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Post by wcdiggs on Jul 11, 2024 8:18:54 GMT -5
I feel like both are pretty justified. didn’t Auburn lose a starting OH, MB, S, and L? poor Arkansas though:( that’s going to be a huge fall off Why is there always so much change in Auburn’s roster? bc Brent Crouch sucks |
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Post by horns1 on Jul 11, 2024 8:41:16 GMT -5
Carlson didn't leave her starting roll at Baylor to sit the bench at Texas. I mean, it’s not a no brainer, but you’re right. Crazy to win a natty with a freshman setter and immediately get on the phone and find her replacement. I believe Carlson reached out to Texas |
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Post by coy on Jul 11, 2024 9:56:32 GMT -5
Unless volleyball functions differently than sports like football and basketball, redshirts aren't granted by the NCAA until a player has completed their 4th year of college. In many cases it's clear cut, black and white they will be granted those waivers (like Stucky's case having played in less than the maximum allowed matches and having clearly suffered a serious injury), so it's fair to assume and list them as medical redshirts before it's officially been granted. Same with a player that willingly does not play in a single match for an entire season. Technically, they haven't been granted anything, but they will be.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Jul 11, 2024 11:17:54 GMT -5
I mean, it’s not a no brainer, but you’re right. Crazy to win a natty with a freshman setter and immediately get on the phone and find her replacement. I believe Carlson reached out to Texas calling someone and saying ‘I know you just won a natty with your freshman setter, however, hear me out…’ is so wild to me. I love that kind of confidence in oneself |
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Post by wildcat403 on Jul 11, 2024 11:47:04 GMT -5
I wish Skinner did more in the portal to give the cats a chance against Texas, but we'll see how this young group does this year. Losing Benjamin also really hurts along with having zero experience in the middle. Feels like Kentucky's ceiling is 2-3rd in the SEC and an elite 8 run.
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Post by murphyjones on Jul 11, 2024 12:08:10 GMT -5
I wish Skinner did more in the portal to give the cats a chance against Texas, but we'll see how this young group does this year. Losing Benjamin also really hurts along with having zero experience in the middle. Feels like Kentucky's ceiling is 2-3rd in the SEC and an elite 8 run. UK has an experienced MB in Delany Hogan. She was All Big East at Xavier and should provide stability in that position if the young players aren't quite ready |
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Post by vbshrink on Jul 11, 2024 13:05:12 GMT -5
I feel like both are pretty justified. didn’t Auburn lose a starting OH, MB, S, and L? poor Arkansas though:( that’s going to be a huge fall off I’m chronically optimistic but I don’t think the drop-off for Arkansas will be awful, they redshirted a decent class last year + have some more additions. I’m not predicting them to run it back to the elite 8 but they’re likely still a solid program. Arkansas has talent, but at the pins it is almost comically inexperienced. They literally only used 4 subs all year last year - three serving subs for a middle (Weeks, Lawson, and Schneider served for Petties at various points), and Gr Tr MB Laura Eheize played very sparingly in place of Zoi Evans. That's it. Other than that, the only players who saw the floor were the starting 7. Cartwright, Head, Gillen, Petties, Hogue, and Jackson were all iron women. So, in terms of experience on the pins, the Hogs have Avery Calame, who played in two matches her Fr year when Gillen had a knock on her knee, and Tr Soph Romani Thurman, who started most of UNC's matches last year at OPP. They'll have to sort out who gets the OH spots (I think Thurman probably has RS locked down?) between RS Fr Aniya Madkin, RS Fr Livi Ruy, RS Soph Avery Calame, and true Fr Lolo Lambert and Kayla Richardson. (Ruy, Madkin, and Richardson would all be options at OPP, as well, I think.) I believe the staff is pretty high on the youngsters, but ... with that much uncertainty on the pins, I can't see any kind of fair pre-season ranking putting them any higher than where they are. My biggest questions in terms of what Jason likes to do with his roster are a) which of the new OHs can replace Head/Gillen's excellent passing; and b) Arkansas was the toughest serving team in the SEC last year, and they lost two of their best 3 servers (Gillen was tops, Head very good, and Cartwright was good, too). The Hogs need to serve it tough ... who are the best servers of the newcomers? In terms of Auburn, they did lose Barrett (S), Anderson (OH), Kemp (MB), and Morton (L). I think they probably upgraded the L position via the portal, but losing Kemp and Anderson in the spring is tough. Will they have to sub both of their OH's out of the back row? |
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Post by bustominkus on Jul 11, 2024 14:32:59 GMT -5
Missouri returns their 5-1 setter and opposite, why do you see them going to 6-2? wasn’t Sarah Jordan there last year and they still went 5-1 with Dudley? Crownover isn’t *THAT* good. did they bring in another good opposite? *shrug* It looked like they ran a 6-2 in some of their spring matches with Iliff and Franco as the RSs. I wouldn't be surprised to see the team switch from the 5-1/6-2 as needed throughout the season. I'm interested to see which two OHs land the starting positions with Demarrais returning, the transfer in of Oregon State's leading scorer Mychael Vernon, top 10 freshmen recruit in Claire Morrissey, and Kimani Johnson who got significant playing time in the off-season. They have a huge roster at 22 athletes. |
