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Post by Hawk Attack on Sept 3, 2022 14:47:22 GMT -5
Slow and telegraphing. Need to change setter👍🏻 Setting is definitely not the problem.
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Post by vballfan25 on Sept 3, 2022 16:09:17 GMT -5
Slow and telegraphing. Need to change setter👍🏻 Setting is definitely not the problem. Ditto… may be a slower setter, but Tessier can handle a tight pass and push a nice ball to the outside. Washington was too fast for the Hawks. Too few blocks went up making a dig near impossible. Hawk needed a hitter off the bench before this match… now they need to find two.
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Post by definitelymaybe on Sept 3, 2022 17:28:14 GMT -5
Setting is definitely not the problem. Ditto… may be a slower setter, but Tessier can handle a tight pass and push a nice ball to the outside. Washington was too fast for the Hawks. Too few blocks went up making a dig near impossible. Hawk needed a hitter off the bench before this match… now they need to find two. It's such a struggle to find offense for this team and they've lacked a terminal left for years. I'm not sure who the last one would be...Taylor Louis & Ashley Mariani are the closest I can think of. Unfortunately what they need isn't on the roster. Some winnable games on deck however before league play starts. Hopefully they continue to battle.
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Post by hawkfan on Sept 3, 2022 17:44:54 GMT -5
Ditto… may be a slower setter, but Tessier can handle a tight pass and push a nice ball to the outside. Washington was too fast for the Hawks. Too few blocks went up making a dig near impossible. Hawk needed a hitter off the bench before this match… now they need to find two. It's such a struggle to find offense for this team and they've lacked a terminal left for years. I'm not sure who the last one would be...Taylor Louis & Ashley Mariani are the closest I can think of. Unfortunately what they need isn't on the roster. Some winnable games on deck however before league play starts. Hopefully they continue to battle. Absolutely agree that having reliable terminator(s) on the left has been a struggle for several seasons.The strongest combo Iowa has had recently was Louis and Cali Hoye in 2018. Lauren Brobst before that was a go-to terminal left for sure. Mariani would hit from the left in only rare, certain rotations so you may be recalling that but Ashley was a middle...and a mighty good one! Yes, hope they keep battling.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2022 18:12:27 GMT -5
Rotten luck that right when they started playing UW tough in the 2nd set, Onabanjo goes down with ankle turn. Urquhart on the left had hit .438, so she is very capable. Problem was the other left Addie V had 37 attempts and hit just over .100 With Onabanjo healthy, Jones termination and Urquhart they have some punch but prob still not enough to beat a top 10 team. Wonder how long she will be out?
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Post by definitelymaybe on Sept 3, 2022 21:02:49 GMT -5
You never know with ankles, hopefully it's minor. The team definitely doesn't have the depth to suffer too many more injuries. I would think most thought the two matches vs the PAC 12 would be losses before the season started. After CU, the remaining non conference schedule will be critical with the B1G 10 schedule looming.
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Post by hawkfan on Sept 4, 2022 0:11:34 GMT -5
One more thing on the topic of terminal left-side hitters: it's worthy of note that we took a huge blow in that specific area when Haley Melby changed her commitment from Iowa to Kentucky after our coaching change last year. She had three really solid matches this weekend for the Wildcats.
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Post by definitelymaybe on Sept 4, 2022 8:40:44 GMT -5
One more thing on the topic of terminal left-side hitters: it's worthy of note that we took a huge blow in that specific area when Haley Melby changed her commitment from Iowa to Kentucky after our coaching change last year. She had three really solid matches this weekend for the Wildcats. This is a valid point. To add to the left pin situation, their top '23 recruit is working back from an ACL. Hopefully this won't affect her explosiveness. I've seen 10'3 + for her touch. Guessing they'll be looking hard at the transfer portal - assuming they have an open schollie. I don't see NIL as much of a factor for Iowa volleyball unfortunately. Match today is at 2:30🏐
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Post by volleyball303 on Sept 4, 2022 8:51:54 GMT -5
Is Black hurt? If not hopefully she gets some playing time while in Colorado. I remember watching her in high school and thought she could start in college on day one. Especially cause it looks like Iowa needs the most help on the outside.
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Post by definitelymaybe on Sept 4, 2022 9:20:11 GMT -5
Is Black hurt? If not hopefully she gets some playing time while in Colorado. I remember watching her in high school and thought she could start in college on day one. Especially cause it looks like Iowa needs the most help on the outside. She has never been able to put it together in what I've seen. She has the length for sure but hasn't hit well. .062 in 20/21 & .115 in 21/22. Toy is the only pin hitter on the team that has the velocity you need to consistently get kills & she's more effective on the right. To me, Urquhart is an OH2 and is solid but not terminal (some may disagree).
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Post by Hawk Attack on Sept 4, 2022 9:21:43 GMT -5
Is Black hurt? If not hopefully she gets some playing time while in Colorado. I remember watching her in high school and thought she could start in college on day one. Especially cause it looks like Iowa needs the most help on the outside. She has never been able to put it together in what I've seen. She has the length for sure but hasn't hit well. .062 in 20/21 & .115 in 21/22. Toy is the only pin hitter on the team that has the velocity you need to consistently get kills & she's more effective on the right. To me, Urquhart is an OH2 and is solid but not terminal (some may disagree). I don’t disagree. Urquhart would be an excellent compliment to a terminal OH1 which… which we don’t currently have.
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Post by hawkfan on Sept 4, 2022 12:29:00 GMT -5
Is Black hurt? If not hopefully she gets some playing time while in Colorado. I remember watching her in high school and thought she could start in college on day one. Especially cause it looks like Iowa needs the most help on the outside. She has never been able to put it together in what I've seen. She has the length for sure but hasn't hit well. .062 in 20/21 & .115 in 21/22. Toy is the only pin hitter on the team that has the velocity you need to consistently get kills & she's more effective on the right. To me, Urquhart is an OH2 and is solid but not terminal (some may disagree). I think that is an accurate description of Urquhart from what I have seen thus far. I also agree about Black. She has a big arm but consistency has been her issue for sure. She was really tossed in as a true Frosh during that weird spring of 2021 season. When Griere Hughes opted out and Kyndra Hansen did not play after 3 or 4 matches due to injury, it was essentially just Black and Schmidt remaining on the left for those Big 10-only matches. Audrey had some nice matches but made lot of errors. She played sparingly last fall, mainly on the right when they toyed with 6-2 offense. She seems like a positive teammate and I am sure she would love to be on the floor while in her home state...just not sure I see it happening but you never know.
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Post by vballfan25 on Sept 4, 2022 14:25:26 GMT -5
Dumb question probably, but is there a deadline to add players to a roster or back on to a roster?
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Post by definitelymaybe on Sept 4, 2022 15:16:44 GMT -5
They must be planning on redshirting Cole? She hasn't seen action all year.
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Post by definitelymaybe on Sept 4, 2022 15:20:01 GMT -5
Dumb question probably, but is there a deadline to add players to a roster or back on to a roster? As long as the athlete is enrolled and in good standing academically, I'd think you could add at any time. Probably would have to be non scholarship with the current roster situation.
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