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Post by vballvball on Dec 1, 2019 18:30:45 GMT -5
she was on the worst team and she had an onslaught of hits coming at her every single second. Of course she had a lot of digs. If that's the logic then why don't the bottom teams have ridiculous dig numbers every year? I agree that the team didn't perform well and the blocking wasn't good which led to a lot more swings getting to the backcourt but let's not act like just anyone can put up over 6 digs per set. Maybe not LOY worthy, but definitely worthy of at least All-SEC. yes, which I do believe she received All-SEC and All-American honors. Do I think Curry is clearly the best libero in the SEC? No. Do I think she deserves the honor? Yes. You’d hear her name a lot if she played for Miss St or Auburn
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Post by jrobinson1906 on Dec 1, 2019 19:27:29 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 20:52:13 GMT -5
6 teams in! Bravo SEC!
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Post by sclawman on Dec 1, 2019 22:00:14 GMT -5
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Post by sclawman on Dec 2, 2019 12:05:21 GMT -5
I thought Gomez would make all conference. Tom Black definitely should have won COY, IMO. The sum of that team is much better than the parts. Who on UGA is top 3 in the conference at her position? don’t the other coaches vote? Don’t the other coaches hate him? I doubt the coaches hate Tom Black. But perhaps Kuhn is more popular. It couldn't have been lost on the other coaches that A&M's impressive RPI boosted the conference as a whole. A&M played 5 non-conference opponents with an RPI between 26-51. I don't have much of that was skill and how much luck, but that's impressive scheduling.
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Post by trainermch on Dec 2, 2019 14:25:21 GMT -5
Week 14
SEC Offensive Player of the Week - Kentucky's Leah Edmond, a senior outside hitter from Lexington, Ky., averaged 4.42 points and 4.00 kills per set as the Wildcats secured a share of the 2019 SEC Volleyball title with two wins to close out the regular season. At LSU, Edmond recorded 15 kills and a career-high 18 digs. She followed that with 13 kills and 10 digs against Ole Miss.
SEC Co-Defensive Players of the Week - Florida's Allie Gregory, a senior libero from Louisville, Ky., averaged 4.38 digs per set over two wins that helped secure a share of the 2019 SEC Volleyball title for the Gators. Gregory registered a career-high 25 digs against Texas A&M, moving her into seventh place in program history with 1,341 digs.
Kentucky's Gabby Curry, a junior libero from Buford, Ga., averaged 4.71 digs per set over two victories as UK clinched a share of the 2019 SEC Volleyball title. Curry recorded 23 digs at LSU as she helped UK hold the two opponents to a .138 hitting percentage on the week.
SEC Setter of the Week - Missouri's Andrea Fuentes, a redshirt sophomore from San Juan, Puerto Rico, averaged 14.29 assists per set and helped the Tigers post a .301 team hitting percentage in wins over Ole Miss and LSU. Fuentes opened the week with 56 assists at Ole Miss, her eighth match this season with 50+ assists. In the regular season finale against LSU, she tallied 44 assists as the Mizzou offense owned a .357 hitting percentage for the match.
SEC Freshman of the Week - Texas A&M's Treyaunna Rush, an opposite hitter from Texarkana, Texas, registered 2.78 points and 2.33 kills per set in the final week of the regular season. At No. 15 Florida, Rush tallied career-highs of 12 kills and six total blocks. It marked the third time this season that she registered six blocks in a match.
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Post by trainermch on Dec 2, 2019 14:26:51 GMT -5
Six from SEC earn bids to NCAA Volleyball Tournament Six teams from the Southeastern Conference will represent the conference in the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship. This marks the most teams from the SEC to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament since 2013. SEC Co-Champions Kentucky and Florida earned national seeds, with the Wildcats tabbed as the No. 9 seed and the Gators as the No. 10 seed. Texas A&M secured the No. 13 seed, while Georgia, Missouri and South Carolina also garnered at-large bids to the tournament. Kentucky, making its program-record 15th-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, will host first- and second-round matches in Lexington starting on Friday, Dec. 6. Northern Kentucky will face Michigan at 5 p.m. ET, followed by Southeast Missouri State against Kentucky at 7:30 p.m. ET. The winners of Friday's matches will play in the second round at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 7. Florida, who earned hosting rights for the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the 26th time in program history, will face Alabama State on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. ET, while Florida State and UCF will square off at 4:30 p.m. The winners of each match will face one another on Friday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. ET. Texas A&M, making its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2016, will host first-round matches on Thursday, Dec. 5. Oklahoma will face Rice at 4:30 p.m. CT, followed by Texas A&M versus St. John's at 6:30 p.m. CT. The winners of those two matches will compete in the second round on Friday, Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. CT. Georgia, with its 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2013, will travel to Stanford, Calif. to face Cal Poly in the first round of the tournament on Friday, Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Denver will play against host No. 3 Stanford for a 10 p.m. ET match. The winners will compete on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 9 p.m. ET in the second round. Missouri, competing in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive year and the 16th time in program history, will take on Northern Iowa in the first round on Friday, Dec. 6 at 4:30 p.m. CT. No. 5 Nebraska will host Ball State for a 7 p.m. CT match. The winners will compete on Saturday, Dec. 7 in the second round at 7 p.m. CT in Lincoln, Neb. South Carolina is making its second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, the first time going in back-to-back seasons since 2002. The Gamecocks will face the Rams of Colorado State on Friday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET in Seattle, Wash. No. 8 Washington will take on Winthrop in the first round at 10:30 p.m. ET. The second-round match is slated for 10 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 7. Teams winning both matches will continue to regional play Dec. 13-14. Regionals for the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship will be held at four non-predetermined campus sites, which will be announced on Sunday, Dec. 8. At each site, four teams will compete in single-elimination regional semifinal competition. The regional winners will advance to the national semifinals and championship final hosted by Duquesne, SPORTSPittsburgh on Dec. 19-21 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa. The national semifinal matches will broadcast on ESPN, and the championship match will air on ESPN2.
