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Post by secsportsfan on Mar 22, 2017 21:51:25 GMT -5
Anyone see anything interesting? The stream wasn't working for me every time I tried. They did a lotttt of experimenting. UF won at least the first 3 sets. First set, UF ran a 6-2. Shainah and Darrielle/Kellum split RS duties but darrielle and kellum only ran slides. Second set was a 5-1 with huskey setting. Then I believe in the third set they had both huskey and Monserez setting but both set in the front row, if that makes sense? And fourth set I believe they did a 6-2 again and Kramer played RS with shainah. I'm pretty sure that's how I saw it. But I had to flip back and forth so I may have my info not entirely accurate. Anywho, to me, darrielle is a much better middle than Kramer. It should be her and rhamat as the middles next season. Kellum did pretty well running the slide plays from the RS position. Reminds me of that girl from Texas in 2012 (McNeal maybe?). Huskey did okay setting the pins but struggled with the middles. She plays good defense and blocks well and has a good serve. Carli's jump serves were lethal. She was ripping them. Had several aces. Knop made some amazing digs. She's a stud. In my opinion, Mia is a muchhhh better OH2 than morgyn right now. OH2 position will be between Mia and Hammons. |
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Post by vballfreak808 on Mar 22, 2017 22:09:25 GMT -5
I agree a lot with what secsportsfan had to say about that match. People mentioned earlier after that live practice that Huskey won't beat out Monsarez and I agree. She has a tough time with her location a lot. The speed of her sets are good but as a setter it shouldn't take three sets to get it right which is what happened a lot today. Snyder is a stud as always. I was surprised to see that Florida went to two passers a few times in serve receive and that they have the opposite run across the court when they are left front of serve receive. I've seen it before and it hasn't always been beneficial but we'll see if they continue to do that during season. Blocking is the biggest strength for this Florida team as of course they return their three middles and high flying athletes in Joseph and Kellum. However, I thought Florida's back row defense wasn't that good. Knop had some good digs but there were a lot that she missed coming her way. Agree with Sokolowski being better with Greer at this point. Greer seemed very tentative when she was hitting.
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Post by lo4um on Mar 22, 2017 22:14:53 GMT -5
However, I thought Florida's back row defense wasn't that good. Knop had some good digs but there were a lot that she missed coming her way. .[/quote]
I agree with this, I was not very impressed with their back court defense.
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Post by eastcoastopp on Mar 23, 2017 4:14:34 GMT -5
Anyone see anything interesting? The stream wasn't working for me every time I tried. They did a lotttt of experimenting. UF won at least the first 3 sets. First set, UF ran a 6-2. Shainah and Darrielle/Kellum split RS duties but darrielle and kellum only ran slides. Second set was a 5-1 with huskey setting. Then I believe in the third set they had both huskey and Monserez setting but both set in the front row, if that makes sense? And fourth set I believe they did a 6-2 again and Kramer played RS with shainah. I'm pretty sure that's how I saw it. But I had to flip back and forth so I may have my info not entirely accurate. Anywho, to me, darrielle is a much better middle than Kramer. It should be her and rhamat as the middles next season. Kellum did pretty well running the slide plays from the RS position. Reminds me of that girl from Texas in 2012 (McNeal maybe?). Huskey did okay setting the pins but struggled with the middles. She plays good defense and blocks well and has a good serve. Carli's jump serves were lethal. She was ripping them. Had several aces. Knop made some amazing digs. She's a stud. In my opinion, Mia is a muchhhh better OH2 than morgyn right now. OH2 position will be between Mia and Hammons. Glad this 6-2 thing was only an experiment. After what you've said my mind pretty much hasn't changed. Huskey won't play unless Allie gets hurt. Kellum won't probably won't play until 2018 (if that). Mia is overdue for a starting spot. I'm starting to think Mary knew this and redshirted her as insurance for the next four years. Then again she probably thought Joseph would pan out on the left side too though. King should be MB1 and Alhassan, MB2 (because you need a reliable slide with only two hitters in the front row). Snyder was doing a topspin serve her