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Post by azcatsfan on Aug 15, 2023 0:47:35 GMT -5
Just thinking about this, but who is going to sit: Wilson, Hodge, or Maldonado Diaz? Not room for them all to start, assuming Stubbe is on the right. That is a hard call. Stubbe is going to sit. Sofia on the right, Hodge and Wilson on the left. |
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Post by JJVb on Aug 15, 2023 1:11:44 GMT -5
Just thinking about this, but who is going to sit: Wilson, Hodge, or Maldonado Diaz? Not room for them all to start, assuming Stubbe is on the right. That is a hard call. Stubbe is going to sit. Sofia on the right, Hodge and Wilson on the left. That is a tough one. Stubbe has been a rock on the right fairly often, but I imagine she will get plenty of playing time when one of these hitters is off. Or, does Arizona go with a 6-2 at some point, and play all 4. |
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Post by azcatsfan on Aug 15, 2023 1:27:28 GMT -5
Stubbe is going to sit. Sofia on the right, Hodge and Wilson on the left. That is a tough one. Stubbe has been a rock on the right fairly often, but I imagine she will get plenty of playing time when one of these hitters is off. Or, does Arizona go with a 6-2 at some point, and play all 4. Puk was pretty ineffective last season. She was benched for Dilara, and Sofia was moved to the right because of her inability to score. If she returns to freshman form, I could see her being subbed in if one of the starters isn’t playing well. As for a 6-2, we have two sophomore setters who have never run an offense at this level. I think a 5-1 would be more likely. |
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Post by JJVb on Aug 15, 2023 1:30:06 GMT -5
That is a tough one. Stubbe has been a rock on the right fairly often, but I imagine she will get plenty of playing time when one of these hitters is off. Or, does Arizona go with a 6-2 at some point, and play all 4. Puk was pretty ineffective last season. She was benched for Dilara, and Sofia was moved to the right because of her inability to score. If she returns to freshman form, I could see her being subbed in if one of the starters isn’t playing well. As for a 6-2, we have two sophomore setters who have never run an offense at this level. I think a 5-1 would be more likely. Right, sophomore slump. I hope her form returns. She was pretty effective as a freshman. Well that is precisely why I could see a 6-2 possibly-maybe they will play around with it. |
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Post by azcatsfan on Aug 15, 2023 9:53:17 GMT -5
Puk was pretty ineffective last season. She was benched for Dilara, and Sofia was moved to the right because of her inability to score. If she returns to freshman form, I could see her being subbed in if one of the starters isn’t playing well. As for a 6-2, we have two sophomore setters who have never run an offense at this level. I think a 5-1 would be more likely. Right, sophomore slump. I hope her form returns. She was pretty effective as a freshman. Well that is precisely why I could see a 6-2 possibly-maybe they will play around with it. I just don’t think you can run a 6-2 with this roster makeup. If a setter goes down, the other will be thrown into a system they don’t have experience running at this level. If a pin goes down, you’d have to throw in a freshman that might not be ready. Risky either way. |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Aug 15, 2023 10:17:55 GMT -5
there’s no way we run a 6-2. if we were looking at it, Ava Tortorello wouldn’t have been moved to libero, as pure *setter* wise, she’s always been the best (and she’s better than the other two setters defensively). Hodge and Wilson would likely have to pass 6ro too, which just can’t happen. my predicted lineup right now would probably be something like (take it with a grain of salt, I’m not in the gym like I used to be):
Hodge/Wilson (DS Mandotti/Tortorello/Wray)
Johnson/Briggs (SS, likely Tortorello if she’s not a DS or lib)
Maldonado Diaz/Heath (could easily be Rosenthal)
Galles
theres a type of international sub where you can have a DS serve sub for the middle and then play a couple rotations as a DS for the backrow outside, and I could see us toying with that with Jaelyn, since it only counts as 3 subs total when it happens. not gonna deep dive explain how it works on here but yeah
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Post by kimdc on Aug 18, 2023 19:49:13 GMT -5
Red-Blue game is tomorrow at noon. Free live stream available. We had media day on Wednesday. Here's my article on that. As for starters, based on media day and when I talked to Rita earlier this month, here's what I think: OH: Jaelyn Hodge, Jordan Wilson OPP: Sofia Maldonado Diaz (the pins were explicitly stated by Rita earlier this month) MB: Alayna Johnson, Nicole Briggs S: Kasen Rosenthal LIB: Joy Galles I believe Rosenthal gets the start at setter for two reasons. One, she was the representative at media day. While Rita said she wanted her reserves to get more time with the media this year, I don't think you do that on media day when you're setting up the season. The other is something Rita said about her in the media day interview. She said that she just "understands setting" and "has a feel for it." As for Puk, from what Rita said, she's perfectly fine being a reserve. The quote is actually in my article. I mean, this whole thing of playing college volleyball was something Puk kind of did just for a change based on what she told me her freshman year. She decided she was going to do it, then she was at Arizona just 2 months later. Arizona needed her because China Rai Crouch was pregnant. Puk was 21 when she came to the U.S. She said she was kind of done playing beach and someone suggested she try college indoor. Maybe she's about the whole experience more than anything. It might also be because she's close to Sofia, who will be taking over the position. They used to live together, although I know Puk and Nicole Briggs were talking about living together this year. By the way, the full media day interviews are embedded in that article I linked. There's a lot of interesting stuff I didn't have room for, including some answers about scholarships. Rita said she likes to hold a scholarship in case there's someone she really wants in the portal. |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Aug 18, 2023 19:51:49 GMT -5
I agree with your lineup kimdcprobably unlikely we see a DS, so that libero competition is gonna be ruthless. I’m admittedly pulling for Joy though |
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Post by FUBAR on Aug 18, 2023 20:11:40 GMT -5
