RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
CompSci87 - 10-19-2025
(10-19-2025, 03:25 PM)cardfan77 Wrote: Wow, who was this Blyashov? She was impressive. She has to be the 2nd OH from now on. Only bring in Kurt if Blyashov struggles.
Kurt was excellent Thursday with 18 kills. So alternating them still seems okay. We'll need them both next season after Rubin is gone.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
BostonCard - 10-19-2025
cardfan77 dateline='[url=tel:1760912708' Wrote: 1760912708[/url]']
They don’t understand the difference between tooling the block and off the block. One is intentional.
Exactly. I think it is one of those terms that makes the announcers sound like they know more than they actually do.
BC
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
paloalto - 10-19-2025
(10-19-2025, 03:25 PM)cardfan77 Wrote: Wow, who was this Blyashov? She was impressive. She has to be the 2nd OH from now on. Only bring in Kurt if Blyashov struggles.
Yes, I'd like to see Blyashov start three or four matches in a row and see if she can develop confidence and some rhythm as a starter. If she falters then bring in Kurt.
A big help in this match was Etzler's passing. A few mistakes but overall she is the one I want to see taking the serve receive. Miami has the toughest serving Stanford has faced this year.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
Spiny_Norman - 10-19-2025
NCAA released its in-season top 16. Stanford is 11th. They have not defeated any of the other top 16 teams so far this season, but they will still have a shot against Pitt (at home), Louisville (at Louisville) and SMU (at home). Sure would have loved to have defeated Texas.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2025-10-19/ncaa-division-i-womens-volleyball-committee-reveals-season-top-16
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
Card10Fan - 10-19-2025
(10-19-2025, 03:44 PM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: NCAA released its in-season top 16. Stanford is 11th. They have not defeated any of the other top 16 teams so far this season, but they will still have a shot against Pitt (at home), Louisville (at Louisville) and SMU (at home). Sure would have loved to have defeated Texas.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/volleyball-women/article/2025-10-19/ncaa-division-i-womens-volleyball-committee-reveals-season-top-16
I think the ranking at 11 seems fair. We will have opportunity to move up with big games still ahead and "if" we had beaten Texas or Louisville would likely have been in the top 8. Interestingly, we are ranked much higher in the weekly polls, currently at #5 in the country. The committee ranking is all that matters in the end.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
johnbar - 10-19-2025
Pittsburgh beat Louisville 3-2 today.
Currently in the ACC standings:
1. UNC 8-0
2T Stanford 7-1
2T Pitt 7-1
4T Louisville 6-2
4T SMU 6-2
6 Miami 5-3
UNC hosts Louisville next Sunday, so good chance for them to pick up a loss.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
Spiny_Norman - 10-20-2025
(10-19-2025, 05:17 PM)johnbar Wrote: Pittsburgh beat Louisville 3-2 today.
Olivia Babcock had a ridiculous 41 (!!) kills in that match.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
Spike - 10-24-2025
No Rubin today?
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
mbdude - 10-24-2025
very sloppy set for Stanford. we appeared to be in a hurry
Rubin dressed on side, appears ok
Rubin dressed
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
paloalto - 10-24-2025
(10-24-2025, 03:32 PM)Spike Wrote: No Rubin today?
Announcers said she was available but was given a rest. Unfortunately Stanford may give Clemson it's first conference win. Clemson has momentum and even with Rubin it may be hard to turn around.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
BobK - 10-24-2025
Rubin in ankle taped
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
Card10Fan - 10-24-2025
Rubin in now. I assume wanted to give her a rest game but subpar performance in set 1 puts that in question. Can't afford to drop this game. I would like to see a new setter in too. Pringle really struggling to serve receive too.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
paloalto - 10-24-2025
This is not looking good. I second a new setter suggestion.
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mbdude - 10-24-2025
agree about Parks and Pringle
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
Card10Fan - 10-24-2025
(10-24-2025, 03:40 PM)Card10Fan Wrote: Rubin in now. I assume wanted to give her a rest game but subpar performance in set 1 puts that in question. Can't afford to drop this game. I would like to see a new setter in too. Pringle really struggling to serve receive too.
Announcer commenting how Clemson team is celebrating after big plays and having fun. Stanford players are not.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
paloalto - 10-24-2025
Ok, thanks Clemson for bailing us out at the end of the second set.
Maybe Clemson didn't want to embarrass Stanford by sweeping them.
That ball was way in. Hambly will lose this challenge.
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mbdude - 10-24-2025
kind of embarrassing now
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
paloalto - 10-24-2025
Stanford is in trouble in the third set.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
TonyLima - 10-24-2025
Stanford has to start setting the ball away from Mia Moore.
RE: 2025 Women’s Volleyball -
paloalto - 10-24-2025
(10-24-2025, 03:54 PM)paloalto Wrote: I second a new setter suggestion.
Maybe Hambly is reading Cardboard.