freshman year (the few times she did serve) and then stopped but I'm glad it's back. I still don't know why Florida has struggled with consistent passing since the seniors left in 2014. I feel like CK has great range but I also feel like she gives up on some balls that she could get. I like Gregory's passing location but her range could be a lot better. My honest opinion is that Carli is the best passer on the team and I think it'll show this year. She won't be honorable mention again. Thoughts on who is going to redshirt? I'm thinking Greer, maybe Kramer, hopefully not King. With King, Greer, Kramer, Huskey, Gregory and Hargreaves all in the same class, I don't think Florida can afford for all of them to leave at the same time. And if we're talking about rightside slides, don't forget about Joseph's hammer against Illinois in the 5th set in 2014. |
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Post by agean09 on Mar 23, 2017 7:32:13 GMT -5
And if we're talking about rightside slides, don't forget about Joseph's hammer against Illinois in the 5th set in 2014. One of my favorite Florida volleyball memories ever. |
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Post by secsportsfan on Mar 23, 2017 8:16:21 GMT -5
FSU really targeted Carli with their serving. She did okay, not the greatest. She probably just tired out after awhile, seeing as how 90% of the serves went to her.
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Post by GatorVball on Mar 23, 2017 21:37:35 GMT -5
Spring is the time to experiment. I caught brief glimpses on Facebook. Plenty to like and plenty to hope we never see again. I think Florida has multiple options at all spots, which is a blessing and a curse, dependent on practice time and confidence. I do really like Joseph to play right side. She seems far more comfortable there. I can see Kramer there too, in certain situations, like a defensive switch in basketball.
Seems like the middles have all been working on the slide. Even if it isn't a huge part of the offense, at least the defense sees it in practice. To me, Florida has been abysmal at defending the slide against anyone they face for the better part of a decade. Not just the elite teams, but any team they face. Abysmal. They act like they've never seen it.
The known commodities did their thing, and def think Mia will see a lot of court time. Shall see what Hammons brings come the fall. I think the middle is stacked and they may have the ability to play some situational things where that is concerned. Setting seems to be a one horse show, not sure cheyenne ever sees meaningful court time if she stays. Not sure where Greer fits into the future, either. Every swing of hers seems tentative
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Post by eastcoastopp on Mar 24, 2017 14:38:56 GMT -5
Spring is the time to experiment. I caught brief glimpses on Facebook. Plenty to like and plenty to hope we never see again. I think Florida has multiple options at all spots, which is a blessing and a curse, dependent on practice time and confidence. I do really like Joseph to play right side. She seems far more comfortable there. I can see Kramer there too, in certain situations, like a defensive switch in basketball. Seems like the middles have all been working on the slide. Even if it isn't a huge part of the offense, at least the defense sees it in practice. To me, Florida has been abysmal at defending the slide against anyone they face for the better part of a decade. Not just the elite teams, but any team they face. Abysmal. They act like they've never seen it. The known commodities did their thing, and def think Mia will see a lot of court time. Shall see what Hammons brings come the fall. I think the middle is stacked and they may have the ability to play some situational things where that is concerned. Setting seems to be a one horse show, not sure cheyenne ever sees meaningful court time if she stays. Not sure where Greer fits into the future, either. Every swing of hers seems tentative Huskey could be another Detering situation. I don't think Abby would have started over Allie if she would have stayed which leads to me wonder what setter development is going on down there (seeing as she's starting at Penn State now and setting a lot better). Im hoping for more assertiveness out of one of the seniors this year. I feel like the best teams have someone that they feed off of emotionally. It seems like when they get down they kind of just flatline. I'd like to see fire and intensity instead of a smile after getting a kill. |
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Post by secgator4 on Apr 2, 2017 20:51:00 GMT -5
Any idea how the GT game went this weekend?
