With the alumni match on tap and the start of the college volleyball season beckoning with a new roster of players, UH-Hilo volleyball coach Gene Krieger has any number of reasons to be cheerful these days.
On Wednesday, the No. 11 had the first-year coach miffed.
The Vulcans didn’t get much respect in the PacWest preseason poll and were picked to finish near the bottom of the 14-team conference,
“It irritated me,” Krieger said. “I don’t want the girls to think they’re 11th. I’ve never been 11th, and I refuse to believe any team I’m on is 11th.