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Post by vbfamily on Aug 8, 2022 18:07:13 GMT -5
2022 PRESEASON ALL-PAC-12 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM (ALPHABETICAL)
Caitie Baird, Stanford OH 6-3 Indianapolis, Ind.
Skylar Fields, USC OH/OPP 6-2 Missouri City, Texas
Lauren Forte, UCLA MB 6-3 Tempe, Ariz.
Marin Grote, Washington MB 6-4 Burbank, Calif.
Claire Hoffman, Washington OH 6-2 Pleasant Hill, Ore.
Iman Isanovic, Arizona State OH 6-1 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Magda Jehlarova, Washington State MB 6-3 Prerov, Czech Republic
Kendall Kipp, Stanford OPP 6-5 Newport Beach, Calif.
Charitie Luper, UCLA OH/OPP 5-9 Dallas, Texas
Kami Miner, Stanford S 6-0 Redondo Beach, Calif.
Brooke Nuneviller, Oregon OH/L 5-11 Chandler, Ariz.
Ella May Powell, Washington S 6-0 Fayetteville, Ark.
Hannah Pukis, Oregon S 5-11 Tacoma, Wash.
Madelyn Robinson, Utah OH 5-10 Highland, Utah
Pia Timmer, Washington State OH 6-2 Emlichheim, Germany
*15-member preseason team due to a tie
No Libero? Bays is arguably the conference's best libero, but with three Huskies on the team... Georgia Murphy says hi. :-) HM All-American last year!! |
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Post by Riviera Minestrone on Aug 8, 2022 18:10:08 GMT -5
I guess they didn't want 4 cougs either. I thought Ryan would be in there. I do see they allow ties. (I know Pukis dreadfully put on the wrong uni this season, but fun to think what if. I think cougs are loaded up front this year.) In viewing the fifteen chosen, I see two WSU players...so a total of four would be quite the stretch. I view Washington State as the 7th rated team; I'd switch Utah with the Cougs. Jen's a good coach though! Loss of Pukis will affect this squad. Historically, Greeny's teams are top-of-the-middle-tier in the Pac-12. |
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Post by redbeard2008 on Aug 8, 2022 18:46:17 GMT -5
No Libero? Bays is arguably the conference's best libero, but with three Huskies on the team... Georgia Murphy says hi. :-) HM All-American last year!! We'll have a Dig-Off! |
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Post by hipsterfilth on Aug 8, 2022 19:02:26 GMT -5
I think Oregon and Washington and Stanford will sit on top with a small gap and then UCLA and USC and then another small gap with Washington State and then a rather large gap between them and everyone else. Utah is always confusing to rank bc it’s Beth f’n Laniere and she has a way of creating chaos aka winning.
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Post by azcatsfan on Aug 8, 2022 19:27:54 GMT -5
I think UofA got snubbed just a bit. Yes I’m a little biased, but I don’t see how they are behind Utah, CU and ASU. Az has 6 starters returning and if they click at the same time, they can can cause trouble for a lot of teams.
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Post by vballfan17 on Aug 8, 2022 19:31:41 GMT -5
Arizona State should be above Utah and arguably ahead of Wazzu
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 8, 2022 19:45:45 GMT -5
Unusually distributed #1 votes. Often it's 11-1, with the 1 only because coaches can't vote for their own team. Looks like this time they weren't sure, but mostly went with "well, who won last year?".
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Post by volleylbc on Aug 8, 2022 19:47:18 GMT -5
SC might be a sleeper. I’m hearing a lotta hype out in the streets if they can consistently play at an elite level they have the fire power to upset a lot of elite teams. Washington, Stanford and Oregon on paper should be good af. Pac will have the top setters in the nation.. Powell, Miner and Pukis.
