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Post by atticus on Nov 13, 2019 16:05:53 GMT -5
RECRUITING FOR 2020>>>CAL POLY will be losing four or five seniors to graduation by next season. No posts have been made public of any NEW RECRUITS In 2019 CAL POLY brought in four true freshmen,...all could be given a redshirt this year. Prepvolleyball lists eight athletes committed to Cal Poly. Three in 2020 (an OH, MB and DS/L), five in 2121. I imagine Cal Poly will announce them today once they’ve signed, although I’ve noticed some schools don’t do so until after the new year—not sure why and I don’t know what cal poly’s custom has been in that regard.
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Post by vballfreak808 on Nov 13, 2019 16:19:50 GMT -5
Cal Poly has four recruits, the other is a setter. Three from SoCal and one from NorCal
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Post by atticus on Nov 13, 2019 19:28:45 GMT -5
Good to know. I don’t see that listed on prepvolleyball’s master commitment list. They also have a setter coming in the class of 2021.
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Post by jake on Nov 14, 2019 19:30:43 GMT -5
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Post by jake on Nov 19, 2019 12:17:26 GMT -5
Fifteen Serving Errors,...in a losing cause,...last Sat.
Maybe better to get a serve in than try to serve too tough!!!
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Post by 642fiddi on Nov 19, 2019 15:13:08 GMT -5
Fifteen Serving Errors,...in a losing cause,...last Sat.
Maybe better to get a serve in than try to serve too tough!!! You are correct. There are players that should not be serving at all . Situational awareness is the responsibility of both the coaches and players responsibility. This tough serve philosophy is a GM2 edict that should be used with a great deal of discretion.
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Post by jake on Nov 19, 2019 15:55:23 GMT -5
Fifteen Serving Errors,...in a losing cause,...last Sat.
Maybe better to get a serve in than try to serve too tough!!! You are correct. There are players that should not be serving at all . Situational awareness is the responsibility of both the coaches and players responsibility. This tough serve philosophy is a GM2 edict that should be used with a great deal of discretion. Could not agree MORE!
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 19, 2019 16:01:29 GMT -5
I can't remember if it was the UCSB libero or the Cal Poly libero but one of those gals gave Hawaii a lot of points due to service errors. As soon as I saw that libero back to serve, I was thinking, "Another point for Hawaii!" and sure enough, they served an error. LOL! Even in the broadcast, Chris McLachlin (or Lisa Strand-Ma'a) was saying that ____________ (again, can't remember which libero) had 6 service errors, way too many points to give up like that.
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Post by jake on Nov 20, 2019 11:51:36 GMT -5
I can't remember if it was the UCSB libero or the Cal Poly libero but one of those gals gave Hawaii a lot of points due to service errors. As soon as I saw that libero back to serve, I was thinking, "Another point for Hawaii!" and sure enough, they served an error. LOL! Even in the broadcast, Chris McLachlin (or Lisa Strand-Ma'a) was saying that ____________ (again, can't remember which libero) had 6 service errors, way too many points to give up like that. Neither. Both Mika Dickson (POLY) And Zoe Fleck (UCSB) had 3 service errors total across the two games (1 in one, 2 in the other). And as I've said other places on here, Fleck is currently #2 in the conference points won on her serve - 49.9% - (ahead of Dvoracek and Iosia). In fact, the only libero racking up errors was Okino, who served 4 in the first match against SB. But don't let facts get in the way of your imagination, I guess... I don't like it, but, understand if Dvoracek has 2-3 errors serving. It's a rhythm thing with her serves. Why CAL POLY's Dickson, Mercer & Ungar are have serving errors is a problem.
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Post by 642fiddi on Nov 20, 2019 14:09:56 GMT -5
I don't like it, but, understand if Dvoracek has 2-3 errors serving. It's a rhythm thing with her serves. Why CAL POLY's Dickson, Mercer & Ungar are have serving errors is a problem. Even with her errors (80 on the season) Maia's 46.9% of points won of her serve is still leading POLY on the year. Even against the best passers in the BW, she's a challenge. I happen to know that SB got a left handed male player to simulate her serve during the week before their first matchup, just so the flight of the ball didn't catch anyone out. You'd love to see her reduce the errors - 80 IS a lot - but you'll take the good with the bad. In terms of the rest of the team, I'm looking at the stats now. Avalon is at 7.2% error rate which is fine. Mika is at 10.5 which is a touch high but she's still winning 45% on her serve. Lea is a bit below at 44.7 but actually has fewer errors at 9.2. The biggest culprit is Madilyn Mercer. She has 218 serves on the season, 32 errors for a 14.7 error rate and is only winning 37% of her service points. That last number is the worrying bit. The only way you can justify an error rate that high is if it's a big serve (like Maia's that is boom or bust) and frequently gets opposition out of system. Madilyn not only misses a lot but even when they are in, they're not tough. She's really the obvious weakness here. What I'm saying is, in general errors are relative. Yes they look bad (and we all groan when there's an error in a big moment) but you have to focus on the percentage of service points won. A weak serve that ends up with an in system FBSO is just as bad as an error. POLY's best server (Maia) has a higher error rate than their worst server (Madilyn) but while one is winning 47% of her serves, the other is winning 37% and it's THAT differential that hurts the team. Hope that all made sense. Excellent analysis. How does Jackson fit in here? and please forward to the coaches.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2019 14:43:04 GMT -5
