Defensive Specialist Savanah Kahakai
University of Hawaii volleyball player Savanah Kahakai is normally a back-row player
Although the opportunity caught Savanah Kahakai by surprise, the Rainbow Wahine freshman didn’t flinch playing front row.
Strictly a back-row player in her first two matches, Kahakai rotated to the front in the fourth set of Sunday’s match against San Diego State. The 5-foot-8 Kahakai delivered two kills and a solo block before closing out the victory from the service line.
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Her performance might have reverberated from Manoa to Kalihi.
The Farrington graduate’s father, former Governor running back Talbot Kahakai, played for legendary coach Skippa Diaz. Kahakai’s big game came a day after Diaz died.
"He was a big person to my dad, his football coach … kept him disciplined and motivated," said Kahakai. "So I would say that game was for my dad and for him."
ON THIS DAY: 9/4/2000Led by Lily Kahumoku’s 16 kills and eight digs and freshman Kim Willoughby’s 10 kills, the Rainbow Wahine volleyball team sweeps UCLA 15-8, 16-14, 15-12 to close the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic. UH goes on to finish 31-2 and advances to the final four in Virginia. |
