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Post by hobo on Sept 29, 2006 23:32:47 GMT -5
roofed, were you there?
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Post by roofed! on Sept 29, 2006 23:52:01 GMT -5
Main observations from the match:
1) Passing USC was passing nails all night long. Seilhamer, Gysin and Copenhagen passed perfectly allowing Carico to run the offense effectively. UW on the other hand was experiencing difficulties passing in several rotations. Part of the problem was that USC was serving a lot to the front row OH, especially Mussie who then became error-prone and hitting the balls out. The one problematic rotation for UW was when Mussie and Swarbick (I think, or it could be Dessing) were on front row with Thompson. Thompson was so frustrated with all the running that at one point in game 4 when the point ended with the ball into the crowd, she pushed the media table (circling the court), earning boos from the crowd. Surprisingly, the ref did not give her a warning or a card..
2) Serving Asst coach Stevens did a wonderful job calling the serving strategy -- taking out the OHs and serving short (in game 4, USC went on a run behind Seilhamer's short serving - the type of service balls that would drop just after passing the net), catching Swarbick and Collymore off guard. I think USC had only a few service errors. UW was giving several free points on service errors, especially by Mussie and Aratani. Mussie's toss of the ball for her jump serves was inconsistent and often ended in the net.
3) Digging Both teams defended the backrow very well. In the first few points of game 1, Thompson and Miyashiro were digging everything that Kaczor was hitting, and for a while, I thought it would be a short night for USC if they have troubles putting the balls down. There were several unbelievable rallies and pancakes that had the crowd going nuts.
4) Hitting USC spread their offense among Kaczor, Gysin, Copenhagen and Johansen. Initially, Carico was going for Kazcor too many times allowing the UW's blocks to camp on her. But in doing so, it also opened the net for Gysin and Copenhagen as UW had to account for Kaczor in all rotations. Carico also had a few timely kills on second balls when the hitters were struggling and UW was mounting a comeback, thus killing any momentum on the UW's side. UW had to depend on Morrison due to poor passing and Mussie and Sandell having a quiet night. Mussie was successful in game 1 though when she went off the high hands for her kills. Thereafter, USC adjusted adjusted Seilhamer's position allowing her to cover the off-the-block hitting attempts. Deesing saw less than her usual share of hitting attempts due to poor passing plus she got roofed a couple of times. But when her timing was on, she went kaboom. Swarbick's kills in game 1 were mostly off-speed and tips that USC's defense covered well after game 1. Surprisingly Thompson did not make any dump at all. Part of it was poor passing, but with good passes at the net, she should have surprised USC blockers like Carico did with UW's.
5) Blocking I think UW had the edge in blocking especially a couple of them on Kaczor. USC's blocking game took over in game 2, and in game3, there was a spell of block-o-rama by the 2 teams.
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Post by roofed! on Sept 29, 2006 23:56:45 GMT -5
In game 4, UW started with Collymore instead of Mussie, with McAfee subbing in the back row. Collymore wasn't that much more effective, but her passing was more inconsistent compared to Mussie. I believe Aratani did not play in game 4.
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Post by blastingsand on Sept 30, 2006 0:05:34 GMT -5
USC uses a lot of short serves to get on a run. Great game and good job to the So-Cal teams for defeating UDub
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Post by roofed! on Sept 30, 2006 0:10:53 GMT -5
Certainly, the result was what I had quietly hoped for. From the first match of the season, I have been saying that if the chemistry of the team improves throughout the season, USC can do something special this season.
Gysin's return to the team greatly improves the team's passing and backrow defense. Copenhagen is hitting smarter. Kaczor is a effective go-to hitter. Johansen provides a much needed middle attack. Most importantly though is Carico's setting. She sets very well giving the hitters the opportunities to put the balls down. And Carico is assuming more floor leadership and gaining more confidence in quarterbacking this team.
Coming into the match, I knew that UW was a favorite as USC still have a few lingering questions especially on the second MB position (rotating between Tennant -- more physical attacker and blocker -- and Bishop -- better defender in the backrow while serving). I hope that USC could show that it could hang on with UW, both physically as well as mentally.
Even in game 1, after UW took the first few points, USC led in the teens and 20s until about 28-27 (I think) when UW's serving and USC's tentativeness won the game for UW. But I saw a team that could compete with the best of the teams...they have the tools, but do they have the mental toughness.
Tonight, USC showed that the team can match up well with the top teams. This win over UW is a big confidence booster to a young team, and that they weren't intimidated by the physicality of other teams. The 3 outside hitters showed that they are reliable and can be counted to put the ball down. There were a few spells in the match when UW was pulling together a string of points blocking Kaczor, and Gysin then hit for winners to stop UW's momentum.
Congrats to Women of Troy.