theres a type of international sub where you can have a DS serve sub for the middle and then play a couple rotations as a DS for the backrow outside, and I could see us toying with that with Jaelyn, since it only counts as 3 subs total when it happens. not gonna deep dive explain how it works on here but yeah Yeah, you are going to need to explain this, because as described it's illegal in every volleyball rule set. The only way I can kinda see it is if the sub is for the MB then the libero goes onto the court for the back row OH. But that would only be 2 subs, not 3. In FIVB the only way for the same player to me involved in 3 subs in the same set likely involves some kind of natural disaster that leaves only 6 players healthy enough to play and one of them has already entered and been removed from the current set.  |
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Post by uofaGRAD on Aug 18, 2023 20:16:01 GMT -5
theres a type of international sub where you can have a DS serve sub for the middle and then play a couple rotations as a DS for the backrow outside, and I could see us toying with that with Jaelyn, since it only counts as 3 subs total when it happens. not gonna deep dive explain how it works on here but yeah Yeah, you are going to need to explain this, because as described it's illegal in every volleyball rule set. The only way I can kinda see it is if the sub is for the MB then the libero goes onto the court for the back row OH. But that would only be 2 subs, not 3. In FIVB the only way for the same player to me involved in 3 subs in the same set likely involves some kind of natural disaster that leaves only 6 players healthy enough to play and one of them has already entered and been removed from the current set. no you have the idea right! I meant 3 once it gets reversed in the front row basically DS serves for the middle, but then when the serving team loses the point and the libero comes back on, the linero comes in for the outside in the backrow. once the DS is about to go to the front row, the middle reverses the serving sub and the outside comes back in. complicated, not sure why it’s legal, but it is lol |
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Post by kimdc on Aug 18, 2023 20:25:26 GMT -5
Rita said all the pins would go 6ro unless one started to break down. She's not going in with the idea of using the DS regularly for anyone from what I gather. I also got the impression from her comment about Puk being the passing pin that she might be more likely to use Puk as a sub than a DS, at least initially. Maybe kind of like Dilara was used. She really wants back row offense.
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Post by uofaGRAD on Aug 18, 2023 20:35:35 GMT -5
Rita said all the pins would go 6ro unless one started to break down. She's not going in with the idea of using the DS regularly for anyone from what I gather. I also got the impression from her comment about Puk being the passing pin that she might be more likely to use Puk as a sub than a DS, at least initially. Maybe kind of like Dilara was used. She really wants back row offense. Puk as a passing pin? I don’t see how that works. I mean she’s a better passer than Jordan, and maybe slightly better than Sofia, but no where even close to Dilara I hope there’s at least one non-libero little that she feels comfortable enough to sub in for 2 rotations for Jordan when both Jordan and Sofia are backrow. Sofia can cover the backrow offense just fine, unless we’re dead set on both an attacker from the right and the pipe at all times |
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Post by azcatsfan on Aug 18, 2023 21:39:11 GMT -5
Rita said all the pins would go 6ro unless one started to break down. She's not going in with the idea of using the DS regularly for anyone from what I gather. I also got the impression from her comment about Puk being the passing pin that she might be more likely to use Puk as a sub than a DS, at least initially. Maybe kind of like Dilara was used. She really wants back row offense. Puk as a passing pin? I don’t see how that works. I mean she’s a better passer than Jordan, and maybe slightly better than Sofia, but no where even close to Dilara I hope there’s at least one non-libero little that she feels comfortable enough to sub in for 2 rotations for Jordan when both Jordan and Sofia are backrow. Sofia can cover the backrow offense just fine, unless we’re dead set on both an attacker from the right and the pipe at all times Agreed, I don’t think there’s a discernible difference in passing between Puk and Sofia/Hodge. I don’t think Rita letting the pins play six rotations is going to last long, as none of them are particularly strong defensively. I wonder if it’s more so because she wants to show recruits she’ll let pins play six rotations, or if the other littles aren’t particularly strong. I wish we had Kamaile and Becca back 😢 |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 18, 2023 22:53:08 GMT -5
Yeah, you are going to need to explain this, because as described it's illegal in every volleyball rule set. The only way I can kinda see it is if the sub is for the MB then the libero goes onto the court for the back row OH. But that would only be 2 subs, not 3. In FIVB the only way for the same player to me involved in 3 subs in the same set likely involves some kind of natural disaster that leaves only 6 players healthy enough to play and one of them has already entered and been removed from the current set. no you have the idea right! I meant 3 once it gets reversed in the front row basically DS serves for the middle, but then when the serving team loses the point and the libero comes back on, the linero comes in for the outside in the backrow. once the DS is about to go to the front row, the middle reverses the serving sub and the outside comes back in. complicated, not sure why it’s legal, but it is lol Wait, those three pins are all going to play 6 rotations? |
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Post by azcatsfan on Aug 18, 2023 23:14:31 GMT -5
no you have the idea right! I meant 3 once it gets reversed in the front row basically DS serves for the middle, but then when the serving team loses the point and the libero comes back on, the linero comes in for the outside in the backrow. once the DS is about to go to the front row, the middle reverses the serving sub and the outside comes back in. complicated, not sure why it’s legal, but it is lol Wait, those three pins are all going to play 6 rotations? For how long is the real question. Nice in theory, but if she really wants to go back to the tourney it won’t last. |
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