2017 Women's Vball (B1G enough for its own thread)

[MarqHusker]

speaking of helmets...
2017 BIG TEN PRESEASON POLL

           Penn State

• Nebraska

• Minnesota

• Michigan State

• Wisconsin

• Purdue

• Michigan

• Ohio State

• Illinois

• Iowa

• Maryland

• Northwestern

• Indiana

• Rutgers

• 2017 PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL TEAM
  Ali Bastianelli, Illinois, Jr., MBJordyn Poulter, Illinois, Jr., SClaire Kieffer-Wright, Michigan, Sr., MBAlyssa Garvelink, Michigan State, Sr., MBAlexis Hart, Minnesota, So., OHMolly Lohman, Minnesota, Sr., MB*Samantha Seliger-Swenson, Minnesota, Jr., S*Mikaela Foecke, Nebraska. Jr., OHKelly Hunter, Nebraska, Sr., SAli Frantti, Penn State, Sr., OHSimone Lee, Penn State, Sr., OHHaleigh Washington, Penn State, Sr., MBDanielle Cuttino, Purdue, Sr., OHMolly Haggerty, Wisconsin, So., OHTionna Williams, Wisconsin, Jr., MB
  *unanimous

[MarqHusker]

	AVCA Pre
Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points Adjusted	2016 Record	2016 Final Rank
1	Texas (25)	1547	27-5	2
2	Stanford (35)	1533	27-7	1
3	Washington (2)	1370	29-5	7
4	Minnesota (2)	1349	29-5	3
5	Nebraska	1313	31-3	4
6	Penn State	1249	24-10	10
7	Wisconsin	1145	28-5	5
8	Kansas	1085	27-3	12
9	Creighton	1007	29-7	9
10	BYU	975	29-4	8
11	North Carolina	939	29-4	11
12	Florida	925	27-4	15
13	UCLA	866	27-7	6
14	Kentucky	654	23-8	23
15	Florida State	641	26-6	13
16	Michigan	615	24-11	14
17	Michigan State	523	25-9	19
18	Oregon	498	21-10	21
19	Missouri	424	27-6	16
20	Hawai'i	343	23-6	17
21	Ohio State	332	22-13	18
22	San Diego	287	24-6	22
23	Utah	203	20-12	25
24	Arizona	174	20-15	20
25	Purdue	147	19-14	RV

[ELA]

I think this (like hockey and baseball) has enough interest to have it's own thread too.

It's really soccer, wrestling, track, etc, where you get random posts here and there that don't need their own.  But during the fall, it seems like 80% of the Olympic thread is volleyball.  Probably because the Big Ten has been pretty good recently.

[FearlessF]

I attended the Red-White Volleyball scrimmage last Saturday night with my daughter after moving her into her apartment


good experience

[Brutus Buckeye]

I as well attended the Red and White scrimmage (OSU version) and had the entire student section to myself. I had never sat there before. Even as a student, I didn't dare enter that scrum.


They have a TV game on Friday @ BYU on their network.


I attended that game last year, in the Blue Jackets arena. They had to play a game there in order to host the Final Four in that venue. BYU came back from down 0-2 to win it in 5.

[MarqHusker]

Both Nebraska and UW have some potentially serious injury issues on their hands to open the season.

Nebraska's setter and returning AA Kelly Hunter may not start the season this weekend (matches at Florida and vs Oregon).

UW's returning AA  Molly Haggerty had back surgery over the summer and her status remains closely guarded to start the year.  Some pretty broad speculation about this as usual on the webs.  UW hosting the B1G v ACC challenge this weekend.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Both Nebraska and UW have some potentially serious injury issues on their hands to open the season.

Nebraska's setter and returning AA Kelly Hunter may not start the season this weekend (matches at Florida and vs Oregon).

UW's returning AA  Molly Haggerty had back surgery over the summer and her status remains closely guarded to start the year.  Some pretty broad speculation about this as usual on the webs.  UW hosting the B1G v ACC challenge this weekend.

No worries.

You guys have the greatest setter to ever play the game, just waiting in the wings.

[MarqHusker]

She is going to get her shot.


As an aside, I begin my vball coaching career tomorrow night for my daughter's 3rd/4th grade team.  I'm pretty sure we won't be having the kids set on night one.

[FearlessF]

No worries.

You guys have the greatest setter to ever play the game, just waiting in the wings.

She played well last Saturday evening

[Brutus Buckeye]

When she get's done with you, you guys are going to be asking "Kelly who?"


When the person that you are asking replies "Hunter" you will then inquire "Atherton?"

[Entropy]

http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/volleyball/big-ten-schools-have-put-resources-into-trying-to-be/article_cb51ea76-2130-53e6-a95f-08673d7dcabe.amp.html

Lincoln Journal Star on BIG Volleyball

[betarhoalphadelta]

Purdue coach Dave Shondell just got a 6 year extension...

[MarqHusker]

http://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/volleyball/peer-pressure-pushes-volleyball-coaches-to-recruit-phenoms-like-rylee/article_531ac426-8430-11e7-bb6e-03ec869ecc19.html
Peer Pressure Pushes Volleyball Coaches to Recruit Younger.

and

http://www.omaha.com/neprepzone/volleyball/twelve-glaring-problems-with-volleyball-s-early-recruiting-culture/article_c33e3720-8551-11e7-9928-a78a5df2c691.html
'12 glaring problems w/ vball early recruiting culture'.

two exceptional pieces on volleyball recruiting/early recruiting.

[Hawkinole]

I am thinking the Big Ten has some good teams, especially when Nebraska and Penn State are in the Top 10 nationally but not at the top of the Big Ten preseason rankings.


Iowa is up and coming, and has an excellent coach coming into his 3rd year. Bond Shymansky was 172-64 at Georgia Tech. He was 118-45 at Marquette. The turn around at Iowa is taking a little longer, but after two distinctly nonwinning seasons Iowa was 19-13 overall, and 9-11 in the Big Ten in 2016. Iowa has a lot of good high school girls volleyball players that in the past landed at other schools. I think it will turn around.


Bond Shymansky is an Iowa alum, to boot.