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Post by mikegarrison on May 16, 2014 7:03:39 GMT -5
Ky being able to play in 2013 was a key part of the UW making the Final Four.
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Post by sluggermatt15 on May 17, 2014 13:13:02 GMT -5
Ky being able to play in 2013 was a key part of the UW making the Final Four. Darn straight. Still thankful for the NCAA's decision to grant her an additional year of eligibility, whew! |
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Post by mikegarrison on May 17, 2014 18:17:47 GMT -5
Ky being able to play in 2013 was a key part of the UW making the Final Four. Darn straight. Still thankful for the NCAA's decision to grant her an additional year of eligibility, whew! That was BYU's decision, not the NCAA's. |
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Post by redbeard2008 on May 17, 2014 20:25:46 GMT -5
Ky being able to play in 2013 was a key part of the UW making the Final Four. In the USC match that put UW into the final four, the Trojans' OHs, Bricio and Shaw, hit .100 and .091, with 13 hitting errors. While UW's OPPs, Munoz and Nelson, only had three and one block, respectively, that doesn't mean that they weren't being effective at the net. On offense, Munoz had only 19 attacks, to 81 and 54 for Vansant and Nelson, but hit .260 with only one error. |
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Post by Longhorn20 on May 18, 2014 2:19:15 GMT -5
Ky being able to play in 2013 was a key part of the UW making the Final Four. In the USC match that put UW into the final four, the Trojans' OHs, Bricio and Shaw, hit .100 and .091, with 13 hitting errors. While UW's OPPs, Munoz and Nelson, only had three and one block, respectively, that doesn't mean that they weren't being effective at the net. On offense, Munoz had only 19 attacks, to 81 and 54 for Vansant and Nelson, but hit .260 with only one error. I think it was pretty obvious who the two best hitters in that game were. |
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Post by sluggermatt15 on May 18, 2014 8:03:55 GMT -5
Ky being able to play in 2013 was a key part of the UW making the Final Four. In the USC match that put UW into the final four, the Trojans' OHs, Bricio and Shaw, hit .100 and .091, with 13 hitting errors. While UW's OPPs, Munoz and Nelson, only had three and one block, respectively, that doesn't mean that they weren't being effective at the net. On offense, Munoz had only 19 attacks, to 81 and 54 for Vansant and Nelson, but hit .260 with only one error. Completely agree. Ky's presence provided a distinct advantage for UW. 2013 was not her best season statistically, but IMO her contributions to the team and to her teammates were invaluable. |
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Post by redbeard2008 on May 18, 2014 13:25:44 GMT -5
In the USC match that put UW into the final four, the Trojans' OHs, Bricio and Shaw, hit .100 and .091, with 13 hitting errors. While UW's OPPs, Munoz and Nelson, only had three and one block, respectively, that doesn't mean that they weren't being effective at the net. On offense, Munoz had only 19 attacks, to 81 and 54 for Vansant and Nelson, but hit .260 with only one error. I think it was pretty obvious who the two best hitters in that game were. Not my point. By "effective at the net" I meant defensively. The goal of correct blocking technique is not as much to get the block as it is to make a hitter make riskier attacks. The block, if it happens, is just frosting. You better believe that Bricio and Shaw were fully aware when Munoz was across the net from them. On offense, playing two rotations with Vansant in the front row, Munoz got many fewer, and often lower quality, sets. Her job offensively was to limit her errors more than get kills, which she did (.260 with only one error was exactly what her team needed). |
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Post by vbman100 on May 19, 2014 7:33:29 GMT -5
Ky being able to play in 2013 was a key part of the UW making the Final Four. Yes, Ky was key to playing at Key. |
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Post by vballfreak808 on May 30, 2014 16:24:39 GMT -5
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Post by tomclen on May 31, 2014 3:16:31 GMT -5
Wow. For the first time ever I'm nearly as excited for the pre-conference as I am for PAC-12 play. |
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Post by akbar on May 31, 2014 7:57:46 GMT -5
Washington should be as competitive as they were last year and certainly has as much depth as most PAC teams.
The question will continue to come into play is do they have the setter (s) to push through to the top?
Imo this team will certainly contend for a PAC title which might surprise anyone who have Stanford and USC as the clear front runners.
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Post by redbeard2008 on May 31, 2014 10:44:53 GMT -5
Will be interesting to see if the UW-Wiscy and USC-Wiscy matches will be on the Pac-12 Networks - they've carried some pre-conference matches in the past, but none of UW's. Without the Pac-12 Networks, I suspect it would still be "have team, will travel," since eastern teams weren't exactly falling all over themselves to come play on Pac-12 floors.
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Post by Mocha on May 31, 2014 18:04:30 GMT -5
UW is 0-11 all-time against BYU. Bailey Tanner grew up in Provo when Troy was an assistant at BYU. |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Jun 2, 2014 13:54:22 GMT -5
More open questions for UW than in a long time (Vansant at OH being the only real certainty):
1. Is Beals up to leading the team in a 5-1? Who'll be the second setter in a 6-2?
2. Will Tanner's foot be healed? Or will she be limited to only setting backrow (to minimize jumping)?
3. Who'll be the libero? Most think Strickland, but, under GM2, if she wins the OH2 spot in the cauldron, we could be looking at Condie or Meyer-Whalley at libero.
4. Who'll be the OPP(s)? If Tanner only plays as a backrow setter, then it'll probably be DeHoog and Nelson as the OPPs. If Tanner plays OPP/S, will DeHoog or Nelson be the other RS? If DeHoog, does Nelson move to OH2?
5. Will Scambray, Jones, or Schwan break into the starting lineup? Scambray will likely challenge at OH2. Can Jones compete for one of the MB spots? Will any of them redshirt?
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Post by volleyfuntimes on Jun 2, 2014 22:00:22 GMT -5
More open questions for UW than in a long time (Vansant at OH being the only real certainty): 1. Is Beals up to leading the team in a 5-1? Who'll be the second setter in a 6-2? 2. Will Tanner's foot be healed? Or will she be limited to only setting backrow (to minimize jumping)? 3. Who'll be the libero? Most think Strickland, but, under GM2, if she wins the OH2 spot in the cauldron, we could be looking at Condie or Meyer-Whalley at libero. 4. Who'll be the OPP(s)? If Tanner only plays as a backrow setter, then it'll probably be DeHoog and Nelson as the OPPs. If Tanner plays OPP/S, will DeHoog or Nelson be the other RS? If DeHoog, does Nelson move to OH2? 5. Will Scambray, Jones, or Schwan break into the starting lineup? Scambray will likely challenge at OH2. Can Jones compete for one of the MB spots? Will any of them redshirt? My "guess" is 6-2 with Tanner hitting in the front row. Would be surprised if JMac ran a 5-1 with Beals. It will be interesting to see what happens with the OH2 position. I love Cassie...but wouldn't mind some more height in that position, and what a great libero Cassie would be! |
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