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Post by nevollfan on Dec 11, 2022 16:14:45 GMT -5
FWIW, I looked up the attendance figures: Stanford vs. USD: 3309 Texas vs. OSU: 5344 Wisconsin vs. Pitt.: 7229 Louisville vs. Oregon: 8749 But California is the Mecca of volleyball. Especially outdoors, not indoor. A state of close to 40 million had camera glances of the 3300 crowd with so many empty seats. A state of many happenings in generally good to great weather can’t support the Cardinal in their greatest need. There should never be a women’s final four in California. The evidence is pretty strong. |
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Post by Cruz'n on Dec 11, 2022 16:22:14 GMT -5
FWIW, I looked up the attendance figures: Stanford vs. USD: 3309 Texas vs. OSU: 5344 Wisconsin vs. Pitt.: 7229 Louisville vs. Oregon: 8749 But California is the Mecca of volleyball. Especially outdoors, not indoor. A state of close to 40 million had camera glances of the 3300 crowd with so many empty seats. A state of many happenings in generally good to great weather can’t support the Cardinal in their greatest need. There should never be a women’s final four in California. The evidence is pretty strong. Stanford undergrad population: 7.645 Texas undergrad population: 40,916 Wisconsin undergrad population: 35.474 Louisville undergrad population: 15,634 |
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Post by raian13 on Dec 11, 2022 16:33:17 GMT -5
But California is the Mecca of volleyball. Especially outdoors, not indoor. A state of close to 40 million had camera glances of the 3300 crowd with so many empty seats. A state of many happenings in generally good to great weather can’t support the Cardinal in their greatest need. There should never be a women’s final four in California. The evidence is pretty strong. Stanford undergrad population: 7.645 Texas undergrad population: 40,916 Wisconsin undergrad population: 35.474 Louisville undergrad population: 15,634 Whenever I see your name in any thread I always think there’s some issue that VT Five-O needs to intervene. |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Dec 11, 2022 16:43:27 GMT -5
FWIW, I looked up the attendance figures: Stanford vs. USD: 3309 Texas vs. OSU: 5344 Wisconsin vs. Pitt.: 7229 Louisville vs. Oregon: 8749 But California is the Mecca of volleyball. Especially outdoors, not indoor. A state of close to 40 million had camera glances of the 3300 crowd with so many empty seats. A state of many happenings in generally good to great weather can’t support the Cardinal in their greatest need. There should never be a women’s final four in California. The evidence is pretty strong. Er, we refer to it as "beach," not "outdoor," volleyball. California has drawn just fine for volleyball final fours, and would of course again, but the unfortunate truth is that the volleyball final four (and accompanying AVCA convention) isn't a big enough event for L.A. or the Bay Area for it to work financially. Perfect for a place like Omaha, though. Although I see lots of tickets available for next week, some for as low as $24. I wonder why that is? |
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Post by Cruz'n on Dec 11, 2022 20:02:58 GMT -5
Stanford undergrad population: 7.645 Texas undergrad population: 40,916 Wisconsin undergrad population: 35.474 Louisville undergrad population: 15,634 Whenever I see your name in any thread I always think there’s some issue that VT Five-O needs to intervene. What ? |
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Post by nonathleticperson on Dec 11, 2022 20:37:12 GMT -5
That was a fun match. I stated it at the beginning of the year and I think it proved true... Stanford's success will be determined by Baird's and Miner's connection, both of which I thought were very underwhelming. Miner sprays the ball a lot for someone with such a stiff and robotic technique. A recipe for disaster with Baird, who needs consistent location and pace.
Kipp did what she could. It's not realistic to expect her to do more given how the rest of the team lacked offense. She knows she has to get better and I think she will for next year. When you swing a lot, you'll also get blocked alot, and that's just how the game (and the 5th set) went.
Oglivle was very good. Her ability to read the ball and be so efficient in her movement is stellar. She has incredible touch, but I think a passing playstyle/technique like that requires absolute mastery or adequate team support. You'll see at the pro game that you don't need perfect digs to generate OOS swings because the outsides and OOS setting is much better. However, in this game there were a lot of 'okay' digs by Oglivle that ended up as simple roll shots or free-balls. One more year with Kipp getting better at OOS, Oglivle getting better with her touch, and also improvements from Rubin (and Baird), and Stanford is looking spooky for next year. EDIT: as an aside, I think an extra year at Stanford is needed for Kipp. I think she gets eaten at the pro game currently, and further refinement in a 'safe' environment is only going to do her a lot of good.
San Diego is fun. They are just... good. everywhere. What separated them from Stanford is the ability to generate offense out of system. They simply took braver and stronger swings and were rewarded. I'll be cheering for them all the way.
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Post by volleynerd on Dec 12, 2022 0:47:19 GMT -5
ah 24 hours ago we were celebrating and crying sd advancing to the final four
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Post by raian13 on Dec 12, 2022 5:28:36 GMT -5
Whenever I see your name in any thread I always think there’s some issue that VT Five-O needs to intervene. What ? Your name in red color. |
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Post by shesasetter on Dec 12, 2022 23:26:12 GMT -5
Was there an all regional tournament team announced somewhere? I saw the teams for the other three regionals but didn’t see this one.
