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Post by cbrown1709 on Apr 13, 2007 14:34:53 GMT -5
well, wouldn't Nebraska spring "bank" be over by the time this comes around?
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Post by huskervbfan on Apr 13, 2007 18:12:01 GMT -5
Has it been mentioned here that Utah's (ex-Utah's) Salvo and Anderson have been pulled from this tournament and Cal Poly has taken their place with Kylie Atherstone & Chelsea Hayes? They should be the first (of many I hope) Husker opponents.
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Post by Alberta on Apr 14, 2007 7:36:15 GMT -5
Sand court or not any time these girls practice it counts towards their NCAA spring bank so I don't think any of these girls will have "sand legs". I'm no rules expert, but this statement seems a bit off base. As long as the coaching staff is not present, why wouldn't the players be able to use the indoor sand court as much as they wanted to prepare for the upcoming tournament? It really wouldn't be any different than college basketball players spending lots of their free time at open gyms playing pickup games. Maybe someone with good knowledge of the rules (BearClause?) can enlighten me if I am wrong. I think this might explain why McGinnis and Hampton both sat out one of the spring tournaments for the Gators. |
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Post by inomothanu on Apr 15, 2007 16:37:49 GMT -5
Look out...Cal Poly got the spot vacated by Utah. They have Pismo Beach nearby where Hayes has grown up. Do you think having Stevenson as their coach (he played in 50 AVP finals and won 20) will help them at all? It is a perfect venue for the Cal Poly coach - he's got to be the foremost expert on both indoors and beach. If they had known and been able to call upon his experience for the same amount as the others (instead of the one week they have been given) it would have been lights out...
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Post by farmwatcher on Apr 16, 2007 15:32:35 GMT -5
Beach is SUCH a different game. It is about balance of attack and reading the ball, not hitting a lot of big kills. Ashely Engle is a great beach player but is never going to get a serve, and I think it will be tough for them to win with her going over on two. I have to believe this is going to come down to the Nebraska and Stanford teams. I would not want to bet against Bryn and Cynthia on the beach.
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Post by plm on Apr 16, 2007 16:21:56 GMT -5
well, wouldn't Nebraska spring "bank" be over by the time this comes around? No, NU has one week of practice left & it will all be spent on their sand court. |
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Post by JT on Apr 16, 2007 16:22:05 GMT -5
My understanding is that this counts as one of the four Spring play-dates that is permitted for volleyball (ignoring exceptions for teams that travel to HI or AK, and a few others). That's why Minnesota shifted their final tournament from Saturday the 21st to Sunday the 22nd -- the "team" is only playing on the 22nd. The fact that they're playing in two different venues, and two different sports (imho), are irrelevant. This is also (I bet) why Nebraska only had three Spring tournaments. The beach VB will count as their fourth play date. As far as practices go, I think they're are okay, as long as they don't have their coaches present beyond the length of a season (132 days, split into two sections, as defined by the NCAA rules). www.ncaa.org/library/membership/division_i_manual/2006-07/2006-07_d1_manual.pdf(Section 17.28.7.1 on pg 317) |
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Post by OverAndUnder on Apr 16, 2007 17:28:21 GMT -5
It seem to me that the coaches get to pick their favorite players to competed in this competition. Not that they are not good players but.......... I know there has to be a better match for Cynthia then Bryn. I'm not saying I'm just saying. Yes, I'm a cynic, but I would put a $50 bet on the fact that the players were not simply picked by the coaches, but were screened by the show's producers for personality, personal history, and camera appeal. |
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Post by Gelatinous Mass on Apr 17, 2007 8:48:21 GMT -5
CSTV had a big say in who was playing for each team I'm sure....it's their TV show...
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Post by GatorVball on Apr 17, 2007 15:23:45 GMT -5
Article in the local paper.
Volleyball's Hampton, McGinnis hit the beach
BRANDON ZIMMERMAN
Sun sports writer
Marcie Hampton says playing beach volleyball is hard. Her Gator teammate, Angie McGinnis, agrees.
How could two of the country's most accomplished collegiate volleyball players make such revelations? It's quite simple, actually.
Running and jumping in the sand isn't quite as easy as doing it on the hardwood.
This is the challenge the duo of soon-to-be seniors faces when they travel to San Diego this weekend to compete in the Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championships. The event, to be broadcast May 6 on CSTV, features eight, two-player teams from some of the top collegiate programs in the country.
McGinnis, Florida's All-American setter, and Hampton, the All-SEC outside hitter, are ready to go.
"I'm excited," Hampton said. "It's a chance to go to California and have some fun."
Hampton, who crafted her volleyball talents inside the P.K. Yonge gym, said she has never played beach volleyball. McGinnis said she has played beach volleyball sparingly at her family's Michigan cottage.
But once they learned they would be participating in this weekend's event, they hit the sand volleyball courts next to the Southwest Rec Center on Florida's campus.
With their sneakers, knee pads and socks packed away, it was a decidedly different experience.
"Just running in general is hard," McGinnis said. "There's also only one person to block. That makes it tough. And you can't go after every ball in the sand. You'll get exhausted. You have to let some fall."
The trip has added significance for McGinnis. Her boyfriend since high school, Harry Polenychko, is stationed with the U.S. military just outside San Diego. Polenychko has served time in Iraq as lance corporal and rarely gets to see McGinnis.
McGinnis, who wears her boyfriend's dog tags in one of her knee pads during matches, said he will not have the time to watch her play. But she will surely visit him.
"It'll be fun," McGinnis said. "I wish he could come watch us, but he can't."
It's also an exciting time for Hampton. She was recently selected to play with the U.S. Women's National Team this summer, an honor bestowed on just five collegiate players.
While there's no SEC or NCAA titles at stake this weekend on the beaches of Southern California, Hampton and McGinnis say they are still playing to win.
"At first playing (beach volleyball) was something that was just fun," McGinnis said. "Now, I think we're focusing in on it being a competition."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2007 15:35:33 GMT -5
I'm putting my money on the team which just this week saw the last of the snow melt outside.
(The snow _inside_ will be around for a couple of more months.)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2007 15:37:17 GMT -5
Dogtags in the knee pads sounds like a nasty accident just waiting to happen.
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Post by OverAndUnder on Apr 18, 2007 8:46:53 GMT -5
Yeah, but it's better than him wearing a pair of her kneepads around his neck in the ITO.
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Post by Keystonekid on Apr 18, 2007 17:11:32 GMT -5
Coaches picked, CSTV outlined what they were looking for. Do you think CSTV hand selected Schwartz and Holehouse? Players were not screened by producers. I'll look for that $50 in the mail. CSTV did spend the week in Lincoln filming.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Apr 18, 2007 17:17:48 GMT -5
They should change the name from Beach to sand volleyball. Beach Volleyball just doesn't seem to be a good terminology fit considering there are Nebraskans playing in this thing.
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