August 24, 20187 yr Passing looks alright, as does setting. Block seems slow getting up, and the back row just not getting to some. Little bit hard to tell.
August 24, 20187 yr Nice run when it was, what, 21-16? Oregon out of timeouts. And it was the Sydney P. serving show.
August 24, 20187 yr Texas comes from behind to take set 2. Petersen looks to have a wicked little serve.
August 24, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: Shook's facial expression and body language are 180 from last year. Noticed this too.
August 24, 20187 yr Kinda thinkin I like what I see. Making allowances for first match of the season. Edited August 24, 20187 yr by TwiceHorn
August 24, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said: Kinda thinkin I like what I see. 5 SE to 2 SA but also been aced 3 times
August 24, 20187 yr Shook is HANDLING some bad passes. I'm impressed I think. There's a weird slomo quality to the stream.
August 24, 20187 yr Kind of a sloppy 3rd set. Watching live stream compared to live stats is maddening!
August 24, 20187 yr The back row is not getting to as many as Cat did, but the passing is overall better, I think. And, although sloppy at times, we didn't fall apart behind, so we're continuing that good trend from last year.
August 24, 20187 yr Considering early season and a lot of new faces, I thought we looked pretty decent. It is, however, unclear how good is UO. I suppose UF will be a bit more of a test. It got better as the game progressed, but the block early on was slow and marginally effective. Weird. Edited August 24, 20187 yr by TwiceHorn
August 24, 20187 yr Awesome job! Still a bit frustrated with Rounsville's serving. First point of the fourth match was a service error. Logan ended up serving for the rest of the set but it'd be foolish for Logan to serve the first point of every set and then get subbed out on serve receive- just wasting a sub.
August 25, 20187 yr 15 minutes ago, Js1 said: Florida on BTN now versus Corn. They will be a problem where is sun? I expected her to start. I don't even see her on the bench or in any of the huddles.
August 25, 20187 yr Author Rotations are going to be interesting moving forward. I know Yazzie was out but I don't think Luketic is here to sit on the bench and learn. She seems ready to be an impact player.
August 25, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, thrillhammer said: where is sun? I expected her to start. I don't even see her on the bench or in any of the huddles. Recovering from a back injury. Bringing her back slowly
August 25, 20187 yr 5 minutes ago, Js1 said: Recovering from a back injury. Bringing her back slowly thanks. I've done the google and been to the Nebraska website and no mention of it at all. I guess she's not there at all. the cocksucking commentators never even mentioned her name during the pregame, as if it wasn't a big deal at all or worth mentioning that she transferred there.
August 25, 20187 yr Author I don't follow volleyball all that closely but what did Nebraska lose off last year's team? Florida is rolling them. We will have our hands full tomorrow. This non-conference schedule is going to be brutal. Edited August 25, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
August 25, 20187 yr I'm kind of wondering if Cat dug a lot of stuff and in the process made crappy passes. Now it seems we aren't able to dig as much, but passing is better. To an extent, it's pick your poison . . . . And yeah, it appears that Florida is picking up right where they left off. Will be quite a test tomorrow. Edited August 25, 20187 yr by TwiceHorn
August 25, 20187 yr Go gata. After looking at volleytalk, the husker fans are insufferable. Fuck them, now and always. I'll never root for them in volleyball. Also, John Cook is a penis. Edited August 25, 20187 yr by TwiceHorn
August 25, 20187 yr Author 24 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said: Now it seems we aren't able to dig as much, but passing is better. Yeah, I kind of wondered if this is how things would play out. Cat was incredible at times from a defensive perspective but I don't think her passing was ever spectacular. I bet you end up being right.
August 25, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, texasstrong12 said: I don't follow volleyball all that closely but what did Nebraska lose off last year's team? Florida is rolling them. We will have our hands full tomorrow. This non-conference schedule is going to be brutal. All American setter. It matters a lot. Look at us last year
August 25, 20187 yr Luketic may end up being a better frosh than Lexi Sun was last year. Honestly, I don't miss Sun at all right now other than her good looks. Hopefully she doesn't destroy the positive locker-room culture/vibe at Nebraska.... Edited August 25, 20187 yr by perfectchaos007
August 25, 20187 yr 21 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: Luketic may end up being a better frosh than Lexi Sun was last year. Honestly, I don't miss Sun at all right now other than her good looks. Hopefully she doesn't destroys the positive locker-room culture/vibe at Nebraska....
August 25, 20187 yr Author The thing with Luketic is she has all that international experience with Croatia. She's not your normal freshman. Much like the Canadians on the soccer team they've been playing high level volleyball/soccer for years now. I have no way to prove this but it certainly seems like international players in most of the women's sports are more ready to contribute than a lot of the US based players. I'm guessing that has a lot to do with the international experience with their national teams. Edited August 25, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
August 25, 20187 yr I always feel international players have better fundamentals. Technically better at the game. Whereas a lot of US players just overpower with athleticism on the pins or in the middle (not including setters and Liberos there)
August 25, 20187 yr Had a lot of these same thoughts. She looks like real plus addition to the team. Thanks, Mirta!
August 25, 20187 yr Unless Thayer Hall's arm fell off last night after 60 attempts in the first match , Gata will be tough tough tough. Baylor opened with a 3-1 win over LSU Creighton took a 3-2 win over Kentucky Marquette 3-0 over Texas State Florida 3-1 over Corn Wisky 3-0 over UNCheat
August 25, 20187 yr Actually what will be fun tomorrow - PPC's cousin plays for Florida Thayer Hall was the #1 in the 2018 class and Logan was probably going to be the de-facto #1 for 2019 had she not reclassified. Logan had very comparable stats to Thayer last year, despite Logan only playing half a season while playing for Team USA and sitting out to rest. With a full season, she probably would have been #1 over Hall
August 25, 20187 yr Last year's match vs. Oregon vs. this year's: (it was the 2nd match last year; 1st this year) 2017 - hit .209, 44 kills and 17 errors, 5 aces, 13 blocks; Lexi with 14, Chiaka 10, Ebony 7 2018 - hit .321, 58 kills and 14 errors, 5 aces, 8 blocks; Katarina with 14, Micaya with 13, Logan with 13 Micaya went from 6-4-34 (.059) to 13-3-42 (.238) Morgan goes from 6-2-12 (.333) to 9-1-19 (.421) We go from Lexi (14-5-39, .231) to Logan (13-3-25, .400) and much better RS production (Ebony: 7-2-24, .208 to Katarina: 14-5-27, .333) Shook set us a shit ton better to a higher hitting % and had 12 more assists this year. 3 less service errors as well. Maybe we won't block as well without SR Chiaka, but I'm already seeing good things.
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