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Hi volleyball fans and welcome back to Volley

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Talk, the podcast created for volleyball lovers

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who want to dig deep into what is going on in

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NCAA and international volleyball. I'm your host

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Sarah Pavan. I'm an Olympian, beach volleyball

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world champion, former Nebraska Cornhusker, and

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longtime pro both indoor and on the beach. And

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I'm Adam Schultz, former indoor player, international

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volleyball coach, and the show's resident stat

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guy. We had a bit of a slow week this week. PVF

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was wrapping up their regular season play. And

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quite frankly, the games didn't really mean anything

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because the top four were decided on Sunday.

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They were nothing games. Yeah. And in addition

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to that, the NCAA men were preparing for their

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championship tournament that is happening this

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coming weekend. So I would probably say the biggest

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excitement was coming from Istanbul with the

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Women's Champions League Final Four, but that's

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just my opinion. Which also turned out to be

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somewhat disappointing, but we'll get into that

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later. Yeah, we'll talk about that in a bit.

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But with the PVF and NCAA men having their season

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-ending tournaments coming up, we are going to

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go through a bit of a preview of each of those.

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kind of go through what we're expecting, what

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we're looking forward to from those events. So

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we're really excited to dive in. So let's get

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started. The NCAA Volleyball Transfer Portal

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opened again. last weekend and it will be open

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for about a month I went through I've been getting

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a lot of messages from people about this first

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of all so thank you to everybody who keeps me

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in the know you know what I mean but I also went

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through the like spreadsheet of what they have

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going on and picked out some of the the notable

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transfers that have decided to enter the portal

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so To start off from Michigan, Valentina Vallette

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is leaving. She was a starter for them, their

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ace leader. I understand Michigan isn't like

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a Big Ten contender usually, but she played a

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big role for them, so she's leaving. And freshman

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middle blocker Logan Wiley is leaving Georgia

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Tech. I was really curious what was going to

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happen with... Georgia Tech as a program in general

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just given we watched some of the coaching interactions

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well they have actually like three or four players

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that have entered now well no and I know that

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that had happened and I was curious were we going

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to see all of the fallout all at once was it

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going to happen slowly I think that seemed like

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a From the outside, it seemed like a volatile

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situation last season. So I'm not surprised about

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this at all. Logan Wiley was definitely like

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the standout of the people on the list because

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she was a starter. So interesting stuff there.

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Now we're coming up to the three biggest shocks

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for me. First of all, Kennedy Martin is leaving

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Florida. I am both. I'm both surprised and not

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surprised at the same time with this one. Well,

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here's the thing. And I don't know any of the

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juice. Word on the street is, and I got to thank

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my sources for this. Word on the street is that

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her NIL agent is trying to get her a million

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dollars to go somewhere. He better be damn sure

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that he can get her that because you enter the

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portal. I'm sorry. As a coach, if somebody enters

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the portal, you can't take that player back.

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When I get Mary Wise retired, she was probably

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a huge draw and a huge reason that Kennedy Martin

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went to Florida. I get it. But a million dollars?

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Come on. There's only a handful of players making

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that professionally in the world. You guys know

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how I feel about the NIL money being thrown around.

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Other than slightly jealous? A little. Like,

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Tori Stafford didn't take near that amount, okay?

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I'm sorry. I mean, she, next to Olivia Babcock,

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might be the best pure point scorer in the NCAA

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right now. Adam, a million dollars. Like, you're

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a child. You're, like, what, 20 years old? It

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just sets you up to fail professionally, in my

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opinion, because it's like you're making that

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in college. The percentage of athletes, good

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athletes, that make that professionally is so

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small. There's a very select group. And it's

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like, you're not... Are you going to peak in

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college? A lot of people will. I hope along with

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her NIL agent, she's got a very good financial

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planner. Well, if that happens for her, I am

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going to be on the floor over here. No. Anyway,

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that's what she's asking for. We'll see if she

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gets it. I will be shocked if she does, but that's

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just me. Lola Schumacher is leaving Wisconsin.

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You had to think that one of the Liberos was

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going to leave. Gushikin already left in January.

