Cal @ Arizona | Sun 10/31, noon MST/PT | free stream

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Cal is last in the PAC-12. Arizona is tied for 8th, along with ASU.

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Cal Golden Bears (7-14)(0-10)		Arizona Wildcats (12-9)(4-6)

Sunday, Oct 31st
noon PT & MST 

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Arizona recap of match vs Utah - SB Nation

Arizona recap of match vs Colorado - SB Nation

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Projected Lineups - based on 10/24 matches
Besides Wroblicky for AZ and 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

Arizona

#4	Emery Herman	S	6'0"	So	6
#2	Sofia Maldonado Diaz	OH	6'0"	So	1
#8	Kamaile Hiapo	L	5'7"	Jr	2
#10	Puk Stubbe	Opp	6'0"	Fr	3
#11	Jaelyn Hodge	OH	6'0"	So	4
#5	Jaleesa Caroccio	DS	5'5"	So	5
#16	Zyonna Fellows	MB	6'4"	Sr
#15	Malina Kalei Ua	DS	5'4"	Sr
#13	Merle Weidt	MB	6'1"	Sr
#18	Dilara Gedikoglu	DS	5'10"	Jr

 #1        Madison Ellman               DS        5'8"         Fr   
 #32      Alayna Johnson               MB       6'3"         Fr

MB Jennifer Wroblicky has been out with a concussion all season. Fellows and Stubbe played in the Colorado and Arizona matches.
Key players: Jaelyn Hodge, Merle Weidt, Kamaile Hiapo

Frosh to watch: Puk Stubbe

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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other stuff

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

Sofia Maldonado Diaz (OH)	3.36	.175	0.28	0.50	1.64	0.17	3.9
Puk Stubbe (Opp)	2.88	0.12	0.42	2.03	0.24	3.2
Jaelyn Hodge (OH)	2.72	.088	0.03	0.56	1.61	0.03	3.1
Sami Francis (OH)	3.10	.237	0.03	0.62	0.33	0.10	3.5
Leah Schmidt (OH)	2.49	.161	0.03	0.29	0.49	0.11	2.7
Bella Bergmark (MB)	2.43	.402	0.14	0.86	0.43	0.06	3.0
Katie Smoot (OH)	1.95	2.33	0.10	0.48	1.24	0.00	2.7
Sydney Lilomaiava (Opp)	1.72	2.09	0.00	0.68	0.20	0.04	2.1

click here for PAC-12 team stats

conference only record as of 10/26/2021

Cal (11.51) and Arizona (12.89) are 11th & 7th (respectively) in kills/set
Cal ( .145) and Arizona (.205) are 11th & 8th for hitting %
Cal (14.06) and Arizona (13.69) are 6th & 9th (respectively) in digs/set
Cal (1.64) and Arizona (2.25) are 11th & 5th (respectively) in blocks/set
Stanford (1.29) and Arizona (1.06) are 7th & 10th (respectively) in aces/set

[JJVb]

AZ will be riding high after beating Stanford. CAL missing so many pieces have no chance. If Mirkovic is back then they can take a set though.

[kimdc]

Rubio is a little worried about Arizona having a letdown after the Stanford match. In the past, he has said that Sunday afternoon matches aren't the same as Friday night matches regardless of the opponent. He also noted that Cal has changed the lineup since the teams met at the beginning of the month. I still think Arizona will take this one, especially at home.

[bigfan]

Sooner or later the fat lady will sing and Cal will win a Pac-12 match. Arizona should win but a huge let down is always possible

[baytree]

Match starts in about 10 min

[oskibear]

Mirkovic still out, Smoot is back and starting.

OH Smoot and Schmidt
OP Lilomaiva
MB Grote and Bergmark
S Maeder
L Shrag

[oskibear]

Passing woes continue, looks like Schmidt and Smoot are both playing 6 rotations. California down 7-2, timeout

[oskibear]

Nm, looks like only Schmidt playing 6 rotations, DeSa subbing for Smoot in the back row, perhaps to allow Smoot more time to transition back from injury

[oskibear]

Just noticed Clark was playing back row for Lilomaiva

AZ takes set 1 25-15. Smoot's mobility looks very limited, especially laterally.

[oskibear]

Tamoupeau in for Smoot in set 2.
Clark serves a couple aces to close in on AZ, trailing by 1 at 7-6

[JJVb]

Smoot just not ready to play. Schmidt and Sydney L both hitting negative for CAL so far.

[oskibear]

AZ timeout as Cal closes in, 17-15 after a couple of kills from Taumoepeau.

Cal not setting the middles even on good passes/digs. Block timing looks off, California block early on the out of system AZ swings. Diggers also standing tall on their heels and not anticipating, should be low and on their toes.

AZ takes 4 out of the timeout, up 21-15

[oskibear]

Bears go on a run, trailing 23-22 now. Come on Bears!