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Post by Sbilo on Sept 17, 2024 16:25:32 GMT -5
Anyone else excited with Yu’s potential? She is a stud. Such a good all around volleyball player.
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Post by SakiBomb25 on Sept 17, 2024 17:26:07 GMT -5
My memory isn't that good so I went back and looked at the rankings. According to the Stanford site, Kipp & Baird were 2 & 3 switching off in the two rankings. Francis was 2 & 5. Miner was 4 & 5 - but the top rated setter in her class. Oglivie was lower but my memory is she was one of the top liberos. They just always rate those lower. Outside our seniors the only top 5 player on the team is Blyashov. Neither of the 2025 girls is. Not sure any of our 2026 targets are. This is concerning. 2025 - Demaria and Parks are both top 10. 2026 - Hickman also a top 10 recruit. But wait! They aren’t Top 5 recruits! So no one on the team must be good 🙄
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Post by VBallLife on Sept 17, 2024 17:27:27 GMT -5
My memory isn't that good so I went back and looked at the rankings. According to the Stanford site, Kipp & Baird were 2 & 3 switching off in the two rankings. Francis was 2 & 5. Miner was 4 & 5 - but the top rated setter in her class. Oglivie was lower but my memory is she was one of the top liberos. They just always rate those lower. Outside our seniors the only top 5 player on the team is Blyashov. Neither of the 2025 girls is. Not sure any of our 2026 targets are. This is concerning. 2025 - Demaria and Parks are both top 10. 2026 - Hickman also a top 10 recruit. 26 class isn’t as strong(overall) imo several projects are rated high won’t say names but the schools some chose don’t foresee some making an impact early if at all.
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Post by wonderwarthog79 on Sept 17, 2024 17:49:52 GMT -5
Anyone else excited with Yu’s potential? She is a stud. Such a good all around volleyball player. Haven't seen her set much, but she served up a storm against UT.
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Post by VBallLife on Sept 17, 2024 17:52:01 GMT -5
Anyone else excited with Yu’s potential? She is a stud. Such a good all around volleyball player. Haven't seen her set much, but she served up a storm against UT. She is a smart setter and very talented
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Post by wonderwarthog79 on Sept 17, 2024 17:59:15 GMT -5
Too much concern over ratings. What are the positions that Stanford needs the most? I would say middle. Andrew looks like a nice player but not a show-stopper.
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Post by setterdump on Sept 17, 2024 20:55:43 GMT -5
Here are Stanford's passing #'s so far courtesy of jwvolley from another thread: Oglivie 2.23 / 51.5 gp% on 101 attempts Rubin 2.17 / 54.5 gp% on 123 attempts Kurt 1.94 / 49.0 gp % on 51 attempts Beaven 1.95 / 48.9 gp % on 86 attempts Pringle 1.90 / 35.4 gp % on 48 attempts
Along with Andrew's blocking, it seems obvious that Stanford's biggest weakness is their 3rd receiver in the passing rotation alongside Rubin/Oglivie. Any smart opponent will try to relentlessly target the 3rd receiver. I honestly hope a healthy Blyashov might help initially as a DS for Kurt, even if she's not ready yet to play front row. In the pre-season scrimmage, Blyashov's passing wasn't perfect but she seemed more solid than Kurt/Beaven/Pringle and gives Stanford a decent back row attack option, which is also lacking right now.
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Post by naujack85 on Sept 18, 2024 0:34:16 GMT -5
Haven't seen her set much, but she served up a storm against UT. She is a smart setter and very talented Reminds me somewhat of my all time favorite Cardinal, Cassidy Lichtman. Like Taylor, Cassidy was a stellar serving sub as a freshman (though she also passed) playing behind a terrific senior setter whom she would replace her sophomore year. Taylor also seems to be super athletic and confident on the court, even as a freshman
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Post by passit on Sept 18, 2024 0:34:42 GMT -5
Passing stats are subjective and DS is also about defense. Passing is also about conversion so I would consider that element as well. And the success of this team is actually going to be based on heart not stats. If success of this team was based on stats and on paper we should have won the past two nattys.
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Post by Sbilo on Sept 18, 2024 11:06:41 GMT -5
She is a smart setter and very talented Reminds me somewhat of my all time favorite Cardinal, Cassidy Lichtman. Like Taylor, Cassidy was a stellar serving sub as a freshman (though she also passed) playing behind a terrific senior setter whom she would replace her sophomore year. Taylor also seems to be super athletic and confident on the court, even as a freshman With Parks coming in next year, there will be a lot of questions at the start of the season...a good problem to have!
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Post by liberosetter101 on Sept 18, 2024 22:18:50 GMT -5
…….
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Post by dokterrudi on Sept 18, 2024 22:25:54 GMT -5
Ok, too tired to go to the match thread. Who can break down what happened with NB, what were the main takeaways. I didn’t see the match fortunately.
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Post by leland99 on Sept 19, 2024 1:51:54 GMT -5
Anyone else excited with Yu’s potential? She is a stud. Such a good all around volleyball player.
Hambly should try her out as a DS, this season. Soon.
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Post by dokterrudi on Sept 19, 2024 9:53:05 GMT -5
Kawa
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