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Post by baywatcher on May 3, 2007 2:22:55 GMT -5
Stanford and Santa Clara played four games; Stanford won them all; 30-18, 30-26, 30-19 and 30-22. Stanford only had 7 players suited up, Santa Clara 8. Janet Okagbaa was sitting out with an apparent injury, so Stanford had only three bigs; Foluka, Franci Girard and Waller. Since Waller played left and, for some games, Foluka right, I was interested to see who would play second middle. My notes reflect Waller, Foluka and Girard were all on the front line at one time together, they would have had to be all back line together at another. However, I don't think that ever happened, leading to the conclusion that Stanford arranged to "skip" this whole bothersome rotation business and just leave Girard in the front row for an extra rotation. Didn't notice if this was reciprocal to Santa Clara. If this is indeed true, and it may not be, then the BASTA people have a real point. Interesting strategy at NCAA time. For other points, Kehoe got to play opposite while Evans set and Kehoe seemed to really enjoy blasting away from the right antenna, with good results. Also Kehoe had a few blocks. Fishburne had a ton of digs at libero and the entire Stanford back row defense looked in mid-season form, at times. strange with Evans, Waller and Foluka back there. The other times were when Fisher was in the back row; the coordination did not seem present for her on defensive schemes. However, Fisher and Waller scored a lot of points from the left antenna and clearly provide the offensive alternative to Barboza and Klineman if either can't play for an extended period of time, something that was missing a couple of years ago. It appears Stanford has really worked on it's block. Santa Clara was simply not getting good attacks in, even in some one on one situations. When Foluka was in at opposite she got two or three back sets in a row and simply put them straight down on the ten foot line. The Girard inn middle, Foluka at opposite has got to look inviting to Stanford at some point. Frankly, Santa Clara looked a little intimidated, strange for a spring game. Santa Clara has looked much better in other spring tournaments.
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Post by Tiruray2004 on May 3, 2007 2:26:43 GMT -5
At the Stanford-Santa Clara match, Fihsburn passed and dug well. Of course, the balls were going straight towards her. She almost didn't have "Fishburn" moments aka diving to the floor when it is not necessary except for one.
Barboza came in late with Heather Hernandez and Coby Shoji maybe because the 2 were still in class and the 3 decided to carpool to Santa Clara. Barboza and Okogbaa (who was there at the start) didn't play. They had Waller and Fisher hitting outside, Foluke either played MB or RS, Girard at MB, Evans and Kehoe at setter. Kehoe would sometimes play RS and had 2 or 3 kills late in game 4 to help Stanford win the game. Foluke hit a slide that went down just in front of Walters (SC libero) who was just behind the 10 foot line. It was good thing the ball missed her otherwise she would have been knocked out! 2 playes later, same thing happened: big bang slide! Waller and Fisher were both effective on the left-side with Waller also a force on the pipe attack. Both passed well. Seems like Fisher hesitated in diving for the ball. As the matched progressed, Evans connected better with her hitters. Stanford won all 4 games.
Santa Clara had Sevastopoulus and Evans playing left side. Clark and #14 playing middle. Luxton, Barnes and Walter were passing all the time. The hitter stayed out of the passing rotation. Matich covered the cour really well. Unfortunately, she didn't have consistent attackers to set the ball to.
Sakibomb25, answer this: Why were Cmaylo and Dowd not playing? Also, why was Lowe not there? And Muratore's dad was there, what gives? Hasn't he learned his lesson from his daughters' experience there?
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2007 10:36:35 GMT -5
Why were Cmaylo and Dowd not playing? Also, why was Lowe not there? And Muratore's dad was there, what gives? Hasn't he learned his lesson from his daughters' experience there? Part of the reason SCU looked out of sync was because these three hitters are injured. Cmaylo is having her shoulder scoped; Dowd has lower leg issues and Lowe is getting an MRI for her back issues. Pater Muratore (last season his daughter Annalisa was an SCU MB before she left the school, and she is now at Fresno State) was there with a friend and his friend's eighth grade daughter to watch the match.
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Post by LowVBIQ on May 3, 2007 11:56:09 GMT -5
I was also at the match. In my limited experience, it seems that Spring Ball is more like glorified practice. You know, iron out little approach issues, etc. What I thought was interesting was that #14 on Santa Clara was a newbie. She graduated from high school in January and was doing the whole early admittance deal. What great experience. She was playing middle and did pretty well. One thing that would concern me if I were a Santa Clara fan would be the lack of blocking. Jump girls, jump!
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2007 20:38:23 GMT -5
Muratore is going to Fresno State, really? I thought she "retired" from competition last year because of injuries.
If healthy she'll be the "star" at Fresno State that's for sure, that team was awful last year.
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Post by parrotthead on May 3, 2007 23:12:22 GMT -5
She is not playing - just going to school - close to her hometown of Merced
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Post by cbrown1709 on May 12, 2007 1:35:26 GMT -5
Anyone have any news on the alumni scrimmage this past Thursday?
