WAHINE PLAYBOOK
At No. 19 Arizona &
Vs. Cal Poly Slo
Tomorrow: No. 3 Hawaii (25-1) at No. 19 Arizona (18-9), 4 p.m. HST. Saturday: Hawaii vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (19-7), 10 a.m. HST.
Coaches-Hawaii: Dave Shoji (25th season, 706-136-1). Arizona: Dave Rubio (8th, 141-85). Cal Poly SLO: Steve Schlick (4th, 69-43).
Series: Hawaii leads Arizona, 7-0. Last meeting: The Wahine swept a Thanksgiving week series 3-0 and 3-1 in 1995. Hawaii leads Cal Poly, 22-3, and has won the last eight meetings. The Wahine's last victory was a straight-set sweep on Oct. 1, 1994, when the teams were members of the Big West. The Mustangs' last win came at Klum Gym in 1989, 3-2, which snapped UH's home win streak at 55.
Top players-Hawaii: Heather Bown (6-3 Sr. MB) 4.16 kpg, .377, 2.27 bpg, 25 aces; Jessica Sudduth (6-2 Jr. LS) 3.07 kpg, .216, 25 aces, 2.65 dpg; Veronica Lima (6-2 So. MB) 1.92 kpg, .277, 2.52 dpg, 1.15 bpg, 27 aces; Jennifer Carey (6-1 Fr. S)11.84 apg, 2.52 dpg, 1.15 bpg; Lily Kahumoku (6-2 Fr. LS) 3.30 kpg, .307, 1.17 dpg. Arizona: Marisa DaLee (6-3 Jr. MB) 3.74 kpg, .366, 1.43 dpg, 1.25 bpg; Dana Burkholder (5-8 So. S).13.01 apg, 2.81 dpg; Lisa Rutlede (6-2 Fr. OH) 3.43 kpg, 2.55, 2.07 dpg. CPSLO: Kari DeSoto (6-4 Sr. MB) 4.42 kpg, .415, 1.58 bpg; Melanie Hathaway (5-10 Jr OH) 3.57 kpg, .40 aces, 3.40 dpg; Carly O'Halloran (6-0 Fr. S) 11.95 apg.
About the Wahine: Hawaii finished out the WAC season unbeaten (14-0) with a 3-1 win over San Jose State. Bown was named co-Player of the Year and Kahumoku Freshman of the Year. Also named to the first team was Sudduth; on the second team were Carey, Lima and Jennifer Roberts.
About the Wildcats: Arizona ranks 20th nationally in blocking (2.96). The 'Cats finished 12-6 in the Pac-10, and have won six of their last seven matches... DaLee and Burkholder were named to the All-Pac-10 team and Rutlede was selected to the all-freshman team.
About the Mustangs: Cal Poly has won its last two matches, finishing Big West play with an 11-5 mark ...DeSoto, a high school teammate of Bown and Sudduth, and Melanie Hathaway were named all-BWC first team and O'Halloran to the second team. The Mustangs' only win over a ranked team was 3-2 over UCSB.
Next up: The NCAA Tournament pairings will be announced Sunday at 5 p.m. HST.
On the air: Both live on KCCN (1420-AM).
RealAudio: http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu/Sportslive/listen.html
By Cindy Luis, Star-Bulletin
http://uhathletics.hawaii.edu
Ka Leo O Hawaii
