Waimea volleyball teams picked up their second straight wins on their journey to the Raiderdome Saturday. The boys opened the night to take home the win in four hard-fought games 25-23, 25-21, 22-25, 30-28. Waimea’s girls dropped their opener 25-27
Waimea volleyball teams picked up their second straight wins on their journey to the Raiderdome Saturday.
The boys opened the night to take home the win in four hard-fought games 25-23, 25-21, 22-25, 30-28. Waimea’s girls dropped their opener 25-27 to the Red Raiders, but came back to win three straight 25-21, 25-16, 25-18 for their second sweep in as many outings.
The Menehune relied on the heavy hitting of Calsen Agrade and Chris Newcomb and the setting of Jared Matsumoto to edge the Red Raiders.
With two games under their belt, Kaua‘i went to the combination of Jordan Cox and Basil Walton to fire off the corners.
Following an 8-8 deadlock in Game 3, Kaua‘i kept control and despite a strong Newcomb hit from the back row, Kaua‘i answered on a Cox kill that ricocheted off Newcomb for the game.
Kaua‘i continued to control Game 4, but Waimea never gave up and deadlocked the contest 24-24 on a tandem block by Newcomb and Alton Shimatsu.
Errors from both sides knotted the score at 25 and ignited the good-sized crowd. A Kaua‘i block was answered by a Newcomb kill and Agrade shot one to the back corner for a 26-25 advantage, only to commit a hitting error on the next volley.
Cox dinked one for the lead, but Newcomb answered on a middle shot for the 28-28 stalemate. Waimea followed with an ace and an Agrade push up the middle for the win.
The Kaua‘i ladies could not keep a straight line on their performance as errors plagued a sluggish passing game and inconsistent hitting. Waimea rebounded from a 27-25 Game 1 setback to take the remaining three games behind the hitting of Nue Wong and Chaslee Delanoza.
Tialei Agader added spice to the firepower set up by former Red Raider Ho‘onani Dennis.
Wong came off the opposite side to lead the Menehune ladies while Delanoza anchored the right corner.
Auika Muragin, suffering through serves, finally ignited with back-to-back aces in Game 2 to tie the contest 19-19, only to succumb to a Kaua‘i error.
Cheri Kua’s strong presence in the middle and Raider errors closed the book on a Wong kill in Game Two.
Games 3 and 4 were similar; Kaua‘i suffered through a variety of errors while trying to contain the Menehune.
Warrior teams were in the house in anticipation of hosting next week’s volleyball games.
Waimea travels to the Bernice Hundley Gym Wednesday with the first serve going off at 5 p.m. before the Warriors host the Raiders on Saturday night at 5 p.m.
