Portland 3, Hawaii 2
Hawaii outside hitter McKenna Granato put down a kill against Idaho outside hitter Reece Carman on Thursday. / Photo by Jamm Aquino, Star-Advertiser
UPDATE: Here’s the breaking on Portland’s five-set win over Hawaii.
Portland (7-0) at Hawaii (3-2) starting a little late, thinking around 7:15 p.m.
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Burns getting the start, along with Castillo, Iosia, Ma’afala, Liva, Granato, Akiu, and Gaskin.
Portland has starting 2 island prep products in Williams (Kahuku) and Hoeft (Seabury Hall)
Sibley in for front row. Portland said they wanted to run middle more. Hawaii using some of its height.
Seems like Uh has ditched the 6-2 for traditional 5-1. with Iosia and Ma’afala switching out and being back row setters
granato is swinging very good tonight
4. she did last night as well. was 8-0-11 in Set 1.
I think they are using a traditional 6-2.
Portland wins the rally, takes its first lead at 15-14 at the TTO
6. you are right. it’s been a modified 6-2 when both have been on the court at the same time and Iosia has played six rotations.
Iosia stays in with Ma’afala. They may be close to running out of subs.
Iosia with the kill from the right. UH up 17-15
Very weird. Up ref blew whistle, Ma’afala serves but they granted Portland a late TO don’t think it should have been allowed.Wahine have continued to argue it.
Robin is mad….dang
Sibley with the kill, UH wins 25-19
11. Should’ve been a delay of game warning to the Portland bench.
nice 1st set bows!
yep on that delay of game. got the house motivated
Portland challenging if there was a touch on the block on Iosia’s attack. Call stands. hawaii closes to 5-3.
Why won’t she time out
Take Castillo out!
About time Robyn!
Gametracker seems to be frozen at the end of Set 1.
Portland with its third ace. It’s 13-6. TO UH
Portland up 20-9. TO UH
I cannot even figure out what happened after set one now. The wrong team showed up for set two. Portland ain’t doing nothing fancy and still Hawaii can’t even stop them. I think Hawaii won set one and decided to leave the building after that
We look awful.
Okino serves into Williams’ head. Portland wins 25-11
When will Sophia play????
Idk what Robyn can possibly say to them over than “wow, that was straight up embarrassing!” tbh i can’t figure out why she waited so long to use her first time out, and idk if it would have made a difference either. again, the team from set one just didn’t show up in set two, and you can clearly see that. Portland just took care of their side of the court, Hawaii was the ones shooting themselves in the foot left and right. Which team shows up in Set Three? We shall see…
I just switched back from the Kahuku – St Louis game. Wahine getting/got pounded in 2nd set. What’s going on?? BTW St Louis 3 – Kahuku 0, 1st Q
portland challenging whether Burns’ kill in or out.
Call stands. UH ties it at 11
28. i would suggest you read the thread.
Iosia with the kill. UH up 15-14 at the TTO.
nice block noreen
Gaskin with two hitting errors. Portland up 21-17. TO UH
Portland win 25-18
This is bad just bad time to try Castaneda since the other Oh’s can’t put anything down.
No surprise to our attack. Two blockers up on our hitters. Slow high sets are setting our hitters up for failure.
block party bows!
Portland is playing well but we’re doing a lot to help them. Our passing is shaky at best; our setting choices aren’t fooling the opposing block; our outside hitters aren’t converting; and we’re compounding all the other problems with untimely errors. I’m not used to seeing such “consistent inconsistency” from a Wahine volleyball team.
35. oh please about Castaneda. . UH should have challenged that. Ross was called for hitting the antenna. it was portland’s block that did it.
Maafala at the net is not the way to go:/
R39 need to see what she can do in a match she may be a gamer like Burns, biggest jumper of the pin hitters, the other ohs are struggling including Granato.
Can maafala stop playing front row thanks
Hawaii up 15-11. TO Portland.
Iosia with a triple double as Hawaii up 18-15.
Hawaii wins 25-20. on to 5
I like Casey in the middle.
I like Castillo better in the middle than on the outside. Now finish the job by moving Liva to outside hitter and letting Iosia go back to being a full-time setter. Just my two cents.
sorry its ballerz
Portland up 6-2. TO UH
Portland up 8-4 at the changeover.
Casey is a better middle but not sure Ross or Sibley are the answer at oh2.
Maafala should play backrow only:/ portland Ohs are not having problems with her block.
She’s struggled tonight.
Portland wins 15-8
Ma’afala in the front should not be an option. You’ve gone with a 6-2 with a reason—get more hitting options and more defense at the net. Portland is eating her up on the right side with any set to the outside. Logic is lost, along with the match.
