Top 25 scores, Hawaii 3, Florida 2
1) Penn State def. Eastern Kentucky 25-14, 25-13, 25-14
3) Stanford def. Duke 25-17, 22-25, 25-17, 23-25, 15-10
4) Texas def. Santa Clara 25-21, 25-12, 25-23
4) Texas def. Texas-San Antonio 31-29, 25-21, 25-14
5) Nebraska def. UC Davis 25-17, 25-11, 25-17
6) USC def. Idaho State 25-20, 25-22, 25-18
7) Illinois def. 21) Kentucky 26-24, 25-19, 25-18
8) Washington def. Cal State Northridge 25-14, 25-16, 25-13
8) Washington def. Saint Marys 25-19, 25-18, 25-14
9) BYU def. Oregon State 25-16, 25-12, 25-16
11) Wisconsin def. Kent State 25-22, 25-11, 25-21
13) Arizona def. Syracuse 16-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-18
15) Ohio State def. LIU Brooklyn 25-17, 25-10, 25-17
17) UCLA def. 18) San Diego 25-13, 24-26, 25-21, 25-23
19) Florida State def. Coastal Carolina 25-15, 25-16, 25-10
20) Purdue def. LSU 25-10, 25-21, 25-17
21) Kentucky lost to Wichita State 14-25, 26-24, 25-15, 23-25, 12-15
22) Kansas def. Wyoming 15-25, 25-23, 25-10, 28-30, 15-10
22) Kansas def. Northern Colorado 25-20, 25-23, 16-25, 25-20
23) Colorado def. Sam Houston State 25-21, 25-16, 25-18
24) Michigan def. South Carolina 25-19, 25-12, 25-22
24) Michigan def. Western Michigan 25-14, 25-17, 26-24
25) Texas A&M def. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 27-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-17
25) Texas A&M lost to Iowa State 16-25, 16-25, 25-23, 20-25
27) North Carolina lost to UNCW 25-17, 20-25, 25-20, 20-25, 13-15
Big West Conference
Cal Poly def. Idaho 25-14, 24-26, 25-19, 25-20
Cal State Fullerton lost to Central Michigan 12-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 11-15
Cal State Fullerton lost to Fresno State 25-22, 20-25, 22-25, 21-25
Cal State Northridge lost to Washington 14-25, 16-25, 13-25
Long Beach State def. Oakland 25-21, 24-26, 25-17, 25-17
UC Davis lost to Nebraska 17-25, 11-25, 17-25
UC Irvine lost to Minnesota 15-25, 15-25, 19-25
UC Riverside lost to Fresno State 18-25, 20-25, 20-25
UC Riverside lost to Sacramento State 20-25, 15-25, 25-14, 19-25
UCSB lost to SMU 22-25, 13-25, 26-24, 17-25
Wow, Halassan looks imposing. Touches 11-3. She should be able to slam-dunk a basketball.
1. yes mentioned in my story that she touched 11-3
Fair warning from the posters on previous thread.
If you want to get into shouting matches with each other, take it outside or take it to VT. no more bullying or trying to get away with names by using ****
Only lineup change is Mitchem for Maglio
I had a feeling Mitchem would start because of her physicality and potential to disrupt or counter Alhassan.
Line Nikki.
Teams seem to be attacking the gap between Savanah and Tai.
Florida up 12-7. TO UH
Think you have to consider playing Granato for Olevao in the backrow and brining in Koelsch to play frontrow, Recek has no problem with Higgins block so far.
I called that lineup a few blogs ago. Mitchem replacing Maglio, but sliding over to M1 while Magill slides over to M2. Keeping the OHs the same, but using subs as a relief.
Think you’ll see Koelsch in soon. only because both Hall and Ah Mow-Santos are talking to her on the bench.
This is the rotation Magill needs the slide.
UH just continues to not capitlize on freeballs.
What is Tai doing, trying to set the 2nd ball and trying to pass the free ball? Both balls belonged to Kahakai which in turned took Tai out of the offense and block just stacked onto Nikki Taylor. Aiyah! Trying to do too much again to compensate for her passing.
So far Florida has no weakness, diging everything, serves tough, hits hard and smart, receive and pass well and a great big block. Way better team than UCLA at this point. There just bigger and stronger too. But the night is still young and Bows all in with heart and effort; they are looking good too, just steady out Bows!
