April 6, 20187 yr That would be awesome as it seems the high-profile hitter transfers are drying up. Happy that Mirta is able to contribute quickly.
April 21, 20187 yr Author http://texassports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=391 New volleyball schedule. Goodness our non-conference schedule is loaded. I think Elliott learned his lesson from this year. RPI/SOS matters so he loaded the non-conference schedule.
April 21, 20187 yr 43 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said: http://texassports.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=391 New volleyball schedule. Goodness our non-conference schedule is loaded. I think Elliott learned his lesson from this year. RPI/SOS matters so he loaded the non-conference schedule. Yeeeouch. Well, we should get a real early idea how competitive the squad is at high levels of competition. I confess that I am a leetle scairt.
May 5, 20187 yr If anyone cares, the NCAA beach volleyball national championship is underway. Four matches in a row tomorrow (Saturday) on ESPN2 starting @ 1:00 our time. https://www.ncaa.com/news/beach-volleyball/article/2018-05-04/2018-national-collegiate-beach-volleyball-championship
May 5, 20187 yr I thought Hawaii was in control of their match today, then I stepped aside for a minute and FSU had won
May 6, 20187 yr 1 set apiece in the men’s indoor championship between UCLA/Long Beach St on ESPN2 now.
May 9, 20187 yr Boom! And now we have our 6-rotation OH for the upcoming season... welcome Logan Eggleston! Logan was originally a 2018 recruit, but started taking on-line courses in April to graduate high school this month. https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/05/07/logan-eggleston-texas-longhorns-brentwood-volleyball/589141002/ Logan has been part of the USA Youth National Team the past 2 years and was the primary 6-rotation, ball-control OH. Although she may not be the offensive threat that Lexi Sun provided, Logan will already be coming in with the ball control that Texas needs with its plethora of hitters. She is a true 6 rotation OH and will start Day 1. With Logan's arrival, Yaazie can now go back to her natural position on the right side and Brionne can stay at MB. Micaya and Logan will play all 6 rotations and will open up the offense with their ability to attack from the back row. And hopefully, we'll be able to see what Ashley can really do with better ball control if either of the new recruits can step in and perform like Cat McCoy did her Freshman year. The fall line-up should look like: OH1- Micaya OH2- Logan MB1 - Morgan MB2- Brionne Opp - Yaazie Setter - Ashley Libero - To be determined
May 10, 20187 yr Author Wow, huge news. From what I've read, Eggleston had the potential to be the #1 recruit in the '19 class.
May 10, 20187 yr Author DPT is Skylar Fields still committed in the '19 class? That would be a hell of a OH pairing. Arguably two of the best OH in the '19 class. Edited May 10, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
May 11, 20187 yr Yep, Skylar is still committed for the ‘19 class along with 6’4 MB Molly Phillips. I meant to say that Logan Eggleston was part of the ‘19 class but is now part of the ‘18 class with Asjia O'Neal, Sydney Petersen, and Jhenna Gabriel.
May 15, 20187 yr On 5/12/2018 at 2:14 PM, ruitxn said: Bring Nebraska on now. Nebraska wanted to open up the season against Texas in the Vert Challenge in Lincoln this year, but Elliott requested to play Florida and Oregon even though the home team has preference to which teams they would like to play. It may not be until Big 12 conference play before we see this team running on all cylinders since we will be breaking in a freshman OH (Logan), a RS-Fr MB (Brionne), and a new libero (anyone but Autumn). If we do play Nebraska next season, the strategy should be to target Sun on serve-receive and to hit at her if she is playing in the back row... I just don't think her ball control will improve that much even at Nebraska.
May 15, 20187 yr 7 minutes ago, TexasDPT said: Nebraska wanted to open up the season against Texas in the Vert Challenge in Lincoln this year, but Elliott requested to play Florida and Oregon even though the home team has preference to which teams they would like to play. It may not be until Big 12 conference play before we see this team running on all cylinders since we will be breaking in a freshman OH (Logan), a RS-Fr MB (Brionne), and a new libero (anyone but Autumn). If we do play Nebraska next season, the strategy should be to target Sun on serve-receive and to hit at her if she is playing in the back row... I just don't think her ball control will improve that much even at Nebraska. I would be thrilled if our service game improved to the level of targeting anyone.
