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Post by tillie1014 on Oct 31, 2015 15:57:57 GMT -5
I note that when Megan received her reward for 1000 kills and digs that she was the 8th player to accomplish that feat. Who are the other 7 ?
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Post by tillie1014 on Oct 31, 2015 16:08:26 GMT -5
Reference is made to Lacey and Dom frequently and continued comment that the current Libero is not up to their standards. How can you compare 2014 Lacey to 2015 Keaton? I think she has improved greatly and that has brought Kendal along also. Yes they are not Dom and Lacey but who says they won't be? Yes Kendal graduates but Keaton can become special I feel confident.
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Post by nyline on Oct 31, 2015 16:16:24 GMT -5
Reference is made to Lacey and Dom frequently and continued comment that the current Libero is not up to their standards. How can you compare 2014 Lacey to 2015 Keaton? I think she has improved greatly and that has brought Kendal along also. Yes they are not Dom and Lacey but who says they won't be? Yes Kendal graduates but Keaton can become special I feel confident. Lacey didn't play libero, so tough to compare. I would say Lacey was by nature more assertive (or at least appeared to be so). Keaton is probably a better passer. But both very talented.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 20:45:44 GMT -5
I note that when Megan received her reward for 1000 kills and digs that she was the 8th player to accomplish that feat. Who are the other 7 ? COURTNEY REACHES CAREER MILESTONE
Against Iowa, senior Megan Courtney’s 12 kills lifted her to the 1,000 career kills milestone. With 19 digs at Illinois, she surpassed the 1,000 career digs mark (1,038). Achieving the mark, Courtney is just the eighth Nittany Lion in program history to reach the 1,000 career kills/1,000 career digs milestone and the first since Deja McClendon in 2013. Penn State All-Time 1,000 Kills and 1,000 Digs Milestone 1.) 2,142/1,150 Megan Hodge, 2006-09 *2.) 1,842/1,005 Terri Zemaitis, 1994-97 3.) 1,631/1,176 Deja McClendon, 2010-13 *4.) 1,438/1,522 Noelle Zientara, 1987-90 5.) 1,245/1,278 Laura Cook, 1994-97 6.) 1,234/1,167 Vida Kernich, 1983-86 7.) 1,136/1,153 Carrie Shonveld, 1996-99 8.) 1,036/1,038 Megan Courtney, 2012-present (doesn't include the 2 OSU matches) ** indicates rally scoring eraAttachments:VBRecordsBook.pdf (910.6 KB)
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Post by cross5 on Oct 31, 2015 21:02:19 GMT -5
Reference is made to Lacey and Dom frequently and continued comment that the current Libero is not up to their standards. How can you compare 2014 Lacey to 2015 Keaton? I think she has improved greatly and that has brought Kendal along also. Yes they are not Dom and Lacey but who says they won't be? Yes Kendal graduates but Keaton can become special I feel confident. This is an no-win discussion. Let's just say we miss Dom and Lacey and Nia and Micha because of what they brought to the game and the years of service. However, they are not nearly as "missed" as some people thought they would be. Why? Because we have terrific players who replaced them. Tradition never graduates, I like to believe.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 21:11:40 GMT -5
Reference is made to Lacey and Dom frequently and continued comment that the current Libero is not up to their standards. How can you compare 2014 Lacey to 2015 Keaton? I think she has improved greatly and that has brought Kendal along also. Yes they are not Dom and Lacey but who says they won't be? Yes Kendal graduates but Keaton can become special I feel confident. This is an no-win discussion. Let's just say we miss Dom and Lacey because of what they brought to the game and the years of service. However, they are not nearly as "missed" as some people thought they would be. Why? Because we have terrific players who replaced them. Tradition never graduates, I like to believe.Very true statement. One generation passes the PSU winning tradition on to the next. Courtney and Whitney were talking about that in an interview at the beginning of the season. You can see the freshmen catching that fever by this portion of the season. It seems Holcomb began the season very timid, nowadays she's taking more initiative in her play.
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Post by tillie1014 on Nov 1, 2015 5:54:04 GMT -5
Thanks for the list of 1000 or more kills and digs.
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Post by traveler on Nov 1, 2015 12:12:59 GMT -5
I note that when Megan received her reward for 1000 kills and digs that she was the 8th player to accomplish that feat. Who are the other 7 ? i realize someone provided the answer below...but i found the media guide on the PSU volleyball team site (under the TEAM tab) is (to use a Donaldism) HUGE! lots of retrospective and records information about the program and individual team members, past all-Americans including Lori Rose... The guide is over 100 pages, if memory serves..
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Post by bob2061 on Nov 1, 2015 16:28:59 GMT -5
This is an no-win discussion. Let's just say we miss Dom and Lacey because of what they brought to the game and the years of service. However, they are not nearly as "missed" as some people thought they would be. Why? Because we have terrific players who replaced them. Tradition never graduates, I like to believe.Very true statement. One generation passes the PSU winning tradition on to the next. Courtney and Whitney were talking about that in an interview at the beginning of the season. You can see the freshmen catching that fever by this portion of the season. It seems Holcomb began the season very timid, nowadays she's taking more initiative in her play. I was very harsh on Holcomb earlier but now I would like to retract everything I said. She is becoming a very solid libero and PSU is now rolling.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 8:51:35 GMT -5
You've been harsh on a lot of them, not just Keeton.
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Post by traveler on Nov 2, 2015 11:52:36 GMT -5
quick observation. Now that we seem to be back in a rhythm, not just Keeton but also Kendall is posting as many digs as liberos on some of the other teams*. and after i watched the PSU-Stanford semi match from 2014 the other night, it looked like many of the dives that she is pulling off are a dead ringer for what Lacey did...in slo mo it looks almost like a break-dancing move: launching, landing on chest, sliding, and rising back up, ready for more.
