Comments on: Hawaii 3, UC Riverside 2

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:10:06 +0000

Wahine open at 47 in RPI
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=44791

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 18:29:29 +0000

connor,

Yes, getting blocked for an opponent’s point is statistically a hitting error.

By: 808fan@503

808fan@503 — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:44:14 +0000

94: I agree that there are some different lineups I’d like to see Coach try out. Personally, I think Castillo has been playing pretty well at OH (hitting wise), so I’m inclined to keep her there. Hawaii tends to get stuck in rotations when Iosia is in the front row. Pro/National teams often have a double sub for this reason. I’d love to see a Ma’afala (who has set the ball brilliantly to the middles and has a solid jump serve) & Sibley double sub regularly. The other option (especially if we’re running low on substitutions) is to keep Koelsch in as the back row setter and just sub Iosia out for Sibley.

By: connor

connor — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:07:54 +0000

Quick question for all: if a hitter gets roofed on a swing, is that considered an error for stat purposes? if not, is an error only when it is hit out? Sorry for what might be a stupid question.

By: ignaciosaid

ignaciosaid — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 12:52:19 +0000

just my opinion—present team has potential , but could be tweaked! Still think Castillo should be opposite(better block vs. opposing teams left side )- Sibley and Granato at OH – Koelsch as blocking sub for Iosia – Mck Ross backrow sub for Castillo/Granato . Still waiting for Mags (and possibly Ross ), to play all around. Team will suffer for loses of Smith (Gong and Okino winners),Misraje and Lipscomb (needed terminators at OH) and Light (6’1″ setter) but still have good players coming in! TEAM needs to stay FOCUSED !!!! I believe in you-ROBYN —- GO BOWS

By: Duster

Duster — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:46:28 +0000

#91, I understand that. The denial of UCSD’s application to join BWC is what puzzles me. UH would have a travel partner. And UH would not have to pay travel subsidies to UCSD. UCSD could not have been denied for academic reasons.

By: greenthumb

greenthumb — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:24:42 +0000

72, thanks for the extra details! Nice for the families to be able to see their Wahine members play in person.

By: Ki

Ki — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 08:17:27 +0000

With the odd amount of teams in the BWC (after Pacific left), one school was bound to be the lone wolf. Dave volunteered his team as the lone wolf in 2013 in hopes of saving money on travel expenses. Its been that way ever since.

By: Duster

Duster — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 06:31:54 +0000

#89, that is the Big West scheduling for you. All BW teams appear to only have to play only once on the weekend they play UH, whereas UH oftentimes has to play on back-to-back nights, both at SSC and on the road. It is definitely a handicap, with the excuse being that UH does not have a travel partner if I recall correctly. And guess what? UCSD applies BWC membership and creates a potential travel partner and are rejected. UCSD would not get a travel subsidy so it’s good for UH, but our conference opponents do not want to lose their advantage against UH despite receiving the travel subsidy.

Maybe I’m way off, but that’s what I see. The only solution is to power through the disadvantage and kick BWC rears.

By: kahuna

kahuna — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:21:47 +0000

There will be days/matches like this. Even the best teams in the country experience something like this on occasions. No need to be all depressed and make like the world is crumbling.

We righted the ship and won the match…that is all that matters.There were also some disadvantages we faced.

One is we had to prepare for two teams on back to back nights. I believe we were Fullerton’s only game this week. Riverside played on Tuesday so they had three days to concentrate on us, We had to juggle two different scouting reports on two different teams on back to back nights.

Riverside was well-rested and played with a chip on their shoulder. Give them credit for coming out strong.