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Post by bayarea on Aug 30, 2015 20:31:11 GMT -5
With the loss of Olga and Karsta, this team will continually be searching for someone to carry the load against good teams. UCLA seems to be getting farther and farther away from where they were when they won it all a few years ago. Anderson had 100 more swings than Lowe last year. For the sake of accuracy, Anderson had 1276 swings last year and Karsta had 1488.
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Post by bayarea on Aug 30, 2015 20:35:57 GMT -5
UCLA is pretty horrible tonight at covering tips/setter dumps.
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Post by fetchin on Aug 30, 2015 20:38:03 GMT -5
UCLA is pretty horrible tonight at covering tips/setter dumps. They have been horrible at a lot of things.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 30, 2015 20:38:36 GMT -5
A it just me or did that match point swing look both touched and in?
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 30, 2015 20:40:48 GMT -5
26-all. Perfect time to experiment with the 6-2
And the blocker playing her first point of the match nets. Predictable.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 30, 2015 20:42:35 GMT -5
Congrats to LMU. They came in ready to fight.
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Post by bayarea on Aug 30, 2015 20:42:35 GMT -5
LMU sweep. Who wouldda thunk?
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Post by bayarea on Aug 30, 2015 20:43:30 GMT -5
Jamie Lea had a phenomenal night. With all their height, why was UCLA so bad at blocking her?
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Post by kokyu on Aug 30, 2015 20:45:55 GMT -5
Anderson had 100 more swings than Lowe last year. For the sake of accuracy, Anderson had 1276 swings last year and Karsta had 1488. Announcers are as bad getting the facts straight as Sealy is at coaching.
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Post by Word on Aug 30, 2015 20:52:39 GMT -5
TBH I expected Buechler to be much improved and she's not. TBH I expect her to be the next Kelly Reeves who came into college scene a solid player with little upside and not much improvement over the years. She is slightly taller than Reeves but she does not jump high nor hit hard. Reeves came into a team with Kidder and Love on the left and all she had to do was pass and hit in system red's when they blockers were worried about the outsides. Buechler is being asked to do WAY more. I'm more surprised Buechler isn't passing 6 rotations. That should be her forte. But she should be the 3rd to 4th option on a team, and UCLA doesn't have the pins for that to be the case. May be a long year for the Bruins.
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Post by GoUCLA on Aug 30, 2015 20:54:30 GMT -5
LMU sweep. Who wouldda thunk? They got swept last year too by LMU.
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Post by vbismylife4 on Aug 30, 2015 21:00:16 GMT -5
OMG people! Give it a rest! 2nd match of the season... and you all are ready to write them off! UCLA played very well last night and beat UVA who beat LMU on their home court. It was ugly but not the end of the world... RELAX!
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Post by kokyu on Aug 30, 2015 21:04:43 GMT -5
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Post by vbismylife4 on Aug 30, 2015 21:07:02 GMT -5
I forgot, kokyu... you are the all knowing expert on all things volleyball... smh
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Post by zenyada on Aug 30, 2015 21:45:15 GMT -5
TBH I expect her to be the next Kelly Reeves who came into college scene a solid player with little upside and not much improvement over the years. She is slightly taller than Reeves but she does not jump high nor hit hard. Reeves came into a team with Kidder and Love on the left and all she had to do was pass and hit in system red's when they blockers were worried about the outsides. Buechler is being asked to do WAY more. I'm more surprised Buechler isn't passing 6 rotations. That should be her forte. But she should be the 3rd to 4th option on a team, and UCLA doesn't have the pins for that to be the case. May be a long year for the Bruins. Exactly, add Buechler is up front with only 2 hitters. That's asking alot. Anderson hasn't helped much from the pipe, so looking for Sealy to work at a 6-2, taking pressure off the OHs by regularly having 3 options, and improving the block. Drolson 4 digs, Inouye 3, so not sure how much you're losing. Although I thought the block was porous, the Chandler-Frager combo in particular, and this must have made playing defense a bit of a nightmare. What Sealy hopefully learned tonight: ---Buechler could use the help of a middle decoy, and as you said pass 6 rotations ---Chandler is a hitters target, but the better setter ---The backrow defense will struggle without a decent block ---A slow middle will get exploited by decent teams My question, where's Izzy?
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