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Post by brybry on Oct 23, 2007 0:27:51 GMT -5
I just watched the Washington UCLA match and was really impressed by the liberos on both squads. From the Pac 10 liberos I have seen, I rank as following:
1) Tama Miyashiro - makes it look really easy which is how it should look . great court sense.
2) Jade Machado - holy crap. so many amazing ups and perfect passes. I don't know why she wasn't starting last season. She must have improved tremendously because she is levels above Lyman.
3) Katie Swoboda - solid passer great digger
4) Gaby Ailes - terrific freshman. digs bullets
I haven't seen Sydney Donahue so apologies to any ASU fans.
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Post by pedro el leon on Oct 23, 2007 0:34:59 GMT -5
There are a lot of good liberos in the pac10 this year. Those 5 you mentioned are really great liberos, I wont even attempt at ranking them. And there is no way there can be no mention of Hyder at Wazzu, she's amazing as well.
Since the beginning of the libero, the pac10 has had the most amazing liberos, starting with Zartman, Lee, Seilhammer, and now the current batch. But those three(Zartman, Lee, and Seilhammer) really set the bar high for the position in this conference. Now that it's an established position, I think that the talent and skill levels are only going to increase.
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Post by cbrown1709 on Oct 23, 2007 2:24:15 GMT -5
I have to go with Tama right now.
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Post by Mocha on Oct 23, 2007 2:36:54 GMT -5
I'd rank Sydney Donahue the second best Libero in the Pac 10 after Tama. And don't forget that National Team Libero Nicole Davis also played in the Pac 10.
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Post by cruncher on Oct 23, 2007 9:18:31 GMT -5
1. Miyashiro
2. Swoboda
2. Donahue
2. Hyder
2. Machado
2. Ailes
Dang, this is a tough one! Lots of great talent to choose from. For me, passing is the key. That makes it harder to rate them by eyeball.
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Post by vbally on Oct 23, 2007 14:45:37 GMT -5
Donahue is doing a great job, she seems very focused and ready to work hard at making plays.
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Post by blastingsand on Oct 23, 2007 16:18:07 GMT -5
Isn't Donahue the all time leader in digs now?
But I agree, Zartman, Seilhammer, and Lee set a high bar for this league.
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Post by cats48 on Oct 23, 2007 18:01:54 GMT -5
I thought Davis was great also.....
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Post by ay2013 on Oct 23, 2007 18:05:24 GMT -5
Isn't Donahue the all time leader in digs now? But I agree, Zartman, Seilhammer, and Lee set a high bar for this league. I don't think so... I think I recently read that she's the all time leader at ASU...not the Pac-10. But yes Zartman, Lee and Sielhammer set the bar very very high. I was looking at some of the past box scores of UW matches (2005) and Lee's digs numbers would be in the thirtys (in 3 game sweeps!)...amazing, just amazing |
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Post by jgrout on Oct 23, 2007 18:49:47 GMT -5
Isn't Donahue the all time leader in digs now? But I agree, Zartman, Seilhammer, and Lee set a high bar for this league. I don't think so... I think I recently read that she's the all time leader at ASU...not the Pac-10. Donahue broke the Pac-10 career digs record against USC on September 20th. thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/092107aaa.html |
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Post by blastingsand on Oct 24, 2007 2:32:11 GMT -5
Interesting that she is and no one has really mentioned it on that date. or I just missed it. |
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