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Post by tablealgebra on Nov 13, 2024 20:18:56 GMT -5
I honestly would be fine with a few non=starting transfers for depth. I want to see what Quest, Horner and whomever wins the Wardlow-Serafinowska battle can do, and don't mind a rebuilding year or two. But I doubt Sheffield is going to see it that way.
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Post by swaggyp on Nov 13, 2024 20:35:07 GMT -5
I checked my emails from last year (Nov 2023), and that bullet said (sic): The (sic) is such shade I love it. srsly though Coach Mac, at these donation levels, hire a stinkin' copyeditor. |
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Post by bucky415 on Nov 13, 2024 21:15:40 GMT -5
Nice to have no surprises (in a bad way) on signing day! Welcome, future Badgers!
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Post by klattvb on Nov 13, 2024 21:40:17 GMT -5
Wardlow has played outside (6 rotations) all season this fall for her highschool team. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her become a pin for the badgers especially with two middles coming in 2026, one being elite and one being raw. Tosia will be a sophomore in 2026 as well. My hot take is that Wardlow becomes an opposite for the badgers with the potential to play 6 rotations.
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Post by badgerbreath on Nov 13, 2024 21:53:48 GMT -5
Wardlow has played outside (6 rotations) all season this fall for her highschool team. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her become a pin for the badgers especially with two middles coming in 2026, one being elite and one being raw. Tosia will be a sophomore in 2026 as well. My hot take is that Wardlow becomes an opposite for the badgers with the potential to play 6 rotations. I'm not sure which becomes a starting pin hitter, but glad there are options. We still need extras players for practice. |
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Post by Burly Ives on Nov 13, 2024 21:55:39 GMT -5
Wardlow has played outside (6 rotations) all season this fall for her highschool team. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her become a pin for the badgers especially with two middles coming in 2026, one being elite and one being raw. Tosia will be a sophomore in 2026 as well. My hot take is that Wardlow becomes an opposite for the badgers with the potential to play 6 rotations. Watching both Wardlow and Quest, Quest is more explosive at the jump and looked more comfortable in the back row. Was Wardlow playing that position out of necessity? Lincoln Southeast struggled as a team this season going 10-26. I still think Wardlow is more of a MB. |
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Post by northwoods on Nov 13, 2024 21:59:37 GMT -5
I honestly would be fine with a few non=starting transfers for depth. I want to see what Quest, Horner and whomever wins the Wardlow-Serafinowska battle can do, and don't mind a rebuilding year or two. But I doubt Sheffield is going to see it that way. There is going to be an adjustment for fans next year as all the new pieces assimilate. It has been quite a run since 2019 with banners being the norm…. I’m not saying a young team can’t have similar success, but I hope fan enthusiasm stays high when some growing pains hit. |
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Post by badgerbreath on Nov 13, 2024 22:04:09 GMT -5
I honestly would be fine with a few non=starting transfers for depth. I want to see what Quest, Horner and whomever wins the Wardlow-Serafinowska battle can do, and don't mind a rebuilding year or two. But I doubt Sheffield is going to see it that way. There is going to be an adjustment for fans next year as all the new pieces assimilate. It has been quite a run since 2019 with banners being the norm…. I’m not saying a young team can’t have similar success, but I hope fan enthusiasm stays high when some growing pains hit. I can't speak for anybody else, but this is what I'm here for. |
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Post by Burly Ives on Nov 13, 2024 22:11:44 GMT -5
I honestly would be fine with a few non=starting transfers for depth. I want to see what Quest, Horner and whomever wins the Wardlow-Serafinowska battle can do, and don't mind a rebuilding year or two. But I doubt Sheffield is going to see it that way. There is going to be an adjustment for fans next year as all the new pieces assimilate. It has been quite a run since 2019 with banners being the norm…. I’m not saying a young team can’t have similar success, but I hope fan enthusiasm stays high when some growing pains hit. It'll be different with just 3 upperclasswomen. That's why Sheffield will I think go after at least one graduate student for the lockerroom leadership. Will be very intriguing how Sheffield fills out these positions. We probably need a proven backup Pin behind Una as she is coming off injury. That is why I think Coach will take a higher end Left Pin in the portal. |
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Post by badgerbadgerbadger on Nov 13, 2024 22:34:03 GMT -5