Even with her errors (80 on the season) Maia's 46.9% of points won of her serve is still leading POLY on the year. Even against the best passers in the BW, she's a challenge. I happen to know that SB got a left handed male player to simulate her serve during the week before their first matchup, just so the flight of the ball didn't catch anyone out. You'd love to see her reduce the errors - 80 IS a lot - but you'll take the good with the bad. In terms of the rest of the team, I'm looking at the stats now. Avalon is at 7.2% error rate which is fine. Mika is at 10.5 which is a touch high but she's still winning 45% on her serve. Lea is a bit below at 44.7 but actually has fewer errors at 9.2. The biggest culprit is Madilyn Mercer. She has 218 serves on the season, 32 errors for a 14.7 error rate and is only winning 37% of her service points. That last number is the worrying bit. The only way you can justify an error rate that high is if it's a big serve (like Maia's that is boom or bust) and frequently gets opposition out of system. Madilyn not only misses a lot but even when they are in, they're not tough. She's really the obvious weakness here. What I'm saying is, in general errors are relative. Yes they look bad (and we all groan when there's an error in a big moment) but you have to focus on the percentage of service points won. A weak serve that ends up with an in system FBSO is just as bad as an error. POLY's best server (Maia) has a higher error rate than their worst server (Madilyn) but while one is winning 47% of her serves, the other is winning 37% and it's THAT differential that hurts the team. Hope that all made sense. Excellent analysis. How does Jackson fit in here? and please forward to the coaches. Nikki is an interesting case. I didn't mention her initially because the sample size (84 serves) is smaller than the others listed. However, 84 is still statistically significant and since you asked, as I'm sure you're aware; she has a very high error rate (21.4%). Now, in her defense, Nikki has a flat, hard float serve which often puts opposing teams out of system and her points won on serve percentage (41.7%) isn't quite as atrocious as Madilyn's 37%. But 21.4% error rate (higher than Maia's) is far too high and your instinct (and I assume that's why you asked about her specifically) is correct. She's losing far many cheap points. For context, and because your post made me wonder, I looked up the stats for UH and UCSB to do a quick comparison. POLY has 5 servers who have each served more than 50 balls this year and have an error rate of above 10% and two above 20%. Hawaii has 3 above 10% including Iosia (who is winning 48.7% of points on her serve...so we'll give her a pass) and none above 20%. UCSB has only two above 10% (12% and 10.9 respectively) and zero over 20%. They also have two players winning 49.5%+ on their serves! So basically, yes, you guys are right to be concerned. Poly IS missing too many serves. Maia is actually winning more points than anyone else, so her errors are understandable but the rest of the team has had issues - which, as you suggested, likely comes back to coaching.
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 20, 2019 15:54:48 GMT -5
I can't remember if it was the UCSB libero or the Cal Poly libero but one of those gals gave Hawaii a lot of points due to service errors. As soon as I saw that libero back to serve, I was thinking, "Another point for Hawaii!" and sure enough, they served an error. LOL! Even in the broadcast, Chris McLachlin (or Lisa Strand-Ma'a) was saying that ____________ (again, can't remember which libero) had 6 service errors, way too many points to give up like that. Neither. Both Mika Dickson (POLY) And Zoe Fleck (UCSB) had 3 service errors total across the two games (1 in one, 2 in the other). And as I've said other places on here, Fleck is currently #2 in the conference points won on her serve - 49.9% - (ahead of Dvoracek and Iosia). In fact, the only libero racking up errors was Okino, who served 4 in the first match against SB. But don't let facts get in the way of your imagination, I guess... Wow. I already said I couldn't remember the facts and you make a snide remark about not letting "the facts get in the way of your imagination." If I weren't so lazy, I'd review the Cal Poly video and point out the exact spot where the color commentator made that point about the abundance of missed serves.
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Post by thor on Nov 20, 2019 16:05:21 GMT -5
Mustangs r a solid team heading into the NCAA post season. Where r all the posters? If u don’t get the count up, Hawaii fan base is going to station Wahinefan here on a permanent basis. 🤪
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Nov 20, 2019 16:08:37 GMT -5
Hawaii fan base is going to station Wahinefan here on a permanent basis. 🤪 Now THAT made me gag with laughter...for the poor CP fans, pray that it isn't so!
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Post by Wolfgang on Nov 20, 2019 16:31:09 GMT -5
Wow. I already said I couldn't remember the facts and you make a snide remark about not letting "the facts get in the way of your imagination." If I weren't so lazy, I'd review the Cal Poly video and point out the exact spot where the color commentator made that point about the abundance of missed serves. You said either the CPOLY or UCSB libero had "6 service errors". That's patently false. Should we just chalk it up to your 'laziness' and not call you on making stuff up? You get these are real humans, right? I had no problems with you correcting my mistake but I take exception to the snide remark at the end, which was totally unnecessary. After you corrected my mistake, I was thinking, "Oh, okay, I must be thinking of some other libero. Good work on the fact check." Then your ensuing snide remark made me think, "What an asshat." Turns out, I was mistaken about the identity of the libero and the match. It was actually Hawaii vs. UC Davis. I've keyed it to the exact spot where the libero, Shira Lahav, made her 6th service error and Chris McLachlin made a comment about it.
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