Everyone is so bought in to seeing each other happy, seeing each other succeed. That’s the reason why we’re sitting here victorious. I think we accomplished that.… Everyone’s playing for each other. “I think it was good to have that challenge and (forced) us to come back in this point of the season. “We embraced that loss yesterday in a way,” said Thelle, who had perhaps his most well-rounded match of the season with 34 assists, four kills, seven digs, two aces and two blocks. 138) did not have his best stuff.ĭimitrios Mouchlias was dazed after hitting the court on a play in which the ball caromed off his head, but he still managed to get a kill. The lithe Greek was the workhorse on a night that Chakas (nine kills, 29 swings. He recovered to put down a kill on the point and fell over in the process.Īfter Mouchlias got up in a bit of a daze, Thelle came over and kissed the side of his head. Mouchlias even used his head on one memorable play, albeit unintentionally the Bruins sent one of his swings right back at him and it caromed off his dome and over to the UCLA side. They also redoubled their effort laying out for wayward balls and out dug the Bruins by eight, with libero Brett Sheward hustling for 10. Where UH struggled with basics like serving and passing on Friday, those returned as strengths 24 hours later for the two-time defending national champions. But it’ll play itself out and see where we are in May.” “I don’t think there’s any doubt that these are three of the best teams in the country,” Wade said. Wade and Bruins coach John Speraw both marveled at the level of play over the three days and agreed the teams could very well see each other in the NCAA postseason. Setter Jakob Thelle and hitter Spyros Chakas joined Mouchlias on the all-tournament team.ĭimitrios Mouchlias poked a kill past a UCLA blocker and the antenna. PSU won the tournament title on sets differential it was one frame better than the ‘Bows and Bruins by virtue of going five with UCLA on Thursday. UH (17-1), UCLA (19-2) and Penn State (17-2) each went 2-1 in the tournament that also included Purdue Fort Wayne.
“We had a (pregame) meeting in the locker room and we said, ‘We’re going to give everything we have in this game. “If you play good and you lose, it’s fine. “ When you lose and you don’t play well, you’re more upset,” said Mouchlias, who was named Most Outstanding Player of the Outrigger Volleyball Invitational. Opposite Dimitrious Mouchlias was dialed in from the first serve and delivered a match-high 22 kills on 41 swings, hitting. Incredible volleyball all around tonight in The Stan! /OgWFHIiS0V Last night the Rainbow Warriors took the L, but tonight they bounce back!!!! #HawaiiMVB win an absolute battle against UCLA.
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