Kolek planning to go pro
I hate how the NCAA volleyball tournament is run, but it is what it is.
I hope you saw that point in the third set 22-17...amazing
The kick save for a point? I wasn't kidding when I said UCLA pursues EVERYTHING. Crazy. Classic LBSU to just assume they're so good that nobody could return that point. Awesome.I know the UCLA coaches well and my cousin is the registered dietitian at UCLA, so when she came home for Christmas she had 2 sweet UCLA volleyball shirts from them for me for Chirstmas. Pretty cool of them.Looked like UCLA must've played really well.
Just saw this today...Sarah Rose ( 2017 S 5-8 Elmhurst, Illinois)~~Marquette(DI in Wisconsin) Big East ConferenceClub: 1st Alliance / Lions JrsHigh School: York CommunityOther Big East Recruitshttp://www.richkern.com/vb/recruits/conf.asp?Div=DI&VBYear=2017&conf=Big+EastI was surprised to see it because Marquette hadn't been recruiting a '17 setter. They have a very strong '16 setter coming in next year (Lauren Speckman), and it's unusual to have setters in two consecutive classes. Anyone now what's up?
I'm in the "you can never have too many quality setters" camp. (as well as back row players) if you remember, marquette got screwed a couple years ago right after Koberstein graduated and before Blasier got here due to transfers and setters being ineligible. Don't get me wrong, Mary Nilles was a nice person but not a D1 quality setter.Also, the same thing is happening to a high scool around me. They pretty much returned everyone except their libero and D1 setter but are really struggling this year. Maybe as a former setter I'm a little biased but always load up on setters and DS.
Interesting, if you believe in GMS they'll tell you setter is the least important position on a volleyball roster (or maybe it's 2nd behind MB, can't remember for sure).I like GMS a lot but don't consider it gospel. But I don't necessarily disagree with the principal.Serve and pass game.
I guess I can see that at a high level of play. Though you know Dante, New Trier is struggling without him.
Craziest season ever for the varsity team at the school I coach the freshman for. They have had more 6 packs this season then they have in the past decade that I've watched them.They have a legit 6'9" middle and last game he gave the othe teams middle a concussion when he went up to block him and broke another kids nose off the block. The other middle took out a kid on the same team, after the game he was puking in the corner. But my favorite one was from a 5'8" outside. The other team didn't block line and he got their right back square in the face. He didn't come out but you could tell he wasn't all there.Obviously sucks for the kids who got hurt but there have been some pretty incredible swings.
The 6'9" middle are both juniors and everyone else is a senior. They have a stud libero who is actually probably the best player on the team. Last year's team was actually much better but the middle is a weapon theyve never had, he played right side last year because he was too slow, quickened up A LOT.I don't know why, but I've never been overly impressed with Sander, maybe I've just seen his off games. All their outsides are really young which is nice and Anderson is still producing. Definitely need another middle though, Holt is good but that's about all they have. I don't pay attention to West Coast volleyball so there may be some good middles out there at all but I feel like Jendryk from Loyola could become a middle for the US eventually.
OSU crushes BYU. A little surprised.
Mental midgets. They always find a way to not get it done.MIVA has now won 3 straight titles and 4 of the last 6. Only one MPSF school has won a title in the last 6 years. 1 set win in a national title in the last 3 years for the MIVA. West Coast/MPSF fans' heads have to be exploding now.
Hmm....well UC Irvine, right down the road from me, won in 2009, 2012, 2013 and they are from the MPSF. Also, I would look at the rosters and who else is getting that far.7 OSU players from California. 8 total from west coast...just won the championship. UCLA in the final four along with Long Beach. In the last few years, USC, UCSB, Stanford, BYU....tons of west coast players.Some years not so much....Loyola certainly had some key players from out here, but plenty of mix from other states. Lewis had a ton of midwest kids, but they have been the exception.US men's national team....dominated by Californians...one local for us in Paul Lotman...from about 2 miles from where we live.Case in point, my son's high school team is ranked something like 90th in the state and 145 nationally. Think about that...in the other 49 states only 55 teams in TOTAL are considered better....or about 1 team per state. That's pretty crazy.
You do agree that 1 of the last 6 was incorrect...yes?