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Post by dvader on Mar 28, 2021 14:21:16 GMT -5
That was rough. We were tipping and sending freeballs, receiving rockets. 24 kills with 23 errors!! Good for a 0.012 hitting.
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Post by MonicaGeller on Mar 28, 2021 14:26:23 GMT -5
That was ugly. Pitt is a good team, but Seems like the defensive system that UNC is using with the 5-1 really leaves them open, grand total of 20 digs.... and our regular “good” blocking was not apparent today - there were 7 Total blocks. I am not sold on the 2 man serve receive and the lineups but who am I to say, I am not the person in charge.
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Post by dvader on Mar 28, 2021 14:47:24 GMT -5
There is only one setter so 5-1 is what they have to play.That has nothing to do with 2 or 3 doing serve receiving. Just nothing worked today.
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Post by MonicaGeller on Mar 28, 2021 15:19:09 GMT -5
There is only one setter so 5-1 is what they have to play.That has nothing to do with 2 or 3 doing serve receiving. Just nothing worked today. I understand what a 5-1 is and that it has nothing to do with a 2 man serve receive. I was trying to make the point that their reset their defence because they are playing a 5-1 AND they are Also now using a 2 man serve receive and paying the OH to the net. Sorry if I was confusing 😁
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Post by jimbobweave on Mar 28, 2021 21:27:10 GMT -5
I dunno... What I saw was a “frankensteined” line-up today - worked v ND on their back to back and us having injuries but this week showed an all around mixed up game plan / strategy. It didn’t work this week. Almost v FSU. Has coaches given up on their pins, still injured maybe? I agree two person receive leaves us vulnerable to a tough serving team - offence just couldn’t get started as a result. Pitt runs a bit faster than UNC and the MB’s didn’t close or get enough hands on blocks. Hopeful to see a better game v Louisville and Miami.
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Post by volleyheels10 on Mar 29, 2021 7:25:28 GMT -5
Last weekend was a very good weekend for the vball program.This weekend not much. FSU was a match we let slip away. Our service pressure the first set was dominant. We knew they had to go to the pins and our DS players in the back row were set up really well. FSU flipped the script and started taking advantage of Archer being a short blocker. So then the 4th set, we went back to what worked and the first half of the fifth set as well. But, our youth and inexperience in some positions showed greatly. Pitt was a game where the team that got swept by ECU showed back up....in the fall, the biggest concern was having a terminator other than our middles. Yesterday showed we dont have a consistent one. That match was just a mess all around. The 2 person serve receive did not work, we stayed OOS, and could not put a ball away. Couple of observations: 1. As said, the 2 person serve receive does work...but not against better serving teams. Leaves us way too exposed. 2. Skyy and Kaya are terminal players on the pins, they have more pop than Buckner and Austin, BUT while they terminate, they have way more errors. At what point do you go back to Austin and Buckner who may not be as flashy but can get it done by rolling, tooling, not just swinging hard and serve receive vs. using Skyy and Kaya who can terminate but can also be messy at times. 3. Archer is a good setter, we had been in a good rhythm, however, some sets were way too tight and she is a big blocking liability. The UNC defensive scheme involving Shannon and Diaz has flashes of brilliant defense, but against elite outsides, the line is an absolute bullseye for cannon shots. With Maylen probably not being back the rest of the season, it will be interesting to see how we adjust since she is our only option
4. Our middles are our bread and butter....but they have been more up and down with the setter change....we desperately need Phegley and Tontai to be better defensively and offensively.
5. In the spring, this team has showed some very good serving pressure while reducing some service errors. Tough serving all around from every player will help with the dificiences we have if we can keep other teams OOS.
FSU was just an example of Chris Poole making adjustments from behind the service line and with where they were setting to...and Pitt was the same....we made no adjustments. Ready to see if Pitt serving us a slice of humble pie lights a fire under us this week.
No word on if we make up the BC GA Tech games....if we do not, we are guaranteed a record of no worse than 9-7 in the ACC and 10-8 overall. That is not stellar for UNC...but hopefully sometihng to build on. have I said how ready I am for Shaffmaster to come in the fall? A terminator and competitor who will raise the bar in the gym. Am wondering to see if the coaches go after any pin hitters in the portal.
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Post by dvader on Mar 29, 2021 8:12:37 GMT -5
Our serve receive for both matches were around 1.83 with 38% good passes, but Pitt was 2.01 with 65.7% good passes which makes total sense as we kept serving to the libero (?). Pitt ran a fast offense and had very little blocking on our side, not matter if Archer was in the front row or not. There is no way we could win a match (Pitt or not) hitting 0.012. We knew from the beginning of the season that there would be inconsistency on the team's playing level. The matches against ND and Pitt are proof of that.
