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Post by smiley on Dec 16, 2011 1:01:22 GMT -5
A great match? No not really. Close, competitive, and entertaining? Definitely. USC really did not play well at all. I don't. Think they played well in any phase of the game. Bateman couldn't connect at all with any of their hitters. The middles had only 1 or 2 good kills all night. They got points but they weren't pretty. I also questioned many of her decisions. The middles were no where to be seen when blocking. Way too many 1on 1 for Illinois on the outsides. Haley was not happy at all with the defense they blocked cross court and the defense still gave up line on too many swings. Even after he called timeouts, they still had the same problems. USC stopped playing at the end of set 3 as much as Illinois won the match. USC didn't have much offense when Jupiter was in the back row. So IL didn't win it USC lost it? And if IL beats UCLA they will have lost it too? You don't give any of the teams credit do you?
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Post by foreignball on Dec 16, 2011 1:01:39 GMT -5
1. Beltran was very good in this match. Two mistakes in g5 doesn't change that. 2. Luhrsen set a great match, I thought. 1. Actually she made 3 errors in the 5th (I’m adding the missed serve). I didn't check the stats - I memorized the number of times I almost threw out the remote....when a L mishandles a free ball it doesn’t bode well for the team and especially in the tie-breaker. So I disagree about her having a good game…..I’ve seen quite a few games where a single FREE ball mishandling by the L changed the whole game outcome and she did it 3 times! 2. Ditto – I’ve already said that. Kudos to her for not being afraid to set the ball to her frosh RS……in my book a good setter doesn’t go by seniority (a lot of S do though).
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Post by NebraskaVBfan93 on Dec 16, 2011 1:03:57 GMT -5
Actually, the official pronunciation is leebro. I don't like it, but that's what they say. I actually looked up the phonetic pronunciation and the reference said li-BER-o. Guess they could be wrong.
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Post by volleyguy on Dec 16, 2011 1:05:16 GMT -5
Actually, the official pronunciation is leebro. I don't like it, but that's what they say. The correct pronunciation is lee-behr-oh, really fast
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Post by mikegarrison on Dec 16, 2011 1:06:07 GMT -5
Actually, the official pronunciation is leebro. I don't like it, but that's what they say. "Official" from whom? All sources I can find say the word should be pronounced LEE-ber-o (with the middle syllable sounding like the English word "bear").
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Post by smiley on Dec 16, 2011 1:07:26 GMT -5
HER TEAM WON YOU IDIOT AND SHE WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THEM WINNING!!!!!!!!!! Was there a player on the floor thay didn'tmake multiple mistakes? If the 3 mistakes were so vital how come USC STILL LOST. IF she was such a bad Libero how come USC lost?
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Post by austintatious on Dec 16, 2011 1:07:44 GMT -5
All of Illinois's players came up big. The outsides got attention, but McMahon and Johnson were CRITICAL. Dorn had some great moments too. Beltran and Luhrsen were very, very steady. Even their DS was great a service line. Let it go. This could start a litany of, the chunked backset at 24-24 not called in set one, the ball called in that was out in set 4 right in front of Hambly you chose not to push it, all part of the game, plus if 2 of the best refs in the game didn't see it and 2 decent line judges then it was micro micro. SC doesn't need excuses.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2011 1:10:07 GMT -5
HER TEAM WON YOU IDIOT AND SHE WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THEM WINNING!!!!!!!!!! Was there a player on the floor thay didn'tmake multiple mistakes? If the 3 mistakes were so vital how come USC STILL LOST. IF she was such a bad Libero how come USC lost? Well, there was the Hagglund overpass ... I wasn't aware that liberos aren't allowed to make service errors, too.
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Post by illinivb on Dec 16, 2011 1:11:50 GMT -5
Wanna know something funny? Beltran only had 2 scholarship offers: Illinois and USC!
... she turned down USC, then they offered it to Hagglund!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2011 1:12:00 GMT -5
Actually, the official pronunciation is leebro. I don't like it, but that's what they say. "Official" from whom? All sources I can find say the word should be pronounced LEE-ber-o (with the middle syllable sounding like the English word "bear"). NCAA or FIVB. I can't remember which. Two syllables. Leebro. Maybe they changed that, too.
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Post by austintatious on Dec 16, 2011 1:12:56 GMT -5
HER TEAM WON YOU IDIOT AND SHE WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THEM WINNING!!!!!!!!!! Was there a player on the floor thay didn'tmake multiple mistakes? If the 3 mistakes were so vital how come USC STILL LOST. IF she was such a bad Libero how come USC lost? calm down, you won bragging rights, he just thinks libero's should be able to pass free balls. He is not committing a capital offense.
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Post by smiley on Dec 16, 2011 1:16:14 GMT -5
HER TEAM WON YOU IDIOT AND SHE WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THEM WINNING!!!!!!!!!! Was there a player on the floor thay didn'tmake multiple mistakes? If the 3 mistakes were so vital how come USC STILL LOST. IF she was such a bad Libero how come USC lost? calm down, you won bragging rights, he just thinks libero's should be able to pass free balls. He is not committing a capital offense. I'm not asking for the death penalty, just for him to pull his head out of his a$$ about three misplays by a very good player. Or maybe he should just keep it there.
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Post by psumaui on Dec 16, 2011 1:16:40 GMT -5
Congrats to Illinois! As for the commentators, it was yada yada yada Jupiter...yada yada yada Jupiter. Even when she was playing bad, it was Jupiter, Jupiter, Jupiter. Now, don't get me wrong, I think Jupiter is a great player, but damn, spread the love around. Announcers are great at picking a story/player prior to the match and riding it to make them selves seem knowledgeable. Plenty of love for four or five others would have been nice. What can you expect from the "Three Time National Champion"(He must have it in his contract for Beth to say that all the time). You could easily see he was rooting for/bragging up USC/UCLA just like he did last few years when a PAC 12 team was playing in Finals.
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Post by beachman on Dec 16, 2011 1:19:01 GMT -5
I REALLY feel bad about good 'ol Mick's team's loss tonight! ;D Especially since I picked U$C to win it all.....the finals should be a very good match up...Illinois played very well and U$C just didn't step it up when they had to. Jupiter's play was poor on the serve receive and the passing, and her serving was suspect and her hitting sporadic....all in all she had a sub par performance tonight....it will be ironic if she gets POY! She could have taken charge of this match and she didn't!
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Post by austintatious on Dec 16, 2011 1:21:36 GMT -5
I REALLY feel bad about good 'ol Mick's team's loss tonight! ;D Especially since I picked U$C to win it all.....the finals should be a very good match up...Illinois played very well and U$C just didn't step it up when they had to. Jupiter's play was poor on the serve receive and the passing, and her serving was suspect and her hitting sporadic....all in all she had a sub par performance tonight....it will be ironic if she gets POY! She could have taken charge of this match and she didn't! Apology to you sir for my earlier post. Great comments.
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