June 19, 20187 yr We will be at Stanford on 9/11 and host them on 9/14. They just released their schedule Edited June 19, 20187 yr by Js1
June 19, 20187 yr I thought Elliot had requested we play Oregon and Florida in the early tournament. Dunno if the host school will give us what he wants. Playing 2 of Oregon/Florida/Nebraska and Stanford x2 is already a stacked preseason schedule. Woof.
June 19, 20187 yr I think you're right, but I'm really wishing Nebraska was on our list of opponents. I want our squad to take it to Sun, and really pick on her.
June 19, 20187 yr When is that over? Will Logan be able to get to Austin in time to get settled and familiar with the team before August?
June 20, 20187 yr Author 13 hours ago, Js1 said: When is that over? Will Logan be able to get to Austin in time to get settled and familiar with the team before August? She's already been with the team. Eggleston played with the team on the Europe trip earlier in the month. Edited June 20, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
June 20, 20187 yr Author 15 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: Sounds promising!! We're gonna be much better than some people are projecting. Probably a rough start based on the non-conference schedule but adding Eggleston was a season changer. At the end of the year.....Eggleston, White and Yaz outside will be as good as anyone. With lots of talent in the middle with Johnson, Butler, and O'Neal. Not sure what the upside is until I see better ball control/service game but I think most are expecting a huge drop off at the pins and in the middle. That's not happening. Edited June 20, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
June 20, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said: We're gonna be much better than some people are projecting. Probably a rough start based on the non-conference schedule but adding Eggleston was a season changer. At the end of the year.....Eggleston, White and Yaz outside will be as good as anyone. With lots of talent in the middle with Johnson, Butler, and O'Neal. Not sure what the upside is until I see better ball control/service game but I think most are expecting a huge drop off at the pins and in the middle. That's not happening. Sounds like it. And there may be some addition by subtraction if some of the nastier rumors were to be believed.
June 20, 20187 yr Author Eggleston and Phillips are dominating. I just realized Skylar Fields is also playing (another UT commit). Edited June 20, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
June 20, 20187 yr Damn. Cuba must have a good team to go 5 sets with the US. I guess that sport is up there with baseball for Cuban women
June 20, 20187 yr Author 9 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: Damn. Cuba must have a good team to go 5 sets with the US. I guess that sport is up there with baseball for Cuban women Total guess here but I think it has a lot to do with the fact the US is really young. The 3 Texas players I listed above were all in the '19 class but Eggleston ended up reclassifying to the '18 class. So it could very well be a bunch of 17 and 18 year olds playing in a U20 tournament. If they added some eligible U20 players from the college ranks we would probably dominate.
June 20, 20187 yr Author The '19 roster could be: OH (Eggleston, Fields, White) Middle (Butler, Abaji, O'Neal, and Phillips) Just an unreal amount of talent. I haven't seen the '19 recruiting rankings but I think every one of these players is a top 5 recruit in their class. Edited June 20, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
June 23, 20187 yr Author If Eggleston didn't reclassify I have no doubt we would have ended up with the top recruiting class in '19. Eggleston, Fields and Phillips is crazy.
June 24, 20187 yr If Logan didn't reclassify, the 2019 class would have definitely been ranked #1. Molly Phillips will be a blocking machine...she will remind fans of Molly McCage. Phillips has played every position in the front row and has even passed the ball in serve-receive in both HS/Club ball. It will be interesting to see how she gets worked into the line-up with both Butler and O'Neal in front of her. But I can see Phillips red-shirting her freshman year (2019) and then having the options to play Butler, O'Neal, and Phillips at MBs/Opp in 2020. Skylar Fields (aka Baby Destinee Hooker) will be a high-flying attacker/blocker on the pins. I think she will slide into Yaazie's position on the right pin next year (since Micaya and Logan will be the left pin hitters). Skylar looks more comfortable hitting on the LS, but she is developing nicely into an Opp with USA volleyball. Both Skylar and Molly will both be coming in as good servers. Logan may eventually develop into one of the best 6-rotation players under Elliott. If she has a weakness right now, I would say it is her blocking. But we really do need her on the team this year. She's going to add the ball control and serving the team was missing last year IMO. Team serving will also be upgraded with Jhenna and Sydney's serves. I foresee Jhenna and Sydney playing ahead of Rounsaville and Hahn this season. I'm really looking forward to seeing this team play in the fall.
