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Hawaii beats TCU in NCAA tournament

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SAM CRAFT / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Hawaii’s Emily Maglio gets a shot past TCU’s Natalie Gower in the first set of the first round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament tonight in College Station Texas.

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SAM CRAFT / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Hawaii’s Tayler Higgins and TCU’s Jillian Bergeson met at the net on Friday during the NCAA tournament in College Station, Texas.

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SAM CRAFT / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Hawaii’s Emily Maglio gets a shot past TCU’s Natalie Gower in the first set of the first round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament tonight in College Station Texas.

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SAM CRAFT / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Hawaii’s Tayler Higgins and TCU’s Jillian Bergeson met at the net on Friday during the NCAA tournament in College Station, Texas.

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS » Nikki Taylor put down 21 kills and Olivia Magill added 19 as No. 7 Hawaii survived its NCAA first-round match Friday against feisty Texas Christian, 17-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-21, 15-13 in College Station, Texas.

Kalei Greeley added 16 kills, Tai Manu-Olevao 14 and Emily Maglio 13 for the Rainbow Wahine (27-1), who extended their win streak to 22.

Regan McGuire led the Horned Frogs (19-7) with 16 kills.

Hawaii libero Savanah Kahakai had a match-high 23 digs. The Rainbow Wahine were outblocked 14.5-8.

Hawaii will play Texas A&M in Saturday’s second round match (2:30 p.m. Hawaii time). The Aggies swept Texas A&M Corpus Christi 25-16, 27-25, 25-14, in tonight’s second match.

21 responses to “Hawaii beats TCU in NCAA tournament”

  1. den says:

    they got away with one.

  2. lokela says:

    Good luck in the next match. Already spent some valuable energy going 5 sets. Go Wahine!

  3. kimo says:

    Whew! A close win. A good win. We took it to five to barely squeak by. It was a matter of who would blink first, and looks like TCU did. Hawaii hitters were magnificent — the Fabulous Five! Higgins spreading the ball around, keeping TCU off balance. That last behind the back set was perfect. Btw, Taylor looked visibly injured. Slow getting up after diving for digs. Limping toward the end. Pray her leg is better for tomorrow’s game against Texas A&M. Go ‘Bows!

    • jkjones says:

      what happened to your super setter with cat quickness, vision and all that baloney you wistfully talked about. what a con. Higgins a near disaster.

      • kimo says:

        Higgins: 65 assists, 4 block assists

        TCU’s 2 setters: 55 assists, 0 block/assists

      • Pacificsports says:

        Bad passing leads to bad setting. Nikki underwhelming, hopefully gets back to normal tomorrow. Bad serving too. All around play needs to get better.

      • oldertimer808 says:

        Always someone who has nothing good to say and to be critical of a student/athlete who does their best to represent the University and the State. What have you done lately jkjones???

        • jkjones says:

          i think. something that is foreign to someone who is mentally challenged like you. All you do is shoot down people with differing opinions. I understand. It is simple and suits your lazy IQ.

  4. Mei mei says:

    cardiac arrest moments – but at least they pulled out the W… they really need to reduce the serve receive errors and errors in general… would love to see Claire in for TMO… she hurts us more in the back than anything…

    also the setting (higgins) were a lil suspect…
    pls. put in Granato / Castillo in sooner –

    go BOWS – pull out the BIG W tomorrow!!!! PLEASE!!!!! thank you!!! IMUA!!!!

  5. serious says:

    These gals are the greatest!!!!!! Put them on the headlines!!! And let’s have a parade when they come back!!!!

  6. eastside808 says:

    NCAA doesnt care about filling the stands. Dont they get paid by the school that’s hosting? The selection comittee is all about taking care of the big conferences as well as pitting the west coast teams against each in diluting the competition so some big ten or east coast conference can win it all. The west coast reps have no pull when it comes properly placing the teams in respective regional brackets. Bottom line is we got to keep on winning.

  7. 808comp says:

    Wahine play like they did today against A&M they will be packing their bags for sure. All those errors will not help.They were lucky today.

  8. 808comp says:

    Pac 12 not doing so well. Stanford swept by LMU. Oregon,Arizona State,and Arizona all out.

  9. paniolo says:

    Got one tough win under the belt. Now, finish up the rest. IMUA, Na Wahine…

  10. oldertimer808 says:

    Congratulations to our Wahine Warriors for winning their first game and on to the next. Healing energy to all our hurting Wahines.

  11. poidogVA62 says:

    I always find going west to east travel is more exhausting, so I give the wahines some props. It would have been easy to give up. TCU and Texas A&M playing in their back yard, why rank Hawaii high during the season if you think of them so little come tournament time (I know economics of travel to Hawaii, but still).

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