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Cal Golden Bears		Washington State Cougars
(7-12)(0-8)		(12-6)(6-2) #20 (VT)/#22 (AVCA)
	Boehler Gym   Pullman, WA

Sunday, Oct 24th
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Projected Lineups - based on 10/17 matches

Other than Pantovic and Smoot for Cal, are any other players out/unavailable for either team? Is Bellizzi available for Cal?

California

# 3	Mima Mirkovic	L/OH	5'11"	Sr	1
#13	Tara DeSa	DS/L	5'5"	So	3
#14	Jade Blevins	S	5'10"	Sr
#20	Katie Smoot	OH	6'2"	OH
#15	Bella Bergmark	MB	6'2"	R-Jr	4
#17	Annalea Maeder	S	6'1"	Fr	5
#12	Lydia Grote	Opp	6'2"	So	2
#9	Ellie Hamm	MB	6'4"	Fr
#16	Sam Taumoepeau	OH	6'0"	So
#5	Leah Schmidt	OH	6'3"	Jr

  #10         Sarah Schrag                    DS/L          5'9"         Fr             6
  #11         Kendall Jensen                 S                5'8"         So
  #24         Sydney Lilomaiava           Opp           6'3"          Jr
  #2           Darian Clark                      L/DS         5'11"       Sr 
  #7           Gabby Bellizzi                   L                5'6"         Sr

Pantovic has been out since the end of August.  Smoot didn't play against Colorado, Utah, or Washington. Per the WA announcer, she injured her knee. Grote is back. 

Key players: Mima Mirkovic, Katie Smoot

Frosh to watch: Annalea Maeder

Washington State

#11	Julia Norville	DS	5'8"	Jr	3
#1	Penny Tusa	OH	5'8"	5th year	4
#3	Karly Basham	L	5'8"	Jr	5
#9	Hannah Pukis	S	5'11"	R-Jr	6
#7	Pia Timmer	OH	6'2"	Jr	1
#15	Magda Jehlářová	MB	6'3"	Jr	2
#2	Kalyah Williams	MB	6'0"	R-Jr
#8	Katy Ryan	Opp	6'5"	Fr
#12	Argentina Ung	Opp/S	6'0"	So
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Key players: Pia Timmer, Magda Jehlářová, Hannah Pukis

Frosh to watch: Katy Ryan

click here for PAC-12 individual stats

You can sort by various metrics. Click on the top tabs to see overall or conference-only stats. Now that we're almost halfway through the conference season, conference-only stats are a good way to compare players who have played very similar schedules.

For example, I looked for the kills/set leaders on both teams (through #50 in the PAC). Here are the leaders in kills/set, looking only at PAC-12 matches:

                                             kills/set       hitting %       aces/set       blocks/set     digs/set     assists/set    points/set

Pia Timmer (OH)	4.59	.221	0.55	0.48	2.41	0.14	5.4*
Kalyah Williams (MB)	2.55	.308	0.00	0.55	0.34	0.03	2.9
Katy Ryan (Opp)	2.48	.392	0.00	0.62	0.48	0.03	2.8
Leah Schmidt (OH)	2.39	.173	0.04	0.29	0.36	0.14	2.6
Katie Smoot (OH)	2.33	.089	0.10	0.48	1.24	0.00	2.7
Magda Jehlářová (MB)	2.3	.336	0.24	1.72	0.72	0.10	3.7
Bella Bergmark (MB)	2.07	.359	0.18	0.93	0.36	0.07	2.7
Sydney Lilomaiava (Opp)	1.67	.190	0.00	0.71	0.21	0.04	2.0

* Pia Timmer leads the PAC in points/set if you look at only conference play

click here for PAC-12 team stats

These are conference only

Cal (11.29) and WSU (13.93) are 12th & 2nd (respectively) in kills/set
Cal (.145) and WSU (.247) are 11th & 4th for hitting %
Cal (14.21) and WSU (14.24) are 4th & 3rd (respectively) in digs/set
Cal (1.73) and WSU (2.48) are 10th & 4th (respectively) in blocks/set
Cal (1.36) and WSU (1.76) are 7th & 1st (respectively) in aces/set

I'd appreciate help with lineups, service orders, or injuries. If I made a mistake, post below or message me. Thanks!

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updates

[JJVb]

A revived looking CAL team with Mirkovic at libero and Grote back in the line up. They pushed WA really tight, but WSU has too many weapons to be troubled by CAL. CAL might get a set again though.

[bucky415]

Pullman. No.

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[bigfan]

Oct 24, 2021 2:42:06 GMT -5 JJVb said:

A revived looking CAL team with Mirkovic at libero and Grote back in the line up. They pushed WA really tight, but WSU has too many weapons to be troubled by CAL. CAL might get a set again though.

I am hopeful Cal gets a set. They will compete as hard as they can

[JJVb]

CAL hits negative, and WSU takes set one 25-17. WSU lead by Ryan with 4 kills.

[JJVb]

CAL had a dismal 2nd set start, but pushed late. WSU held on to get the 2nd set win 25-17. WSU lead by Tusa and Ryan with 6 kills, but more impressively 12 blocks to CAL's 2. CAL lead by Bergmark with 8 kills. Pin hitters struggling with their percentages.

[JJVb]

WSU finishes off of CAL in the 3rd 25-20. WSU was lead by Timmer and Ryan with 10 kills each, and Williams had 8 blocks. CAL lead by Bergmark with 11 kills. Both Grote and Schmidt hit negative on the match.

[calbears4ever]

Oct 24, 2021 15:28:55 GMT -5 JJVb said:

WSU finishes off of CAL in the 3rd 25-20. WSU was lead by Timmer and Ryan with 10 kills each, and Williams had 8 blocks. CAL lead by Bergmark with 11 kills. Both Grote and Schmidt hit negative on the match.

Cal is terrible as a team but individual players like Grote are making things better. If only Grote could cut down her error number…then Cal may have won this

[mikegarrison]

Oct 25, 2021 17:22:43 GMT -5 calbears4ever said:

Oct 24, 2021 15:28:55 GMT -5 JJVb said:

WSU finishes off of CAL in the 3rd 25-20. WSU was lead by Timmer and Ryan with 10 kills each, and Williams had 8 blocks. CAL lead by Bergmark with 11 kills. Both Grote and Schmidt hit negative on the match.

Cal is terrible as a team but individual players like Grote are making things better. If only Grote could cut down her error number…then Cal may have won this

Wow. That's BOLD!

A match they lost 17-25, 17-25, 20-25 -- and you are saying that if one player cleaned up her hitting errors "they may have won this". I admire your optimism, friend, but your realism is a little shaky.

[calbears4ever]

Oct 25, 2021 17:33:33 GMT -5 mikegarrison said:

Oct 25, 2021 17:22:43 GMT -5 calbears4ever said:

Cal is terrible as a team but individual players like Grote are making things better. If only Grote could cut down her error number…then Cal may have won this

Wow. That's BOLD!

A match they lost 17-25, 17-25, 20-25 -- and you are saying that if one player cleaned up her hitting errors "they may have won this". I admire your optimism, friend, but your realism is a little shaky.

Then it’s safe to say Cal is rebuilding and Crosson may be booted at the end of the season who knows. The cutdown on errors is going to be a way for easy points to not slip away