Comments on: Recapping Shoji on this morning’s radio show 1420-AM

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:02:47 +0000

56. first practice had been scheduled for Aug. 8.
It was changed to Aug. 9 according to an email sent out Sunday.
will answer a couple of above questions on new thread.
http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=38325

By: Ki

Ki — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 23:29:59 +0000

I think Cia Goods came into her own her senior season. She was a soft-spoken person who led the team by example. Had her team made it to the regionals, she would have been an All-American. Unfortunately, it was a rebuilding year for Hawai’i as they lost their 2-time All-American Setter (AhMow), 4-time All-American Middle (Ljungquist), Opposite (Nobriga), Outside Hitter (Robins), and one of THE best Hawai’i Defensive Specialist EVER, Nalani Yamashita. Hawaii struggled with the setter position as he switched playing time between NIHIPALI, HUBBERTS, and even tried Tehani Miyashiro at one point. The only bright spot was Cia Goods who would later go on for a short stint with the U.S. team. She was one of my favorite players.

By: mauna

mauna — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 21:23:47 +0000

Anyone know the exact date of first official practice Aug 8/9?

By: haleiwacrossfitter

haleiwacrossfitter — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:53:21 +0000

Dave said she had potential….she’s not ready for it yet. But he also said Cia Goods had potential. Potential is only as good as the player allows it to be. It is their hard work, on top of that potential, that will get them what they want. Only hard work will help you achieve your dreams. I loved Cia Goods, but not sure if she ever realized her potential herself…she lacked confidence within and didn’t believe she was as good as she was or could be. She was a freaking BLOCKING MACHINE! Maybe the best blocker UH ever had…as far as terminating. She was so fun to watch.

By: Hot

Hot — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:49:32 +0000

Maverick nailed it in his posts. I would like to point out, though, that NCAA stats only chart every reception attempt and error (number of times that player was aced). She received serves 529 times, and was only aced 13 times. But the stats don’t show how many shanks she committed. This isn’t the FIVB, where only “excellent receptions” are credited.

Kahakai may probably be the very best back row player on UH’s current roster, but I disagree that she has national team potential (based on last year), and would also like to point out that Katiana Ponce and Gianna Guinasso have never really been used to receive serves. They are there to serve, and their defensive coverage is limited. Anderson received serve only 18 times last season. Mostly, she, Ponce and Guinasso have the same role: serve and dig the ball that comes right at them. It’s what Ashley Watanabe did when she was a sophomore. She averaged less than a dig per game despite playing in a lot of matches, because her role limited what she could do. She put on the libero jersey the following year and set a digging record.

Kahakai is great, but I don’t see how she is better than people like Ali Longo, Liz Ka`aihue, Ashley Watanabe, Melissa Villaroman or Hedder Ilustre, to be classified as having national team potential. IIRC, out of the UH liberos, only Villaroman and Ilustre made national team travel rosters.

By: cruisecontrol

cruisecontrol — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 07:57:46 +0000

Anyone know if OC Sports will once again stream UH Sports live online this season? I’m getting stressed out wondering if I’ll be able to watch Wahine Volleyball live this coming season. 🙁

By: tongo

tongo — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 05:12:47 +0000

Wow, 51 posts already – a sure sign that the season is upon us and there is high interest in this team, that perhaps may be the last one for Dave. Let’s make it a good one!

By: rabbit ears

rabbit ears — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 03:43:28 +0000

Not sure who our strength coach is? But our girls tend to get to bulky. Yes, they can jump higher but seem to lose some quickness. IMHO

By: Warriorfan

Warriorfan — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 01:23:04 +0000

I wouldn’t say fantastic, Nikki had a fantastic year last year!
kahakai hopefully will be quicker this year (would help with the dinks) and have steadier passing.

I could see Mckenna and Rina redshirting maybe Emma as well.

By: livealoha

livealoha — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 01:01:44 +0000

Kahakai had a fantastic year… I don’t get where people are getting that she was an average libero last season. She was probably one of the better ones on the West Coast. Literally from Florida on, she found a flow and became rock solid by the postseason.

She just needs to step it up on covering drinks, but because of how Shoji sets up his defense, his teams have always struggled with the dink – which is why so many teams do that against UH.