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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Jul 4, 2020 20:50:25 GMT -5
I am sure one of the reasons Texas has not released an official roster is because Melanie Parra is still waiting to get accepted into Texas. That process does take time so I believe once everyone finds out if she has been accepted is when everything will begin to come together. Or perhaps she can be another Luketic and get added to the roster at a later date but Texas is taking a long time to release the roster so I am sure Parra is one of the reasons for that. I run an NCAA site on another, much-more-international VB forum. In it, a Mexican poster shared a social-media post from Parra...saying she recently submitted her entrance examination to UT. She's currently waiting out Covid19; along with being accepted and admitted in Austin come Autumn. BTW, I personally don't hate y'all!
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Post by stevehorn on Jul 4, 2020 21:48:59 GMT -5
Someone also mentioned above that programs that she is currently in does not offer summer courses so if that were the case and she can't take summer courses then why would she be in Austin already if she doesn't start her courses until the fall? She has to spend the summer somewhere and Austin is certainly not a bad place to spend it, especially if you are going to spend the next 1 to 2 years there. Also for all the speculation about why the volleyball roster is not up, neither is the football roster. Also while the women's basketball roster is posted, the men's basketball one is not. And realistically the women's is just names for the newcomers. Clicked on the bio sheet for several and the page is blank. Also no pictures for the newcomers. Almost looks like it was uploaded in error.
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Jul 5, 2020 3:51:44 GMT -5
I am sure one of the reasons Texas has not released an official roster is because Melanie Parra is still waiting to get accepted into Texas. That process does take time so I believe once everyone finds out if she has been accepted is when everything will begin to come together. Or perhaps she can be another Luketic and get added to the roster at a later date but Texas is taking a long time to release the roster so I am sure Parra is one of the reasons for that. I run an NCAA site on another, much-more-international VB forum. In it, a Mexican poster shared a social-media post from Parra...saying she recently submitted her entrance examination to UT. She's currently waiting out Covid19; along with being accepted and admitted in Austin come Autumn. BTW, I personally don't hate y'all! Yes I remember her saying in an interview she did recently she submitted an exam to get into Texas but I didn't know about the waiting out Covid thing. I mean if she is waiting for it to be over then she will never make it to campus unless she is waiting for cases in Austin to go down which also seems like it won't happen because a lot of people here are very stubborn but that's a conversation for another day.
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Jul 5, 2020 3:56:08 GMT -5
Someone also mentioned above that programs that she is currently in does not offer summer courses so if that were the case and she can't take summer courses then why would she be in Austin already if she doesn't start her courses until the fall? She has to spend the summer somewhere and Austin is certainly not a bad place to spend it, especially if you are going to spend the next 1 to 2 years there. Also for all the speculation about why the volleyball roster is not up, neither is the football roster. Also while the women's basketball roster is posted, the men's basketball one is not. And realistically the women's is just names for the newcomers. Clicked on the bio sheet for several and the page is blank. Also no pictures for the newcomers. Almost looks like it was uploaded in error. It's not the worst place but it sure as heck ain't the cheapest. If she can afford it then by all means but just curious, if she were not taking any courses until the fall or maybe the program she is in allows for summer courses but hypothetically speaking I'm going to say she is not taking summer courses. Would she be allowed to participate in voluntary workouts with the team if she were to be apart of the roster and not taking summer classes?
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Post by stevehorn on Jul 5, 2020 12:13:29 GMT -5
She has to spend the summer somewhere and Austin is certainly not a bad place to spend it, especially if you are going to spend the next 1 to 2 years there. Also for all the speculation about why the volleyball roster is not up, neither is the football roster. Also while the women's basketball roster is posted, the men's basketball one is not. And realistically the women's is just names for the newcomers. Clicked on the bio sheet for several and the page is blank. Also no pictures for the newcomers. Almost looks like it was uploaded in error. It's not the worst place but it sure as heck ain't the cheapest. If she can afford it then by all means but just curious, if she were not taking any courses until the fall or maybe the program she is in allows for summer courses but hypothetically speaking I'm going to say she is not taking summer courses. Would she be allowed to participate in voluntary workouts with the team if she were to be apart of the roster and not taking summer classes? As far as the workouts, don't know the restrictions on these voluntary workouts, but I tend to say yes under the conditions that you listed. I suspect not all of the football and volleyball players that are in Austin are taking summer classes. My point on being in Austin is that it's reasonable for her to be in Austin this summer regardless of whether she is planning to play. With what's been posted, I lean toward the position that she is planning to play. However I don't consider it a given at this time and would certainly not get carried away discussing her as part of the team.
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Post by Tex_VB_Fan on Jul 5, 2020 13:40:46 GMT -5
MO' will be suiting up
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Post by texastothehouse15 on Jul 5, 2020 14:16:15 GMT -5
Confirmed or are you stating your opinion?
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Post by horns1 on Jul 5, 2020 15:15:55 GMT -5
I never doubted it for a minute based on all the smoke signals out there . . .
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Post by horns1 on Jul 5, 2020 15:17:57 GMT -5
That will make so many of the non-Texas posters on this thread extremely happy . . . or not!
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Post by horns1 on Jul 5, 2020 15:36:57 GMT -5
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Post by Longhorn20 on Jul 5, 2020 23:29:37 GMT -5
You know, I was thinking we only have Parra’s stats internationally and we don’t necessarily know how that translates to NCAA.
@bigwestfan2 when you have the time, would you mind pulling Parra’s and Eggleston’s stats for common opponents from that international tournament they both played in last summer??
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Post by jwvolley on Jul 5, 2020 23:32:44 GMT -5
That will make so many of the non-Texas posters on this thread extremely happy . . . or not! That sentiment is found with multiple top programs. Not unique to Texas.
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Post by hillcountryhorn on Jul 6, 2020 10:53:06 GMT -5
Texas Soccer’s schedule is out! C’mon Texas Volleyball! 😩
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Post by tedheise on Jul 6, 2020 11:38:46 GMT -5
I don’t think Peterson is bad libero by any means, and most posters would agree she’s done well during season play. It’s the falling apart during the tournament that gets her a bad critique, but honestly, why shouldn’t it? That’s the worst time to fall apart. I’d rather have an average/competent libero during the season who rises to the occasion during the big matches. Ask Sarah Palmer or Autumn Rounsaville (BYU Match- what year was that?)
Another factor could be that in the tournament (especially the latter rounds) the level of competition generally goes up.
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Post by hillcountryhorn on Jul 6, 2020 16:45:46 GMT -5
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