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Post by Sbilo on Sept 20, 2023 11:28:45 GMT -5
Harvey is very dynamic, obviously can elevate and hit. I’m not quite sure whether she is Kipp’s heir apparent but I wouldn’t be surprised if she is starting next season either as a left/right side pin.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Sept 20, 2023 12:12:15 GMT -5
Look for some Insta-announcements to start trickling in over the next couple of months. Two exciting headliners!I should have added *so far*!
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Post by cbrown1709 on Sept 20, 2023 12:50:32 GMT -5
Look for some Insta-announcements to start trickling in over the next couple of months. Two exciting headliners!I should have added *so far*! Sounds exciting.
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Post by stanfordvb on Sept 20, 2023 12:52:34 GMT -5
I should have added *so far*! Sounds exciting. please be Harvey and parks speaking of, anyone know if players have taken official visits to stanford yet?
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Sept 20, 2023 13:07:21 GMT -5
please be Harvey and parks speaking of, anyone know if players have taken official visits to stanford yet? I haven't asked my guy that specific query, but I do believe some were taken during the B1G/PAC Challenge. I asked Lee Feinswog (who was there covering it) about recruits; he stated there were a # there.
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Post by dokterrudi on Sept 20, 2023 13:42:28 GMT -5
Yeah I saw a couple there, don’t know who they were…
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Post by hammer on Sept 20, 2023 14:05:23 GMT -5
please be Harvey and parks speaking of, anyone know if players have taken official visits to stanford yet? I believe Lizzie Andrew was at one of the recent matches at Maples ... could have been her official visit.
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Post by bobbk on Sept 20, 2023 14:14:12 GMT -5
Only two were there I’m sure as I posted before one was probably DeMaria. The other no idea That was day 1 of the Pac 12 Big 10. Maybe I missed a solo recruit day 2. But I look closely lol For Rivera we have 3 commits for 2025.
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Sept 20, 2023 14:25:13 GMT -5
Only two were there I’m sure as I posted before one was probably DeMaria. The other no idea That was day 1 of the Pac 12 Big 10. Maybe I missed a solo recruit day 2. But I look closely lol For Rivera we have 3 commits for 2025. *Riviera* - I wrote "two headliners", not # of commits (my source has informed me who they are). Also, I will tend to believe the VolleyBall Mag reporter's statement to me. Still an ongoing process...
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Post by Cruz'n on Sept 20, 2023 14:39:59 GMT -5
I agree with you bigjohn043 100% regarding Rubin against Nebraska. I was at the match, front row. I never felt that Rubin should be taken out. Like you said, she was not giving up: she continued to swing hard. She wasn't tipping or spraying balls out, which is when you often would take a hitter out. If there is someone on the bench comparable to Rubin, then sure, sub her out, give her a break. I hope Blyashov develops into that player. But at the moment, neither her nor Harvey (who is an OPP) would have fared better against Nebraska. Further, we would have lost a lot as a team in many areas, especially ball control. For sure Rubin learned from this match, especially regarding what not do to when hitting into a fell-formed double block. Rubin is extremely important to this team's success, and needs to be on the court. These same people who want to blame Rubin for the loss, and are upset she wasn't subbed out, are the same people who blame so many losses on missed serves. If we wanted to, we could get 99% of our serves in. But then our opponents would be in system all match, and we'd be losing many more matches. Serving tougher comes with missing serves. I realize it is pointless explaining this year after year, because so many have made their minds up that missing serves is bad, period, black and white. I apologize for getting off topic from Rubin. But in essence these are two examples of people not understanding the bigger picture or all of the ramifications. We missed 12 serves and lost by 7 points: serving was the reason we lost. Wrong. We lost a close match, and one of our OH's had poor hitting numbers: Hambly should have subbed her out. Sorry, not so simple as that. If only. Are you just designating Harvey an opposite because of what's on Stanford's website? Didn't she play OH against Florida? Yes, that's correct. She played OH in prep, but is OPP for us this year. Could change. My guess is that for this year she is the first sub in for OPP, while Blyashov is first sub in for OH.
