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Post by #skoskers on Feb 5, 2015 12:45:15 GMT -5
The 2016 class is shaping up to become another highly touted 2013 class. Another top OH, setter, middle blocker(s), and DS. Here’s the roster for 2016: Molly Haggerty | OH | 6-1 | FR | Alex Ratzlaff | DS | 5-10 | FR | Lauren Stivrins | MB | 6-4 | FR | Sarah Allick | MB | 6-1 | FR | Hunter Atherton | S | 6-0 | FR | Tiani Reeves | OH | 6-1 | rFR | Brooke Smith | S | 5-11 | rFR | Mikaela Foecke | MB | 6-3 | SO | Kenzie Maloney | DS | 5-8 | SO | Maddie Haggerty | OH | 6-2 | rSO | Olivia Boender | OH | 6-2 | rSO | Kelly Hunter | S | 5-11 | rJR | Briana Holman | MB | 6-1 | JR | Kira Larson | MB | 6-2 | JR | Annika Albrecht | OH | 6-0 | JR | Sydney Townsend | DS | 5-8 | JR | Kadie Rolfzen | OH | 6-3 | SR | Amber Rolfzen | OH | 6-3 | SR | Melanie Keil | MB | 6-0 | SR | Justine Wong-Orantes | DS | 5-6 | SR | Alexa Ethridge | DS | 5-7 | SR |
UNLnotNU, you need to write this roster down or bookmark this post because it will be interesting to see how accurate this is to the actual roster in 2016. The reason I say this is because Nebraska is looking like PSU in stockpiling talent, but whereas PSU might have 21-22 players on the roster 8-9 are DS fillers and on your listed roster for 2016 you have 7 OH, 6 MB, 3 S, and 5 DS. Having that much talent at OH and MB even if they are split among the three front row positions will be tough to manage. It is a good problem to have as long as expectations are set correctly and everyone knows their role during 2016. If this works out I can see Nebraska back in the top 5 over the next several years. I forecast top-five rankings in the years to come, too. Nebraska hasn't had multiple terminators since 2007; for the most part, Nebraska has only had one go-to terminator since then (Larson, Mancuso, Robo, and now Kadie). By adding Briana, Mikaela, and Molly Haggerty, who all have the touted capacity to take over matches, it will help spread out the offense (and the other team's defense) evenly and put the hitters in one-on-one situations. I'm not sure if any players will transfer out or not. UCLA and PSU have boasted huge squads in the past, so although it's rare to see big rosters, I hope those involved will recognize the value in competition to make not only themselves better but the team itself.
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Post by vbprisoner on Feb 5, 2015 13:06:53 GMT -5
UNLnotNU, you need to write this roster down or bookmark this post because it will be interesting to see how accurate this is to the actual roster in 2016. The reason I say this is because Nebraska is looking like PSU in stockpiling talent, but whereas PSU might have 21-22 players on the roster 8-9 are DS fillers and on your listed roster for 2016 you have 7 OH, 6 MB, 3 S, and 5 DS. Having that much talent at OH and MB even if they are split among the three front row positions will be tough to manage. It is a good problem to have as long as expectations are set correctly and everyone knows their role during 2016. If this works out I can see Nebraska back in the top 5 over the next several years. I forecast top-five rankings in the years to come, too. Nebraska hasn't had multiple terminators since 2007; for the most part, Nebraska has only had one go-to terminator since then (Larson, Mancuso, Robo, and now Kadie). By adding Briana, Mikaela, and Molly Haggerty, who all have the touted capacity to take over matches, it will help spread out the offense (and the other team's defense) evenly and put the hitters in one-on-one situations. I'm not sure if any players will transfer out or not. UCLA and PSU have boasted huge squads in the past, so although it's rare to see big rosters, I hope those involved will recognize the value in competition to make not only themselves better but the team itself. One player you did not mention, but I am looking forward to see her progression this year is Amber. She improved a good bit last year and by season's end was playing her best volleyball at Nebraska to date. If she continues that progression Nebraska will have a brutally tough lineup across the front in all rotations.
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Post by dorothymantooth on Feb 5, 2015 13:10:39 GMT -5
Lot's of schools are asking coaches to carry big rosters to balance out numbers. The problem is all the leagues are going to limited number of players who can travel, really hard for those kids to work so hard and be told you cant travel with team. Dont even get me started on NCAA not letting kids dress and sit on bench, which I think is criminal.
