DeepDisher
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Post by DeepDisher on Feb 1, 2019 12:55:32 GMT -5
Here's the slate for tonight: Cal Lu - CarthageMarantha Baptist - Concordia (Wis.) Penn St. Behrend - Elms Neumann - Kean (?) Stevens - Kean (?)Fontbonne - Marian Elms - Medaille St. John FIsher - Medaille Trine - Misericordia Elizabethtown - Misericordia Elizabethtown - Mt. Union Sage - Mt. Union Juniata - Nazareth Thiel - Nazareth NYU - VassarElmira - Penn St.-Behrend Trine - Randolph - Macon Sage - Randolph-Macon Nichols - Regis Stevenson - Southern Virginia Marymount - SpringfieldPratt Institute - St. Elizabeth SUNY Poly - St. John Fisher Hiram - Wells Johnson St. - York Predictions for bolded matches. I love all of them, but don't care to dive into research for all of the teams. CLU 3 Carthage 2 (The Kingsmen avoid frostbite and pull out a close one in Kenosha) Stevens 3 Kean 0 (If this happens) Juniata 3 Nazareth 0 (The Eagles are soaring under the radar for many - be careful) NYU 3 Vassar 1 (NYU needs this one, and Vassar has lost a lot since 2018. Really wouldn't be shocked if the score flips the other way) Southern Virginia 3 Stevenson 2 (SVU has a GEM of an OH in Nahuel Recabarren - he steals the show as Landon comes up Short). Springfield 3 Marymount 0 (Was so tempted to claim a Marymount win here, but then I woke up. SC rolls) Carthage 3 CLU 2 Should be the best game to watch tonight and will be a nail-biter. Stevens 3 Kean 1 Steven's plays like Steven's but I wouldn't be surprised if Kean steals a set or even two if they play well but if they get down mentally then it won't go well. Juniata 3 Nazareth 1 Juniata is very underlooked. Peterson and Fick will carry them through this win. NYU 3 Vassar 1 Vassar isn't the same team without Lee or Knigge. Still a good team but if NYU plays how they should they win this matchup which they really need. Stevenson 3 Southern Virginia 2 I give the edge to Stevenson yes Recabarren is a PHENOMENAL outside but he lacks good defense and I think stevenson defense will give them the edge. Will be a fun coaching matchup with Berzins and Peterson. Springfield 3 Marymount 0 No explanation needed here.
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Post by TheReignman on Feb 1, 2019 17:32:15 GMT -5
Just threw on live stream between my matches here at the Cougar Kickoff Classic. Kean up 1-0 and looking sharp early in second set
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Post by TheReignman on Feb 1, 2019 17:50:46 GMT -5
1. Springfield- Until someone in D3 beats them 2. Stevens- More impressive resume at this point, but not the biggest dog in the yard 3. Carthage- excited to see them take on Cal Lu 4. New Paltz- Idle week; Idle ranking 5. Stevenson- battle tested with win over NCC looking better than ever 6. North Central- although they lost to Stevens; have tested themeselves more than Dominican to this point 7. Dominican- need to see them against top level competition 8. Endicott- Big jump, but I was impressed with their on court product against unfavorable results 9. Kean- rough weekend- need to capitalize on their tougher scheduling from last year 10. Cal Lutheran- loss to UCSC is big blow; but overall have better resume to this point 11. Southern Virginia- ho hum week- product of those around them moving more 12. Benedictine- *See southern virgina* 13. MSOE- Want to see results against D3 opponents 14. Lancaster Bible- result over Arcadia was good- esp. with others producing in lieu of Miller 15. UCSC- win over Cal Lu puts them back on the block Others receiving consideration: Vassar, Arcadia, Elms, SJC I believe you are one of the poll voters now, because these are absolutely horse s'h'i't. As someone who has always looked at strength of schedule and analyzation of performance, these rankings are as upsetting as the smile in your photo. You place a team, that just got stabbed and spit on in 3 by NCC, in the top 10. Not just that, but you then decide to place an unproven SVU team at 11 above not just Benedictine (Defeat Quincy in 4) but MSOE who took UCSC to 5 and prevailed. That being mentioned, having Cal Lutheran at 10 after giving an embarrassing performance in the 5th set against UCSB. You mention they have a solid resume......a 4 setter against NCC? Considerable. What is outside of that...