jl33t
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Post by jl33t on Jun 10, 2014 15:28:11 GMT -5
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Post by oskibear on Jul 27, 2014 3:14:11 GMT -5
Cal roster up www.calbears.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=30100&SPID=126524&SPSID=762720Lots of new faces. In the Pac12 predictions thread, someone mentioned lots of touches to replace, with the departures of both 6 rotation outside hitters and also their setter. Jensen should fill in nicely for Caloiaro, but bigger question mark will be if any of the OHs on the roster can also pass. Smith-Gooden highly ranked as #5 recruit, but I wondering if that's more based on her athletic potential and ability to terminate than her passing. I've always liked Gombar's dynamic play but her passing is also unproven. Have heard good thing of Alftin, so maybe she can step up. They've also got Dempi from Greece, and Shekelle (walk-on??). Can any of them pass? Would they consider puting Dempi the left at Opp and moving Higgins to OH? Or even move Vukasovic OH? So many question marks. My guess: S: Jensen Opp: Higgins, with Furlan as DS OH: Alftin and Gombar, with Smith-Gooden playing front row for one of them M: Vukasovic and Schonewise (faster slides to Schonewise) L: Kerr What would be fun to see: S: Jensen and Furlan Opp: Higgins and Dempi OH: Smith-Gooden and Vukasovic, Alftin and Gombar as DS hitting pipes M: Jordan and Schonewise L: Kerr
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Post by Sbilo on Aug 15, 2014 3:27:19 GMT -5
Do any Cal fans know Belen Castillo? She's a 2015 commit and she's a good one. Two very good MBs in Castillo and Rennie for 2015
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Post by oskibear on Mar 11, 2016 2:17:51 GMT -5
Cal loses MB Schonewise, MB/OPP Vukasovic, OH/DS Gombar, and DS McKennon but welcomes 6'4" OH Maddie Haynes from Rocklin, CA (PVB#83) and 6'1" MB Caihla Petiprin transfer from Cal Poly. Not sure what happened to assistant coach Bodipo-Memba, but Cal welcomes back Associate Head Coach McShane (from Air Force). Don’t know if any more recruits are expected to sign in the Spring, but didn’t see any other mention of Cal in the Senior Aces list, unless they plan on bringing in more international recruits with the departures of Vukasovic and Gombar.
So for 2016, we’ll have: OH: Alftin 6-1 JR, primary L2 in 2015 for passing/defense Smith-Gooden 6-2 R-SO, limited playtime in 2014, RS in 2015 Shekelle 6-1 JR, no playtime Rennie 6-2 R-FR, RS in 2015 Dempi 6-2 JR, limited playtime in 2014, 2015 Castillo 6-3 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Annevelink 6-2 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Haynes 6-4 FR
MB: Jordan 6-2 SR, starter in 2015 Leap 6-5 JR, no playtime Petiprin 6-1 JR, starter in 2014, limited playtime in 2015 at Cal Poly
S: Jensen 5-11 SR, starter in 2015 Albrecht 6-1 SO, limited action in 6-2 in 2015
L/DS: Kerr 5-7 SR, starter in 2015 Blackwell 5-7 SR, 1st DS in 2015 Aguirre 5-7 JR, limited playtime in 2015 deGuzman 5-5 JR, serving specialist in 2015 Kirtley 5-8 SO, limited playtime in 2015
Still no proven OHs who can pass and/or terminate. Hopefully someone steps up. Alftin was their primary passing OH last year, but had trouble putting the ball down. Hopefully Gooden-Smith lives up to her PVB ranking. Annevelink and Dempi have good arms, but struggled with passing, so maybe they play OPP, especially given that Dempi is a lefty. Castillo needs to fix her armswing. All seem a bit slow in getting to the ball. Let’s see what Haynes can do. Hopefully Rennie’s transplant is successful and she comes back with some fire!
Really thin at middle, but Jordan will continue to start. Leap probably in to help with blocking and Petiprin for offense. Too bad Shafiq never actually enrolled.
Jensen likely to set, but her size is definitely an issue blocking. Hopefully Albrecht improves enough to try the 6-2 again if not start outright.
Kerr and Blackwell were solid but the other DSes need to improve their passing.
In 2017, they bring in 6'3" MB Preslie Anderson and 6'4" MB Lauren Forte, both from Aspire VBC in Arizona as well as 5'10" OH Mima Mirkovic from TSteet VBC in SoCal. Will also need a setter with Jensen's departure.