I would say watch the match. UH closes to 15-12. TO Florida
Bows force Wise to call a time out.
I expect UH to not be straight out of the gates up and up w/ Florida. AND I’m really glad to see that b/c Florida’s game of play is much more intense UH is responding well. Both teams are just ripping balls at each other, great digs. but that Florida middle though… Lets go Bows!!
Good job for wahine to come back and get a little closer, but another missed opportunity on a free ball.
Bring in Granato to play back row please.
Florida has weakness. They had 18 services errors last night. none so far. Wise said they’d work on that.
Holston dinking. Come on.
I’m hoping Kahakai can pick up her game, she’s not playing well so far. Olevao is playing much better offensively.
Goodness another blown opportunity on a freeball. 🙁
UH just making too many errors, I think they served well enough but isn’t playing well offensively and defensively.
When Florida dinks nobody there. When Hawaii dinks everybody there.
A big problem I’m seeing is UH’s slow starts. As the announcers mentioned, this is the fourth match this season that UH has dropped the first set.
I did see one service error by Florida in the 1st set by the awesome middle attacker. That UF #3 is so smart and diverse, she seems to hover for a split second more before placing her hits, with various speeds.
Middles set 7 out of 38 times. Not good.
sorry, think weather playing havoc with internet in the arena. Florida wins 25-18.
did you see Magil run a slide? Florida hit 273, UH 132. Florida 3-2 in blocks. 16-13 edge in digs. Alhassan 3-0-4, Recek 6-1-9. Taylor 6-4-16, Manu-Olevao 3-1-10.
All season long, Wahine has trouble picking up the dink. Way too many finding the floor. Why?
UH also hasn’t dropped Set 2 this season.
That’s the shot Tai.
I’d serve Holston all the time, she can’t pass.
Got too slow down Recek, she’s getting way too many kills.
Faked out.
Racek with her 10th kill. no one up because everyone committed middle. Florida up 15-14 at the TTO
29. If UH doesn’t play better, that streak will be over tonight.
Hawaii got a break when that was called long. Koelsch on the over pass. 20-19 UH. TO Gators.
Geez that linesman sure missed that call..
Refs trying to help us?
I wonder what Dave was so upset about that he was talking to Dickson so aggressively.
Mags.
good rally. Koelsch dump in the net. 20-
Calls have gone against Hawaii most of the time this season. Florida’s been into the net a couple of times. not called
I am just watching their libero.
Whoa, #9 has a howitzer! Wahine playing tough!
Taylor with the solo on Mallette. UH up 24-22. TO Florida.
Nikki came to play. What a dig.
Wahine looks as good as Florida who seems a little intimidated by Hawaii’s Nikki Taylor.
what a great rally. Magill has been working on her setts. UH wins 25-22.
Best point I’ve seen all season gets UH the second set. Wow, great volleyball on both sides.
2nd set streak lives, albeit linesman aided. I see that #8 Mitchem looks lost out there and a second slow. Anyone else notice this?
I counted 2 overreaches by Flori
epic rallys. liv even setting and some more middles parrying the ball.
Amazing last point. Epic is right!
My comment got cut..
2 missed overreach calls on Florida on that final rally. Robyn was almost on the court, furious with the no call.
i recall em mags did deflected the ball vs ucla. that not mentioned.
50. Game a little fast for her. Need more playing time.
Must win third set for UH. I don’t think UH has the consistency or mentality to come back from 2-1 down against a top 5 team. Hope we don’t have to find out tonight.
Amazing second set, Florida defense is shaky other than their libero who is fantastic, I think UH can pull this off, the hitters are all playing much better than UCLA.
#50, if you ever got the chance to see the YouTube videos of her at IVC, you would have probably notice that yes, she is physical and overpowering because she was also playing against smaller blocks, but another thing I noticed is that she wasn’t quick on transition. It kind of also looked as if she was just going through the motions. But now that she is at this level, you can tell that she’s just not naturally agile and explosive.
I don’t know how it looks to other people, but the Gators look very beatable…UH could have possibly won that first set (or made it a lot closer) if they didn’t squander so many opportunities to convert…however you see it, UF so far doesn’t look like the invincible #2 team I thought they would be…
oh boy awful start, not sure why UH struggles so much on freeeballs but the setting just isn’t as precise as Florida’s.
