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Post by prosem on Oct 6, 2012 18:48:53 GMT -5
im glad to see cal doing better. Ive always been a fan of their's, except when they play uw *S*
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Post by Sbilo on Oct 12, 2012 7:32:49 GMT -5
im glad to see cal doing better. Ive always been a fan of their's, except when they play uw *S* I feel the same way. Im a fan of this team except when they play Stanford  |
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Post by oskibear on Oct 24, 2012 2:18:03 GMT -5
Finally had the time to catch up and watch a few matches.
Vukasovic has a very awkward armswing and seems to contact the ball very low, negating her being 6-5. Looks like Gehan is starting to come back, although playing more as a DS for Vukasovic, prob until she fully recovers. Her attacking and backrow D is better than Vukasovic, but still not sold on her passing. Really hoping this Cal team can step it up to make to get some key wins to make the tournament. Really impressed with Johnson and Hawari for carrying the offense, and Higgins when she's on, but that's been very inconsistent.
With Ogbogu's decommitment, that should leave Cal with 1 scholarship available for next year. Has anyone heard of any potential recruits? Cal could still really use 6 rotation passing outside hitter. Aside from Neumayr, none of the current Cal players (except maybe Gombar who will need to work on her offense) seem good enough to play as a 6 rotation OH, and Cal's 3 remaining recruits for next year are a setter, MB, and libero. Any other top recruits not yet committed that might be interested?
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Post by BearClause on Oct 24, 2012 12:41:07 GMT -5
Finally had the time to catch up and watch a few matches. Vukasovic has a very awkward armswing and seems to contact the ball very low, negating her being 6-5. Looks like Gehan is starting to come back, although playing more as a DS for Vukasovic, prob until she fully recovers. Her attacking and backrow D is better than Vukasovic, but still not sold on her passing. Really hoping this Cal team can step it up to make to get some key wins to make the tournament. Really impressed with Johnson and Hawari for carrying the offense, and Higgins when she's on, but that's been very inconsistent. With Ogbogu's decommitment, that should leave Cal with 1 scholarship available for next year. Has anyone heard of any potential recruits? Cal could still really use 6 rotation passing outside hitter. Aside from Neumayr, none of the current Cal players (except maybe Gombar who will need to work on her offense) seem good enough to play as a 6 rotation OH, and Cal's 3 remaining recruits for next year are a setter, MB, and libero. Any other top recruits not yet committed that might be interested? The main problem with Higgins is that she's playing out of position. I don't know if maybe Parrott can play as 6 rotations. However, I'm guessing that Higgins would be the first choice to play on the right. A top-flight transfer would be nice for next year. If Rostratter returns, Cal should have a lot of good options to play back row only, with Kerr, Davis, McKennon as possible DS players. I think Schonewise will be back and either Vukasovic or Jordan will be the other middle. Right now it's looking bad, but this Cal team has way too many injuries. The lineup will be boosted especially with injured players returning. |
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Post by oskibear on Nov 20, 2012 4:09:30 GMT -5
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Post by oldunc on Nov 20, 2012 10:13:15 GMT -5
Not necessarily, I've known injured players to be honored on Senior night and return the next year. |
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Post by baywatcher on Nov 20, 2012 12:46:33 GMT -5
Coach Feller has never seemed a 6-2 guy at all, but i wonder about next year. You could break in the new setter with less pressure, and utilize the present setter. By using th eDS so much Cal has no backrow attack, so they get stuck with minimal offense when the setter is in front, particularly when Brown is MB. With 2 OPP you could put Higgins back where she belongs. The problem is lack of front court depth, fact that Neumyer has to be questionable so who else plays OH besides Gehan,
But I just think that Cal's setter has been hit over a lot, and poor passing combined with only two hitters leaves Higgins and Gehan in the lurch way too often.
Hope Rostrattor is back and Kerr is as good as advertised. Then a big liability becomes a real strength.
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Post by BearClause on Nov 20, 2012 12:56:34 GMT -5
Coach Feller has never seemed a 6-2 guy at all, but i wonder about next year. You could break in the new setter with less pressure, and utilize the present setter. By using th eDS so much Cal has no backrow attack, so they get stuck with minimal offense when the setter is in front, particularly when Brown is MB. With 2 OPP you could put Higgins back where she belongs. The problem is lack of front court depth, fact that Neumyer has to be questionable so who else plays OH besides Gehan, But I just think that Cal's setter has been hit over a lot, and poor passing combined with only two hitters leaves Higgins and Gehan in the lurch way too often. Hope Rostrattor is back and Kerr is as good as advertised. Then a big liability becomes a real strength. Coach Feller does whatever he needs to put a good team on the court. He played a 6-2 for a couple of years when he had Candace McNamee (who was quite a hitter) and Caity Noonan. Even after Noonan tore her ACL, he kept the 6-2 with Astrid Gonzalez. He's done all sorts of things, including playing Johnson on the right when she was recruited as a middle. He mixed around Murrey and Solomon at the right in 2008 after Beck was hurt. It remains to be seen what happens with Jensen. She might be listed as 5'10" or 5'11", but if she's got good hops then she might not be that much of a liability. In 2010 Cal's best blocker was actually Carli Lloyd, although she's crazy athletic. As for Neumayr, I think she's always been somewhat of a big girl although she moved pretty well in spring. I don't know how good she has to be as a hitter, although it would be nice to have her offense given there are few options. What Cal really needs is her passing. I heard she's the best passer on the team when healthy. I'm also not sure why Brown isn't more involved in the offense. A few years back she was taking a lot of swings and hitting near .400. |
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Post by baywatcher on Nov 20, 2012 13:09:42 GMT -5
Oh, for the future, I think Gombar could play all 6 rotations, although not sure about her passing. On offense I like her aggressiveness. it results in alot of errors, but that can be trained down. Really see her as a Fischer from Oregon type, classic OH2, that could fit into a 6-2 with Gehan, freeing Higgins to play on right with Vukasovic. But if Neumyer doesn't return, that leaves exactly 2 OPP, with backup setter as sub, 2 OH, with the twice knee injured Neumyer as sub, and 2 MB, one a RS sophomore who has played little, another an incoming frosh, and sub, or player, the non scholarship player from Mitty, who could actually be good just didn't get an opportunity. Cal could use some transfers to fill in.
