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Post by raian13 on Apr 29, 2018 22:43:11 GMT -5
I can see this will be all west teams at the end.
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Post by badbunny on Apr 29, 2018 22:45:40 GMT -5
I disagree. It lines up where it is highly likely East vs West in the championship.
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Post by sonofdogman on Apr 29, 2018 22:47:16 GMT -5
I can see this will be all west teams at the end. Agree. But can anyone see it any other way? Barring constant wind and rain as a great equalizer? |
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Post by StuffU on Apr 29, 2018 22:55:16 GMT -5
I can see this will be all west teams at the end. Agree. But can anyone see it any other way? Barring constant wind and rain as a great equalizer? Last year was all about who could play in the rain and wind gusts .... There will be upsets. |
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Post by sandball on Apr 30, 2018 0:43:06 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 30, 2018 5:01:04 GMT -5
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Post by Fight On! on Apr 30, 2018 6:20:04 GMT -5
"USC played some of their higher ranked players at the five position with the idea that they can seal those wins," said UCLA head coach Stein Metzger. Hmmm. Poletto? A grad transfer with no beach experience? Or Hallgren, the freshman? |
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Post by GoUCLA on Apr 30, 2018 7:03:58 GMT -5
"USC played some of their higher ranked players at the five position with the idea that they can seal those wins," said UCLA head coach Stein Metzger. Hmmm. Poletto? A grad transfer with no beach experience? Or Hallgren, the freshman? I don't agree with his statement, but I understand his point. Hallgren has been 14-6 at the #3 position. It shouldn't be any news to Stein that they were at #5 because Hallgren/Polletto have played in that position at #5 since April 17. One could argue that they are better than Dennis/Dorn and Belton/Kaiser who both have also been playing at #3 and #4 respectively since April 17. Like I said in another post, Dennis/Dorn should not be playing at #3. |
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Post by GoUCLA on Apr 30, 2018 7:06:28 GMT -5
"USC played some of their higher ranked players at the five position with the idea that they can seal those wins," said UCLA head coach Stein Metzger. Hmmm. Poletto? A grad transfer with no beach experience? Or Hallgren, the freshman? Stein is also smart. Like I mentioned before, USC is good at 1 and 2 and if they get those two wins then they just need one more win from 3-5 to win a dual match. |
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Post by Fight On! on Apr 30, 2018 7:07:42 GMT -5
Hmmm. Poletto? A grad transfer with no beach experience? Or Hallgren, the freshman? I don't agree with his statement, but I understand his point. Hallgren has been 14-6 at the #3 position. It shouldn't be any news to Stein that they were at #5 because Hallgren/Polletto have played in that position at #5 since April 17. One could argue that they are better than Dennis/Dorn and Belton/Kaiser who both have also been playing at #3 and #4 respectively since April 17. Like I said in another post, Dennis/Dorn should not be playing at #3. I see his point but don’t think it was a very classy move. Every team can be criticized. Isn’t Sponcil the best player on his team? Of course no one expects to break up the twins, but ... |
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Post by GoUCLA on Apr 30, 2018 7:12:57 GMT -5
I don't agree with his statement, but I understand his point. Hallgren has been 14-6 at the #3 position. It shouldn't be any news to Stein that they were at #5 because Hallgren/Polletto have played in that position at #5 since April 17. One could argue that they are better than Dennis/Dorn and Belton/Kaiser who both have also been playing at #3 and #4 respectively since April 17. Like I said in another post, Dennis/Dorn should not be playing at #3. I see his point but don’t think it was a very classy move. Every team can be criticized. Isn’t Sponcil the best player on his team? Of course no one expects to break up the twins, but ... The twins are UCLA's best pair though. Sponcil may be the best player but who would she pair with to be better than the twins? |
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Post by Fight On! on Apr 30, 2018 9:40:50 GMT -5
I see his point but don’t think it was a very classy move. Every team can be criticized. Isn’t Sponcil the best player on his team? Of course no one expects to break up the twins, but ... The twins are UCLA's best pair though. Sponcil may be the best player but who would she pair with to be better than the twins? I understand. Just making a point about the vagueness of “in order of ability”. |
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Post by sandball on Apr 30, 2018 13:43:20 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on Apr 30, 2018 20:53:11 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on May 1, 2018 0:59:59 GMT -5
Hawaii learned their postseason fate by watching the NCAA Selection Show as a team from a laptop under the Big West Conference tent www.khon2.com/sports/local-sports/beach-bows-seeded-third-in-ncaa-national-championship-tournament/1150479526 Hawaii head coach Jeff Hall: "Super excited, you know we're in and that's all we wanted. We want an opportunity to win a championship (...). We're humble, but we're hungry. I think we're playing our best volleyball right now which is all you ever want as a coach. We're peaking at the right time (...), we're hoping that we continue our winning ways and, yes, we're confident, we feel good, but everybody there deserves this, so it's gonna be a battle." ----- LBSU left out of NCAA Tournament www.the562.org/2018/04/30/long-beach-state-beach-team-left-out-of-ncaa-tournament "No. 6 Long Beach State (...) did not lose to a single team outside of the top five in the nation yet were left out of the eight-team field." @562sports: "We are mad on the internet today about the Long Beach State beach volleyball team being snubbed for the NCAA Tournament. Three teams ranked lower than the 49ers got in." |
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