June 24, 20187 yr Author 17 minutes ago, TexasDPT said: If Logan didn't reclassify, the 2019 class would have definitely been ranked #1. Molly Phillips will be a blocking machine...she will remind fans of Molly McCage. Phillips has played every position in the front row and has even passed the ball in serve-receive in both HS/Club ball. It will be interesting to see how she gets worked into the line-up with both Butler and O'Neal in front of her. But I can see Phillips red-shirting her freshman year (2019) and then having the options to play Butler, O'Neal, and Phillips at MBs/Opp in 2020. Skylar Fields (aka Baby Destinee Hooker) will be a high-flying attacker/blocker on the pins. I think she will slide into Yaazie's position on the right pin next year (since Micaya and Logan will be the left pin hitters). Skylar looks more comfortable hitting on the LS, but she is developing nicely into an Opp with USA volleyball. Both Skylar and Molly will both be coming in as good servers. Logan may eventually develop into one of the best 6-rotation players under Elliott. If she has a weakness right now, I would say it is her blocking. But we really do need her on the team this year. She's going to add the ball control and serving the team was missing last year IMO. Team serving will also be upgraded with Jhenna and Sydney's serves. I foresee Jhenna and Sydney playing ahead of Rounsaville and Hahn this season. I'm really looking forward to seeing this team play in the fall. Next year will be fun but in 2 years this team will be loaded. Edited June 24, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
June 24, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, texasstrong12 said: Next year will be fun but in 2 years this team will be loaded. And some people thought Lexi transferring was the beginning of the end.
June 27, 20187 yr Holy shit balls, we're doing preseason teams in June??? Preseason poll is tomorrow (guess: Texas, Baylor, KU) http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=211719364 Micaya is preseason POY Logan is preseason FOY Caya, MoJo and Yazzie are preseason All Big 12
June 27, 20187 yr Schedule highlights: Florida 8.24 in Lincoln Oregon 8.25 in Lincoln @ Wisconsin 9.1 Kentucky 9.7 @ Stanford 9.11 Stanford 9.14 Baylor 9.26 ISU 10.6 @ KU 10.10 @ OU 10.13 @ ISU 10.24 OU 10.27 KU 11.10 @ Baylor 11.16
June 27, 20187 yr So the team is going to play 2 games at Lexi Sun arena but we won't get to face off against the home team. LAME Edited June 27, 20187 yr by perfectchaos007
June 28, 20187 yr Author We won't have to worry about RPI/SOS with that non-conference schedule. Plus Kansas and Baylor should be decent to good.
June 28, 20187 yr Preseason poll: Texas (7) Baylor (2) ISU KU KSU TCU Tech OU WV Feels off to me. I think the top 4 is fine, maybe flip ISU and KU. Think TCU will finish ahead of KSU. OU will probably finish last with a new coach.
August 3, 20187 yr Tomorrow is the 2 week alert to the Orange & White Scrimmage. Really excited to see Butler and Logan and Petersen. Need to see better connections with all of the hitters from Shook. And I want to see Micaya fucking boom the ball. I hope they get this tipping shit out of her system.
August 3, 20187 yr 6 minutes ago, Js1 said: Tomorrow is the 2 week alert to the Orange & White Scrimmage. Really excited to see Butler and Logan and Petersen. Need to see better connections with all of the hitters from Shook. And I want to see Micaya fucking boom the ball. I hope they get this tipping shit out of her system. IIRC, Elliott encouraged some of the tipping as an alternative to just powering straight into blocks. But it was ridiculous last year and I'm sure the setting misconnections were a big part.
August 3, 20187 yr 6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: IIRC, Elliott encouraged some of the tipping as an alternative to just powering straight into blocks. But it was ridiculous last year and I'm sure the setting misconnections were a big part. I can get behind some tipping because Eckerman used it a lot too, especially if the block comes in hard. But often times, it looked like she was either too scared to boom the ball against a weak or late block or the connection was off. I'd like to see more hitting it as hard as possible and tooling the block.
August 3, 20187 yr Elliot should tell the girls, "Only tip if you can't take a full swing at the ball due to a poor set". Trust me, the opportunities will be plenty.
August 3, 20187 yr The first AVCA poll should come fairly soon. I would put Texas somewhere 6th - 8th. Minnesota, Nebraska, Florida, Stanford, Wisconsin would be my top 5 (in no order).
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