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Post by ay2013 on Oct 8, 2015 0:40:57 GMT -5
The OH's are struggling for UW. I would love to see Cassie back on the outside to bring some fire back. Well, one of the reasons why the Washington outsides were struggling is that Coach Rubio decided to stack the block against the outsides, leaving just one blocker for the middles. For my team, Hawaii, the same was true. In the last two matches, the middles had field days with lots of kills and high hitting percentages. They stacked the block on the outsides, particularly on the right to slow down Nikki Taylor. Other teams will stack the block against Lianna Sybeldon, I'm sure, and her numbers will come down. However, Sybeldon is a terrific middle and I believe she still will do well, but with less spectacular stats. She is first team AA material. The UW outsides just arent elite attackers, period, and even though I love my huskies to death, it will be the reason why UW will probably only make it to the sweet 16
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Post by alwayslearning on Oct 8, 2015 0:45:34 GMT -5
Well, one of the reasons why the Washington outsides were struggling is that Coach Rubio decided to stack the block against the outsides, leaving just one blocker for the middles. For my team, Hawaii, the same was true. In the last two matches, the middles had field days with lots of kills and high hitting percentages. They stacked the block on the outsides, particularly on the right to slow down Nikki Taylor. Other teams will stack the block against Lianna Sybeldon, I'm sure, and her numbers will come down. However, Sybeldon is a terrific middle and I believe she still will do well, but with less spectacular stats. She is first team AA material. The UW outsides just arent elite attackers, period, and even though I love my huskies to death, it will be the reason why UW will probably only make it to the sweet 16 You may be right, ay, regarding the Huskies ultimate fate. But I hold out hope that if and when Schwan returns, we''ll have a more experienced Julye and thus two real terminators on the outside (or more if Jones, Scambray, or DeHoog get going).
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 8, 2015 0:47:58 GMT -5
If you're going to single-block Sybeldon, you'd better make UW sweat in serve-receive. Because there's no mystery as to where it is going on a good pass.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2015 1:38:15 GMT -5
Jacobsen might be the slowest middle blocker I've seen at this level of play.
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Post by volleyfan24 on Oct 8, 2015 2:40:39 GMT -5
Well, one of the reasons why the Washington outsides were struggling is that Coach Rubio decided to stack the block against the outsides, leaving just one blocker for the middles. For my team, Hawaii, the same was true. In the last two matches, the middles had field days with lots of kills and high hitting percentages. They stacked the block on the outsides, particularly on the right to slow down Nikki Taylor. Other teams will stack the block against Lianna Sybeldon, I'm sure, and her numbers will come down. However, Sybeldon is a terrific middle and I believe she still will do well, but with less spectacular stats. She is first team AA material. The UW outsides just arent elite attackers, period, and even though I love my huskies to death, it will be the reason why UW will probably only make it to the sweet 16 I disagree they are formidable and fine outsides no team outside of maybe Penn State has a great 1-2 punch on the outside and Frantti and Courtney have shown inconsistency this season. After a top 16 good win at home I certainly don't think Washington is out of the mix when talking possible national championship this season. With all the injuries and parity this season it looks like anyone's title to win.
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Post by Cruz'n on Oct 8, 2015 2:43:23 GMT -5
Back from the game. The size of the crowd was disappointing, but the folks who did show up made some noise. Expect better Friday night. Arizona played one good, consistent set (which would have been a true blowout but for Arizona's many service errors). They played well in stretches in sets 2 and 3, but couldn't quite put it together, and then just wilted in set 4. Mau was easily the best hitter on the court in the first set. I don't know why, but she was much less effective the rest of the match and I don't think the Huskies necessarily had a lot to do with it. Fatigue? Snuka's defense was crazy-good in the first couple sets and then just really good in sets 3 and 4. She sets a nice ball, too, but had to scramble to get too many errant passes. Arizona is THIS close to being in the Pac 12 elite but is missing a piece or two at this point. Let us now praise Lianna Sybeldon. She is as close to a sure thing as the Huskies have had since I've been paying attention (only 3-4 years). She and Tanner have some good mojo going. The Huskies are finding their way without Schwan, who I fear may be out for the bulk of the season (I have no further information, just my own fear). If Schwan can come back healthy in, say 4-6 weeks, then she should at least have a shot at getting the rust off before the tournament. Meanwhile, Julye will have grown a lot. Speaking of Julye, you can see her growing match by match. She was pretty terrible in the first set, probably nervous to get her first start and lots of time to think about it. But she settled down nicely. I'd say, right now, she's our best terminator on the outside (not counting Schwan). The setters believe in her -- she had the most attempts tonight of any Husky. I expect we'll see her role grow as her confidence grows and she cuts down on her hitting errors. I've been a little down on Scambray lately so it was nice to see Tia have a good all-around match. She is really an integral part of the team, playing six rotations with generally good defense (tied with Cassie for team high 14 digs), blocking, serving, and (tonight) some pretty good terminating. Looking forward to more of the same against ASU. UW's Opposites did not have a particularly good night. To me, it looks like Jones is afraid of making mistakes. When the Huskies warm up, Jones just crushes the ball. In games, she seems a little self-conscious when hitting, going for dinks or safe shots when should be unloading. You don't get the sense she is playing free and easy. Someone please free Crissy Jones! ASU is shaping up as the best home match of the season so far. Thanks as always for your in depth assessment.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 8, 2015 6:00:39 GMT -5
Let us now praise Lianna Sybeldon. She is as close to a sure thing as the Huskies have had since I've been paying attention (only 3-4 years). She and Tanner have some good mojo going. I've been a huge Sybeldon fan ever since she got some early playing time alongside Gil when Wade was injured. It was clear even then that she was a more aggressive and explosive attacker than either Wade or Gil. But.... have you really forgotten Krista Vansant so quickly?
