Comments on: Day 5, Practice 2

By: Wise Mary

Wise Mary — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:15:51 +0000

Robyn Ah-Mow replaced senior starter setter Kari Anderson as the starting setter in 1994

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:11:36 +0000

14. have deleted your less than PG comments MP from your post. sorry.
remember he more dating some of the HPU basketball players than anything else. and her mo-ped, which kept getting stolen.
Was just discussing her with Charlie Brande the other day. she is one that had talent not realized.

By: Msrpantoja1@Huh.'A'loha

Msrpantoja1@Huh.'A'loha — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:08:37 +0000

Chase..

She got too tangled up with da locohs to have made it all the way.

WAS A SHOO-IN 1995 1ST TEAM AVCA/VBM ALL-AM., tho, had she returned.
🙁

Been in the PNW for some time now.
Used to see her around SoCal, also, prior

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:41:47 +0000

12. Ah mow is more vocal now than in college. She led a lot by example.
As for Sarah Chase. been in California ever since she left UH. think she was coaching club and high school at one point. she showed up at some wahine matches quite a while ago, like in the 90s when UH was still in the Big West the first time around. Haven’t seen her in ages.
However did see Toni Nishida Chock today while I was at Queen’s for interview. She’s the assistant principal at Maryknoll. her youngest kids, the twins, are entering 8th grade. Son leaves for NAU Monday. Oldest daughter trying to transfer to UOP to play from Southern Alabama.

By: setaone

setaone — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:24:21 +0000

agree that having Ah Mow on staff is great, but I wouldn’t say she was vocal at UH. Even her senior year she was more vocal compared to before but that never came until much later. That is the main reason she wasn’t seen as National Team material. She did have an innate ability to lead in a non-verbal way. I recall reading that you know when Ah Mow gave you that “look” you better play better. She said a lot without talking.

side note…whatever happened to Sarah Chase?

By: Cubicle1126

Cubicle1126 — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:17:01 +0000

great article by Ann in the paper. with the setters, this is where having robyn is truly valuable, not just for the national team and international experience she brings … but because robyn was by her own admission that quiet/timid (but immensely talented) setter when she got to manoa. she willed herself into being a vocal leader on the court. coaches can instruct their setters that they need to be more vocal and more of a leader, but with robyn, she’s a real life example of how it can be done.

By: hollycow

hollycow — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:41:20 +0000

I see it as the incumbent 3 and L2 Kastl because of her backrow play, but she needs to up her hitting pct to stay in, RS Taylor, because she can pound and provide a big block for the opp. LS, Adolpho and Vorster, because they’re proven all around and started in almost all matches last.

By: setaone

setaone — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:09:28 +0000

Interesting article this morning regarding setters. Is Higgins really pushing Uiato for the starting spot or is that more of a “tactic” to get Uiato to improve even more? Hard to believe a freshman would take over a senior HM All American. But I never followed Higgins at Punahou. For some reason I thought she was taller than 5’9″.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 19:05:28 +0000

1. Don’t know who I would start. Hard to get a read since players are going in and out so much. They definitely have options.
For sure Hartong LS, Uiato S, Longo L. I like Adolpho and Tuaniga at MB but you can’t overlook how effective Vorster has been.
Other LS … Kastl or Manu-Olevao or Long, although Taylor has looked good there. RS in no particular order: Goodman, Taylor, Kastl, Long, Manu-Olevao. DS: a real question. Lelepali because of her experience. Kawamura reminds me of Jamie Lee. Mendoza.
Higgins looks good as well. Potential there for a 6-2.
Passi has to redshirt otherwise she’d be in the mix at OH.

By: mei mei

mei mei — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:59:52 +0000

thanks for the descriptive update — yay it’s inching closer to game day – super x cited!! speed/ defense / minimizing errors will certainly be key to the success of this season and beating the Goliath Texas…