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Post by aardvark on Sept 14, 2024 12:03:56 GMT -5
I honestly think we are so far from #2. Our hitters are not dominant. We played defense digging and could score points of the transition. We need a bail out go-to hitter. I don't think Rubin is it yet. She is a fierce leader. But I think she made many errors once the opponents can figure her out. I hope Blyashov woukd be the x-factor. We have yet to see her. We're 2 bc we have played good teams and haven't lost. Only Pitt looks consistently good. Did you see Nebraska vs SMU? Texas vs Florida (or a couple of other matches where they did not play well)? Louisville vs Penn State? IOW, we're 2 not so much bc we're good as that other teams have played even worse than we have. Pitt deserves to be 1 and I'd put Penn State ahead of us but there aren't many teams that are consistently playing well so far this season. It's still early in the season, though, so things can change quite a bit. Texas lost to Miami, not to Florida.
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Post by baytree on Sept 14, 2024 15:08:11 GMT -5
Does anyone know if Lifetime Cardinal is going to set up regular NIL payments for women's volleyball or any of the teams except football and basketball? I think getting the very top recruits will be difficult without pay to play NIL or regularly using the portal. Playing on the East Coast and in TX will probably help recruiting some but nothing helps like lots of $$$$.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Sept 14, 2024 17:28:04 GMT -5
Hey Stanford friends, any recommendations for a nice dinner on a Saturday night? Also karaoke!?!
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Post by bigjohn043 on Sept 14, 2024 17:28:38 GMT -5
The most concerning factor for me is the blocking of the freshman middle. She is slow to react and slow on her feet. I expect her to be much improved next year but not sure how much improvement will happen this season. This is concerning to me as well. She started for the one of the age group national teams and can't close a block? And it looks like a raw athleticism issue to me. And we don't have any other middles really....
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Post by bobbk on Sept 14, 2024 20:00:41 GMT -5
4-5 teams at Stanford were funded months ago. Of course there are new athletes and don’t know about them or if it continues each year. Several wvb had NIL last season but it was more in their own
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Post by tnp101 on Sept 14, 2024 20:26:35 GMT -5
I think Hambly and the coaching staff are doing a good job coaching but the recruiting has to get better for Stanford to make final fours. The recruiting is great compared to most teams but not enough if the goal is an NC. With NIL and a conference on the East Coast, I still think Stanford can attract elite athletes in the Olympic sports. I also follow Stanford women's golf. Here is a quote from an article on the top twenty teams: " Now, it [Stanford] must replace veterans Rachel Heck and Sadie Englemann, and head coach Anne Walker does so with arguably the greatest recruiting class in college golf history." www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/ncaa-womens-golf-preseason-rankings-top-teams-players-for-2024-25Bring back my Denise Corkett!!! She was the greatest recruiter and mom for the Stanford teams in the past.
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Post by acea on Sept 14, 2024 21:22:07 GMT -5
Hey Stanford friends, any recommendations for a nice dinner on a Saturday night? Also karaoke!?! What cuisine and what budget? There’s some local favorites that are like $$, I don’t really eat above that lol but there’s plenty of fancier options. Karaoke you’ll have to drive out of the city probably south towards Cupertino/San Jose, there’s a younger demographic there and therefore more activities like karaoke
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Post by cbrown1709 on Sept 15, 2024 17:01:24 GMT -5
Very surprised and pleasantly so with today's results. I haven't watched it all, but wow.
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Post by johnbar on Sept 15, 2024 17:14:54 GMT -5
Very surprised and pleasantly so with today's results. I haven't watched it all, but wow. I'm surprised at the attendance: 6894! I know they've been promoting this match, but really wasn't expecting anything like that. When's the last time they got over 6000 for a regular season match? Last year's match with Nebraska drew half that. Two years ago, Texas at Stanford had a little over 4000. I recall in the early 2000s, they used to get a good crowd at Maples for UCLA and USC.
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Post by dokterrudi on Sept 15, 2024 17:24:57 GMT -5
The floor!!!
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Post by cbrown1709 on Sept 15, 2024 17:28:22 GMT -5
Can we get Lil Harvey to reconsider?
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Post by paloalto on Sept 15, 2024 17:40:16 GMT -5
Can we get Lil Harvey to reconsider? I wonder if she was at the match watching big sister? We sure could use a middle like her but that ship has sailed.
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Post by liberosetter101 on Sept 15, 2024 17:50:12 GMT -5
Should have been done years ago lol
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Post by liberosetter101 on Sept 15, 2024 17:51:02 GMT -5
Can we get Lil Harvey to reconsider? She can pull an Ames 👀
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Post by dokterrudi on Sept 15, 2024 17:58:22 GMT -5
Should have been done years ago lol No doubt but I’ll take it
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