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Post by JT on Mar 6, 2023 10:45:18 GMT -5
Pretty sure (FB picture from the MN Volleyball page, that I can’t manage to link) that Kylie Murr is on the team now, and in Hawaii. Also, unless the picture didn’t have everyone in it, Phoebe is not in Hawaii, at least (do we know whether she’s arriving later?) So for the first match, first set starters, I’m going with something that looks a lot like last season. - S: Shaff
- OH: TayLa and Wookie
- MB: Arica and Calissa
- Opp: Lauren
- Lib: Kylie
- DS: Skylar (for Wookie)
- Serv: Elise (for whichever MB Kylie doesn’t serve for)
I suspect that we’ll see (well, we won’t see it, but…) ;-) Elise, Julia, and Sydney start for some of the sets, and everybody get playing time. I hope they let Wookie play through all six rotations some of the time, too… see how her serve, defense, and backrow attack are. i'd imagine Wucherer will play 6 before crowl does but we'll see Well, since I effed up the defensive lineup options, you can pretty much throw out the whole thing.
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Post by forvolley on Mar 6, 2023 12:00:00 GMT -5
It is such a tricky king up to predict with factors missing! That’s why I was curious what others thought. I wonder how, with the terrific pieces we currently have, we will stack up against Hawaii. I hope someone will live stream the match!
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Post by Fight On! on Mar 6, 2023 12:07:43 GMT -5
Unsure, recent mutual follows with Kristen and Kylie + she follows MN Volleyball (in addition to Cal, Washington, Lewis, and Utah). Maybe her sister will put in a good word for Keegan too Without knowing the whole story (and I know there’s a lot more that goes beyond the numbers), her hitting pct is alarming. Unless her setting was absolutely atrocious or was hitting a highly highly abnormal amount of out of out of system balls, that’s not acceptable for hitting efficiency out of your opposite. Unless there’s way more to the story that I’m missing, I’d rather roll with Schnichels and Hanson and wrap up the roster with one more middle and DS. I think you’re right that there more nuance involved that you’re missing by looking only at the numbers. She was taking like 70 swings sometimes. Cal was atrocious and she was their best player. She is far superior to the current options at MN IMO.
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Post by Fight On! on Mar 6, 2023 12:09:49 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful. With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table. You may have salt with your crow. What does her achievement at the tryouts have to do with her historical performance? She turned a 1st Team AA MB into a non-existent presence on the floor. That’s a fact and denying it is revisionism.
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Post by permagrin on Mar 6, 2023 12:21:03 GMT -5
I will say this one time for all the people in the back- Kylie is not there!
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Mar 6, 2023 12:33:52 GMT -5
It is such a tricky king up to predict with factors missing! That’s why I was curious what others thought. I wonder how, with the terrific pieces we currently have, we will stack up against Hawaii. I hope someone will live stream the match! When Marquette went to Hawaii, the games were online (I think). I’m pretty sure I watched them as they happened and not later on YouTube but I definitely could be mistaken.
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Mar 6, 2023 12:36:58 GMT -5
This was posted on gopher hole. I am dedicating this to all you Shaffmaster criticizers. Sorry to say I'm gleeful. With all the outstanding/elite coaches at these USA tryouts, the ONLY GOPHER to make the Final Wave was Shaffmaster. I would think these coaches are very capable of evaluating all the participating players and the talent they bring to the table. You may have salt with your crow. What does her achievement at the tryouts have to do with her historical performance? I meant you can choose to focus solely on the "historical performance" in her first year all you want here. I don't think any of us as gopher fans were particularly pleased with that performance. I don't think any of us denied it either. Again that is all past. Having said that, we have seen the significant improvements from her over the years and are very excited what she can do this year. There is nothing wrong with highlighting her selection here. You can choose to live your life in 3-4 years ago or live in the moment and the future.
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Post by Fight On! on Mar 6, 2023 13:11:43 GMT -5
What does her achievement at the tryouts have to do with her historical performance? I meant you can choose to focus solely on the "historical performance" in her first year all you want here. I don't think any of us as gopher fans were particularly pleased with that performance. I don't think any of us denied it either. Again that is all past. Having said that, we have seen the significant improvements from her over the years and are very excited what she can do this year. There is nothing wrong with highlighting her selection here. You can choose to live your life in 3-4 years ago or live in the moment and the future. Haha. Personally attacking me is somewhat ridiculous here. The poster said something I found to be inappropriate about eating crow. So, I responded to remind him of some facts. Did I say anything that contradicts your perspective on her improvement or her selection? Nope. You can drop the drama, buddy.
