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Post by Disc808 on Jun 25, 2019 15:17:58 GMT -5
I think one of the most underrated additions to this team is Xu. She's a VERY capable setter. Stanford did VERY well last year, but I do think that, as people have pointed out, Stanford did go through some down play. I recently rewatched a number of Pac-12 and NCAA tournament matches and sometimes the most obvious issue for Stanford was the setting. I don't know if Hambly is the type to yank a setter, but Gray really isn't the most consistent setter out there. She's by no means bad, far from it, but I think that next to establishing a replacement for Alade, the setting is probably the next thing that keeps this team from REALLY being that unstoppable train like the PSU 08 team. Xu really does give Stanford a capable second option should Gray hit a bad patch. I wonder if Xu will be redshirted tho |
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Post by ay2013 on Jun 25, 2019 15:19:58 GMT -5
I think one of the most underrated additions to this team is Xu. She's a VERY capable setter. Stanford did VERY well last year, but I do think that, as people have pointed out, Stanford did go through some down play. I recently rewatched a number of Pac-12 and NCAA tournament matches and sometimes the most obvious issue for Stanford was the setting. I don't know if Hambly is the type to yank a setter, but Gray really isn't the most consistent setter out there. She's by no means bad, far from it, but I think that next to establishing a replacement for Alade, the setting is probably the next thing that keeps this team from REALLY being that unstoppable train like the PSU 08 team. Xu really does give Stanford a capable second option should Gray hit a bad patch. I wonder if Xu will be redshirted tho I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the default. But she does give Stanford a really good second option at setter (assuming she’s healthy). |
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Post by cardcounter on Jun 25, 2019 20:03:48 GMT -5
KIPP selected as an OPP for the Woman’s JR. National Training Team. She is also listed at 6'6" now? The last two times I've checked, she was 6'4" then 6'5" - will she ever stop growing??  That caught my attention also. Does USA verify the height or simply take the info from the player’s application. I saw Kipp at tournaments spring 2017 and 2018. IMO she was 6’5” both those years. My guess she is still 6’5” and was done growing more than a year ago. |
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Post by hammer on Jun 25, 2019 20:15:06 GMT -5
She is also listed at 6'6" now? The last two times I've checked, she was 6'4" then 6'5" - will she ever stop growing?? That caught my attention also. Does USA verify the height or simply take the info from the player’s application. I saw Kipp at tournaments spring 2017 and 2018. IMO she was 6’5” both those years. My guess she is still 6’5” and was done growing more than a year ago. She is probably 6'5" based upon last time I saw her standing next to Kevin Plummer waiting for their flight to SoCal the morning after Stanford's NC win, but I doubt 6'6". IMO the YNT heights were inflated a bit. At that height and wingspan and with good lower body muscle mass she has all the tools needed to wreak havoc collegiately. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 9:59:31 GMT -5
Jenna Gray (it's not Grey, fyi) is a very good setter, one of the best in the NCAA. Sure, she has the luxury of setting the Stanford hitters, but she still has to do her job, which she obviously does very well.
Hambly could consider redshirting as many freshman as possible, having them in the gym with Stanford's A team could bode well for them individually and for the team in 2020 and beyond.
Also, finally Plummer does not win an award she is up for haha, the Honda Cup went to Rachel Garcia of UCLA Softball.
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Post by ShaneM2005 on Jun 27, 2019 10:52:02 GMT -5
Jenna Gray (it's not Grey, fyi) is a very good setter, one of the best in the NCAA. Sure, she has the luxury of setting the Stanford hitters, but she still has to do her job, which she obviously does very well. Hambly could consider redshirting as many freshman as possible, having them in the gym with Stanford's A team could bode well for them individually and for the team in 2020 and beyond. Also, finally Plummer does not win an award she is up for haha, the Honda Cup went to Rachel Garcia of UCLA Softball. There's always next year.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 11:47:40 GMT -5
Jenna Gray (it's not Grey, fyi) is a very good setter, one of the best in the NCAA. Sure, she has the luxury of setting the Stanford hitters, but she still has to do her job, which she obviously does very well. Hambly could consider redshirting as many freshman as possible, having them in the gym with Stanford's A team could bode well for them individually and for the team in 2020 and beyond. Also, finally Plummer does not win an award she is up for haha, the Honda Cup went to Rachel Garcia of UCLA Softball. There's always next year. Consolation prize: She's named to the Pan American Games roster. Girl just can't catch a break can she? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 11:51:17 GMT -5
I would suggest that in winning the Sullivan Award, she made her own "break"!
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Post by hammer on Jun 27, 2019 12:26:16 GMT -5
There's always next year. Consolation prize: She's named to the Pan American Games roster. Girl just can't catch a break can she? Hopefully she'll get some reps at OPP in actual matches. Wilhite, Kingdon, and Rolfzen are better suited to the OH position so they should get the majority of the play there. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 14:22:09 GMT -5
Here is a "shout out" to: Audriana Fitzmorris; Madeleine Gates; and Meghan McClure for being named to the World University Games in Naples, Italy; three of fifteen Cardinal so named.
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Post by Cruz'n on Jun 27, 2019 14:43:34 GMT -5
Here is a "shout out" to: Audriana Fitzmorris; Madeleine Gates; and Meghan McClure for being named to the World University Games in Naples, Italy; three of fifteen Cardinal so named. The Cardinal are highly regarded in Italy. |
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Post by hammer on Jun 27, 2019 14:57:20 GMT -5
Here is a "shout out" to: Audriana Fitzmorris; Madeleine Gates; and Meghan McClure for being named to the World University Games in Naples, Italy; three of fifteen Cardinal so named. The Cardinal are highly regarded in Italy. So is Rihanna ...  |
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Post by FTLOG on Jun 27, 2019 15:18:44 GMT -5
I don’t know if Gray is underrated or overrated, but it’s interesting to me that the only first team AA hitter she’s set since Inky graduated is Plummer. Plummer is a GOAT type talent, but it’s not like she’s setting Hodge and Fawcet and Harmotto and Brown.... or Pavan and Larson and Houghtelling and Stalls... or Barbosa and Klineman and Alinradewo, etc. I mean, she set them to a title with *Vanjak* as an OH....
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Post by volleyl0ver on Jun 27, 2019 16:05:51 GMT -5
I mean, she set them to a title with *Vanjak* as an OH.... Vanjak was OH2 and played up front with Inky and Lutz. We know who Jenna was setting in system.. (not vanjak) |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2019 16:33:04 GMT -5
I mean, she set them to a title with *Vanjak* as an OH.... Vanjak was OH2 and played up front with Inky and Lutz. We know who Jenna was setting in system.. (not vanjak) True, but Inky was only with her for one rotation, as Fitzmorris was MB1. |
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