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Post by pull3 on Oct 26, 2022 10:12:29 GMT -5
I’m way too eager for this one to start. On paper it’s going to be a very even matchup in almost all positions with the exception of Libero. I think Nebraska's best player at each position (Kubik, Lauenstein, Hord, Hames, Rodriguez) are all better than Wisconsin's best player at those positions, and that gives them a lot of advantage. But Wisconsin has a lot more depth at both pins, Nebraska is not as terminal from the left side (Kubik's strength is her all-around game), and UW's block is better. Wisconsin serves really well and Nebraska passes really well and I can't wait to see how that all works out. But as someone pointed out, Wisconsin goes on error streaks on a semi-regular basis, and they have to limit that if they want to compete against Nebraska.
remove Lauenstein and Hord, and you are correct.
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Post by pull3 on Oct 26, 2022 10:17:40 GMT -5
1) Franklin has one of her best days.
2) Kubik has a miserable day
Either one of those happens and WI will have a chance.
Not sure about #1 but Smrek may have something to say about #2.
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Post by radioactiveman on Oct 26, 2022 10:24:39 GMT -5
1) Franklin has one of her best days. 2) Kubik has a miserable day Either one of those happens and WI will have a chance. Not sure about #1 but Smrek may have something to say about #2. Far less concerned about Kubik having a bad day than Batenhorst. Kubik has really learned to stop hitting directly into blocks and is great at tooling. Batenhorst still tends to revert to weak roll shots when challenged. |
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Post by pull3 on Oct 26, 2022 10:30:46 GMT -5
1) Franklin has one of her best days. 2) Kubik has a miserable day Either one of those happens and WI will have a chance. Not sure about #1 but Smrek may have something to say about #2. Far less concerned about Kubik having a bad day than Batenhorst. Kubik has really learned to stop hitting directly into blocks and is great at tooling. Batenhorst still tends to revert to weak roll shots when challenged.
But I don't see Batenhorst's bad day will matter. That's why I pulling one for Kubik. Part of it is that I am rooting for Smrek and a dark cold dungeon is uncomfortable for Miss Kubik.  |
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Oct 26, 2022 10:40:17 GMT -5
Did you know…?
Wisconsin and Nebraska are home to the two federally recognized tribes of the Ho-Chunk people: the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Originally located in Southern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Northeastern Iowa, a large portion of the Ho-Chunk were forcibly relocated west by white colonizers in the 1800s.
“We have always been here,” states the Ho-Chunk oral tradition. That assertion is backed by the presence of 4000 effigy mounds in Wisconsin, including 38 on the UW Madison campus. The effigy mounds are just a part of Wisconsin’s rich archaeology and the heritage of our indigenous peoples. In the past two years, two ancient dugout canoes have been recovered from Lake Mendota. One is estimated to be 1200 years old and the other, recovered last month, is around 3000 years old. The most recent find is a 14.5 foot vessel carved from a single piece of white oak. Both canoes are being cleaned and preserved a the Wisconsin Historical Society and will likely go on display in 2026.
Thanks for sharing these fascinating stories. What amazing finds. |
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Post by bigfan on Oct 26, 2022 10:47:41 GMT -5
Wisconsin defends home turf.
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Post by B1GHuskerGuy on Oct 26, 2022 11:12:49 GMT -5
So if we were collectively making a drinking game for tonight what would be on it?
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Post by staticb on Oct 26, 2022 11:14:38 GMT -5
Far less concerned about Kubik having a bad day than Batenhorst. Kubik has really learned to stop hitting directly into blocks and is great at tooling. Batenhorst still tends to revert to weak roll shots when challenged. As a 6'5 OH, it's going to be the last thing in her toolbox to learn probably, just because it's come up so infrequently in her career when she can't just go over. Even in the B1G, most teams can't challenge her the way Wisconsin can. |
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Post by jwvolley on Oct 26, 2022 11:21:34 GMT -5
Really this match, as all matches, starts strongly with first touches. Most everything rolls off serve and pass. But in tight, tight matches on paper these first touches become acute. If one team has a distinct advantage in serve and pass, I favor the home team. The last meeting was defensive on both sides with the Wisconsin block the difference-maker. I see Nebraska in four or five based on common opponent comparison and a gut feeling. Losing Rettke, your setter Hille and libero Barnes were big losses since all three were All-Americans. Leaders for three years and those losses to graduation and the net effect of this past year in the transfer portal year left this team very good but not at the highest level of last year.
