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Post by Zazu on Nov 6, 2021 23:03:59 GMT -5
How long has Hifo been serving for Koerber? Following up on this, I think initially they had Hifo serve for Koerber because she tweaked an ankle in the San Francisco match, but I'm not sure that's why they continued to have someone else serve for her in the following matches. Hifo and McComber are both very good servers, so they may have decided it just makes sense at this point. And maybe they are also trying to minimize Koerber's playing time whenever possible.
Koerber has missed more serves than any other starter (.872 percentage). Taylen Ballard-Nixon is close to that at .877, but she has also served 29 aces, while Koerber has only served 12. McComber has a .950 percentage and just two fewer aces than Koerber, even though Koerber has 106 more service attempts.
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Post by trojansc on Nov 6, 2021 23:12:47 GMT -5
LMU can't blame the assistant coaches again for their mediocrity, can they? Losing Geissberger has really hurt. Can't say LMU was having that poor of a season until some of their recent forgettable results. |
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Post by practicesafesets on Nov 7, 2021 0:09:57 GMT -5
USF asked their 5'6 Libero to play OH. They got 14 kills vs Santa Clara. The USF struggle is real lol
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Zazu
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Post by Zazu on Nov 7, 2021 14:48:39 GMT -5
LMU can't blame the assistant coaches again for their mediocrity, can they? Losing Geissberger has really hurt. Can't say LMU was having that poor of a season until some of their recent forgettable results. Didn't realize until last night that they were also without Ella Boehle in this match, who is injured as well. |
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Post by Zazu on Nov 7, 2021 14:52:46 GMT -5
Gonzaga absolutely steamrolling Gonzaga in set two so far, 11-1.
Is this possible?? 🤪 San Diego's second set is looking almost exactly like BYU's My sister had a good chuckle about this when reading through the match comments last night. I did notice you had quoted me, but didn't realize why at the time because I was too busy trying to keep up with the matches. More proof that I cannot multi-task. |
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Post by bbg95 on Nov 7, 2021 14:55:01 GMT -5
How long has Hifo been serving for Koerber? Following up on this, I think initially they had Hifo serve for Koerber because she tweaked an ankle in the San Francisco match, but I'm not sure that's why they continued to have someone else serve for her in the following matches. Hifo and McComber are both very good servers, so they may have decided it just makes sense at this point. And maybe they are also trying to minimize Koerber's playing time whenever possible.
Koerber has missed more serves than any other starter (.872 percentage). Taylen Ballard-Nixon is close to that at .877, but she has also served 29 aces, while Koerber has only served 12. McComber has a .950 percentage and just two fewer aces than Koerber, even though Koerber has 106 more service attempts.
Yeah, this is the conclusion I came to as well. It's a nice luxury for BYU to have six servers who are more effective than Koerber. It's interesting to note that McComber didn't serve much when she was at Washington State, so this seems like a nice byproduct of her transferring to BYU. |
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Post by vballfan17 on Nov 7, 2021 17:35:20 GMT -5
Who else is going to submit picks for VT WCC Players of the Week?
Send me your pick for Offensive, Defensive, Setter and Freshman of the Week. Feel free to throw in a pick for National Player and National Freshman of the Week if you want.
