Comments on: Hawaii 3, Fullerton 0

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:33:09 +0000

35-36. thank you for your attention to that detail. It wasn’t what I was watching for other than to know that she is the primary S-R person when she is back there.
34. scary that I can remember 20-30 years ago but last week … not so much. Thank you for your kind words. I’m just doing my job.

By: LanaiBoy

LanaiBoy — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 16:08:06 +0000

In a way, the strategy of targeting Hartong on serves did work if Shoji is to be believed. He stated that one of the major reasons Hartong had an “off” night was her concern about passing. With teams targeting her, Hartong will be THE primary receiver and passer for the rest of the season. The work this involves—I would guess opposing coaches believe—will tire her out. I’m not too sure if this will be true. Hartong is in such great physical shape and is, by reputation, a tireless worker.

By: LanaiBoy

LanaiBoy — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:52:59 +0000

Cindy, regarding #33. After the Wichita State tournament in which I saw on video all three teams target Hartong on serves, I focused on whether Fullerton would use the same strategy. As I said before, I was amazed because Fullerton did not serve anyone except to Hartong and I DELIBERATELY kept close track of this throughout the match. If someone else received a serve it was only because she “poached” the serve in front of Hartong.

By: Grammy

Grammy — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:14:09 +0000

Cindy the depth of your Wahine background/history is a treasure. Your insight and recall make me. a simple observer and fan, better and more aware of the strategy and thinking not only by Coach Dave but of other coaches/opponents, too. Thank you so much for all that you do/write. Em is fullfilling her role as senior leader captain along with Mita and Ali. And team is stepping up to contribute in their own ways, too. This is getting to be BIG in so many ways. Go Wahine!

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:06:06 +0000

29. Don’t think they are targeting her 100 percent of the time but she is a big part of the serve-receive when she is back there and one of the two primary passers. In most recent memory, teams used to target Danielson much the same way.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:56:44 +0000

30. i didn’t speak with the Titan coach but I don’t think anything they did led Hartong to having an ‘off’ night. IMHO it was Hartong taking some trouble sets, not having time to get an approach. You saw her hit a number of times flat-footed. Uiato went to Taylor, the hot hitter, in Set 2, when Hartong was playing middle back during the 20-0 service rn by Longo. She did get dug, was 2-2-13 in Set 3 when no one on the Hawaii side played particularly well after that blowout in Set 2.
As pointed out by the Wichita State coach last week, they felt that they needed to focus on Hartong because from what they saw of Taylor and Manu-Olevao, they were good but not consistent. Taylor was simply more physical than anyone the Titans could put up against her. Uiato did a nice job getting Taylor 1-on-1 opportunities, both sides of the net.

By: sharene

sharene — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:44:02 +0000

I think Dave should have let Kastl play more because Tai can’t play on Sunday and set two would have been a good time for someone to play in prep for Sunday. As it is he took Kastl out for Tai to go back in. Don’t get me wrong, Tai is becoming my new favorite player and I love her introduction video. Just looking towards the next game…

By: Cruisecontrol

Cruisecontrol — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:24:42 +0000

I’d be interested in seeing what the CSUF coach says about what they did on their side of the net that resulted in an off night for Hartong, and getting blitzed by Taylor.

By: LanaiBoy

LanaiBoy — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:12:44 +0000

I don’t remember a team ever targeting 100 percent of their serves to one player,Emily Hartong, as did Fullerton this match. Again, teams are trying to get her off stride by targeting her with serves and cheating towards her with two blockers. That strategy is not working too well because Taylor, Manu-Olevao, and Adolpho have become strong offense threats, especially in the last few games. Hartong hardly got any swings and kills with her being in the back row when Longo went on her serving run in the 2nd set.

By: lineout

lineout — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:46:17 +0000

You can’t have Hartong carrying every match. Great job by Taylor.