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Post by faircritic on Sept 21, 2023 14:36:21 GMT -5
What was interesting to me was how, in the Louisville broadcast, Sunderland quoted Hambly as saying Rubin took some "ill-advised" swings against Nebraska. I was at that game and, to me, Rubin between points a couple of times looked like the block was affecting her concentration. There were 2 or 3 times where she either went back to serve when it wasn't her turn, or didn't go back to serve when it was, as if her head wasn't in the moment but was rather reliving the... 6?... times that Allick roofed her. Maybe in set 2, for her benefit as much as the team's, it might have been interesting to bring in someone else, though it probably wouldn't have changed the outcome. Anyway, one of the season storylines is how, at this point, Nebraska looks like the team to beat, finally having some offense to go with their always-amazing defense. It's scary to think how good they might be by December, too. I think the test will come if a) they somehow are undefeated entering the tourney (a lot of pressure that Cook's teams haven't always handled well), obr ) if they do have some mid-season adversity with losses or more injuries (hoping Krause and Choboy are ok).The cornhuskers will absolutely suffer some defeats in the B1G; nobody could convince me otherwise! And the "survive and advance" modus in a single-elimination tourney nearly guarantees no sure thing. The only challenge for Nebraska seems to be Wisconsin. But it looks like the two are matched with Nebraska with the better defense and Wisconsin, possibly, with the better offense (but that has to be confirmed). My bet are on those two in the NCAA finals.
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Post by volley642 on Sept 21, 2023 14:54:35 GMT -5
The cornhuskers will absolutely suffer some defeats in the B1G; nobody could convince me otherwise! And the "survive and advance" modus in a single-elimination tourney nearly guarantees no sure thing. The only challenge for Nebraska seems to be Wisconsin. But it looks like the two are matched with Nebraska with the better defense and Wisconsin, possibly, with the better offense (but that has to be confirmed). My bet are on those two in the NCAA finals. I’d put money on Stanford beating Wisconsin
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Post by hammer on Sept 21, 2023 17:08:33 GMT -5
The only challenge for Nebraska seems to be Wisconsin. But it looks like the two are matched with Nebraska with the better defense and Wisconsin, possibly, with the better offense (but that has to be confirmed). My bet are on those two in the NCAA finals. I’d put money on Stanford beating Wisconsin faircritic did not offer much analysis so not sure if that was fair. RED did beat Stanford at Maples in the pre-con and looked good doing it, but they were stalking them up to that point in time. That is, RED didn't have to worry about the parade of cupcakes that they took to the woodshed at home in Lincoln (except for the short bus ride they took to Manhattan, KS) before taking on the Card. Meanwhile Stanford was on the road for four of their six pre-con matches with little time to carry out meaningful practices. In short, I'd like to see how Stanford develops during the season and whether they can eliminate some of the open look hitting errors, overpasses, balls dropping to the floor because of bad communication, etc. Likewise we'll see home RED and their freshman hold up on the road in the B1G.
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Post by faircritic on Sept 22, 2023 13:55:28 GMT -5
I’d put money on Stanford beating Wisconsin faircritic did not offer much analysis so not sure if that was fair. RED did beat Stanford at Maples in the pre-con and looked good doing it, but they were stalking them up to that point in time. That is, RED didn't have to worry about the parade of cupcakes that they took to the woodshed at home in Lincoln (except for the short bus ride they took to Manhattan, KS) before taking on the Card. Meanwhile Stanford was on the road for four of their six pre-con matches with little time to carry out meaningful practices. In short, I'd like to see how Stanford develops during the season and whether they can eliminate some of the open look hitting errors, overpasses, balls dropping to the floor because of bad communication, etc. Likewise we'll see home RED and their freshman hold up on the road in the B1G. For my money, agreed travel makes a difference. However, having watched several home and away games by the leading teams (Stanford, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Louisbville, and some others), the thing that stands out is Nebraska's daunting defense. To my simple eyes, it looks to be the best in NCAA. Their very young offense is quite good and guaranteed to improve with the season. Stanford's team has been together for 3 years and may improve some with season. They will certainly win Pac 12. Wisconsin offense is daunting but their defense is decent. While the outcome will reveal itself when it does, putting all this together it looks to me like a Nebraska-Wisconsin season. We will see.
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Post by faircritic on Sept 22, 2023 14:19:59 GMT -5
The only challenge for Nebraska seems to be Wisconsin. But it looks like the two are matched with Nebraska with the better defense and Wisconsin, possibly, with the better offense (but that has to be confirmed). My bet are on those two in the NCAA finals. I’d put money on Stanford beating Wisconsin Oh I wouldn't. Offense is close, Wisconsin slight advantage. Defense also close. Digs - Stanford advantage. Blocks - Wisconsin advantage. I have watched Wisconsin's Smrek playing U-15 through U-18. One of the clever opposing setters was able to outwit Smrek consistently, taking advantage of her sluggishness and slower reaction rate. That setter unfortunatley has quit volleyball in favor of med school.
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