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Post by Zazu on Nov 7, 2021 18:19:03 GMT -5
Who else is going to submit picks for VT WCC Players of the Week? Send me your pick for Offensive, Defensive, Setter and Freshman of the Week. Feel free to throw in a pick for National Player and National Freshman of the Week if you want. So can anyone vote for this? I thought you had a committee of some sort. |
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Post by vballfan17 on Nov 7, 2021 18:24:38 GMT -5
Who else is going to submit picks for VT WCC Players of the Week? Send me your pick for Offensive, Defensive, Setter and Freshman of the Week. Feel free to throw in a pick for National Player and National Freshman of the Week if you want. So can anyone vote for this? I thought you had a committee of some sort. Anyone can vote/be a part of the committee. I’ve only been getting about 11 total submissions so we need more people’s input |
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Post by bbg95 on Nov 7, 2021 19:25:50 GMT -5
Who else is going to submit picks for VT WCC Players of the Week? Send me your pick for Offensive, Defensive, Setter and Freshman of the Week. Feel free to throw in a pick for National Player and National Freshman of the Week if you want. So can anyone vote for this? I thought you had a committee of some sort. Yeah, anyone can vote. I only submit for the WCC each week and sometimes NPOW if I feel strongly about it. |
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Post by smartcookie on Nov 8, 2021 15:37:10 GMT -5
Who else is going to submit picks for VT WCC Players of the Week? Send me your pick for Offensive, Defensive, Setter and Freshman of the Week. Feel free to throw in a pick for National Player and National Freshman of the Week if you want. How does this work? Is there a separate thread for this and/or do we just message you to vote? |
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Post by vballfan17 on Nov 8, 2021 15:38:26 GMT -5
Who else is going to submit picks for VT WCC Players of the Week? Send me your pick for Offensive, Defensive, Setter and Freshman of the Week. Feel free to throw in a pick for National Player and National Freshman of the Week if you want. How does this work? Is there a separate thread for this and/or do we just message you to vote? Every Sunday you would just message me your picks for offensive, defensive, setter and freshman of the week for the WCC. Simple as that  |
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Post by smartcookie on Nov 8, 2021 15:38:30 GMT -5
Source: wccsports.com/news/2021/11/8/athlete-awards-pepperdines-ahrens-and-shields-sweep-wcc-volleyball-weekly-honors.aspxSAN MATEO, Calif. – Pepperdine sweeps the West Coast Conference volleyball’s weekly honors, as Rachel Ahrens was named the WCC Offensive Player of the Week and Madison Shields was selected as the WCC Defensive Player of the Week for November 8, 2021. #WCCSPORTS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – RACHEL AHRENS, SR., OH – PEPPERDINE Senior outside hitter Rachel Ahrens guided Pepperdine to a pair of victories last week over Saint Mary’s and Pacific. She totaled 49.5 points (7.1 points/set) and recorded 45 kills with 12 digs for the week. Ahrens registered a 6.43 kills/set average on a .351 success rate. In Pepperdine’s 3-1 win over Saint Mary’s on Thursday, Ahrens had 30 kills with only seven errors on 56 swings. It was only the third time a Wave has hit for 30 or more kills in a match in program history. She was the first Pepperdine player to accomplish the feat in 13 years. Ahrens also added eight digs, two blocks and an ace for 32.0 total points to average 2.00 digs, 0.50 blocks and 0.25 aces for 8.0 points per set in the win over the Gaels. In the sweep over Pacific on Saturday, Ahrens posted 15 kills, with four digs, three blocks and an ace for 17.5 total points. Also Nominated: Whitney Bower, BYU; Hawley Harrer, Saint Mary’s; Katie Lukes, San Diego; Julia Sangiacomo, Santa Clara. #WCCSPORTS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – MADISON SHIELDS, SR., LB – PEPPERDINE Pepperdine senior libero Madison Shields collected WCC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week honors for the second consecutive week and third time this season, as the Waves defeated Saint Mary’s and Pacific last week. Shields posted an 6.43 digs/set average after amassing 45 digs in seven sets over the two matches. The senior also had six assists and an ace for the week. Shields totaled 27 digs against Saint Mary’s to help keep the Gaels to only a .206 success rate throughout. In the win over Saint Mary’s, Shields became the 13th player in Pepperdine history to register at least career 1,000 digs. She also added 19 service receptions with only one error in Thursday’s win. In the sweep over Pacific on Saturday, she recorded 18 digs, keeping the Tigers to a .109 success rate. She had two assists and an ace, finishing Saturday’s match with 13 successful receptions without a single error. Also Nominated: Leyla Blackwell, San Diego and Heather Gneiting, BYU. |
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Post by smartcookie on Nov 8, 2021 15:41:29 GMT -5
How does this work? Is there a separate thread for this and/or do we just message you to vote? Every Sunday you would just message me your picks for offensive, defensive, setter and freshman of the week for the WCC. Simple as that Ok great! Hopefully you'll post the results of our votes here I'll try to join in next week! |
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Post by bayarea on Nov 8, 2021 15:43:25 GMT -5
The WCC selection committee agreed with the Volleytalk Selection Committee on this week's winners. 😁
WCC
OPOW: Rachel Ahrens, Pepperdine
Co-SOW: Whitney Bower, BYU & Isabel Zelaya, Pepperdine
DPOW: Madison Shields, Pepperdine
FOW: Alyssa Muraoka, Portland
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