Let’s hope for some pleasant surprises.
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Post by wishinwestcoastvb on Mar 11, 2016 9:13:22 GMT -5
Cal loses MB Schonewise, MB/OPP Vukasovic, OH/DS Gombar, and DS McKennon but welcomes 6'4" OH Maddie Haynes from Rocklin, CA (PVB#83) and 6'1" MB Caihla Petiprin transfer from Cal Poly. Not sure what happened to assistant coach Bodipo-Memba, but Cal welcomes back Associate Head Coach McShane (from Air Force). Don’t know if any more recruits are expected to sign in the Spring, but didn’t see any other mention of Cal in the Senior Aces list, unless they plan on bringing in more international recruits with the departures of Vukasovic and Gombar. So for 2016, we’ll have: OH: Alftin 6-1 JR, primary L2 in 2015 for passing/defense Smith-Gooden 6-2 R-SO, limited playtime in 2014, RS in 2015 Shekelle 6-1 JR, no playtime Rennie 6-2 R-FR, RS in 2015 Dempi 6-2 JR, limited playtime in 2014, 2015 Castillo 6-3 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Annevelink 6-2 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Haynes 6-4 FR MB: Jordan 6-2 SR, starter in 2015 Leap 6-5 JR, no playtime Petiprin 6-1 JR, starter in 2014, limited playtime in 2015 at Cal Poly S: Jensen 5-11 SR, starter in 2015 Albrecht 6-1 SO, limited action in 6-2 in 2015 L/DS: Kerr 5-7 SR, starter in 2015 Blackwell 5-7 SR, 1st DS in 2015 Aguirre 5-7 JR, limited playtime in 2015 deGuzman 5-5 JR, serving specialist in 2015 Kirtley 5-8 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Still no proven OHs who can pass and/or terminate. Hopefully someone steps up. Alftin was their primary passing OH last year, but had trouble putting the ball down. Hopefully Gooden-Smith lives up to her PVB ranking. Annevelink and Dempi have good arms, but struggled with passing, so maybe they play OPP, especially given that Dempi is a lefty. Castillo needs to fix her armswing. All seem a bit slow in getting to the ball. Let’s see what Haynes can do. Hopefully Rennie’s transplant is successful and she comes back with some fire! Really thin at middle, but Jordan will continue to start. Leap probably in to help with blocking and Petiprin for offense. Too bad Shafiq never actually enrolled. Jensen likely to set, but her size is definitely an issue blocking. Hopefully Albrecht improves enough to try the 6-2 again if not start outright. Kerr and Blackwell were solid but the other DSes need to improve their passing. In 2017, they bring in 6'3" MB Preslie Anderson and 6'4" MB Lauren Forte, both from Aspire VBC in Arizona as well as 5'10" OH Mima Mirkovic from TSteet VBC in SoCal. Will also need a setter with Jensen's departure. Let’s hope for some pleasant surprises. you all might have 2 setters for 2017. One girl from Wave and another whose name and club escapes me at the moment.
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Post by firedup on Mar 11, 2016 21:29:30 GMT -5
Cal loses MB Schonewise, MB/OPP Vukasovic, OH/DS Gombar, and DS McKennon but welcomes 6'4" OH Maddie Haynes from Rocklin, CA (PVB#83) and 6'1" MB Caihla Petiprin transfer from Cal Poly. Not sure what happened to assistant coach Bodipo-Memba, but Cal welcomes back Associate Head Coach McShane (from Air Force). Don’t know if any more recruits are expected to sign in the Spring, but didn’t see any other mention of Cal in the Senior Aces list, unless they plan on bringing in more international recruits with the departures of Vukasovic and Gombar. So for 2016, we’ll have: OH: Alftin 6-1 JR, primary L2 in 2015 for passing/defense Smith-Gooden 6-2 R-SO, limited playtime in 2014, RS in 2015 Shekelle 6-1 JR, no playtime Rennie 6-2 R-FR, RS in 2015 Dempi 6-2 JR, limited playtime in 2014, 2015 Castillo 6-3 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Annevelink 6-2 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Haynes 6-4 FR MB: Jordan 6-2 SR, starter in 2015 Leap 6-5 JR, no playtime Petiprin 6-1 JR, starter in 2014, limited playtime in 2015 at Cal Poly S: Jensen 5-11 SR, starter in 2015 Albrecht 6-1 SO, limited action in 6-2 in 2015 L/DS: Kerr 5-7 SR, starter in 2015 Blackwell 5-7 SR, 1st DS in 2015 Aguirre 5-7 JR, limited playtime in 2015 deGuzman 5-5 JR, serving specialist in 