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Post by volleylbc on Oct 31, 2021 19:52:02 GMT -5
UCLA looked top 4 today. Ms Luper WOW, great get for UCLA.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 31, 2021 20:16:41 GMT -5
UCLA looked like they can challenge for the championship. UW either needs to serve a whole lot tougher or pass a whole lot better. Today they did neither.
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Post by tomclen on Oct 31, 2021 20:21:01 GMT -5
UW hit .118. They were in negative territory for much of the match.
The passing to EMP was "difficult" at best.
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Post by tomclen on Oct 31, 2021 20:40:23 GMT -5
Probably had a plane to catch, but just one quick quote from KCook on the UW website:
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Post by pbmu on Oct 31, 2021 20:46:47 GMT -5
UCLA’s back row is elite! Hard to get anything down with Fleck, May, McCall and Luper patrolling the back, they looked like a natty team
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Post by tomclen on Oct 31, 2021 20:56:42 GMT -5
Super Duper Scooper Luper.
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Post by emmettgera on Oct 31, 2021 23:55:39 GMT -5
Damn, I fell asleep and missed the match. Lmao.
Good to see UCLA won though.
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Post by bigfan on Nov 1, 2021 10:56:21 GMT -5
What is going on with WA? Hoffman only 2 kills so far. Bush hitting negative. How could Washington be so flat? They did beat them when they hosted |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2021 11:05:32 GMT -5
What is going on with WA? Hoffman only 2 kills so far. Bush hitting negative. How could Washington be so flat? They did beat them when they hosted As I said at the time, if Luper played in the first match, UCLA wins in 3. The May, McCall and Luper lineup is really good. The ability to move the passers around to get Fleck in the middle of the passing unit so she can steal balls is a trick very few teams have. When she keeps them in system, that offense is a problem. |
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Post by gobruins on Nov 1, 2021 11:57:25 GMT -5
How could Washington be so flat? They did beat them when they hosted As I said at the time, if Luper played in the first match, UCLA wins in 3. The May, McCall and Luper lineup is really good. The ability to move the passers around to get Fleck in the middle of the passing unit so she can steal balls is a trick very few teams have. When she keeps them in system, that offense is a problem. Yet, Fleck still only managed to get 6 serve receptions in the match. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2021 12:07:50 GMT -5
As I said at the time, if Luper played in the first match, UCLA wins in 3. The May, McCall and Luper lineup is really good. The ability to move the passers around to get Fleck in the middle of the passing unit so she can steal balls is a trick very few teams have. When she keeps them in system, that offense is a problem. Yet, Fleck still only managed to get 6 serve receptions in the match. She passed 28 balls on the weekend for an 82% good pass and 50% FBSO rate on her passes. By taking so much floor in SR she forces teams to serve sidelines, so they can't serve as hard or they make more service errors. UW are a tough serving team. UCLA passed a 63% against them. A healthy Oregon (the best passing team in the country) passed a 50% in their match with UW. McCall as the 6-ro Opp gives UCLA that flexibility in SR. |
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Post by vballvball on Nov 1, 2021 13:14:28 GMT -5
I would love to see the service reception stats for both teams. Box score doesn’t show those, just SA, SE, RE. 2, 8, 3 and 3, 4, 2 for UCLA and Washington respectively. EMP was constantly running all over to set the second ball out of serve receive.
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Post by tomclen on Nov 1, 2021 13:21:41 GMT -5
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Post by bbg95 on Nov 1, 2021 13:42:55 GMT -5
As I said at the time, if Luper played in the first match, UCLA wins in 3. The May, McCall and Luper lineup is really good. The ability to move the passers around to get Fleck in the middle of the passing unit so she can steal balls is a trick very few teams have. When she keeps them in system, that offense is a problem. Yet, Fleck still only managed to get 6 serve receptions in the match. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. Teams are likely trying to avoid serving at Fleck, kind of like teams staying away from shutdown corners in football. I first noticed this phenomenon in volleyball with Mary Lake, as her digs/set totals declined every season. I found this a little confusing at first until I realized the obvious. Why hit at her when you can take your chances with someone else? That's why Deion and Revis had low interception totals during their peak years. |
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Post by dunninla3 on Nov 1, 2021 14:07:39 GMT -5
Wow. Got our butt kicked. Was UCLA that good? Offensively, yes. Back row, for sure. McCall complements Fleck so well, and May and Luper were off/on as usual (on defense and serve receive). McCall takes away a lot of left side tipping that works against most teams. The puzzle to me was that UDub seemed to lose confidence in serve receive. So EMP had little to work with most of the time. It's not like UCLA is known for tough serving, and the serves that UDub failed to pass in system were pretty typical... hardish, flat float serves... good, solid serving but nothing exceptional. I feel like there were a few sub par passes and then it became a mental thing. |
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