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Post by dokterrudi on Sept 2, 2024 20:27:41 GMT -5
Great TEAM win against WI unbelievably happy with that match. I knew it would be a different team mentally. Baird and Kipp, exceptional athletes, but they would never garner comparisons to John Wick. Rubin can be a killer, match that with great floor defense and good serving…don’t know how it’s going to play out but it will be fun. Great confidence builder. Miner and Oglive..wow.
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Post by Cruz'n on Sept 2, 2024 21:03:08 GMT -5
Tree fans Burgess or Rubin? Who you got if you had to only pick one for your team?🤔 Nothing against Rubin, but Burgess is one of my all time faves. Unfortunately she had to play through chronic back injuries and other injuries while at Stanford, which had an effect on her hitting.
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Post by dokterrudi on Sept 2, 2024 21:27:45 GMT -5
Burgess is a nostalgia pick for me. Excellent player and person. Oglive, at least to me, brings an intangible that I like.
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Post by liberosetter101 on Sept 2, 2024 21:56:16 GMT -5
Tree fans Burgess or Rubin? Who you got if you had to only pick one for your team?🤔 Nothing against Rubin, but Burgess is one of my all time faves. Unfortunately she had to play through chronic back injuries and other injuries while at Stanford, which had an effect on her hitting. That 2015 season was painful 😖
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Post by Fe Gaslay on Sept 2, 2024 21:58:25 GMT -5
Thank you to those who mentioned that this year’s Stanford team has a different level of intensity, grit, and competitive flair that last year’s team lacked. That was one of the first things I noticed during the Minnesota match. As far as their demeanors, Baird and Kipp were very pleasant players lmfao and at times seemed complacent and were kinda just there to play and go wherever the match took them. Although this year’s team may not be as physically gifted as 2022 and 2023, I don’t see them lacking in fire. Especially with miss Elia leading the charge out there. And that will take them far
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Post by huskervolleyball on Sept 2, 2024 22:16:04 GMT -5
Thank you to those who mentioned that this year’s Stanford team has a different level of intensity, grit, and competitive flair that last year’s team lacked. That was one of the first things I noticed during the Minnesota match. As far as their demeanors, Baird and Kipp were very pleasant players lmfao and at times seemed complacent and were kinda just there to play and go wherever the match took them. Although this year’s team may not be as physically gifted as 2022 and 2023, I don’t see them lacking in fire. Especially with miss Elia leading the charge out there. And that will take them far I remember watching them quite a lot last yea and that senior class just played with no urgency. Felt like Rubin was the only one who gives that energy and now that she leads this team, they won’t be lacking in that aspect. A shame though cuz Kipp deserved more.
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Post by ct94010 on Sept 2, 2024 22:46:42 GMT -5
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Post by beachbomb on Sept 2, 2024 23:04:43 GMT -5
Love the fire. Love Rubin i think she has more of Logan Tom vibes especially Logan Tom's Stanford days... build and look <3 I wonder if Ipar Kurt will get a look on the RS once Julia Blyashov comes back... she has Opposite international experience. But I'm enjoying what I'm seeing especially in week one. Go Card!
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Post by tnp101 on Sept 2, 2024 23:37:52 GMT -5
Wow, I just saw the results. Didn't get to watch the match. Kurt!!! So we wrote her off after the first few matches. Her stat looked good against Wisconsin. Way to go! I think Hambly and team did well in preparing for Wisconsin. Wisconsin started the season as #3 with 0-3. Who would have thought with all the firepower they had returned. It could have been Stanford's record. But we are now 3-0. It would be a good test for us vs. Texas to see where we are.
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Post by FTLOG on Sept 3, 2024 1:42:59 GMT -5
Fascinating weekend of Hamblyball. Stanford was outhit by both Minnesota and Wisconsin, had …6?… blocks total for the weekend, and somehow was the only team there to come away 2-0. When it works, it works.
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Post by GatorsChomp on Sept 3, 2024 1:50:04 GMT -5
Tree fans Burgess or Rubin? Who you got if you had to only pick one for your team?🤔 Nothing against Rubin, but Burgess is one of my all time faves. Unfortunately she had to play through chronic back injuries and other injuries while at Stanford, which had an effect on her hitting. 100% Burgess reminds me of Barboza and Logan… cute lil 6’0 hitters that can kill, dig, AND receive… all 3 were such great all around players
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Post by volleyballey on Sept 3, 2024 3:01:38 GMT -5
I’m really happy we got to see Kurt’s top end and her bottom end in the first weekend of volley. The first 2 were ROUGH, but the wisco match paints a fuller picture. I mean we’ve literally been hyping her for YEARS as an international style player & were praying for her to commit lol
Queen was probably so nervous for her first matches 😭
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Post by tnp101 on Sept 3, 2024 3:27:23 GMT -5
I’m really happy we got to see Kurt’s top end and her bottom end in the first weekend of volley. The first 2 were ROUGH, but the wisco match paints a fuller picture. I mean we’ve literally been hyping her for YEARS as an international style player & were praying for her to commit lol Queen was probably so nervous for her first matches 😭 I haven't seen her in this match yet. I can make the assessment later after watching. I am very glad that she actually did well. Harvey is still struggling a bit but she turned around at the end of the Minnesota match, after going 4 kills and 7 errors, she finished with 8 kills and 2 errors (total 12-9-33 = 0.091 efficiency). It looks like defensively, we were doing well. That would be reflected from the comments from Miner's podcast that the team is focusing on defense. What is lacking at the defense side now is the BLOCKING. Almost non-existent. Hope Stanford can be back to become the dominant blocking team again.
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Post by ShaneM2005 on Sept 3, 2024 6:23:34 GMT -5
A lot of trouble closing the block from the middles this weekend. Definitely something to improve upon, but a 2-0 weekend against two challenging teams is huge for morale.
Miner’s defense is lightyears ahead of any setter in the NCAA. She’s special with that Carlini defensive prowess.
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Post by bigjohn043 on Sept 3, 2024 8:46:57 GMT -5
Love the fire. Love Rubin i think she has more of Logan Tom vibes especially Logan Tom's Stanford days... build and look <3 I wonder if Ipar Kurt will get a look on the RS once Julia Blyashov comes back... she has Opposite international experience. But I'm enjoying what I'm seeing especially in week one. Go Card! Rubin has the same on court mannerisms as Tom. It is the way they strut around the court looking sort of pissed off....
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