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Post by coloradokidd on Feb 5, 2015 13:19:49 GMT -5
It will be nice to hopefully see NE get on a track of adding 3-4 top recruits each year - leading to where they don't have to worry about 'rebuilding seasons' and just add quality players each year to an already solid roster.
* It will also be interesting when "sand" becomes official (2016), and what NE's commitment and response will be. I would guess that there is at least a couple of current NE players who would like to compete 'sand only' if scholarships were made available at that time (2016).
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Post by #skoskers on Feb 5, 2015 13:26:18 GMT -5
I forecast top-five rankings in the years to come, too. Nebraska hasn't had multiple terminators since 2007; for the most part, Nebraska has only had one go-to terminator since then (Larson, Mancuso, Robo, and now Kadie). By adding Briana, Mikaela, and Molly Haggerty, who all have the touted capacity to take over matches, it will help spread out the offense (and the other team's defense) evenly and put the hitters in one-on-one situations. I'm not sure if any players will transfer out or not. UCLA and PSU have boasted huge squads in the past, so although it's rare to see big rosters, I hope those involved will recognize the value in competition to make not only themselves better but the team itself. One player you did not mention, but I am looking forward to see her progression this year is Amber. She improved a good bit last year and by season's end was playing her best volleyball at Nebraska to date. If she continues that progression Nebraska will have a brutally tough lineup across the front in all rotations. I try to stay away from judging Amber, CiCi, and Meghan because of the setting over the past two seasons. As much as Mary is a great human being, her setting (distribution and placement) was mediocre, if not atrocious at times. If anything, I'll add Meghan to the above-mentioned list, because she was stellar with Lauren's setting. In Haggerty's freshman season, she played in 118 sets and had 486 total attempts, hitting .333. Last fall, she played in 112 sets and had 328 total attempts with an efficiency of .213. Kelly's bread and butter is a quick back set, so we should see more and better production out of Nebraska's middles and right side this coming fall.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2015 20:10:42 GMT -5
One player you did not mention, but I am looking forward to see her progression this year is Amber. She improved a good bit last year and by season's end was playing her best volleyball at Nebraska to date. If she continues that progression Nebraska will have a brutally tough lineup across the front in all rotations. I try to stay away from judging Amber, CiCi, and Meghan because of the setting over the past two seasons. As much as Mary is a great human being, her setting (distribution and placement) was mediocre, if not atrocious at times. If anything, I'll add Meghan to the above-mentioned list, because she was stellar with Lauren's setting. In Haggerty's freshman season, she played in 118 sets and had 486 total attempts, hitting .333. Last fall, she played in 112 sets and had 328 total attempts with an efficiency of .213. Kelly's bread and butter is a quick back set, so we should see more and better production out of Nebraska's middles and right side this coming fall. As much as I hate it, I completely agree with you. Just rewatched the sweet 16 match against UW and set location was consistently an issue. If Hunter develops into a setter that can connect well with middles/RS and out of system sets that are well placed, I'll be more than happy
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Post by #skoskers on Feb 5, 2015 21:34:37 GMT -5
I forecast top-five rankings in the years to come, too. Nebraska hasn't had multiple terminators since 2007; for the most part, Nebraska has only had one go-to terminator since then (Larson, Mancuso, Robo, and now Kadie). By adding Briana, Mikaela, and Molly Haggerty, who all have the touted capacity to take over matches, it will help spread out the offense (and the other team's defense) evenly and put the hitters in one-on-one situations. I'm not sure if any players will transfer out or not. UCLA and PSU have boasted huge squads in the past, so although it's rare to see big rosters, I hope those involved will recognize the value in competition to make not only themselves better but the team itself. One player you did not mention, but I am looking forward to see her progression this year is Amber. She improved a good bit last year and by season's end was playing her best volleyball at Nebraska to date. If she continues that progression Nebraska will have a brutally tough lineup across the front in all rotations. IMO the person who improved leaps and bounds and played her best volleyball toward the end of last season was Fien. When she was in the front row, everyone in the gym knew she was getting the ball, but she still just killed it against double and sometimes triple blocks. All it seemingly took was a boost of confidence from a huge comeback win against Minnesota, and she started playing consistently well and putting up AA numbers.
