Pilipa’a College Report

By Chris
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Updated: August 27, 2017

Ka’iu Ahuna (Pilipa’a ’15) a junior outside hitter began the 2017 season with a new team in a new city. Ahuna, transferred to UC Riverside after two seasons with the Eastern Washington Eagles. Ahuna is off to a good start with her UC Riverside Highlander teammates. They opened the season with a 2-1 record in the Cal State Fullerton Titan Tournament defeating Fairleigh Dickinson 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-22) and Drake 3-1 (25-23, 25-18, 19-25, 25-19) and losing to Bryant 0-3 (23-25, 26-28, 21-25). Ahuna finished the weekend with 18 kills and 18 digs for the three matches.

Next matches: UCR hosts the UC Riverside Classic and will face Chicago State, San Jose State and Howard University on Sept. 1st and 2nd.

UC Riverside is a member of the Big West and will face the University of Hawaii in Honolulu on October 20th.

Zoe Leonard (Pilipa’a ’15) is a junior libero/setter and co-captain at Dartmouth College . Leonard and “The Big Green” open the season on the road in the Cal Classic at Berkeley, California on Sept.1st and 2nd. They will face Cal, Texas Tech and Eastern Washington.

Toni Beck (Pilipa’a ’14), a senior opposite and her Briar Cliff Chargers opened the season 4-0 including a wild 3-2 (20-25, 27-25, 25-19, 22-25, 15-11) win over 18th ranked MidAmerica Nazarene. Beck tallied 8 kills in the win over MidAmerica Nazarene, 14 kills vs. Mayville State, 8 kills vs. Dakota State, and 10 vs. Waldorf.

Next match:9/7 vs. Mayville State

Anuhea Leite-Ah Yo (Pilipa’a ’14), a senior outside hitter and her Wells Express open their season on September 1st and 2nd at the Scranton Invitational where they will face New Jersey City, St. Elizabeth, and Shenandoah,

Kadara Marshall (Pilipa’a / Cuzins ’16), a sophomore middle blocker and her Western Nebraska Cougars opened the season 2-1 with wins over Indian Hills Community College and Hillsborough Community College and a 3-2 loss to Iowa Western CC. Stats were not published for these matches.