Wardlow has played outside (6 rotations) all season this fall for her highschool team. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her become a pin for the badgers especially with two middles coming in 2026, one being elite and one being raw. Tosia will be a sophomore in 2026 as well. My hot take is that Wardlow becomes an opposite for the badgers with the potential to play 6 rotations. D1 athletes play all sorts of positions in HS across all sports all the time, that doesn't make them a "candidate" for that position in D1. Plummer was a setter for her high school for example. As far as I know, she played middle for club and NDTP and for national team tryouts, that's the position she'll playing in college. Maybe she can become a converted RS, but a LS would be shocking. People said the same thing about CC and Devyn earlier this season, and that idea has never been once approached this season even earlier when we had no pins. |
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Post by Pepperjack on Nov 13, 2024 22:36:36 GMT -5
Wardlow has played outside (6 rotations) all season this fall for her highschool team. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her become a pin for the badgers especially with two middles coming in 2026, one being elite and one being raw. Tosia will be a sophomore in 2026 as well. My hot take is that Wardlow becomes an opposite for the badgers with the potential to play 6 rotations. Watching both Wardlow and Quest, Quest is more explosive at the jump and looked more comfortable in the back row. Was Wardlow playing that position out of necessity? Lincoln Southeast struggled as a team this season going 10-26. I still think Wardlow is more of a MB. I remember reading an article that one of the recruits opted to learn another hitting position for flexibility. I believe that was Wardlow.. as Sheff loves adaptable and versatile players I.e. Julia not a bad idea |
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Post by Pepperjack on Nov 13, 2024 22:47:22 GMT -5
I found the article about Wardlow. “She took on a new challenge during the high school season at Lincoln Southeast. The 6-foot-5 Wardlow, who only recently had taken up volleyball before her recruitment erupted, spent her entire high school season playing all six rotations as an outside hitter. ” “Wardlow spoke with Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield at the match against the Cornhuskers, and she told Sheffield about her high school position and Sheffield joked that maybe she’ll end up playing outside hitter for the Badgers. Even if the position change doesn’t stick, the experience helped her become more well-rounded. “Playing outside in high school might give me a better chance of getting on the court if they need an outside hitter,” Wardlow said, “but also it just helped me with a lot of ball control as well.” badgerextra.com/sports/basketball/men/wisconsin-volleyball-commit-natalie-wardlow/article_3c8fcd3a-9f6a-11ee-afd6-2b45989d5fe8.html |
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Post by klattvb on Nov 13, 2024 23:06:00 GMT -5
Wardlow has played outside (6 rotations) all season this fall for her highschool team. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her become a pin for the badgers especially with two middles coming in 2026, one being elite and one being raw. Tosia will be a sophomore in 2026 as well. My hot take is that Wardlow becomes an opposite for the badgers with the potential to play 6 rotations. D1 athletes play all sorts of positions in HS across all sports all the time, that doesn't make them a "candidate" for that position in D1. Plummer was a setter for her high school for example. As far as I know, she played middle for club and NDTP and for national team tryouts, that's the position she'll playing in college. Maybe she can become a converted RS, but a LS would be shocking. People said the same thing about CC and Devyn earlier this season, and that idea has never been once approached this season even earlier when we had no pins. That’s why I predict she could fill an opposite role as I know playing outside in D1 is a lot different than high school. I would also say the Devyn played middle her whole prep career before coming to Wisconsin She has now been an All American twice as an opposite . This is what I see Wardlow doing for Wisconsin except having more back row experience than Devyn making it a lot more realistic for the badgers to have a 6 rotation opposite. That obviously may never happen? But again that is just my hot take.This is just speculation as I have been watching a lot of the badger commits and don’t see Horner panning out as a pin. The great thing is that we will have a lot of versatile athletes between the 2025 class and 2026 class. |
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Post by badgerbyproxy on Nov 13, 2024 23:19:31 GMT -5
I honestly would be fine with a few non=starting transfers for depth. I want to see what Quest, Horner and whomever wins the Wardlow-Serafinowska battle can do, and don't mind a rebuilding year or two. But I doubt Sheffield is going to see it that way. There is going to be an adjustment for fans next year as all the new pieces assimilate. It has been quite a run since 2019 with banners being the norm…. I’m not saying a young team can’t have similar success, but I hope fan enthusiasm stays high when some growing pains hit. Agreed. Even with some transfers, next year should be a year of growing pains akin to 2017. We have a lot of talent on the roster for sure, but there’s going to be a lot of learning for this young of a team, and true fans should understand and accept that going into next season. |
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Post by mnvb90 on Nov 13, 2024 23:34:11 GMT -5
Are Julia and Anna still able to return next year? Or did the extra covid year end? I am new here.
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