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Post by jsn112 on Aug 31, 2015 2:31:51 GMT -5
I know there's a competition at the setting position, but from what I've seen so far, Weiskircher looked pretty good. She set the entire Villanova match and the majority of other matches as well. Is this a sign that RR has made up his mind? So what was the concern about her that Rivera had to be brought in? I know Weiskircher had a year in the program, but skills is skills and she showed a lot this past weekend. Would have liked to see a better passing in order to properly judge, but it is what it is for now. But I think it's Weiskircher's to lose. Whoever made that bet earlier in the week, I think you're sitting pretty.
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Post by Boof1224 on Aug 31, 2015 3:10:38 GMT -5
I know there's a competition at the setting position, but from what I've seen so far, Weiskircher looked pretty good. She set the entire Villanova match and the majority of other matches as well. Is this a sign that RR has made up his mind? So what was the concern about her that Rivera had to be brought in? I know Weiskircher had a year in the program, but skills is skills and she showed a lot this past weekend. Would have liked to see a better passing in order to properly judge, but it is what it is for now. But I think it's Weiskircher's to lose. Whoever made that bet earlier in the week, I think you're sitting pretty. Need to face some real competion to get proper read. We should this next weekend against Stanford. Like I've said on a lot of other teams pages, it hard to judge from first weekend when a lot of teams didn't play anyone relevant |
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Post by roger on Aug 31, 2015 6:03:38 GMT -5
Wilma Rivera looked good and did some fine defensive work as well: Did not watch all the matches so cannot comment on Bryanna's defensive capabilities.
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Post by Phillytom on Aug 31, 2015 7:14:19 GMT -5
I know there's a competition at the setting position, but from what I've seen so far, Weiskircher looked pretty good. She set the entire Villanova match and the majority of other matches as well. Is this a sign that RR has made up his mind? So what was the concern about her that Rivera had to be brought in? I know Weiskircher had a year in the program, but skills is skills and she showed a lot this past weekend. Would have liked to see a better passing in order to properly judge, but it is what it is for now. But I think it's Weiskircher's to lose. Whoever made that bet earlier in the week, I think you're sitting pretty. Is it correct to say Rivera was "brought in" because the coaches had reservations about Weiskircher? Or maybe Rivera was recruited because she is a great player who can do a lot of things, such as left-handed jump serve, and ideally it is good to have competition at every position. |
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Post by whowasthat on Aug 31, 2015 8:15:54 GMT -5
I know there's a competition at the setting position, but from what I've seen so far, Weiskircher looked pretty good. She set the entire Villanova match and the majority of other matches as well. Is this a sign that RR has made up his mind? So what was the concern about her that Rivera had to be brought in? I know Weiskircher had a year in the program, but skills is skills and she showed a lot this past weekend. Would have liked to see a better passing in order to properly judge, but it is what it is for now. But I think it's Weiskircher's to lose. Whoever made that bet earlier in the week, I think you're sitting pretty. No one expected Bryanna or Wilma to perform in Micha's level, so I think Bryanna had a solid performance for the first three games. She'll improve as she gets more experience with better competition. If she can perform the next two games the way she palyed, she will be fine rest of her collegiate career at PSU. Wilma also showed good skills, so between the two, PSU will be fine. In addition, the other concern for the Libero position was solved by Keeton and she is a very good passer. Let's see if she can dig better in the coming games |
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Post by jsn112 on Aug 31, 2015 9:11:11 GMT -5
I know there's a competition at the setting position, but from what I've seen so far, Weiskircher looked pretty good. She set the entire Villanova match and the majority of other matches as well. Is this a sign that RR has made up his mind? So what was the concern about her that Rivera had to be brought in? I know Weiskircher had a year in the program, but skills is skills and she showed a lot this past weekend. Would have liked to see a better passing in order to properly judge, but it is what it is for now. But I think it's Weiskircher's to lose. Whoever made that bet earlier in the week, I think you're sitting pretty. Need to face some real competion to get proper read. We should this next weekend against Stanford. Like I've said on a lot of other teams pages, it hard to judge from first weekend when a lot of teams didn't play anyone relevant If this past weekend was to prep Rivera and Weiskircher for next weekend, why was Weiskircher getting majority of the playing time? If I have to estimate, overall, I think Weiskircher got 80% vs. 20%. |
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Post by jsn112 on Aug 31, 2015 9:16:46 GMT -5