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Post by volleyheels10 on Mar 29, 2021 8:17:33 GMT -5
Our serve receive for both matches were around 1.83 with 38% good passes, but Pitt was 2.01 with 65.7% good passes which makes total sense as we kept serving to the libero (?). Pitt ran a fast offense and had very little blocking on our side, not matter if Archer was in the front row or not. There is no way we could win a match (Pitt or not) hitting 0.012. We knew from the beginning of the season that there would be inconsistency on the team's playing level. The matches against ND and Pitt are proof of that. The fact we took FSU to 5 and really had a shot, then Pitt decimated us showed that inconsistency to....
The pins are a mess, but serve receive was abysmal. I do not know their numbers, but one would think from the eye test while Parker and Aziah might not be bangers on the outside, they do help with serve receive more so than passing with 2.
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Post by MonicaGeller on Mar 29, 2021 8:35:15 GMT -5
Our serve receive for both matches were around 1.83 with 38% good passes, but Pitt was 2.01 with 65.7% good passes which makes total sense as we kept serving to the libero (?). Pitt ran a fast offense and had very little blocking on our side, not matter if Archer was in the front row or not. There is no way we could win a match (Pitt or not) hitting 0.012. We knew from the beginning of the season that there would be inconsistency on the team's playing level. The matches against ND and Pitt are proof of that. That Libero was passing dimes all match and we just kept going there - weird. Even if our pins pass less than stellar - put a body in there to give options - your gonna get a better pass than If there is no body there. .....
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Post by dvader on Mar 29, 2021 8:46:52 GMT -5
Our serve receive for both matches were around 1.83 with 38% good passes, but Pitt was 2.01 with 65.7% good passes which makes total sense as we kept serving to the libero (?). Pitt ran a fast offense and had very little blocking on our side, not matter if Archer was in the front row or not. There is no way we could win a match (Pitt or not) hitting 0.012. We knew from the beginning of the season that there would be inconsistency on the team's playing level. The matches against ND and Pitt are proof of that. The fact we took FSU to 5 and really had a shot, then Pitt decimated us showed that inconsistency to....
The pins are a mess, but serve receive was abysmal. I do not know their numbers, but one would think from the eye test while Parker and Aziah might not be bangers on the outside, they do help with serve receive more so than passing with 2.
Our current season serve receive is 1.97 with 42% good passes so it was a little below season average. Again, the fact that we served to their libero so much which had a 80% good passes match was fundamental for their coordinate offense. That's on the coaches.
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Post by volleyheels10 on Mar 29, 2021 8:48:15 GMT -5
The fact we took FSU to 5 and really had a shot, then Pitt decimated us showed that inconsistency to....
The pins are a mess, but serve receive was abysmal. I do not know their numbers, but one would think from the eye test while Parker and Aziah might not be bangers on the outside, they do help with serve receive more so than passing with 2.
Our current season serve receive is 1.97 with 42% good passes so it was a little below season average. Again, the fact that we served to their libero so much which had a 80% good passes match was fundamental for their coordinate offense. That's on the coaches. Speaking of coaches, I gave them props last weekend for working with what they had and getting good results.....this weekend, was again, lack of in game adjustments by the coaches and failing to use players wisely.
No doubt there are going to be some unhappy players after spring...
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Post by dvader on Mar 29, 2021 9:11:16 GMT -5
Our serve receive for both matches were around 1.83 with 38% good passes, but Pitt was 2.01 with 65.7% good passes which makes total sense as we kept serving to the libero (?). Pitt ran a fast offense and had very little blocking on our side, not matter if Archer was in the front row or not. There is no way we could win a match (Pitt or not) hitting 0.012. We knew from the beginning of the season that there would be inconsistency on the team's playing level. The matches against ND and Pitt are proof of that. That Libero was passing dimes all match and we just kept going there - weird. Even if our pins pass less than stellar - put a body in there to give options - your gonna get a better pass than If there is no body there. ..... Yes, serving to their libero was weird and foolish. I wish they would have done the same to us. Also, for half the game there were 3 players doing serve receive.
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Post by edub on Mar 29, 2021 12:46:38 GMT -5
The Pitt match was a disaster from top to bottom. Hitting .012 as a team (thanks to Archer going 1 for 2 with no errors otherwise it's .000) and then digging only 20 balls (only 3 digs for a libero?) on defense. Def a lot of work to do all the way around.
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Post by bkedane on Mar 29, 2021 17:36:49 GMT -5
That Libero was passing dimes all match and we just kept going there - weird. Even if our pins pass less than stellar - put a body in there to give options - your gonna get a better pass than If there is no body there. ..... Yes, serving to their libero was weird and foolish. I wish they would have done the same to us. Also, for half the game there were 3 players doing serve receive. Almost everyone who plays Pitt significantly targets the libero. Almost everyone going forward will do this too.
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Post by MonicaGeller on Mar 29, 2021 18:22:48 GMT -5
Yes, serving to their libero was weird and foolish. I wish they would have done the same to us. Also, for half the game there were 3 players doing serve receive. Almost everyone who plays Pitt significantly targets the libero. Almost everyone going forward will do this too. I don’t understand that strategy - please elaborate .....
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