After falling in the first two sets, the University of Hawai‘i Wahine volleyball squad came back with a vengeance, but too many costly errors put them to rest against the Wisconsin Badgers, who took the regional semifinal game in five
After falling in the first two sets, the University of Hawai‘i Wahine volleyball squad came back with a vengeance, but too many costly errors put them to rest against the Wisconsin Badgers, who took the regional semifinal game in five grueling sets, 31-29, 30-23, 22-30, 28-30, 21-19, yesterday in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Hawai‘i stormed back with two impressive performances in games three and four.
In game five, Hawai‘i had many chances to win the match, but the Badgers wouldn’t go away and eventually out hustled the Rainbow Wahine for the win.
Wisconsin moves on to the regional finals against Stanford today, but for UH, a long trip back to Honlulu awaits them.
After going 30-0, the Rainbow Wahine looked unbeatable, even down five sets against the 22-9 Badgers.
Juliana Sanders played the game of her life with a .500 hitting percentage to go along with her 14 kills. Susie Boogaard led the ‘Bows with 20 kills, followed by Alicia Arnott with 19 and Victoria Prince with 15.
Teisa Fotu led UH in the blocking department with 17 digs. Boogaard managed to dig 16 balls and Arnott contributed with 13 blocks of her own.
Wisconsin’s Jill Odenthal, who looked unstoppable at times, had a game-high 25 kills. Teammate Jocelyn Wack played human backboard with an amazing 35 dig total.
Hawai‘i finishes its 2004 campaign with a 30-1 mark.
