[Mick]

Box score shows we lost 3-0, but it was a credible loss against the top team in the country: 22-25, 19-25, 24-26.  Would have been nice to at least take one set, though.

BC

It's interesting. At this level, the team that makes the fewest errors tends to win; fewest hitting, blocking and receiving errors. Hawaii made 26 errors, Stanford made 36 errors. It didn't show in serving, Hawaii had 16, Stanford had 15. It really showed in hitting, where Stanford had 7 errors and Hawaii had 15.

Stanford has an experienced team. Four of the seven starters are seniors, one is a redshirt junior, one is a junior and one is a freshman. The freshman, Theo Snoey, played very well, 5 errors. Will Rottman had 14 errors, a really rough match for him. 7 hitting errors, 4 service errors and three passing errors -- which at this level, is debilitating. Kevin Lamp had 10 errors, with 4 hitting errors and six kills. Libero Lui only had one error, Gates had zero, Peters had 1, Hill had 1. Setter Lietzke had 4. 

And that's the difference. BTW, Hawaii is going to be tough next year. All their starters are juniors, except for their setter Thelle. And four of Hawaii's starters are from other countries, two from the Greek national team, one from the Brazilian national team and their setter is from the Norwegian national team.

1,700 fans versus Hawaii last night. Tonight's game vs. Hawaii is at Burnham. Hawaii has the nation's longest win streak at 17 in a row.

[Mick]

Box score shows we lost 3-0, but it was a credible loss against the top team in the country: 22-25, 19-25, 24-26.  Would have been nice to at least take one set, though.

BC

It's interesting. At this level, the team that makes the fewest errors tends to win; fewest hitting, blocking and receiving errors. Hawaii made 26 errors, Stanford made 36 errors. It didn't show in serving, Hawaii had 16, Stanford had 15. It really showed in hitting, where Stanford had 7 errors and Hawaii had 15.

Stanford has an experienced team. Four of the seven starters are seniors, one is a redshirt junior, one is a junior and one is a freshman. The freshman, Theo Snoey, played very well, 5 errors. Will Rottman had 14 errors, a really rough match for him. 7 hitting errors, 4 service errors and three passing errors -- which at this level, is debilitating. Kevin Lamp had 10 errors, with 4 hitting errors and six kills. Libero Lui only had one error, Gates had zero, Peters had 1, Hill had 1. Setter Lietzke had 4. 

And that's the difference. BTW, Hawaii is going to be tough next year. All their starters are juniors, except for their setter Thelle. And four of Hawaii's starters are from other countries, two from the Greek national team, one from the Brazilian national team and their setter is from the Norwegian national team.

1,700 fans versus Hawaii last night. Tonight's game vs. Hawaii is at Burnham. Hawaii has the nation's longest win streak at 17 in a row.