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Post by GoGophs on Oct 28, 2024 14:22:11 GMT -5
Hanson got her first Big Ten Player of the Week award! So well deserved. The last Gophers won this award was Landfair on Nov 28th 2022. http://instagram.com/p/DBrcO4VSDIP Absolutely deserves it. It's been so fun to watch her emerge after having to wait so long to show us how talented she is! What I would give to be able to jump half as high as she does 😅 |
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Post by skolgophers on Oct 28, 2024 15:22:05 GMT -5
So glad they proved me wrong and gave it to Hanson. Well deserved. 2-0 and POTW…. What a weekend for her.
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Oct 28, 2024 15:32:28 GMT -5
I agree, Hanson is very deserving. She is showing some real leadership.
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Post by mcmike on Oct 28, 2024 15:53:20 GMT -5
If the sideline was 4" wider Hanson might have hit .600 for the weekend. I wonder if her willingness to swing for a kill is rubbing off on Wookie, who, for the first time this year (imo), really picked up her velocity.
I posted this last week, but some of her swings in this 5' highlight are just dumbfounding and well worth repeat viewing
Kudos to the Big Ten Volleyball content providers
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Post by gopherhim on Oct 28, 2024 16:19:03 GMT -5
In the Ohio State highlight video I rewound and watched Wucherer's 5th set overpass bounce so many times. Putting it away with authority and then the team celebration. Thibault looked like she was being exorcised she got so excited lol
Also Mel's 4th set roof of Londot. We overpassed a serve and she turned lemons into lemonade. She knew Londot was going to swing. Didn't even bother going up and trying to keep it on our side or joust. Committed to the block, and her footwork and form were chef's kiss.
21-19 in the 3rd for Grote's OOS kill that I think mcmike pointed out where Ohio State didn't put up a block and she punished them for it
22-15 in the 4th for the block
8-6 in the 5th for overpass kill
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Post by vonner on Oct 28, 2024 16:25:44 GMT -5
Anyone know when they will announce the start time of the Oregon game on 11/09? It's now been announced for 3:00 pm CST. |
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Post by courtwatchers on Oct 28, 2024 17:08:22 GMT -5
Has mcmike or any other fan broken down Grote of 2023 vs Grote of 2024? Curious what is behind the difference in her play.
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Post by eskerjaz on Oct 28, 2024 18:19:19 GMT -5
In the Ohio State highlight video I rewound and watched Wucherer's 5th set overpass bounce so many times. Putting it away with authority and then the team celebration. Thibault looked like she was being exorcised she got so excited lol Also Mel's 4th set roof of Londot. We overpassed a serve and she turned lemons into lemonade. She knew Londot was going to swing. Didn't even bother going up and trying to keep it on our side or joust. Committed to the block, and her footwork and form were chef's kiss. 21-19 in the 3rd for Grote's OOS kill that I think mcmike pointed out where Ohio State didn't put up a block and she punished them for it 22-15 in the 4th for the block 8-6 in the 5th for overpass kill That overpass kill reminded me of Plummer's SC Top 10 shoutout from '18 or '19. Ball just kept going up. I'm actually shocked Wuch didn't net, I feel like when you're going that hard and sharp you hit the net on the follow through. It's good to have overpass kills after 2-3 seasons fluffing them. |
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Post by douglass9 on Oct 28, 2024 19:08:59 GMT -5
Michella Chester's picked us to host
(5) Utah vs. Ole Miss
Colgate vs. (4) Minnesota*
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Post by gopherhim on Oct 28, 2024 19:17:45 GMT -5
Has mcmike or any other fan broken down Grote of 2023 vs Grote of 2024? Curious what is behind the difference in her play. What difference are you noticing or wondering about? She's actually hitting .245 so far this season which is exactly what she hit by the end of last season haha One interesting thing I'm seeing is related to her serve, which we know is good! Just looking at certain stats without watching, you might think she's not serving as tough this year. Her ace % is down from 10.9% last year to 7.8% this year. Error % down from 13.2% to 11.4%. But! Teams this year are only killing the ball on 25.8% of successful receptions of Grote's serve compared to 34.6% last year. So basically she was scoring with aces a little more last year but in-play serves weren't giving teams as much trouble. Some stats to support our eye test that our serving has been tougher this year. Even when we don't get aces, we have a handful of servers that can really put pressure on opposing passers and offense, thereby making our defenders' jobs a bit easier. |
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Post by courtwatchers on Oct 28, 2024 19:36:43 GMT -5
