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Post by Vballkid on Jan 2, 2003 22:11:10 GMT -5
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Post by David on Jan 3, 2003 6:40:02 GMT -5
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Post by dewdew on Jan 4, 2003 21:58:27 GMT -5
What's the word on Quickhitter Scott Morrow? Will he start the regular season, when will he return?
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Post by David on Jan 5, 2003 6:00:37 GMT -5
According to the article, Morrow had knee surgury in early November. They are hoping to have him back in February.
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Post by Sandy one on Jan 6, 2003 2:12:13 GMT -5
Correct if I am wrong, but can't you only redshirt one year? So Parker Smith cannot redshirt again unless Scates had a new plan to circumvent that.
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Post by David on Jan 6, 2003 4:17:41 GMT -5
Parker Smith has not yet had a redshirt year. He was going to redshirt last year, but due to injuries, he wound up playing.
That is what I meant by "he is going to try to redshirt again". Not that he had redshirted previously, but had "tried" to redshirt last year.
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Post by BRUINWALKER on Jan 8, 2003 13:20:59 GMT -5
Men’s Volleyball players Jagoda, Zemaitaitis, rise to top of roster
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By Diamond Leung
DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF
dleung@media.ucla.edu
After 40 years as the UCLA men's volleyball coach, Al Scates has garnered an all-time NCAA single-sport record 1,044 career victories as well as the moniker, "The Second Wizard of Westwood."
So Scates, the lord of 18 NCAA championship rings, will often reaffirm his living-legend status by reaching into the bottom of his big bag of players and magically striking gold.
He had to dig awfully deep to come up with Saul Zemaitaitis and Marcin Jagoda.
"These players were so far down on the roster that if I had to cut players in the fall, they would have been cut," Scates said.
But now, Scates has deemed these 30-man roster fillers starters for Friday's season opener against USC at the UC Santa Barbara/Elephant Bar Collegiate Invitational.
"It's been a dream of mine," Zemaitaitis said. "When I heard the news, it was a pleasant thing."
Neither Zemaitaitis nor Jagoda played last season or even in preseason matches in the fall. Still, Scates gave each of them an opportunity to win a starting spot, and they took advantage of it.
Zemaitaitis, a 6-foot-4 redshirt freshman outside hitter, steps in for All-American Matt Komer, who completed his eligibility last season.
"Saul gives me great ball-handling and great defense," Scates said. "He gets on the floor and grovels. He does everything well. We haven't had a player like that in quite a while."
Jagoda, a 6-foot-3 junior opposite hitter, is a gifted attacker who has only played in six career matches. He was brought on as a serving specialist in 2001 and saw action in the national championship game. Jagoda takes the place of Cameron Mount, who only learned that he had used up his eligibility in October.
Scates gave Jagoda a chance after sophomore Allan Vince, who was the favorite to start at opposite after receiving significant playing time in the fall, suffered a minor elbow injury.
Zemaitaitis and Jagoda won jobs over a laundry list of players who had more experience. Scates, in his search for starters, even gave junior libero Adam Shrader a look at outside hitter.
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Senior middle blocker Scott Morrow will meet with doctors on Thursday to learn more about his status for the season after undergoing surgery on his torn knee tendon in November.
Morrow, who suffered the injury last season, has told coaches that he is ready to play, but trainers have said otherwise.
Scates said that Morrow will likely return to action in February. Sophomore Paul Johnson, who saw action in 20 matches last season, and junior Matt Shubin are vying for Morrow's spot.
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Scates has won the Alumni Association's Award for Professional Achievement and will receive it May 17.
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Post by VB Dog on Jan 8, 2003 21:24:33 GMT -5
Wow...that's a pretty enlightening article. Too bad about Vince. I was looking forward to seeing him. Hopefully he'll be back soon. There's no mention of Pat Nihipali in that article. Anyone know if he's playing?
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Post by Knowitall on Jan 8, 2003 22:47:59 GMT -5
I think its awesome that Saul is playing. I use to play with him during club season and he practices tuff. He played well in JO's in 01', he could be a real contender  |
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