Comments on: WAC cutting volleyball tourney to 6 teams

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:08:03 +0000

1992 was the only year Hawaii didn’t make the field. believe it was only 48 teams then, may have been 36. Wahine were in the Big West. They came into the WAC in 96.
92 was a year when there were so many injuries. think they had maybe 5 healthy players. Jenny Wilton playing with a sternum problem. The loss the likely kept them out was to BYUH, which was a very good team, but still NAIA. Hawaii was 15-12, 4th in the Big West.
All-Big west players that year: Sarah Chase, Kenyatta Lovelace, Kari Anderson.
One of the few years Hawaii had no All-Americans … 1984, 1997 the others. and 75 and 76 if you go back to the AIAW.

By: bowsfan

bowsfan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:26:02 +0000

I guess the tournament is good for everyone but Hawaii for VB, I know Wahine didn’t have a post season in 1992. Was UH in the Big West or WAC at the time.

By: Cindy Luis

Cindy Luis — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:34:00 +0000

Interesting … but what is the incentive to improve? I think back to the 8os when Hawaii and Pacific may have been the best two teams in the country but UH didn’t advance because UOP was in the same regional with them in 1985-86.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:07:21 +0000

If they really wanted to save money, the powers that be should have cut the women’s volleyball tournament to 2 teams- us and whoever else. That way we can get on to the business of focusing on the real tournament.