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Post by ay2013 on Sept 18, 2014 23:42:07 GMT -5
Stanford OH's struggling...which will be status quo for this team, and what will make or break their season. Sorry, but nobody is winning the NC without a strong performance from the LS. I disagree. The middles will carry STanford this season. Passing is what will make or break them. uh, how many national championship teams do you know who's outsides hit under .150 in big matches?.......titles are won on the strength of the OH attack....period. No matter how hard you try, the OH will get 40-60% of the sets in any given match, especially against top teams. You have to maximize those points to win the big, close matches.
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Post by wonderwarthog79 on Sept 18, 2014 23:43:12 GMT -5
Amusing stats. The two Stanford leftside hitters managed about .120 between them, but the team hit .333. USD had 33 errors. Just swing and hope I guess. Lutz was really terrible blocking. She had six. Inky blocked great. She had six also. Too bad Lutz can't block. To reply to somebody's comment on serving Stanford: Yes, if you serve them tough, and their passing sucks, they will fail. That's partly because Stanford depends on speed for their offense, not moonballs, but if you serve Wisconsin, PSU, Washington or, well Hell, any team tough and they pass crappy, it will fail. Funny how that works. USD will cause problems for teams without dominating middles this year.
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Post by wonderwarthog79 on Sept 18, 2014 23:47:51 GMT -5
As I've said before, what's really strange is that most teams with solid middle hitting also have solid outside hitting. Opponents have to concentrate on the middle attacks and leave the outsides with one blocker or 1 1/2 blockers at best. Doesn't work for Stanford for different reasons, but you can't ignore one reason: really ordinary outside hitters.
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Post by ay2013 on Sept 18, 2014 23:50:32 GMT -5
As I've said before, what's really strange is that most teams with solid middle hitting also have solid outside hitting. Opponents have to concentrate on the middle attacks and leave the outsides with one blocker or 1 1/2 blockers at best. Doesn't work for Stanford for different reasons, but you can't ignore one reason: really ordinary outside hitters. I didn't see this match, but, perhaps opposing teams give up focusing on the middle and concentrate on the pins?
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Post by WahineFan44 on Sept 18, 2014 23:52:22 GMT -5
As I've said before, what's really strange is that most teams with solid middle hitting also have solid outside hitting. Opponents have to concentrate on the middle attacks and leave the outsides with one blocker or 1 1/2 blockers at best. Doesn't work for Stanford for different reasons, but you can't ignore one reason: really ordinary outside hitters. I didn't see this match, but, perhaps opposing teams give up focusing on the middle and concentrate on the pins? Howard IMO, has the ability to produce, but she needs to bulk up big time. Burgess has all the qualities of an AA OH, but she seems to be in a slump this year. Hopefully she improves. Inky bugg and boukather are amazing, but they can't carry this team
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Post by wonderwarthog79 on Sept 18, 2014 23:57:20 GMT -5
As I've said before, what's really strange is that most teams with solid middle hitting also have solid outside hitting. Opponents have to concentrate on the middle attacks and leave the outsides with one blocker or 1 1/2 blockers at best. Doesn't work for Stanford for different reasons, but you can't ignore one reason: really ordinary outside hitters. I didn't see this match, but, perhaps opposing teams give up focusing on the middle and concentrate on the pins? I haven't seen a team do this with Stanford so far this year except when the Cardinal is out of system and everyone knows where the ball is going.
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Post by Cruz'n on Sept 19, 2014 0:00:01 GMT -5
I disagree. The middles will carry STanford this season. Passing is what will make or break them. uh, how many national championship teams do you know who's outsides hit under .150 in big matches?.......titles are won on the strength of the OH attack....period. No matter how hard you try, the OH will get 40-60% of the sets in any given match, especially against top teams. You have to maximize those points to win the big, close matches. In general, I agree with you, that historically championship teams have at least one dominating OH. And there is a good chance that you are right about Stanford, that they won't be able to win without a strong OH attack. I believe that STanford can make it with this team-- OH's that don't make many errors, put some balls away, and will hopefully improve; good production from RS; and outstanding production from middle. Which means, passing is key, WAY more so for teams like Washington and USC who can get kills out of system. ...We will just have to wait and see who is right.
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Post by baywatcher on Sept 19, 2014 0:05:18 GMT -5
Interviewed after the match Brown of SD said they intentionally doubled Stanford MB. Should have left the pins open. Stating to join the anti Howard club.
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Post by Sbilo on Sept 19, 2014 0:33:06 GMT -5
Stanford has Sidney Brown who IMHO is a better hitter than Howard but is a little undersized. She can hit from the OH/RS and at the backrow.
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Post by Sbilo on Sept 19, 2014 0:40:37 GMT -5
I love seeing Lutz hit at the open ala Gamova. Always a point.
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Post by jgrout on Sept 19, 2014 0:48:47 GMT -5
here we go. national anthem is on. The feed is really good.http://thew.tv/live/volleyball-number-1-stanford-at-number-19-san-diego It's available for free replay as well (same link).
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Post by jgrout on Sept 19, 2014 0:51:16 GMT -5
Stanford OH's struggling...which will be status quo for this team, and what will make or break their season. Sorry, but nobody is winning the NC without a strong performance from the LS. Ergo, U-Dub has a strong LS.
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Post by eiv805 on Sept 19, 2014 1:06:39 GMT -5
Like I said, Howard is a liability! Wish the Cardinal had an OH2 option. they are a little thin right now. they barely have enough players to run a full scrimmage. Frankly, Stanford is one injury away from a tumble in the rankings. I agree. Come November/December, this can become a problem for Stanford. This was my first time watching Lutz play. She has huge potential. I love how they used her both on the left and right side tonight. I would love to see Dunning play with the lineup. Maybe put Lutz on the right and move Boukather to the left and McGehee at M2. The only issue there will be passing. Not sure if Boukather's passing is good enough. But then again, it looked like they were hiding Howard tonight. Burgess and Gilbert were taking the majority of the court.
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Post by mikegarrison on Sept 19, 2014 1:19:32 GMT -5
Stanford OH's struggling...which will be status quo for this team, and what will make or break their season. Sorry, but nobody is winning the NC without a strong performance from the LS. Ergo, U-Dub has a strong LS. It's not just that. Remember, they also had maybe even better middles last year and didn't win the conference or get to the Final Four. (Came close on both, though.) The outside hitting for Stanford is the big weakness. If they did have a Lowe or Vansant or Nwanebu or somebody like that they would be looking at trying to match 2008 PSU right now.
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Post by Sbilo on Sept 19, 2014 1:27:28 GMT -5
Dont worry. Next year Stanford will have the #1 recruit for the 2015 clas, the #1 OH in Hayley Hodson. I guess we won't be as thin as this year.
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