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Post by give me the og-ball-u on Nov 21, 2022 12:27:28 GMT -5
Huskers strength is on the pins. Love me some Bekka and Hord, big time, but it’s just not our strength, for whatever reason. Would rather see sets to the left and opposite (and back row), than forcing the middle, imo. Wait. What? it's because they stopped taking my advice by not setting them 2s. |
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Post by robtearle on Nov 21, 2022 12:35:01 GMT -5
I wish Caroline Crawford was healthy...
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Post by vup on Nov 21, 2022 13:45:56 GMT -5
Huskers strength is on the pins. Love me some Bekka and Hord, big time, but it’s just not our strength, for whatever reason. Would rather see sets to the left and opposite (and back row), than forcing the middle, imo. Wait. What? I’m just sayin’, if Nebraska comes into this match thinking that they’re going to get significant offensive contributions from their middles, then I think that’s a little unrealistic. Not saying they aren’t capable of having big matches—they are—but I think that forcing the middle, not only wastes opportunities to terminate, but also makes our offense more predictable, imo… |
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Post by badgerbreath on Nov 21, 2022 15:38:33 GMT -5
I wish Caroline Crawford was healthy... As usual of late, something makes me unsure of the badgers heading into a big match with the huskers. Last year it was whether Smrek would click on the RS and exactly how limited Civita's movement would be. In October it was whether the badgers would pass and serve well enough to offset their iffy setting, but otherwise they were settling in to a pattern. This time it's the whole shift forced by Crawford's broken hand. On the block, Smrek to middle is still a work in progress, as is Demps on the RS. PSU seemed to get runs in those rotations where Demps and Smrek blocked together. The upside for UW is that Smrek hits better from the middle. She was quite clean against PSU until the 5th when she hit a few errors. Demps hasn't been set that much in this configuration, which is odd. On the season she's hitting 0.286 with a really low error rate (<10%), but only with less than 2 kills/S. GG had been passing really well before she was injured. That was one of the reasons the huskers went away from serving her in October. She is passing a little less well since she came back from injury. How her and Franklin hold up will be key again. Shanel will be back in the lineup I hope after illness, but Boyer served lights out the last two matches, much like at the beginning of last year. What is interesting about the PSU match is how often the badgers went to Robinson - easily the most attacks at 39. And they went to Hart as much as Orzol. They did that on pretty spotty passing (in response to really good serving by PSU). For the huskers, it's their defense again. You have to stay patient and disciplined against them. Purdue really can't manage that for long. I'm expecting this to be a long match. |
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Post by big10+4 fan on Nov 21, 2022 16:15:49 GMT -5
Personally, I don't think you can put much stock into the Purdue game Sunday. We heat them pretty good @ Purdue last time before playing Wis and look at what happened.
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Post by eazy on Nov 21, 2022 16:36:32 GMT -5
I want the Huskers to do it! Go Huskers! Go Big Red  Looks more like orange to me.. |
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Post by hammer on Nov 21, 2022 16:48:49 GMT -5
Carlini's coming back for this one because Wisky's setting needs help.
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Post by hammer on Nov 21, 2022 16:53:25 GMT -5
Huskers strength is on the pins. Love me some Bekka and Hord, big time, but it’s just not our strength, for whatever reason. Would rather see sets to the left and opposite (and back row), than forcing the middle, imo. Wait. What? I did a double take on that one too. But, if all of a sudden, they became a strength literally overnight, then yeah no problem, RED would have to be the favorite to win this match. And, going forward, the favorite to win the NCAA tournament. |
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Post by hornshouse23 on Nov 21, 2022 16:56:04 GMT -5
I did a double take on that one too. But, if all of a sudden, they became a strength literally overnight, then yeah no problem, RED would have to be the favorite to win this match. And, going forward, the favorite to win the NCAA tournament. Strength is relative I guess, and yeah. Strength compared to underset middles and mediocre setting all around. But if we’re going for a strength that will help them win, it’s defense and serving. I didn’t think that was up for debate, even with the homer crowd. |
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Post by oldmanred on Nov 21, 2022 17:29:13 GMT -5
Wisconsin has had it;s way with Nebr. for a while; but that will change someday! I hope it's now! 🤞🙏
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Post by huskersrule95 on Nov 21, 2022 21:34:00 GMT -5
This match is going to make some sellers some decent money. Will be out of town, have had trip planned since before schedule came out and figures biggest games came this weekend. I did get good money for my ticket though. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Nov 21, 2022 21:36:15 GMT -5
I'll be really interested to see the viewership of this match after the fact.
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Post by taxidea on Nov 21, 2022 22:34:02 GMT -5
Anything is possible in this match. But in all honesty, I seriously doubt we'll see anything remarkably different from these teams, this time around. Especially if Wisconsin serves well. The service pressure was the key to victory for the Badgers in round 1, and that put the Huskers transition game in difficulty for most of the match.
Personell wise, Crawford is sidelined for Wis, which means that Smrek has had to move to the middle. But thatz no advantage to UN-L. Shez actually been playing her best ball of the season because of the move.
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Post by robtearle on Nov 21, 2022 22:49:34 GMT -5
Anything is possible in this match. But in all honesty, I seriously doubt we'll see anything remarkably different from these teams, this time around. Especially if Wisconsin serves well. The service pressure was the key to victory for the Badgers in round 1, and that put the Huskers transition game in difficulty for most of the match. Personell wise, Crawford is sidelined for Wis, which means that Smrek has had to move to the middle. But thatz no advantage to UN-L. Shez actually been playing her best ball of the season because of the move. But that isn't the only change that Crawford's absence brings. It also means Demps is front row blocking, and instead of a serving sub for Franklin, now the serving sub come in for one of the middles. |
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Post by spicycheesebread on Nov 22, 2022 2:01:49 GMT -5
I have Nebraska taking this, given how they dismantled Purdue while we flailed against Penn State. Frank’s been hitting timid lately. Lots of tips and rolls. Need her to go for broke. Dismantling Purdue is expected, given the free-fall they've been in since October. They lost all 5 matches vs ranked opps, and lost to unranked Maryland and Northwestern. Nebraska flailed against Northwestern in a much tougher than expected challenge. I don't expect anything to change the outcome from four weeks ago. I'd like to see what Nebraska hitters can do this time vs Danielle Hart, who is playing at her peak level right now. Kash Williams (PSU) was roofed so many times by Hart that I simply lost count. |
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