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Post by skolgophers on Mar 22, 2024 19:47:16 GMT -5
Can’t wait to hear final thoughts. Curious how Hanson did playing 6 rotations
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Post by forvolley on Mar 22, 2024 20:29:56 GMT -5
From what I saw, which is a very small sample size of this match only, both Mel and Stella bring a lot to this team. Mels defense in the backrow and leadership on the court on invaluable and Stella’s setting location was top notch.
The girls in set 4 really started to swing away (mighty hard I might add) at the ball and the connection was wonderful! I’m not sure if it a because of Stella’s setting or the gophers start to gel more. Probably a bit of both I guess!
Fun to see gopher volleyball again!
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Mar 22, 2024 21:16:42 GMT -5
Can’t wait to hear final thoughts. Curious how Hanson did playing 6 rotations She did all right, though I can't say that St. Thomas applied a ton of service pressure. She did have a nice pipe from Stella in set 4.
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Post by mr. samwich on Mar 23, 2024 8:03:27 GMT -5
If they had live stats (if??) is there a boxscore to be found?
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Post by GoGophs on Mar 23, 2024 8:10:30 GMT -5
So it sounds like Stella had the best connection with hitters but Mel was the best as the court captain? Fun to hear all the different lineups they had, hopefully we’ll get to play with more than one middle for the next spring matches 🤞 will Z get the libero spot?
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Post by AmeriCanvbdad on Mar 23, 2024 8:41:35 GMT -5
All in all, I thought St. Thomas did well. Lauren Galvin, Keya Luta Win Hunt, and Megan Wetter were noticeable. They also had a few girls injured, I think they play each other in the fall so it will be interesting to see where both teams are by then.
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Post by gogophers on Mar 23, 2024 8:57:38 GMT -5
All in all, I thought St. Thomas did well. Lauren Galvin, Keya Luta Win Hunt, and Megan Wetter were noticeable. They also had a few girls injured, I think they play each other in the fall so it will be interesting to see where both teams are by then. Are the schedules out? Is that match confirmed or just the poster speculating? St. Thomas' RPI last year was 295. Granted, they looked better, much better, than that yesterday, but to schedule a team with such a low rpi sounds like coaching malpractice.
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Post by AmeriCanvbdad on Mar 23, 2024 9:03:14 GMT -5
All in all, I thought St. Thomas did well. Lauren Galvin, Keya Luta Win Hunt, and Megan Wetter were noticeable. They also had a few girls injured, I think they play each other in the fall so it will be interesting to see where both teams are by then. Are the schedules out? Is that match confirmed or just the poster speculating? St. Thomas' RPI last year was 295. Granted, they looked better, much better, than that yesterday, but to schedule a team with such a low rpi sounds like coaching malpractice. Anytime a sentence starts with "I think..." it's safe to assume there is some speculation involved. I based my statement off of a conversation I had with a player last night. It is possible that she was in error, so I didn't definitively say they ARE playing in the fall.
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Post by courtwatchers on Mar 23, 2024 9:47:15 GMT -5
1 - Does anybody want to comment on how Wucherer looked when Stella was setting? IMO it appeared last year that Wucherer really needed the perfect or almost perfect set from Mel. Hanson, as it appears by BigDigEnergy's post, can still "adjust" to sets allowing her to "tool the block". She certainly has that "hang time" capability like Samedy did.
2 - Did Schnichels only play Opp and not OH?
3 - Did any of the setters set our pins when they were in the back court?
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Post by gogophers on Mar 23, 2024 9:56:16 GMT -5
Are the schedules out? Is that match confirmed or just the poster speculating? St. Thomas' RPI last year was 295. Granted, they looked better, much better, than that yesterday, but to schedule a team with such a low rpi sounds like coaching malpractice. Anytime a sentence starts with "I think..." it's safe to assume there is some speculation involved. I based my statement off of a conversation I had with a player last night. It is possible that she was in error, so I didn't definitively say they ARE playing in the fall. No, making a prediction about something that hasn't yet happened is speculation. If you are talking about something that has happened, but you are not certain that you have the facts straight and say "I believe" or "I think" or "if I'm not mistaken" you're not speculating; you're merely indicating that you might be mistaken about the existing facts. Anyway, I am glad that Minn hasn't scheduled a 2023 RPI 295 opponent for the fall and I would speculate that it won't do so.
