyn to not accept the NIVC invitation and put the team’s disappointment on the wall just in case they didn’t make it to the NCAA. Their only hope left is if teams with higher RPI than Hawaii somehow get upsetted by teams below Hawaii (E.g. Somewhere perhaps close to 100 maybe?). It’s going to be somehow a long day for Robyn to wonder if she actually ends the season right there.

By: Savich

Savich — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:57:53 +0000

No at-large bid. No post season.

By: islandman

islandman — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 19:34:51 +0000

If the fat lady sings, regarding the NIVC, one reason given for not going last season, if they had qualified for that tourney, was money.
However, a traveling school is only responsible for the first $15,000 of expenses. A host school has to share revenue with the NIVC.

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 19:00:56 +0000

Not happy with that article by “Star-Advertiser Staff” (anonymous) proclaiming “The Wahine finish … at home next week with matches against UC Irvine on Thurs and UC Davis on Fri, victories that would have them finish second for a second consecutive season.”

As I’ve said several times here (and I am the only one to keep bringing this up), it isn’t over until the fat lady sings, and she will be on stage Saturday night at Irvine when the Anteaters take on Cal Poly. Should the fat lady sing, then and only then proclaim any realistic chance of the Bows being crowned BWC champions over. But it aint over till it’s over, so do not write off Na Wahine until Saturday night!

Should the fat lady in her full glory fail to belt out her show-stopping finale, that can mean only one thing: The Big Dance’s automatic qualifier is for the taking for the Women of Manoa! Stranger things in sports have happened! Wishful thinking indeed, but let’s not proclaim this A REPEAT OF 1992 until Saturday night.

By: islandman

islandman — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 17:53:52 +0000

The article today pointed out the great play by Krug and Gaskin in the match and the contributions of others including Ross. I thought Skyler looked pretty good.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:47:44 +0000

In this 5th set, top defenders left out in bench while exposing undersize attackers/defenders in 5th set, the biggest weakness of wahine.

By: HawaiiMongoose

HawaiiMongoose — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 06:44:20 +0000

31. UH has been doing it all season. In 28 years I’ve never seen a Wahine team give up a big lead at the end of a set and lose as often as this one.

By: Duster

Duster — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 05:06:24 +0000

Knuckleballers – Hoyt Wilhelm, Phil Niekro, Joe Niekro, and now, former Rainbow Steven Wright.

Anyway, agree with #41. Gotta put this match behind them since what’s done is done. Reboot, finish strong, end with no regrets.