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Post by lalalaluuuke on Mar 7, 2004 0:51:21 GMT -5
Anyone heard yet? Anyone listen to it?
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Post by sponge13 on Mar 7, 2004 0:53:53 GMT -5
BYU over UC Santa Barbara 30-26, 30-24, 30-27. Hillman and Pessoa with 14 kills each.
Pepperdine def. UC San Diego in four.
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Post by lalalaluuuke on Mar 7, 2004 0:56:45 GMT -5
Thanks, I posted that earlier but failed to say that I guess. No word yet on the other games?
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Post by sponge13 on Mar 7, 2004 1:00:59 GMT -5
I have not seen either score posted anywhere.
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Post by sponge13 on Mar 7, 2004 1:13:45 GMT -5
The ninth-ranked UC Irvine Anteaters defeated the Pacific Tigers 3-1 (20-30, 30-19, 30-21, 30-20) at Crawford Court on Saturday.
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Post by sponge13 on Mar 7, 2004 1:14:35 GMT -5
By the way, USC did not play tonight in reference to your thread title.
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Post by sponge13 on Mar 7, 2004 1:18:01 GMT -5
UCLA defeats Stanford 30-28, 28-30, 22-30, 30-24, 17-15.
Pena 19 kills, followed by Acosta's 15 kills for UCLA
Stanford has five players in double-figure kills topped by Buell's 16. Clayton has 15 kills, 14 each for Ahlfeldt and Vogel.
Stanford hits .256 as a team to UCLA's .255. Bruins hit .190 in fifth game, but still wins.
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Post by lalalaluuuke on Mar 7, 2004 1:33:02 GMT -5
Right, I meant UCSD.
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Post by cbrown1709 on Mar 7, 2004 2:17:04 GMT -5
Why is it that Stanford plays great against UCLA and terrible against everyone else?
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Post by BeiBei on Mar 7, 2004 3:00:05 GMT -5
Why is it that Stanford plays great against UCLA and terrible against everyone else? Hmm, I thought after Toppel graduated, we will have no problems with the Cardinal or maybe UCLA just always play badly against Stanford
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Post by UCLAGradStudent on Mar 7, 2004 5:26:32 GMT -5
I was only there for the first two games, but this is what I saw
1. UCLA has played the last 3 games without their starting setter. You can tell that their offense isn't as smooth as it has been. Dennis does a good job distributing the ball and putting it places where the hitters can make good attacks. Beau does a fairly good job, but you can tell that they hitters don't connect as well with him.
2. Stanford's middles controlled the game. They hit well and blocked well. It was a block party in the first two games for Stanford. I wonder if Al wishes he had recruited Ahlfeldt instead of going after Nihaphali.
3. There were 3 instances where Stanford gave an overpass (or very tight pass) off the serve that UCLA tried to stuff, only to have the stanford middle (who was up for the quick) attack the "overpass spike". I've never seen this. And there were 3 in the first 2 games. I attribute it to the height of Kevin Hansen, as he intimidates the blockers at the net.
4. UCLA needs a consistent attack from the OH1 position Acosta is starting to get his legs back, which is good. But he still had a problem putting the ball away. Kraushaar has developed into a pretty crafty hitter, tooling the block consistently.
5. I've stopped trying to figure out what the refs in the MPSF will call as a double and what they won't. There have been some pretty ugly balls the last two nights that they let go.
6. Stanford needs to serve tougher. Almost every team brings the heat. Except Stanford. Jump floaters are cute. But they don't get the job done. They have outsides who can bring heat at the net. Why not at the service line?
7. Hansen can control the net at will. Not the best setter, but he's a force at the net. Really keeps the block honest - never sure if he'll dump the ball or even attack.
So UCLA goes 3-0 this week, but two matches (against some not so great teams) go the distance. I hope they can get out of this funk. Klosterman hasn't been all that effective lately, though I believe part of that is set placement. They remind me a lot of the LA Lakers - they play to the level of their opponent. Furthermore, their blocking sucks. Big time. Maybe Al has decided to use the block more to funnel hits towards the defense (Shrader and the gang do a fairly good job at controling balls). But sometimes its down right ugly. Until they start controlling the net a little more, they won't be winning games 3-0.
UCLAGradStudent
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Post by Rocky on Mar 7, 2004 10:34:34 GMT -5
Why isn't the starting setter playing for UCLA?
Thanks for the observations!
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Post by vballguy2001 on Mar 7, 2004 12:00:31 GMT -5
in all reality UCLA hasn't ever been a really good blocking team. Just average at best.
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Post by aweezy on Mar 7, 2004 19:42:15 GMT -5
The original setter was taken out because UCLA was getting hammered during the second game. Scates likes to move different guys into the game.
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Post by UCLAGradStudent on Mar 7, 2004 20:53:48 GMT -5
Actually, their starting setter is Dennis Gonzalez who's been out the last 3 games with a strained quad. He's the shortest of the 3 setters UCLA has, but he makes up for it in set placement. I'm sure most teams would like the luxury of having 3 setters to throw out there at one time or another. Viva la blue curtain
UCLAGradStudent
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