UH with another slow start.
Florida up 5-1. TO UH.
UH middles served 13 out of 84 times. Atrocious.
#56 & #59, thanks for the insight
About time they call the foot fault.
I think I am most impressed by communication by Florida when they are playing. Hardly ever see them run into each other or miscues. Hawaii can take a few pointers from them. Still hanging tough w/ them in set 3. They need to continue serving tough to keep them out of system, and convert on free balls! Go bows!
Man, Maggluo sure hit some hammers
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said that last night that Florida looked beatable, especially when their serving goes south.
They can’t block Holston.
Wish the libero#15 will settle and play more consistent. Too many unforced errors to go with her otherwise stellar play.
Bad set dave calls time out.
good thought by Greeley to go line but tossed it wide. Florida up 18-15. TO UHl
Holston is killing us. She’s a true terminator.
Tai is playing well tonight
ace by Higgins brings Hawaii to 22-19. TO Gators
Now Tayler needs to keeo her serve in. She has a tendency to hit it into the net after an ace.
Can #4 play libero? Boy I really miss Ali Longo back there!
Huff for Greeley on the left,
Like I said UF #3 is so smart and a cool cookie
Actually Huff flopped with Taylor on the right. Puts down the kill. overpass by Kahakai gets put down. 25-22
Kahakai not playing well, give Anderson a chance.
The margin of error for the Wahine is infinitesimal.
Against this kind of National power team, the weakness at libero is apparent and exposed in my opinion. Comparing this to the libero play for at least the last 7 years.
Got to find a way to get Huff on the court. The Wahine need heavier hitting.
shoji needs 2 liberos. bring in claire
They hitting the ball between Magill’s arms.
Florida got away with a foot fault,
The only thing keeping UH in the match is Florida’s serving errors. Florida hitting for ridiculous percentage.
Pls stay TAYLOY on the opposite…. she is very effective there than LEFT
UH has tied it at 12. to Florida
savannah getting better. they need to stop holston, if not block then deflect.
Block Holston.
89. it’s not just the SEs. give UH offense some credit.
yes, the refs are horrible.
Kendra doing a good job.
Yeah Holston got blocked.
finally a block on Holston. UH up 18-15. TO Gators
93. That offense is hitting 130 pst lower than Florida. Without those SEs and serve receive errors, Florida would be farther ahead in this match. I expect UH to hit around mid-.200s. That won’t do against Florida. They need Florida to make errors to keep pace.
I think Hawaii’s found a starting lineup, Koelsch and Maglio, with Huff first off the bench hitting wise.
Manu-Olevao ends it 25-17
The best Hawaii has looked all season by far
yes! take it to a 5 set thriller! lets go bows!
Finally UH playing mega-defense to get this to a fifth set. And yes, Cindy, I admit the offense finally woke up. TMO and Greeley have been great in this third set.
Just got start fast. Keep the mo going.
@WF. Agree. Kahakai w a cat bounce in set 4.
@Maverick I don’t care if they are self-imploding with SE’s, a set is a set , we taking them to game 5! Go bows! keep serving tough, keep digging them balls, continue our blocking!!! Cheeee!
Kahakai doing well. Arm chair quarterbacks out in force but guess what the team is hanging in there. Manu-Olevao making some of you eat your words.
This is must win for hosting privileges in the tourney.
Notice during those runs at the end of set 4, #15 was not in and they did fine without the libero.
Very good sign–UH not falling behind early.
Anybody else notice how our front row players cannot put away overpasses?
At 4 to 3 that was #15 with the bad pass
To be fair, great pass by# 15 at 6 to 6
UH up 8-6 at the changeover
All of a sudden, Florida hitting below .100 after hitting lights out earlier. Maybe nerves getting to them in the loud arena.
wahine sending their armored division to take down florida. lets go bows!
ace by higgins makes it 10-6. TO Gators
Kicking myself right now for not being able to make it tonight to the game …
@808oldtimer. Stop it!
UH up 12-6. TO UF
Higgins.
Higgins coming through with her serve. I think Koelsch starting, Higgins top serving sub/ playing backrow for her sometimes is the way to go.