I know there's a competition at the setting position, but from what I've seen so far, Weiskircher looked pretty good. She set the entire Villanova match and the majority of other matches as well. Is this a sign that RR has made up his mind? So what was the concern about her that Rivera had to be brought in? I know Weiskircher had a year in the program, but skills is skills and she showed a lot this past weekend. Would have liked to see a better passing in order to properly judge, but it is what it is for now. But I think it's Weiskircher's to lose. Whoever made that bet earlier in the week, I think you're sitting pretty. Is it correct to say Rivera was "brought in" because the coaches had reservations about Weiskircher? Or maybe Rivera was recruited because she is a great player who can do a lot of things, such as left-handed jump serve, and ideally it is good to have competition at every position. A lot of hint, including Dorothy (where he would take the bet that Rivera winning the position), on here (I know, I know...) that the coaches were concerned that Weiskircher was not progressing fast enough. Maybe this past weekend did show that she did progress from then til now. I am okay with Rivera was recruited as a backup, but that was not what was conveyed. I am glad she is here just to have an insurance though. |
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Post by akbar on Aug 31, 2015 9:34:52 GMT -5
Is it correct to say Rivera was "brought in" because the coaches had reservations about Weiskircher? Or maybe Rivera was recruited because she is a great player who can do a lot of things, such as left-handed jump serve, and ideally it is good to have competition at every position. A lot of hint, including Dorothy (where he would take the bet that Rivera winning the position), on here (I know, I know...) that the coaches were concerned that Weiskircher was not progressing fast enough. Maybe this past weekend did show that she did progress from then til now. I am okay with Rivera was recruited as a backup, but that was not what was conveyed. I am glad she is here just to have an insurance though. Alot was not shown in the Stanford match yesterday, by necessity and by design. PSU still has cards they have not shown. Because they couldn't yet and because they didn't want to. Upon reflection, based on 3 matches, some have shown growth, some not as much, and some we just don't know yet. Bryanna showed some very nice things and her defense and blocking was solid. |
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Post by jsn112 on Aug 31, 2015 10:05:50 GMT -5
A lot of hint, including Dorothy (where he would take the bet that Rivera winning the position), on here (I know, I know...) that the coaches were concerned that Weiskircher was not progressing fast enough. Maybe this past weekend did show that she did progress from then til now. I am okay with Rivera was recruited as a backup, but that was not what was conveyed. I am glad she is here just to have an insurance though. Alot was not shown in the Stanford match yesterday, by necessity and by design. PSU still has cards they have not shown. Because they couldn't yet and because they didn't want to. Upon reflection, based on 3 matches, some have shown growth, some not as much, and some we just don't know yet. Bryanna showed some very nice things and her defense and blocking was solid. I am okay with that. I am trying not to make up my mind yet, but Wieskircher showed a lot what she can do. And we saw Rivera and what she can do (albeit small playing time), but it's hard not seeing the writing on the wall so far. But there still a lot of pre-season games left. So may the best woman wins. |
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Post by Phillytom on Aug 31, 2015 10:21:34 GMT -5
I know there's a competition at the setting position, but from what I've seen so far, Weiskircher looked pretty good. She set the entire Villanova match and the majority of other matches as well. Is this a sign that RR has made up his mind? So what was the concern about her that Rivera had to be brought in? I know Weiskircher had a year in the program, but skills is skills and she showed a lot this past weekend. Would have liked to see a better passing in order to properly judge, but it is what it is for now. But I think it's Weiskircher's to lose. Whoever made that bet earlier in the week, I think you're sitting pretty. No one expected Bryanna or Wilma to perform in Micha's level, so I think Bryanna had a solid performance for the first three games. She'll improve as she gets more experience with better competition. If she can perform the next two games the way she palyed, she will be fine rest of her collegiate career at PSU. Wilma also showed good skills, so between the two, PSU will be fine. In addition, the other concern for the Libero position was solved by Keeton and she is a very good passer. Let's see if she can dig better in the coming games I would think -- assuming the athletic ability is there -- that digging is one of the things that should improve a lot. Freshman spend a lot of time their first year just getting used to the speed of the college game. I wouldn't be surprised if Stanford really schools the Penn State backcourt this weekend but PSU fans shouldn't freak out about it. There is an awful lot of work to do defensively every year, but especially this year for PSU. We should expect the passing and floor defense to look pretty ragged this weekend because so many players are new or in new roles, and Stanford is, well, Stanford. If they can do better than ragged, all the better, but let's be realistic in our expectations. |
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Post by vbkid111 on Aug 31, 2015 11:28:48 GMT -5
