Friday: BYU 3, UH 1
Friday and Saturday’s matches will be on BYU TV. That is 409 on Oceanic. or byutv.org
They just announced that Hawaii’s 1500-AM will carry the BYU radio feed on Sirius XM 143 or byuradio.org
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BYU will be inspired by UCSB’s upset victory against Pepperdine to come on fire against UH. I fear very much an upset especially on Senior night there. Hawaii will have to be extremely focused and consistent to stop their onslaught. Go Bows!
It’s always tough for UH at BYU. Warriors have only won in Smith three times, last time in 2003. have lost the last 11 there.
Last time UH was at BYU, they were robbed with that bad call on Nick West that took away Jace Olsen’s kill that would have tied it at 14 in the fifth.
Time for UH to get payback, would love nothing more than for UH two sweep both nights.
I’m pretty confident in UH sweeping the series despised being in Provo at Smith. Was never thoroughly impressed with BYU even when they were 100% healthy. IMO, ball handling and terminating are their weaknesses.
The altitude may cool off UH’s serving game a bit, but I’m anticipating only enough to make the match interesting. UH in a series sweep. I think one match is a sweep and one match is in four sets.
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3. I thought the call was on Joby Ramos for a back row violation. I know the BYU announcers were saying it was West on the replay for crossing the center line, but if you watch the replay of the game, the Head Ref gives the back row “over” sign and points to Ramos, even motioning a touch sign as to say the BYU player got a piece of the ball when Ramos set it one handed.
3 & 6. It was a very chaotic finish for sure.
UH radio guy who was there (my son) said it was Ramos who was called for the violation.
Either way, it was a bad call and officials didn’t seem to want to discuss it to make it right.
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Have you ever been there before?
Warriorfan, for once we agree! They got hosed at Smith Fieldhouse two years ago, but the ‘Bows will get their revenge tonight and tomorrow night. And for the record? I’ve softened my attitude on Charlie – but I DO believe a big reason the Warriors have improved so much is due in large part to Milan Zarkovic’s contributions, as well as Spencer’s – and the team members have said as much in their interviews. Charlie has assembled a great team – both coaching staff AND the players on the court, and he deserves credit for that.
When the Warriors take the national championship, it will have been a team effort all the way around, and no one could ever find a finer and more deserving team, university, and dedicated fan group.
These announcers are about as biased as they come. My god, it’s awful. I’m about to mute my tv.
10. well it is BYU TV.
UH right now is not blocking or digging anything, they need to get that going.
Sedore bolocked. Cougars up 15-12 at the TTO
I undertand that Cindy, but hawai’s announcers are never this bad. Neither is the radio. Has BYU always been this bad?
UH still no digs, unbelievable.
12. pretty much neither team is. UH 2 digs, BYU 3. UH 0 block, BYU 1
http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=74874
meant still no blocks. that connection with Averill is not looking good right now, hope UH wakesup.
ok Kupono came to play today, thank god.
Radio is the same as TV. It is simulcast.
15. look at game tracker. UH has 3 digs.
Warriors have closed to 18-17. TO BYU
Jennings and Averill are just trying too hard on their serves. need to do what Kupono is doing and just keep it in play.
Sedore hitting error off a low set from Zarkovic. BYU up 23-21. TO UH
Jennings is going to Sedore too much in this set, needs to go back to his middles. Uh is passing well enough. Hope Jennings improves as the match goes on, his location has been shaky.
BYU wins 27-25 on their second ace.
Darn UH just can”t block anything.
hope the block figures out these BYU hitters.
UH should have won.
I agree with you brandon. Its annoying that I gotta listen to them. I just hope hawaii destroys byu and brings the MPSF tournament home!
23. if you are watching the match, you’ll see where the block is for BYU. they are camping on Averill. Seedier is the first option. It hasn’t always been Franciskovic setting Sedore.
8 Yes I’ve been to BYU several times when I was the beat writer for the Star-Bulletin.
14. Hawaii announcers are not working for a school owned and operated TV station.
Siki’s name hasn’t been mentioned much at all , he needs to get it going for UH to pull this out.
Kolby is struggling tonight.
28. disagree but … ace by Zarkovic ties it at 7
29.Kanetake has only one dig ( not good) , and BYU is blocking, Uh is not.
finally a block. Uh still isn’t playing well though, hope they wake up.
31. if you are watching the match, you’ll see Kanetake hasn’t had that many opportunities for a dig. BYU libero Reyes has 1 dig.
might want to try a setting change.
Averill blocked. BYU up 15-10. at the TTO
33. anytime he’s in the backrow it’s an opportunity for a dig.
4-1 run by UH, closes to 17-14. TO BYU
Baby Sander with a kill, puts BYU up 20-16. TO UH.
SET FEY.
Holt with a block, UH closes to 23-21. TO BYU
BYU up 24-21. TO UH
Zarkovic hits long. BYU wins 25-21.
Siki is just not playing well except for his serve. If he doesn’t get better, try Hartley.
I honestly think Wade should have made a setting change instead of taking out Sedore. Brook got some terrible sets when he got blocked.
At least Kolby somewhat woke up and got some impressive digs late in set two, need way more of that to pull this out.
44. he did get bad sets, and not all were from Franciskovic.