NO TEAM i've seen has this kind of depth of DS. Karch said he thought it was funny how many we have when he looked at them doing DS drills at warmups. Found that strange since he's seen us warm up 13 times in the last 8 NCAA final four!! I mean, this is nothing new...may be one of the open secrets that no one has noticed.
*which can be hard even for our libero! Berta Holshaus (Sp??) got stiffed on awards because of this during the 4-peat...when you are the L or DS behind one of the top blocking and hitting teams in the nation, i am guessing that mathmatically there's not as much to dig...
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Post by cross5 on Nov 2, 2015 12:28:23 GMT -5
quick observation. Now that we seem to be back in a rhythm, not just Keeton but also Kendall is posting as many digs as liberos on some of the other teams*. and after i watched the PSU-Stanford semi match from 2014 the other night, it looked like many of the dives that she is pulling off are a dead ringer for what Lacey did...in slo mo it looks almost like a break-dancing move: launching, landing on chest, sliding, and rising back up, ready for more. NO TEAM i've seen has this kind of depth of DS. Karch said he thought it was funny how many we have when he looked at them doing DS drills at warmups. Found that strange since he's seen us warm up 13 times in the last 8 NCAA final four!! I mean, this is nothing new...may be one of the open secrets that no one has noticed. *which can be hard even for our libero! Berta Holshaus (Sp??) got stiffed on awards because of this during the 4-peat...when you are the L or DS behind one of the top blocking and hitting teams in the nation, i am guessing that mathmatically there's not as much to dig... Over the past 2-3 weeks Kendall is the DS for the OH2 and usually comes in around after 3 rotations into the game and for really only 2 1/2 rotations as Simone has been serving first. This equates to about twice or sometime three times we will see her in the backrow for the 2.5 rotations. Since Megan's injury, she has been a mandated sub for defense and passing, whereas before she was only coming in for Ali after a full time around and entered in around 20-30 total points into the match. For fun's sake, If we were generous and doubled her digs to equal what a 6 rotation player would earn like Keeton, Ali, Bryanna and now almost healthy Megan on the Rightside would have a shot at it would look like this. ******Actual********Projected Purdue 5 10 Mich 8 16 MSU 9 18 OSU#1 5 10 OSU#2 8 16
Considering your opportunity to dig balls are higher when your team is serving her numbers might actually be higher as she hasn't been serving for a few of those matches. In addition, digging out of the 6 position is arguably harder as you are responsible for so much more territory, angles and last second adjustments if the block isn't closed.
Needless to say some of her reads and more importantly "good" digs that afforded the opportunity for PSU to transition with a swing, are being executed at a very high level.
So back to a posters "reevaluation"......yes our defensive players have been doing a solid job.
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Post by bob2061 on Nov 2, 2015 12:39:15 GMT -5
quick observation. Now that we seem to be back in a rhythm, not just Keeton but also Kendall is posting as many digs as liberos on some of the other teams*. and after i watched the PSU-Stanford semi match from 2014 the other night, it looked like many of the dives that she is pulling off are a dead ringer for what Lacey did...in slo mo it looks almost like a break-dancing move: launching, landing on chest, sliding, and rising back up, ready for more. NO TEAM i've seen has this kind of depth of DS. Karch said he thought it was funny how many we have when he looked at them doing DS drills at warmups. Found that strange since he's seen us warm up 13 times in the last 8 NCAA final four!! I mean, this is nothing new...may be one of the open secrets that no one has noticed. *which can be hard even for our libero! Berta Holshaus (Sp??) got stiffed on awards because of this during the 4-peat...when you are the L or DS behind one of the top blocking and hitting teams in the nation, i am guessing that mathmatically there's not as much to dig... I think you were referring to Roberta Holehouse, a very under-rated libero. BTW I think Keeton and Kendall Pierce will be very adequate as we close out the season. Yes indeed. This team is playing at a much higher level now.
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Post by Onthebench on Nov 2, 2015 13:22:22 GMT -5
quick observation. Now that we seem to be back in a rhythm, not just Keeton but also Kendall is posting as many digs as liberos on some of the other teams*. and after i watched the PSU-Stanford semi match from 2014 the other night, it looked like many of the dives that she is pulling off are a dead ringer for what Lacey did...in slo mo it looks almost like a break-dancing move: launching, landing on chest, sliding, and rising back up, ready for more. NO TEAM i've seen has this kind of depth of DS. Karch said he thought it was funny how many we have when he looked at them doing DS drills at warmups. Found that strange since he's seen us warm up 13 times in the last 8 NCAA final four!! I mean, this is nothing new...may be one of the open secrets that no one has noticed. *which can be hard even for our libero! Berta Holshaus (Sp??) got stiffed on awards because of this during the 4-peat...when you are the L or DS behind one of the top blocking and hitting teams in the nation, i am guessing that mathmatically there's not as much to dig... I think you were referring to Roberta Holehouse, a very under-rated libero. BTW I think Keeton and Kendall Pierce will be very adequate as we close out the season. Yes indeed. This team is playing at a much higher level now. I think both Keeton and Kendall have played very well last few matches and they should continue to use Kendall as much as possible for the DS position. On the other hand, I am not sold on other DSs, mostly Taylor. Taylor was being used a lot more than Kendall earlier, but I think she does not have the range or the skill to be the main DS. I would preferred to see Lainy before Taylor. Once Megan is totally healthy, backrow defense will be an assset instead of being an liability.
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Post by bob2061 on Nov 3, 2015 18:18:54 GMT -5
Coach Rose bases these decisions on how they practice and Kendall must be doing the best. I do like Lainy's serve though.
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