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Post by tedheise on Oct 14, 2023 8:13:56 GMT -5
I've heard rumblings she would like to return to Illinois for another year. I suppose it depends if she likes being the "go to" player or if she'd rather have team success. Maybe this time we will dip into the transfer portal and acquire some talent? One can dream. I have zero knowledge of her situation, but it’s possible that academic interests could be a factor
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Post by inpaign on Oct 14, 2023 9:51:43 GMT -5
I've heard rumblings she would like to return to Illinois for another year. I suppose it depends if she likes being the "go to" player or if she'd rather have team success. Maybe this time we will dip into the transfer portal and acquire some talent? One can dream. I have zero knowledge of her situation, but it’s possible that academic interests could be a factor Obviously not going too far into it but also personal life.
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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 14, 2023 11:19:34 GMT -5
I have zero knowledge of her situation, but it’s possible that academic interests could be a factor Obviously not going too far into it but also personal life. If she stays, more power to her. Tamas better hit the portal and get us an OH and someone who can pass/dig.
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 14, 2023 15:07:48 GMT -5
Obviously not going too far into it but also personal life. If she stays, more power to her. Tamas better hit the portal and get us an OH and someone who can pass/dig. If Raina decides to return, and assuming our freshmen backup setters and DSs are not on scholarship, our roster for next year currently stands as Raina Terry, Caroline Barnes, Kayla Burbage, Sarah Bingham, Brooke Mosher, Lily Barry, Cari Bohm, Gabby Dean, Taylor DeBerg, Sophie Stephenson, Kenzie Cogan, Ashlyn Philpot, Laynie Smith. That is 13, with no room for a transfer. I assume Taylor will be playing next year, my television viewing prognosis is she is much healthier than she appeared at the beginning of the season. If Kenzie Cogan, a DS, is not on scholarship, we still have no room for a scholarship transfer unless someone decides to transfer out. We have a couple of scholarship players I doubt will ever see much playing time, they may decide to go somewhere they will be able to play. I know it is early to start thinking about next year, but thinking about this year is getting me down.
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Post by exit237a on Oct 14, 2023 15:21:00 GMT -5
If she stays, more power to her. Tamas better hit the portal and get us an OH and someone who can pass/dig. If Raina decides to return, and assuming our freshmen backup setters and DSs are not on scholarship, our roster for next year currently stands as Raina Terry, Caroline Barnes, Kayla Burbage, Sarah Bingham, Brooke Mosher, Lily Barry, Cari Bohm, Gabby Dean, Taylor DeBerg, Sophie Stephenson, Kenzie Cogan, Ashlyn Philpot, Laynie Smith. That is 13, with no room for a transfer. I assume Taylor will be playing next year, my television viewing prognosis is she is much healthier than she appeared at the beginning of the season. If Kenzie Cogan, a DS, is not on scholarship, we still have no room for a scholarship transfer unless someone decides to transfer out. We have a couple of scholarship players I doubt will ever see much playing time, they may decide to go somewhere they will be able to play. I know it is early to start thinking about next year, but thinking about this year is getting me down. Aren't there partial scholarships, though? People have posted on VT that it's common for athletes to not have four years, which would mean that the math isn't as simple as considering each of our scholarship athletes as being on scholarship in a given year. Or do I have that wrong?
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 14, 2023 15:36:41 GMT -5
There are no partial D1 volleyball scholarships, unlike some other sports like track. When the original letter of intent is signed it might be for fewer years than a full four years. If someone legitimately qualifies for an academic scholarship they can play sports without counting against the scholarship limit, which may be a more likely situation for graduates. I suppose paying someone enough NIL money a scholarship is unnecessary would be an option, although I am not certain how that would work. NIL money is taxable, so the NIL payment would have to be bulked up to cover taxes.
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Post by inpaign on Oct 14, 2023 17:21:52 GMT -5
I've heard rumblings she would like to return to Illinois for another year. I suppose it depends if she likes being the "go to" player or if she'd rather have team success. Maybe this time we will dip into the transfer portal and acquire some talent? One can dream. This is very similar to TTA deciding to transfer out of Northwestern. I'm sure she enjoys consistently winning at Wisco, but I would love to know if a part of her really misses getting the volume of swings she did at NW. Raina would be facing a similar decision.
