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Post by socalplayer on Oct 4, 2014 13:23:41 GMT -5
[quote author=" blastingsand" Liz brenner did not look good at all though. I know everyone says she's a better player now but I'm not sure about that. The other sports might have affected her volleyball development Her sets were way too low... Doesn't really matter how low her sets were, since she was getting ZERO air on her jumps. She definitely looked better in previous seasons. [/quote] She couldn't have jumped with such low sets! It was so obvious she needed more time. The setter should have recognized her sets were not working and adjust. Give her more time, set the ball a bit higher so she can execute.
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Post by hammer on Oct 4, 2014 13:53:15 GMT -5
Brenner is carrying too much weight on her lower body. Sure, that might help her throw the javelin, but it sure isn't helping her front row play, blocking and hitting that is. Her back row play was fine, other than a few bad passes. It is true she never jumped that high, but she's lost several inches on her vertical. When Burgess stuffs her hits straight to the floor, that is a wake up call.
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Post by hammer on Oct 4, 2014 14:12:18 GMT -5
This is the truth. Howard had her moments is still too inconsistent, but Burgess looked like the OH I know she can be. She had many great swings and kills and her defense was amazing as usual. I slightly disagree with your statement that Morgan Boukather is the unsung hero of the team, and it boils down to who is doing the singing. Fans are increasingly more vocal about the significant contribution she consistently provides. When it comes to a team that struggles with consistency from their OHs, the importance of consistency can't be overstated. Boukather is second on the team in KPS (only behind Inky) with about one-third less attempts than Burgess and about 80 less than Howard. Morgan is hitting .337 (and that's without factoring in her most recent .455 performance against Oregon) If you factor in the Oregon match, she's coming close to 1.0 BPS and while she will obviously have more BPS on the RS, comparing it to Burgess'.31 BPS, her contribution in hitting and blocking is significantly better and more consistent. Thankfully, Bugg has demonstrated a noticeable improvement this season in setting the RS. Morgan is also second on the team in SA's. Burgess' contributions in the backcourt are significant but Boukather consistently turns in great performances in her three rotations. I notice that posters here recognize the importance of her contributions but I think she deserves more overall recognition in the Stanford articles, coach comments, and selection for post game interviews. It may sounds trivial to us as adults but as a player who rode the bench last season, and during her freshman year she often came in for a rotation or two during about half the sets, and did it with a smile on her face, she's earned the recognition. She has often made game changing kills/blocks in clutch moments. She continues to be the only consistent hitter outside of the two monster MBs. And no, I am not related to her. is performing like a DOW 30 stock paying consistent dividends match after match.
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Post by FTLOG on Oct 4, 2014 14:49:54 GMT -5
I was also going to post something about Boukather not getting enough praise on here, but sounds like someone beat me too it and then others disagreed. I still think she's been a revelation this season and is, IMHO, neck and neck with Nelson for the title of second best opposite in the Pac12.
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Post by FTLOG on Oct 4, 2014 14:51:01 GMT -5
And first-best MPDG smile.... Way ahead of Nelson and Lowe there.
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Post by sportsfun on Oct 4, 2014 19:10:11 GMT -5
I slightly disagree with your statement that Morgan Boukather is the unsung hero of the team, and it boils down to who is doing the singing. Fans are increasingly more vocal about the significant contribution she consistently provides. When it comes to a team that struggles with consistency from their OHs, the importance of consistency can't be overstated. Boukather is second on the team in KPS (only behind Inky) with about one-third less attempts than Burgess and about 80 less than Howard. Morgan is hitting .337 (and that's without factoring in her most recent .455 performance against Oregon) If you factor in the Oregon match, she's coming close to 1.0 BPS and while she will obviously have more BPS on the RS, comparing it to Burgess'.31 BPS, her contribution in hitting and blocking is significantly better and more consistent. Thankfully, Bugg has demonstrated a noticeable improvement this season in setting the RS. Morgan is also second on the team in SA's. Burgess' contributions in the backcourt are significant but Boukather consistently turns in great performances in her three rotations. I notice that posters here recognize the importance of her contributions but I think she deserves more overall recognition in the Stanford articles, coach comments, and selection for post game interviews. It may sounds trivial to us as adults but as a player who rode the bench last season, and during her freshman year she often came in for a rotation or two during about half the sets, and did it with a smile on her face, she's earned the recognition. She has often made game changing kills/blocks in clutch moments. She continues to be the only consistent hitter outside of the two monster MBs. And no, I am not related to her. is performing like a DOW 30 stock paying consistent dividends match after match. Love this! You cracked me up but it's true!
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Post by sportsfun on Oct 4, 2014 19:19:15 GMT -5
I was also going to post something about Boukather not getting enough praise on here, but sounds like someone beat me too it and then others disagreed. I still think she's been a revelation this season and is, IMHO, neck and neck with Nelson for the title of second best opposite in the Pac12. I think a lot of the posters here have been savvy enough to quickly pick up on her contribution but your comment about it being a revelation is dead on and more praise will come if she continues to perform near the level she has for the first 13 games of the season. I'm waiting for the people outside of VT to catch up. It's really fun to watch a player break out like she has and when it's one who has remained so positive throughout the first three years, how do you not cheer her on? Plus, if she wasn't playing to this level and we had to have depended on Burgess and Howard for the outside kills in the first 12 games of the season we would have been screwed.
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Post by johnbar on Oct 4, 2014 23:33:11 GMT -5
And FWIW, Cal (Berkeley) has a much bigger student body and alumni base, but had an attendance of only 935 Friday night, which I think is pretty typical, even when they are winning. AFAIK, the only match at Cal that draws well is when they host Stanford.
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Post by blastingsand on Oct 4, 2014 23:51:04 GMT -5
Brenner is carrying too much weight on her lower body. Sure, that might help her throw the javelin, but it sure isn't helping her front row play, blocking and hitting that is. Her back row play was fine, other than a few bad passes. It is true she never jumped that high, but she's lost several inches on her vertical. When Burgess stuffs her hits straight to the floor, that is a wake up call. Unfortunate, but I also think it's true about her jump. But also there have been times she's had open net and completely missed trying to tip. She is just not having that kind of season so far.
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Post by jgrout on Oct 7, 2014 18:42:57 GMT -5
1994 stanford champs 2004. stanford champs Since hawaii doesn't have a shot this year (being honest) 2014 is Stanford year! 1996 Stanford champs 1997 Stanford champs 2001 Stanford champs They forgot those... not to mention them finishing second in 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2008.
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Post by jgrout on Oct 7, 2014 18:45:55 GMT -5
BTW, is it true that Dunning said that Lutz may be the best player he ever coached? I believe he said she may end up being the best player he ever coached. He didn't recruit Logan Tom... Don Shaw recruited her, she played one year for him, one year for Denise Corlett as interim and two years for Coach Dunning... so perhaps Coach Dunning meant among his recruits?
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Post by jgrout on Oct 7, 2014 18:52:49 GMT -5
Asian volleyball demographics in the Bay Area are heavily correlated with Hawai'ian origin. Those folks... be they native Hawai'ians, Asians or haoles... are extremely interested in volleyball. Three of Dave Shoji's kids spent significant time at Stanford, either as the WVB DVO (Cobey) or as MVB players (Kawika, Erik). I would guess that close to half of the Asian-Americans involved in WVB in the Bay Area have ties to Hawai'i and most of the rest are from California, where girls VB is reasonably popular (but nowhere near as popular as it is in the Islands).
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