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Post by dorothymantooth on Feb 6, 2015 8:00:38 GMT -5
One player you did not mention, but I am looking forward to see her progression this year is Amber. She improved a good bit last year and by season's end was playing her best volleyball at Nebraska to date. If she continues that progression Nebraska will have a brutally tough lineup across the front in all rotations. I try to stay away from judging Amber, CiCi, and Meghan because of the setting over the past two seasons. As much as Mary is a great human being, her setting (distribution and placement) was mediocre, if not atrocious at times. If anything, I'll add Meghan to the above-mentioned list, because she was stellar with Lauren's setting. In Haggerty's freshman season, she played in 118 sets and had 486 total attempts, hitting .333. Last fall, she played in 112 sets and had 328 total attempts with an efficiency of .213. Kelly's bread and butter is a quick back set, so we should see more and better production out of Nebraska's middles and right side this coming fall. Certainly the setters inability to get them ball well impacted their production, but at the end of the day the Nebraska middles are very average at the level they compete at. I anticipate them being better with Hunter, but dont anticipate them being AA let alone all-conference level players.
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Post by dorothymantooth on Feb 6, 2015 8:01:37 GMT -5
One player you did not mention, but I am looking forward to see her progression this year is Amber. She improved a good bit last year and by season's end was playing her best volleyball at Nebraska to date. If she continues that progression Nebraska will have a brutally tough lineup across the front in all rotations. IMO the person who improved leaps and bounds and played her best volleyball toward the end of last season was Fien. When she was in the front row, everyone in the gym knew she was getting the ball, but she still just killed it against double and sometimes triple blocks. All it seemingly took was a boost of confidence from a huge comeback win against Minnesota, and she started playing consistently well and putting up AA numbers. agreed
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Post by coloradokidd on Feb 6, 2015 9:02:58 GMT -5
One player you did not mention, but I am looking forward to see her progression this year is Amber. She improved a good bit last year and by season's end was playing her best volleyball at Nebraska to date. If she continues that progression Nebraska will have a brutally tough lineup across the front in all rotations. IMO the person who improved leaps and bounds and played her best volleyball toward the end of last season was Fien. When she was in the front row, everyone in the gym knew she was getting the ball, but she still just killed it against double and sometimes triple blocks. All it seemingly took was a boost of confidence from a huge comeback win against Minnesota, and she started playing consistently well and putting up AA numbers. Agree. Kelsey; as Coach Cook stated, "just had to find confidence in herself". IMO: She is the only Husker that can truly hit 'over' the block with the right set.
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Post by #skoskers on Feb 6, 2015 9:31:15 GMT -5
I try to stay away from judging Amber, CiCi, and Meghan because of the setting over the past two seasons. As much as Mary is a great human being, her setting (distribution and placement) was mediocre, if not atrocious at times. If anything, I'll add Meghan to the above-mentioned list, because she was stellar with Lauren's setting. In Haggerty's freshman season, she played in 118 sets and had 486 total attempts, hitting .333. Last fall, she played in 112 sets and had 328 total attempts with an efficiency of .213. Kelly's bread and butter is a quick back set, so we should see more and better production out of Nebraska's middles and right side this coming fall. Certainly the setters inability to get them ball well impacted their production, but at the end of the day the Nebraska middles are very average at the level they compete at. I anticipate them being better with Hunter, but dont anticipate them being AA let alone all-conference level players. I'm not too sure about that. I think our opponents will continue to sheet a double block toward our left sides like they did last year, because Kadie and Kelsey are the type of players that can't be single blocked. This should give our middles and opposite more one-on-one scoring opportunities, and I think they'll execute better with Hunter's sets. OFC our transition game will depend on the passing, which I don’t think will be a problem this fall, since all of our primary passers return + Kenzie is coming in, who might be the best libero recruit we've ever landed. Also, similar to Fien, another person whose confidence seemed to soar toward the end of the season was Hall. Her demeanor was completely different out on the court than it has ever been, and she seemed to be calling for the ball significantly more and yelling out who was across the net. Coach Cook got some criticism on here when he said he expected Hall to have a breakout season her sophomore year and get AA recognition, and I can see why he made such a prediction. She’s shown glimpses of brilliance, especially toward the end of last season, so I anticipate she'll garner All-B1G honors this season. In terms of Haggerty, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect her to get 2 kills/set with a .350 or better efficiency clip with better executed sets. If that's the case, I can picture her also garnering end-of-year honors. Even if you believe that Hall and Haggerty are average, I think there’s something to be said about seniors who step up into a leadership role and show more urgency during games. This was true with Lindsey Licht, who I never anticipated to get AA honors in her career, but she came alive in the latter part of her junior year and lit it up her senior season. Also, setters like Carlini and Cook have shown how instrumental they can be with average hitters and setting them up for success. It can’t be stressed how much better the setting will be with Hunter quarterbacking the team next year. For all these reasons, I can see Hall and Haggerty having a stellar senior campaign.
