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Post by pavsec5row10 on Sept 11, 2024 12:46:14 GMT -5
in progress SERVING EFFICIENCY IS MORE THAN ACES VS ERRORS. How many Gophers have a service efficiency greater than 50%: MN wins a point more than half the time they serve? In the St. Thomas game thread I posted: "Z is on service run experimenting with dying quail serves just over the net in front of the attack line" Her serving efficiency (points scored on her serve have improved). In the match vs Stanford she served 15x with 2SEs and MN won points only 3 times and she was held out of serving vs Baylor Texas But back in against Baylor Z served 20x with 0 SEs and MN won points on 11 including 2 runs of 3 The most striking statistic this year has been service efficiency. In the Stanford match MN had 23 SEs and Jordyn Harvey exploited MN's serve reception rather viciously In the Texas match MN dominated behind the service line: Shaffmaster served 26x and MN won points on 14 Grote served 21x and MN won points on 12 Wookie served 20x and MN won points on 9. She had 2SAs & 6SEs. On points where volleyball was played MN won points on 7 of 12 Hanson served 15x and MN won points on 8 McGhie served 9x with 2SEs and no points won. She was not a serving sub vs Baylor, but something must have happened in the interim because she served 19x in the TCU match, had no SEs, and MN scored on 13 of the 19 including a 3pt and 6pt service run
If your sideout % is better than your opponent's % you win the set. It goes without saying that you want your serves to keep the opponent out of system. I don't know if Volleymetrics tracks the stats on player service effectiveness, but I believe this is an incredibly important stat.
Wookie vs Acevedo in the first two matches Wookie had 4 SAs and 11SEs in 40 serves. You think "pathetic", but subtract the 15 terminal points (SA&SE) and MN won 14 of the other 25. 56% is pretty darn good serving. Alex pretty much has become the serving sub for Wookie. In the last two matches she has had 3SA and 2SE on 32 serves. MN has won 13 of the 27 other points, less than 50%. Alex can work on serving tougher. She's tall and can develop a serve with more pace, but what really needs to happen is for Wookie to 's the SA/SE ratio. She is a very effective server when she isn't hitting the net or missing (mostly long). Opponents are probably not getting many FBSOs.
Hanson McGhie
Pt SE Attempts Pt SE Attempts 9 4 18 0 1 1 8 3 15 0 2 9 12 1 18 57% I don't know what happened but 5 1 18 13 0 19 WOW!
34 9 69 49%
I have Hanson as the only Gopher over 50% 42-40 .512 Player Pts W-L Pct. 1. Hanson 42-40 .512 2. Shaff 45-51 .469 3. Zeynep 37-42 .468 4. McGhie 15-18 .455 5. Grote 29-35 .453 6. Acevedo 17-21 .447 7. Minatee 4-5 .444 8. Wucherer 19-27 .413 9. Gray 9-18 .333 9. Thibault 1-3 .333 10. Crowl 1-13 .071
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Post by auvbaddict on Sept 11, 2024 14:22:24 GMT -5
The beginning of the season is nuts with all those 3-2 matches. And now it looks like the Gophers should win pretty comfortably for the rest of non-conference (unless Auburn is an issue) and head into the Wisconsin match 7-3. I'm not sure it's beneficial to open with all those high level matches, then turn around and take it down a couple levels before playing Wisconsin. But the schedule is the schedule. 1-3 is sort of disappointing after the first weekend upset of Texas, but I still think highly of the Gophers this season and see marked improvement over last season. Please underestimate Auburn! Really looking forward to the match on Friday. It is our first trip to see Minnesota Volleyball in person and we are really looking forward to watching our Tigers compete with one of the best teams in the country. Looks like it will be a packed house, so it should be fun!