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Post by gobruins on Dec 13, 2022 5:15:22 GMT -5
Was there an all regional tournament team announced somewhere? I saw the teams for the other three regionals but didn’t see this one. Henderson from Houston. Kipp, Miner, Oglivie from Stanford. Lukes, Frohling, Blossom from USD. Blossom Most Outstanding Player. |
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Post by Logan Tom Fan on Dec 13, 2022 22:29:11 GMT -5
Idk if it was just me, but after rewatching the Regional Finals game against San Diego, the Stanford players looked emotion-less after they lost. Maybe they were shocked that they lost, or maybe I didn’t catch any tears from the players after the game, but I was expecting to see some of them in tears (and I don’t mean that in a bad way) just because of the circumstances, and it being a tough 5-setter. I only say that because I know I would be devastated in that situation.
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Post by basil on Dec 13, 2022 22:30:04 GMT -5
Was there an all regional tournament team announced somewhere? I saw the teams for the other three regionals but didn’t see this one. Henderson from Houston. Kipp, Miner, Oglivie from Stanford. Lukes, Frohling, Blossom from USD. Blossom Most Outstanding Player. rip Kentucky |
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Post by volleynerd on Dec 13, 2022 22:58:32 GMT -5
Idk if it was just me, but after rewatching the Regional Finals game against San Diego, the Stanford players looked emotion-less after they lost. Maybe they were shocked that they lost, or maybe I didn’t catch any tears from the players after the game, but I was expecting to see some of them in tears (and I don’t mean that in a bad way) just because of the circumstances, and it being a tough 5-setter. I only say that because I know I would be devastated in that situation. I was rewatching this earlier and that also stood out. I guess bc they had the momentum when they tied it st 9-9 but the shock could've been them realizing it just got away from them... that dig by Benbow on the rocket by Kipp at 10-9 changed the course of the match... also super random but the way Lukes physically assaulted Edwards at 12-9 after they roofed Kipp, had me thinking, why do players shove each other so hard, like is it to build momentum or what? I find it so funny |
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Post by hammer on Dec 14, 2022 0:45:05 GMT -5
Idk if it was just me, but after rewatching the Regional Finals game against San Diego, the Stanford players looked emotion-less after they lost. Maybe they were shocked that they lost, or maybe I didn’t catch any tears from the players after the game, but I was expecting to see some of them in tears (and I don’t mean that in a bad way) just because of the circumstances, and it being a tough 5-setter. I only say that because I know I would be devastated in that situation. I was rewatching this earlier and that also stood out. I guess bc they had the momentum when they tied it st 9-9 but the shock could've been them realizing it just got away from them... that dig by Benbow on the rocket by Kipp at 10-9 changed the course of the match... also super random but the way Lukes physically assaulted Edwards at 12-9 after they roofed Kipp, had me thinking, why do players shove each other so hard, like is it to build momentum or what? I find it so funny Miner went to Kipp out of the back row at 9-9 and Bembo dug her, but Rubin was available on the left hitting against Blossom. That might have been the better choice. Tactical error by Stanford on the point that made it 12-9. Triple block was up on Kipp's pipe, but from Kipp's perspective the blocker on the right was Edwards, and the blocker on the left was Blossom. Who would you attempt to go over or tool? Miner's set might have been slightly to her right which led Kipp to hit at Edwards, but hard to say from the video. At 10-9, Rubin hits a bomb that is dug by Lukes and then Blossom forces a set out to Edwards at the left pin that either Miner or Francis block almost straight down but it luckily ricochets off Edwards and someone else and the San Diego DS desperately one arms the ball on the 3rd contact towards Francis at the net. Francis decides to swing at it but doesn't make great contact and it is blocked backed slowly over her head. Francis inexplicably panics and reaches back with one arm attempting to play what was effectively a free ball that would have easily been easily covered by Oglivie. She hits it backwards about 10 or 15 feet into empty space and the ball hits the floor. On this play Francis made three critical errors. One, instead of hitting the over ball, she should have used two hands to block the ball to her left avoiding the two blockers that were up against her. Two, she reached back on a ball floating over her head thinking for some reason it wouldn't be covered. And three, she reached back with one arm when she could have used two arms for better control. At 12-9, Rubin sends a perfect pass to Miner, and Miner sends the ball back to Rubin but the set is a little low and not far enough out to the left pin so Rubin can't attack the weakest USD blocker, i.e., Blossom. Rubin hits into the USD middle blocker who blocks the ball back into the Stanford side of the net. Oglivie barely recovers the ball and Miner struggles to keep the ball alive allowing Kipp to hand pass a free ball to USD which Edwards buries off a nice set from Blossom to make the score 13-9. |
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Post by stanfordvb on Dec 14, 2022 8:56:08 GMT -5
Idk if it was just me, but after rewatching the Regional Finals game against San Diego, the Stanford players looked emotion-less after they lost. Maybe they were shocked that they lost, or maybe I didn’t catch any tears from the players after the game, but I was expecting to see some of them in tears (and I don’t mean that in a bad way) just because of the circumstances, and it being a tough 5-setter. I only say that because I know I would be devastated in that situation. they're kinda like that all year. they've done better about getting excited as the season went on, but they're definitely low on overall shown emotion compared to teams like nebraska, Louisville, wisco, texas, osu, san diego. Bairds facial expression hardly changes lol |
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