Comments on: No. 25 ASU 3 No. 17 Hawaii 0

By: tossup

tossup — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 04:46:38 +0000

this match also lacked any school support also it seemed. there was no band and no female cheer where were they when they were needed here? compared to today vs sdsu?

By: tossup

tossup — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 04:37:43 +0000

did anyone mention that magill looks taller than she appears? look at the postgame show. 6′ 1? more like at least 6′ 4 and there was mention by dave that shes taller than adolpho

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:21:59 +0000

2004 also had Kamana’o setting

By: volleyballfan

volleyballfan — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:21:10 +0000

Cindy, that excuse about this team being young as the reason why things are happening, does not really wash. The reason being, all you have to do is look at the 2004 team which went 30-1, beat some outstanding teams early. That 2004 team was a little younger then this team.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:02:58 +0000

196. Says it all.
As for Taylor, have said all along she’d be out for at least the first 2 weeks of the season.
What’s the real deal with her? it’s a serious re-injury. She injured it in summer open gym, probably came back too soon. reinjured it. They are doing everything to get her back. And She’ll be back when she comes back.
There’s never been a mention that she’s out for the season.
Appreciate that some of you understand that these are young amateur athletes.
I understand the criticism but some of it is overly harsh.
This is a young team. They’ve played two matches together.
We”ll see what happens later today

By: tossup

tossup — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 01:46:30 +0000

passing – the ball was dropped much including opponent service aces from today and yesterday under mendozas watch. she still appears to play more like a ds and hardly a libero dont let the number of digs from her yesterday fool anybody. and there was almost no support for her or with her to defend against serves or provide a good pass to the setter. i think manuolevao was the only decent this match including for passing.
serving – time to practice bump serves, they dont require much power, are pretty accurate and dont result in service error especially in the net, though the opposing receiver is virtually guaranteed to dig it provided they see to it. and in that case you just want to be ready to defend against it yourself and counterattack.

By: tossup

tossup — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 01:35:35 +0000

shoji should deploy mostly his freshmen reserves from now on including in the next 2 hours to short stop any hurt and be bold, only if they have trouble should he bring in the ‘big girls’ the veterans. asu wasnt playing any better other than having gardner, the wahine just faltered worse. passing and serving was a bane for the wahines existence. mendoza played like how i saw her yesterday, granted she had numerous amount of digs, however the numerous service aces also happened under her watch, i knew she seemed more suitable as a ds than a libero so they suited kahakai as the libero who yesterday and this match appeared more mobile and a ready reserve. too bad she didnt simply set the ball inside the 3 meter in set 3 not like the official would notice right? look at the one who blamed greeley/reacted the way he did when the ball ricocheted from inside the court and onto his leg? speaking of greeley i was expecting something from her like ‘greeley is heroic’ from set 3 and rally the bows. hmm the official cheer for the wahine was missing until like middle of set 2 and even they are half missing. the crowd cheering lets go bows was effectless, more like distracted them and luckily did not benefit to asu like byu last year did which 1st set closed out with grimly the same score. higgins should of been more aggressive by trying dumping more instead of trying to set a bad pass close to the net. magill wasnt utilized well enough. tai manuolevao was the only rockstar, i think she should of gotten angry and that should rally her team after she knew such shoddy performance yesterday giving a team a c- and it being too nice. adolpho just wasnt physically placed enough in the court to command leadership and rally her team, granted that the effectiveness of her slide would be less because asu specifically braced for those worried knowingly that she would hurt them. finally for serving dont they bump serve anymore like the good old days or was that not or never legal? i mean bump serve meaning hold the ball in the opposite hand and pretty much upper cut it over the net. it is definitely not as powerful as a jump serve or floater and probably cannot target a specific receiver/area. but when done correctly (and it should be pretty simple) be very accurate at least you know the ball is going likely inside the opposing court rather than into the net or out of it so therefore despite easier for the opposing receiving at least forces them to receive it and better than SERVICE ERROR.

By: mauna

mauna — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:45:53 +0000

Making assumptions watching tv and being at the match watching Nikki are two completely different animals. I expect her to be cleared to practice the second week next month if not the third. She should have her game legs when they play their first BW home match against Fullerton.

By: AdmrVT

AdmrVT — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:42:05 +0000

VBfan = 49 of 196 posts. A bit much, don’t you think?

By: volleyballfan

volleyballfan — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:40:32 +0000

I hope Shoji goes with a predominantly Freshmen Lineup against SDSU. But I will not hold my breath, thinking he will still go with the same lineup, with the exception being Kalei Greeley for Tai Manu-Olevao, cause it is Sunday. Shoji is to stuck in his ways, to change.