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Post by kekoagoldenbear on Dec 19, 2014 18:05:29 GMT -5
Despite the loss of only Higgins and DS, Marlee Davis. I don't see us competing in the PAC - 12 next year. Definitely, a rebuilding year on the Outsides and the setter position.
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Post by fetchin on Dec 19, 2014 18:09:04 GMT -5
Yeah they will be bad, unless they bring in a transfer setter or another Hana Cutura type foreign player. Higgins is a huge loss.
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Post by kekoagoldenbear on Dec 19, 2014 18:11:28 GMT -5
Yeah they will be bad, unless they bring in a transfer setter or another Hana Cutura type foreign player. Higgins is a huge loss. Mia Jerkov started the whole Croatian invasion. LOL! I loved Hana Cutura |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Dec 19, 2014 18:26:54 GMT -5
Cal has hitters who can score. Schonewise and Vukasovic are beasts, I could also see Jordan and Smith-Gooden being effective terminators when put in the right situations. They need a setter though, and they also need a receiver-attacker. Neumayr would have made them a lot better this year.
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Post by volleyfan24 on Dec 19, 2014 19:21:57 GMT -5
CAL won't lose nearly as many matches next season the usual suspects will be at the top but the middle is taking a serious hit to graduation. I don't see Cal being as bad the only place to go is up. If they schedule right and win a few matches they could make the tourney. They have a stud in Schonewise. Their other hitters need to do more and the setting needs to get better.
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Post by bayarea on Dec 19, 2014 19:30:24 GMT -5
Cal has hitters who can score. Schonewise and Vukasovic are beasts, I could also see Jordan and Smith-Gooden being effective terminators when put in the right situations. They need a setter though, and they also need a receiver-attacker. Neumayr would have made them a lot better this year. Neumayr, as she was in HS, was a beast. She was never more than shadow of her former self in college. Without the knee injuries, she would have been amazing. Jensen, the setter, was the #35 senior ace in 2013. She just hasn't panned out as well as her ranking. |
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Post by network155 on Dec 19, 2014 19:34:19 GMT -5
Who does Cal have coming in?
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Post by c4ndlelight on Dec 19, 2014 19:44:52 GMT -5
Cal has hitters who can score. Schonewise and Vukasovic are beasts, I could also see Jordan and Smith-Gooden being effective terminators when put in the right situations. They need a setter though, and they also need a receiver-attacker. Neumayr would have made them a lot better this year. Neumayr, as she was in HS, was a beast. She was never more than shadow of her former self in college. Without the knee injuries, she would have been amazing. Jensen, the setter, was the #35 senior ace in 2013. She just hasn't panned out as well as her ranking. Shadow, but a shadow that could pass for 6 rotations. They missed her more than Gehan. |
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Post by fetchin on Dec 19, 2014 19:46:13 GMT -5
Who does Cal have coming in? Belen Castillo and Savannah Rennie. Rennie is good but not Senior Higgins good. |
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Post by fetchin on Dec 19, 2014 19:48:37 GMT -5
Cal has hitters who can score. Schonewise and Vukasovic are beasts, I could also see Jordan and Smith-Gooden being effective terminators when put in the right situations. They need a setter though, and they also need a receiver-attacker. Neumayr would have made them a lot better this year. Neumayr, as she was in HS, was a beast. She was never more than shadow of her former self in college. Without the knee injuries, she would have been amazing. Jensen, the setter, was the #35 senior ace in 2013. She just hasn't panned out as well as her ranking. I've noticed a lot of the senior aces, 2013 setters not named Carlini have been pretty disappointing. |
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Post by gobears on Dec 19, 2014 20:23:04 GMT -5
other frosh arriving in Berkeley..in the fall
S MacKenzie Albrecht 6' Sonoma/Empire vbc
OH Carmen Annevelink 6'1 Los Altos/Vision vbc
L Amanda Kirtley 5'8 San Bernardino/Club West vbc
MB Sarah Shafiq 6'6 New Trier,Ill/Wildcat Jrs vbc
plus time now to expect some strong play from sophs..
MB Laura Leap 6'5 Thousand Oaks/Sports Shack vbc
OH Antzela Dempi 6'2 Greece....coming on with nice court time at the end of the season
along with OH Christine Alftin 6'2 Woodside/Vision vbc
OH Ashton Smith-Gooden 6'2 Thousand Oaks/Club West vbc
both of whom we saw as well.
Cal needs passing, serving, ability to terminate from all of the above.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Dec 19, 2014 20:43:20 GMT -5
Wasn't rennie a big time recruit? Weren't alot of schools, including stanford after her? Or am I thinking of some other cal recruit that's coming up.
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Post by network155 on Dec 19, 2014 21:17:16 GMT -5
Who does Cal have coming in? Belen Castillo and Savannah Rennie. Rennie is good but not Senior Higgins good. Oh wow, from seeing a couple videos of Rennie, she is definitely going to be a star! |
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Post by FOBRA on Dec 19, 2014 21:25:07 GMT -5
Cal needs passing, serving, ability to terminate from all of the above. The glaring thing to me about Cal was that they gave up a .293 opponent's hitting percentage in conference. 0.293!!! UW hit .294 in conference, so basically every team in the conference hit like Vansant and crew against them. |
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Post by kekoagoldenbear on Dec 19, 2014 21:55:18 GMT -5
I wasn't able to follow this season, but based on stats, aside from Higgins they were pretty young and inconsistent on the outside. Did they have a set line-up and can someone provide a synopsis on their overall body of work? Neumayr was definitely a Huge loss and I am familiar with the play of Schonewise, Vukasovic and Maddy Kerr. But it seems that the outside positions were Musical chairs all season, outside of Higgins. Jenses was a back-up to Joan Caloiaro last year. Ashten Smith-Gooden was highly recruited as the #5 recruit, but didn't seem to really deliver as everyone would have expected.
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