Nebraska is more mature but still young and if our setting location from passes, is the best of the two teams that day, Nebraska wins. That is our biggest worry for this Nebraska team against any opponent. This team should continue to get incrementally better because of really good overall talent, hunger for prizes, youthful playing talent that practices and plays matches to get better and our opponents in the best conference in the country. You absorb punches and either get better or worse.This post did not get enough likes.
too much posturing and I stopped somewhere around pg.12
someone here has Volleymetric access
Which team passes the best? I would not expect much difference.
I think the team that wins tomorrow will be the team whose middles are the most successful. If the opponents' MB has to hold for fear of middle quicks, and gap go opportunities the left pins will have seams and 1 on 1 opportunities and that will tip the balance.
You would be mistaken. Nebraska team passing: 2.31 - 59.3 GP% Kubik - 2.34 , 62.3 GP% Rodriguez- 2.40, 63.2 GP% Knuckles- 2.22, 54.6 GP% Wisconsin team passing: 2.11 - 48.6 GP% Orzol - 2.15, 51.8 GP% GG- 2.09, 47.9 GP% Franklin- 2.10, 46.3 GP% |
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Post by pull3 on Oct 26, 2022 11:21:41 GMT -5
Far less concerned about Kubik having a bad day than Batenhorst. Kubik has really learned to stop hitting directly into blocks and is great at tooling. Batenhorst still tends to revert to weak roll shots when challenged. As a 6'5 OH, it's going to be the last thing in her toolbox to learn probably, just because it's come up so infrequently in her career when she can't just go over. Even in the B1G, most teams can't challenge her the way Wisconsin can. wait, who is 6'5? Kubik is 6'3 Batenhorst is 6'2 according to Nebraska roster. |
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Post by Gladys Kravitz on Oct 26, 2022 11:22:29 GMT -5
Nebraska still has Lexi
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Post by jwvolley on Oct 26, 2022 11:23:07 GMT -5
As a 6'5 OH, it's going to be the last thing in her toolbox to learn probably, just because it's come up so infrequently in her career when she can't just go over. Even in the B1G, most teams can't challenge her the way Wisconsin can. wait, who is 6'5? Kubik is 6'3 Batenhorst is 6'2 according to Nebraska roster. Batenhorst is 6'5 |
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Post by scarletandcream on Oct 26, 2022 11:23:15 GMT -5
As a 6'5 OH, it's going to be the last thing in her toolbox to learn probably, just because it's come up so infrequently in her career when she can't just go over. Even in the B1G, most teams can't challenge her the way Wisconsin can. wait, who is 6'5? Kubik is 6'3 Batenhorst is 6'2 according to Nebraska roster. Batenhorst is 6’5. M Kubik is 6’3, H Kubik is 6’2 |
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Post by pull3 on Oct 26, 2022 11:25:41 GMT -5
wait, who is 6'5? Kubik is 6'3 Batenhorst is 6'2 according to Nebraska roster. Batenhorst is 6'5
Sorry. I looked at Lauenstein instead.
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Post by radioactiveman on Oct 26, 2022 11:29:25 GMT -5
Far less concerned about Kubik having a bad day than Batenhorst. Kubik has really learned to stop hitting directly into blocks and is great at tooling. Batenhorst still tends to revert to weak roll shots when challenged. As a 6'5 OH, it's going to be the last thing in her toolbox to learn probably, just because it's come up so infrequently in her career when she can't just go over. Even in the B1G, most teams can't challenge her the way Wisconsin can. What makes Batenhorst frustrating is not that she hasn't learned to tool very well (which is still frustrating), it's the amount of times she rolls. I would think at 6'5 she's used to hitting over the block and would get blocked a lot with the bigger blocks in the B1G. She actually doesn't. She bends her elbow eliminating her height advantage and then rolls it over. A lot. Better this year than last, but she still does it quite a bit. |
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