new thread up with UCSB match links

http://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/?p=39361

UCD has some tall young OH’s (best yesterday was 6’2″ Matias, freshman hit .300, 11 kills, 30 TA) but the hitter they went to most was 5′ 8 ” Emily Allen, sophomore, who hit.194, 12 kills, 31 attempts. Allen did well considering, but LB had no difficulty hitting over or around her block, including of course Barber. LB served them many soft front court floaters which they had a difficult time with. UCD had 9 service errors and 1 ace, vs. LB which had 3 service errors and 2 aces.

There are many variables when hitting a set…height/speed, location of blockers, etc. that I’ll let the more knowledgeable speak to. What I watched is where she was on the floor when she contacted the ball. 1) It seemed that when the set pushed her outside the sideline, it limited her to mainly the middle and deep right corner because she wanted to take the antenna out of play. 2) When she had to move a step or two inside because the set was dying, Barber cut it back to the line because she had the outside blocker moving with her trying to block the cross-court. 3) When the set was good and she contacted it near the sideline, she had a variety of shots but seemed to favor banging the middle or using the sharp angle.

Comments from any other observers?

We already have verbal committments from recruits for next year and couple for the following year.

Wahine volleyball has been fairly fluid and relevant for 40+ years, in light of the growth of the sport and competition from the power universities.

It’s refreshing to see this year’s team emerging healthy and the potential for post season play. It really reflects 40+ years of sustainability. Hana Hou – Go Wahine

as for the lost to u-dub, coach did say yeah theyll meet these teams again + ryan kalei tsuji said yes right to seattle again. ncaa selection committee is probably licking their chops, ‘oh how cute, hawai’i wants to play ball. send them to seattle, let them dispatch them quickly and its the cheapest for us anyway.’ last year they wanted to make it interesting and think the sec champion (which is weak) could easily dispatch na wahine, it figures.

even the avca stooped to a new low last year and named nikki and olivia lesser all americans and was partial to the power 5 including those that lost to or lost compared to na wahine.

I’m still feeling the burn of the loss to WA.