#18 Washington State @ Cal } Thurs 11/11 7 PM PT | free

[baytree]

Washington State is 3rd in the PAC. Cal is last. 

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Oregon Ducks		Cal Golden Bears
(16-8)(10-4)		(7-18)(0-14)
#18 (VT)/#21 (AVCA)

    

Thursday, Nov 11th

7 PM PT

Haas Pavilion - Berkeley, CA

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Projected Lineups - based on 11/7 matches

Other than Katarina Pantovic and Annalea Maeder for Cal, are any players out/unavailable for either team? Is Bellizzi available for Cal?Any idea when these players will be back?

California

#3	Mima Mirkovic	OH	5'11"	Sr	1
#7	Gabby Bellizzi	L	5'6"	Sr
#11	Kendall Jensen	S	5'8"	So
#20	Katie Smoot	OH	6'2"	OH
#15	Bella Bergmark	MB	6'2"	R-Jr	4
#17	Annalea Maeder	S	6'1"	Fr
#24	Sydney Lilomaiava	Opp	6'3"	Jr
#9	Ellie Hamm	MB	6'4"	Fr
#12	Lydia Grote	Opp	6'2"	So	2
#5	Leah Schmidt	OH	6'3"	Jr

  #14         Jade Blevins                        S           5'10"        Sr            5                
  #16         Sam Taumoepeau               Opp       6'2"          So           3
  #2           Darian Clark                        L/DS     5'11"        Sr            
  #13         Tara DeSa                           DS /L     5'5"         So           6             
  #10         Sarah Schrag                      DS/L      5'9"         Fr           

Pantovic has been out since the end of August.  Smoot and Grote are back. Mirkovic and Maeder were back vs Oregon.

Key players: Mima Mirkovic, Katie Smoot

Frosh to watch: Annalea Maeder

Magda Jehlářová is the PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Week for Nov 8th

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	Kalyah Williams	MB	6'0"	R-Jr
#8	Katy Ryan	Opp	6'5"	Fr
#12	Argentina Ung	Opp/S	6'0"	So
#4	Logann Golden	DS	5'8"	So	2

Key players: Pia Timmer, Magda Jehlářová, Hannah Pukis

Frosh to watch: Katy Ryan

History
Cal 30 - WSU 10
WSU's longest winning streak: 3 Matches  2/26/2021 - 10/24/2021 (last 3 matches)
Cal's longest winning streak:  21 Matches  9/25/2003 - 10/19/2013

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

[baytree]

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[baytree]

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[bigfan]

Cal takes a set

[tomclen]

Cal takes a seat.

[hammer]

Cal fans take a sedative.

[calbears4ever]

Be prepared for a winless conference slate for Cal and for there to be major changes at the end of the season

[hammer]

Nov 10, 2021 16:35:37 GMT -5 calbears4ever said:

Be prepared for a winless conference slate for Cal and for there to be major changes at the end of the season

No changes? My gawd, this has to be so disappointing for Cal fans. Even for Stanford it is bad as teams coming to the Bay Area know that Cal is an easy out so they can spend most of their prep time on Stanford.

[geddyleeridesagain]

Nov 10, 2021 17:42:44 GMT -5 hammer said:

Nov 10, 2021 16:35:37 GMT -5 calbears4ever said:

Be prepared for a winless conference slate for Cal and for there to be major changes at the end of the season

No changes? My gawd, this has to be so disappointing for Cal fans. Even for Stanford it is bad as teams coming to the Bay Area know that Cal is an easy out so they can spend most of their prep time on Stanford.

Read it again.

[hipsterfilth]

Nov 10, 2021 17:42:44 GMT -5 hammer said:

Nov 10, 2021 16:35:37 GMT -5 calbears4ever said:

Be prepared for a winless conference slate for Cal and for there to be major changes at the end of the season

No changes? My gawd, this has to be so disappointing for Cal fans. Even for Stanford it is bad as teams coming to the Bay Area know that Cal is an easy out so they can spend most of their prep time on Stanford.

I think the most insane thing is just how far behind Cal is from the rest of the PAC. 0-6 in sets against Oregon State, the second worst team... crazy.

[hammer]

Nov 10, 2021 17:44:31 GMT -5 geddyleeridesagain said:

Nov 10, 2021 17:42:44 GMT -5 hammer said:

No changes? My gawd, this has to be so disappointing for Cal fans. Even for Stanford it is bad as teams coming to the Bay Area know that Cal is an easy out so they can spend most of their prep time on Stanford.

Read it again.

Whoops, I read the word "no" into it. Bad skim job on my part. Even if these major changes are impactful it will take a few years for them to kick in at best, so that easy trip to the Bay Area will remain easy for awhile.

[JJVb]

WSU sweep. Likely even non-starters get to play too.

[calbears4ever]

Nov 10, 2021 17:44:31 GMT -5 geddyleeridesagain said:

Nov 10, 2021 17:42:44 GMT -5 hammer said:

No changes? My gawd, this has to be so disappointing for Cal fans. Even for Stanford it is bad as teams coming to the Bay Area know that Cal is an easy out so they can spend most of their prep time on Stanford.

Read it again.

I’m ready to see Crosson fired

[geddyleeridesagain]

Nov 11, 2021 14:38:22 GMT -5 calbears4ever said:

Nov 10, 2021 17:44:31 GMT -5 geddyleeridesagain said:

Read it again.

I’m ready to see Crosson fired

Not sure Knowlton is ready to pull that trigger, what with everything else he’s dealing with these days.

[bigfan]

Nov 10, 2021 16:35:37 GMT -5 calbears4ever said:

Be prepared for a winless conference slate for Cal and for there to be major changes at the end of the season

The coach will be back. Cal hit a perfect storm of where everything that could go wrong did. "Murphy's Law" took over the program.


Cal will rebound.