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Post by kiyoat on May 17, 2018 13:34:30 GMT -6
Cal @ SCSC Aug 31 (Friday). I'll have to check my calendar for that one. I've never been to a USD V-ball match.
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Post by yoteforever on May 17, 2018 15:37:29 GMT -6
Be prepared to be hooked. It’s a great game to watch and our girls are pretty darned good.
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 16, 2018 14:08:11 GMT -6
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 16, 2018 14:24:14 GMT -6
Last year's RPIs and final standings....
2017RPI.........2017 Standings.......2018 preseason 57 Denver.......12-2 Denver............Denver 71 UND..........12-4 UND (BSC).......UND 106 ORU........11-3 ORU................Omaha? 145 NDSU......10-4 USD................USD 146 USD........9-5 NDSU...............ORU 225 Omaha.....7-7 Omaha.............PFW 246 PFW.........4-10 PFW................NDSU? 291 WIU.........3-11 WIU................SDSU 318 SDSU.......0-14 SDSU..............WIU
Interesting they would have Omaha so high, and the Bison so low. I have no insight on rosters, so there must have been some attrition for the Bison?
* edit: looks like Omaha had three freshman (2 MB and one DS) on the all-freshman team, with one making FOY. Obviously could be an up and coming team.
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 16, 2018 15:13:46 GMT -6
That's a decent position to put USD in considering we lose all-everything setter Jessen. Hopefully someone can step up at that position. Kind-of like the QB of a VB team. Looks like we have two freshman setters on the roster, Madison Jurgens and Abbey Pedersen. Big shoes to fill.
We still have our standout defensive specialist Rasmussen, and three good OH in Dotseth Lochen and Schmidt. We are losing three of our top-4 blockers in Law, Jessen and Kerns, so we will need others to step up there as well.
Could go either way, but I think we have good coaching, and a good culture. A GREAT venue for VB as well. Just need the fans to provide some oxygen to the fire...
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 16, 2018 16:28:00 GMT -6
I was bored and decided to take a look at Summit non-conference schedules. I didn't look at SDSU or WIU in the interests of time, and because they are really bad.
Average 2017 RPI of non-con: (# Home matches) 126 NDSU (1) 169 Denver (9) 175 ORU (0) 180 Omaha (3) 183 USD (3) 194 UND (3) 201 PFW (4)
Quadrant 1 matches: (#) NDSU: ...@ #7 Minnesota, vs. #37 UNI, vs. #47 Arkansas (3) Denver: .@ #10 Utah Omaha: vs. #34 Oregon St ORU: .....@ #36 Missouri USD .......@ #68 Central Ark UND .......@ #69 TCU PFW.........(0)
# Quadrant 1-2-3-4 matches NDSU ..(3-3-3-3) UND ....(1-4-2-8) ORU ....(1-2-5-4) USD ....(1-1-4-6) Omaha (1-2-2-7) Denver (1-1-3-7) PFW ....(0-2-4-7)
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 16, 2018 16:48:35 GMT -6
Not sure how Denver got 9 home games. NDSU has a brutal schedule. ORU's is tough too. No home games. UND has 15 games instead of the typical 12/13. USD has an average or slightly below average difficulty schedule.
non-con predictions:
13-2 UND 10-2 Denver 8-4 UNO 8-4 USD 8-5 PFW 7-5 ORU 7-6 WIU 7-6 SDSU 5-7 NDSU
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 24, 2018 8:06:55 GMT -6
VB season starts today at 10 AM. I think there might be an audio stream available.....
...found it.
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 24, 2018 9:25:31 GMT -6
^^ free live stream from UW Milwaukee, and/or live stats. Northwestern up 23-15 in first set... Northwestern wins first set 25-16
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 24, 2018 9:34:22 GMT -6
Good blocking has the Yotes competitive early in the 2nd set 5-4
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 24, 2018 10:12:05 GMT -6
Yotes win 2nd set! 25-20
down in the 3rd 7-12
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 24, 2018 10:16:05 GMT -6
Yotes coming back 11-13...
Yotes lose 3rd set 20-25. Gotta win the next...
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 24, 2018 10:33:30 GMT -6
#4 Madison Jurgens (RS Frosh) from Odell, NE appears to be the starting setter. 24 Assists thru 3 sets. Rassmussen with 13 Digs, Wilson and Dotseth with 8 kills each.
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 24, 2018 10:38:03 GMT -6
I just realized they are playing Northwestern, not Milwaukee..... oops. They are doing well against a team that finished last year #89 RPI in the toughest conference in D-1 Volleyball! Now up 8-5 in the 4th!
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Post by kiyoat on Aug 24, 2018 10:52:15 GMT -6
Coyotes up 16-12!
Taylor Wilson is hitting great! .474 percentage, 10 kills
This announcer is awesome for a student, knows the game well, and even has done some scouting for color commentary.
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