Zarkovic still not 100 percent. He hasn’t been elevating all that well. He also is going up against a 6-8 blocker.
UH unable to run the middle. Don’t think Averill had a kill in Set 2.
I guess it takes more than the usual day or two of practice to adjust the service game to the thinner air. Since we don’t have the service game, we need to step up the blocking. BYU is sending six hands to the net more often than we are. Unless we can resurrect our block, S3 will be more of the same. Kolby has adjusted to the slightly faster balls. Come on Middles and Bigs, you know what it takes to win!
Okay I dont agree with Brook not being in.
Hawaii has never played well in Smith. has only won three times over the years. Can remember in 97 playoff, UH was winning until Millar went down. It energized the Cougars and BYU went on to win.
Nice back set by Averill. UH up 10-8
This has been the fey show.
Averill needs to show he’s the player of the year in the rest of the match, he needs to take over.
UH up 14-11. TO BYU, Cougars didn’t wait for the TTO.
Don’t agree with the chest bump. A little too much show boating by UH Imo.
Jennings bad serve is back, but I think it’s cause of the elevation.
Cougars have tied it at 15. TO UH
Siki is seriously dissappointing today, not sure if UH can win with him playing this way.
54. they’ve been doing that all season.
BYU 5-0 run, takes its first lead at 16-15. Sedore back in
UH up 19-17. TO BYU
Kupono needs to play this way every night, he has the potential, he’s hitting with confidence today which is great to see.
BYU has come back to tie at 19. TO UH
Not like that Cindy. That was a little too much, and for the record, I’ve always thought UH showboated a little too much.
UH wins 25-21.
okay finally, UH got lucky with some bad BYU errors, they need to pick up their game and win the next two, hopefully Siki will pull through and be his usual self in these last two sets.
Time to dig deep and fight back like they did against UCLA
okay seriously try Hartley coach Wade. Siki’s offense is hurting the team.
UCI served this BYU team off the court, UH trying to keep it in but serving easy.
okay too many hitting errors now, can’t win when you give away easy points.
BYU up 15-11 at the TTO.
Wow another error. What a bad way for this win streak to end. UH killing themselves. 🙁
okay that setting change was a wrong move in this set, should have subbed out Siki instead.
BYU up 19-12. TO UH.
Fey with 2 kills, pulls UH to 20-14. TO BYU
BYU up 24-17. TO UH
BYU wins 25-17. Fey with a career high 19 kills
Just disappointing. Too many errors, the block was lethargic, digging didn’t get going till late in set 2. This set 4 just went south in that rotation, when Siki and Holt up front and neither could put anything away.
This loss hurts a lot, quarters in california now.
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Semifinals. Granted they advance
I am very dissapointed in coach Wade for not using his depth in set 4. Just no way around that. BYU wasn’t even serving that tough for Hartley not to have been given a shot.
Only positive is that it’s a loss now instead of in the post season.
Not the ideal scenaior, but great job to Pono for figuring out BYU. I can only imagine that Siki wasn’t sub’ed out because no one else proved during practice that they could do better. I haven’t lost confidence in Coach Wade.
Thank goodness we weren’t swept.
Sad but not surprising UH lost. Now Irvine will host the semifinals and finals. No way would they lose to San Diego. We all feel deflated.
82. Harltey has more than proved he is capable, against Pepp/USC. Siki didn’t have it, it happens sometimes players just have bad days and they don’t recover, as a coach you should realize that and make a change!!!
Anyway that’s the last I will rant about this, very disappointed in coach Wade tonight. Oh well, time to get a win tomorrow for Rpi’s sake.
Qtrs still in Hawaii, Semis likely in California.
79. yes, UH hosts quarterfinal. Semis-final at the highest remaining seed.
83. UCI also has to win its quarterfinal to host. No guarantee there
UH is 3-22 in Provo. have lost 12 straight there.
Warriors did get tentative on their serve. But then the complaints would be about how many SEs they had.
okay hoping this loss, where UH just played bad.
lights a fire.
If Siki shakes this off and plays back to normal and Fey keeps playing like tonight, UH will be very dangerous and they have showed they can win at Irvine already.
Watched the first two sets and I guess they’re serving (or lack thereof) made it more than an interesting game. Definitely did not see that coming. UH was not as sharp as previous matches, I wouldn’t blame it as much on the altitude as much as I would put it on BYU really meshing with this makeshift lineup. Too bad for Josue, did not realize his injury was that serious since he continued playing for some of that match in which he injured it. Hopefully the Warriors figure it out tomorrow and claim their share of the MPSF regular season title (unfortunately on Jaylen’s senior nite).
Disappointing loss…for sure. Oh well.
Not sure why the bench was not used as much this game. I kept waiting for it to happen, but it never did. No Radner, no Hartley, only some of Jones and no Garret. The bench is what carried us through some matches we almost lost.
BYU announcers were annoying,
Brandon…BYU was celebrating WAAAAAY more annoying than UH was. Lots of glares and words through the net from them. And the local boy BYU libero running around and jumping like a little kid and slamming the chair when they lost set 3….that dude was ticking me off.
Hopefully, they (players and coaching staff) pull it all together tomorrow and ruin BYU’s senior night.
http://hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=30219
new thread up for Saturday. Will be gone most of the day and be at UH sand this afternoon