VNL | USA vs Slovenia | Tuesday 6/07 | 5:00 PM PT

[akbar]

Well,,,, the USA Men just kicked the living crap out of Slovenia last night in the opening match of the VNL and I don't see any match report, photos,video nor stats up on USA Volleyball social media accounts ......and nor on the Univeristy Accounts of these former players.


I'll check back today on the accounts of Penn State, Long Beach, Stanford,Loyola, Ohio State, USC,Hawaii, Irving,Lewis and Princeton.


2022 Volleyball Nations League - Men's Week One (Brazil)


No. Player (Position, Height, Hometown, College, USAV Region)
2 Aaron Russell (OH, 6-9, Ellicott City, Md., Penn State, Chesapeake)
3 James Shaw (S, 6-8, Woodside, Calif. Stanford, Northern California)
4 Jeff Jendryk (MB, 6-10, Wheaton, Ill., Loyola Univ. Chicago, Great Lakes)
5 Kyle Ensing (OPP, 6-7, Valencia, Calif., Long Beach State Univ., Southern California)
7 Jacob Pasteur (OH, 6-4, Westminster, Md., Ohio State Univ., Chesapeake)
9 Jake Hanes (OPP, 6-10, Orland Park, Ill., Ohio State Univ., Great Lakes)
10 Kyle Dagostino (L, 5-9, Tampa, Florida, Stanford Univ., Florida)
13 Patrick Gasman (MB, 6-10, Clovis, Calif., Univ. of Hawaii, Northern California)
16 Josh Tuaniga (S, 6-3, Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach State Univ., Southern California)
17 Thomas Jaeschke (OH, 6-6, Wheaton, Ill., Loyola Univ. Chicago, Great Lakes)
20 David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., Univ. of California Irvine, Southern California)
21 Mason Briggs (L, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach State Univ., Southern California)
23 Cody Kessel (OH, 6-5, Colorado Springs, Colo., Princeton Univ., Rocky Mountain)
27 Tyler Mitchem (MB, 6-11, Bolingbrook, Ill., Lewis Univ., Great Lakes)



Houston......the problem is apathy

[basil]

Jun 8, 2022 6:15:33 GMT -5 akbar said:

Well,,,, the USA Men just kicked the living crap out of Slovenia last night in the opening match of the VNL and I don't see any match report, photos,video nor stats up on USA Volleyball social media accounts ......and nor on the Univeristy Accounts of these former players.

I was checking last night too...maybe it's a bit different because the women were here but they had match reports up a couple hours after and they had clips floating around on insta and stuff

it's an issue

[VolleyballMag]

Recap:
volleyballmag.com/volleyball-nations-league-060822/

[future]

Really awesome picture of Tom

[future]

en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/videos/aaron-russell-top-plays-vs-slovenia-5913330


en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2022/videos/thomas-jaeschke-kyle-ensing-and-2-others-aces-leaders-in-slovenia-vs-usa-top-ace

Found these too. nice snipits

[Disc808]

Looked at the box score to see how the serving was.

7 aces, 13 errors. 74 total serves so about a 17.6% error rate. I would say the serve game looked pretty good given that Slovenia didn't seem to be in rhythm a lot. The error rate is definitely an improvement over what we were seeing at the Olympics. Could be a little better but I'm not complaining.

[Deleted]

Jun 8, 2022 13:23:41 GMT -5 Disc808 said:

Looked at the box score to see how the serving was.

7 aces, 13 errors. 74 total serves so about a 17.6% error rate. I would say the serve game looked pretty good given that Slovenia didn't seem to be in rhythm a lot. The error rate is definitely an improvement over what we were seeing at the Olympics. Could be a little better but I'm not complaining.

We want to keep track of this for sure. This is one area that really annoys me about the men's game in general. I understand the need for service pressure, the team just has to mind the error rate. 

[bruinsgold]

Jun 8, 2022 14:28:44 GMT -5 @toddyj said:

Jun 8, 2022 13:23:41 GMT -5 Disc808 said:

Looked at the box score to see how the serving was.

7 aces, 13 errors. 74 total serves so about a 17.6% error rate. I would say the serve game looked pretty good given that Slovenia didn't seem to be in rhythm a lot. The error rate is definitely an improvement over what we were seeing at the Olympics. Could be a little better but I'm not complaining.

We want to keep track of this for sure. This is one area that really annoys me about the men's game in general. I understand the need for service pressure, the team just has to mind the error rate. 

If we're looking at this in comparison to Tokyo, then we'll definitely need to see how the "A Team" improves in the serving department.

The only server last night from Tokyo was Smith. Ensing only played the double sub at the Olympics, right? I don't think he ever served. Jaeschke definitely didn't being he played maybe 3 rotations total at the Olympics.

Russell has the capability to go hard but also float/hybrid as seen in previous years when his topspin wasn't getting it done. Jaeschke definitely changed his serve over the years, especially at Milano this season, going for a hybrid, a float, or at 75-80% which really worked for him. Jendryk's misses last night were concerning to me. I feel like, other than that, this group is dialed in and has shown to be pretty good at managing their serves.

We need to see what DeFalco, Holt, Stahl, Christenson have done with their serves. Anderson is Anderson.

But agreed -- the continuous misses with next to no adjustments is annoying.

[VolleyballMag]

A bit more on that match from Speraw:
volleyballmag.com/usa-volleyball-men-060922/