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Post by haterade on Dec 6, 2022 11:37:25 GMT -5
Akana transferring to Texas for the libero jersey: was that the sole reason? Or was it just more playing time in general than Nebraska? With that being said, is Akana getting more playing time this season at Texas vs her playing time last year at Nebraska? I've wondered that for a while now. it’s the exact same as last year. three rotations for the opposite. I don’t think it was the sole reason. There were probably talks about Hames switching to DS before she left. Also, she wasn’t gonna be on scholarship right? She came on a 2 for 4 after decommitting from USC. With the Covid year, she had a third unpaid year of eligibility. She only had one year promised remaining. She wanted to compete for Libero, Nicklin was moving to DS and they were already messing with a 6-2 in the spring. All that gave her pause about staying in a limited role that she’d clearly outperformed. So she enters the portal, gets what she’s looking for from Texas and that’s where we sit today.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2022 12:12:15 GMT -5
Super bummed that I won’t be able to watch the game this Thursday anybody else going to be working ?
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Post by mrshusker on Dec 6, 2022 12:23:36 GMT -5
Super bummed that I won’t be able to watch the game this Thursday anybody else going to be working ? I'm going to be "Working", won't stop me from watching. My coworkers are all aware and said they will be stopping in my office for updates.
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Post by kurtndiego on Dec 6, 2022 12:23:52 GMT -5
Akana's serve alone would have kept her on the floor for the Huskers. She just had 7 aces in a sweep the other night!
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Post by basil on Dec 6, 2022 12:25:25 GMT -5
Akana's serve alone would have kept her on the floor for the Huskers. She just had 7 aces in a sweep the other night! *while I agree the Huskers could use/probably miss Akana's serve the caveat to this stat is that it was against like the #250 team in the country
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Post by robtearle on Dec 6, 2022 12:29:06 GMT -5
Akana's serve alone would have kept her on the floor for the Huskers. She just had 7 aces in a sweep the other night! You can't run a 6-2 AND sub in Knuckles AND sub in Akana. Something would have had to give. I don't know which it would have been, but something would have had to be excluded.
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Post by huskervolleyfan14 on Dec 6, 2022 12:29:44 GMT -5
Akana's serve alone would have kept her on the floor for the Huskers. She just had 7 aces in a sweep the other night! *while I agree the Huskers could use/probably miss Akana's serve the caveat to this stat is that it was against like the #250 team in the country let’s not forget she also had 7 aces against Texas last year
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Post by basil on Dec 6, 2022 12:30:52 GMT -5
*while I agree the Huskers could use/probably miss Akana's serve the caveat to this stat is that it was against like the #250 team in the country let’s not forget she also had 7 aces against Texas last year yes and that was against like the 250th ranked passing line in the country lolol
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Post by avid 2.0 on Dec 6, 2022 18:40:35 GMT -5
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Post by juancook on Dec 6, 2022 18:41:50 GMT -5
This is going to be a fantastic match to watch!
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Post by uofaGRAD on Dec 6, 2022 19:23:16 GMT -5
why does one team get the #1s at their position and the other get the #2s😭 that doesn’t seem right but whatever
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2022 21:27:05 GMT -5
*while I agree the Huskers could use/probably miss Akana's serve the caveat to this stat is that it was against like the #250 team in the country let’s not forget she also had 7 aces against Texas last year Whitney has 28 aces this season and Akana has 29 so I would argue that whit can go on runs just as much as Akana can which is impressive considering she didn’t serve at all last year
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Post by huskervolleyfan14 on Dec 6, 2022 21:31:32 GMT -5
let’s not forget she also had 7 aces against Texas last year Whitney has 28 aces this season and Akana has 29 so I would argue that whit can go on runs just as much as Akana can which is impressive considering she didn’t serve at all last year yes Whitney has done a great job of serving this year but this doesn’t tell the whole story. Akana had 42 aces last year as a Husker and this year Nebraska has played 31 matches and Texas has only played 25 so that also factors into their numbers being so close. Akana is, in my opinion and based on stats, a better server than Whitney
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Post by avid 2.0 on Dec 6, 2022 21:32:53 GMT -5
Whitney has 28 aces this season and Akana has 29 so I would argue that whit can go on runs just as much as Akana can which is impressive considering she didn’t serve at all last year yes Whitney has done a great job of serving this year but this doesn’t tell the whole story. Akana had 42 aces last year as a Husker and this year Nebraska has played 31 matches and Texas has only played 25 so that also factors into their numbers being so close. Akana is, in my opinion and based on stats, a better server than Whitney In fairness to Whitney, she didn't start serving until later in the season.
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Post by huskervolleyfan14 on Dec 6, 2022 21:37:27 GMT -5
yes Whitney has done a great job of serving this year but this doesn’t tell the whole story. Akana had 42 aces last year as a Husker and this year Nebraska has played 31 matches and Texas has only played 25 so that also factors into their numbers being so close. Akana is, in my opinion and based on stats, a better server than Whitney In fairness to Whitney, she didn't start serving until later in the season. yes I just remembered that but also looking into ace to error ratio, Kaylei’s ratio last year was 42/37, whereas Whit’s is 28/39. Both are incredible servers but I think Akana has the edge over Whitney
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