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Post by nickvb on Dec 11, 2022 1:16:36 GMT -5
I wonder if Karch’s visit will change KKs plans for next year. Didn’t he take Lowe to the olympics 2 years out of college?
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Post by Disc808 on Dec 11, 2022 1:19:23 GMT -5
I wonder if Karch’s visit will change KKs plans for next year. Didn’t he take Lowe to the olympics 2 years out of college? I doubt it, it sounded like a sure thing that she would stay. I’m more convinced she will stay with the loss too
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Post by acea on Dec 11, 2022 1:20:15 GMT -5
I wonder if Karch’s visit will change KKs plans for next year. Didn’t he take Lowe to the olympics 2 years out of college? I doubt it, it sounded like a sure thing that she would stay. I’m more convinced she will stay with the loss too KK is also besties with Vicini (and prob the rest of the team) I can’t see it happening
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Post by avid 2.0 on Dec 11, 2022 1:22:19 GMT -5
I wonder if Karch’s visit will change KKs plans for next year. Didn’t he take Lowe to the olympics 2 years out of college? Karch encouraged players to take their extra year. Given Kendall isnt (most likely) in the Paris plans, he probably told her as such.
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Post by volleyfan24 on Dec 11, 2022 1:46:42 GMT -5
I just hope they learn from this hard to not be upset when they had opportunities. Stanford will have a target on their back next year the clear favorite in the PAC to repeat but the league will get better I think so they should be challenged. A great season tough loss I hope Kipp learns from the mistakes and Miner does as well.
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Post by tnp101 on Dec 11, 2022 2:15:35 GMT -5
What a missed opportunity they had especially in the tight battle! They were very tentative in the fifth set. Miner stayed away from the middles even with good passings. Too bad when she set Francis and got dug and that was the start of the come back for San Diego. Give the prop to SD for digging bombs and playing fearless volleyball. I will root for them.
So unfortunate for this year's team. Would have loved to see them back to FF4. But there were many heart brokens for many other teams as well: Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oregon, etc. I feel for them.
We will have to wait until next year...still need dominant middles to come in. Maybe Dodson from the portal?
Our defense was better today but still far from the best of many other teams. But the team this year had exceeded all expectations. So long VTalk and see you in August next year!
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Post by jband on Dec 11, 2022 3:50:49 GMT -5
I'm genuinely concerned about Elena. That looked like a hard blow. She toughed it out and clearly wanted to just get back to playing. But, I had the feeling that she wasn't physically ready to continue quite so quickly. I really really hope she has no lasting effects. This matters more than anything else that was going on, but hard to see that in the moment.
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Post by ay2013 on Dec 11, 2022 4:57:04 GMT -5
Hard to see Stanford not being the #1 preseason team. Not avca, they are dumb, but volleytalk poll. The entire starting lineup is returning.
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Post by raian13 on Dec 11, 2022 6:27:55 GMT -5
Just want to say that Kipp is so pretty and bubbly.
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Post by ShaneM2005 on Dec 11, 2022 7:32:02 GMT -5
Baird… should not have been in the back row…I hope that whatever ails her gets the attention it needs. This cannot happen again, 10 kills won’t get it done. Miner got worse as the night went on, they had it and they let it slip away. I love Caitey but you can’t lay an egg like that. I always new next year was going to be their best shot still sucks though. Props to SD they hung in…did think Blossom was going to puke a few times. Baird shouldn’t be on the court. I’m over her. It’s the same sing song when it counts & she simply doesn’t have it. I look forward to one of the freshman outplaying her next season because she will lead them to a 10th championship at Stanford. The miscommunications at the end showed their inexperience at that round of play & I hope they learn from it for next season. That fifth set was hard to watch. Kipp has to turn it on when they need her the most. Hopefully Francis will rise to the occasion next season with a good bill of health.
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Post by hipsterfilth on Dec 11, 2022 8:35:50 GMT -5
Personally, I hope Ohio State’s entire lineup comes back so it’s at least a two-horse race going into the pre-season. I wish this team had gotten to the FF to get a taste of it, but we’ll see what happens next year.
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Post by bigjohn043 on Dec 11, 2022 9:16:48 GMT -5
Not sure about the criticism of Baird. She is the best we got. It isn't like she was a lot worse in this match than she has been all season.
Kipp had a very clear free ball swing in the 4th to put us in position to win that set and the match. She hit it 20+ feet out. If you want to pinpoint on play that is the one we really needed. And her 9 errors in the match isn't what you want from your leader.
I think the truth is that we would have been smoked by Texas in the next round anyway. With a rusty Francis this wasn't the kind of team that can win it all. What we need to win the title next year is an all-american Francis. And I think she can be that kind of player. We will see.
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Post by jengal on Dec 11, 2022 10:31:08 GMT -5
Baird may be feeling a lot of pressure too…I understand, D1 athlete, should hold up to pressure…but let’s remember that this is still a college student at Stanford of all places, came in highly touted, carries a big load…let’s cut her some slack.
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Post by Sbilo on Dec 11, 2022 10:45:21 GMT -5
Not sure about the criticism of Baird. She is the best we got. It isn't like she was a lot worse in this match than she has been all season. Kipp had a very clear free ball swing in the 4th to put us in position to win that set and the match. She hit it 20+ feet out. If you want to pinpoint on play that is the one we really needed. And her 9 errors in the match isn't what you want from your leader. I think the truth is that we would have been smoked by Texas in the next round anyway. With a rusty Francis this wasn't the kind of team that can win it all. What we need to win the title next year is an all-american Francis. And I think she can be that kind of player. We will see. I kinda agree to this. Stanford will never be able to compete with Texas with the personnel we have in the middle (Vicini is slightly better than Bergmark though). San Diego has the physicality in the middle and I think they will be able to match up really with Texas. I won’t be surprised if they beat Texas. Lukes has the most beautiful arm swing in all of collegiate volleyball.
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Post by dokterrudi on Dec 11, 2022 11:25:37 GMT -5
Just want to say that Kipp is so pretty and bubbly. She is a joy to watch, definitely has her head straight. Happy kid, at least it seems on the outside.
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