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Post by AmeriCanvbdad on Mar 23, 2024 10:06:02 GMT -5
Anytime a sentence starts with "I think..." it's safe to assume there is some speculation involved. I based my statement off of a conversation I had with a player last night. It is possible that she was in error, so I didn't definitively say they ARE playing in the fall. No, making a prediction about something that hasn't yet happened is speculation. If you are talking about something that has happened, but you are not certain that you have the facts straight and say "I believe" or "I think" or "if I'm not mistaken" you're not speculating; you're merely indicating that you might be mistaken about the existing facts. Anyway, I am glad that Minn hasn't scheduled a 2023 RPI 295 opponent for the fall and I would speculate that it won't do so. Uh..okay. The preceding message was brought to you by the "Mountains out of molehills" party.
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Post by AmeriCanvbdad on Mar 23, 2024 10:10:22 GMT -5
1 - Does anybody want to comment on how Wucherer looked when Stella was setting? IMO it appeared last year that Wucherer really needed the perfect or almost perfect set from Mel. Hanson, as it appears by BigBadEnergy's post, can still "adjust" to sets allowing her to "tool the block". She certainly has that "hang time" capability like Samedy did. 2 - Did Schnichels only play Opp and not OH? 3 - Did any of the setters set our pins when they were in the back court? 1- Wucherer looked good. It would seem, from this extremely small sample size, that Swenson puts the ball where Wucherer likes it. 2- Schnichels had swings from both pin positions 3- I don't remember a lot of backrow attacks but I do remember that it was incorporated in their warm-up.
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Post by volleysota on Mar 23, 2024 10:11:29 GMT -5
No, making a prediction about something that hasn't yet happened is speculation. If you are talking about something that has happened, but you are not certain that you have the facts straight and say "I believe" or "I think" or "if I'm not mistaken" you're not speculating; you're merely indicating that you might be mistaken about the existing facts. Anyway, I am glad that Minn hasn't scheduled a 2023 RPI 295 opponent for the fall and I would speculate that it won't do so. Uh..okay. The preceding message was brought to you by the "Mountains out of molehills" party. Some folks try way too hard to go out of their way to be fake outraged about things
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Mar 23, 2024 12:00:05 GMT -5
1 - Does anybody want to comment on how Wucherer looked when Stella was setting? IMO it appeared last year that Wucherer really needed the perfect or almost perfect set from Mel. Hanson, as it appears by BigBadEnergy's post, can still "adjust" to sets allowing her to "tool the block". She certainly has that "hang time" capability like Samedy did. 2 - Did Schnichels only play Opp and not OH? 3 - Did any of the setters set our pins when they were in the back court? 1- Wucherer looked good. It would seem, from this extremely small sample size, that Swenson puts the ball where Wucherer likes it. 2- Schnichels had swings from both pin positions 3- I don't remember a lot of backrow attacks but I do remember that it was incorporated in their warm-up. 3, I only remember the one pipe from Swenson to Hanson in set 4 that scored. There may have been a couple earlier bail out sets to back right as well.
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Post by gogophers on Mar 23, 2024 12:17:08 GMT -5
No, making a prediction about something that hasn't yet happened is speculation. If you are talking about something that has happened, but you are not certain that you have the facts straight and say "I believe" or "I think" or "if I'm not mistaken" you're not speculating; you're merely indicating that you might be mistaken about the existing facts. Anyway, I am glad that Minn hasn't scheduled a 2023 RPI 295 opponent for the fall and I would speculate that it won't do so. Uh..okay. The preceding message was brought to you by the "Mountains out of molehills" party. You're funny. You lecture me, when I merely asked what you meant, by citing a made-up rule about what the phrase "I think" means in normal discourse, and then mock me for taking issue with the lecture you chose, for no discernible reason, to give. If you want to talk about the use of language, fine; but if you don't, don't.
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