Comments on: Hawaii 3, Penn State 0, Minnesota next

By: warriorfan

warriorfan — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:57:56 +0000

Another interesting fact, the last two teams to beat PSU in the tournament ( they have only lost 3 times in the past decade in the tournament) UCLA and Oregon went on to the finale. UCLA won and Oregon lost.

By: PBnJz

PBnJz — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:57:28 +0000

Wow, those are some great photos!

By: tongo

tongo — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:57:03 +0000

For those who do not have ESPN access, a poster has uploaded the PSU match. Link is to Volleytalk thread for the match: http://volleytalk.proboards.com/thread/61371/match-thread-hawaii-moines-regional?page=37

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:56:24 +0000

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=34860

new thread up because it’s Saturday in Des Moines.

189. thanks Mav as always.
one other thing to point out.
of the 8 teams left, Hawaii the only one to have played a Power-5 team in every round.

190. interesting since there’s been zero coverage in the print edition this week.

By: noblesol

noblesol — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:46:04 +0000

A tip of the hat to Des Moines Register for some putting up some great pics of the Wahine, their coaches, and fans!

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/sports/2015/12/11/22-photos-hawaii-defeats-penn-state-at-des-moines-regional/77191072/

By: Maverick

Maverick — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:42:30 +0000

Posters have been wondering if this has been UH’s best match of the season. Sure passes the eye test, given the opponent, but I can give a fairly convincing argument that this is the best that any PSU opponent has played against the Nittany Lions all season. These are the facts:

1. UH hit .389 for the match. The next highest that a PSU opponent hit was Iowa at .283 (Iowa still lost).
2. UH hit .161 pts. higher than PSU. Next highest was Nebraska, .115 pts. higher last month in its 3-0 win over the Lions.
3. No other PSU opponent had five players hit .250+ for the match (min. 10 attempts) and three players hit .300+ (min 10 att.).
4. For a 3-set match, UH had only 10 hitting errors, the lowest of any PSU opponent, and its 3.33 errors/set is the lowest in all PSU’s matches. In a 3 set match, Minnesota and Nebraska managed only 14 errors each earlier in the season against PSU.
5. PSU had 3 team blocks and 1 blk/set, PSU lows for a 3-set match (for the first stat) and for any match (for second stat).
6. UH had 13 more assists than PSU, or 4.33/set more. NW had 13 more assists in its win over PSU, but that was a 5-set match. No other opponent had such an assist advantage.
7. For only the fourth time this year, PSU was out-blocked by an opponent. The others were Minnesota (twice) and Nebraska.
8. Finally, and most impressively, UH had a season-high 73% side-out percentage for a PSU opponent (next highest was the Nebraska win at 66%)–side-out stats not available for all PSU matches, but still very, very impressive.

IMHO, UH dominated PSU like no other opponent has this year.

By: PBnJz

PBnJz — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 06:32:39 +0000

First, not sure what ya’ll are talking about “first match” tomorrow…there is only one…the Regional Final of UH vs UM.
From someone in the arena: MN definitely has the bigger crowd…it’s only a 3-4 hr drive from the Twin Cities.
Also, could not hear any of the arena announcer’s comments during the match, nor could I tell that at anyone was cheering for UH besides the other UH friends/family sitting near me and the cheerleaders/band at the other end of the arena. Had to read lips of cheerleading coach to figure out what cheer they were doing…f&f mainly stuck with “Let’s Go ‘Bows!”, regardless of what cheerleaders were doing! (as we normally do!)

By: mo-jo

mo-jo — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:51:53 +0000

passing in the last two games was excellent. This gave us a lot of options.
i think we’ve seen better serving in the Big West. (thoughts)?
Na Wahine playing at a high level now and with confidence after Texas…
Hope this continues… Now back to watch USC-Craighton. USC lost the first set.

By: DaBeautifulGame

DaBeautifulGame — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:50:14 +0000

Thank you moderator! First post got lost in cyberspace but no worries, no harm no foul just glad to be part of a good blog with decent respectable volleyball fanatics :o)

TMO was in the zone! OMG was unstoppable. Kahakai is hoover, digging blasts and popping em back up almost perfectly. Beautiful to watch.

By: greenthumb

greenthumb — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 04:47:58 +0000

80 … folks in arena, did it feel like a neutral site? From what you saw in the arena today, any sense of which fan group is larger, Hawaii or Minnesota?