Post by cmmhc4 on Aug 18, 2007 17:34:47 GMT -5
Tiger Volleyball Draws Over 1,000 For Scrimmage
Aug. 16, 2007By the looks of the crowd in the Hearnes Center on Wednesday night, it was hard to tell only a scrimmage was occurring. A crowd of over 1,000 got their first look of the 2007 Missouri Volleyball squad as the Black team took the practice match 2-1. In addition, over 250 youths took part in a pre-match clinic featuring the Tigers.
The play, consisting of the two teams, had mixed rosters match-to-match. One player could play for the black team in one game and for the gold the next for example.
For scoring sake, the black team won 30-25, 30-25, 18-30, clinching the match after the second game.
Freshman Weiwen Wang (Nanjing, China) led the field with 15 kills on the evening, hitting around .333, adding a block as well in her combined efforts with both teams.
Sophomore Amanda Hantouli and senior Na Yang had 14 kills apiece, sophomore Julianna Klein scored on 13 kills.
Sophomore Megan Wilson (Lincoln, Neb.) led the group with three blocks.
Lei Wang paced the black team to a .343 and .385 hitting percentages in games one and two. Luiza Jarocka set the gold team to a .429 hitting margin with no errors in an errorless game three.
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Hard to tell from the scrimmage how this team will fare this season. There are four returning starters but, as everyone knows, the loss of Nicole Wilson and Jessica Vander Kooi will leave major holes in OPP and MB positions.
Caitlyn Vann (Fr. - Muncie) will be an impressive supplement and future replacement to Ailes. She should be a future Big 12 Libero of the Year in the coming years. Missouri will have solid and exciting backrow defense this season. I have a hard time seeing Weiwen Wang (Fr., China, MB/OPP) contributing as a 6'0" MB though she played the position briefly at the scrimmage. She hits good angles while at OPP and should compete with Megan Wilson for that position. The other freshman who should see lots of playing time is Catie Wilson (Fr., Omaha, MB). She has the ability to do well but transitioning from club ball to the Big 12 might be rough.
Aug. 16, 2007By the looks of the crowd in the Hearnes Center on Wednesday night, it was hard to tell only a scrimmage was occurring. A crowd of over 1,000 got their first look of the 2007 Missouri Volleyball squad as the Black team took the practice match 2-1. In addition, over 250 youths took part in a pre-match clinic featuring the Tigers.
The play, consisting of the two teams, had mixed rosters match-to-match. One player could play for the black team in one game and for the gold the next for example.
For scoring sake, the black team won 30-25, 30-25, 18-30, clinching the match after the second game.
Freshman Weiwen Wang (Nanjing, China) led the field with 15 kills on the evening, hitting around .333, adding a block as well in her combined efforts with both teams.
Sophomore Amanda Hantouli and senior Na Yang had 14 kills apiece, sophomore Julianna Klein scored on 13 kills.
Sophomore Megan Wilson (Lincoln, Neb.) led the group with three blocks.
Lei Wang paced the black team to a .343 and .385 hitting percentages in games one and two. Luiza Jarocka set the gold team to a .429 hitting margin with no errors in an errorless game three.
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Hard to tell from the scrimmage how this team will fare this season. There are four returning starters but, as everyone knows, the loss of Nicole Wilson and Jessica Vander Kooi will leave major holes in OPP and MB positions.
Caitlyn Vann (Fr. - Muncie) will be an impressive supplement and future replacement to Ailes. She should be a future Big 12 Libero of the Year in the coming years. Missouri will have solid and exciting backrow defense this season. I have a hard time seeing Weiwen Wang (Fr., China, MB/OPP) contributing as a 6'0" MB though she played the position briefly at the scrimmage. She hits good angles while at OPP and should compete with Megan Wilson for that position. The other freshman who should see lots of playing time is Catie Wilson (Fr., Omaha, MB). She has the ability to do well but transitioning from club ball to the Big 12 might be rough.