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Post by roofed! on Sept 30, 2006 0:14:35 GMT -5
From USC website:
No. 5 USC Beats No. 4 Washington, 3-1, To Stay Perfect At 15-0
Sophomore Jessica Gysin has career-high 20 kills as freshman Taylor Carico shines again.
Sept. 29, 2006
LOS ANGELES - Sophomore outside hitter Jessica Gysin (Mountain View/St. Francis HS) had a career-high 20 kills Friday as the No. 5 USC Women of Troy defeated the No. 4 Washington Huskies, 3-1 (28-30, 30-27, 30-21, 30-28), in Pac-10 Conference action at the Lyon Center. With the win, USC maintains its perfect record at 15-0 this season and 4-0 in the Pac-10.
Freshman setter Taylor Carico (Manhattan Beach/Mira Costa HS) had another fantastic outing for the Women of Troy, registering 51 assists with six kills (.400 hitting percentage), 11 digs, two aces and two blocks for 9.5 points. Junior outside hitter Diane Copenhagen (Saratoga/St. Francis HS) had 16 kills on a .279 hitting night while senior All-America libero Debora Seilhamer (Ponce, Puerto Rico/Colegio Ponceno) recorded 36 digs, including some key defense in the fourth game.
Outside hitter Christal Morrison led Washington (12-3, 2-2) with 21 kills for the match. Outside hitter Stevie Mussie had 18 kills while setter Courtney Thompson recorded 61 assists and 18 digs.
Tamari Miyashiro had 30 digs for the Huskies while Jessica Swarbrick added 14 kills.
Both teams battled on the scoresheet as Washington barely outhit USC, .217 to .215.
Mussie's back-to-back kills put Washington ahead 7-3 in the first game, but Carico's stuff block in the middle sparked the Women of Troy with Kaczor's kill later tying it at 10 apiece. USC went ahead 15-12, but two Husky blocks put Washington back ahead, 16-15. Copenhagen dominated the next part of the game with four kills and a solo block as USC led, 21-18. UW worked it back to a 24-24 draw and at 27-27, the Huskies earned the win on kills by Morrison and a service ace by Mussie.
The Women of Troy took the lead in the second game, breaking away at 5-4 with a 7-4 run thanks to two Carico "310" kills. Down 15-10, the Huskies resorted to their blocking game with three straight to cut the deficit to one. Carico dumped a kill and Copenhagen followed with two kills and an ace as SC pushed their advantage to a 22-17 score. The defending national champions answered with a 6-2 run as Deesing's crosscourt shot as USC maintained its slim 24-23 lead. Washington had serve at 27-27, but Gysin's kill and a key block assist that scraped the sideline led the way for a tied match after two games.
In the third game, USC tried to pull away at 10-6 before UW used a 6-2 run to make it 13-12 for the Women of Troy. Carico helped USC to surge ahead with another "310" and added middle blocker Bethany Johansen on a block for a 19-13 Women of Troy lead. Kaczor's kill and Johansen's solo block made it 24-16 as USC pulled away for take the third game.
Washington looked to tie the match in game four as the Huskies brought sophomore Jane Collymore off the bench and turned in three kills for the 9-6 Huskies' advantage. Johansen sparked a 6-1 run for the host team as Katelyn Bishop screamed a kill from the middle and USC led, 12-10. It was a see-saw affair during the middle part as neither team was able to mount a huge lead. UW gained momentum after winning a long rally to its deficit to 20-19. After the USC timeout, Gysin and Copenhagen terminated two more points to make the score 23-20. The Huskies called a timeout and fired back with three straight kills by Morrison to tie the game. Another long rally and an attacking error put Washington ahead, 25-24, but the Women of Troy closed out the match with a 6-3 run as Kaczor staved off a late Husky rally with her final kill of the evening.
USC continues Pac-10 Conference play next week with matches at Arizona State on Friday (Oct. 6) at 7 p.m. and Arizona on Saturday (Oct. 7) at 7 p.m. The Women of Troy will return home for the first-ever event at the brand-new Galen Center on Thursday (Oct. 12) against Stanford at 7 p.m.
UW 30-27-21-28 USC 28-30-30-30 Records: Washington (12-3, 2-2); USC (15-0, 4-0) Kills: Christal Morrison 21 (UW); Jessica Gysin 20 (USC) Team: UW USC 1 .217 .154 2 .245 .212 3 .116 .310 4 .275 .224 Totals .217 .224
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Post by roofed! on Sept 30, 2006 1:07:41 GMT -5
From the stats:
[ftp]http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-volley/stats/093006aaa.html[/ftp]
UW had 14 service errors and 1 ace. USC had 6 service errors and 3 aces.
UW had 17 blocks while USC had 13 blocks.
