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Post by alt on Jun 23, 2018 14:28:56 GMT -5
My notes from the match: -Inky, Abercrombie, Happ, Wilhite not suited. -No Madi Kingdon -Team USA still serving tough. -More backrow attacking. Mostly the pipe (I refuse to call it a bic unless it's really a bic). A little from the D zone. -Outside Hitters: I think Anae looked the best overall. She passed fairly well. She's one of the few American prospects that can hit w/ some range - hits line, sharp angle, tools the block. Rolfzen was pretty solid, but I think she's good at everything but not great at any one thing. I'm not familiar w/ Mitchem. She's very tall, hits high, hard and flat, but she's a very shaky passer. She gave up a ton of aces. I have a hard time picturing her as a successful OH for Team USA due her serve receive deficiencies. Simone Lee isn't that great of a passer either but a little more solid. She's quite dynamic but really can't see her as a serve receiving OH for Team USA either. She should really train for OPP. -Liberos: No one really shined. No one looked horrible either. Oh Megan Courtney played. I don't know if that was a surprise. Her passing was solid as usual. No JWO. -Middles: Too many missed connection - probably due to limited training time and revolving setters. Not too many of them looked comfortable w/ the tempo of the slide. Not much worth discussing. Washington has a tough serve. -OPPs: Whitney probably looked the most solid, but nothing amazing. Rivers and De Hoog looked okay. Lowe looked rusty AF. She started off really out of whack w/ mistiming. The time off really shows. But towards the end of the match she had some decent swings. -Setters: I was a bit disappointed w/ Carlini. Her team got waxed in 2 of the 4 games but most the fault due to the awful passing. She was also by far the sweatiest player in the gym - maybe from chasing errant passes all night. She had a few brilliant sets but way too many errors - trap sets, low sets. Tried to force the issue too much even w/ the bad passes and it usually resulted in losing the point. I thought Hunter looked pretty comfortable w/ the tempo - mostly in front. She and Rolfzen obviously had a good connection. I liked Poulter a lot. I think she located the ball pretty well for the most part. Had three misconnections w/ Rolfzen in the 4th game but I think it was mainly Kadie's fault. Oh and for fans of the men's side, there was a Jaeschke sighting. He's wasn't walking w/ crutches (hopefully that's a good sign - I'm not familiar w/ rehabbing ACL), but carried some ice w/ him. From what you see what do you think the roster would look like? You probably pissed all WI fans by saying Carlini didnt shine, IMO I think she is a great setter because she is very flashy (Hancock also). The way she sets balls is incredible, I've tried setting the way she has and it's crazy hard. Definitely gets a fans eye. But the issue I see is that setters dont score points, she may be flashy but the main point in a setter is to set up a good ball no flashiness needed. Most USA setter stick to the basic fundaments and let the hitters do their job. Glass, Loyd, and Berg were pretty basic but they were good at what they did. I see Hunter and Jordyn being in the USA gym for a while because to me they just stick to the setting fundamentals and arent gonna force the issue.
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Post by memorybankrupt on Jun 23, 2018 15:05:38 GMT -5
My notes from the match: -Inky, Abercrombie, Happ, Wilhite not suited. -No Madi Kingdon -Team USA still serving tough. -More backrow attacking. Mostly the pipe (I refuse to call it a bic unless it's really a bic). A little from the D zone. -Outside Hitters: I think Anae looked the best overall. She passed fairly well. She's one of the few American prospects that can hit w/ some range - hits line, sharp angle, tools the block. Rolfzen was pretty solid, but I think she's good at everything but not great at any one thing. I'm not familiar w/ Mitchem. She's very tall, hits high, hard and flat, but she's a very shaky passer. She gave up a ton of aces. I have a hard time picturing her as a successful OH for Team USA due her serve receive deficiencies. Simone Lee isn't that great of a passer either but a little more solid. She's quite dynamic but really can't see her as a serve receiving OH for Team USA either. She should really train for OPP. -Liberos: No one really shined. No one looked horrible either. Oh Megan Courtney played. I don't know if that was a surprise. Her passing was solid as usual. No JWO. -Middles: Too many missed connection - probably due to limited training time and revolving setters. Not too many of them looked comfortable w/ the tempo of the slide. Not much worth discussing. Washington has a tough serve. -OPPs: Whitney probably looked the most solid, but nothing amazing. Rivers and De Hoog looked okay. Lowe looked rusty AF. She started off really out of whack w/ mistiming. The time off really shows. But towards the end of the match she had some decent swings. -Setters: I was a bit disappointed w/ Carlini. Her team got waxed in 2 of the 4 games but most the fault due to the awful passing. She was also by far the sweatiest player in the gym - maybe from chasing errant passes all night. She had a few brilliant sets but way too many errors - trap sets, low sets. Tried to force the issue too much even w/ the bad passes and it usually resulted in losing the point. I thought Hunter looked pretty comfortable w/ the tempo - mostly in front. She and Rolfzen obviously had a good connection. I liked Poulter a lot. I think she located the ball pretty well for the most part. Had three misconnections w/ Rolfzen in the 4th game but I think it was mainly Kadie's fault. Oh and for fans of the men's side, there was a Jaeschke sighting. He's wasn't walking w/ crutches (hopefully that's a good sign - I'm not familiar w/ rehabbing ACL), but carried some ice w/ him. From what you see what do you think the roster would look like? You probably pissed all WI fans by saying Carlini didnt shine, IMO I think she is a great setter because she is very flashy (Hancock also). The way she sets balls is incredible, I've tried setting the way she has and it's crazy hard. Definitely gets a fans eye. But the issue I see is that setters dont score points, she may be flashy but the main point in a setter is to set up a good ball no flashiness needed. Most USA setter stick to the basic fundaments and let the hitters do their job. Glass, Loyd, and Berg were pretty basic but they were good at what they did. I see Hunter and Jordyn being in the USA gym for a while because to me they just stick to the setting fundamentals and arent gonna force the issue. It's hard to read into just one scrimmage. Carlini had some brilliant sets, she can really save those tight passes. But when the passes were off, she wasn't always bettering the ball. I think some of her bold setting choices would be more successful when she gets more playing time w/ her hitters. Again, I think the bad passing did not help her look good. I believe Carlini played 3 of the 4 games w/ Mitchem, and 3 of the 4 games w/ Simone Lee. I think Poulter must have lucked out in the two games she played because I don't think she had to sprint around the court as much. I have no clue about the roster. Based on credential and who started in the scrimmage, I would guess Carlini is still the top setter in the group. I would like to see Poulter included but I would guess her still being in college would mean Hunter will likely be the second setter (and Hunter did look solid). Whitney would be the top OPP, then Karsta as the backup if she's ready. She might have had the jitters last night. I don't know who should start for the OHs. I would think Simone Lee + Mitchem would be a serve receive nightmare. I liked Anae but how her game will translate at a higher level is TBD. For libero, I'd take Courtney if she's healthy enough. Benson or JWO should get more PT also.