Has mcmike or any other fan broken down Grote of 2023 vs Grote of 2024? Curious what is behind the difference in her play. What difference are you noticing or wondering about? She's actually hitting .245 so far this season which is exactly what she hit by the end of last season haha One interesting thing I'm seeing is related to her serve, which we know is good! Just looking at certain stats without watching, you might think she's not serving as tough this year. Her ace % is down from 10.9% last year to 7.8% this year. Error % down from 13.2% to 11.4%. But! Teams this year are only killing the ball on 25.8% of successful receptions of Grote's serve compared to 34.6% last year. So basically she was scoring with aces a little more last year but in-play serves weren't giving teams as much trouble. Some stats to support our eye test that our serving has been tougher this year. Even when we don't get aces, we have a handful of servers that can really put pressure on opposing passers and offense, thereby making our defenders' jobs a bit easier. Thanks....Yes her serving for sure. Perhaps the other team members offense has increased and therefore she has not been the dominating factor in many of our matches this season. |
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Oct 28, 2024 20:28:55 GMT -5
What difference are you noticing or wondering about? She's actually hitting .245 so far this season which is exactly what she hit by the end of last season haha One interesting thing I'm seeing is related to her serve, which we know is good! Just looking at certain stats without watching, you might think she's not serving as tough this year. Her ace % is down from 10.9% last year to 7.8% this year. Error % down from 13.2% to 11.4%. But! Teams this year are only killing the ball on 25.8% of successful receptions of Grote's serve compared to 34.6% last year. So basically she was scoring with aces a little more last year but in-play serves weren't giving teams as much trouble. Some stats to support our eye test that our serving has been tougher this year. Even when we don't get aces, we have a handful of servers that can really put pressure on opposing passers and offense, thereby making our defenders' jobs a bit easier. Thanks....Yes her serving for sure. Perhaps the other team members offense has increased and therefore she has not been the dominating factor in many of our matches this season. She's had 2 off nights the last 2 matches she's played against Penn State and Ohio State. It seems she had a nagging injury after sitting out set 3 at PSU and the NW match. Grote had led the team in kills 6 of the 7 matches prior to Penn State. Hopefully she gets back to her usual efficiency on the Michigan trip. |
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Post by mplsgopher on Oct 28, 2024 20:40:10 GMT -5
That didn't preclude the possibility of a redshirt travelling for the express reason that in the event of injury, the redshirt would be burned and the player would play. I have no doubt there were just such instances in the past. This is highly doubtful and very likely wrong. There have been many, many players in high level college football who played right away as true freshmen. For decades, include decades before the rule change. (Which is a great rule change, and every sport should have a similar rule, which would indeed alter this discussion.) Coaching staffs knew early on and by the end of fall camp a true freshman would know that he was not going to be on the scout team that fall, that he'd be on the two-deep, traveling, and thus would very likely see game action. Those are oceans apart. So no, your idea likely falls flat and does not carry water. With one exception and that would be quarterback. I could see a true freshman QB travel as the emergency, with the idea that hopefully he would never have to play. But it being such a specialized skill position that you need one. Swenson are: a setter, which we have two others already on the roster, and a pin, which we have many on the roster. If she is truly is the 2nd best setter on the team, then it's coaching malpractice and fireable to redshirt that player. |
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Post by JT on Oct 28, 2024 20:40:51 GMT -5
Anyone know when they will announce the start time of the Oregon game on 11/09? It's now been announced for 3:00 pm CST. Yay! In addition to conflicting with HS volleyball, it *also* conflicts // double-books with the (neutral teams) Nebraska vs Omaha MBB game that’ll be next door in Williams Arena starting at 2:30. |
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Post by mcmike on Oct 28, 2024 22:23:45 GMT -5
Has mcmike or any other fan broken down Grote of 2023 vs Grote of 2024? Curious what is behind the difference in her play.
2023all Grote, Lydia 106 30 360.5 3.40 284 2.68 101 748 .245 33 0.31 40 0.79
2023conf 71 20 248.5 3.50 195 2.75 76 541 .220 24 0.34 34 0.82
2024all Grote, Lydia 70 19 245.5 3.51 199 2.84 64 552 .245 19 0.27 28 0.76
2024conf 35 9 138.5 3.96 112 3.20 36 298 .255 11 0.31 15 0.83
B1G OPPs K K/set H%
Londot OSU 177 4.54 .196
Beason Neb 118 3.47 .268
Olson UCLA 119 2.77 .267
Vaulet MI 118 3.03 .166
Grote MN 112 3.20 .255
FaumuinaUSC 94 2.35 .174
Glover Ore 63 1.80 .179 Colyer, ?
RobinsonWI 47 1.68 .396 Franklin, Booth, Smrek
Jurevc'sPSU 44 1.57 .193 Hannah & Mruzike your wish, my curiosity Grote has neither the terminality nor the reps on D balls which was one of Samedy's strengths Wenaas as OPP was never going to be a long term thing her .035 jump in H% in conference matches is rather noteworthy, but I think it has more to do with set quality which remains variable. Her drives do seem a little faster and her court vision is undoubtedly better. She had some errors going line against tOSU, but so did Hanson. no blame. when you have go to MBs like WI, Purdue (Colvin), you aren't going to see OPP attempts that high. when Wookie was sidelined and MN wasn't passing well Grote was getting set on the left in ro1 a LOT. btw, Purdue got caught in ro1 for 11 straight points by WIs setter, Fuerbringer the other day. my impression is that Grote's high serving efficiency this year is the biggest performance jump. the SA/SE ratio is not helpful in this regard. |
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