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Post by #skoskers on Feb 6, 2015 9:33:04 GMT -5
IMO the person who improved leaps and bounds and played her best volleyball toward the end of last season was Fien. When she was in the front row, everyone in the gym knew she was getting the ball, but she still just killed it against double and sometimes triple blocks. All it seemingly took was a boost of confidence from a huge comeback win against Minnesota, and she started playing consistently well and putting up AA numbers. Agree. Kelsey; as Coach Cook stated, "just had to find confidence in herself". IMO: She is the only Husker that can truly hit 'over' the block with the right set. IMO I think Kadie is the type who hits over the block. Kelsey is the type who can tool the block the best.
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Post by dorothymantooth on Feb 6, 2015 9:40:00 GMT -5
Certainly the setters inability to get them ball well impacted their production, but at the end of the day the Nebraska middles are very average at the level they compete at. I anticipate them being better with Hunter, but dont anticipate them being AA let alone all-conference level players. I'm not too sure about that. I think our opponents will continue to sheet a double block toward our left sides like they did last year, because Kadie and Kelsey are the type of players that can't be single blocked. This should give our middles and opposite more one-on-one scoring opportunities, and I think they'll execute better with Hunter's sets. OFC our transition game will depend on the passing, which I don’t think will be a problem this fall, since all of our primary passers return + Kenzie is coming in, who might be the best libero recruit we've ever landed. Also, similar to Fien, another person whose confidence seemed to soar toward the end of the season was Hall. Her demeanor was completely different out on the court than it has ever been, and she seemed to be calling for the ball significantly more and yelling out who was across the net. Coach Cook got some criticism on here when he said he expected Hall to have a breakout season her sophomore year and get AA recognition, and I can see why he made such a prediction. She’s shown glimpses of brilliance, especially toward the end of last season, so I anticipate she'll garner All-B1G honors this season. In terms of Haggerty, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect her to get 2 kills/set with a .350 or better efficiency clip with better executed sets. If that's the case, I can picture her also garnering end-of-year honors. Even if you believe that Hall and Haggerty are average, I think there’s something to be said about seniors who step up into a leadership role and show more urgency during games. This was true with Lindsey Licht, who I never anticipated to get AA honors in her career, but she came alive in the latter part of her junior year and lit it up her senior season. Also, setters like Carlini and Cook have shown how instrumental they can be with average hitters and setting them up for success. It can’t be stressed how much better the setting will be with Hunter quarterbacking the team next year. For all these reasons, I can see Hall and Haggerty having a stellar season campaign. Opponents are not going to automatically release middle blockers to defend Nebraska's leftside players. That was and will be a function of whether or not they are able to do that based on the productivity of the Nebraska middle attack. Teams committing on their leftside players was a decision based as much on the ineptitude of their middle and RS attack as it was the great play of their lefts (which I wouldnt call great by any stretch) Hall and Haggerty given their overall performance wouldnt even be for sure starters going into the fall. Hall I believe is much more of a blocker than attacker, and Haggerty is just very limited physically at this level. I think Nebraska's "current" middles can go from competent to solid, I dont see them going to exceptional
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Post by akbar on Feb 6, 2015 9:41:50 GMT -5
Agree. Kelsey; as Coach Cook stated, "just had to find confidence in herself". IMO: She is the only Husker that can truly hit 'over' the block with the right set. IMO I think Kadie is the type who hits over the block. Kelsey is the type who can tool the block the best. I think Katie is the player who hits .458, .500, .429 against Colgate, Northwestern and Indiana but hits .142, .114,.042 and .128 against Creighton, PSU, Illinois and Washington.
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Post by #skoskers on Feb 6, 2015 10:00:14 GMT -5
IMO I think Kadie is the type who hits over the block. Kelsey is the type who can tool the block the best. I think Katie is the player who hits .458, .500, .429 against Colgate, Northwestern and Indiana but hits .142, .114,.042 and .128 against Creighton, PSU, Illinois and Washington. She's also the type of player who hits .294 against Texas with 21 kills, .400 against a higher-ranked Minnesota team, .341 against Wisconsin with 19 kills, .333 against Oregon with 15 kills, and .258 against PSU with 12 kills. There are other examples to prove both of our points, but keep in mind that she faced a double and triple block all season with Mary's sets. I'm not sure if Vansant (who played in a 6-2), Courtney, Frantti, or Eckerman would have done much better.
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