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Post by quickattack on Feb 28, 2014 11:22:18 GMT -5
2014 Preseason Poll: February 28, 2014
1. Pepperdine
2. USC
3. Long Beach State
4. Florida State
5. Hawaii
6. UCLA
7. Nebraska
8. St. Marys
9. Florida International
10. Stanford
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Post by volleyvolleyfan on Feb 28, 2014 13:29:15 GMT -5
Not surprising to see West Coast Teams at Top 3 spots pre-season.
Florida State returns three All Americans for this season:
Jace Pardon
Aurora Newgard
Sarah Wickstrom
Looks like 2 players from indoor team to be on starting teams:
Libero,Katie Mosher
Setter,Sarah Wickstrom
All other players are Sand Only players.Deep across all teams. Pardon, Newgard, Pelliteri sisters(Nina and Stephanie,Pavels and Julie Brown, Joyce and Yildirin
How the coach will pair them up -not sure yet at this point.
First Tourney: March 7-9th in St. Augustine,Fla. Will be important event as it will prepare them for travel to California the next week when they face: Long Beach State,UCLA, USC
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Post by HawaiiVB on Mar 1, 2014 19:02:48 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised at the number five position. UH has crazy potential.
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Post by sandfan on Mar 1, 2014 22:49:02 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised at the number five position. UH has crazy potential. UH pairs this season seem pretty strong 1-5. Should be a great season for the Ohana of Sand Bows!! |
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Post by unrated on Mar 3, 2014 16:26:56 GMT -5
Nebraska at 7 seems a bit high to me, but I suppose this whole chart is pretty voodoo, given the minimal history to work from.
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Post by vbvalley on Mar 7, 2014 21:07:39 GMT -5
Hawaii takes LBS 3-2. Only other upset was LMU over Stanford 4-1.
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Post by GoUCLA on Mar 8, 2014 7:57:37 GMT -5
Where is that Stanford fan that said Stanford was going to be a top team? Ha.
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Post by GoUCLA on Mar 8, 2014 7:59:20 GMT -5
Did Bo get better or did Long Beach just lose a lot of their top players? Bo didn't even play in the top 2 pairs for UCLA last season.
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Post by paloalto on Mar 8, 2014 10:06:59 GMT -5
Where is that Stanford fan that said Stanford was going to be a top team? Ha. Actually it wasn't a Stanford fan who said that. I believe he was a Hawaii fan. After the first two days Stanford could start out at 0-5 or 0-6 depending on how many matches they play today. Its good Stanford doesn't have any more matches for two weeks. They need time to practice. |
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Post by crawdaddy on Mar 8, 2014 11:23:54 GMT -5
So clear that the gap between the teams relying exclusively (or primarily on their indoor roster and those with a good stable of sand-only players is huge. Doesn't matter how good an all-around indoor player you are (e.g., Jordan Burgess), you're going to get schooled by players who logged the sand time.
Agree with an earlier post, that schools like Stanford don't field NCAA teams without trying to compete at the highest level. Which means recruiting sand players.
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Post by crawdaddy on Mar 8, 2014 11:29:15 GMT -5
Not surprising to see West Coast Teams at Top 3 spots pre-season. Florida State returns three All Americans for this season: Jace Pardon Aurora Newgard Sarah Wickstrom Looks like 2 players from indoor team to be on starting teams: Libero,Katie Mosher Setter,Sarah Wickstrom All other players are Sand Only players.Deep across all teams. Pardon, Newgard, Pelliteri sisters(Nina and Stephanie,Pavels and Julie Brown, Joyce and Yildirin How the coach will pair them up -not sure yet at this point. First Tourney: March 7-9th in St. Augustine,Fla. Will be important event as it will prepare them for travel to California the next week when they face: Long Beach State,UCLA, USC Florida State is going to be very good. I predict they and 'SC will be the two top teams at the end of the season. |
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Post by GoUCLA on Mar 8, 2014 15:44:19 GMT -5
Not surprising to see West Coast Teams at Top 3 spots pre-season. Florida State returns three All Americans for this season: Jace Pardon Aurora Newgard Sarah Wickstrom Looks like 2 players from indoor team to be on starting teams: Libero,Katie Mosher Setter,Sarah Wickstrom All other players are Sand Only players.Deep across all teams. Pardon, Newgard, Pelliteri sisters(Nina and Stephanie,Pavels and Julie Brown, Joyce and Yildirin How the coach will pair them up -not sure yet at this point. First Tourney: March 7-9th in St. Augustine,Fla. Will be important event as it will prepare them for travel to California the next week when they face: Long Beach State,UCLA, USC Florida State is going to be very good. I predict they and 'SC will be the two top teams at the end of the season. Not if Pepperdine has something to say about it. |
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Post by GoUCLA on Mar 8, 2014 15:59:54 GMT -5
Pepperdine sweeeeeeeps USC
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Mar 8, 2014 16:01:25 GMT -5
Did Bo get better or did Long Beach just lose a lot of their top players? Bo didn't even play in the top 2 pairs for UCLA last season. LBSU lost half their team to graduation, including the 2nd best pair in the country. I don't know if losing their coach right before the first match (he took an assistant job at Oregon) is helping much either. I think LBSU will struggle this year - relative to the success they had in 2012 and 2013, that is. |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Mar 8, 2014 16:02:53 GMT -5
Pepperdine sweeeeeeeps USC They did? Wow. So much for my prediction on another thread about Burnham/Hughes. |
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