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That's the confusing thing. Oh, I forgot about

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that. That was not on the top. Yeah, Miley Chan

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is like the one that's left. So Gushikin left

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because Schumacher took her Libero spot as a

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freshman. She had the spot locked down, but this

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is another source that told me. Apparently, Schumacher

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was told, yeah, you're not going to play this

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year, so you're better off just leaving. Who

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do you have coming in? Because, like, I saw Wisconsin

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play a lot this year, and I also saw them play

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when Guttgen and Schumacher were both out with

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injury or concussion. Didn't look great. Well,

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they definitely needed to shore up their ball

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control. That was a real issue. They better have

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somebody hiding in the weeds somewhere. That's

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tough. You lose both liberos, and it was a position

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of weakness for you last year. Well, not to mention,

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apparently you told her to leave. Yeah. Well,

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all of that stuff you got to take with a grain

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of salt, I think. Well, I'm just telling you

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what my sources reveal. You know what I mean?

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I don't have any sources. Well, here's the last

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one. Mariana Singletary is leaving Texas. The

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middle blocker. She was only a sophomore, I think.

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When they got her going, she was very good. This

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one I'm confused about because Texas has money.

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They're a good program. She was good with them

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last year. Well, Texas dished out the money to

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Tori Stafford. So I'm curious, like you have

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to think that, and this is the problem with paying

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players in college, right? When nobody's making

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any money, you guys are all in the trenches together,

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sweating, bleeding, working towards something.

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Crying at times. When you now have salaries with

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players who come in who you think you're better

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than and all of that, like the team dynamics

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just shift. If she wanted something and got nothing.

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Is that a reason to give the program a screw

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you, I'm going somewhere else? These are the

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interesting team dynamics that come up when these

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salaries start getting out and when your teammates

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start showing up in very expensive cars to school

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and things like that. And we're not saying that

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it is a money -related decision for her leaving.

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We understand that there are lots of reasons

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that athletes decide to enter the transfer portal,

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but this one for me was... The last three for

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me, well, again, Mary Wise leaving. Okay, fine.

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Yeah, I'm confused by this one as well. Well,

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we'll see where they all end up. If anybody has

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the juice, you know where to find me. But yeah,

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we'll see what comes up as the weeks progress

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here because I wasn't expecting this at this

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point. So the overseas leagues are wrapping up.

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So we just wanted to highlight a couple of the

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results from those leagues based on where our

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listeners are tuning in from. So in Brazil, Osasco

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won the Superliga for women. The men's match

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is actually happening as we record. But Osasco

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beat Seze Bauru 3 -1 in the final. And actually,

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former Nebraska player Callie Schwarzenbach plays

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on that team. So a little bit of a... An NCAA

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connection there. Resho won the... I said that

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wrong, I know. The Toron Liga, the women's league

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in Poland. They beat Woods, who we talked about

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for some Champions League matches, three matches

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to zero. That's a tough look when you qualify

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for Champions League. Well, Resho actually made

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it to the same level as them, but they got absolutely

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hammered by Conigliano. And that's fair. I mean,

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the Koenig is a very good team, but to lose 3

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-0 in that is maybe a little surprising because

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I thought Lodz was decent when we watched them.

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Oh, yeah, they were good. They were good for

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sure. The men's league is still finishing up,

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so we'll see what happens there. Zenit Kazan

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won the Russian men's league, and Kaliningrad

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won the women's league. Kazan is a powerhouse.

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I'm not shocked that they won, but I'm actually

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surprised that Kaliningrad won. I expected Kazan

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to win that one too. But that happened. And Osaka

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Marvelous won the Japanese Women's League. Men's

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League is still happening. There's a pattern

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here, everybody, okay? Does the women's champions

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or international season start before the men's?

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Is that why the women's teams wrap up? I want

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to say for VNL, they alternate weeks. So it's

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like women, men, women, men. And then on the

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off week, they like travel and stuff. So I do

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think the women go first. Got it. Which is why

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they're like a week ahead in their leagues. But

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if you've been following the Italian league,

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Civita Nova and Trento are tied 1 -1 in that

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final. Match three is actually happening as we're

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recording this. We watched that match. What were

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your, give me your highlighted thoughts. Trento

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did not look good. I expected them to look way

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better. Well, they got smashed. Smashed. They

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got aced so many times by one guy. It was. And

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Moni Nikolov's brother actually plays for Chivita

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Nova, which was interesting to watch him play.

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Yeah, it was a very lopsided game. I was not

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expecting that. I was expecting Trento to have

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something going on, but it was. It was not a

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fun game to watch. It was a lot of errors, very

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one -sided. I think I fell asleep, actually.