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Post by tomclen on Oct 8, 2015 8:25:33 GMT -5
Even Sybeldon seemed a little surprised that Arizona didn't make some changes to defend her. This is from the post-match article on GoHuskies.com:
Thanks to the flukey (somewhat unfair) scheduling, Jason Watson got to sit at home (or in his office) last night and watch the entire UW/UA match. His team is off until Friday so you can be sure he will have some fresh ideas on dealing with Sybeldon.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 8, 2015 8:46:28 GMT -5
Even Sybeldon seemed a little surprised that Arizona didn't make some changes to defend her. This is from the post-match article on GoHuskies.com: Thanks to the flukey (somewhat unfair) scheduling, Jason Watson got to sit at home (or in his office) last night and watch the entire UW/UA match. His team is off until Friday so you can be sure he will have some fresh ideas on dealing with Sybeldon. At this point I think I would be inclined to focus on defending the middle and challenge the UW to beat me on the outside. Kind of like when playing Stanford the last couple of years.
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Post by memorybankrupt on Oct 8, 2015 12:35:36 GMT -5
If you're going to single-block Sybeldon, you'd better make UW sweat in serve-receive. Because there's no mystery as to where it is going on a good pass. I like this Arizona squad but not a fan of Rubio. No adjustments to counter Sybeldon. Either double block or serve tougher like you said. Also does the Chairman usually play opposite Snuka? I guess that's to take advantage of her attacking from the pipe, but UW had that well scouted. She doesn't seem as effective hitting on the right. Needs to hit more cross body. Also didn't like that rotation with Attea in the front row with Snuka.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Oct 8, 2015 12:45:19 GMT -5
If you're going to single-block Sybeldon, you'd better make UW sweat in serve-receive. Because there's no mystery as to where it is going on a good pass. I like this Arizona squad but not a fan of Rubio. No adjustments to counter Sybeldon. Either double block or serve tougher like you said. Also does the Chairman usually play opposite Snuka? I guess that's to take advantage of her attacking from the pipe, but UW had that well scouted. She doesn't seem as effective hitting on the right. Needs to hit more cross body. Also didn't like that rotation with Attea in the front row with Snuka. Mau's been opposite Snuka all year, in the same role Kingdon was last year. It means they always have Mau as a backrow attacker in their 2 hitter rotations (which are rough and would likely be worse otherwise) and keeping Spriggs/Attea opposite one another helps smooth out the passing by avoiding a rotation without a DS in. I see the advantages of the system.
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Post by mikegarrison on Oct 8, 2015 12:52:33 GMT -5
If you're going to single-block Sybeldon, you'd better make UW sweat in serve-receive. Because there's no mystery as to where it is going on a good pass. I like this Arizona squad but not a fan of Rubio. No adjustments to counter Sybeldon. Either double block or serve tougher like you said. Also does the Chairman usually play opposite Snuka? I guess that's to take advantage of her attacking from the pipe, but UW had that well scouted. She doesn't seem as effective hitting on the right. Needs to hit more cross body. Also didn't like that rotation with Attea in the front row with Snuka. UW's blocking schemes are usually good against the pipe. They tend to start with all three blockers in the middle and follow the ball. For the same reason that they often get three blockers against the pipe attack, they have trouble against slides.
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Post by memorybankrupt on Oct 8, 2015 12:59:43 GMT -5
I like this Arizona squad but not a fan of Rubio. No adjustments to counter Sybeldon. Either double block or serve tougher like you said. Also does the Chairman usually play opposite Snuka? I guess that's to take advantage of her attacking from the pipe, but UW had that well scouted. She doesn't seem as effective hitting on the right. Needs to hit more cross body. Also didn't like that rotation with Attea in the front row with Snuka. Mau's been opposite Snuka all year, in the same role Kingdon was last year. It means they always have Mau as a backrow attacker in their 2 hitter rotations (which are rough and would likely be worse otherwise) and keeping Spriggs/Attea opposite one another helps smooth out the passing by avoiding a rotation without a DS in. I see the advantages of the system. Oh I didn't think about always having a DS in the back court. That makes sense. Arizona is very talented. Must be frustrating for them to not able to beat these highly ranked teams.
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Post by luckydawg on Oct 8, 2015 13:14:36 GMT -5
Arizona's roster showed 18 players, of which 8 were listed as L/DS. I counted 15 players out there, so at least 5 were defense only. Not sure if I have ever seen that kind of emphasis on one position.
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Post by ciscokeed on Oct 8, 2015 13:39:58 GMT -5
PSU typically carries 5 ds's
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