……...a sweep of Marian...……..Illinois Tech...………..Arcadia? ? Continue proving that the AVCA continues to sham on actual talented teams. Stevenson can be considered the 4th seed, just the way they can take a beating in early sets, and come back as nothing happened. Where as New Paltz loses to a subpar NAIA team. I will give you credit with the Endicott ranking. Having them so high purely based off "court presence" Their "presence" was not enough for 2/3 ranked matchups. Let alone Kean being highly ranked for no legitimate reason (not surprised now after reading this 'hot take'). See you next week ))) Kean now up 2-0. Looks like keeping them in the Top 10 might have been an OK decision
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DeepDisher
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Post by DeepDisher on Feb 1, 2019 17:52:14 GMT -5
I believe you are one of the poll voters now, because these are absolutely horse s'h'i't. As someone who has always looked at strength of schedule and analyzation of performance, these rankings are as upsetting as the smile in your photo. You place a team, that just got stabbed and spit on in 3 by NCC, in the top 10. Not just that, but you then decide to place an unproven SVU team at 11 above not just Benedictine (Defeat Quincy in 4) but MSOE who took UCSC to 5 and prevailed. That being mentioned, having Cal Lutheran at 10 after giving an embarrassing performance in the 5th set against UCSB. You mention they have a solid resume......a 4 setter against NCC? Considerable. What is outside of that...……...a sweep of Marian...……..Illinois Tech...………..Arcadia? ? Continue proving that the AVCA continues to sham on actual talented teams. Stevenson can be considered the 4th seed, just the way they can take a beating in early sets, and come back as nothing happened. Where as New Paltz loses to a subpar NAIA team. I will give you credit with the Endicott ranking. Having them so high purely based off "court presence" Their "presence" was not enough for 2/3 ranked matchups. Let alone Kean being highly ranked for no legitimate reason (not surprised now after reading this 'hot take'). See you next week ))) Kean now up 2-0. Looks like keeping them in the Top 10 might have been an OK decision Amazing decision
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DeepDisher
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Post by DeepDisher on Feb 1, 2019 18:25:22 GMT -5
Kean beats Stevens 3-0. Big statement by Kean
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Post by nevolleyballer on Feb 1, 2019 18:27:55 GMT -5
Stevens middles looked out-classed against Keans, 1 ball and aggressive serving sealed the deal for Kean today
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Post by proudd3mommy on Feb 1, 2019 18:34:13 GMT -5
Marymount loses 23-25 to Springfield - LBC spanked Marymount - LBC > Springfield and should move up to #1 in the next rankings
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Post by northern14 on Feb 1, 2019 19:57:45 GMT -5
Marymount loses 23-25 to Springfield - LBC spanked Marymount - LBC > Springfield and should move up to #1 in the next rankings LBC lost to Carthage therefore Carthage should move up to #1 in the next rankings
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Post by kingofdacourt on Feb 1, 2019 20:21:54 GMT -5
good game in the retired/renovated airplane hangar that is SVU's gym vs. stevenson
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Post by xahtrak on Feb 1, 2019 21:45:51 GMT -5
Marymount loses 23-25 to Springfield - LBC spanked Marymount - LBC > Springfield and should move up to #1 in the next rankings Lakeland > LBC > Marymount > Springfield Therefore, by the power vested in me by the transitive property, I declare Lakeland to be the #1 in D3 volleyball.
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Post by Scipio Aemilianus on Feb 1, 2019 22:20:43 GMT -5
In all seriousness, this is Springfield’s worst team in this decade. If they don’t get knocked off or at least seriously challenged this year, all of D3 men’s volleyball should be ashamed of themselves.
