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Post by VolleyballMag on Jan 14, 2019 17:29:56 GMT -5
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Post by hammer on Jan 14, 2019 17:47:49 GMT -5
My gawd, it's time for one of these ...
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Where is KK? And, Kubik and Fields are IMO clearly better than Berty.
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Post by vbfamily on Jan 14, 2019 17:53:06 GMT -5
My gawd, it's time for one of these ... *Where is KK? And, Kubik and Fields are IMO clearly better than Berty. Remember, this is how they impacted and led their HS teams to great seasons, not potential in college. :-) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 18:04:16 GMT -5
My gawd, it's time for one of these ... *Where is KK? And, Kubik and Fields are IMO clearly better than Berty. Was going to wait on this thread until I got some perspective, which 'famly' gave, here. Kipp is within the HM category, hammer . Happy BOTH Berty and KK are SU-bound. |
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Post by Victory At Hand on Jan 14, 2019 18:36:19 GMT -5
Knuckles is great hitter in high school, but will she be hitting at Nebraska or be playing a defensive specialist/libero type of role?
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Post by Victory At Hand on Jan 14, 2019 18:39:08 GMT -5
Stanford just keeps reloading.
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Post by horns1 on Jan 14, 2019 19:03:20 GMT -5
Congrats to all!
Is that a typo, or is Sarah Martinez really a 6'4 Libero?
Sarah Martinez 6-4 Lib. Jr. Flower Mound (Texas)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 19:03:23 GMT -5
Knuckles is great hitter in high school, but will she be hitting at Nebraska or be playing a defensive specialist/libero type of role? Wondered the exact, same thing. @ 5'9", she makes Meghan McClure (a generous 6'0") seem like a giant! In my memory, I do not recall such a short OH (since 1980's). ondered |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 19:18:01 GMT -5
Stanford just keeps reloading. Well - yeah - that is how dynastic, legendary programs kept being Just That: have to keep that "pipeline" flowing. I'm sure PSU had Quite The incoming 'railroad' 2007-'10. |
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Post by hammer on Jan 14, 2019 20:18:29 GMT -5
My gawd, it's time for one of these ... *Where is KK? And, Kubik and Fields are IMO clearly better than Berty. Was going to wait on this thread until I got some perspective, which 'famly' gave, here. Kipp is within the HM category, hammer . Happy BOTH Berty and KK are SU-bound. Isn't this just a case where the passers/setters couldn't feed Kipp (and Fields) accurately and often enough and therefore their numbers didn't match up to Berty's? If that's the case, I regrettably understand. |
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Post by NebraskaVBfan93 on Jan 14, 2019 21:59:33 GMT -5
Knuckles is great hitter in high school, but will she be hitting at Nebraska or be playing a defensive specialist/libero type of role? Nebraska recruited her as a ds/libero. |
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Post by hammer on Jan 14, 2019 22:49:05 GMT -5
Knuckles is great hitter in high school, but will she be hitting at Nebraska or be playing a defensive specialist/libero type of role? Nebraska recruited her as a ds/libero. As well they should -- saw her at the UA match and I thought her passing and D were good. |
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Post by vbfamily on Jan 15, 2019 0:36:04 GMT -5
Nebraska recruited her as a ds/libero. As well they should -- saw her at the UA match and I thought her passing and D were good. She will be an elite libero! With she and Miller on that roster it will be again hard to put a ball down. Maloney was excellent, but Nebraska just reloaded. |
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Post by bballnut90 on Jan 15, 2019 1:13:22 GMT -5
Knuckles is great hitter in high school, but will she be hitting at Nebraska or be playing a defensive specialist/libero type of role? Wondered the exact, same thing. @ 5'9", she makes Meghan McClure (a generous 6'0") seem like a giant! In my memory, I do not recall such a short OH (since 1980's). Angie Pressey was 5-7 or 5-8 for Cal and was an absolute stud on the left. Misty May was also 5-9 and recruited as an OH for Long Beach even though she ended up being a setter. I dont think there is much doubt she would've been a standout on the left for Long Beach. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2019 1:18:15 GMT -5
From experience, I am Quite hesitant to assume that incoming, just-graduated HS players will star - let alone start - in their first year of NCAA DI play. In 2017, John Dunning, before his retirement, recruited two Frosh-to-be (of any consequence): Kate Formico and Meghan McClure. At that time, Meghan was ranked #10 by VB Magazine; Formico was unranked; her main notoriety was being Kerri Walsh's cousin.
At the time, Hodson was projected to return, from her injuries, to Stanford's lineup. Vanjak (I do believe) had not yet decided whether to come back for one more year (which she didn't). McClure was Nowhere on SU's 'map' to get much of any playing time....Well, she was "thrown into the fire" b/c Neither Vanjak nor Hodson ever returned! I knew she was someone uniquely special when, in a match in Boulder in '17, she incurred a Severe ankle injury: which necessitated a medical time-out. She refused to come out, and she was instrumental in Stanford winning that match. What A Warrior. Formico has had struggles, and yet her serving was a Huge component in SU winning the recent NC. McClure? She only hit the winning kill in an NC Championship Final (which can never be taken away by anybody: It's Hers)!
So, my point is that Neither of these two student-athletes were projected to do much of anything, initially. I can - but won't - name a number of "sure fire" hotshots who got a ton of hype, yet never realized the lofty prognostications (as in a well-known one who just competed in the NC title match after transferring). SO, ya never know! That's why they play the games.
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