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Post by coachk2 on Sept 23, 2020 21:23:58 GMT -5
What happened to my favorite player Lily Cooper? 🤭 Fixed! Cooper .450 11-2-20 Thanks! As Sam Gore would say, she put 45% of her balls on the floor 🤪 (it’s really 55% Sam - duh) Also thanks for the Opening Day Thread 👍🏐
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Post by ilikecorn on Sept 23, 2020 21:26:28 GMT -5
Fixed! Cooper .450 11-2-20 Thanks! As Sam Gore would say, she put 45% of her balls on the floor 🤪 (it’s really 55% Sam - duh) Also thanks for the Opening Day Thread 👍🏐
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Post by hammer on Sept 23, 2020 21:46:58 GMT -5
The level of play was rough. Well, we're not talking Stanford/Nebraska here. I saw Duke play early last season at the CoC, and they weren't exactly world beaters then either.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 21:51:57 GMT -5
The level of play was rough. Well, we're not talking Stanford/Nebraska here. I saw Duke play early last season at the CoC, and they weren't exactly world beaters then either. NC State didn't have a single OH who could pass or terminate OOS and they still took Duke to 5. HawaiiVB was right, but at least it's volley! Hope both teams stay healthy and can build through the fall.
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Post by volleynerdmw on Sept 23, 2020 22:20:52 GMT -5
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Post by HawaiiVB on Sept 23, 2020 22:50:46 GMT -5
The level of play was rough. Think of it as a spring match, cause that’s what it was, after a really long winter. ☃️ If you say so. If you want to be the best, you have to play at your best from game 1 to game 1,000. That's what is expected. If that was their best, okay. Both teams are not in shape. Simple offensive and defensive schemes were missed. Passing was bad, digging was bad, Blocking was okay, the setting was better from Duke but nothing exceptional. It reminded me of high school volleyball. To me, the best players were the OH 1 and MB 1 from NC State. They just need much more consistent support.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2020 23:15:22 GMT -5
Think of it as a spring match, cause that’s what it was, after a really long winter. ☃️ If you say so. If you want to be the best, you have to play at your best from game 1 to game 1,000. That's what is expected. If that was their best, okay. Both teams are not in shape. Simple offensive and defensive schemes were missed. Passing was bad, digging was bad, Blocking was okay, the setting was better from Duke but nothing exceptional. It reminded me of high school volleyball. To me, the best players were the OH 1 and MB 1 from NC State. They just need much more consistent support. You mean the Opp from NC State; Melissa Evans? She was all they had OOS. I'd add that that Mackenzie Cole had a good match and contributed from the service line.
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Post by n00b on Sept 23, 2020 23:28:11 GMT -5
At this point, all of these players have been on campus for like 2.5 months. Yes, I’m sure there were some disruptions. And practices might be different. But I think this is just what two mediocre teams look like at the beginning of the season, COVID or not.
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Post by bkedane on Sept 24, 2020 6:11:57 GMT -5
At least we learned that NC State now has a world class coach. That is according to the world class play by play announcer for the match and so it must be true.
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Post by volleyheels10 on Sept 24, 2020 7:59:39 GMT -5
That match was a hot mess.....Duke showed some flashes of talent. I really like Nazor and Springate in a 5-2....that seems to work well. duke seems to have a much better first touch and defense this year. But the setting connections were still all over the place and too many errors from hitters. At least Cooper can finally put heat on a ball at 6-5....So awkward. Ade is so fun to watch, so much energy.
NCSU is not in a good place....I like McDaniel, but chemistry is different with her than Sharpton. It is rare to see Evans have more digs than kills. Defense and serve recieve have a long ways to go. Myers will be a stud for slabe to build around. Rowand would make this team way better.
I see Duke finishing 2nd or 3rd in the pod, and NCSU maybe 4th.
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Post by volleywolf on Sept 24, 2020 9:41:42 GMT -5
How long is Rowland going to be out? Seems like she can never get healthy. She was injured at Auburn and now for two seasons at State.
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Post by dman on Sept 24, 2020 9:53:30 GMT -5
That match was a hot mess.....Duke showed some flashes of talent. I really like Nazor and Springate in a 5-2....that seems to work well. duke seems to have a much better first touch and defense this year. But the setting connections were still all over the place and too many errors from hitters. At least Cooper can finally put heat on a ball at 6-5....So awkward. Ade is so fun to watch, so much energy. NCSU is not in a good place....I like McDaniel, but chemistry is different with her than Sharpton. It is rare to see Evans have more digs than kills. Defense and serve recieve have a long ways to go. Myers will be a stud for slabe to build around. Rowand would make this team way better. I see Duke finishing 2nd or 3rd in the pod, and NCSU maybe 4th. NCSU passing was horrific last night; that has to improve! Frazier is a stud libero but can't handle the whole back row by herself! Good news is they could have very easily walked away with a W. Looking forward to the rematch on Saturday.
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Post by volleyheels10 on Sept 24, 2020 10:01:03 GMT -5
i agree. Frazier is a great player. She needs some help to get it done on D.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2020 10:12:12 GMT -5
That match was a hot mess.....Duke showed some flashes of talent. I really like Nazor and Springate in a 5-2....that seems to work well. duke seems to have a much better first touch and defense this year. But the setting connections were still all over the place and too many errors from hitters. At least Cooper can finally put heat on a ball at 6-5....So awkward. Ade is so fun to watch, so much energy. NCSU is not in a good place....I like McDaniel, but chemistry is different with her than Sharpton. It is rare to see Evans have more digs than kills. Defense and serve recieve have a long ways to go. Myers will be a stud for slabe to build around. Rowand would make this team way better. I see Duke finishing 2nd or 3rd in the pod, and NCSU maybe 4th. NCSU passing was horrific last night; that has to improve! Frazier is a stud libero but can't handle the whole back row by herself! Good news is they could have very easily walked away with a W. Looking forward to the rematch on Saturday. She didn't play like a stud last night. She had fewer errors than Myers or Wander, but still only managed a good pass on 43% of her passes in the match. Meaning on more than half of her passes, NC State were out of system. You need more than that from your libero.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2020 10:32:15 GMT -5
i agree. Frazier is a great player. She needs some help to get it done on D. They need more from their outsides. 60% of OH Hartley Myers passes were either serve receive errors or out of system passes (which usually led to freeballs for Duke) and she was officially aced 6 times (although that doesn't include overpasses). Add that to her serve which was basically a freeball (Duke had a 70% good pass rate against it) and only 12 kills on 45 swings and it seems like a rough start for the #80 2019 senior ace. Then consider she was the best OH that Luka had last night... The whole OH group (starting with Jade Parchment) just need to be a lot better.
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