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Post by vbprisoner on Dec 2, 2019 14:51:56 GMT -5
Feel as badly for Purcell as I did for Valle last year. But extremely proud of Rose/Hill for All_Freshman team! Future looks bright!! I will forever gripe about Payton Harris not getting it in 2014. She averaged over 6(!) digs per set for the year and had a ridiculous 50+ dig match at some point in that year and the award still went to Kentucky's Napper. Hazelton also had the libero at Miss St. playing center back instead of left back and scooping up all down balls and free balls so her stats were extremely inflated. Look at the two prior years and McVey had averaged 5.65 digs/set and totaled 1190 over two years and led SEC in digs/set. That is when you really have to dig into the # and how the position is being utilized at a program.
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Post by eastcoastopp on Dec 2, 2019 16:00:27 GMT -5
If that's the logic then why don't the bottom teams have ridiculous dig numbers every year? I agree that the team didn't perform well and the blocking wasn't good which led to a lot more swings getting to the backcourt but let's not act like just anyone can put up over 6 digs per set. Maybe not LOY worthy, but definitely worthy of at least All-SEC. yes, which I do believe she received All-SEC and All-American honors. Do I think Curry is clearly the best libero in the SEC? No. Do I think she deserves the honor? Yes. You’d hear her name a lot if she played for Miss St or Auburn Just to make sure we're on the same page, I don't have a problem with Curry being LOY. Pretty much expected it and she has definitely proven herself at the position. Harris did receive All-Region and AA HM honors but was only an All-Freshman team selection in-conference, which I don't think is completely fair. To compare, Gabby Mallette made All-SEC that year as a 3 rotation OH with only around 2.5 kps. Liberos can impact the game in only a few statistical categories and when Harris well exceed that expectation and was seemingly nitpicked for her team's wins and losses and where she stood on the floor when the digs occurred just doesn't seem fair. It feels like when hitters average over 5 kps, people sing their praises. But when liberos average over 5 dps, people immediately ask "was she playing middle back?" I just wanted to see her be rightfully acknowledged by the conference for her outstanding statistical year that's all.
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Post by vbshrink on Dec 2, 2019 16:53:36 GMT -5
Not exactly a surprise, but sorry for Nold, who is by all accounts a very good guy and a good coach. But it didn't work for him at AU. Best of luck to him and to AU in finding his replacement.
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Post by vbshrink on Dec 2, 2019 16:56:47 GMT -5
I doubt the coaches hate Tom Black. ![](https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/61/61da33cdabf2a033c653d7d4b524319c.jpeg)
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Post by eastcoastopp on Dec 2, 2019 17:07:39 GMT -5
I will forever gripe about Payton Harris not getting it in 2014. She averaged over 6(!) digs per set for the year and had a ridiculous 50+ dig match at some point in that year and the award still went to Kentucky's Napper. Hazelton also had the libero at Miss St. playing center back instead of left back and scooping up all down balls and free balls so her stats were extremely inflated. Look at the two prior years and McVey had averaged 5.65 digs/set and totaled 1190 over two years and led SEC in digs/set. That is when you really have to dig into the # and how the position is being utilized at a program. How inflated were Pilar Victoria or Krystal River's numbers when they were taking a vast majority of the swings for their respective teams? The point I was trying to make later in the conversation was that hitters have more opportunities to stuff the stat sheet than liberos (obviously) and sometimes it feels like they aren't critiqued in a way that fairly compares their contribution to everyone else's.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2019 17:08:00 GMT -5
I feel bad for the Auburn coaches. They are quality people. I’m hoping the best for their future and for the future of Auburn volleyball. It’s a sad day.
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Post by vbprisoner on Dec 2, 2019 17:56:11 GMT -5
Hazelton also had the libero at Miss St. playing center back instead of left back and scooping up all down balls and free balls so her stats were extremely inflated. Look at the two prior years and McVey had averaged 5.65 digs/set and totaled 1190 over two years and led SEC in digs/set. That is when you really have to dig into the # and how the position is being utilized at a program. How inflated were Pilar Victoria or Krystal River's numbers when they were taking a vast majority of the swings for their respective teams? The point I was trying to make later in the conversation was that hitters have more opportunities to stuff the stat sheet than liberos (obviously) and sometimes it feels like they aren't critiqued in a way that fairly compares their contribution to everyone else's. eastcoastopp I agree with you, but I also believe the libero #s for digs can be maximized easier than a hitters #s if the coach opts to play the libero at center back and has all down & free balls go through libero. Hitters can take the majority of swings, but they still rely on decent sets and hitting through/around a block so they have other variables to navigate. I also believe the SEC has enough quality defenders to have more than one libero represented on the All-SEC team.
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Post by eastcoastopp on Dec 2, 2019 18:18:36 GMT -5
How inflated were Pilar Victoria or Krystal River's numbers when they were taking a vast majority of the swings for their respective teams? The point I was trying to make later in the conversation was that hitters have more opportunities to stuff the stat sheet than liberos (obviously) and sometimes it feels like they aren't critiqued in a way that fairly compares their contribution to everyone else's. I also believe the SEC has enough quality defenders to have more than one libero represented on the All-SEC team. This was the source of my gripe in 2014. I'm not saying it should be that way every year, but they have certainly passed over very worthy defenders in the past and it has not gone unnoticed. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation. This is why I love the SEC thread. "It just means more."
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