Comments on: UCSB 3, Hawaii 2

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 05:14:55 +0000

182 I have no issue with Kastl and it is not my job to support one player over another. when people ask my opinion on Kastl i said that the issue has been her consistency as to why she hasn’t started IMHO. mentioned when she came in last night that she brought a lot of energy. Then at the end when someone said she should be starting over Manu-Olevao, all I did was point out that if you look at the stats she ended up 5-5-22, the same stats as Manu-Olevao.

By: TW

TW — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 01:47:21 +0000

Another way to look at it is when Hartong is on it takes the pressure off Taylor. Taylor does well when there are two blockers on Hartong but she had a lot of one-on-one opportunities and didn’t deliver. It’s great that Taylor had a couple of good blocks but the times she got tooled and was misaligned on the hitters exposed her lack of technique. UCSB served tougher than UH but not nearly as tough as Penn State, Nebraska, Minnesota, USC and Florida. Vorster made some big mistakes at critical times but ended with the highest hitting percentage .235; the next highest was Emily at .148; and Taylor was the worst at -.038 and she still started all five sets and had the second most attempts. There are no All American candidates on UCSB’s team and plenty on the teams UH will have to play if they have any hope of post-season success. Dave’s “set lineup” may prove to be the teams biggest weakness. Many of the top teams are still refining their line-up but UH seems to go with the same six regardless of how they perform. Although Kastl had her problems, at least she brought some energy to the court. Goodman and Higgins provided one of the few sparks when they were given the opportunity. TK is an effective hitter behind the setter which provides a different look for the offense. None of these viable options are being utilized to any extent.

Taylor Higgins is basically burning up a year of eligibility and has had almost no opportunity to set. She only has 47 assists and Longo has 60. The double sub has enormous potential but is limited in its effectiveness because it’s only used for defensive purposes not offensive production. Stauber set much more than Higgins and wasn’t nearly as skilled. It’s disturbing that Shoji shows so little confidence in Higgins at this point in the season. If Higgins is going to be the setter next year she needs to get court time that is meaningful. Higgins (3 aces / 2 errors on 20 attempts) has a more threatening serve than Sarah Mendoza (5 aces / 15 service errors on 176 attempts) and plays excellent defense so why is Higgins getting less playing time than Mendoza.

By: grace

grace — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 23:18:48 +0000

All of our comments rather complimenting or not is because we all LOVE our team. It doesn’t matter how we start but how we finish at the end of the season. We just need to get to the postseason and get to the FINAL FOUR. Then bring home that NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Then all of our anxieties will go away!!!

By: grace

grace — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 23:14:51 +0000

All of our comments rather complimenting or not is because we all LOVE our team. It doesn’t matter how start but how we finish at the end of the season. We just need to get to the postseason and get to the FINAL FOUR. Then

By: mauna

mauna — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 22:38:23 +0000

177. Hey Andy, exactly my thoughts, we were watching the same match with the same views.

By: Rafael Villatoro

Rafael Villatoro — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 19:58:14 +0000

Read this blog quite a bit and was just seem’s like Cindy you have no support for Kastl? Is there an issue?

By: Msrpantoja1@netzero.com

Msrpantoja1@netzero.com — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:10:16 +0000

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:59:53 +0000

other teams in the conference now see the light at the end of the tunnel. they see that Hawaii is beatable. BUT they shouldn’t do what Hawaii probably did with UCSB. don’t overlook Hawaii, that might be a huge mistake. i believe after this embarrassing loss at home, that Hawaii now has something to prove. they still have to prove to be the team to beat, one loss in conference play that’s fine, it’s still early. i highly doubt any team will go undefeated in conference play, that team now being CSUN.

By: Grammy

Grammy — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:06:36 +0000

I waited and waited last night for the Wahine to show up, but it never happened really. Hawaii has been outplayed twice this year and both time times by teams that they matched up well with on paper but got out played by on the court. For a team it can make a season highlight reel to ‘take down’ THE PROGRAM. For a coach it can be a career highlight to out coach THE COACH with the most wins in your sport. Well, so be it, get used to it, cause those ‘bulls eyes’ are not going away so expect a battle every time. And expect some ‘off nights’, too. This blog has been rife with ‘diversify the offense-ers’ but I also feel there is an equal amount of true believers, too. Not many people left the building last night, I for one was totally emotionally drained after the last whistle and dazed all the way home, but I won’t give up on the team and I will be back tonight and I will believe we can and will win until the last whistle. Go Wahine!

By: jmy

jmy — Sat, 12 Oct 2013 10:13:10 +0000

177. Totally agree with “too many missed digs on easy hits”…