Future of USC

[volley2022]

"We just have to prepare to play all teams equally well," UCLA head coach Stein Metzger said (dailybruin.com). "It is easy to get focused on USC."

10:00 AM PT Mapes Beach

#2 UCLA vs #1 USC

TV 📺 n/a - WTF?

[volley2022]

USC 2 vs UCLA 3

1. Tina Graudina/Hailey Harward (USC) vs Lexy Denaburg/Abby Van Winkle 17-21, 17-21
2. Megan Kraft/Sammy Slater (USC) vs Rileigh Powers/Lea Monkhouse 16-21, 21-15, 15-8
3. Julia Scoles Delaynie Maple (USC) vs Devon Newberry/Jaden Whitmarsh 21-16, 29-31, 15-10
4. Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse (USC) vs Natalie Myszkowski/Sophie Moore 18-21, 21-18, 10-15
5. Caroline Schafer/Sunny Villapando (USC) vs Jessie Smith/Marlie Monserez 9-21, 19-21
Exh. Mollie Ebertin/Shannon Scully (USC) vs Tessa Van Winkle/Pani Napoleon 21-14, 21-17
Order of finish: 4, 2, 5, 1*, 3

usctrojans.com/news/2022/3/5/womens-beach-volleyball-no-1-usc-splits-matches-on-first-day-of-battle-for-l-a-invitational.aspx

USC 4 vs GCU 1

1. Tina Graudina/Hailey Harward (USC) vs Anaya Evans/Jess Vastine 21-10, 21-10
2. Megan Kraft/Sammy Slater (USC) vs Allison Hansen/Allanis Navas 22-20, 21-16
3. Delaynie Maple/Julia Scoles (USC) vs Teagan DeFalco/Samaya Morin 21-12, 24-22
4. Mollie Ebertin/Nicole Nourse (USC) vs Abbie Hughes/Krista Rowan 21-8, 14-21, 15-9
5. Caroline Schafer/Sunny Villapando (USC) vs Dana Roskic/Cami Sanchez 16-21, 18-21
Exh. Harper Hallgren/Paige Hammons (USC) vs. Sarah Dickson/Meagan McCall 23-21, 21-23 DNF
Order of finish: 2, 4, 1*, 5, 3

[volley2022]

LIVE stream - Megan Kraft/Sammy Slater vs Rileigh Powers/Lea Monkhouse

Video: Rob Espero

[hbmb10k]

Mar 5, 2022 13:00:22 GMT -5 volley2022 said:

USC vs UCLA

1 Tina Graudina/Hailey Harward vs Lexy Denaburg/Abby Van Winkle
2 Megan Kraft/Sammy Slater vs  Rileigh Powers/Lea Monkhouse
3 Julia Scoles Delaynie Maple vs Devon Newberry/Jaden Whitmarsh
4 Audrey Nourse/Nicole Nourse vs Natalie Myszkowski/Sophie Moore
5 Caroline Schafer/Sunny Villapando vs  Jessie Smith/Marlie Monserez
6 Mollie Ebertin/Shannon Scully vs  Tessa Van Winkle/Pani Napoleon

I'm gonna go with wins for USC at 1-4 courts and UCLA winning courts 5-6.

[hbmb10k]

Nourses go down in three vs two freshmen. Myszkowki's get their revenge.

[volley2022]

LIVE stream - Tina Graudina/Hailey Harward vs Lexy Denaburg/Abby Van Winkle

Video: Rob Espero

[Fight On!]

Wow. Schaefer and Villapando get spanked. Two first flight players moving to 6 next week?

[GoUCLA]

I guess the partner switches were the right moves for UCLA.

[hbmb10k]

Mar 5, 2022 15:06:19 GMT -5 GoUCLA said:

I guess the partner switches were the right moves for UCLA.

So stacked on the lower courts.  The have Hashman on par with with Smith and Myszkowski and Bonnani on par with Moore on the bench. I'm kinda of the opinion that transfers, both from indoor and beach, are over rated at this level of college play. The younger Van Winkle sister certainly looks the part but she's never been the one to put in a lot of time/effort into beach. (not judging, everybody has their own priorities) 

[hbmb10k]

What happened with Graudina/Harward? I caught a little of the match and nothing really stood out. I did see Graudina shank a fairly routine serve.

[Fight On!]

Against GCU, Ebertin at 4s with N Nourse. Maybe A Norse is nursing an injury still?

[Fight On!]

Mar 5, 2022 15:49:36 GMT -5 hbmb10k said:

What happened with Graudina/Harward? I caught a little of the match and nothing really stood out. I did see Graudina shank a fairly routine serve.

I only watched about 15 points but seemed like there were setter/hitter connection issues.

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Mar 5, 2022 15:29:11 GMT -5 hbmb10k said:

I'm kinda of the opinion that transfers, both from indoor and beach, are over rated at this level of college play.

Since when? You predicted USC would win 4-1...

[JB Southpaw]

Splitting Tina and Kraft hasn’t had the effect Dain was looking form

[Fight On!]

Mar 5, 2022 19:57:57 GMT -5 JB Southpaw said:

Splitting Tina and Kraft hasn’t had the effect Dain was looking form

Just let Hayward and Scoles play together.