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Post by gb77 on Aug 29, 2015 21:28:05 GMT -5
Minnesota has ONE new player and I don't see how she would adversely affect them (plus she's been with them since the spring). This was a match they had to win. 2014 was for testing and learning. Time for results. (I won't be able to resist replying to responses to my posts. That's who I am, unfortunately.) swenson is the ONE who happens to be a setter.. so i can SEE HOW - i will agree with you that the team should win, but not be so dogmatic about results now. as the saying goes.. resistance is futile.. lol have a look at swenson vs schau .. about the same assists, but schau has 6 more digs, an ace & no attack errors .. i hope SSS & schau both get to run a 5-1 against stanford & see how they compare to them both doing a 6-2 carrying on with this post .. 2 more items while gophers didnt get the win, the vikings doubled up the cowboys 28-14 so mn has some braggin rights over tx.. haha mich st vs kentucky looks like it was a fine match.. will have to wander off to espn3 to check it out.. Michigan State (2) 27 25 22 25 12 Kentucky (3) 29 15 25 23 15
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Post by volleylearner on Aug 29, 2015 22:18:48 GMT -5
What happened to Lowak? Injury? Yes, she rolled her ankle. Was lying down on the bench the rest of the match. Had ice on it but then just tape by the end.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2015 22:22:30 GMT -5
One more thing: Goehner only played in 3 games. Did she get hurt? Sick? I don't see any other reasons why she wouldn't be on the floor. I really do think she's the best player on the team.
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Post by vbprisoner on Aug 29, 2015 22:23:02 GMT -5
Minnesota has ONE new player and I don't see how she would adversely affect them (plus she's been with them since the spring). This was a match they had to win. 2014 was for testing and learning. Time for results. (I won't be able to resist replying to responses to my posts. That's who I am, unfortunately.) So what you're saying is you feel you are stuck in the 2014 groundhog season?
Oh wait...... you are the gophers.
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Post by dorothymantooth on Aug 29, 2015 22:24:20 GMT -5
I'm sorry but you can't lose this match. That's all I'm going to say. I'm sorry but as someone who has done this a long time, folks have no idea what day one can look like even for the best teams. I have played and coached on some pretty great teams, and match one can be a total %*$#-show, no matter how good you are, or are going to be.
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Post by volleylearner on Aug 29, 2015 22:36:23 GMT -5
That was an entertaining match. Seemed to me that Minnesota made too many errors. Many were on sets that were off, but some were simple mi%*$#s. Minnesota had 12 more blocks yet 5 more attack errors than A&M, which means they had 17 more errors on swings that weren't blocked.
Tough timing on the rotation violation call at 23-22 Minn in the 1st set.
I thought Minnesota's passing was ok. Santana received a lot and did fine. Seemed to me the problem was not enough termination on set+hit, especially from the middles. Hard for me to tell how much was the set and how much was the hit. They did try having SSS play front row at 11-7 in the 5th set, but the blocking part of that equation didn't go well and they switched back at 13-8.
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Post by volleylearner on Aug 29, 2015 22:37:59 GMT -5
One more thing: Goehner only played in 3 games. Did she get hurt? Sick? I don't see any other reasons why she wouldn't be on the floor. I really do think she's the best player on the team. I don't think so. Wilhite was hitting much better. Goehner had a lot of trouble getting decent swings. Not sure how much was the setting.
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Post by hammer on Aug 29, 2015 22:57:54 GMT -5
Perfect storm -- Stanford comes in overconfident tomorrow and Minny stuns them as the heavy underdog!
