Just got back from the Special Events Arena.
In fact I'm (half)watching the replay on TV
as I'm writing this.

The first game was a see-saw battle with the
Trojans taking the lead midway through.  
Kahinu Lee came in for Mason Kuo (who was
starting for the ill Aaron Wilton, present
only in street clothes).  Hawaii managed
a run at the end and pulled out a 15-12 
victory.

In the second game, USC jumped off to a
5-1 lead.  Again Lee subbed for Kuo and 
Hawaii ran off 14 straight and cruised to
a 15-5 win.

Lee started the third game which played much
like the first, with the Trojans holding a
slight advantage throughout most of the game.
The Rainbows finally caught them late, helped
by an apparently bad line call, and came away
with the 15-11 victory.

The Trojan attack was fairly one-dimensional
going time and again to Chris Guigliano in
all six rotations.  Guigliano wound up with
27 kills hitting about .375.  Eric Seiffert
was the only other Trojan who was much of a
threat adding 15 kills and also hitting about
.375.

The USC block was ineffective, with both
Gugliano and Seifert getting shut out in
the block category.  The 6-10 Szilard Kovacs
did have about 3 blocks but was not a factor
offensively.

Hawaii hit .451(!), with Ring leading the 
way with 23 kills and a .500 hitting
percentage.  Milo added a steady 19 kills
at .571(!).  Tune and Vaughan led the 
Rainbow blockers with 5 apiece.  Tune (.476),
Leoni (.385), and POG Lee (.455) all hit for 
high percentages.

There were about 8900 tickets sold with
about 7500 in attendance.  Saturday is
already a sell-out.

- mike