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Post by BeiBei on Sept 30, 2006 1:28:48 GMT -5
looks like the PAC 10 POW will be a Trojan You're forgetting Nana, who is a Bruin. I did not forget Nana, but USC is ranked lower than Washington and beat them in four games but then Nana stood out on both nights while Copenhagen and Gysin had a great night each
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Post by roofed! on Sept 30, 2006 1:56:45 GMT -5
Washington vs USC (Sep 29, 2006) * Box Score Volleyball Box Score
Volleyball Box Score 2006 USC Women of Troy Volleyball #4 Washington vs #5 USC (Sep 29, 2006 at Los Angeles, Calif.)
Washington | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Mussie, Stevie...............4| 18 11 47 .149| 0| 1 3| 0| 11| 0 4 0| 0| 21.0 2 Deesing, Alesha.......... .4| 11 3 30 .267| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 1 8 1| 0| 16.0 3 Thompson, Courtney.....4| 0 0 1 .000| 61| 0 0| 0| 18| 0 0 0| 2| 0.0 9 Morrison, Christal..........4| 21 6 57 .263| 3| 0 3| 2| 10| 0 1 0| 0| 21.5 17 Sandell, Janine.............4| 3 3 12 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 1| 0 8 0| 0| 7.0 24 Swarbrick, Jessica........4| 14 5 30 .300| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 1 7 5| 0| 18.5 7 Miyashiro, Tamari.........4| 0 0 1 .000| 4| 0 2| 0| 30| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 8 Aratani, Ashley.............3| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 3| 0| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 12 McAfee, Megan............1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 0 1| 0| 3| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 22 Collymore, Jill...............2| 4 2 11 .182| 0| 0 1| 1| 0| 0 2 0| 0| 5.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals..............................4| 71 30 189 .217| 69| 1 14| 3| 79| 2 30 6| 2| 89.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 17.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 18 8 46 .217 GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS 2 17 5 49 .245 Washington.......... (1) 30 27 21 28 12-3, 2-2 3 17 12 43 .116 USC................. (3) 28 30 30 30 15-0, 4-0 4 19 5 51 .275
USC | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Gysin, Jessica.............4| 20 6 48 .292| 0| 0 2| 1| 5| 1 0 0| 0| 21.0 6 Bishop, Katelyn...........4| 4 5 12 -.083| 1| 0 0| 0| 3| 1 0 0| 0| 5.0 7 Kaczor, Asia.................4| 18 10 52 .154| 5| 0 2| 0| 9| 0 4 3| 0| 20.0 9 Carico, Taylor...............4| 6 0 15 .400| 51| 2 0| 0| 11| 1 1 0| 0| 9.5 10 Johansen, Bethany.....4| 4 2 18 .111| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 2 3 1| 0| 7.5 12 Copenhagen, Diane....4| 16 4 43 .279| 0| 1 1| 0| 15| 3 0 0| 0| 20.0 2 Seilhamer, Debora.......4| 1 1 2 .000| 5| 0 1| 0| 36| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 26 Tennant, Kelli..............2| 0 0 1 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 2 0| 0| 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals..............................4| 69 28 191 .215| 63| 3 6| 1| 82| 8 10 4| 0| 85.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0 Game K E TA Pct 1 16 8 52 .154 Site: Los Angeles, Calif. (Lyon Center) 2 21 10 52 .212 Date: Sep 29, 2006 Attend: 765 Time: 2:10 3 12 3 29 .310 Referees: Bob O%*$#a, Ray Mink 4 20 7 58 .224 1 2 3 4 Total Tie scores 12 2 5 8 27 Lead changes 7 1 2 4 14
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Post by StanfordFan on Sept 30, 2006 2:03:39 GMT -5
I was at the game. WA looked pooped. I think probably exhausted from 5-gamer the night before. They'll have to work on stamina. Morrison looked very human, making mistakes I hadn't expected. Sandell is BUFF.
I wasn't actually that impressed with USC. Carico's setting is very predictable. Very little use of the middle. High to the outside. One nice attack position with Gysin coming up the middle. Carico does have a nice little over on two attack.
What Volleytalkers were at the game? I'm starting to think I've pegged a few.
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Post by roofed! on Sept 30, 2006 2:09:34 GMT -5
For USC, I would nominate Taylor Carico.
