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Post by brunie on Jan 7, 2015 15:21:53 GMT -5
Also Kerra Schroeder at VCMB Marcq en Baroeul France and Alyssa Valentine at Geneva
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Post by MsRSV on Jan 7, 2015 15:49:41 GMT -5
Soraya Santos (CSU) - Spain, CV JAV OLIMPICO LAS PALMAS, or something like that (her 13th season as a pro, I think)
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Post by leftypower on Jan 7, 2015 23:09:40 GMT -5
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Post by coloradokidd on Jan 8, 2015 8:20:01 GMT -5
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Post by Wiswell on Jan 8, 2015 8:45:51 GMT -5
I don't know if it counts if an NCAA player FROM overseas is playing overseas, but
Julie Mikaelsen (who is from Norway), played for WI, now playing for Brøndby Volleyballklub in Denmark.
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Post by #skoskers on Jan 8, 2015 9:04:11 GMT -5
I don't know if it counts if an NCAA player FROM overseas is playing overseas, but Julie Mikaelsen (who is from Norway), played for WI, now playing for Brøndby Volleyballklub in Denmark. Absolutely! Past lists have been exclusive to only American-born players, even though people wanted to know where people like Sarah Pavan, Alex Jupiter, Tabi Love and other foreigners landed. As long as they played for a D1 NCAA school, I'll gladly put them on the list!
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Post by #skoskers on Jan 8, 2015 9:23:53 GMT -5
Thank you, everyone, for the updates!
Does anyone know if Lauren Wicinksi is still playing in Puerto Rico? If so, which club? Is the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation's website up to date?
Also, can anyone independently confirm if Morgan Broekhuis is really playing for a powerhouse club like Dinamo Kazan? I read that in the Journal Star in November, but I can't find anything that looks remotely like "Morgan Broekhuis" in stylized Russian on their KOMAHдA (roster) page. Either the website isn't up to date, or the Journal Star is once again printing false information.
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Post by elevationvb on Jan 8, 2015 12:05:18 GMT -5
Go Haley!
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Post by #skoskers on Jan 8, 2015 12:08:19 GMT -5
Regarding Destinee's destiny...
First, I want to point out that I don’t have a vested personal (familial) interest in Destinee starting, other than the comfort I’d feel knowing we had a player like her on the team. However, I’m not related to her, nor have I ever talked to the lady outside of an autograph. As a Nebraska fan, I didn’t like the way she comported herself at Texas, and the losses we had against the Longhorns during her tenure didn’t help much either. However, I put aside my personal feelings toward her, because I recognized she is an athlete in her own league. It was gratifying to see national and professional teams being unable to stop her when my Huskers couldn’t. With this said and regardless of Team USA’s wins or losses with or without Hooker, no one can deny that she dethroned Sheila as the top OPP in the world in the last quadrennial and that her replacement of Nnamani turned Team USA around. The USA was a unanimous favorite to win the gold in London, and I’m sure all of you who followed the team leading up to the London games expected us to win it all, especially with how we were the only undefeated team going into the championship match against Brazil. The luxury of being the unshaken #1 in the world rested a lot on the laurels of Hooker’s performance, who is without a doubt the type of player one needs as a “go-to” in crunch situations.
In this quadrennial, there have been doubts, and the favoritism to win in Rio is all but nonexistent. As many of you pointed out, we got by a young Chinese team in the World Championship and got lucky against the Brazilians who swept us earlier in the tournament. The manner in which the Italians swept us in the third round, which required the Russians to lose in order for us to even advance to the semifinals, made some of us, who have been following USA volleyball for the past decade, examine our roster and wish for better things.
I really like Kelly Murphy, because she plays with a lot of passion and love, but she doesn’t have the vertical jump or shot selections that Hooker brought to the game. Also, Hooker got kill after kill from out-of-system sets, whether they were from Tom, Larson or Akinradewo. Murphy and Fawcett, on the other hand, typically don’t drive to the ball in similar plays and instead elect to roll shot or tip the ball, which is frustrating. I’d still love to see Murphy be a backup to Hooker, but I feel we should use at least a couple of the two upcoming Montreux and Grand Prix tournaments to give Hooker an opportunity to wear red, white, and blue again.
Regarding the unfair claims of Hooker’s cockiness, I just couldn’t see it after she graduated from Texas. Seriously, most of the big matches from past tournaments are posted on Youtube, so someone find me an after-point celebration where Hooker’s behavior was representative of this supposed cockiness. After watching her play at Texas for four years, I was STUNNED at how much she tamed her celebrations once she went professional; it was as if she was a totally different person! Yet her critics continue to say she displays this diva-like behavior. Additionally, a lot of people change after having a baby, so even if Hooker was somehow this diva prior to the birth of her baby, she should be given a second chance in Karch’s system. I just think it’s unfair to keep a person of Destinee’s caliber out of the gym, when most of the other teams and fans in the world would love to nationalize her and get her to wear their jerseys.
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Post by bigfan on Jan 8, 2015 12:24:22 GMT -5
Wonderful news..................I hope Canada qualifies for 2016 RIO!
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Post by jcvball22 on Jan 8, 2015 12:31:37 GMT -5
Heather Meyer (Oregon) is also in Germany with Allianz Stuttgart
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Post by #skoskers on Jan 8, 2015 13:31:19 GMT -5
Heather Meyer (Oregon) is also in Germany with Allianz Stuttgart That Stuttgart team is packed with Americans!
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Post by VolleyTX on Jan 8, 2015 13:47:11 GMT -5
Thanks for the video link. Hooker is a scoring machine. BTW.... how many times is Haley hitting the pipe attack directly down the middle of the court (and into the opposing block!).
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Post by recleague on Jan 8, 2015 14:12:20 GMT -5
Thank you, everyone, for the updates! Does anyone know if Lauren Wicinksi is still playing in Puerto Rico? If so, which club? Is the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation's website up to date? Also, can anyone independently confirm if Morgan Broekhuis is really playing for a powerhouse club like Dinamo Kazan? I read that in the Journal Star in November, but I can't find anything that looks remotely like "Morgan Broekhuis" in stylized Russian on their KOMAHдA (roster) page. Either the website isn't up to date, or the Journal Star is once again printing false information. Broekhuis had been signed with Rabita Baku in Azerbaijan but the plan was that she would be loaned to Telecom Baku. That didn't seem to pan out and I haven't seen her name listed anywhere that she is currently playing.
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Post by Longhorn20 on Jan 8, 2015 14:18:15 GMT -5
Thanks for this! I was looking for it! Do you know if there's a way to watch the Korea matches live?
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