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 11, 2024 14:58:37 GMT -5
The beginning of the season is nuts with all those 3-2 matches. And now it looks like the Gophers should win pretty comfortably for the rest of non-conference (unless Auburn is an issue) and head into the Wisconsin match 7-3. I'm not sure it's beneficial to open with all those high level matches, then turn around and take it down a couple levels before playing Wisconsin. But the schedule is the schedule. 1-3 is sort of disappointing after the first weekend upset of Texas, but I still think highly of the Gophers this season and see marked improvement over last season. Please underestimate Auburn! Really looking forward to the match on Friday. It is our first trip to see Minnesota Volleyball in person and we are really looking forward to watching our Tigers compete with one of the best teams in the country. Looks like it will be a packed house, so it should be fun! Fun! Enjoy Minnesota and the Pav! I know I’m not underestimating the Tigers. Remains to be seen how the Gophers play but I doubt they are overlooking you! Do you think Thibault will get any playing time in front of her friends and family and against her sister? Our setter Melani Shaffmaster also has a sister who plays DI but they’re in their final seasons and have never played each other. Would have been fun!
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Post by gopherfan8 on Sept 11, 2024 16:39:48 GMT -5
"We wanted to see some new faces and see what they could do. It's the learning moments that they have to have and you're not going to develop if you don't get opportunities." Quote from Cook. And yet he still didn’t see the need to let Ng set? Or even serve sub??
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Post by dinonugs on Sept 11, 2024 16:42:06 GMT -5
"We wanted to see some new faces and see what they could do. It's the learning moments that they have to have and you're not going to develop if you don't get opportunities." Quote from Cook. And yet he still didn’t see the need to let Ng set? Or even serve sub?? It's clear he's trying to sabotage the Canadian NT LA2028 hopes lol
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 11, 2024 16:47:01 GMT -5
"We wanted to see some new faces and see what they could do. It's the learning moments that they have to have and you're not going to develop if you don't get opportunities." Quote from Cook. And yet he still didn’t see the need to let Ng set? Or even serve sub?? In my head I’ve decided her parents are flying in from Canada for the LIU/Auburn matches and she will play this weekend. I’m hopeful we’ll see her before B1G play starts. Schnichels saw playing time even though she has two opposites and three OHs ahead of her on the depth chart. Happy for her first minutes on the court as a Gopher even if it didn’t go great.
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 11, 2024 16:58:44 GMT -5
Also these pictures really show how high Minatee gets. She didn't get much playing time last season, but wow her blocking has really improved in the last year. Helps to have springs for legs. Roster has her at 6'1" which means she might only be 6'0" or less.
She and Phoebe are #19 and 21 in the B1G in blocks/set at 1.22 and 1.18 respectively. I like those numbers considering the opponents we've had.
Edit: Nevermind, the Instagram post won't link to here. Maybe the photographer has their settings so that their posts can't be shared outside of Instagram. Oh well. Point is, go Calissa Minatee!!
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Post by comet on Sept 11, 2024 17:33:28 GMT -5
Looked up Ncaa & B1G stats for the Gophers so far, our defensive numbers have been significantly better than our offensive. Our best stat is digs per set.
- Digs/set 16.83 (31st / 1st B1G) - Blocks/set 2.52 (57th / 8th B1G) - Opp. Hitting % .175 (93rd / 7th B1G) - Hitting % .211 (157th / 17th B1G) - Aces/set 1.52 (168th / 11th B1G) - Z is averaging 4.65 digs/set, which is great! She's leading the B1G.
To put it into perspective, Halter is averaging 4.29, Scott 4.00 and Rodriguez 3.88. Way to go Z! Hope she can keep it up.
Our hitting % is 2nd to last in the B1G. Oof.
