Wednesday checkin
Team back in the arena for practice after spending Tuesday in Gym 1.
A lot of serve and pass.
Taylor again doing passing drills. Shoji said it was “awesome” to have her back. no word on how soon she’ll be cleared to play. I’m thinking not unit after next week’s tournament.
Ah Mow-Santos working with the setters on technique, wanting them to move more quickly to the ball, instead of doing what Shoji calls a crab walk.
Didn’t catch it on video but did get a few clips of Shoji and Longo comparing technique with Ah Mow-Santos hitting at them. will try to post later.
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Great to hear Nikki is back practicing again! Slowly but surely! Woo hoo!!!!
Hi Cindy,
I hope you post that video clip of Ah-Mow. She can SLAM the ball. I remember her playing right side hitter subbing in for Brandi Brooks in the Neal Blaisdell Arena against UCLA. She had hops like Therese Crawford and had a quick arm swing.
Thank you for all your blog posts and what you write on the StarAdvertiser.
saw this article on Shoji from Volleyball Magazine: http://volleyballmag.com/articles/43450-hawaii-s-dave-shoji-hits-the-big-4-0
cindy — hopefully it’s ok to post articles from other publications. if not, then please feel free to delete this.
i also posted the article on VTalk.
Watching US men in world championships now on the BeIN sports channel. Boy do I miss Clay Stanley, and prefer Kawika Shoji to be setting over Micah Christenson.
One of hawaii recruits ranked at 75. I’m guessing Castillo cause of her injury. Anyone who subscribes to prep can confirm this?
6. Granato is ranked 75th, suggesting that she is a ‘typical University of Hawaii outside hitter recruit’.
4 thanks for the link… very good article!
6: My guess is that’s Granato. Castillo is going to be ranked higher.
I was thinking it wasn’t her because she was a third team pre season USA volleyball all American. But this is just another recruit shoji can make into an AA
Just join the site…it’s cheap and filled with info that you would want to know.
pot-of-gold — what is the ‘typical university of hawaii outside hitter recruit’?
John calls her a consistent passer and dynamic defender and could play libero but is too powerful not to use upfront. Good 6 rotation player.
Cubicle1126, That was quote from the assessment of Granato. Basically they are suggesting that the “typical” Hawaii recruit is not the tallest, but has great vision and an accurate powerful hit.
Hope that helps, can’t really quote the piece off of Prep…
4. thanks for the link. glad it made it up. Other times it would have gone into spam.
just how the filter is set.
14. agree that the ‘typical Hawaii recruit’ isn’t the tallest but has all-around skills and high VB IQ. May be raw but potential of being developed into a very good player.
it is granato and IMO she should be ranked in the 30-40 range.
she’s so explosive and has a variety of shots. can she play libero? highly doubt it. she’s a good defender but not a GREAT defender. I’d take kahakai over granato as libero but what I like most about her is her back row attack.
lost my post, oh wells
pot-of-gold — gotcha! thanks!
Wahine VB season ticket sales highest in 6 years, per Ben on twitter. Is it the new players or is it due to Dave’s 40th year ?
discussed earlier that the feeling a lot about Shoji’s 40th.
Odd that the tweet would go up now. had a post about it two weeks ago, that it was nearly 4,000, which was the most since 2008.
I think Granato can be Hawaii’s version of Macey Gardner in a few years, but much much better in the back row.
She’s got a ton of power, just like Greeley and Taylor before her, Tawa has got her rated way too low.
As many have opined previously, Castillo, Granato and Mitchem comprise an outstanding recruiting class
16 Granato and Castillo were both in the top 50 juniors. Something must have changed.
off topic. Does the spam filter have a no post list to block anyone on the list from posting? I ask because the person voted the most irritating poster of all time here and on the football blog has not been heard since the filters started up.
Cindy in your opinion, what are the chances that Mitchem is coming
Doesn’t post 23 by Cindy, say it all?? Jeez
25. Sure hope so, it’s been nice on the blog without that person.
26. Guareenz
25. didn’t know there was a poll. but I believe so. I cannot block anyone.
Without a verbal everything is up in the air. And even with a verbal, she could always switch and any given time. It happened with the mens volleyball team with the boy who decided last minute to play for usc
and cindy i was addressing warriorfan with my last comment. Not you. Thanks for the heads up by mitchem. Excited for next year. She will FOR SURE be an All american by the time she leaves UH
Women do not change their minds at last minute the way men do in athletics, just does not happen.
UH has been the only school recruiting her constantly since her sophomore year of HS, good job by Scott and Dave to stay persistent.
One thing I like from her last match, she led Irvine Valley in kills, blocks and digs, with a triple double, as a middle! Been a long time since UH had a middle that could play all the way around. If Maglio makes big strides in the middle, we might see Annie on the right.
Thanks for the heads up warrior. I thought it was common in both genders. I do know nebraska was recruiting her but Mitchem is such a great get for hawaii. For a middle to lead in digs, that’s amazing.
26. LOL!
UH will have such a strong bench next year. Usually you know who the starter a re and the backups are backups. But with Mitchem, Castillo granato, Nikki, Higgins, Greeley, manu olevao and even Maglio all potential starters, UH will be the deport Ives even them in a long time.
I’m most excited about Castillo. I’ve heard she’s one of the best players in so cal
36. You left out Olivia Magill who will be a senior incumbent MB.
My apologies. Forgot about her. Even more so our bench will be LOADED with talent: not to mention I forgot kahakai, Gianna and Kendra.
For next season I count 7 probable starters, Magill, Mitchem, Taylor, Olevao, Greeley, Higgins, Kahakai. New comers Castillo, Granato and hold overs Koelisch, Long, Passi, Maglio, Guinasso, Anderson, Ponce and Huff will have to work to unseat them.
Guinasso may be on sand scholarship next year so this would mean the last of her indoor career.
I thought the rule was two years. So couldn’t she redshirt, then miss one year so she’ll be back by her junior year? Or did I misunderstand the rule
33. of course women change their minds, just as men do. but think more is made of the men changing schools, especially in sports like football and basketball.
But Hawaii has nurtured their relationship with her and had faith from the beginning that she would stay on track school-wise.
I know other schools had doubts.
Not that clear on the rule either. thought that she was walking on to sand this school year and then would be on sand scholarship 2015-16. so no indoor in 2015
oregon and st. john’s are tied one game apiece.
yes, see new thread
Where do you all get your info on these prep players?
FYI, new video up on the site about UH freshmen Savanah Kahakai and Kalei Greeley: http://hawaiiwarriorworld.com/rainbow-wahine-volleyball/video-wahine-volleyball-freshmen/
47. that video has no sound of speech. star advertiser screwed up again!
46. 505Jeans, this iformation is on prepvolleyball.com, a subscription is necessary.