> If you didn't see the match Saturday night at the Special Events Arena
> here in Honolulu between the University of Hawaii and UCLA you only
> missed the best match that will be played this year.  But don't worry,
> you can see a replay on March 1 and March 2 when UCLA returns.  Somebody
> should call Prime Sports or ESPN and suggest that they show these
> matches.  I'm sure they will be tremendous matches also.  Was this match
> televised on the mainland at all.  I know it was live on TV here in
> Hawaii, as several of my friends told me they saw me on TV.

> The final scores were 16-14, 12-15, 8-15, 15-8, and 16-14 with Hawaii
> prevailing.  This was the most intense match I've ever witnessed.  this
> one match alone makes it worth spending the night waiting in line to get
> season tickets (front row!!!).  UCLA had come back in game 1 to take a
> 14-10 lead, then squandered 12 (count 'em, 12) game points before Hawaii
> came back to win the game.  The next game, Hawaii was up 10-2 before
> running out of energy (temporarily).  the rally scoring fifth game was so
> intense all 9000+ fans were on their feet most of the game, and the roar
> was deafening.  Two of my friends are going to bring ear plugs to the
> next match.

> I would have to say right now that the Player of the Year contest looks
> like a battle between Yuval Katz of UH and Paul Nihipali of UCLA, both of
> whom were incredible Saturday night.  For some inexplicable reason
> Nihipali was left off the all-tournament team, and was even pulled from
> the game for a while  Scates seems to be down on him, and I'm not sure
> why.  He was nearly unstoppable, and is truly the complete package as he
> showed by digging a number of blistering hits.  Can anybody enlighten me
> as to the possible reasons for his being in Scate's doghouse?

> See you all at the NCAA finals, and probably watch the same two teams.