Warriors finish 3-0; vote for tourney MVP
No. 4 Hawaii swept its two matches today, defeating No. 13 Grand Canyon 25-21, 25-20, 25-21 followed by the 25-18, 25-13, 25-15 win over Lincoln Memorial. Warriors are 6-0, GCU 5-1.
Stijn van Tilburg and J. Worsely named to all-tournament team.
The MVP will be decided via online voting. Polls open until 6 p.m. HST Monday.
Voting now open for Most Valuable Player of the Grow the Game Challenge
As predicted yesterday, the Warriors went to their bench against the Railsplitters. Opposite Brandon Rattray and outside hitter Colton Cowell made their first career starts. Rattray finished with a career-high 14 kills along with eight digs and four blocks and Cowell posted 11 kills, four digs, and two aces.
Junior Mamane Namahoe got the start at libero and finished with five digs. Freshman Jackson Van Eekeren had 18 assists, two aces, and three blocks and Larry Tuileta switched from his usual libero spot to outside hitter and had four kills.
Against the ‘Lopes, Stijn van Tilburg led Hawai’i with 14 kills, hitting .407. Opposite Rado Parapunov added 10 kills and five blocks while middle blocker Dalton Solbrig posted eight kills, with no errors, in 12 swings and five stuffs.
Hawaii back home for matches with UCLA Jan. 26 and 28. Warriors also have their fundraiser next Sunday, the 21st. Tickets still available
first.
Dissapointed Dalton didn’t make the all tournament team, he’s been playing fantastic, filling in nicely for Hendrik and then some.
Nice…
#2 I agree. Dalton is doing awesome.
But people need to VOTE for either Joe or Stijn!!! Greenway from Charleston beating Joe and Stijn in the voting as of right now 10:00am Monday!
http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=45300
new thread up for Monday
Warriors still No. 4 in poll
2. Solbrig played well but they picked by position. Worsley was the top setter.
Brandon Greenway, Charleston the apparent winner. kind of surprising
Greenway finished with both a match-high 13 kills and 13 digs along with four blocks in a sweep against Erskine on Saturday. He also had eight kills and a match-high six blocks in a four-game victory against Limestone on Friday.
This was van Tilburg’s numbers
had a match-high 14 kills on a .407 attack percentage as No. 4 Hawai’i defeated No. 13 Grand Canyon on Sunday. He also had eight kills while hitting .583 in limited playing time to help Hawai’i beat Barton in four games on Saturday.