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Post by ay2013 on Oct 24, 2014 23:02:40 GMT -5
Btw... welcome back to the mix, Nelson. A highly productive Nelson is CRITICAL for UW to make a legit title run.
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Post by ay2013 on Oct 24, 2014 23:31:18 GMT -5
where was the defense!
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 24, 2014 23:32:17 GMT -5
UW 27-25 sweeps.
UW .446 4BL, UT .286 5BL
Vansant 15K .419 Scambray 9K .500 Wade 8K .667 Nelson 8K .312 Sybeldon 4K .571 Jones 4K .300 Strickland 6SA, 9DG
Dalton 11K .391 Schofield 9K .368 Anae 7K .286
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Post by volleyfan24 on Oct 24, 2014 23:52:44 GMT -5
I am really impressed with Utah even the unranked teams like Utah and Colorado are very good in the PAC they made Washington work for the win. It is truly the best conference in the county this year.
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Post by DaDawgFather on Oct 25, 2014 0:13:38 GMT -5
I am really impressed with Utah even the unranked teams like Utah and Colorado are very good in the PAC they made Washington work for the win. It is truly the best conference in the county this year. That's not saying much considering there are only 2 division 1 schools in the county, SeattleU and University of Washington.
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Post by alwayslearning on Oct 25, 2014 0:25:53 GMT -5
Back from the match tonight. One thing JMac keeps harping on is improvement in all phases of the game as the season progresses. Despite the three-set win and high hitting percentage, I didn't think the Dawgs looked on their game tonight. This actually looked like regression in some phases of the game.
Once again, the Huskies started slow -- this is getting old now. Utah passed the ball better for most of the first set and, believe it or not, probably served better. The Utes just kind of faded at the end of that set.
As ay pointed out, neither team played a lot of defense tonight. Strickland made a few very athletic plays in the back, but plays that should have been routine for the Husky defense were not (I'm not singling out Strickland -- the entire team defense was lacking). Through the second set and a good portion of the third, I think it was just a matter of superior talent on the Husky side of the net. It didn't hurt that Cassie's serving bombs (and one nifty little mini-bomb that landed near the ten-foot line) really got under Utah's skin. Serving as a whole picked up and Utah could not seem to block or dig anything. Utah's passing disintegrated through much of the second and third sets. More a case of Utah not playing to their potential than the Huskies just killing it. Then, disturbingly, the Huskies let Utah back in the game in the third set and had to save a set point before closing it out.
A few other points. Scambray really struggled with serve receive at the beginning and then again at the end of the match. Right now she is the weak link in the passing game -- Vansant and Strickland have been solid for a while now. Setting continues to be inconsistent. Tanner looked like the freshman that she is tonight, missing a couple serves, getting called on double contacts, and generally not putting the ball in a consistently good location. I have faith she will get better -- let's remember she's only been setting for half a season.
I know it's a little weird to complain about a three-set sweep against a good team like Utah, but against a number of Pac 12 teams -- Stanford, Oregon, and UCLA come to mind immediately -- UW might have been ripe for the plucking tonight. Colorado is probably a little better team than Utah this season, so the Huskies need to get the edge back on Sunday.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 25, 2014 0:29:06 GMT -5
So, on that replayed point in the 3rd set, what exactly happened? As best I can reconstruct, the up ref called a lift against Washington and blew the whistle, so the play stopped. But the down ref was positive there was no lift, so they talked, and eventually the up ref called a replay. Is that what happened?
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 25, 2014 0:35:57 GMT -5
I thought one of my favorite players, Lianna Sybeldon, had something of an off night. She's the leading blocker on the team, but it seemed like almost every blocking play she was involved in tonight did not work very well. And (maybe not her fault) she wasn't involved in the offense much either.
The key to the third set tightening up so much was Scambray's passing going south. But besides that, it seemed like the Huskies generally let up the intensity for a while, then had to fight hard to ramp it back up again.
Also, Tanner did not have a great night in any phase of the game.
One thing nice to see was the slide action with Wade. In that rotation just before Vansant serves, the Huskies like to play Krista in the middle and Wade to the RS. Usually Wade is the decoy for a set to Krista, but tonight they consistently set Wade and she consistently got kills out of it.
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Post by tomclen on Oct 25, 2014 0:47:53 GMT -5
So, on that replayed point in the 3rd set, what exactly happened? As best I can reconstruct, the up ref called a lift against Washington and blew the whistle, so the play stopped. But the down ref was positive there was no lift, so they talked, and eventually the up ref called a replay. Is that what happened? TIVO'd it and just watched the replay. Hard to see why the up ref blew the whistle. Unless he was calling a lift on Sybeldon. But the replay shows Sybeldon completely missed the ball and didn't touch it all all. Jones kept the ball up but it's hard to believe he could see anything in her save that would qualify as a lift. The down ref certainly didn't think so. The score was 24-24. So no guarantee Utah would have won the set, anyway. But it def. was a key call.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 25, 2014 1:50:17 GMT -5
UW sided-out at 81% and 85% in the first two sets (30 out of 36 times), which might help explain the shortage of digs. UW also had 9 aces and 10 service errors (19 total) that never resulted in a dig opportunity.
Pac-12 site says it has a Cassie Strickland interview after her career-best six aces tonight, but it's of coach Romar, instead. Hopefully they'll get the right video up.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 25, 2014 1:52:32 GMT -5
Pac-12 site says it has a Cassie Strickland interview after her career-best six aces tonight, but it's of coach Romar, instead. Hopefully they'll get the right video up. You know, you never see the two of them together in the same place.... (No, I lie. I saw Romar there in the stands at the match, while Cassie was on the floor.)
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Post by baywatcher on Oct 25, 2014 2:32:16 GMT -5
From a Stanford fan, sounds like a similar match. The means for defeat are apparent, yet the team still wins. Leads you to believe nth will lose before the showdown, but it hasn't happened yet.
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Post by tomclen on Oct 25, 2014 3:02:17 GMT -5
One of these teams, maybe both, are going to lose at least one match before the tournament.
I'd hate to be a player or coach on a team undefeated going into the tournament. That seems like a lot of added pressure, especially for a team like UW with three key freshmen.
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Post by volleyfan24 on Oct 25, 2014 4:54:26 GMT -5
I am really impressed with Utah even the unranked teams like Utah and Colorado are very good in the PAC they made Washington work for the win. It is truly the best conference in the county this year. That's not saying much considering there are only 2 division 1 schools in the county, SeattleU and University of Washington. Quit trolling its Friday night and I was at a bar when I posted this anyone with half a brain knows I meant country.
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Post by volleyfan24 on Oct 25, 2014 4:57:44 GMT -5
One of these teams, maybe both, are going to lose at least one match before the tournament. I'd hate to be a player or coach on a team undefeated going into the tournament. That seems like a lot of added pressure, especially for a team like UW with three key freshmen. I think a loss would do both teams a little good but depending on in what fashion. I hope its a good match not a sweep and contested sets if it is easy for either team the other could have a very poor showing in the tournament.
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