University of Hawaii Season Review

Well the University of Hawaii Athletics has finished and it is nice to look back at what has gone on this season. The UH Athletics page has posted a video highlighting all sports and posted a review of all the accolades and accomplishments of the sports. But here are the volleyball accomplishments:

Wahine Volleyball

-The women's volleyball team won its 19th straight conference title (16-WAC, 3-Big West) and qualified for its 32^nd NCAA Tournament. 
- Dave Shoji became the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I women's volleyball history with his 1,107^th win during the second weekend of the season.
-The women's volleyball team ranked in the Top 5 nationally in attendance for the 19th straight season.

Honors
AVCA All-American: Emily Hartong (1st Team)
AVCA All-Region: Emily Hartong, Nikki Taylor (Honorable Mention)
Big West Player of the Year: Emily Hartong
Big West First Team: Emily Hartong, Ali Longo, Nikki Taylor, Mita Uiato
Big West Honorable Mention: Kalei Adolpho, Jade Vorster
Big West All-Freshman Team: Nikki Taylor
Big West Player of the Week: Emily Hartong (4x), Nikki Taylor, Mita Uiato
Senior CLASS All-American: Emily Hartong (2nd Team)
Big West All-Academic: Kalei Adolpho, Kaela Goodman, Emily Hartong, Ashley Kastl, Kayla Kawamura, Courtney Lelepali, Ali Longo, Jade Vorster
Seniors: Kaela Goodman, Emily Hartong, Ashley Kastl, Courtney Lelepali, Ali Longo, Kristiana Tuaniga, Mita Uiato

Warrior Volleyball

-The men's volleyball team closed the season ranked 12^th in the nation.

Honors

AVCA All-American: Taylor Averill (1st Team), Brook Sedore (Honorable Mention)

Volleyball Magazine All-American: Taylor Averill (1st Team), Brook Sedore (2nd Team)

All-MPSF: Taylor Averill (1st Team), Brook Sedore (Honorable Mention)

AVCA National Player of the Week: Sinisa Zarkovic, Brook Sedore

MPSF Player of the Week: Brook Sedore

MPSF All-Academic: Taylor Averill, Kolby Kanatake, Joby Ramos, Johann Timmer, Sinisa Zarkovic

Seniors: Aniefre Etim-Thomas, Jace Olsen, Joby Ramos, Johann Timmer, Nick West

Sand Volleyball

-The sand volleyball team qualified for its first AVCA Sand Volleyball National Championship with Karissa Cook and Brittany Tiegs advancing to the finals of the
AVCA Pairs National Championship.

Honors

AVCA All-American: Karissa Cook, Katie Spieler, Nikki Taylor, Brittany Tiegs

Tournament 1st Place: Karissa Cook-Brittany Tiegs (3x)

Tournament 2nd Place: Katie Spieler-Nikki Taylor (4x), Karissa Cook-Brittany Tiegs (2x)

Tournament Semifinals: Ginger Long-Ali Longo (4x), Katie Spieler-Nikki Taylor, Karissa Cook-Brittany Tiegs

Seniors: Karissa Cook, Ali Longo

All Photo and Video Credit goes to Hawaii Athletics

Hawaii vs Penn State

Outrigger Warrior Invitational

Penn State Nittany Lions

2014 Record: (0-1) (0-0)

Top Players: Aaron Russell, Peter Russell, Connor Curry

Head Coach: Mark Pavlik

Series Record: 12-8

Last Meeting: Jan. 10, 2013 (3-2 PSU)

Coverage:

Televised: OCSports

Live Stats: HawaiiAthletics

Set One: 25-20 (Penn State)

There was the same starters as opening night and Hawaii started off really slow. However Penn State played well. Their libero Connor Curry had eight digs in this set alone and that stat is impressive in a women's game as well. Tonight seems to be the opposite of last night where Olsen and Zarkovic are playing the best but not much production from the middle.

Set Two: 25-22 (Hawaii)

Hawaii pulled off the set due to Aaron Russell having a few errors and cooling off. The a Warriors had better defense in digging and blocking. The only reserves this set were Timmer and Fey as serving specialists. Zarkovic still leading the team with his 10 kills. West also playing well with his kills and blocks.

Set Three: 26-24 (Hawaii)

This set was given to the team who can put the ball down first as both teams hit over .500 but Hawaii won it. The Warriors were up 15-11 at one point then subbed in Franciskovic as blocking sub for Ramos and seeing him win a joust with his 6'5" height excites me because he is athletic. Olsen and Zarkovic continued to impress along with West.

Set Four: 25-21 (Hawaii)

There was more good rallies in this set and some good digs. Sedore struggled throughout the match so he didn't start and freshman Hendrik Mol had his collegiate debut. Franciskovic and Fey both came in as subs. Fey had a nice serve and dig on match point. Zarkovic also had two clutch kills at the end of the set.

Overall:

Penn State brought out Hawaii's flaws which was their block. However Hawaii cleaned it up throughout the next few sets and Penn State made more errors than usual. There were a few career highs tonight with Zarkovic and his 22 kills, Olsen getting 15 kills, Fey with two digs, Mol with three kills, and Kanatake with seven digs. This match also showed that Hawaii can play against top teams.

Next Up:

UCLA Bruins 

1/11/14: 7pm HT (Outrigger Invitational Day 3) (Championship Match)