Comments on: Hawaii 3 UC Irvine 1

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:18:41 +0000

43. Gustin had been injured but a little surprised also they didn’t bring her in earlier.
52. Had mentioned that about having played in Crawford last year.
some might remember that when UCI unexpectedly hosted the MPSF tournament they couldn’t secure Bren at the late date because the Hawaiian Club at UCI had booked Bren for its luau.

By: tako

tako — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 17:27:16 +0000

51. Thank you…that’s exactly the point, we do! We do HAVE what USC HAD. -Mahalo

By: J-Man

J-Man — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 07:42:50 +0000

I was at the UCI match. My own observation from about 10 feet away was that the team was looking really tired in the third set, and just sluggish and off-tempo. I wonder if the Bows playing twice in a row on the road, against fresh players, is a factor here. This was the same gym they played in last year, BTW.

By: Hot

Hot — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 06:25:45 +0000

46. Yup, great to have a star like Emily, and we know Mita and Ali Longo are dependable, but wouldn’t it be great if the others like Adolpho, Taylor and Vorster were given more opportunities to contribute? The Kim-Lily teams had two superstar OHs and pretty much everyone else on the starting lineup had some sort of pedigree, but it still wasn’t enough. USC won the championship, and if I’m not mistaken, they had a more diversified offense, with people like Emily Adams, Keao Burdine and Bibiana Candelas helping out their star OH, April Ross.

By: Hot

Hot — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 06:20:16 +0000

43. Duggins wasn’t doing to hot vs. Florida, either. But they didn’t go to Lundqvist or Tano as much, even though the two OH’s had 20+ errors between them. Gustin came in and provided great spark, but it was too late.

By: Beauston

Beauston — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 05:24:34 +0000

47 BTW I like your rewind on the match on the other thread. Could not agree with you more.
Mahalo from D.C.!

By: Beauston

Beauston — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 05:19:55 +0000

Yup, like I said I’ve been on both. No way UCI will let them play at the Bren Center, cost way more money to use and operate and as it is, UC system is operating under bismal budget. They’ve also use Bren for paid community events and corporate sponsored concerts.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 05:08:07 +0000

29-31. Crawford is the other gym at UCI, the nicer is the Bren.
But they only had 814 tonight. not sure the reason they didn’t use Bren, which seats 5,000
They were in Crawford last year. With UCI not drawing well, it could have been a money things. A lot of players do requirer the athletic department to pay for the arena time, since Bren is also used by other university groups.
this was only UCI’s fourth home match. They drew more tonight than they had in three previous home matches combined (762)

By: tako

tako — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 05:03:23 +0000

Great win! Love the fact that we have a King James, Kobe or Mia Hamm caliber player, in a Wahine uniform. EH fits the bill as our STAR, why not? Although, we would like to see more of a “balanced attack” because many feel that’s the path to a national championship, maybe so. IMHO, play to your strength and if you are lucky enough to have a star who exhibits the highest standards, work ‘um and allow ‘um to shine, why not? In the meantime, continue to build the balance desired; ’cause along the journey others will have to step up into the light. Many GREAT TEAMS that have won championships in lots of cases had a “star to lead them.” We’ve seen others have stepped into the light when needed, such as Ali and Mita and Taylor and etc… indeed, a GREAT TEAM that continues to win and is growing greatness by the week. -Go Wahine

By: Warriorfan

Warriorfan — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 04:57:11 +0000

Agreead that on nights like tonight feed Emily as much as possible but I don’t like seeing that Tai has more attempts than all the middles combined.