Big Ten 2024 - Oh My!

[bruinsgold]

Nov 10, 2024 19:44:24 GMT -5 maigrey said:

Nov 10, 2024 19:31:53 GMT -5 Kearney Kingston said:

What is biggest disappointment - Indiana, UCLA, or Ohio State?

Ohio State.

UCLA.

Ohio State doesn't have a healthy OH besides freshman Sellman. It's disappointing to watch Rader and Londot got out like this but ehhh.

The Bruins on the other hand are just throwing it all in the trash with their line-up decisions, only missing Victoria and I guess Mullen.

[c4ndlelight]

What's crazy is all three are losing their best player(s) to graduation.

[volleynerd]

ONE UNDEFEATED REMAINS

TEAM	MATCH 1	MATCH 2
Nebraska (14-0)	v. Minnesota*	v. Indiana*
Penn State (13-1)	v. Illinois	@ Maryland
Wisconsin (12-2)	@ USC*	@ UCLA*
Purdue (11-3)	v. Rutgers	v. Illinois*
Oregon (10-4)	v. Northwestern	@ USC
Illinois (9-5)	@ Penn State	@ Purdue*
Minnesota (9-5)	@ Nebraska*	v. Michigan
USC (9-5)	v. Wisconsin*	v. Oregon
Washington (8-6)	@ UCLA	v. Northwestern
Michigan (6-8)	@ Michigan State	@ Minnesota
Indiana (5-9)	@ Iowa	@ Nebraska*
UCLA (5-9)	v. Washington	v. Wisconsin*
Ohio State (4-10)	v. Maryland	v. Rutgers
Iowa (3-11)	v. Indiana	v. Michigan State
Maryland (3-11)	@ Ohio State	v. Penn State
Northwestern (3-11)	@ Oregon	@ Washington
Michigan State (2-12)	v. Michigan	@ Iowa
Rutgers (0-14)	@ Purdue	@ Ohio State

* will air on BTN

WED NOV 13
Washington @ UCLA 10PM

THU NOV 14
Rutgers @ Purdue 6PM
Indiana @ Iowa 7PM
Minnesota @ Nebraska 9PM BTN
Wisconsin @ Southern California 11PM BTN

FRI NOV 15
Michigan @ Michigan State 6PM
Illinois @ Penn State 7PM
Maryland @ Ohio State 7PM
Northwestern @ Oregon 9PM

SAT NOV 16
Rutgers @ Ohio State 7PM
Indiana @ Nebraska 8:30PM BTN
Wisconsin @ UCLA 10:30PM BTN


SUN NOV 17
Penn State @ Maryland 2:30PM
Michigan State @ Iowa 3PM
Michigan @ Minnesota 3PM
Oregon @ Southern California 4PM
Illinois @ Purdue 5PM BTN
Northwestern @ Washington 5PM

[knapplc]

Nov 11, 2024 13:35:44 GMT -5 volleynerd said:

ONE UNDEFEATED REMAINS

Nice.

[JJVb]

[redcard🏐]

Co-Player of the Week
Eva Hudson, Purdue
Jr. - OH – Fort Wayne, Ind. – Major: Biomedical Health Sciences/Pre-Medicine

Led Purdue to a 2-0 week with wins over Indiana (3-1) and Michigan (3-0), averaging a conference-leading 6.43 kills per set and 7.29 points per set

Hudson recorded her eighth double-double of the season, tallying a season-high-tying 26 kills at Indiana behind a .373 hitting percentage with 10 digs and five blocks to tie her career-best. She finished the match with a season-high 29.5 points

Finished with 19 kills and a .350 clip to lead the Purdue offense to a 3-0 win over Michigan

Went perfect in receptions, making zero errors in the back row against the Wolverines

Last Purdue Player of the Week: Eva Hudson (Sept. 2, 2024)

Co-Player of the Week
Sarah Franklin, Wisconsin
Fifth-Year – OH – Lake Worth, Fla. – Major: Communications

Led the Wisconsin offense to a 2-0 weekend, including a 3-0 win over No. 3 Penn State and a 3-0 win vs. Iowa

Across the two matches, Franklin averaged 4.67 kills per set with a .431 hitting percentage with zero hitting errors (28-0-65)

Against the Nittany Lions, Franklin tallied 13 kills with a .419 hitting percentage and recorded eight digs

In the win over the Hawkeyes, Franklin recorded 15 kills (5.00 kills/set) with zero errors on 34 attempts to hit .441

Franklin has now hit above .400 six times this season and this weekend marked the first time in 2024 that she has hit above .400 in back-to-back matches

Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: Sarah Franklin (Sept. 23, 2024)


Defensive Player of the Week
Lexi Rodriguez, Nebraska
Sr. - L – Sterling, Ill. - Major: Integrated Media Communications

Averaged 4.17 digs per set to help Nebraska to a pair of standout defensive performances in 3-0 wins over No. 12 Oregon and RV Washington

