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Post by vbfan on Dec 12, 2004 18:50:45 GMT -5
2005 will be the year Nebraska rolls to the title. With the major graduations of most of the top teams this season.
1) USC - Adams, Burdine 2) OSU - Gordon 3) Minnesota - Martin, Bratford, Taatjes 4) Florida - Williams, Chatman, Moscovic 5) Washington - Tomasevic 6) Stanford- Ogonna
I don't see anyone challenging them next year and when they get Jordan Larson, they will put Salemua at Libero and then they will be unstoppable.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2004 18:58:21 GMT -5
Definitely the frontrunner, but USC has lots of talent and Stanford is adding Barboza.
Both PSU and Minnesota have nice recruiting classes coming in and Hawaii has a lot coming back. Florida also has much talent.
But Jordan Larson will upgrade Nebraska's ball control considerably. They will be awfully good.
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Post by silversurfer on Dec 12, 2004 19:51:14 GMT -5
Yes, Nebraska will be awfully good. But USC does nothing but reload, with Gysin and Copenhagne playing bigger roles and impact frosh.
I just hate to make outlandish statements such as "next year's their year" with soooo much up in the air.
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Post by huskervbfan on Dec 12, 2004 20:10:22 GMT -5
To carry this a bit further, the following table shows the latest Pablo rankings down to #25 and all of the current "probable starting seniors" from Rich Kern site. UCLA loses none also and have already shown what they can do with what they have.
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Post by huskervbfan on Dec 12, 2004 20:10:34 GMT -5
Rk | Team | Name | Pos
| 1 | Nebraska | None | | | | | | 2 | Washington | Sanja Tomasevic | OH | | | | | 3 | Penn State | Syndie Nadeau | OH | 3 | Penn State | Tabatha Eshleman | DS | 3 | Penn State | Ashley Pederson | OH | | | | | 4 | Florida A&M | Tereza Arellano | OH | 4 | Florida A&M | Mariela Portocarrero | S | 4 | Florida A&M | Ivelina Petkova | OH | | | | | 5 | Stanford | Leahi Hall | DS/L | 5 | Stanford | Jennifer Hucke | OH/RS | 5 | Stanford | Ogonna Nnamani | OH | | | | | 6 | Minnesota | Trisha Bratford | OH | 6 | Minnesota | Erin Martin | OH | 6 | Minnesota | Lindsey Taatjes | S | | | | | 7 | Ohio State | Maya Mapp | MB | 7 | Ohio State | Stacey Gordon | OH | | | | | 8 | Texas | Bethany Howden | MB/OH | 8 | Texas | Mira Topic | OH | | | | | 9 | Ohio | Briana Adamovsky | S | 9 | Ohio | Ashley Elliott | MB/OH | | | | | 10 | USC | Alicia Robinson | OH | 10 | USC | Keao Burdine | OH | 10 | USC | Emily Adams | MB | | | | | 11 | Colorado State | Bri Frech | MB | 11 | Colorado State | Katie Jo Shirley-Cahoon | OH | 11 | Colorado State | Melissa Courtney | S | | | | | 12 | San Diego | Devon Forster | OH | 12 | San Diego | Kristen Hurst | RS | | | | | 13 | Louisville | Bing Sun | OH | | | | | 14 | UC Santa Barbara | Mari Bell | S | 14 | UC Santa Barbara | Kristin Nelson | L | | | | | 15 | Missouri | None | | | | | | 16 | Florida | Sherri Williams | MB | 16 | Florida | Michelle Chatman | MB/RS | 16 | Florida | Lauren Moscovic | S | | | | | 17 | Georgia Tech | Jayme Gergen | MB | 17 | Georgia Tech | Laura Kuhn | MB | 17 | Georgia Tech | Lynnette Moster | OH | 17 | Georgia Tech | Lauren Sauer | OH | 17 | Georgia Tech | Marisa Aston | DS | | | | | 18 | St. Marys | Lindsey Bogason | RS | 18 | St. Marys | Stacey O'Connor | MB | | | | | 19 | Texas A&M | Melissa Munsch | MB/OH | 19 | Texas A&M | Carrie Moreira | OH | | | | | 20 | Kansas State | Gabby Guerre | S | 20 | Kansas State | Valeria Hejjas | OH | 20 | Kansas State | Lisa Martin | MB | | | | | 21 | UCLA | None | | | | | | 22 | Tennessee | Whitney Gifford | MB/OH | 22 | Tennessee | Michelle Piantadosi | OH | | | | | 23 | Arizona | Jolene Killough | MB | 23 | Arizona | Kelli Mulvany | DS | | | | | 24 | Wichita State | Karen Augspurger | L | 24 | Wichita State | Sara Younes | RS | | | | | 25 | Illinois | Kathleen Bazzetta | DS/L | 25 | Illinois | Lauren Harks | L/OH | 25 | Illinois | Erin Virtue | S |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2004 20:13:47 GMT -5
That's not right for UCLA.
