Obviously has, but Hawaii still looked amazing without him. I think they just need time to adapt and play with this new change in the roster. Louis has got a bright future, I think if he just works hard and stays consistent he will be a force of nature. I feel like he can match or even be better than chakas.

@@OKBUDDY21 bro definitely has power and hops

No. It was more bad sets, and dumb numerous errors that affected them.

it was still a close game, Hawaii didn't get dominated throughout the two games without their starting outsides

@@ryxn._.acymxtb it went both ways. Long beach prepared for chakas. Not sakanoko and thiim. It messed with their scouting report. If they meet in the big west, i think Long beach will be better prepared. I assume by that time they have already scouted sakanoko/thiim unless Hawaii uses another OH.

Yeah, what the heck kind of hit was that at 5:15?! Looked like he hit it with the back of his hand.

​@Cryket its a beach style short roll shot. It was his palm. If you watch on mobile you zoom in on slo mo

I’d imagine these two teams have nothing but respect for each other. Two top notch volleyball programs.

Wow, I'm surprised the ball still had air in it! 😁

After Chakas’ injury idk if theyre major contenders anymore

⁠@@cschlums2235they may not be not one of the favorites now to win it but they are still contenders. Hawaii just went 5 sets with what is now the #1 team in the nation. They got a lot of things to clean up but they definitely still have the talent to win it all. It’s about how these young guys like Tread and Louie evolve over the course of the next month that will determine the ceiling for this team.

@@rainman11 Yeah fair point I take that back.

I know!!!!!!!

Nah I rewatched it a couple of times and he was def out of the way in time

@@travisbrown9936keoni ran into the line judge

Timer ?

i was front row student section and the ref wasn't in the way thiim ran to the right and then the left which made it look like he was in the way

Spin does not imply a double contact. Double contacts are generally not called anyway unless they're particularly egregious.

@@warriyorcat this is true. Just curious. I saw reports that the no call rule has made gameplay better and calls betweens refs with different looks a non issue now. Fun times for vball.

Long beach number 4 Skylar is from Saskatchewan Canada

Unless you commented on the wrong video, these are D1 college teams: Long Beach State and the University of Hawai'i.

he’s unfortunately out for the season.. it’ll be a big spot for someone like alaka’i or chaz to fill up.

They were co-conference champions in 2022 and 2023 for the Big West, but that's different from the National Championship.

You play everyone in conference twice. The Big West tends to do theirs back-to-back because some teams (Hawai'i) have a long way to travel and having back-to-back games keeps costs low.

Thiim is 6ft officially. In practice, could be even less.

Chakas is out for the season with a knee/acl thing. He got injured at 14-11 in the 5th set of the UC Irvine match at the Outrigger tourney.

tweaked his ankle but came back in the match later

Normal 2,43

His hand weren’t above the net so legal

I’d disagree. I’d say Louis is nearly as good as chakas and had huge digs and kills this match. I think they would’ve won either way. As a Hawaii fan

@@whore4jelly4 I like louis he is a very versatile player, which is what stood out to me! I think chakas was just to good for his opponents. Louis is not far from being great but as good as chakas I wouldn’t say yes. Being great comes with more than just skill it comes with a mindset, experience, and leadership. Louis is just a freshman and lacks the experience at that level and leadership as well because there being people that have been there longer than him. He will be great for Hawaii from no moving forward if he stays as a starter.

Not really. Thiim and Chaz are definitely more dependeable than Louis. He gets some highlight swings but is incredibly inconsistent as we've seen all season long.

@@jackmcmanus5628so then why did they sub in Louis? Vet wise I would go with Chaz and thiim any day but they we’re struggling so that’s why Charlie put Louis in and it was a good choice. I will be shocked if he is not a starter

It’s weird because it felt like Long Beach was clearly the better team with all the blocks, digs, and they just seemed more in system consistently. They played about as good of a game as you can get against another elite team. And despite all that Hawaii still took them to 5 sets while making a ton of hitting errors, service errors, not having their best player, and playing on the road showed just how talented they are. No doubt Hawaii with Spyros last night, they win.

nah you're only not allowed to jump/set over the 3 meter line when you're a libero as long as he didnt jump and spike it or if ur talking about his foot over the half court line then its fine as long as your heel doesnt touch the line

Didn’t interfere with the play

6-0

cause its a pass not a set

That's 17-year-old Tread Rosenthal. Had 15 digs last night so he can play libero too! 😁

Yeah true. Very USA style swing imo. Also very old style.

That's Keoni Thiim, 6' 0" senior for Hawai'i. Usually a serving sub, but he's been starting since Chakas got injured.

@@warriyorcatI havent watched many Hawaii matches but is Keoni filling the OH role well?

Apparently he's nursing a knee injury, but Harlan seemed to be doing really well.

He rolled his ankle in Friday's match against LBSU so they're probably trying to prevent it from getting worse.