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Post by dawgnerd on Sept 29, 2024 14:05:56 GMT -5
where does 12-0 rank as best starts for program history? i cannot wait for UW to be tested against a top 25 opponent UW season starts 12-0 or better 21-0 1977 22-0 2004 McL's 4th year 24-0 2005 Championship year 16-0 2007 15-0 2009 12-0 2010 16-0 2012 VanSant 12-0 2013 VanSant 25-0 2014 VanSant 14-0 2015 Keegan Cook's first year So, best start since the McLaughlin recruits (Go Leslie!) |
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Post by dawgnerd on Sept 29, 2024 14:10:35 GMT -5
where does 12-0 rank as best starts for program history? i cannot wait for UW to be tested against a top 25 opponent 16-0 2007 15-0 2009 12-0 2010 16-0 2012 VanSant 12-0 2013 VanSant 25-0 2014 VanSant 14-0 2015 Keegan Cook's first year So, best start since the McLaughlin recruits (Go Leslie!) Oh, and the 2004 season was 22-0 (sorry for the extra - just edited the previous post) |
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Post by hopefuldawg on Oct 4, 2024 21:59:05 GMT -5
Huskies need either the Wilmes from last week OOOORR Barton on the court if they want any chance to upset Wisconsin
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Post by maigrey on Oct 4, 2024 22:12:01 GMT -5
Huskies need either the Wilmes from last week OOOORR Barton on the court if they want any chance to upset Wisconsin I'm interested to see the UW on UW block, personally. |
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Post by hopefuldawg on Oct 4, 2024 22:19:28 GMT -5
Huskies need either the Wilmes from last week OOOORR Barton on the court if they want any chance to upset Wisconsin I'm interested to see the UW on UW block, personally.  |
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Post by tomclen on Oct 21, 2024 4:46:20 GMT -5
UW now officially in the "bottom half" of the 18-team B1G standings.
Two "should-win" matches coming up: Rutgers & Maryland visiting Seattle. Then the sked gets daunting.
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Post by redbeard2008 on Oct 21, 2024 16:44:06 GMT -5
UW has a history of recruiting "good" athletes and then training them up to be competitive as a team. Not many were top-tier "national" recruits: Morrison, Rowland, Carlson, Vansant, Powell, etc. I'd lean toward Hunt being one, but the rest are a notch or two below that. None of our current transfers are "game-changers", and only one is starting, for now. One has barely played.
It can be hard to convince "national" recruits or transfers to come all the way up to the Far Corner - they may think it rains all the time or that we're all a bunch of "cowboys" - stereotypes die hard. Powell had to be convinced by her parents to even visit.
That we've come up short, height-wise, against stronger teams is indicative that above 6'3" real available "talent" diminishes significantly with every inch, and is harder to get. Most players drop an inch from their cited HS/Club height when measured with shoes off, but Haury's (5'10") and Hunt's (6'2") remained the same. We have only five players over 6'1", two over 6'2". "Height" is not a guarantee of success, although it does help to put up a "wall", or to hit over one.
I'm not convinced that a far-flung B1G (Central/Eastern) travel schedule will be a "selling point" instead of a "drawback", going forward.
I do like that Leslie has brought the "block" back, which is an area that had languished under Cook. I do hope that Leslie can find more 'gems' or at least "diamonds in the rough" (Kleckner, for '26, from Texas, might be one, although only 6'0", although with close to two more years to grow) - if one comes, others might follow.
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Post by tomclen on Nov 3, 2024 11:42:45 GMT -5
Story in the UW Daily on Julia Hunt. Full Story HERE. |
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Post by maigrey on Nov 3, 2024 20:15:09 GMT -5
Story in the UW Daily on Julia Hunt. Full Story HERE.She's my favorite. Please let her serve again and have bays ss someone else (both Katy and Julia can serve) |
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Post by JT on Nov 3, 2024 23:22:08 GMT -5
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Post by coconutcandles on Nov 7, 2024 16:24:07 GMT -5
Is anyone looking for a ticket to the Nebraska UW game? I bought 2 tickets but i won’t need them anymore. I paid $60 for both and but i’ll let them go for $50 😅
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Post by ay2013 on Nov 8, 2024 2:50:13 GMT -5
If Barton comes back healthy before the tournament, If I were a seeded team, Washington would NOT be a team I'd want in my subregional.
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Post by JJVb on Nov 8, 2024 5:19:58 GMT -5
If Barton comes back healthy before the tournament, If I were a seeded team, Washington would NOT be a team I'd want in my subregional. Agreed. Very impressed they beat Minn. Wasn't expecting that. |
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Post by mikegarrison on Nov 8, 2024 5:25:41 GMT -5
If Barton comes back healthy before the tournament, If I were a seeded team, Washington would NOT be a team I'd want in my subregional. They seem like a classic "dangerous" team. A team that you should beat. A team you probably will beat. But a team that can beat you if you don't take care of business. Minnesota outscored Washington for the night, I see. But the Huskies had 13 aces? Looks like there is at least one set that they won simply because Minnesota couldn't handle Julia Hunt's serve. |
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Post by dawgnerd on Nov 8, 2024 13:36:02 GMT -5
I've got to say, Leslie G. has had some serious injury events to adjust to and has found creative solutions that have worked surprisingly well. After dropping the match to USC, where there was minimal practice time to adjust after Barton going down, she 1) switched to the 5-1, 2) moved Bush to hitting left-side, and 3) had Hunt serve instead of Wessels. There were probably other adjustments, but these all were pieces of last night's victory. The lady can coach! (and her team responds).
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