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Post by secsportsfan on Apr 26, 2017 7:36:58 GMT -5
Update on Florida's spring matches... floridagators.com/news/2017/4/24/volleyball-senior-laden-gators-make-strides-in-spring-matches.aspxWhat stands out to me is Darrielle King's progression. I know it's just spring matches, but this is a pretty darn good stat line... "Rising sophomore Darrielle King's team-high .555 hitting percentage with 28 kills, the second-most by a Gator this spring, and just three errors on 45 total attacks. King also made an impact defensively with 14 total blocks, including six against Florida State." Also glad to see Carli and Rhamat picking up right where they left off. It seems Shainah did fairly well on the RS too. (UF played FSU, Georgia Tech and UCF btw) |
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Post by ProfessorPlum on Apr 26, 2017 8:26:22 GMT -5
Love my Gators but that is not very good spring competition. Fsu will heavily rely on incoming freshman, needs a setter transfer bad and are overall down quite a bit. GT is worse. I don't know much about UCF. Great numbers and a good sign but I would put more value in those numbers if they were scrimmaging Top Select!
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Post by curiousvolleyballdad on Apr 26, 2017 11:50:12 GMT -5
Love my Gators but that is not very good spring competition. Fsu will heavily rely on incoming freshman, needs a setter transfer bad and are overall down quite a bit. GT is worse. I don't know much about UCF. Great numbers and a good sign but I would put more value in those numbers if they were scrimmaging Top Select! All of the schools are going through some changes in one way or the other. This was a good litmus test and good opportunity to try some people at different positions and give those who did not play much an opportunity to show what they got. |
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Post by ProfessorPlum on Apr 26, 2017 12:07:45 GMT -5
Love my Gators but that is not very good spring competition. Fsu will heavily rely on incoming freshman, needs a setter transfer bad and are overall down quite a bit. GT is worse. I don't know much about UCF. Great numbers and a good sign but I would put more value in those numbers if they were scrimmaging Top Select! All of the schools are going through some changes in one way or the other. This was a good litmus test and good opportunity to try some people at different positions and give those who did not play much an opportunity to show what they got. I don't disagree on that part. Just pointing out that I would put zero stock in any hitting numbers against that competition and trying to correlate it to the upcoming season. Glad they got to work in some people that don't normally play but... Fsu has 7 players, GT has 8 and UCF has 10. Fsu and GT don't even have complete position numbers to field a correct line up and I don't think FSU had a heathly setter. By comparison UF had 17 players on their Spring roster! See where I'm coming from now? |
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Post by curiousvolleyballdad on Apr 26, 2017 12:28:04 GMT -5
All of the schools are going through some changes in one way or the other. This was a good litmus test and good opportunity to try some people at different positions and give those who did not play much an opportunity to show what they got. I don't disagree on that part. Just pointing out that I would put zero stock in any hitting numbers against that competition and trying to correlate it to the upcoming season. Glad they got to work in some people that don't normally play but... Fsu has 7 players, GT has 8 and UCF has 10. Fsu and GT don't even have complete position numbers to field a correct line up and I don't think FSU had a heathly setter. By comparison UF had 17 players on their Spring roster! See where I'm coming from now? I do understand but that's why they have spring ball? All of those teams will look completely different come next year. |
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Post by hammer on Apr 26, 2017 12:37:37 GMT -5
All of the schools are going through some changes in one way or the other. This was a good litmus test and good opportunity to try some people at different positions and give those who did not play much an opportunity to show what they got. I don't disagree on that part. Just pointing out that I would put zero stock in any hitting numbers against that competition and trying to correlate it to the upcoming season. Glad they got to work in some people that don't normally play but... Fsu has 7 players, GT has 8 and UCF has 10. Fsu and GT don't even have complete position numbers to field a correct line up and I don't think FSU had a heathly setter. By comparison UF had 17 players on their Spring roster! See where I'm coming from now? Yes, those numbers have little statistical significance. |
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