Comments on: Thursday’s semifinal links

By: blunite

blunite — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:46:33 +0000

BYU’s block is not happenstance, like UH. It is the culmination of precise footwork, arm position, and reading of keys. It would do Shoji well to re-educate himself on the game’s finer points like blocking, hitting, setting, and digging techniques. The players can only improve if they know what the proper technique should be. Gone are the days when “everybody already knew how to play”, as Shoji described in his book.

By: Lanaiboy

Lanaiboy — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:12:10 +0000

Yeah. Talk about the bad rotation of all bad rotations. When Gray is substituted out and Hamson is stuck in the back row, the BYU offense just collapses and Texas makes its runs. BYU would be a super team if it had a third, strong offensive option, particularly at the L2. BYU is strong enough now, considering it is battling for the national title on Saturday!

By: sasa

sasa — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:37:20 +0000

Hope we see an article on Alohi Robins Harding sometime soon. Our local girl is setting in the final four, and we haven’t had much coverage on SA, as well as this blog.

By: wildcard

wildcard — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:19:30 +0000

well its the lionesses vs the ‘kween’ lionesses (cougars vs nittany lions). the #1 blocking team with biggest player vs a ferocious setter and her ferocious pride led by a ‘tactical mastermind’. id like to see byu pull off the underdog champion to prove the size of jennifer hamson matters but know that byu is getting their most championships from a dynasty including undefeated to catching up with stanford and now surpassing them. how ever you see it, it seems penn state just gets stronger and stronger after being beaten since the preseason. they showed that losing the first set to wisconsin and then dominating the most part vs stanford.

By: Big Island VB fan

Big Island VB fan — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 07:51:49 +0000

13. Thanks for the advice but it won’t help me here since I have no TV hookup. There’s no cable in my area and I don’t have satellite dish either. But I did manage to watch the replays of both semifinals. Sure I was happy to see BYU upset Texas but sorry that Stanford faltered again against Penn State.

Thus, I’m afraid that Penn State will win it out. BYU has one weak rotation. I wonder why doesn’t coach Olmstead have either Hamson or Gray in the front row but not both of them at the same time. Then at some point he had neither of them in the front row and that’s when they lose a lot of points in a row. Penn State will be able to exploit that weakness in a jiffy. Cinderella team will go down in three straight sets and I wish they’d prove me wrong.

By: Wop ur jaws

Wop ur jaws — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:29:53 +0000

Congrats to BYU and Penn St.. They played lights out. I am afraid setting is key to making it this far. Combine that with very tall, very quick, very smart two hitter pins and aggressive, tall, smart middles plus at least two defensive phenoms with great passing. UH has no chance to compete. They have too much deficits facing the starters. Both offensive and defensive systems UH implements will not counter these teams.

By: hatakeman

hatakeman — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:49:35 +0000

I pick Penn St in the final. Russ Rose will pick the match-ups to run his offense behind Micah Hancock. Plus, they serve, dig and pass really well to set up the offense. And yeah, I don’t like them either, but you have to respect and admire their skills.

By: islandman

islandman — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:10:45 +0000

Monopoly, Penn State has won 5 of the last 7 NCAA championships.

By: Sickman Fraud

Sickman Fraud — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:03:03 +0000

I bleed green as much as many of you on this blog but I gotta admit there is no way in hades that NaWahine will ever compete with the likes of Penn State. They’re so fricken athletic. I hope the NaWahine prove me wrong. I can’t believe I’m saying this, “Go Cougars”.

By: Kazu

Kazu — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:36:58 +0000

Right on, now Stanford needs to beat Penn. Once that is done we won’t have to hear about Texas and Penn.