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Post by rogero1 on Feb 17, 2015 8:27:44 GMT -5
Its been a while, and my daughter played club, not open, but I wonder what we would have thought if we had shown up at a 16s tournament and run into someone touching 10'2" like Marijke Van Dyke. Wow. Wow is right. Kinda like when our 16's played against Ogonna Nnamani: Our DS asked me where to go to dig her as she was hitting over our block. I told her to go to the spots where she was hitting at.
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Post by WI FIB on Feb 17, 2015 9:55:35 GMT -5
Its been a while, and my daughter played club, not open, but I wonder what we would have thought if we had shown up at a 16s tournament and run into someone touching 10'2" like Marijke Van Dyke. Wow. Wow is right. Kinda like when our 16's played against Ogonna Nnamani: Our DS asked me where to go to dig her as she was hitting over our block. I told her to go to the spots where she was hitting at. Hard for a DS to decide to play defense inside the attack line.
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Post by #skoskers on Feb 17, 2015 10:08:06 GMT -5
Hey Illini fans, I'm re-posting an article about Michelle Bartsch, who's been playing in the CEV Champion's League. Enjoy!
Extreme flooding began in Central Europe – and also in the city of Dresden – after several days of heavy rain back in June 2013. Michelle Bartsch has her personal story to share about that subject. She didn’t know Dresden yet at the time but she also had to deal with extreme flooding on June 22 of that same year.
Just on her wedding day. It was supposed to be the perfect day. A vineyard in Illinois, six bridesmaids, 200 guests and everything that completes the picture of a perfect wedding. A torrential rain started as the couple was attending the ceremony, and the chandeliers in the tent started to sway. Her uncle tried to find a solution for that problem, but couldn’t quite manage that. He undressed himself except for his underwear to seal the entrance with his suit. But there was a way too much water coming down from a close hill and nobody could stop it.
“We were in the middle of the ceremony, everything happened extremely quickly. Two chairs were brought to us, we were standing on them. It wasn’t really romantic,” admits Michelle Bartsch and grins. In the meanwhile the best men of her husband Corbin rolled up their trousers legs. After they tied the knot, everyone attempted to help and they eventually moved to another building just nearby. “Despite everything it was an amazing day. Just the DJ was annoyed because his equipment went wet. Without our friends it would have ended in a big mess.”
Many women would despair or panic. But not Michelle Bartsch, she is unflappable. This has been noticed also by her teammates at DRESDNER SC. And of course her coach Alexander Waibl observes as well: “Michelle is a really balanced person and she’s resting in herself.”
In a young team like DRESDNER SC there are hotspurs but for the right balance you need a few players radiating tranquillity as well. Before the match on Saturday against the VolleyStars THÜRINGEN the 25-year old wasn’t be particular excited. “Some girls are listening to music before the game, I don’t need that,” says the outside spiker who played last season for Rote Raben VILSBIBURG. “On the field others are more emotional and play more spectacular.” Coach Alexander Waibl thinks that she is a complete player, without lots of weaknesses. “She is keeping the overall picture in her mind.”
Not a big surprise if you know about her time before she started playing in Germany. Michelle was working as an assistant coach in a male team. She even led the college team of Irvine to a national title back home in the US. “After ending my career I want to work as a coach,” she says. For better understanding the game of her team and herself she watches a video recording of every match. “You can’t know everything, but I want to understand more.”
When her teammates are taking free time for going out, she is staying at home and analyses videos. In Dresden-Löbtau she is sharing an apartment with her husband. Corbin is a computer scientist and therefore quite flexible. “It was clear from the outset that he would join me to Germany to support me.” When she is coming home exhausted from training, he is cooking for her. Both love Mexican food, and Corbin is doing the best “Pico de gallo”, a sauce for eating Tacos. As a way to relax after her Volleyball duties, she usually goes for a walk. With her dog Champion she is walking on the shores of the Elbe or through the parks of the city. A new passion she has discovered is knitting; her teammate Lisa Stock showed her some handholds. For her birthday she is hoping to complete her first set. She seems to have the right hands for that too.
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Post by Kamja68 on Feb 17, 2015 13:32:09 GMT -5
Saw Caroline Welsh play for her A5 17 team this weekend. Looks like a good player. A little smaller than the 5'8" I saw her listed at but she played well. I would imagine she is a scholarship L/DS for 2016 with committing so early for a L/SD.
