Hawaii Tames Toothless Tigers Again 15-2, 15-9, 15-7
Brian Godwin
why it is the best in the nation. They thoroughly crushed the No 7
ranked Tigers of Pacific.
Both teams started with the normal six, Hawaii with Katz, Pichel,
Ring, Milo, Wilton and Leoni, and UoP with Wakeham, Berkencamp, Iler,
George, Crosson and Gan. A service ace, two stuff blocks and a kill
led to a 4-0 UH lead and a quick T.O. by Pacific. After the T.O. UH
quickly pushed it to 8-0. Pacific gained a side-out and then Katz hit
long to foil the shutout. Hey, it coulda happened! UH pounded the
cats 15-2 in the first game last night and the Bows showed again that
the score was no fluke. Katz had 9 kills and the Bows finished off the
opener at 15-2 for the second night in a row.
Rick Tune came in for Leoni in game 2. Down 0-5 and then 6-8, the
Bows appeared to have slackened up a tad. NOT!!! They roared out
with the next 6 points to take command of the game. One particular
rally is note-worthy...Katz fires off a typical bullet serve that hits
Crosson in the chest. The ball had so much velocity that it caromed
all the way back to deep in UH territory. Aaron Wilton took the ball
and delivered it perfectly to Pichel, who rewarded the excellent serve
by backsetting to an airborne Katz for the straight-down (and I do
mean straight) back row kill. Crosson is still trying to determine
the license plate and the Tigers never recovered. Bows 15-9.
Game 3 was a liberal substitution exercise for the Bows as Coach
Wilton again gave the bench some time. Hawaii wins easily 15-7.
Wakeham finally showed up tonight and had quite a few kills (28) but
he could not carry the team in the same fashion as Katz can. As
evidenced by the cumulative score many of his kills were merely for
side-outs rather than points.
Next test for the Bows is a Thursday/Saturday fest against Stanford,
Ravi's favorite love to hate 'em team. I'll post results for the
Thursday match, but someone else will have to post the Saturday
results.
Till then...
Brian Godwin
Ravi Narasimhan
Brian Godwin <bggo...@aloha.com> wrote:
[ Zlort ]
>Next test for the Bows is a Thursday/Saturday fest against Stanford,
>Ravi's favorite love to hate 'em team. I'll post results for the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Saaaay whut? Stanford is my team, my boys, my goom-bahs... Been
boosting them for close to ten years now.
It is the Bruins I love to hate.
--- Oski
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