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Post by courtwatchers on Sept 26, 2021 17:32:00 GMT -5
Well that was a slow paced match completely controlled by Minnesota. I kept waiting for Maryland to break out and make it more competitive and thought for awhile that was where we might be heading in that third set.....but no.
Not sure how serious Shaffmaster wearing a knee brace is, but it appeared she would be reaching for it periodically throughout the match. Her situation might have played a role in our approach to this game.
That was a very low error/outstanding blocking game by our Gopher team today and I was very happy to see the team hitting % up too.
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Sept 26, 2021 17:33:17 GMT -5
Great set by Mel to Samedy to end the match … which also let Stephanie tie for most kills (11) in the match, along with Jenna. Hard to get a lot of kills when the other team has 35 errors. |
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Sept 26, 2021 18:06:50 GMT -5
When is last match where the Gopher’s opponent hit negative? 78 14 38 -179 after 2 sets The last match was vs St. Thomas last week (15-19-74, -.054). Going back in time a bit further... vs. Fairfield in the 2019 NCAA first round (22-26-106, -.038). I only found 2 others back to 2013. Sam Houston St. (at Charleston) on 9/9/15 hit -.068 Albany (at Yale) on 9/6/2014 hit -.034. The previous worst in B1G play back to 2013 was Rutgers hitting .000 in 2014 |
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Post by mcmike on Sept 26, 2021 20:29:16 GMT -5
Maryland seemed unable to make the necessary adjustment like Michigan when things weren't working.
They couldn't hit through the block and they were missing trying to hit over it. It took a long time for them to start tipping effectively and their attempts to tool the block became better...but not much late in the match.
Something is being poured into the MB glass but half full it isn't.
In the rotation with Myers serving or after a point is lost on her serve the front court is Landfair, Husemann, & Shaff. I don't believe it is enough to run back row attacks with Samedy or Wenaas. Husemann needs reps on the back slide and the Gopher back row should be passing to the right of the midline so that Shaff has an option for a quick set to Husemann both in front of and behind her. Particularly with a hefty knee brace on your setter you want to
It might be easiest to feed a back row attack, but in the long run, I believe it is a disservice.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2021 20:53:57 GMT -5
Samedy out of the back row gives you everything a slide does -- and, for this team, more. There is no point in running a play you can't run effectively.
And -- again -- I'll stay out of this other than to post that. Except to say you all are unnecessarily hard on Shaffmaster, and I'm not sure why. Other than Miller's few matches, no one has set Samedy as well as Mel has, which includes SSS.
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Sept 26, 2021 21:44:15 GMT -5
Maryland seemed unable to make the necessary adjustment like Michigan when things weren't working. They couldn't hit through the block and they were missing trying to hit over it. It took a long time for them to start tipping effectively and their attempts to tool the block became better...but not much late in the match. Something is being poured into the MB glass but half full it isn't. In the rotation with Myers serving or after a point is lost on her serve the front court is Landfair, Husemann, & Shaff. I don't believe it is enough to run back row attacks with Samedy or Wenaas. Husemann needs reps on the back slide and the Gopher back row should be passing to the right of the midline so that Shaff has an option for a quick set to Husemann both in front of and behind her. Particularly with a hefty knee brace on your setter you want to It might be easiest to feed a back row attack, but in the long run, I believe it is a disservice. I thought they went to tipping in set 3, just because they couldn't hit it in the court at all. Made sense and they scored a few times, but it was fun to see 3 Gophers on the floor on several of them. |
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Post by courtwatchers on Sept 26, 2021 22:14:18 GMT -5
Agree with mcmike...Maryland needed to figure out how to score against our continuous blocking. They were somewhat successful the 3rd set. Tipping....ugh!!!
I'm sure we will see an entirely different match when we are at Maryland later in the season.
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Post by gogophers on Sept 26, 2021 23:17:21 GMT -5
I'm sure this is a match Maryland would like to forget. Maryland had 28 hitting errors through the 2nd set. That means that Maryland hitters scored more points for the Gophers than did the Gophers' own hitters. Yet, Maryland beat Wisconsin only 2 days earlier. Maryland surely wins the Jekyll/Hyde award (if there were one) for the week.
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Post by gogophers on Sept 26, 2021 23:27:14 GMT -5
Other than Miller's few matches, no one has set Samedy as well as Mel has, which includes SSS. Well, there have been only three other setters, besides Shaffmaster, setting Samedy. So, you're saying only that you think she's set Samedy better than Bailey (don't think anyone would argue) and SSS (about whom many would argue, including me). Could it be that Samedy is simply much better, later in her career, at using her athleticism to turn lemon sets into lemonade? And that this explains her great success this year? I'm not commenting on whether Mel is good or bad. I'm just saying that I've seen Samedy, time and again, twist her body, even change hands, to score a kill on a ball set by Mel that was nowhere even close to where she could pound it. |
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Post by Volleyballer on Sept 26, 2021 23:37:39 GMT -5
Other than Miller's few matches, no one has set Samedy as well as Mel has, which includes SSS. Well, there have been only three other setters, besides Shaffmaster, setting Samedy. So, you're saying only that you think she's set Samedy better than Bailey (don't think anyone would argue) and SSS (about whom many would argue, including me). Could it be that Samedy is simply much better, later in her career, at using her athleticism to turn lemon sets into lemonade? And that this explains her great success this year? I'm not commenting on whether Mel is good or bad. I'm just saying that I've seen Samedy, time and again, twist her body, even change hands, to score a kill on a ball set by Mel that was nowhere even close to where she could pound it. I definitely agree with this. Mel’s location is inconsistent sometimes and sometimes Samedy is ready for a faster set and the height of the set isn’t where it’s supposed to be. When this happens, Samedy definitely corrects and betters the ball. |
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