The typical two-a-days continued Sunday with atypical performances for the Hawaii volleyball team. The Rainbow Wahine freshman class continued to impress — but not surprise — coaches and teammates on Day 2 in Gym I.

“There’s a lot of talent in our freshman class,” Hawaii assistant coach Angelica Ljungvist said. “There’s also a lot of work to be done, a lot of things to learn, which is why we’re here in the practice gym.

“We’re very excited about that. We’ll keep working on it one day at a time.”

Five of Hawaii’s nine newcomers are true freshmen: Amber Igiede (6-foot-3 middle), Tiffany Westerberg (6-3 middle/hitter), Braelyn Akana (6-foot hitter/middle), Riley Wagoner (6-foot hitter) and Hanna Hellvig (6-2 hitter).

Hellvig is the first Wahine from Sweden since Ljungvist, who finished her four-time All-American career as the 1996 AVCA Player of the Year.

“She’s an all-around hitter, we’ll see where she ends up,” Ljungvist said. “We have a number of people who might be shifting (positions). We don’t know yet.

“Our freshmen are who we thought they were. That’s why we recruited them. I think everyone this year came to practice in shape, ready to go, hungry to train and get better.

“We’re starting at a higher pace in practice because we can.”

One example was one of the first drills on Saturday, a passing drill where the players were divided on three courts and had to pass the ball to each other over the net 150 consecutive times without the ball dropping or going above the antenna.

“We had all the ‘freshies’ together and they got it done on the first try,” Ljungvist said. “That tells you they have enough skill to keep that ball-control going and that they’re in shape. Otherwise you don’t last the drill.

“We’re not surprised by their skill level. We know who we recruited. They’ve come in the way we expected. Coming in ready to practice and ready to compete for playing time.”