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Post by volleynerdmw on Sept 23, 2020 13:48:10 GMT -5
Keys to the match: NC State: Spread the wealth. NCSU has good pins...Evans, Parchment, Rowand. Give them the ball and allow middles to focus on the block. NCSU doesnt have good middles IMO. Need pin production. Duke: Setting, setting well in transition was not good last year. Need better second touch. Feed Owokiniran when she is in. Heard that NCSU will have some players unavailable which is a shame since they could take advantage of a weak pod. Rowland will most likely be out, and Setter Nina Sharpton has opted out this fall. Watch for the Freshmen Ferguson, Shaak and Myers to get meaningful time. |
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Post by charger0304 on Sept 23, 2020 14:24:54 GMT -5
I expect McDaniel to start and be just fine. Undersized but talented. The other OH position might be by committee this year.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 14:55:15 GMT -5
Keys to the match: NC State: Spread the wealth. NCSU has good pins...Evans, Parchment, Rowand. Give them the ball and allow middles to focus on the block. NCSU doesnt have good middles IMO. Need pin production. Duke: Setting, setting well in transition was not good last year. Need better second touch. Feed Owokiniran when she is in. Both teams need better passing. Parchment, Bryant & McDonald were all objectively poor for NC State last year (either at or below 40% good pass percentage) and when they account for more than half your total passes, the team grade is going to be bad (43.4%). Similar story for Duke, where both Johnson and Owokoniran were below 40% good pass and together handled over 800 balls. It really says a lot about a roster (none of it good) if you have multiple passers in the 30-40% range of good pass percentage. Duke's ball control was marginally better than NC State at 46.6% though, thanks to solid passing (~54%) from Payton Schwantz and Mackenzie Cole. I'm hopeful that both teams will handle first contact better in 2020 and make things easier for their setters. |
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Post by gibbyb1 on Sept 23, 2020 15:01:23 GMT -5
Keys to the match: NC State: Spread the wealth. NCSU has good pins...Evans, Parchment, Rowand. Give them the ball and allow middles to focus on the block. NCSU doesnt have good middles IMO. Need pin production. Duke: Setting, setting well in transition was not good last year. Need better second touch. Feed Owokiniran when she is in. Both teams need better passing. Parchment, Bryant & McDonald were all objectively poor for NC State last year (either at or below 40% good pass percentage) and when they account for more than half your total passes, the team grade is going to be bad (43.4%). Similar story for Duke, where both Johnson and Owokoniran were below 40% good pass and together handled over 800 balls. It really says a lot about a roster (none of it good) if you have multiple passers in the 30-40% range of good pass percentage. Duke's ball control was marginally better than NC State at 46.6% though, thanks to solid passing (~54%) from Payton Schwantz and Mackenzie Cole. I'm hopeful that both teams will handle first contact better in 2020 and make things easier for their setters. Duke just doesn’t do a very good job at developing players sadly. |
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Post by coachk2 on Sept 23, 2020 18:08:31 GMT -5
Yes! 😃 I am watching live college volleyball for the first time since March! Take that, Covid!
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Post by coachk2 on Sept 23, 2020 18:11:31 GMT -5
Of course, the play by play guy is clueless on ref’s calls. Some things never change. 😲
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Post by trojansc on Sept 23, 2020 18:30:06 GMT -5
Lots of service errors on both sides
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Post by coachk2 on Sept 23, 2020 18:32:12 GMT -5
Duke takes set 1 25-19. Apparently CK only one watching this epic P5 matchup. 😂
Oops, sorry Trojan. 🤔
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Post by trojansc on Sept 23, 2020 18:32:41 GMT -5
Duke takes S1 25-19.
NC State is hitting negative and gave Duke 13 points off errors. Evans is a good player and could get them back in this, but Duke has been able to stop her so far.
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Post by bprtbone on Sept 23, 2020 18:38:31 GMT -5
Back from my evening stroll; live volleyball FTW!
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Post by cindra on Sept 23, 2020 18:41:08 GMT -5
Volleyball is back and the play by play commentator still has no clue what he's talking about.
Nothing's really changed I guess.
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Post by vballfreak808 on Sept 23, 2020 18:42:13 GMT -5
Volleyball is back and the play by play commentator still has no clue what he's talking about. Nothing's really changed I guess. To his credit, he is broadcasting from home so he can’t even see what’s happening in person |
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Post by ay2013 on Sept 23, 2020 18:42:42 GMT -5
where is Taylor Rowland?
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Post by jwvolley on Sept 23, 2020 18:45:32 GMT -5
What happened to the NC State head coach from like 2 years ago when they got to the 2nd round and played Texas? Wasn't she new then?
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Post by ilikecorn on Sept 23, 2020 19:03:48 GMT -5
Duke takes set 1 25-19. Apparently CK only one watching this epic P5 matchup. 😂 Oops, sorry Trojan. 🤔 I'm here now! |
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