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You might have. Yeah, so that, I mean, they both

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have won now. We'll see what happens with the

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third match, but I was pretty disappointed in

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the caliber of the match itself. I mean, Chivita

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Nova's on one. They stormed back against Perugia,

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so they're definitely on a roll here. But, like,

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Trento has... the consistency throughout the

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season. I think their right side played really

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well. I think their one middle played well. Their

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libero struggled, in my opinion. Oh, horribly.

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So hopefully they will get it together when they

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go back to Trento, where they are right now.

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But definitely tune in to those matches if you're

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interested in that. And finally, the Champions

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League Final Four for women has been happening

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again. The final is happening as we record this,

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but in the semis, Corneliano beat Milano in four.

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And probably the shock to viewers everywhere

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was Scandici absolutely demolished VAC of Bank

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3 -0. Okay, so let's talk about these a little

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bit. We'll give a brief highlight for those people

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who are interested and maybe didn't get a chance

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to watch. Conigliano has beat Milano 16 times

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in a row, I believe, is the current record. This

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was the 16th time, yes. And I haven't watched

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all 16, but... We've watched probably... We've

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watched maybe five of them. Five, the last five.

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This was the closest Milano has come to beating

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them. And quite frankly, I think they threw away

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a couple opportunities. Milano started incredibly

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well. They got leads. Canigliano was a little

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sluggish at the beginning. Milano managed to

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find leads in almost all of the sets that we

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watched. Maybe all of them except one. And I

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think the disappointing thing, without going

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into too much detail, is I thought most of the

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team played incredibly well, minus Iganu. She

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was real bad. She needed to be okay. And I think

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they win that match given the current state of

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things. Oh, yeah. They were so, they were like

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pretty close. And she was awful. I don't think

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I've seen her play that poorly this season. She

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was set 42 times in those four sets. She had

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13 kills. She had seven errors and four blocks.

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Or she was blocked four times. She didn't get

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the block. She almost hit zero. That's, I'm sorry.

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I believe she was the highest paid player on

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the court. And I mean, she wasn't very good in

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the finals of the Italian League where these

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two teams played as well. She just looked disengaged.

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I totally agree. Tipping balls that she needed

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to swing on. And we talked about the setting

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in one of the final matches that maybe people

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weren't in rhythm, but she started well. She

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was very good early. I think she scored four

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of their first six points. Correct. So I looked

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at her and I watched the beginning of that set

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and I thought, okay, she's grooving today. We're

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going to have a game. And it just went. downhill

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for her real quick and i did not think the setting

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was an issue i thought their left sides played

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well i thought the naze played well they had

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a really good team strategy going they put them

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in some trouble they were tipping the hog all

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of the adjustments their defensive adjustment

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was way better like their defensive positioning

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was so much better than in the final it it was

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so disappointing because it's like I understand

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that she's had a heavy load all season and she

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has been the one that's expected to score, but

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I'm sorry that A comes with your position and

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B comes with how much you're making. Okay? Like,

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sorry. Yeah, you're the show. Be it. Yeah, if

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I'm the Milano front office, I'm pretty disappointed

00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:36.980
at this point because we shelled out for a point

00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:41.039
scorer and all of your teammates showed up and...

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you couldn't even be decent. And I think the

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thing that bothered me the most was she looked

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disengaged. Like she started fired up when she

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was playing well, and then when things didn't

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go well. And when they made a comeback in set

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four, she was into it again. Yeah, the things

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that you control, you need to be engaged with

00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:04.080
your team. You're not going to have an all -world

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match all the time, but the attitude when things

00:16:07.059 --> 00:16:09.460
weren't going well for her and kind of the disengagement,

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.100
like that's... You're in a Final Four. You had

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a chance to win against a team that pretty much

00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:17.259
never loses. Well, she has such a good history

00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:19.220
in the Champions League, too. Like, this could

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:23.820
have been her sixth final in a row. Like, that's

00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:28.120
an incredible, you know, career so far. Five

00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:31.179
Champions League finals in a row. And she just,

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:35.320
yeah, it wasn't good. But I thought Kazot showed

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up. Played really well. Played really well. I

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:41.539
thought Daldorov, like, held her own. The middles,

00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:44.519
they ran the middles more, specifically Danezy,

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and she was very good. I was confused why Miriam

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.659
Silla was on the bench. We talked about that

00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:54.500
in the final, because when she came on, she brought

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:57.419
the energy that they needed, and she was passing

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decently, she was scoring. I was just really

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confused about the decision to start her on the

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bench. She barely played. Yeah, and she did a

00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:08.480
good job when she came in. I'm thinking maybe

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:11.319
ball control. If Iganu was scoring some points,

00:17:11.380 --> 00:17:14.000
then the other left sides were decent. But I

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think they needed... That was the one thing.