Great win Wahine.
Taylor ends it 15-9
That was huge for hosting in ncaa tourney, HUGE. Kendra is my mvp, with Higgins and Nikki second and third, Olevao played great too.
rise of na wahine! they showed that the sec is a weakling after all.
As I have said before and that is why we need Tai.
what an awesome match! Even if we didn’t pull off the win, it was a good match, BUT WE DID!!! Glad dave kept Kendra in there, and higgins completely stepped up at the service line! Taylor did an awesome job! Blocks showed up, and middles got involved! Dang, I can’t even right now…..
Olevao hit very smartly today, I just don’t understand why she can’t do that all the time.
I honestly cried. What a great win! Go bows!
125. No, you need to give respect to Florida. They have been on the road for three weeks and took UH to 5. Florida is top 5. Rest of SEC, eh.
Coach Shoji deserves credit for this win. He inserted Kendra and Maglio and stuck with TMO and Kahakai. Great victory for all.
Great Win!!!
Thank you for the wake-up call, UCLA.
Welcome back, TMO!
Congratulations, Kendra, for giving us what many here believed you were capable of!
..139 es coach now needs to realize Kendra has more potential to get UH further, her setting is on par with Higgins but she brings much more at the net. Notice how much Recek’s hitting dropped off when she had to face the bigger block of Koelsch. I like Higgins coming off the bench as the top server.
MAGLIO MAGLIO MAGLIO, TAYLOR, TAYLOR, TMO, GREELEY, HIGGINS AND KENDRA…..
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
128
Considering Florida is #2, I think the better wording would be UH took Florida to 5. But yeah definitely should respect Florida. They are a volleyball power for sure.
florida passing went south. Our subs came in and their serve caused them problems. Nice team win.
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I like the way Dave interchanged them at times during the match. They both have their strong points.
#125…actually it’s the other way around…Hawaii took FL to 5 sets…
A team win , but Kendra made a difference. Congratulations to the Wahine !!!
128. like i said, the sec are weaklings.
Kendra, setting will only get better if she has the playing time. What is noticeable is how the balls sits in the air for the hitters to attack accordingly. Less predictable due to not much tape on her, or she just good in disguising who she will set.
Congratulations Wahine.
Maglio really came into her own; hitting over .500 plus some key blocks. Great, great team victory.
Maglio really showed something tonight.
Maglio stepped up and played at another level… It was nice to excited about our middle whether it was Olivia or Emily. Both had some awesome hits & blocks in sets 4 & 5.
I cried.
You got to know that you can’t win these matches without Nikki. She did everything tonight. Hit, block, dig,ace.
As oldtimer808 said, some people have to eat their words about Tai, at least for tonight. She played pretty well in the back too.
Hitters got kills maybe cuz the sets were better??? In any case Congratulations Wahine!! HUGE WIN!!
Yes Maglio played great, I think not starting lit a fire under her. I still believe in Mitchem though, and I think she will be a force in time.
I would start Koelsch/Taylor, Magill/Maglio, Greeley/Olevao
Higgins serving sub and maybe setting from the backrow at times, Granato playing backrow for Olevao.
Higgins being the top serving sub might mean less Anderson though, which is too bad.
140 and 143. i said sec is a weakling. i did not mention specifically florida, but na wahine not only came back but in a sort of essence dominated florida towards the end of set 4 and at set 5.
You could see the wahine’s confidence build in game #4 and carry over into the final set. This win will go a long way in developing their ‘intestinal fortitude’…
Great win for the Wahine.
They served tougher at the end. Florida couldn’t get the pass to their big hitters. Alhassan still impressive.
155. You said “rise of na wahine! they showed that the sec is a weakling after all.” So how can UH show the SEC is a weakling if they didn’t play any other SEC teams, just Florida? Clearly, you were making the argument that by defeating Florida, that somehow makes the SEC a bunch of weaklings. And you got called out.
Maglio should play. Mitchem needs to learn, she looks loss in there.
142. shoji played the right cards tonight. tayler higgins was the ace and kendra koelsch was the deuce. and btw in certain types of poker including like chinese poker the deuce (not called two) trumps all cards including the ace. keeping kendra in (shoji keeping his deuce card), in essence blocks any card to be played by mary wise since the deuce is in such a high number.
