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Post by nyline on Sept 1, 2017 22:04:11 GMT -5
Stat of the day: #1 Stanford and #5 Penn State come to your home arena in College Station, and how many fans show up for the match? 800. Eight Hundred. Oh my.
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Post by psumaui on Sept 1, 2017 22:06:22 GMT -5
Anybody able to replay the audio? I can't seem to get it in the "replay" screen "College Sports Live" site. It kept going down when it was live so maybe that stream wasn't savable. If so, we only have stats to remember that match by. So sad!
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Post by psumaui on Sept 1, 2017 22:44:06 GMT -5
When/If Lutz comes back next weekend, I don't see a big difference other than more balls to Lutz and less chances for Plummer. We still should have the upper hand in that match. Russ knows how to play against her and would think he has video of the past matches that we played against her to review.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 23:04:30 GMT -5
Stat of the day: #1 Stanford and #5 Penn State come to your home arena in College Station, and how many fans show up for the match? 800. Eight Hundred. Oh my. In fairness, the locals may have other concerns. And how many students are going to care enough to see two teams not named Texas A&M? Last year at Colorado there were virtually no students at the Stanford vs B1G matches. |
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Post by traveler on Sept 2, 2017 0:08:19 GMT -5
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Post by psumaui on Sept 2, 2017 2:02:03 GMT -5
Thanks! After unsuccessful tries at Firefox and Chrome, I was able to record the audio from Explorer Edge so I should have audio available (minus the 1st couple of points due to bad stream at beginning) sometime tonight on Youtube barring any issues with copyrighted music. Where there is a will there is a way and I will find it!  |
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Post by tillie on Sept 2, 2017 6:19:09 GMT -5
Why does Washington with her gaudy k/ta ratio get so few opportunities? Heidi with her smaller kill ratio gets nearly the same number. Not having seen the action are most of Washington's attempts slides? Are there not other attack patterns that a middle can perform? Ali and Simone get so may more each and draw attention from by the blockers. Is it all in the passes to the setter?
At Stanford last year Inky, who admittedly was exceptional, was usually the player who had more opportunities nearly equal to al the outsides and she was usually either the kill leader or second in the match. Did they pass better allowing the setter to use that exceptional middle more?
Not a challenge question but one of curiosity
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Post by cross5 on Sept 2, 2017 6:34:10 GMT -5
Why does Washington with her gaudy k/ta ratio get so few opportunities? Heidi with her smaller kill ratio gets nearly the same number. Not having seen the action are most of Washington's attempts slides? Are there not other attack patterns that a middle can perform? Ali and Simone get so may more each and draw attention from by the blockers. Is it all in the passes to the setter? At Stanford last year Inky, who admittedly was exceptional, was usually the player who had more opportunities nearly equal to al the outsides and she was usually either the kill leader or second in the match. Did they pass better allowing the setter to use that exceptional middle more? Not a challenge question but one of curiosity From what I hear, most all of Haleigh's opportunities were relegated to the slide, most often coming off of two sideout rotations. In order for her to get more balls we would need controlled digs and/or freeballs......not going to happen much against a team like Stanford. The fact that Heidi got 12 attempts, even though she only hit .167 (not ideal for a middle) is actually a nice sign demonstrating how determined PSU is at staying balanced. Kudos to Lee for staying in it and having a pretty solid game 4 providing 4 or 5 timely kills. She will be much better tonight and next week imo |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 8:32:01 GMT -5
Why does Washington with her gaudy k/ta ratio get so few opportunities? Heidi with her smaller kill ratio gets nearly the same number. Not having seen the action are most of Washington's attempts slides? Are there not other attack patterns that a middle can perform? Ali and Simone get so may more each and draw attention from by the blockers. Is it all in the passes to the setter? At Stanford last year Inky, who admittedly was exceptional, was usually the player who had more opportunities nearly equal to al the outsides and she was usually either the kill leader or second in the match. Did they pass better allowing the setter to use that exceptional middle more? Not a challenge question but one of curiosity Kudos to Lee for staying in it and having a pretty solid game 4 providing 4 or 5 timely kills. She will be much better tonight and next week imo No player is great all the time. Let's hope all of her follow-on efforts are better. And consider, is there a better time to have an off game? During a win! |
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Post by fj11211 on Sept 2, 2017 9:00:30 GMT -5
Curious about Lee: she did much better in set 4. Obviously she was a target for serve receive a lot to get her off the offensive mode. She was also hitting against big blocks. So when she was successful in set 4, was it because she elevated her game， or because Stanford was paying less attention to her，or the setter adjusted their sets to allow her different angles？I am impressed by this team. Together, they will do great things.
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Post by cross5 on Sept 2, 2017 9:26:47 GMT -5
Curious about Lee: she did much better in set 4. Obviously she was a target for serve receive a lot to get her off the offensive mode. She was also hitting against big blocks. So when she was successful in set 4, was it because she elevated her game， or because Stanford was paying less attention to her，or the setter adjusted their sets to allow her different angles？I am impressed by this team. Together, they will do great things. Im not anyone can put the finger on exactly the issue. Players some times "feel" it and sometimes not. In Lee's case she is always been automatic (seemingly) and I think some hype has been heaped on her to be the "go-to" player by some this year. This 2017 has too many weapons and I think once she settled down she was the player we all expected....a few errors once in a while but just so Dynamic and Explosive. I have a feeling she will very good today. |
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Post by nyline on Sept 2, 2017 10:01:03 GMT -5
We've posted a write-up of the match (with a look back to last season's match). Click Here for the complete post. Below is an excerpt: |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 10:10:24 GMT -5
Nicely done Nyline! Especially considering no video feed. The write-up definitely belongs in competition for the seasonal "Silk Purse from a Sow's Ear" competition.
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Post by traveler on Sept 2, 2017 11:38:00 GMT -5
Lee, Frantti, Courtney from a broad view ..all post relatively meh hitting percentages on most nights. I used to put it off to PSU using the OH position to 'take out the garbage" when no other good hitting option was available. They don't necessarily commit errors and instead just keep the ball in play, but they do have to do their best, often against a double block, to at least stress out the other side. A good number of their "attacks" are tips that a good defensive team will pick up, but were done in a situation where there was little choice. A good number of their errors (especially into the block) may be a shared failure with the setter. But sometimes there are few options, sometimes you're lucky.
As to Thelen v Washington, stats give a false sense of equivalency. If I understand correctly, they're in different parts of the rotation, different setter options.
Reed: numbers weren't stellar, but she was clutch. She made critical points at critical times. She can get such amazing hang time even just going vertical at the net, I've always wanted to see more of her and see her succeed.
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Post by nyline on Sept 2, 2017 11:58:48 GMT -5
Lee, Frantti, Courtney from a broad view ..all post relatively meh hitting percentages on most nights. I used to put it off to PSU using the OH position to 'take out the garbage" when no other good hitting option was available. They don't necessarily commit errors and instead just keep the ball in play, but they do have to do their best, often against a double block, to at least stress out the other side. A good number of their "attacks" are tips that a good defensive team will pick up, but were done in a situation where there was little choice. A good number of their errors (especially into the block) may be a shared failure with the setter. But sometimes there are few options, sometimes you're lucky. As to Thelen v Washington, stats give a false sense of equivalency. If I understand correctly, they're in different parts of the rotation, different setter options. Reed: numbers weren't stellar, but she was clutch. She made critical points at critical times. She can get such amazing hang time even just going vertical at the net, I've always wanted to see more of her and see her succeed. I think many people were happy to see Nia play well in a big match. And you're absolutely right -- she was clutch. |
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