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Post by pennstatefan on Jun 23, 2018 16:07:24 GMT -5
do you guys think they’re gonna keep Megan Courtney at libero? I was excited to see her offense develop but she does have great ball control
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Post by vbgirls2 on Jun 23, 2018 17:25:39 GMT -5
Yes Megan Courtney will stay at Libero, and Lowe looked bad. Too much time away and looked frail ( too thin). She will need to train and get stronger to get back to where she was.
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Post by nativevolley on Jun 25, 2018 21:52:37 GMT -5
Just like everyone else... I'm excited to see her on a roster. Ha
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Post by nothingbutcorn on Jun 26, 2018 11:33:08 GMT -5
So when does the Pan-Am run?
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Post by trojansc on Jun 26, 2018 12:14:52 GMT -5
So when does the Pan-Am run? I don't see anything really on the NORCECA yet, and there isn't a English wikipedia site yet. es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Panamericana_de_Voleibol_Femenino_de_2018Wikipedia says July 8-14 are competition dates. don't know exactly the format of the event. The dates don't match up if they want do what they did last year. The NORCECA usually does two pools of six, with 5 round robin matches, a day of rest, then QFs, then Semis, then Finals. The #1A and #1B go direct to semifinals. 2A, 3A, 2B, 3B all play Quarterfinals. Everyone else is sent to classification. What is interesting is that Brazil is attending this event (they did not last year). Dominican Republic plays with a lot of pride on its home soil, so don't be surprised to see them bring out their fully loaded A-team. De La Cruz, Mambru, and Castillo have all been resting in preparing for the World Championships. But my sources tell me we should expect to see them play. USA won this event last year.
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Post by Gilmoy on Jun 26, 2018 12:35:14 GMT -5
NORCECA has a terse article on it, cleverly hidden under the rubric of granting TV rights within DR. The annual competition runs from July 6 to 15 with a rest day after the conclusion of the preliminary pool phase.
Teams will be divided into three pools of four teams who will compete under a round-robin format. After a rest day, the top two ranked team will earn a direct ticket to the semifinals and the teams placed second will play crossed matches in the quarterfinals. (I guess that means 1a and 1b get the byes, and the QFs are 1c-2c and 2a-2b.) [It] is a qualifier event to the XVIII Pan American Games to take place in Lima, Peru next year. [It] features teams from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela representing South America and from United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Mexico of NORCECA.
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Post by trojansc on Jun 26, 2018 17:35:28 GMT -5
NORCECA has a terse article on it, cleverly hidden under the rubric of granting TV rights within DR. The annual competition runs from July 6 to 15 with a rest day after the conclusion of the preliminary pool phase.
Teams will be divided into three pools of four teams who will compete under a round-robin format. After a rest day, the top two ranked team will earn a direct ticket to the semifinals and the teams placed second will play crossed matches in the quarterfinals. (I guess that means 1a and 1b get the byes, and the QFs are 1c-2c and 2a-2b.) [It] is a qualifier event to the XVIII Pan American Games to take place in Lima, Peru next year. [It] features teams from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela representing South America and from United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Mexico of NORCECA.Poorly worded + Unclear ... Typical of FIVB and NORCECA
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jun 26, 2018 17:39:29 GMT -5
NORCECA has a terse article on it, cleverly hidden under the rubric of granting TV rights within DR. The annual competition runs from July 6 to 15 with a rest day after the conclusion of the preliminary pool phase.
Teams will be divided into three pools of four teams who will compete under a round-robin format. After a rest day, the top two ranked team will earn a direct ticket to the semifinals and the teams placed second will play crossed matches in the quarterfinals. (I guess that means 1a and 1b get the byes, and the QFs are 1c-2c and 2a-2b.) [It] is a qualifier event to the XVIII Pan American Games to take place in Lima, Peru next year. [It] features teams from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela representing South America and from United States, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Mexico of NORCECA.Poorly worded + Unclear ... Typical of FIVB and NORCECA It's a pretty typical NORCECA format to use three pools. It makes no sense, but it makes it really easy for them to stack the deck so the host team makes the medal rounds. But NORCECA is so stratified now on the women's side it might not matter.
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