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Post by jgrout on May 12, 2007 10:16:10 GMT -5
Stanford swept a Don Shaw-led team of Bay Area-resident Stanford, Santa Clara, UOP, etc VB alumnae 4-0. Katie Goldhahn, Lindsey Yamasaki, Leahi Hall and Jen Detmer were the Stanford alumnae I remember seeing significant playing time. Lindsay Kagawa and Cobey Shoji are also on the roster. Shaw's squad, which is planning a trip to the open national club(?) competition, was competitive in all four games but really pushed Stanford hard in game 3, when they had their best passing, serving and blocking. Cynthia Barboza had her usual strong performance but, when Stanford's passing was on, Foluke was almost unstoppable. A game 4 highlight was Joanna Evans setting throughout and Bryn Kehoe in the front row (I believe at opposite).
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Post by dishdaball on May 12, 2007 22:19:03 GMT -5
Stanford swept a Don Shaw-led team of Bay Area-resident Stanford, Santa Clara, UOP, etc VB alumnae 4-0. Katie Goldhahn, Lindsey Yamasaki, Leahi Hall and Jen Detmer were the Stanford alumnae I remember seeing significant playing time. Lindsay Kagawa and Cobey Shoji are also on the roster. Shaw's squad, which is planning a trip to the open national club(?) competition, was competitive in all four games but really pushed Stanford hard in game 3, when they had their best passing, serving and blocking. Cynthia Barboza had her usual strong performance but, when Stanford's passing was on, Foluke was almost unstoppable. A game 4 highlight was Joanna Evans setting throughout and Bryn Kehoe in the front row (I believe at opposite). Thanks for the report....Reading your description about game 4 and the highlight....do you think Evans will get the nod next year over Kehoe??
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Post by jgrout on May 13, 2007 0:57:27 GMT -5
A game 4 highlight was Joanna Evans setting throughout and Bryn Kehoe in the front row (I believe at opposite). Thanks for the report....Reading your description about game 4 and the highlight....do you think Evans will get the nod next year over Kehoe?? Ummm... why would I think that?
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Post by dishdaball on May 13, 2007 19:11:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the report....Reading your description about game 4 and the highlight....do you think Evans will get the nod next year over Kehoe?? Ummm... why would I think that? Ummm - you said it was a highlight....guess you don't have an opinion on that?
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Post by SakiBomb25 on May 13, 2007 20:50:32 GMT -5
Ummm... why would I think that? Ummm - you said it was a highlight....guess you don't have an opinion on that? A highlight could mean a many number of things - she played better than Kehoe, jgrout was happy to see Evans see playing time, etc. I dont think that no matter how much Evans has improved, there is no way Dunning is going to sit his senior quarterback, who has essentially been running the team and been a team leader since Day 1 of her collegiate career (well, maybe deferring to Nnamani as a frosh, but still a great leader none-the-less). It sounds like Evans did well though, which is important in case of a dreaded injury... but let's hope that Kehoe and the rest of the bunch stay healthy the entire year.
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Post by jgrout on May 14, 2007 0:42:23 GMT -5
I didn't remember any combination of Evans being a full-time setter with Kehoe still on the court... or, for that matter, Kehoe playing right-side hitter since 2004, which she sometimes did when Hucke (the opposite, three rotations away from her) was serving.
Since Kehoe is the kind of player one doesn't want to take off the court, if Evans and/or Lichtman are going to get meaningful playing time in 2007 in preparation for 2008, it might make sense to find a way to do it while keeping Kehoe on the court. This might be one of the ways.
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Post by dishdaball on May 14, 2007 7:32:04 GMT -5
Ummm - you said it was a highlight....guess you don't have an opinion on that? A highlight could mean a many number of things - she played better than Kehoe, jgrout was happy to see Evans see playing time, etc. I dont think that no matter how much Evans has improved, there is no way Dunning is going to sit his senior quarterback, who has essentially been running the team and been a team leader since Day 1 of her collegiate career (well, maybe deferring to Nnamani as a frosh, but still a great leader none-the-less). It sounds like Evans did well though, which is important in case of a dreaded injury... but let's hope that Kehoe and the rest of the bunch stay healthy the entire year. Didn't know what jgrout meant....that's why I was asking. Sounded like had a pretty good feel for what was going on at the farm...that's all.
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Post by saywho on May 15, 2007 13:28:38 GMT -5
I would be highly surprised if Evans saw much playing time next year in terms of setting. In watching her play this spring, she did receive an ample amount of playing time, but her sets seem to be pretty low and does not run the offense as well as Kehoe. I think Dunning used the spring season to give many of the players playing time which they don't see during the regular season. I do think that right side though is going to be the one position next year that is up for grabs. Waller did turn it on at the end of last year, and I hope she continues to -- she showed a phenomenal performance in the finals. However, I think Lichtman and Okagbaa are going to push her for playing time. That's a good thing though!
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