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Post by wyomingpancake on Feb 1, 2019 23:38:13 GMT -5
I believe you are one of the poll voters now, because these are absolutely horse s'h'i't. As someone who has always looked at strength of schedule and analyzation of performance, these rankings are as upsetting as the smile in your photo. You place a team, that just got stabbed and spit on in 3 by NCC, in the top 10. Not just that, but you then decide to place an unproven SVU team at 11 above not just Benedictine (Defeat Quincy in 4) but MSOE who took UCSC to 5 and prevailed. That being mentioned, having Cal Lutheran at 10 after giving an embarrassing performance in the 5th set against UCSB. You mention they have a solid resume......a 4 setter against NCC? Considerable. What is outside of that...……...a sweep of Marian...……..Illinois Tech...………..Arcadia? ? Continue proving that the AVCA continues to sham on actual talented teams. Stevenson can be considered the 4th seed, just the way they can take a beating in early sets, and come back as nothing happened. Where as New Paltz loses to a subpar NAIA team. I will give you credit with the Endicott ranking. Having them so high purely based off "court presence" Their "presence" was not enough for 2/3 ranked matchups. Let alone Kean being highly ranked for no legitimate reason (not surprised now after reading this 'hot take'). See you next week ))) Kean now up 2-0. Looks like keeping them in the Top 10 might have been an OK decision Looks like Cal Lu chokes up when actually tested. Great top 10 move.
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Post by wyomingpancake on Feb 1, 2019 23:40:42 GMT -5
I believe you are one of the poll voters now, because these are absolutely horse s'h'i't. As someone who has always looked at strength of schedule and analyzation of performance, these rankings are as upsetting as the smile in your photo. You place a team, that just got stabbed and spit on in 3 by NCC, in the top 10. Not just that, but you then decide to place an unproven SVU team at 11 above not just Benedictine (Defeat Quincy in 4) but MSOE who took UCSC to 5 and prevailed. That being mentioned, having Cal Lutheran at 10 after giving an embarrassing performance in the 5th set against UCSB. You mention they have a solid resume......a 4 setter against NCC? Considerable. What is outside of that...……...a sweep of Marian...……..Illinois Tech...………..Arcadia? ? Continue proving that the AVCA continues to sham on actual talented teams. Stevenson can be considered the 4th seed, just the way they can take a beating in early sets, and come back as nothing happened. Where as New Paltz loses to a subpar NAIA team. I will give you credit with the Endicott ranking. Having them so high purely based off "court presence" Their "presence" was not enough for 2/3 ranked matchups. Let alone Kean being highly ranked for no legitimate reason (not surprised now after reading this 'hot take'). See you next week ))) Kean now up 2-0. Looks like keeping them in the Top 10 might have been an OK decision Great SVU ranking as well. Keep that charming smile
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Post by vavolley2000 on Feb 2, 2019 0:15:05 GMT -5
Just threw on live stream between my matches here at the Cougar Kickoff Classic. Kean up 1-0 and looking sharp early in second set Vassar takes the 5th set and downs NYU 3-2.
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Post by Deepdisher on Feb 2, 2019 0:34:37 GMT -5
Here's the slate for tonight: Cal Lu - CarthageMarantha Baptist - Concordia (Wis.) Penn St. Behrend - Elms Neumann - Kean (?) Stevens - Kean (?)Fontbonne - Marian Elms - Medaille St. John FIsher - Medaille Trine - Misericordia Elizabethtown - Misericordia Elizabethtown - Mt. Union Sage - Mt. Union Juniata - Nazareth Thiel - Nazareth NYU - VassarElmira - Penn St.-Behrend Trine - Randolph - Macon Sage - Randolph-Macon Nichols - Regis Stevenson - Southern Virginia Marymount - SpringfieldPratt Institute - St. Elizabeth SUNY Poly - St. John Fisher Hiram - Wells Johnson St. - York Predictions for bolded matches. I love all of them, but don't care to dive into research for all of the teams. CLU 3 Carthage 2 (The Kingsmen avoid frostbite and pull out a close one in Kenosha) Stevens 3 Kean 0 (If this happens) Juniata 3 Nazareth 0 (The Eagles are soaring under the radar for many - be careful) NYU 3 Vassar 1 (NYU needs this one, and Vassar has lost a lot since 2018. Really wouldn't be shocked if the score flips the other way) Southern Virginia 3 Stevenson 2 (SVU has a GEM of an OH in Nahuel Recabarren - he steals the show as Landon comes up Short). Springfield 3 Marymount 0 (Was so tempted to claim a Marymount win here, but then I woke up. SC rolls) Agree with most of your predictions except NYU vs Vassar. It seemed like they were missing their good middle Neil for the start of the season. If he is back, it would help NYU immensely as he is a blocking and hitting machine. Vassar played Arcadia tight in a 5 setter and smoked Rutgers in 3. NYU vs Vassar will certainly be a good match! Told ya, predicted this one! 😉
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