No one expected Bryanna or Wilma to perform in Micha's level, so I think Bryanna had a solid performance for the first three games. She'll improve as she gets more experience with better competition. If she can perform the next two games the way she palyed, she will be fine rest of her collegiate career at PSU. Wilma also showed good skills, so between the two, PSU will be fine. In addition, the other concern for the Libero position was solved by Keeton and she is a very good passer. Let's see if she can dig better in the coming games I would think -- assuming the athletic ability is there -- that digging is one of the things that should improve a lot. Freshman spend a lot of time their first year just getting used to the speed of the college game. I wouldn't be surprised if Stanford really schools the Penn State backcourt this weekend but PSU fans shouldn't freak out about it. There is an awful lot of work to do defensively every year, but especially this year for PSU. We should expect the passing and floor defense to look pretty ragged this weekend because so many players are new or in new roles, and Stanford is, well, Stanford. If they can do better than ragged, all the better, but let's be realistic in our expectations. It was pretty "ragged" last weekend actually. Game 1 of match 1 at home in front of a big, pumped-up crowd when the team hasn't played a real match since last December I can understand some tightness or overexcitement. But struggling in the third match against a vastly overmatched team, who seemed to side-out at will whenever they needed to--not so much. |
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Post by Boof1224 on Aug 31, 2015 12:01:30 GMT -5
Need to face some real competion to get proper read. We should this next weekend against Stanford. Like I've said on a lot of other teams pages, it hard to judge from first weekend when a lot of teams didn't play anyone relevant If this past weekend was to prep Rivera and Weiskircher for next weekend, why was Weiskircher getting majority of the playing time? If I have to estimate, overall, I think Weiskircher got 80% vs. 20%. I wasn't stating that the starting job was or wasn't hers. I was saying we just don't know how her performance last weekend stacks up because they didn't play anyone |
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Post by akbar on Aug 31, 2015 12:10:17 GMT -5
No one expected Bryanna or Wilma to perform in Micha's level, so I think Bryanna had a solid performance for the first three games. She'll improve as she gets more experience with better competition. If she can perform the next two games the way she palyed, she will be fine rest of her collegiate career at PSU. Wilma also showed good skills, so between the two, PSU will be fine. In addition, the other concern for the Libero position was solved by Keeton and she is a very good passer. Let's see if she can dig better in the coming games I would think -- assuming the athletic ability is there -- that digging is one of the things that should improve a lot. Freshman spend a lot of time their first year just getting used to the speed of the college game. I wouldn't be surprised if Stanford really schools the Penn State backcourt this weekend but PSU fans shouldn't freak out about it. There is an awful lot of work to do defensively every year, but especially this year for PSU. We should expect the passing and floor defense to look pretty ragged this weekend because so many players are new or in new roles. Not "so" many new roles. The passing core is intact. Both primary passers are there. Unfortunately neither was particularly sharp in passing, one got very fatigued and they started going after our libero. As far as defense,shoot Hailey Washington had more digs than our libero. As said, I expect more personal switches and hopefully L. Pierce is healthy to give a boost serving and defense out of the 1. |
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Post by dorothymantooth on Aug 31, 2015 12:28:21 GMT -5
I would think -- assuming the athletic ability is there -- that digging is one of the things that should improve a lot. Freshman spend a lot of time their first year just getting used to the speed of the college game. I wouldn't be surprised if Stanford really schools the Penn State backcourt this weekend but PSU fans shouldn't freak out about it. There is an awful lot of work to do defensively every year, but especially this year for PSU. We should expect the passing and floor defense to look pretty ragged this weekend because so many players are new or in new roles. Not "so" many new roles. The passing core is intact. Both primary passers are there. Unfortunately neither was particularly sharp in passing, one got very fatigued and they started going after our libero. As far as defense,shoot Hailey Washington had more digs than our libero. As said, I expect more personal switches and hopefully L. Pierce is healthy to give a boost serving and defense out of the 1. I don't see how Dom could be gone and our passing core is intact, or am I misunderstanding? Dom passed out of 6 in basically every rotation and I am sure passed more balls than anyone. |
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Post by HappyVolley on Aug 31, 2015 13:07:23 GMT -5
The passing core is intact with Dom and Lacey gone? No.
Passing was not sharp at all during the weekend. Bryanna did well do deal with a lot of bad passes she was receiving. I think she'll look a lot better when (if) the passing improves.
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