I like the talent, I think Schoenweis will be a star and Vukasovic and Higgins would be money on the right with tentative blocking, and a slew of good DS/libero to back up, but so shallow, no depth.
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Post by BearClause on Nov 20, 2012 13:19:46 GMT -5
Oh, for the future, I think Gombar could play all 6 rotations, although not sure about her passing. On offense I like her aggressiveness. it results in alot of errors, but that can be trained down. Really see her as a Fischer from Oregon type, classic OH2, that could fit into a 6-2 with Gehan, freeing Higgins to play on right with Vukasovic. But if Neumyer doesn't return, that leaves exactly 2 OPP, with backup setter as sub, 2 OH, with the twice knee injured Neumyer as sub, and 2 MB, one a RS sophomore who has played little, another an incoming frosh, and sub, or player, the non scholarship player from Mitty, who could actually be good just didn't get an opportunity. Cal could use some transfers to fill in. I like the talent, I think Schoenweis will be a star and Vukasovic and Higgins would be money on the right with tentative blocking, and a slew of good DS/libero to back up, but so shallow, no depth. Schonewise can probably play now, but she's being kept out to maintain eligibility. |
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Post by gocalbears on Nov 20, 2012 16:38:40 GMT -5
Next year:
S: Joan/ Alyssa Jensen
M: Schonewise and Jordan
RS: Higgins
OH: Gehan/ Vukasovic
L: Kerr ( she is the real deal) and DS: Mary
I like Lara on the Outside, she just needs to learn to contact at a higher point. Higgins needs to learn to be consistent... other than that our offense next year won't be to shabby. Passing will be much improved too.
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Post by chisovnik on Nov 20, 2012 17:34:07 GMT -5
Cal's going to be really thin at middle next year. Hope those two stay healthy.
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Post by BearClause on Nov 20, 2012 19:44:35 GMT -5
Next year: S: Joan/ Alyssa Jensen M: Schonewise and Jordan RS: Higgins OH: Gehan/ Vukasovic L: Kerr ( she is the real deal) and DS: Mary I like Lara on the Outside, she just needs to learn to contact at a higher point. Higgins needs to learn to be consistent... other than that our offense next year won't be to shabby. Passing will be much improved too. If Neumayr is healthy, I think she's in at OH2 with Vukasovic as a super-sub who can fill in at all front-row positions and Gombar as a DS and/or changeup. I found out that Oni Lattin had transferred from SDSU to a JC in Houston. If she's on track to graduate, I wonder if she's interested in Cal again. She's now listed as a middle. I would note that Jenelle Jordan is from the same HS, not that I know if it would make a difference. www.sanjacsports.com/node/8059 |
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Post by oskibear on Nov 21, 2012 3:22:50 GMT -5
Cal's problem since Cutura left has been that they don't have 2 OHs on the court all the time. With Cutura, even though her passing/defense were problematic, her offense made up for it. Since her departure, it was Murrey and Gehan for almost 2 years, although most of the time Gehan was being subbed out for a DS. With Murrey gone, it's been Gehan and Higgins/DS, leaving very few options esp when the setter is in the front row. This year was made worse with all the injuries, such that not only were they lacking passing outside hitters, they also didn't have enough DSes at times and had people playing out of position.
Next year should be a bit better given that McKennon will have a year under her belt and Kerr's arrival and potentially Rostratter returning, but maybe only 1 or 2 will be on the court at once, esp if Cal goes with a 6-2.
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Post by oskibear on Dec 6, 2012 2:02:16 GMT -5
Christine Alftin from Vision has committed to Cal for 2014. Any thoughts on her? Guess it's up to her and Ashten Gooden to replace Gehan (and prob Loerch who transferred last year). Really hoping they can pass and play all the way around.
Cal seems to be tapping into the Vision pipeline, Neumayr in 2011, Alftin for 2014 (also Milosavljevic (walkon) in 2012 and Caloiaro (transfer), was there anyone else?
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