08-24-2023, 11:26 AM
Lengthy Volleyballmag.com article. This is as much hype as a team in any college sport will get. I will post some excerpts:
https://volleyballmag.com/stanford-ncaa-...ll-082423/
The only starter not on the list is redshirt-senior middle McKenna Vicini, who led Stanford in blocks last year with 40 more than Kipp. And Vicini led the Pac-12 in hitting percentage (.427).
Kipp, Miner and Oglivie might be the three best players at their respective positions in the nation; Kipp and Miner for sure;
The 6-foot Miner... has stayed healthy throughout her first two years as she’s established herself as the next great American setter... “Seriously, every single day in practice, I don’t even know how to describe it. Some balls she sets, it’s insane,” Rubin said.
Rubin laughed out loud at herself. “I didn’t think there was a lot I was going to learn in college, that I had reached that point and I was so wrong about that. That was awesome.”
On the topic of player's thoughts about traveling to play the best teams, here's a few quotes"
Stanford starts in Colorado, where it plays at Northern Colorado of the Big Sky on Friday and at the Mountain West’s Colorado State on Saturday. Then they’re home for No. 11 Florida of the SEC, and then it’s on to No. 1 Texas of the Big 12 in the most anticipated pre-conference match of the season.
Two days later Stanford goes to No. 23 Rice of the American Athletic Conference before returning home for a weekend in which it plays No. 7 Minnesota and No. 14 Ohio State of the Big Ten. And before the final Pac-12 season begins, Stanford is home for No. 5 Nebraska of the Big Ten and goes to No. 4 Louisville of the ACC.
“Kevin loves it, and we all love it, too,” Francis said.
“We wouldn’t have it any other way,” Miner said.
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https://volleyballmag.com/stanford-ncaa-...ll-082423/
The only starter not on the list is redshirt-senior middle McKenna Vicini, who led Stanford in blocks last year with 40 more than Kipp. And Vicini led the Pac-12 in hitting percentage (.427).
Kipp, Miner and Oglivie might be the three best players at their respective positions in the nation; Kipp and Miner for sure;
The 6-foot Miner... has stayed healthy throughout her first two years as she’s established herself as the next great American setter... “Seriously, every single day in practice, I don’t even know how to describe it. Some balls she sets, it’s insane,” Rubin said.
Rubin laughed out loud at herself. “I didn’t think there was a lot I was going to learn in college, that I had reached that point and I was so wrong about that. That was awesome.”
On the topic of player's thoughts about traveling to play the best teams, here's a few quotes"
Stanford starts in Colorado, where it plays at Northern Colorado of the Big Sky on Friday and at the Mountain West’s Colorado State on Saturday. Then they’re home for No. 11 Florida of the SEC, and then it’s on to No. 1 Texas of the Big 12 in the most anticipated pre-conference match of the season.
Two days later Stanford goes to No. 23 Rice of the American Athletic Conference before returning home for a weekend in which it plays No. 7 Minnesota and No. 14 Ohio State of the Big Ten. And before the final Pac-12 season begins, Stanford is home for No. 5 Nebraska of the Big Ten and goes to No. 4 Louisville of the ACC.
“Kevin loves it, and we all love it, too,” Francis said.
“We wouldn’t have it any other way,” Miner said.
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