Comments on: CSUN 3, Hawaii 0,

By: Armor BS

Armor BS — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 02:48:50 +0000

165 and 166. You are clueless. So what if other players had more digs than the libero? Are you insane? Check all the stat sheets from 2002, when Melissa Villaroman was the first UH libero, and you will see that every single UH libero had matches where they didn’t lead the team in digs. Seriously, that’s your gripe with Mendoza? What about those several matches when she had ridiculous amounts of digs? Including that time that she had 24 in three sets? And that she is averaging 4 digs/set per season? Seriously?! Get a clue. I don’t know what Mendoza did to you, but your constant harping on her is creepy.

By: bowsfan

bowsfan — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:48:54 +0000

Plan A – Higgins, if not working plan B – Koelsch, if still not working plan c – both setter. We have QB problem & sometimes a setter problem too, just need to go to plan A, B or C but need do in set 1.

By: mei mei

mei mei — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 21:33:16 +0000

163, etc… i am near the student section at times and i / we try our best to rattle the opposing players, especially when they serve… i don’t think there is nothing wrong w/ being nice/hospitable /knowledgeable, etc. but yes sometimes the crowd / fans just has to pump up na wahine and give the opponents some taste of their own medicine !

165 agreed!

By: wildcard

wildcard — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 21:08:55 +0000

160 and 161. also you adding to your ‘nonsense’ about between mendoza and kahakai. that latter part was deleted. apparently shoji couldnt be criticized on what exactly he considered was 100%. kahakai even when struggled played better than mendoza did today like someone mentioned above and do not forget she had to be relieved as libero before, particularly during the match vs asu. i dont care she was still in the lineup as a ds but its just that she had to be replaced as libero bad enough. additionally, kahakai had more digs than her despite she only played 1 set compared to mendoza played 2 sets. not only that as it turns out, tai did most of the digging and tayler higgins the setter had more digs than mendoza. so clearly there were others doing most of (or perceivably all) the work.

By: wildcard

wildcard — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 20:26:20 +0000

160 and 161. yes and you picked your name as what you criticize because you dont want to use your original blog name and posted the same twice ridiculously. whatever. i used those terms to create a ‘talk story’ that catches eyes/grabs attention/and spells out what role that does. no it is not a war, its a competition. but when it is about how shoji coached or lead his team or his leadership ie his captains, then tactics are to be discussed. and btw i didnt mention about mobile reserves here yet so i dont know what you are BS about. as for mendoza, shes a senior so she needs to step it up, after all, its the last time she gets to play so it should be her climax or high watermark. sugarcoating the fact that others did most of her work for her and its not the first time thats happened becomes very questionable. lets contrast her with another cocaptain and upperclassman, tai. shoji said that she needs to step it up since she is an upperclassman compared to her being on and off last year and had drama as she herself put it, and you know what? she stepped up. even when it was a losing battle (asu, oregon, ucla, and this match), she still fought bravely/furiously to the end. mendoza this game had a few ‘good job where she needs to be as libero’, but ultimately easily got sundered by somebodys spike and if its not that, nikki taylor and greeley did more digging (out of the hole) for her.

By: Cubicle1126

Cubicle1126 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:53:42 +0000

well that was disappointing. i followed on live stats while at work yesterday, then watched a dvr recording of the match when i got home.

wahine just looked so tentative. even in the few moments where they battled back, they had looks of uncertainty on their faces. the passing — as all have pointed out — was the first critical missing component to last night. hawaii hit for over .400 for most of set 2 and was still behind for most of that set, before making a mini-comeback, only to spot csun the lead again late in that set.

the blocking numbers were pretty good (10 blocks) for a 3-set match … but it didn’t put a dent in csun’s confidence or hitting percentage. give csun a lot of credit. they came up fired up. and they were looking to really knock off hawaii, likely they were disappointed after losing at lbsu last week. and with their setter going down to injury, their upperclassmen really stepped up their game to help their frosh setter. they flat-out out-played hawaii last night.

something major has to happen or hawaii will be looking at a disappointing 0-2 road trip after tonight’s match against lbsu. whatever anger/frustration/disappointment that the wahine are feeling … hope they can funnel that into some positive energy tonight.

By: HigH N Wide

HigH N Wide — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:26:53 +0000

Most I’ve commented on any blog. For the record it’s really more out of frustration and disappointment to see a loss this bad at mid-season. Does’nt give one much to
look forward to when all of the weaknesses posters have been bringing up show up in one match well into the season. Hope for a turn around?

By: Pot-of-Gold

Pot-of-Gold — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:11:08 +0000

157. The Wahine fans are too nice, even applauding opposition plays. There are times for this, but with The Beach and CSUN, they better bring a little more attitude, some of which is displayed on this very board…The team itself better be pumped for those games in Nov., as it will play large in how the West was won.

By: Mobilearmor

Mobilearmor — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:04:23 +0000

wildcard, your continued picking on Mendoza is tiring and repetitive. Almost as tiring and repetitive as your mobile reserve and armor BS. This is college volleyball, not a war. As for Mendoza being the best passer, why are you mentioning that in a sarcastic manner? She’s the best passer out of all the DS. She’s not perfect, but who is? Kahakai is not 100 percent, as Cindy has already said more than once. Apparently you weren’t aware, as you were busy daydreaming about your mobile reserves and armory nonsense. And even when Kahakai was healthy, she wasn’t perfect, either. Remember that match in which she really struggled? Couldn’t pass a single ball. I’m pretty sure Mendoza’s a better passer than Guinasso, Ponce and Anderson at this point as well.

By: Armor BS

Armor BS — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 19:00:07 +0000