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Post by beachgrad on May 26, 2015 21:03:23 GMT -5
At this point in time I believe Kruidhoff needs to get stronger before she is a major contributor. The college game is physically demanding and it is common for freshman to need a little time to get bigger and stronger.
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Post by thebeach1 on May 26, 2015 21:26:50 GMT -5
PrepVolleyball.com just named Long Beach State's freshman recruiting class "Highest Honorable Mention," just missing out of the "Top 30" Recruiting classes for 2015. Of the seven freshman recruits, Sarah Miller--5'8 libero and 2015 Senior Ace--will probably have the best shot at a starting position.
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Post by C on May 27, 2015 0:46:16 GMT -5
At this point in time I believe Kruidhoff needs to get stronger before she is a major contributor. The college game is physically demanding and it is common for freshman to need a little time to get bigger and stronger. I'd say she's strong enough, I think she really needs to work on transitioning. When I've seen her play, I've noticed she just usually stands on the outside and really doesn't take any kind of approach and that's when she doesn't generate much power. When she gets a good approach she can really put some heat on the ball. |
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Post by zenyada on May 27, 2015 7:19:28 GMT -5
Agreed. And that's an easy fix. Saw her play most recently last weekend at the SoCal Regional where Golden West got beat two straight by Wave 17's who won the pool. In that match Wave was serving Kruidhoff, and she was the fourth best hitter on the floor behind Joy Dennis and the two Wave OH's. Like most, she'll need to work hard in all areas to earn playing time.
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Jun 16, 2015 17:20:45 GMT -5
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Post by chatchu-off moksri on Jun 16, 2015 19:16:13 GMT -5
Its a pretty decent schedule. The Beach could prove themselves as a good team even with the departures after last season with this schedule. Hopefully they can do well this upcoming season! |
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Post by thebeach1 on Jun 16, 2015 23:20:30 GMT -5
From top to bottom, the Beach's 2015 schedule is clearly the toughest preseason schedule in the Big West. |
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Post by HawaiiVB on Jun 16, 2015 23:38:10 GMT -5
NO.
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jun 16, 2015 23:42:16 GMT -5
From top to bottom, the Beach's 2015 schedule is clearly the toughest preseason schedule in the Big West. How biased are you? NO one on the beaches schedule even comes close to the talent Florida has. The beach wont get an At large with that, unless the go undefeated and only lose two matches in the big west, maybe 3. |
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jun 16, 2015 23:45:33 GMT -5
From top to bottom, the Beach's 2015 schedule is clearly the toughest preseason schedule in the Big West. Aug. 28-29: LSU, @ Texas, Rice Week 2: ? Sept. 11-12: @ Minnesota, UCF, North Dakota State Sept. 18-19: UCLA, Oregon State, San Diego Nov. 28: Pacific (@ Long Beach State) Thats tougher |
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Jun 16, 2015 23:58:56 GMT -5
From top to bottom, the Beach's 2015 schedule is clearly the toughest preseason schedule in the Big West. How biased are you? NO one on the beaches schedule even comes close to the talent Florida has. The beach wont get an At large with that, unless the go undefeated and only lose two matches in the big west, maybe 3. Hawaii has a nice schedule, but not as tough as Long Beach. They share UCLA & Oregon State with LB, and yes Florida is tougher than the others on the Beach schedule, but if you look at it on the whole, LB plays 9 NCAA tourney teams and 10 top 100 teams. LB plays San Diego & UCLA - on the same day. Hawaii, understandably, doesn't play any road games, and Hawaii never plays 2 a days. But Irvine has the toughest schedule overall, more than either team. I just do not understand the 'at-large' comment. With LB's schedule and all the top 100 RPI teams (assuming most are similar to last year which sometimes isn't the case), LB doesn't have to even come close to being undefeated - that's such a ridiculous analysis. If you have 10 top 100 non-conf opponents, you can go 6-4 and maybe 5-5 in those matches and still be in decent at-large shape. LB's opponents had a 65% winning percentage which should translate to a good RPI, again assuming the teams are similar to last year. Even the worst opponent, Rutgers, won't kill LB in RPI because they play in the Big 12. Depending on the Big West strength, LB could lose 8-9 matches all year and be in solid at-large territory. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jun 17, 2015 0:03:29 GMT -5