Faith shouod not have been front row Pukis ? Had no problems there at the end hitting over her! a real bad loss
Need to win the big west for sure.
I got just 1 question?
Why change your lineup after winning Game1?!?
this could possibly be a very short season for Hawaii. the whole it’s still early line, yeah that is gonna get old. this team for sure has good players, but it’s the fact that these good players always manage to not show up when it’s needed most. i still scratch my head to why it took so long to time out most of the night, but maybe it’s the whole “you have to dig yourselves out of this mess” kinda thing. i do have to wonder about why Sophia has not been inserted into the line up yet. is she hurt? heck she could be the one we need right now. tonight the setting was poor, and the hitting errors were just not pretty to watch. conference season already has me concerned. heck Oregon has me concerned.
wahine are just making ‘difficult to defeat the bows’ down the drain.
loss to portland? is that a first?
This was a night for liberos. Two very good ones.
Coaching staff loss this one.
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R59 agree with teee
Please coaches , no more maafala in the front row it will not work against oregons pin hitters or the van windens.
And maybe try howling try castaneda what is there to lose?
They got stuck in a bad rotation.
They weren’t not going to go with Howling or Castaneda at that point.
Don’t think 6-2 is the best option for this team. There are players who have definitely improved from last year, although from what I see, not many.
Given the seniors on this team, are we building the right foundation for the future? Do we need to start playing some other players sooner rather than later? Could also use some leadership out there, imho.
give portland credit. they made some big adjustments. They are 8-0 for a reason Hoeft has been a big get for them, transferring from Nevada. went 16-1-28.
Hawaii was concerned about Portland’s fast offense and it showed the Wahine’s weakness in the middle.
57. This was the first meeting between Portland and Hawaii.
one big favor. Please pick one user name.
http://bigwest.sidearmstreaming.com/watch/?Archive=3830
for you couch coaches to take a stab at what went wrong.
57. so another loss by na wahine to something that does not exist on the map of volleyball?
Agree. Hoeft had a really good night. It was tough watching the other team get the blocks.
Warriorwahine, imho this team is much better than what they showed tonight. Imho, got some work to do, and players need to step up.
For those of you who read the paper, there are no quotes for Saturday’s story. Team was in locker room past my deadline.
we’ll see what they do Sunday.
http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=46695
new thread up for Saturday.
I can feel everyone’s frustration. Maybe, I think we need to revamp and start restructuring our team. Maybe not? Losing Emily Maglio to graduation was huge. No one on this team so far is that impactful IMO. Poor McKenna Granato! She is put in such a 50/50 situation. Great kill and then Shank Pass! Scouting Hawaii will be easy because every team like Portland will serve at her. I would not keep her in the back row and would sub her. With who? I don’t know, but we need to find out soon because 2nd place in the Big West may not even be at reach. I think we could definitely lose to any team in the BW from top to bottom especially on the Road and hope to be above .500 at Home. Every team in BW is licking their chops waiting to face us. Bloggers, this is not about being negative, but a reality check. I have waited for 4 years to see Castillo and Granato to
hold up this team because of their experience and because their SENIORS. Like the Emily Hartongs, Nikki Taylor’s, and Emily Maglio. that took over their Senior Years as we all witnessed.
I am a little disappointed but again their supporting cast of players with them may be adding to the frustration. Our team is like a Auto Parts Co. We have some new, old, and refurbished (transfers) parts. Like they say, ” Why change things, if they are not broken?” This team is just an average team athletically and physically and definitely not in the physical shape I expected. Maybe they completed the mile run 8 minutes, but all that off season training did not equate to thoroughbred athletes. Maafala is so positive as team captain and vocal leader but I think the 6- 2 is not a good fit for our current team. We just don’t have enough height in our lineup to have a 5’11” and 5’4″ up to present some problems to our oppositions. I don’t want to keep going on but this might be just one of those years like the 15-12 season. Growing Pains it is! I guess when we stare at the sidelines, we are all hoping that someone could come in and be that “magic!” We can all come up with , “Heck, just try Castenada and why red shirt her?” We are all waiting for answers but maybe we just have to ride this wave because this may the best we will get for 2018. I know everyone is so accustomed to winning records and being the top always. I guess not only the football team is exempt from having droughts and difficult seasons. Maybe like how everyone now is jumping on the run and shoot train for Football 2018. Where was the Fans since 2007? Lets not do that for the volleyball team
If there is any time for us to be there for the team regardless how its looking, its NOW!!! They are giving their hearts and soul to please us all. Nobody likes to lose.. I just needed to get this off my chest…thank you