Comments on: NCAA Sweet 16 set

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:40:54 +0000

New thread up for Tuesday, with all-region team
https://www.avca.org/awards/all-regional-all-america-awards/division-i-region.html

By: H-Man

H-Man — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 07:36:43 +0000

San Diego? I would say that BYU has taken the mantle of responsibility to lead the G5.

By: Bleachercoach

Bleachercoach — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 00:47:12 +0000

9. Agree with your comment on the San Diego Toreros volleyball team carrying the mantel for the WCC/Big West/WAC/Big Sky conferences9mii
I call them the “Giant Killers”. They remind me alot like our team. They don’t get the Blue-Chip athletes like the USC, Nebraska, Penn St, Wisconsin, etc…but they Coach Petrie and Staff does a phenomenal job with them year after year. They play great defense and always have an offensive threat. They even had a local girl, C’era Olivera from HBA who was a wonderful Libero like our Tita Akiu. They gave us fits during the Hartong/Nikki Taylor era. They have been to the “Dance” several times in the last 5-7 years
I will be rooting for them to go to the Elite 8 but I know they have an uphill battle. Again, you”‘ll never know!

By: Hawaiian Style

Hawaiian Style — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:49:36 +0000

Along w Azusa Pacific (of the Div. II PWC), Chaminade ends up on the latest/last AVCA Poll, RV, replacing Biola–who had all along been also listed through 2018 behind APU.

FWIW

By: Hawaiian Style

Hawaiian Style — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:37:50 +0000

A. Picha; boy that Puyallup HS has over the years produced some good ones. What’s in the water of this rural farming community lol.

Some Hwns did win the NAIA NT. They’re in Kansas City MO.

“San Diego carries the mantel for the WCC/Big West/WAC/Big Sky complex.” – amen

+ neutral – + neutral (…semi roll) lol. On to MVB next! Hall imo isn’t that great a coach.

By: Big Island Volleyball Fan

Big Island Volleyball Fan — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 05:29:30 +0000

7. If Cal Poly had Torrey van Winden, the team could have defeated both San Diego and USC. I don’t know if the Torreros could upset the Wisconsin badgers or if Cal Poly could have either. Torrey couldn’t play due to concussion protocol.

By: cappie the dog

cappie the dog — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 02:30:50 +0000

I feel bad for the fate of low-mid-majors after Utah’s sweep of Denver.

Future committees will look at this result and go with a Kansas or Kansas State, instead of the Summit League runner-up.

I keep an eye out for west-oriented mid-majors in all sports.

San Diego carries the mantel for the WCC/Big West/WAC/Big Sky complex.

I hope the Toreros can pull off another upset.

By: cappie the dog

cappie the dog — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 02:18:42 +0000

I’m responding to your comment, “Will Team Rainbows 18 be remembered at all? Or will it just fade into the Manoa night.”

Twice I have spoken to people who misremember the Anthony Carter/Alika Smith teams as being the back-to-back squads that made the NCAAs.

Mindaugas Bureneika and Nerijus Puida draw blank stares.

By: shar

shar — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 01:47:03 +0000

I will remember this team as the little team that could. They could have given in before their regular season started but they pushed and we could see improvement in every game.

Re: Oglivie…she may or may not commit to the UH (I can’t imagine them not offering a spot to her). However, having worked amongst high school students, many can’t wait to get off of “the rock”. The decision is hers and hers alone and is not a comment on our coaching staff. I love these coaches. They seem to like and respect working with each other.

By: OrbitalRipZ

OrbitalRipZ — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 20:21:01 +0000

What will we remember most about the 2018 version of the UH Rainbow Wahine? Will there be a mind-popping trigger?

Positive: It will not be remembered as the second edition of the 1992 Bows, which remains the only UH team not to be invited to the annual NCAA D1 Volleyball Championship tournament.

Neutral: Watch Cindy’s blog for the announcement of the 2018 D1 Regional Awards – Pacific North Region. A candidate must be awarded All-Regional status to be AA eligible. In the rally scoring era, the AVCA recognized the growing popularity of women’s volleyball by adding a Third Team to its First- and Second-Team AAs in 2002, then followed that by creating Honorable Mention in 2003. Throughout this era, at least one Wahine has been honored as an AA every year. Will 2018 be the year no Wahine receives national recognition?

Neutral: Or it might be remembered (negatively) for setting the program-low 100 RPI …. Or (positively) for moving from that program low to a Top 40 RPI depending on the success of Oregon (15th seed & runner-up to Stanford in the Pac-12), as all of UH’s other opponents failed in their quest to reach the Sweet Sixteen.

Negative: Will it be remembered as a schizophrenic team that choked one too many times? Who can forget that 1st set against UCSB: “UH led 24-20 late. But UCSB rallied and staved off 4-straight set points on 3 UH hitting errors that sandwiched a Gauchos’ service ace. After trading sideouts, UCSB scored the last 3 points to steal Set 1, 28-26,” and eventually sweep the Bows a night after the Bows celebrated its biggest win of the season.

Will it be remembered as the team of three “one-and-done transfer seniors” – all of whom for the first time in their collegiate careers were invited to the Big Dance.

Will it be remembered as a team without a terminator? Seldom (if ever) did we hear from the live media announcers, “You can deny her once, but you cannot deny her twice!” or “When in doubt, go to ____!”

Will Team Rainbows 18 be remembered at all? Or will it just fade into the Manoa night?

IMAO (In My Arrogant Opinion): When mind-pops occur regarding this team, I think it will generate the volleyball pop ups of Hawaii’s senior libero, who should be given AA Honorable Mention consideration.

Next up: Gooooooooo Sand Bows!