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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on May 14, 2020 5:30:24 GMT -5
Coach Tamas on Quade winning Female Athlete of the Year at Illinois
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Post by exit237a on May 14, 2020 15:04:35 GMT -5
Cool to get to see some of the staff's favorite moments from 2019. For me, I think my favorite moment was when Beth Prince made her home season debut against Indiana, after having to sit out so long because of injury. She subbed in off the bench and Huff Hall gave her a standing ovation. Then she proceeded to get the kill at set point, bringing on another big cheer. Whenever volleyball comes back to Huff, we'll definitely miss seeing her fire and leadership out there.
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Post by ilalum92 on May 14, 2020 19:14:35 GMT -5
Cool to get to see some of the staff's favorite moments from 2019. For me, I think my favorite moment was when Beth Prince made her home season debut against Indiana, after having to sit out so long because of injury. She subbed in off the bench and Huff Hall gave her a standing ovation. Then she proceeded to get the kill at set point, bringing on another big cheer. Whenever volleyball comes back to Huff, we'll definitely miss seeing her fire and leadership out there. I wish she would have been injury free for a season or two. She was ESPN Freshman of the year in high school. Would have love to seen her reach her full potential.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on May 16, 2020 10:33:02 GMT -5
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on May 19, 2020 15:26:39 GMT -5
Having lived in Champaign-Urbana for 44 years, and retiring from The University, I love this community and this University!
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Post by ilalum92 on May 22, 2020 18:06:41 GMT -5
So let's play guess the starting line-up for 2020. Purely for fun. We have a ton of options, lots of untested peeps S: Brown OH: Cooney, Holzman (Terry could surprise) MB: Collins , Swanson (Hinton as backup) OPP: Allison ( I love an athletic lefty at opposite)
We have Bruna, Whittington, Gregus & Holliwell on the bench for OH/OPP.
I leave Kuper @ DS and let ESKE/CHI battle for the Libero spot.
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on May 23, 2020 8:23:26 GMT -5
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Post by oldmanvb on May 23, 2020 14:44:16 GMT -5
Love the idea that returning to campus for summer workouts is “strictly voluntary.”
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Post by notpriddy (COIF) on May 25, 2020 13:29:26 GMT -5
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Post by greatlakesvballer on May 25, 2020 22:05:40 GMT -5
Why would the university have the men's basketball team come back BEFORE the volleyball and soccer teams? If they have a season, it's going to start much later. That's ridiculous.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2020 22:29:38 GMT -5
Why would the university have the men's basketball team come back BEFORE the volleyball and soccer teams? If they have a season, it's going to start much later. That's ridiculous. The initial decision by the NCAA stated that only men’s basketball and football would be allowed to begin voluntary workouts on June 1. Other sports were only added a couple days ago. I’m guessing Illinois had already done the work on the “schedule choreography” prior to Friday’s decision.
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Post by exit237a on May 26, 2020 7:38:09 GMT -5
So let's play guess the starting line-up for 2020. Purely for fun. We have a ton of options, lots of untested peeps S: Brown OH: Cooney, Holzman (Terry could surprise) MB: Collins , Swanson (Hinton as backup) OPP: Allison ( I love an athletic lefty at opposite) We have Bruna, Whittington, Gregus & Holliwell on the bench for OH/OPP. I leave Kuper @ DS and let ESKE/CHI battle for the Libero spot. I'll play. 5-1 System S: Brown OH: Holzman, Terry/Gregus (huge workload for our Freshman pins!) MB: Collins a lock and Hinton edging Swanson with her vertical OPP: Cooney (back to her natural position and providing big block on opposing OH) L: Kuper (love her athleticism) DS: Eske, Chi Whittington redshirting this year and learning the ropes from Cooney, taking over OPP next year. Which MB serves, now that Ashlyn's gone? We only saw Swanson serve last year out of our three Freshmen MB. Do any pins play six rotations? Gregus looked comfortable playing back row in recruiting footage. Allison briefly saw some time in the back row last year and got a swing or two back there, if memory serves. Can't wait to see it all unfold!
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Post by chambanafan on May 26, 2020 8:53:49 GMT -5
Agree with the idea of moving Cooney back to Opp. I think Bruna will get a shot at one of the OH spots.
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Post by oldmanvb on May 26, 2020 10:01:38 GMT -5
Moving Cooney back to opposite, which I agree is her natural and best position, depends upon two left side pin hitters (who have not played D1 minutes) stepping up. If only one establishes herself Cooney has to stay on the left side. Even with all of the potential pin hitters competing, I just don't see two of them playing. In fact, I'll be happy if only one ends up playing at a BIG level. I have no idea which of the left sides is going to establish herself, I'm just not optimistic we'll get two. Certainly hope I'm wrong. Don't forget we have a talented opposite in Allison available. Also, I don't think Kuper moves to libero, as I don't think she is reliable enough in serve receive, plus I think Kuper hitting out of the back row is still a possibility. I also like the idea of Allison playing left back and hitting out of the back row.
Without an iota of information, I would not be surprised to see a transfer before the season, most likely a libero. Don't forget Ashlyn didn't show up until almost August two years ago.
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Post by chisovnik on May 26, 2020 10:43:22 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't see the logic in moving Cooney to the left if the opposite would be Allison, who didn't put up any impressive hitting numbers last season.
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