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Post by blue-footedbooby on Aug 8, 2022 19:51:00 GMT -5
SC might be a sleeper. I’m hearing a lotta hype out in the streets if they can consistently play at an elite level they have the fire power to upset a lot of elite teams. Washington, Stanford and Oregon on paper should be good af. Pac will have the top setters in the nation.. Powell, Miner and Pukis. And Mia Tuaniga! |
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Post by volleylbc on Aug 8, 2022 19:53:31 GMT -5
SC might be a sleeper. I’m hearing a lotta hype out in the streets if they can consistently play at an elite level they have the fire power to upset a lot of elite teams. Washington, Stanford and Oregon on paper should be good af. Pac will have the top setters in the nation.. Powell, Miner and Pukis. And Mia Tuaniga! woops! Yes! Accidentally left her off smh… can’t forget queen Mia! Lol Pac is full of ballers at Setter. |
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Post by azcatsfan on Aug 8, 2022 20:04:10 GMT -5
I find it difficult to believe Washington will win the conference. They don’t have Dreschel to bail them out.
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Post by BumpSetKill on Aug 8, 2022 20:09:24 GMT -5
I think UofA got snubbed just a bit. Yes I’m a little biased, but I don’t see how they are behind Utah, CU and ASU. Az has 6 starters returning and if they click at the same time, they can can cause trouble for a lot of teams. I can understand this with Arizona. Colorado also has 6+1 starters returning (Parker has started the years before she had surgery last year and red shirted). CU will be better with Parker and her having more firepower than before. Her troublesome shoulder/arm she played with before always hindered her power. Glad she took a year off to fix it, instead of trying to work with it. The only starting player that isn't really returning is Ewert -- who we know is a great setter and can really fire up a team...but she continually wanted to set a fast offense that didn't work for too many Colorado hitters. A LOT of successful teams set a "big girl" offense instead of a fast one, but Ewert always seemed to want to set quicker than her hitters were ready for. She also sometimes strangely chose her hitters during points (not going with the hot hitters when she had those options, etc.). DeLuzio (assuming she gets the role and CU doesn't need her more at L) has proven she can adjust to hitters' needs and team dynamic with her NCAA Sweet 16 run for Colorado her freshman year. I think CU has a lot of potential for success this year. Honestly, teams 7-10 are a toss-up and all of them can move into the Top 6 and take out a few of the top half teams if/as they get better throughout the season. |
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Post by avid 2.0 on Aug 8, 2022 20:11:28 GMT -5
Arizona State should be above Utah and arguably ahead of Wazzu its probably semantics (they're going to be in the middle of the conference anyways) but am I the only one that's somewhat high on Washington State? Timmer returns. You get an offensive upgrade with Jansen over Tusa. Ung isn't as good as Pukis, but she's not a slouch either. Ball control could be an issue... but it's going to be hard to be worse than Arizona State's. |
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Post by blue-footedbooby on Aug 8, 2022 20:12:55 GMT -5
I find it difficult to believe Washington will win the conference. They don’t have Dreschel to bail them out. Last year option 1 was Dreschel, option 2 Hoffman. This year option 1 Hoffman, option 2 by committee (Endsley, Bush, Crenshaw and Wilmes) or one asserts herself and becomes #2 and UW excels again. Otherwise Washington finishes at #3. |
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Post by azcatsfan on Aug 8, 2022 20:14:56 GMT -5
I think UofA got snubbed just a bit. Yes I’m a little biased, but I don’t see how they are behind Utah, CU and ASU. Az has 6 starters returning and if they click at the same time, they can can cause trouble for a lot of teams. I can understand this with Arizona. Colorado also has 6+1 starters returning (Parker has started the years before she had surgery last year and red shirted). CU will be better with Parker and her having more firepower than before. Her troublesome shoulder/arm she played with before always hindered her power. Glad she took a year off to fix it, instead of trying to work with it. The only starting player that isn't really returning is Ewert -- who we know is a great setter and can really fire up a team...but she continually wanted to set a fast offense that didn't work for too many Colorado hitters. A LOT of successful teams set a "big girl" offense instead of a fast one, but Ewert always seemed to want to set quicker than her hitters were ready for. She also sometimes strangely chose her hitters during points (not going with the hot hitters when she had those options, etc.). DeLuzio (assuming she gets the role and CU doesn't need her more at L) has proven she can adjust to hitters' needs and team dynamic with her NCAA Sweet 16 run for Colorado her freshman year. I think CU has a lot of potential for success this year. Honestly, teams 7-10 are a toss-up and all of them can move into the Top 6 and take out a few of the top half teams if/as they get better throughout the season. I can agree with the last part about 7-10. ASU last year pulled off a few upsets and if they can pass the ball they have the talent to upset anyone. |
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