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Mar 6, 2023 13:36:18 GMT -5
I meant you can choose to focus solely on the "historical performance" in her first year all you want here. I don't think any of us as gopher fans were particularly pleased with that performance. I don't think any of us denied it either. Again that is all past. Having said that, we have seen the significant improvements from her over the years and are very excited what she can do this year. There is nothing wrong with highlighting her selection here. You can choose to live your life in 3-4 years ago or live in the moment and the future. Haha. Personally attacking me is somewhat ridiculous here. The poster said something I found to be inappropriate about eating crow. So, I responded to remind him of some facts. Did I say anything that contradicts your perspective on her improvement or her selection? Nope. You can drop the drama, buddy. Wait what? I attacked you? Which part was it? I was just trying to provide you reasoning why that poster might have said that. I instead agreed with you about her performance in her first year. I think you might have taken it the wrong way.
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Post by Fight On! on Mar 6, 2023 13:39:58 GMT -5
Haha. Personally attacking me is somewhat ridiculous here. The poster said something I found to be inappropriate about eating crow. So, I responded to remind him of some facts. Did I say anything that contradicts your perspective on her improvement or her selection? Nope. You can drop the drama, buddy. Wait what? I attacked you? Which part was it? I was just trying to providing you reasoning why that poster might have said that. I instead agreed with you about her performance in her first year. I think you might have taken it the wrong way. Maybe the word “you” means “someone” and not “you” (as in me).
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Mar 6, 2023 13:44:59 GMT -5
Wait what? I attacked you? Which part was it? I was just trying to providing you reasoning why that poster might have said that. I instead agreed with you about her performance in her first year. I think you might have taken it the wrong way. Maybe the word “you” means “someone” and not “you” (as in me). Oh yeah... I meant it in a more general term.
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Post by abacaxi on Mar 6, 2023 13:49:02 GMT -5
It is such a tricky king up to predict with factors missing! That’s why I was curious what others thought. I wonder how, with the terrific pieces we currently have, we will stack up against Hawaii. I hope someone will live stream the match! When Marquette went to Hawaii, the games were online (I think). I’m pretty sure I watched them as they happened and not later on YouTube but I definitely could be mistaken. I recall Marquette being in Hawaii at least twice for pre-season tournaments-All matches in pre-season tournaments have been shown on live telecasts. I don't recall Marquette being in Hawaii for a Spring Match and don't recall any of Hawaii Spring Matches being telecast.
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Post by mnsports255 on Mar 6, 2023 13:53:42 GMT -5
Without knowing the whole story (and I know there’s a lot more that goes beyond the numbers), her hitting pct is alarming. Unless her setting was absolutely atrocious or was hitting a highly highly abnormal amount of out of out of system balls, that’s not acceptable for hitting efficiency out of your opposite. Unless there’s way more to the story that I’m missing, I’d rather roll with Schnichels and Hanson and wrap up the roster with one more middle and DS. I think you’re right that there more nuance involved that you’re missing by looking only at the numbers. She was taking like 70 swings sometimes. Cal was atrocious and she was their best player. She is far superior to the current options at MN IMO. Without having watched Cal at all, I figured there could be an exception such as this. Getting all the trash an outside would normally clean up except on the right side on a poor ball control team AND going up against a consistent/focused double block on her would certainly further explain those numbers. I’d watch replay for myself to confirm but I don’t really need to dedicate my time to that; I trust your word
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Post by AmeriCanVBfan on Mar 6, 2023 13:57:50 GMT -5
When Marquette went to Hawaii, the games were online (I think). I’m pretty sure I watched them as they happened and not later on YouTube but I definitely could be mistaken. I recall Marquette being in Hawaii at least twice for pre-season tournaments-All matches in pre-season tournaments have been shown on live telecasts. I don't recall Marquette being in Hawaii for a Spring Match and don't recall any of Hawaii Spring Matches being telecast. You’re right! My bad.
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Post by courtwatchers on Mar 6, 2023 21:39:00 GMT -5
Decided to directly contact the Simpli Arena at Stan Sheriff Center where the two matches are going to be held. They returned my email and stated the following:
Unfortunately, since these are just spring exhibition matches, neither will be streamed. We are hoping to have live stats for both games though. Check on our HawaiiAthletics.com website for links to the livestats if we are able to run it through the NCAA Genius scoring program.
Signed Kara Nishimura / karakn@hawaii.edu Assistant Director of Media Relations University of Hawaii at Manoa Athletics Department
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