Zartman for one.
Ringel (sometime starter), McFarland.
Cullen and Murphy?
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Post by huskervbfan on Dec 12, 2004 20:14:27 GMT -5
Yes, Nebraska will be awfully good. But USC does nothing but reload, with Gysin and Copenhagne playing bigger roles and impact frosh. I just hate to make outlandish statements such as "next year's their year" with soooo much up in the air. I hate to but I have to agree. Many thought Nebraska was the team to beat this year but USC took care of that. On paper, Nebraska does look pretty solid next year but who knows what may happen next year.
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Post by dishdaball on Dec 12, 2004 20:14:31 GMT -5
[quote author=(R)uffda! link=board=general&thread=1102895445&start=1#0 date=1102895901]Definitely the frontrunner, but USC has lots of talent and Stanford is adding Barboza.
Both PSU and Minnesota have nice recruiting classes coming in and Hawaii has a lot coming back. Florida also has much talent.
But Jordan Larson will upgrade Nebraska's ball control considerably. They will be awfully good.[/quote]
Stanford is also adding Erin Waller, Alex Fisher, and Foulke Andreakwo (sp) Look for another group of strong frosh on the Farm...........
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Post by huskervbfan on Dec 12, 2004 20:16:01 GMT -5
[quote author=(R)uffda! link=board=general&thread=1102895445&start=5#0 date=1102900427]That's not right for UCLA.
Zartman for one.
Ringel (sometime starter), McFarland.
Cullen and Murphy?[/quote]
The site has Zartman as a Junior. Is that the wrong roster?
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Post by huskervbfan on Dec 12, 2004 20:18:35 GMT -5
Yep, in checking the UCLA site, it looks like last year's roster.
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Post by beachman on Dec 12, 2004 20:46:22 GMT -5
UCLA loses 5 seniors I believe including Zartman..... Question for the Nebraska fans?? How many who have purchased tickets already will cancel out on the trip? Anyone from Nebraska have a guess on this one?
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Post by arthur on Dec 12, 2004 21:02:46 GMT -5
I am bowing out. Will take my nephews to Disneyland instead. But, I am a solid NU and volleyball fan!
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Post by gatorattack on Dec 12, 2004 21:03:29 GMT -5
As much as I'd like to see it next year----Florida lost a great chance this year. Next year eventhough talented and adding McCray to the right side they still have a relatively slow setter (ie. Goldhan at Stanford) that is great with accurate passes and only average when having to move. Mary,---recruit some great passers to help your setter out. Florida looses the heart of the team that took them to the Final Four 2 times and insiders here say there is growing discontentment among some players and with the coaching staff.
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Post by Rich Kern on Dec 12, 2004 21:24:11 GMT -5
UCLA loses 5 seniors I believe including Zartman..... I got a message indicating I had bad info on my site. I see they were right I have it fixed now. Looks like UCLA has four seniors and will be losing three normal starters as pointed out by (R)uffda! above.
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Post by roofed! on Dec 12, 2004 21:33:55 GMT -5
Off the top of my head, UCLA has 5, not 4, seniors: Zartman, Ringel, Murphy, Cullen and McFarland.
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