2015 Kirtley 5-8 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Still no proven OHs who can pass and/or terminate. Hopefully someone steps up. Alftin was their primary passing OH last year, but had trouble putting the ball down. Hopefully Gooden-Smith lives up to her PVB ranking. Annevelink and Dempi have good arms, but struggled with passing, so maybe they play OPP, especially given that Dempi is a lefty. Castillo needs to fix her armswing. All seem a bit slow in getting to the ball. Let’s see what Haynes can do. Hopefully Rennie’s transplant is successful and she comes back with some fire! Really thin at middle, but Jordan will continue to start. Leap probably in to help with blocking and Petiprin for offense. Too bad Shafiq never actually enrolled. Jensen likely to set, but her size is definitely an issue blocking. Hopefully Albrecht improves enough to try the 6-2 again if not start outright. Kerr and Blackwell were solid but the other DSes need to improve their passing. In 2017, they bring in 6'3" MB Preslie Anderson and 6'4" MB Lauren Forte, both from Aspire VBC in Arizona as well as 5'10" OH Mima Mirkovic from TSteet VBC in SoCal. Will also need a setter with Jensen's departure. Let’s hope for some pleasant surprises. You are missing incoming DS/L Katherine Knop from SG Elite (Pasadena, CA) and La Salle High.
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Post by wishinwestcoastvb on Mar 12, 2016 16:16:08 GMT -5
One of the setters is Isabel Potter from Adreneline VB. She used to play for SPRI, but I guess she relocated.
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Post by oskibear on Mar 13, 2016 3:37:46 GMT -5
Thanks. So Katherine Knop 5-10 DS for 2016 and Brynn Chandler 5-10 S and Isabel Potter 5-9 S for 2017.
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Post by silverbullet on Mar 16, 2016 11:55:29 GMT -5
Knop from U Michigan, as in a transfer?
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Mar 16, 2016 12:04:33 GMT -5
Knop from U Michigan, as in a transfer? Caroline Knop's little sister.
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vballfreak808
Hawaiian Ohana
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Post by vballfreak808 on Mar 16, 2016 12:04:59 GMT -5
Knop from U Michigan, as in a transfer? That's Caroline's younger sister so no not a transfer
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Post by vollypopaz on Apr 16, 2016 22:41:08 GMT -5
So for 2016, we’ll have: OH: Alftin 6-1 JR, primary L2 in 2015 for passing/defense Smith-Gooden 6-2 R-SO, limited playtime in 2014, RS in 2015 Shekelle 6-1 JR, no playtime Rennie 6-2 R-FR, RS in 2015 Dempi 6-2 JR, limited playtime in 2014, 2015 Castillo 6-3 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Annevelink 6-2 SO, limited playtime in 2015 Haynes 6-4 FR MB: Jordan 6-2 SR, starter in 2015 Leap 6-5 JR, no playtime Petiprin 6-1 JR, starter in 2014, limited playtime in 2015 at Cal Poly S: Jensen 5-11 SR, starter in 2015 Albrecht 6-1 SO, limited action in 6-2 in 2015 L/DS: Kerr 5-7 SR, starter in 2015 Blackwell 5-7 SR, 1st DS in 2015 Aguirre 5-7 JR, limited playtime in 2015 deGuzman 5-5 JR, serving specialist in 2015 Kirtley 5-8 SO, limited playtime in 2015 What do you all think about the practice of keeping such a massive roster? Does it dilute individual player development or provide more options?
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Post by canuckdad on Apr 17, 2016 19:12:33 GMT -5
How does Cal look for 2018? Esp for OH/OPP?
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Post by vollypopaz on Apr 17, 2016 19:58:37 GMT -5
How does Cal look for 2018? Esp for OH/OPP? I show Rennie, Castillo, Annevelink, Mirkovic, and Haynes. When you look at the 3 years prior to that they will carry 8 or 9 at OH/Opp. Not sure if they will continue to carry that many going forward with McShane back on board. Most programs seem to carry between 4 and 6.
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Post by canuckdad on Apr 17, 2016 20:59:09 GMT -5
Thanks... Got a 15y old 6'3" lefty opp for a daughter who'd love to go to Berkeley... Looks like they may be all set though...
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