Katie is a quicker better blocker, sve has always hit a high % from the right
Im not sure how ella will hold up over 4 or 5 sets
Def an option
Previous Message
With the early season success she has shown, wonder if Tyler might be considering moving Katie back to the outside with Ella playing the middle? This would fortify the outside attack. Tyler took this approach last year with Kam and Katie.
Previous Message
have to say this has been a VERY STRONG mentally tough team, some of the play can be hard to watch, yet the team plays extremely determined, the errors could get to a lesser group of athletes, they don't let it affect the team play. it's fantastic to see, it really is a team that IMO has been better than the sum of it's parts.
we're gonna see how much more Tyler and staff can squeeze out of them, and I do think there is some solid upside with these hitters, I do believe they will improve. they almost came back and won set 3 when they looked like crap for much of it.
Giambi and HOff are stronger than they were two years ago under Joy, HOff has managed to develop a two serves she changes, she was nothing special in the past and now makes positive vs. negative plays.
Bacon has steadily improved the last two weeks, Lopez has finally got her sub serve on a better trajectory. Agi has improved her serve, Lomgoria is a great frosh, she might be conf frosh of the week. to win without Kennedy today says a lot.
still want Meyer to take more swings, not sure why she wasn't looking to do so today.
they may hit some bumps for sure, just this team trajectory is promising. Coaching IMO is top-notch. Tyler even got an overturn on an overturn today, I've never seen a double overturn of a call before in a match Previous Message
Good write up. Previous Message
& defeat old teammate Starr Williams 3-1,Williams actually came on strong 3rd and 4th sets when NMSU was giving us huge problems. they started handling our serves better, and 3 straight aces (out of nowhere) for NMSU changed the match to a nail biter
given Beach played no 5 setters in non-conference, I guess a long extended 4 set is the next best thing, and prevailing at that
Meyer was awesome sets 1-2, and then things went south.
Kennedy didn't play, not sure what that was about, she was on the sidelines, still Emma Lomgoria continued strong play, especially those first two sets
the glaring lid on the ceiling of this team is our OHs, simply way too many errors and it's as if each OH has a different issue with the errors they make
good to see Glenn have two solid outings, she and Agi at least look confident, even if they do pile up errors.
to me Karach lacks confidence, the swing looks great, I can't believe in practice does she paints a border 18" outside the outline cause she routinely hits way too many 18" too long, especially her and Agi on sharp left to right kill attempts. they shouldn't even hit that shot, 3 out of 4 have no chance. they hit the ball out almost every time, is it the pressure of the match? just don't do the shot, again I can't believe they are so bad with that shot in practice.
we are a very good team, and just have to trust that Tyler & Co. can work on the hitters pysches to go hard more, and also Agi and Karach at times get too 'cute' on out of position attempts, just get teh damn ball over.
we are throwing away 2 points each set with the lack of confidence and brain-fart attemps.
overall, it's a great team, 6-4 frankly I would have taken in a heartbeat before the season.
the serve-receive is the best for a Beach team in a decade. outstanding
by quirks of the schedule, we play the 4 toughest Big West teams the first two weeks and last two weeks, with frankly the in-between 10 matches against teams that have combined for a 15-48 record, ouch
gonna be challenged big-time next week, Poly can play extremely well, good blocking, albeit they are not a good receiving team, but then the first two sets today neither was NMSU, and then NMSU got that together last two sets. UCSB is on a roll and then UCSD and Hawaii. no more digging a hole to start the Big West.
have no idea who Tyler will roll out starting next week, good to have depth, but then all that depth on the outside are all hitting 0.150 or so, lol
138
Message Thread
« Back to index
on 9/20/2023, 1:03 pm, in reply to "