Rodriguez had 14 digs in the sweep at Oregon as the Huskers held Oregon to a .133 hitting percentage

Rodriguez had 11 digs and served two aces at Washington as Nebraska limited the Huskies to .158 hitting

Last Nebraska Defensive Player of the Week: Andi Jackson (Oct. 28, 2024)


Setter of the Week
Charlie Fuerbringer, Wisconsin
Fr. – S – Hermosa Beach, Calif. – Major: Real Estate

Helped the Badgers to a 2-0 week with a pair of 3-0 wins over No. 3 Penn State and Iowa

Fuerbringer recorded her sixth and seventh double-double of the season, tallying 32 assists and 12 digs vs. Iowa and 38 assists and 12 digs vs. Penn State

The freshman setter averaged 11.67 assists per set and 4.00 digs per set and chipped in defensively with 4.0 total blocks and four kills across the two matches

Fuerbringer cued a Wisconsin offense that hit .465 (50-3-101) against Penn State and .394 (42-5-94) against Iowa

Last Wisconsin Setter of the Week: Sydney Hilley (Nov. 22, 2021)


Freshman of the Week
Ashlyn Philpot, Illinois
MB – Greenville, N.C. – Major: Biology

Helped the Fighting Illini to a 2-0 week, including a 3-2 win over No. 20 USC and a 3-0 win over Ohio State

Against the Trojans, Philpot tallied a career-high 17 kills behind a .433 hitting percentage. Defensively, Philpot added four blocks and a dig. The middle blocker finished the day with a career-best 19 points

Philpot paced the Illinois defense with 11 kills and a .667 hitting percentage in the sweep of the Buckeyes. She also led the Illini defense with six blocks

Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Raina Terry (March 22, 2020)

A look back:

2024 Big Ten Players of the Week
Sept.2
P:Eva Hudson, Jr., PUR
D: Rebekah Allick, Jr., NEB
S: Bergen Reilly, So., NEB
F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Sept. 9
P: Raina Terry, Gr., ILL
D: Nalani Iosia, Sr., MSU
S: Taylor Anderson, So., PUR
F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Sept. 16
P: Emily Londot, Gr., OSU
D: Raven Colvin, Sr., PUR
S: Bergen Reilly, So., NEB
F: Julia Hunt, WASH
Sept. 23
P: Sarah Franklin, Fifth-Year, WIS
D: Onye Ofoegbu, RS-Sr.., ORE
S: Mia Tuaniga, Sr., USC
Co-F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Co-F: Jadyn Livings, USC
Sept. 30
Co-P: Jess Mruzik, Gr., PSU
Co-P: Alissa Kinkela, RS-Jr., RU
D: Lexi Rodriguez, Sr., NEB
S: Izzy Starck, Fr., PSU
F: Malu Garcia, IOWA
Oct. 7
P: Jess Mruzik, Gr., PSU
Co-D: Rebekah Allick, Jr., NEB
Co-D: Ali Hornung, Sr., PUR
S: Morgan Burke, So., MICH
F: Charlie Fuerbringer, WIS
Oct. 14
P: Mimi Colyer, Jr., ORE
D: Phoebe Awoleye, RS-Sr., MINN
S: Bergen Reilly, So., NEB
F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Oct. 21
P: Jess Mruzik, Gr., PSU
D: Carter Booth, Jr., WIS
S: Izzy Starck, Fr., PSU
F: Cristin Cline, ORE
Oct. 28
P: Julia Hanson, Jr., MINN
D: Andi Jackson, So., NEB
S/F: Izzy Starck, Fr., PSU
Nov. 4
P: Ally Batenhorst, Gr., USC
D: Ali Hornung, Sr., PUR
S: Mia Tuaniga, Sr., USC
F: Izzy Starck, PSU
Nov. 11
Co-P: Eva Hudson, Jr., PUR
Co-P: Sarah Franklin, Fifth-Year, WIS
D: Lexi Rodriguez, Gr., NEB
S: Charlie Fuerbringer, Fr., WIS
F: Ashlyn Philpot, ILL

[Pepperjack]

CHARLIE & SARAH !!

[maigrey]

Ashlyn, you're going to be a star! ❤️

[volleyaudience]

Nov 11, 2024 16:41:26 GMT -5 maigrey said:

Ashlyn, you're going to be a star! ❤️

Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Raina Terry (March 22, 2020)

[vballfanattic]

Big 10 is gonna look a lot different next year. Lots of turnover for teams that have had consistent go-tos and starters for a few years:

Nebraska: Graduates Lexi, Beason, Krause, Orr, and Blackwell. The losses are mostly leadership and intangibles + depth of first-off-the-bench players. Mauch slots in at libero with very similar passing/defense as Lexi. Opposite will be the big hole to fill. Probably in the best position amongst all Big 10 teams.