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Post by big10vb on Feb 17, 2015 14:34:09 GMT -5
I was just reading about the women's national team tryouts. There are 9 from Minnesota, 5 from Michigan, 6 from Purdue, 5 from Nebraska but only 1 from Illinois. Incoming freshman, Jordyn Poulter, is the only Illini listed. How are the girls selected for tryouts and why not more from Illinois?
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Post by firedup on Feb 17, 2015 14:41:22 GMT -5
Would be shocked if it is more than a 2 for 4 year deal, with the two scholarship years coming in the Junior and Senior years. It would be a great thing if the back row got the same love as the big girls but that, sadly, is not the case. There is still the thinking that "passers are a dime a dozen" and "there are a ton of girls who can't play in the front row but would love to pass the ball." Bottom line is that your trees and setters have nothing to work with if you are continually out of system, or can't play floor defense to keep your team in points. Pay the smalls, dang it!
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Post by oldmanvb on Feb 17, 2015 17:36:42 GMT -5
Saw Brandi Donnelly play for Williamsville. I seem to recall she was listed at 5'9", played 6 rotations and was the team's go to left side hitter. She is now listed at 5'8", which is VERY generous. No way I saw D1 potential. While she was obviously the best player on the floor, I'm not certain how coach recognized that her skills would translate to D1, where she is now recognized as one of the best liberos in the BIG. From what I understand, we were the only D1 team to offer, and she was thrilled to get a 3 out of 4 years scholarship. It is easy to see someone touch 10'2", not so easy to see D1 passing ability. In my opinion, our biggest improvement the last two years was in our passing and defense, and it should be a strength for the next couple of years. Passers are hardly a dime a dozen.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 9:10:47 GMT -5
Saw Brandi Donnelly play for Williamsville. I seem to recall she was listed at 5'9", played 6 rotations and was the team's go to left side hitter. She is now listed at 5'8", which is VERY generous. No way I saw D1 potential. While she was obviously the best player on the floor, I'm not certain how coach recognized that her skills would translate to D1, where she is now recognized as one of the best liberos in the BIG. From what I understand, we were the only D1 team to offer, and she was thrilled to get a 3 out of 4 years scholarship. It is easy to see someone touch 10'2", not so easy to see D1 passing ability. In my opinion, our biggest improvement the last two years was in our passing and defense, and it should be a strength for the next couple of years. Passers are hardly a dime a dozen. I agree. I thought Hambly was nuts watching her in high school. Then I saw her play in the spring '14 scrimmage against Kentucky and realized--Kevin's pretty brilliant. Donnelly was great and it's why he's the UIUC coach.
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Post by oldmanvb on Feb 18, 2015 11:10:06 GMT -5
There were 17 players on last year's roster, and there will be 17 on this year's roster. There are 12 scholarships. Does anyone know who is on scholarship or partial scholarship?
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Post by firedup on Feb 18, 2015 14:44:13 GMT -5
There were 17 players on last year's roster, and there will be 17 on this year's roster. There are 12 scholarships. Does anyone know who is on scholarship or partial scholarship? Partials aren't an option in women's volleyball in any given year. If the school fully funds the sport, 12 get 'em, and the balance don't. When you look at Penn State during a home match, it looks like there are fully 20 suited up Nittany Lions. 12 are on athletic aid and the balance are walkons.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 15:03:40 GMT -5
There were 17 players on last year's roster, and there will be 17 on this year's roster. There are 12 scholarships. Does anyone know who is on scholarship or partial scholarship? Partials aren't an option in women's volleyball in any given year. If the school fully funds the sport, 12 get 'em, and the balance don't. When you look at Penn State during a home match, it looks like there are fully 20 suited up Nittany Lions. 12 are on athletic aid and the balance are walkons. Partials aren't an option in DI women's volleyball. They are in DII, and are much more common than full rides.
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Post by jma22 on Feb 18, 2015 18:14:21 GMT -5
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Post by Pasquale on Feb 18, 2015 18:36:06 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by vballfreak808 on Feb 18, 2015 19:01:47 GMT -5
I was wondering why she wasn't on the Oregon sand roster. I looked into it and thought she was doing track or working out on her own since she was still taking classes at Oregon.
Crittenden is really athletic and is impressive to watch. It's nice to see that Illinois has two lefty hitters.
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Post by oldmanvb on Feb 18, 2015 19:58:16 GMT -5
This is an impressive pick-up. Can she play next year? Colleen Ward played right away as a transfer from Florida, but I don't know the circumstances. Also, we now have a roster of 18 for next year, with 8 from out-of-state. I paid for 4 years of CCIW D3 volleyball, but that was my personal version of insanity. UIUC out-of-state tuition has gotten pretty expensive.
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