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Post by liberovb10 on Oct 14, 2023 18:19:45 GMT -5
I've heard rumblings she would like to return to Illinois for another year. I suppose it depends if she likes being the "go to" player or if she'd rather have team success. Maybe this time we will dip into the transfer portal and acquire some talent? One can dream. This is very similar to TTA deciding to transfer out of Northwestern. I'm sure she enjoys consistently winning at Wisco, but I would love to know if a part of her really misses getting the volume of swings she did at NW. Raina would be facing a similar decision. i’m sure her shoulder is happy to not be carrying that workload now haha, as will Terry’s
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Post by exit237a on Oct 14, 2023 18:45:35 GMT -5
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Post by ilalum92 on Oct 14, 2023 18:51:42 GMT -5
If she stays, more power to her. Tamas better hit the portal and get us an OH and someone who can pass/dig. If Raina decides to return, and assuming our freshmen backup setters and DSs are not on scholarship, our roster for next year currently stands as Raina Terry, Caroline Barnes, Kayla Burbage, Sarah Bingham, Brooke Mosher, Lily Barry, Cari Bohm, Gabby Dean, Taylor DeBerg, Sophie Stephenson, Kenzie Cogan, Ashlyn Philpot, Laynie Smith. That is 13, with no room for a transfer. I assume Taylor will be playing next year, my television viewing prognosis is she is much healthier than she appeared at the beginning of the season. If Kenzie Cogan, a DS, is not on scholarship, we still have no room for a scholarship transfer unless someone decides to transfer out. We have a couple of scholarship players I doubt will ever see much playing time, they may decide to go somewhere they will be able to play. I know it is early to start thinking about next year, but thinking about this year is getting me down. So another year of poor passing/defense and questionable outsides plus a who knows at RS and MB2. I’d pass
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Post by exit237a on Oct 14, 2023 20:28:20 GMT -5
Congrats to Raina on setting a new kills record last night!
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Post by inpaign on Oct 15, 2023 11:43:07 GMT -5
Since I've had the opportunity to watch most of the Big Ten teams so far this season, I wanted to post my predictions for conference play for us! @ Indiana - L v MSU - W v PSU - L v Iowa - W @ Purdue - L v Wisconsin - L @ Ohio St. - L v Rutgers - W @ Maryland - W @ Rutgers - W v Indiana - W v Purdue - W V NW - W @ Wisconsin - L @ Iowa - W @ Nebraska - L v Ohio St. - W v Michigan - W @ Minnesota - L @ NW - L (11-9) I think when we look at our schedule, we actually have a pretty good one in terms of the teams we play once vs. twice. These predictions are assuming we play to a decent level each night and to the level we are capable of some nights (specifically at Huff) - I'm fully aware we will have off nights where we look terrible...consider this me being optimistic about the outlook of conference play for us haha. Watching Iowa, Rutgers and Michigan St., I believe we should win any and all games against those teams. They look to be a step below everyone else. Michigan is also close there as well, but I'm sure they will ramp up their level slightly as the season goes on. I also believe we can edge out a win against MD. NW is interesting to me..I think they are more talented than their play this season has shown and for that reason I have us splitting our games against them. That also goes with Indiana...I wanted so badly to pick us to win our first conference game but Indiana's serving is fantastic and I have a feeling it will be a long game for our serve receive :/, if we can stay in system, we will have a good shot. I picked us to pick up a win against them at home just to be a bit conservative. It was hard predicting games against teams at the top of the league - last season we stayed close with many of them (several 5 setters). Nebraska and Wisconsin are a step above - should be L's for us. Same when playing Minnesota at their place. I do believe that we have potential to knock off Purdue, Penn St. and Ohio St. at least once this season - those teams have clear weaknesses that can be exploited. I picked us to win a couple of those games. I'm sure I'll look back on these predictions and laugh after a long, tough season but here's to hoping I'm somewhat accurate. I-L-L! Recirculating my conference predictions...100% so far hahaha. According to my predictions we are about to go on a little winning streak. Here's to hoping!
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Post by inpaign on Oct 15, 2023 15:22:48 GMT -5
Wasn't pretty per usual but got the W nonetheless. Serve receive and defense reared their ugly heads as expected. Knowing that Rutgers loves to push tempo to the pins I knew our slower middles would struggle to get there in time, figured this would be a tough game. Agree that we have to find a way to get our middles involved more offensively despite passes usually being so far off the net. Terry looked great. Nunge seems to be rounding into form. Burbage looked good for being out a few games. She is so much more of a threat offensively on that right side than anyone else we have. Is it unreasonable to say we might've stolen another set (or even a win!?) against Ohio State had she played and taken some pressure off Raina? I feel as though our game against Maryland is a huge one for us...seems it could set the tone for where we finish in the Big Ten. A loss and we likely end up in the basement, bottom 4 or 5. A win and we leapfrog a few teams and could retain our position in the middle of the pack. Will be interesting to say the least.
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Post by Pasquale on Oct 15, 2023 15:33:13 GMT -5
FWIW, Tamas mentioned that Nunge was playing through a neck injury when she returned. It’s another reminder that we don’t always know the full story when players are struggling. Let’s hope she and Kayla remain healthy and the team continues to improve.
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Post by oldmanvb on Oct 15, 2023 18:11:01 GMT -5
Figuring out how and when to push the middle has to be the next phase in Mosher’s development as a setter. It is hard to watch the pass, see where your middle hitter is on the court, and read the block —- but good setters manage to do all three. There were at least half a dozen instances in which there was a pass that was something a setter could work with and get the ball to the middle, our middle was in position to hit and the Rutgers middle was not paying attention to our middle. I don’t know if our middles don’t go up because they don’t believe they will be set or if Mosher simply did not see the Rutgers middles we’re paying no attention to our middles, or if the 3 or 4 balls Collins and Bohm hit out of bounds spooked Mosher, but Terry needs some help. When there is a perfect set the opposing blocker is going to key on our middle. We have to run the middle off of less than perfect sets.
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