PSU: Loses a lot of offense as Mruzic, Hannah, Trammell graduate. A. Starck who has found playing time as a DS also graduates. Not too familiar with who PSU has coming in at the OH position but imagine they'll reload via the portal. Grimes/Falduto/I. Stark/MM/Jurevicius is a core they can build upon.

Wisconsin: Oof, nearly everyone graduates. Franklin, Orzol, CC, Devyn, and Smrek. That's gonna be tough to replace. They'll be a young team next year.

Purdue: Loses Colvin and Hornung. Colvin's offense and defense will be lost but bringing back their core OH duo in Hudson/Chicoine will keep them top 10 imo.

Oregon: Loses Ohwobete, Ofoebu, Morris, and Daley McClelan. They'll need to shore up their passing for next year.

Other notable losses by team (not inclusive): Shaff/Grote (MN), Tuiniga/Batenhorst (USC), Hayworth (IND), Terry (ILL), Dodson/Pak (UCLA), Londot/Rader (OSU), Bays/Endlsey (UWash), Jacobs (MI), Iosia (MSU)

What other big names am I missing in the B10 who will be wrapping up eligibility? Will be exciting to see a lot more youth as the era of 5th year seniors comes to an end.

[optimpov]

Nov 10, 2024 20:32:06 GMT -5 bruinsgold said:

Nov 10, 2024 19:44:24 GMT -5 maigrey said:

Ohio State.

UCLA.

Ohio State doesn't have a healthy OH besides freshman Sellman. It's disappointing to watch Rader and Londot got out like this but ehhh.

The Bruins on the other hand are just throwing it all in the trash with their line-up decisions, only missing Victoria and I guess Mullen.

I  agree with your take on the Bruins but what line-up would you like to see? I'm pretty confused by the choices sometimes.

[jwvolley]

Is Jacobs done after this year? Doesn't she have another season of eligibility because of last year's medical redshirt? Similar to Landfair and her 2021 medical redshirt

[bruinsgold]

Nov 11, 2024 23:26:36 GMT -5 jwvolley said:

Is Jacobs done after this year? Doesn't she have another season of eligibility because of last year's medical redshirt? Similar to Landfair and her 2021 medical redshirt

She should have another year though I don't thinknit has been explicitly said whether she's using it.

Spring 2021: UCLA (Freshman/Covid)
Fall 2021: UCLA (sophomore)
2022: Michigan (Junior)
2023: Medical redshirt
2024: Michigan (Graduate)

[bruinsgold]

Nov 11, 2024 23:17:26 GMT -5 optimpov said:

Nov 10, 2024 20:32:06 GMT -5 bruinsgold said:

UCLA.

Ohio State doesn't have a healthy OH besides freshman Sellman. It's disappointing to watch Rader and Londot got out like this but ehhh.

The Bruins on the other hand are just throwing it all in the trash with their line-up decisions, only missing Victoria and I guess Mullen.

I  agree with your take on the Bruins but what line-up would you like to see? I'm pretty confused by the choices sometimes.

Honestly it feels like there are so many different line-ups that do and don't work.

But if Olson needs to be on the court for passing, Reft should move her back to OH. She's doing nothing for them in right back or as a right side blocker. And Horne has kind of fizzled out after a hot start to the season.

They need to utilize Reilly or Lutz as a DS for the OPP. As for who that is -- I'm not sure. Ivkovic has been meh offensively. Maybe move Dodson there and run a 3 MB offense?

It's all too little too late to experiment with changes, but the more I watch, the more it just seems they're constantly stuck in rotations with no changes made other than switching L. Dodson and Briscoe.

[Millenium]

Nov 11, 2024 17:36:02 GMT -5 vballfanattic said:

Big 10 is gonna look a lot different next year. Lots of turnover for teams that have had consistent go-tos and starters for a few years:

PSU: Loses a lot of offense as Mruzic, Hannah, Trammell graduate. A. Starck who has found playing time as a DS also graduates. Not too familiar with who PSU has coming in at the OH position but imagine they'll reload via the portal. Grimes/Falduto/I. Stark/MM/Jurevicius is a core they can build upon.

These are the 2025 commits for Penn State:

Marin Collings OH 6'4"
dignittanyvolleyball.com/marin-collins-commits-to-penn-state-volleyball/

Alexis Ewing OH 6'4" - daughter of NBA star Patrick Ewing and LBSU star Cheryl Weaver
dignittanyvolleyball.com/alexis-ewing-commits-to-penn-state-volleyball/

Gabrielle Nichols MB 6'4"
dignittanyvolleyball.com/gabrielle-nichols-commits-to-penn-state-volleyball/

Ava Jurevicius DS/L 5'10" - sister of Caroline Jurevicius
dignittanyvolleyball.com/ava-jurevicius-commits-to-penn-state-volleyball/

Lexi Gin DS/L 5'6"
dignittanyvolleyball.com/lexi-gin-commits-to-penn-state-volleyball/


I too expect KSC will pick up 1-2 players from the portal, although, I don't know what the scholarship situation is like.