Mea Culpa, I should never have doubted Dave. Two of the top three all-time winningest coaches going at it! It doesn’t get any better than this. Everyone stepped up and played well and several exceeded expectations. What a night!
Thank you very much Wahine! I’ll be walking on a cloud for days! Florida was really really good, but you were better!
Chalk one up for the under dogs. I’m so proud of the team. It was a real collaborative effort of the starters, the bench, the coaches and the 7th man.
On another note I must apologize to Cindy, the readers, the posters and kimo for getting out of line on the previous thread. I used have used more restraint.
By the way, what goes on at VT. I don’t read that blog.
158. you said “…Rest of SEC, eh.” i think you meant rest of sec meh. and either way you admitted the sec are weaklings. and you got called out.
161. What will you do if UH loses two matches in conference? Will you doubt Dave again? One game doesn’t make a season. UH has lots of work to do. A great win, and probably their best match of the season given the strength of the opponent. But I bet if UH loses a couple of matches, there will be riots in this blog.
164. Illogical. How did I get called out exactly? I didn’t diss Florida, you did. And you got called out.
163. On Volleytalk, a lot of personal attacks, insults, and nonsense directed at other posters, the coach, and players. You aren’t missing anything.
UH wahine should NOT lose any conferences games, if Long Beach could finish undefeated last season, no reason UH can’t do the same this year, they are much more talented than the rest of the league this season.
@ 152. no one is going to eat their words tonight unless you were rooting for florida.
Look, TMO broke out tonight, she had a damn good game and hit harder and smarter than she ever did. You didnt cause her to be better–she did! Please dont try to grab credit. Congrads to TMO.
169. It is impressive how well TMO can play when she is confident. And how disappointing she is when she loses that confidence. It will be interesting to see how she does the rest of the season. Given Florida’s height and talent (I saw two or three players of Nikki’s caliber), probably the best match of her career.
Maverick, what is your point? You seem to have a problem with semantics and you come out swinging. Cindy asked us to play nice and I will not let your strange comment ruin the joy I am feeling for the team and for me as a fan.
166. i just did call you out. you even said the rest of sec was meh. i didnt diss florida. i just said the sec is overrated and weak.
kendra proved she plays like an elite and is an outstanding setter that not only sets good or high but also attacks and serves as stronger armor. now i wonder how she practices on her jousts.
claire was not used much tonight. i wanted shoji to use her to back up savannah since she seemed to have struggled from the beginning.
megan probably served as the curve ball but her huff surely puffs the ball.
tayler great at serves, jousts and moderate on armor.
annie didnt seem to be utilized for some reason but then olivia needs more step outs as well as em mags along with more blows.
perhaps the best of shar tai manu olevao her senior career to date. passed well in the back eliminating her from being a target. like to see her practice her jump spin serving against the lesser foe tomorrow and get her confidence back in that. her standing middle float should be her standard launching serve but her old spin serve if she feels the aggression can throw a couple punches in.
kalei model g was steady aiming tonight.
nikki needs to seek to her tight angle cross court shot, make those accurate and throw the enemy off while benefiting. also wasnt cindy and somebody were arguing about her ambidextrousness? so shes xhanded and not a true ambidextrous because supposively she cannot hit both with the same caliber. however perhaps she can be dual? and throw off opponents with a quick opposite?
savannah needs to communicate better/more defending otherwise it took her till late to be a sturdy libero.
@163. Cocobean. I have read your posts. You do contribute. And I mentioned that you were a better person. Thank you for making everything PONO.
171. My point was clear and had nothing to do with semantics. And I asked two legitimate questions of you; I didn’t attack you personally. Onward.
172. Still illogical. Go back and read 158 again. Being defensive doesn’t make you more persuasive. But to sum up, again, you said UH showed that the SEC is a bunch of weaklings. You still didn’t explain how UH did that, other than the obvious–beating #2 Florida. Onward, this is boring now.
What a night! I’m so glad I decided to buy a ticket and go in person. The Stanley was absolutely rocking. Hats off to Dave and the Wahine, he played all the right cards and the team kept on plugging away and wore Florida down. And Tayler’s serving run at the end… just magical.
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