From top to bottom, the Beach's 2015 schedule is clearly the toughest preseason schedule in the Big West. I don't see a team there that has better than even odds of finishing the year in the Top 25 |
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Jun 17, 2015 0:12:04 GMT -5
From top to bottom, the Beach's 2015 schedule is clearly the toughest preseason schedule in the Big West. I don't see a team there that has better than even odds of finishing the year in the Top 25 AVCA top 25 or RPI top 25? there's a a few teams that could make the RPI top 25 - Oregon State, maybe UCLA, Ill State came close last year, Alabama, Duke yep, have to agree those aren't likely AVCA top 20 teams, but RPI is always another story - and unfortunately (or fortunately if one is able to 'game' RPI well), RPI is what matters playing Harvard, Ill State, & Rutgets doesn't appear all that fantastic/demanding on the surface, but for RPI purposes, I think it's actually good scheduling |
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Post by WahineFan44 on Jun 17, 2015 0:24:40 GMT -5
How biased are you? NO one on the beaches schedule even comes close to the talent Florida has. The beach wont get an At large with that, unless the go undefeated and only lose two matches in the big west, maybe 3. Hawaii has a nice schedule, but not as tough as Long Beach. They share UCLA & Oregon State with LB, and yes Florida is tougher than the others on the Beach schedule, but if you look at it on the whole, LB plays 9 NCAA tourney teams and 10 top 100 teams. LB plays San Diego & UCLA - on the same day. Hawaii, understandably, doesn't play any road games, and Hawaii never plays 2 a days. But Irvine has the toughest schedule overall, more than either team. I just do not understand the 'at-large' comment. With LB's schedule and all the top 100 RPI teams (assuming most are similar to last year which sometimes isn't the case), LB doesn't have to even come close to being undefeated - that's such a ridiculous analysis. If you have 10 top 100 non-conf opponents, you can go 6-4 and maybe 5-5 in those matches and still be in decent at-large shape. LB's opponents had a 65% winning percentage which should translate to a good RPI, again assuming the teams are similar to last year. Even the worst opponent, Rutgers, won't kill LB in RPI because they play in the Big 12. Depending on the Big West strength, LB could lose 8-9 matches all year and be in solid at-large territory. They play 9 tournament teams from LAST year. OSU will have to fight tooth and nail to get into the tournament, since they graduated I believe 5 starters, and MK cant carry that team. Bad for Hawaii also. Also, While playing tournament teams are nice, RPI is better, and you have teams like Rutgers, Stony Brook(correct me if im wrong), that will DROP the beaches RPI. Maybe 3 was a little low, but no way the beach loses more than 5 with that schedule and gets in. Absolutely no way. IF they wanna get in, They need to beat UCLA, OSU, and Duke, maybe LMU, to give them a chance. And probably split with Hawaii, to show the comittee they can beat top teams, (If ucla and Osu, LMU) even make it. Duke will be good. I wish nothing but the best of Luck to the Beach, and Im glad youre not biased in saying that its clear UCI has the toughest schedule, but IMO the beaches schedule is not overly tough. |
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Jun 17, 2015 1:25:13 GMT -5
lol - LB could lose 8 games, maybe 9, with that schedule (including conference) and get in.
but it depends.
Stony Brook will not hurt LB if they are similar to last year, they had a winning record, and that is what RPI likes.
Even Rutgers who will have a losing record, because they play in the Big 10, LB will get credit for Rutgers opponents - so even they aren't all that bad for the RPI.
LB doesn't 'have' to beat UCLA, OSU & Duke - lol. If they beat Denver, UOP, Alabama, San Diego they can absorb losses to those 3 - (assuming those teams are top 50 ish. teams are judged on the aggregate so if those 7 teams are top 50 RPI, and LB goes 4-3 in those, they will be in pretty good shape, again depending on the strength of the Big West. I guarantee LB will be in the NCAAs with 6 losses - a 25-6 record with a non-conference opponent winning % that will like be over 55%.
in the end, it's a schedule geared towards a decent RPI - plus every game is winnable, depending of course on how well LB replaces their back-row passing.
Hawaii, on the other hand has 5 matches IMO (UCLA, Ore State, Florida, SDSU, & WSU) that they need to win two or three to get in decent at-large range
of course, hopefully LB & Hawaii are both undefeated when they first play, so it'll be a battle between two top 5 teams
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