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Post by vbcoltrane on Sept 11, 2024 17:55:51 GMT -5
The beginning of the season is nuts with all those 3-2 matches. And now it looks like the Gophers should win pretty comfortably for the rest of non-conference (unless Auburn is an issue) and head into the Wisconsin match 7-3. I'm not sure it's beneficial to open with all those high level matches, then turn around and take it down a couple levels before playing Wisconsin. But the schedule is the schedule. 1-3 is sort of disappointing after the first weekend upset of Texas, but I still think highly of the Gophers this season and see marked improvement over last season. Please underestimate Auburn! Really looking forward to the match on Friday. It is our first trip to see Minnesota Volleyball in person and we are really looking forward to watching our Tigers compete with one of the best teams in the country. Looks like it will be a packed house, so it should be fun! Looks like they already comfortably beat FSU who was ranked higher than MN (I know, AVCA poll isn't always loved or trusted around here, but still, that's a good win). I remember they had a good team last year, but I thought they lost a lot. Either they didn't or they filled in their line up well. They're essentially a top 25 team, even if just RV at this point. I actually think that's GOOD for MN, as they're schedule after those stacked first 4 matches seemed sort of thin.
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Post by mop on Sept 11, 2024 20:26:17 GMT -5
Need to know why everyone wants to see Ng play so bad, if she were better than McGhie she would have
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 11, 2024 20:31:49 GMT -5
Need to know why everyone wants to see Ng play so bad, if she were better than McGhie she would have I don’t think Schnichels played because she’s better than Crowl. I think the 6-2 had some of us confused
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Post by pointu on Sept 11, 2024 20:54:48 GMT -5
Need to know why everyone wants to see Ng play so bad, if she were better than McGhie she would have I want to know because of what happened with Shaffmaster at the end of set 5 with TCU. If McGhie has already come in to serve and SS is redshirting, we NEED an option in case of injury and we have one, but she's never seen actual playing minutes.
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Post by mop on Sept 11, 2024 20:59:12 GMT -5
Need to know why everyone wants to see Ng play so bad, if she were better than McGhie she would have I want to know because of what happened with Shaffmaster at the end of set 5 with TCU. If McGhie has already come in to serve and SS is redshirting, we NEED an option in case of injury and we have one, but she's never seen actual playing minutes. Sure, I get that. I think they’d have Skylar serve instead and have Elise set in that case. I know we’ve seen a bit of Chloe in the Spring and she has nice hands, it’s probably more the pace of the game that she can’t keep up with at a high level. She was a walk-on after all (no shade to walk-ons, MN has had some great ones, just don’t think she’s one of them)
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Post by pointu on Sept 11, 2024 21:05:20 GMT -5
I want to know because of what happened with Shaffmaster at the end of set 5 with TCU. If McGhie has already come in to serve and SS is redshirting, we NEED an option in case of injury and we have one, but she's never seen actual playing minutes. Sure, I get that. I think they’d have Skylar serve instead and have Elise set in that case. I know we’ve seen a bit of Chloe in the Spring and she has nice hands, it’s probably more the pace of the game that she can’t keep up with at a high level. She was a walk-on after all (no shade to walk-ons, MN has had some great ones, just don’t think she’s one of them) but you can't know at the beginning of a set or when you choose to have Elise come in to serve that Shaffmaster is going to get injured later in the set. If Cook is going to consistently use Elise to serve, then we need a back up option or something better than playing a setter who can't set
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Post by mop on Sept 11, 2024 21:18:39 GMT -5
Sure, I get that. I think they’d have Skylar serve instead and have Elise set in that case. I know we’ve seen a bit of Chloe in the Spring and she has nice hands, it’s probably more the pace of the game that she can’t keep up with at a high level. She was a walk-on after all (no shade to walk-ons, MN has had some great ones, just don’t think she’s one of them) but you can't know at the beginning of a set or when you choose to have Elise come in to serve that Shaffmaster is going to get injured later in the set. If Cook is going to consistently use Elise to serve, then we need a back up option or something better than playing a setter who can't set I mean if we’re gonna go on tangents of if X happens then Y happens then how will we do Z, that’s fine. Seems a bit much, we’d finish out the set with Z taking the second ball when possible. There were like, 2 points left in the TCU game when that happened and the whole team looked gassed anyway. Good thing doubles don’t exist anymore.
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