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Post by mcmike on Sept 16, 2024 17:47:38 GMT -5
ro1 update (from Auburn thread) "Aside from Shaff having to move from back to the net area on the serve I don’t know why the OH - setter connection would be any different except in ro1 when Grote is front left and OH1 is front right. Seems like whoever has the most dynamic RS attack should be OH1. At this point it’s Hanson, but I don’t recall many RS sideouts in Ro1 From the opp’s viewpoint you want your best block facing the OH1 also making it easier for Wookie as OH2 If Hanson is OH2 you have a biq or pipe set options in ro1 as she has been more effective than McKenna from behind the attack line. Bottom line: a Good pass, better than our norm, facilitates FBSOs in Ro1."
After a Shaff sideout in set 1 at 21-17 Hanson got a RS FBSO After a Shaff sideout in set 2 at 11-11 Grote got a LS FBSO Check the replay of the Aub service run at 52'00". In set 2 at 24-18 there was an amazing OOS bumpset & Aub kill at 24-19 Grote was dug & Aub. scored on FBITransition on a tool at 24-20 a long point ended in a Hanson HE wide crosscourt, Grote dug, Shaff bad set bic?, Hanson OOS, Hanson dug, then Hanson's HE. MN had 5 swings to end the set. at 24-21 Grote was blocked on first ball. the set was a little too close to the net at 24-22 Aub. made a HE off the antenna in set3 at 17-4 Phoebe, on a good '2' attacked near the sideline but a good Aub. dig led to an Aub pt. at 17-5 Aub. made a SE
btw I was surprised again to see, in the Louisville - Creighton match that the Louisville OPP, on the left in ro1, starts an around the back line jaunt to her normal position on the right when the serve is struck.
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Post by mr. samwich on Sept 16, 2024 18:45:46 GMT -5
Lydia and Calissa named to the Diet Coke All Tournament team, per MN social media. No Shaff? Was there a better setter lol? Not sure where to find the full team.
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Post by PpprPrtnr on Sept 16, 2024 19:00:55 GMT -5
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 16, 2024 19:06:34 GMT -5
Lydia and Calissa named to the Diet Coke All Tournament team, per MN social media. No Shaff? Was there a better setter lol? Not sure where to find the full team. Looks like each team maybe got to pick two of their players
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Post by craftylefty on Sept 17, 2024 11:26:11 GMT -5
I’m glad Minatee received some accolades. She’s already been really good - a pleasure to watch this year on the slide in particular. Reminds of a smaller Kaitlin Hord. I think she has a very high ceiling, so we will see where she takes us!
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Post by douglass9 on Sept 18, 2024 6:47:12 GMT -5
This used to be a simple game until MCMike came along. Keep it up.
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Post by gopherfan8 on Sept 18, 2024 17:54:51 GMT -5
Zeynep ranks first in digs per set at 4.48 in the Bigten and Gophers as a team at 18.07 digs per sets also leading big ten! Nice to see the defense has gone up hugely for the team this year. Hoping this continues once conference begins soon!!
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Post by PpprPrtnr on Sept 18, 2024 18:17:31 GMT -5
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Post by mcmike on Sept 19, 2024 1:52:35 GMT -5
For your viewing pleasure: WI vs Marquette www.youQube.com/watch?v=3dSMxOfWvpQ [t for Q to view] Set 1 7-5 Marquette is about to get a free ball. OPP drifts behind the attack line to come forward in front of the setter. MB blocker drifts right for possible slide. OPP is set nicely and earns kill with only one block in front of her. 8-5 Sarah Franklin scores on one of her many thumb down sharp crosses 8-7 Another beautiful Marquette attack: a SBSO gap set to the MB Marquette's Ro1 wrinkle: Opp (think Grote) heads across the court on the serve to their natural position for a back set or as at 13-11 good pass in Ro1 leads to FBSO on gap set to MB: Beautiful Seems like a short serve into zone3 would really mess things up, but i didn't notice one. Marquette did give up 3 in a row in ro1 in the 3rd set, finally earning a sideout at 14-20 on a good gap set to MB There was a bad pass, an effective backset to the OPP, and an ace, before the nice sideout When it comes to ice cream i'm a vanilla guy But watching VB I like more spice in the offense btw, WI's setter, Charlie Fuerbringer, was wearing a boot. Carly Anderson, seemed just fine in her stead. All things considered I wouldn't mind seeing a boot next week though.
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Post by VT Karen on Sept 19, 2024 2:53:17 GMT -5
Zeynep ranks first in digs per set at 4.48 in the Bigten and Gophers as a team at 18.07 digs per sets also leading big ten! Nice to see the defense has gone up hugely for the team this year. Hoping this continues once conference begins soon!! WOW! Great job by Z but the Gophers are playing some defense as a team. Also, it's not like the block is a no show. If the Gophers can improve with their termination and cut down on the hitting errors, this team becomes very dangerous. Speaking of dangerous, Ms. Shaffmaster is a dangerous girl, don't mess with huh!
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Post by gogophers on Sept 19, 2024 3:56:47 GMT -5
Zeynep ranks first in digs per set at 4.48 in the Bigten and Gophers as a team at 18.07 digs per sets also leading big ten! Nice to see the defense has gone up hugely for the team this year. Hoping this continues once conference begins soon!! Re "gone up hugely," that remains to be seen (and, I hope, will be seen). With such a small sampling, a single match can have a distorting effect, skewing the numbers. Auburn was such a match: 86 digs in 3 sets! On the other hand, Minn has played a higher than average number of short 5th sets, which tends to lower the d/p/s figure. Z does seem much more comfortable out there.
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Post by jeepers on Sept 19, 2024 5:14:17 GMT -5
There's a lot more defensive effort and scrappiness than we've seen the last several years, coupled with tough serving and a block that is able to get a lot of touches, and it will lead to a lot of wins even if the offense remains middling.
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Post by gogophers on Sept 19, 2024 10:20:45 GMT -5
There's a lot more defensive effort and scrappiness than we've seen the last several years, coupled with tough serving and a block that is able to get a lot of touches, and it will lead to a lot of wins even if the offense remains middling. True, but no mystery. TL had her virtues, but floor defense wasn't among them. Remove her as a 6-ro OH and you're almost automatically going to get "more defensive effort and scrappiness." Opponent's hitting percentage is only .163 so far, which is pretty darn good. I just hope I haven't jinxed it by saying that.
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Post by jeepers on Sept 19, 2024 10:46:17 GMT -5
There's a lot more defensive effort and scrappiness than we've seen the last several years, coupled with tough serving and a block that is able to get a lot of touches, and it will lead to a lot of wins even if the offense remains middling. True, but no mystery. TL had her virtues, but floor defense wasn't among them. Remove her as a 6-ro OH and you're almost automatically going to get "more defensive effort and scrappiness." Opponent's hitting percentage is only .163 so far, which is pretty darn good. I just hope I haven't jinxed it by saying that. Yeah, she was a net positive two years ago when she was terminating well (especially later in the season), but a net negative last year with her diminishing offensive return. She earned points back on her serve and her block, but I just don't think it was enough for the make up of that team. Minnesota Volleyball is supposed to be scrappy and defensive anyway.
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