Mike Wilton
Mike Wilton
Mike Wilton is the former head coach of the Warrior Volleyball team for the University of Hawaii at Manoa...
argument body clean endurance good moving outside power rack takes
Take your body weight, put it on a rack and power clean it 74 consecutive times, and that's a good argument for moving to the outside (hitter position). He did that. That's an endurance feat, of course, but it also takes a little strength, too.
best climb figured gave hill neat trying
We were the little Volkswagen trying to climb that hill without all of its cylinders. We gave it everything we had. We battled and battled. The neat thing is we figured out a way to win. That's probably the best thing I can say.
good invested missing win
This was a big win for us. It's always a good thing to be emotionally invested in a match, which was missing the other night.
barely believe eyes honest saw
To be honest with you, I can barely believe what I saw with my eyes.
follow internet kept service
Even if we wanted to follow those things, we couldn't. The Internet service is down in our hotel. We're like mushrooms. We're being kept in the dark.
coming helped huge lift played
Bender coming in was a huge lift for the team. He played well and helped us get going.
hoping improved last saw since sure thinking
We're thinking 'one day at a time,' and hoping to get a little better each day. Have we improved since we last saw them (Jan. 20)? For sure we have.
both challenge hit saw teams top
Both teams were tired. I saw a lot of spikes hit the top of the net. Of course, it was the same for both teams. It was a challenge for both teams.
found lucky
We were very lucky tonight. We found a way to win.
bad guys spots standing sure
If they didn't have anything on us, they sure were standing in the right spots a lot. I think some of our guys got off to bad starts.
seven trip
One trip probably would kill seven years of recruiting.
best compete figured neat played
I wouldn't say that we played our best volleyball. What's neat is we figured out a way to compete and get it in.
facial hard shows teammate
There are some things that are really hard to see (on video), like facial expressions. That's important. That shows how he reacts. That shows what kind of teammate he is.
ball balls blocked couple everybody good hitters liked mistakes moments outside played stayed team
I think everybody played well. We had a couple of moments when we made mistakes we wouldn't have liked to have made. But we distributed the ball well, the outside hitters hit respectably, we blocked some balls and played some good team defense. We stayed pretty focused, I thought.