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Post by GoUCLA on Sept 4, 2021 19:12:33 GMT -5
Someone has more kills and attempts than May. When was the last time that happened? I wouldn't be surprised if McCall had a match with more kills and attempts last season. I'm too lazy to go look at the stats. |
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Post by bruinsgold on Sept 4, 2021 19:17:37 GMT -5
Someone has more kills and attempts than May. When was the last time that happened? I wouldn't be surprised if McCall had a match with more kills and attempts last season. I'm too lazy to go look at the stats. I just looked. More kills? Yes. At least two or three matches. More attempts? Nah. May always led that category. |
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Post by baytree on Sept 4, 2021 19:36:46 GMT -5
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Post by baytree on Sept 4, 2021 22:02:04 GMT -5
Long Beach State sweeps: -23, -17, -22
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Post by BeiBei on Sept 4, 2021 22:11:40 GMT -5
IS there a all tournament team for this competition?
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Post by baytree on Sept 4, 2021 22:20:27 GMT -5
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Post by baytree on Sept 4, 2021 22:25:09 GMT -5
IS there a all tournament team for this competition? LBSU tweeted about Kash Williams and Kasia Partyka being on the all tournament team but I can't find anything else about it on the LBSU site/tweets, UCLA, Portland State, or Georgia Tech. Maybe someone will post here. |
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Post by beachvball on Sept 4, 2021 22:29:36 GMT -5
All Tournament team
MVP - Mac May
Parker Webb -PSU
Kash Williams, Kasia Partyka - LBSU
Mariana Brambilla, Julia Bergmann and I believe Maddie Tippett - Georgia Tech
Not sure who else from UCLA. Sorry
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Post by westcoastbestcoast on Sept 4, 2021 23:09:04 GMT -5
Put some respect on UCLA's name in that next poll, voters 😁 Agreed. UCLA is going to be a problem this year. |
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Post by gobruins on Sept 5, 2021 7:45:13 GMT -5
Wait stats say Devon Chang subbed in before 25-all?? Is that true or just an error?? It was an error. Chang was on the bench, in street clothes. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2021 12:36:32 GMT -5
Watching film from yesterday's matches on VM. Some thoughts UCLA vs GT:
- UCLA came out serving GT Libero Tippett in the first set and it worked. GT lost the serve pass game badly, siding out at just 37% (compared to 83% for UCLA) losing 25-11. Passing for GT improved after the first set when Tippett was benched but backup Pimentel was still the target and the GT passers never really looked comfortable.
- Charitie Luper is the real deal. Starting her first match for UCLA, she hit .295 and had just 3 errors on 44 swings. Her passing looks solid, I'm sure she will continue to be the target in SR but she is comfortable passing to attack. In FBSO she hit .533, mostly off her own passes. She took some smart swings but also just went up and over the GT block at times. Offensively she has Pressley vibes but she already looks like a better passer than Yossi.
- Collier benched McKissock for D'Amico in set 3. It is hard to tell from the film how that changed the energy on the floor but GT won the set and it is obvious Collier is not happy with McKissock's blocking. McKissock started the fourth but was benched again as GT hit -.088.
- Kaiser played at middle instead of Moss. Is Moss hurt? If not, she should be starting.
- As great as Luper looks, the setter is the most important addition to the UCLA roster. Martin runs a fast offense, especially to the middles and is aggressive with her dumps when she's front row. She also had a nice match defensively. The connection with Ndiaye looks like it will take time.
- UCLA had a huge advantage with Fleck as their secondary setter. They had 8 kills on her 16 OOS sets in the match and UCLA hit .260 in trans - GT hit .056! At the end of the third, Sealy used a blocking sub for Martin, leaving Fleck to set in trans. They pulled a couple of points back in that rotation. Haven't seen that before, did they use it against Davis?
- GT freshman OH Bertolino tooled the UCLA block well. I like her all around game and even though she isn't super explosive, she's the OH2 this team needs.
- Like I said, it's hard to read much about energy from the game film, but GT looked tight after the first set. They're usually a high energy group but even after they won the third set, they still didn't look like they thought they would win.
- In the fourth, UCLA went to their 'pro' lineup, with McCall at Opp and all 3 pins playing 6ros and passing. It looks like their strongest starters. UCLA blew GT away in the fourth (25-11 again) behind tough serving, scrappy defense (particularly from McCall and Luper) and aggressive swings in trans. If that is the lineup Sealy goes with he can get creative offensively and will have good options in Ro1.
- I still like GT as a top 15 team. They need to go with Pimentel at libero and get their middles involved more but I think they also got unlucky with Luper. They had no film on her and I am sure they were expecting McCall or Jacobs at OH with May. As the coach, watching a 5'9 freshman you haven't scouted hit .714 against you in the first set, you're just thinking "why me?". The biggest question for GT is what they do with McKissock, their 5'9 setter that doesn't swing block. They briefly tried a 6-2 but I don't like any lineup that puts Brambilla on the bench for 3ros.
- For UCLA, they played clean volley. If it had been streamed, I think they'd have made a big jump in the poll this week but since it wasn't, I don't expect them to move much. The pins are great but it is the setter that really upgrades this team from the spring. With two new MBs, a new OH and a new setter, there is still a lot of room to grow but the potential is there.
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