Her stats for the weekend:
Kills: 11 kills, 1 error, 27 attempts - 1.375 kills per game and 0.370
Service: 3 aces
Assists: 105 - 13.1 assist per game
Digs: 24 digs - 3 dugs per game
Blockings: 1 BS and 8 BA - 9 total blocks, 1.13 blocks per game
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Post by Ye Olde Dawg on Sept 30, 2006 2:24:17 GMT -5
Main observations from the match: 1) Passing USC was passing nails all night long. Seilhamer, Gysin and Copenhagen passed perfectly allowing Carico to run the offense effectively. UW on the other hand was experiencing difficulties passing in several rotations. Part of the problem was that USC was serving a lot to the front row OH, especially Mussie who then became error-prone and hitting the balls out. The one problematic rotation for UW was when Mussie and Swarbick (I think, or it could be Dessing) were on front row with Thompson. Thompson was so frustrated with all the running that at one point in game 4 when the point ended with the ball into the crowd, she pushed the media table (circling the court), earning boos from the crowd. Surprisingly, the ref did not give her a warning or a card.. That rings bell. That rotation would be just before Mussie rotates to the back row. It would be Deesing in front middle, and Courtney all the way on the left, like this: (photo: gohuskies.com) I don't think Mussie would be receiving serve at that position; Christal, Tama, and Aratani are all in the back row at the time. But if they did give her some serve that led to a bad pass, yes it could be trouble. It's remarkable how many off-target passes Courtney can turn into good plays, but I've seen at least once before a string of passes that she just couldn't do much with. 2) Serving Asst coach Stevens did a wonderful job calling the serving strategy -- taking out the OHs and serving short (in game 4, USC went on a run behind Seilhamer's short serving - the type of service balls that would drop just after passing the net), catching Swarbick and Collymore off guard. I think USC had only a few service errors. UW was giving several free points on service errors, especially by Mussie and Aratani. Mussie's toss of the ball for her jump serves was inconsistent and often ended in the net. That's a surprising thing this year. I remember Ashley as a freshman would come in only when we needed a string of points, because her floater from waaayyy back was so effective. It seems like she's making more errors this year and not getting so many aces. Like maybe Christal is too: just a little off. I'll say now what I said then: the Huskies weren't expecting to be extremely good early in the season; the goal was to be good by the end. Last week's matches were a tantalizing anomaly.
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Post by roofed! on Sept 30, 2006 2:24:44 GMT -5
I was at the game. WA looked pooped. I think probably exhausted from 5-gamer the night before. They'll have to work on stamina. Morrison looked very human, making mistakes I hadn't expected. Sandell is BUFF. I wasn't actually that impressed with USC. Carico's setting is very predictable. Very little use of the middle. High to the outside. One nice attack position with Gysin coming up the middle. Carico does have a nice little over on two attack. What Volleytalkers were at the game? I'm starting to think I've pegged a few. The middle setting is one aspect of the game where I think USC can really improve. For the middles, the offense centers around slides, 1s, double quick (with Copenhagen and Bishop). For some reason, the sets were rather low to the MBs, exposing them to opposing blocks, rather than high sets and hitting over the blocks (Tennant looks like she has the high hops though Carico used her mostly as dummy). The main USC offense certainly centered around the 3 outside hitters, especially trying to get Kaczor the best matchups. Carico's setting with the high outside offense looks predictable but her set locations were mostly consistent and relatively fewer mistakes. One area that I really like about her setting is how she's able to save certain near overpasses (sometimes by knocking the ball high into the backcourt of the other side of the net) and her setting while backing up to the net (the last USC setter that I've seen doing that well was Toni Anderson). Those areas of setting are major upgrades for the team compared to 2004 (Freeburg and Dillon) and 2005 (Siljegovic). Even Dillon's father admitted to a friend that Carico is going to be a great setter, and that Dillon won't see much playing time (but okay with it due to the education she gets at USC). Maybe we'll see a different UW in the future. Maybe they're tired from the 5-game loss at UCLA but playing a weekend matches in LA is sure easier than having to play a weekend matches up north in Washington (traveling between WSU to UW and vice versa at night, and very late check-ins are more tiring). So far, USC has passed one critical test. They still have to show that they belong among the top teams, and in 2-3 weeks, those tests come in the form of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. With the playing form that they are showing now, I would think that they will put up a strong showing. I think Pac-10 is really open this year, and no team is super-all-rounded like the USC teams of 2002, 2003 and UW's 2005. All the top Pac-10 teams have a few areas of weakness that could be exploited on a given night.
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Post by roofed! on Sept 30, 2006 2:30:04 GMT -5
That rings bell. That rotation would be just before Mussie rotates to the back row. It would be Deesing in front middle, and Courtney all the way on the left, like this: (photo: gohuskies.com) /quote] That rotation was badly exploited by Seilhamer short serves to Dessing and Collymore in game 4. The services that were targeting both Morrison and Mussie were when both were on the left side of the pass receive rotation.
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Post by aaronic on Sept 30, 2006 2:59:30 GMT -5
It's been a while since Washington's lost a conference series hasn't it? When was the last time anyway?Was it during the pre-McLaughlin era?
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