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Aug 29, 2015 23:39:04 GMT -5
One more thing: Goehner only played in 3 games. Did she get hurt? Sick? I don't see any other reasons why she wouldn't be on the floor. I really do think she's the best player on the team. I don't think so. Wilhite was hitting much better. Goehner had a lot of trouble getting decent swings. Not sure how much was the setting. I agree. Goehner's hitting was off and Texas A&M was attacking on her side. We need our OH to keep the ball in play even if the setting is off. Sarah did better offensively and as well on defense tonight. It was a good adjustment. On the other hand, we didn't get to our right side as much as I would like to see. The passing seemed much better as stated earlier and I wish we could have spread the ball around more. Texas A&M is a very good team. Hopefully we play well tomorrow and learn from this. I wonder if Texas A&M was reading our new setter. They seem to know when she was setting middle. To me Katie seemed smoother with her connections tonight. However, they aren't setting the same lineup. The hitters are more accustomed to Katie and 6-2 is hard on hitters as they adjust to the different setters. It would be interesting to see a 5-1.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 0:06:44 GMT -5
Want to see SSS running 5-1 I think that is Mn best chance to do something this year.
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Post by craftylefty on Aug 30, 2015 7:07:54 GMT -5
One more thing: Goehner only played in 3 games. Did she get hurt? Sick? I don't see any other reasons why she wouldn't be on the floor. I really do think she's the best player on the team. I was a little worried about that, too. I think she's fine, but she got blocked several times and also hit out quite a few times in a row. To be fair, she probably got a lot of the crap sets, but Wilhite just did better tonight. I do think we need Goehner out on the court in some capacity, maybe as a DS, even, in a 5-1, where she could still hit from the back and still help in serve receive for half of our rotations.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 11:38:32 GMT -5
Just to be clear: Goehner is not the best hitter on the team. But she is the best player, imo. I don't see how you cannot play her at all if she's healthy.
I obviously wasn't there. Nor could I even watch from here. So this is all based on what I know about the team.
Minnesota's dilemma is this: They need Goehner to play all-around, but they also may need to run a 5-1. The two things could be incompatible. Their BEST team may be Wilhite at opposite and Hannah back in the middle, but that only works if someone steps up to set a 5-1 AND the offense can compensate for Goehner at OH.
Minnesota has a lot of good players -- a lot of pieces -- but the question remains whether they can be fit together to make a great team.
And I just want to emphasize that THAT is why I am disappointed. I know the Gophers are a good team (and that TAMU is too). I wanted them to be great this year. Top ten great. This is a match they couldn't afford to lose and be at that level.
So Stanford is another test. But Louisville and especially UNC are the next two major ones. If they can't shake the 2014 rut, they're looking at an 0-4 start. They need to 1) win the close games and matches and 2) not make matches close to begin with. They couldn't do that in 2014 and they missed the NCAAs.
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Post by volleylearner on Aug 30, 2015 13:38:56 GMT -5
I wonder if Texas A&M was reading our new setter. They seem to know when she was setting middle. To me Katie seemed smoother with her connections tonight. However, they aren't setting the same lineup. The hitters are more accustomed to Katie and 6-2 is hard on hitters as they adjust to the different setters. It would be interesting to see a 5-1. Did not seem to me that A&M's front row was reading the sets to middle. The middle attacks that were touched (or blocked) were often on sets that were too tight. The A&M diggers did seem to pick up a lot of Minnesota's middle attacks. I'm guessing that was because the middles were so busy finding the set they didn't have time to pick a hole in the defense.
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Post by craftylefty on Aug 30, 2015 13:56:54 GMT -5
Yikes. Minnesota needs to find that middle connection, and soon. I wonder if Minnesota is trying to run too fast of an offense, causing the setting quality to diminish, while leaving the middles wondering where to find the ball. Our middles are fast, athletic players, but this could still be a bit much for them. I noticed during the scrimmage that a lot of the middle connections (primarily timing) were not as clean as they might have been last year, surprisingly. To my eyes (and maybe I need to get them checked, haha), Handley had the best luck with the middles hitting in front of her. As much as I personally like her, I highly doubt we'll see much of her soon, though, especially in a 5-1.
I still have faith that they can make this better, though.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 15:00:42 GMT -5
It's one of the major drawbacks of a 6-2 -- it's much harder to establish connections (other than to the opposites) between two setters and the same hitters.
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