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Post by blue10 on Jul 11, 2024 15:58:44 GMT -5
It looked like they ran a 6-2 in some of their spring matches with Iliff and Franco as the RSs. I wouldn't be surprised to see the team switch from the 5-1/6-2 as needed throughout the season. I'm interested to see which two OHs land the starting positions with Demarrais returning, the transfer in of Oregon State's leading scorer Mychael Vernon, top 10 freshmen recruit in Claire Morrissey, and Kimani Johnson who got significant playing time in the off-season. They have a huge roster at 22 athletes. Claire is going to start day 1. She’s so good |
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Post by bustominkus on Jul 11, 2024 18:01:16 GMT -5
It looked like they ran a 6-2 in some of their spring matches with Iliff and Franco as the RSs. I wouldn't be surprised to see the team switch from the 5-1/6-2 as needed throughout the season. I'm interested to see which two OHs land the starting positions with Demarrais returning, the transfer in of Oregon State's leading scorer Mychael Vernon, top 10 freshmen recruit in Claire Morrissey, and Kimani Johnson who got significant playing time in the off-season. They have a huge roster at 22 athletes. Claire is going to start day 1. She’s so good If true, will be interesting to see the battle between Demarrais and Vernon! Demarrais had a match in SEC pay with over 30 kills last season but it would be hard to think Vernon would transfer to sit the bench her final year. |
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Post by bymac on Jul 11, 2024 18:09:41 GMT -5
I’m chronically optimistic but I don’t think the drop-off for Arkansas will be awful, they redshirted a decent class last year + have some more additions. I’m not predicting them to run it back to the elite 8 but they’re likely still a solid program. Arkansas has talent, but at the pins it is almost comically inexperienced. They literally only used 4 subs all year last year - three serving subs for a middle (Weeks, Lawson, and Schneider served for Petties at various points), and Gr Tr MB Laura Eheize played very sparingly in place of Zoi Evans. That's it. Other than that, the only players who saw the floor were the starting 7. Cartwright, Head, Gillen, Petties, Hogue, and Jackson were all iron women. So, in terms of experience on the pins, the Hogs have Avery Calame, who played in two matches her Fr year when Gillen had a knock on her knee, and Tr Soph Romani Thurman, who started most of UNC's matches last year at OPP. They'll have to sort out who gets the OH spots (I think Thurman probably has RS locked down?) between RS Fr Aniya Madkin, RS Fr Livi Ruy, RS Soph Avery Calame, and true Fr Lolo Lambert and Kayla Richardson. (Ruy, Madkin, and Richardson would all be options at OPP, as well, I think.) I believe the staff is pretty high on the youngsters, but ... with that much uncertainty on the pins, I can't see any kind of fair pre-season ranking putting them any higher than where they are. My biggest questions in terms of what Jason likes to do with his roster are a) which of the new OHs can replace Head/Gillen's excellent passing; and b) Arkansas was the toughest serving team in the SEC last year, and they lost two of their best 3 servers (Gillen was tops, Head very good, and Cartwright was good, too). The Hogs need to serve it tough ... who are the best servers of the newcomers? In terms of Auburn, they did lose Barrett (S), Anderson (OH), Kemp (MB), and Morton (L). I think they probably upgraded the L position via the portal, but losing Kemp and Anderson in the spring is tough. Will they have to sub both of their OH's out of the back row? I think Calame passes decently. I am hoping he will use a DS (Weeks?) for at least one of the pins because I don't think there are Gillen, Head, and Cartwright-type 6 rotation players in the mix right now and I do think it took time for Gillen to become that passer she ended up being. I do think they have good athletes, it is just a matter of who can emerge despite not having experience at this level. Thurman is a good pick up and Pettis is aa good offensive middle. Auburn is definitely a tough nut to crack. They just seem to have a tough time clicking consistently. Maybe this year will be the year. |
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Post by donut on Jul 11, 2024 21:21:59 GMT -5
I wish Skinner did more in the portal yes you've made that abundantly clear |
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Post by seceason on Jul 16, 2024 7:18:22 GMT -5
Auburn still doesn’t have their non con schedule on the website.
Must have had a heavy hitter on there like Mcneese, or Jacksonville Community College and Crouch thought, man that really is too tough for what we like to do in this part of the year.
Back to the drawing board.
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Post by vbdadof4 on Jul 16, 2024 7:37:40 GMT -5
Auburn still doesn’t have their non con schedule on the website. Must have had a heavy hitter on there like Mcneese, or Jacksonville Community College and Crouch thought, man that really is too tough for what we like to do in this part of the year. Back to the drawing board. it will be tougher than the last couple of years |
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Post by vbshrink on Jul 25, 2024 11:18:15 GMT -5
Still no Auburn non-con, but they will at least be in Minnesota for the Diet Coke Classic to play the Gophers and ... someone. Still listed as TBA on the Minnesota schedule.
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