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I think they needed to put her in earlier when

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Iganu was struggling to score points because

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Scylla's got... She's a little bit more wild,

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but she's got a heavier arm. She puts defenses

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in a little more trouble than the other left

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sides do. And Corleone wasn't bad. But they weren't...

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I think their setter struggled. I thought their

00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:39.259
setter struggled. Hawk struggled from the service

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line. Like, she didn't generate as much pressure

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as she did in other matches. I thought Zhu Ting

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started slowly. Like, there was some passing

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trouble at the beginning. I feel like that's

00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:49.779
a pattern with her. She kind of, like, takes

00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:51.759
a while to warm up into the match, and then she's

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:54.880
incredible. Yeah. But she cost them early, like,

00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:58.359
unsettable balls out of system stuff from her

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early, which... And Gabi was not being put in

00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:04.180
good positions to score. Like, too far off the

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:08.839
net, too tight. Like, she was getting blocked

00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:11.559
and making errors. But honestly, watching, I'm

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:13.720
like, these balls are not in a position. Like,

00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:15.940
they just looked a bit out of rhythm. Yeah, I

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agree. Now, the thing for Canigliano, and if

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it wasn't for their libero in those matches,

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she covered and extended some plays. They were

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down by four or five points, and it could have

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.779
easily been six or seven if she didn't make some

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:36.440
spectacular covers, some great digs. And let

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:38.680
me tell you, most importantly, and you're going

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to smile when I say this, her out -of -system

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setting to Hawk. Amen. They, Conigliano, got

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:50.480
out of trouble by their libero putting Hawk in

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a position to score when there were three blocks

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and Hawk delivered. That kept the margin close

00:18:56.819 --> 00:18:59.000
enough in a few sets, honestly. She was outstanding.

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:02.420
Where their other players could kind of come

00:19:02.420 --> 00:19:05.900
in and find some rhythm. And without her, they

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:08.059
don't win that match, in my opinion. Coming off

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:10.000
of a week where we just talked about how coverage

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:13.559
isn't as prominent in the women's game for Liberos,

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:18.019
she proved me wrong. Moki Dajunaru was all over

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:21.279
the place. Like, so good. And if you're a club

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:26.119
coach... I cannot stress to you enough the importance

00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:28.539
of having your liberos be consistent setters.

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Train it. Train it all day. Like, obviously,

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:33.160
they're going to learn to pass and play defense,

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but train that setting because, man, I can't

00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.960
say enough good things about liberos who can

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.220
set. It was, you know, I think everybody expected

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:44.660
Conegliano to win this match, but Milano made

00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:48.680
it interesting and had a shot to win. I enjoyed

00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:51.730
watching this one. The game that I did not enjoy

00:19:51.730 --> 00:19:53.990
watching so much was Vacav Bank and Scandici.

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Going into this, I was so certain that Vacav

00:20:00.009 --> 00:20:03.430
Bank was going to absolutely crush Scandici,

00:20:03.470 --> 00:20:07.109
and it was opposite day. The complete opposite

00:20:07.109 --> 00:20:09.309
happened. If I had bet on this match, I would

00:20:09.309 --> 00:20:11.289
have lost so much money. That's how convinced

00:20:11.289 --> 00:20:13.450
I was that Vacav Bank was going to roll through

00:20:13.450 --> 00:20:17.299
this. Let me toss out the set scores. for a little

00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:20.200
bit of perspective here, okay? Scandicci won

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:27.119
three straight, 25 -12. That should never happen

00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:30.599
in a Final Four anything. That should never happen

00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:36.200
in Champions League, right? 25 -12, 25 -19, 25

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:45.599
-21. It was awful. It was... To be fair, Scandici

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:49.619
showed up. It was a full team performance. Absolutely.

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:53.000
Everybody on the court, you could tell, wanted

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:55.940
that match. They were engaged. They were dialed

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:59.460
in. The game plan was tight. Like, everybody

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:05.140
for Scandici played well. And honestly, nobody

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:08.700
could get going for Vakafeng. Absolutely no one.

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:13.240
It was... I don't think I've seen... such a team

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:16.160
like a complete team meltdown it just they looked

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:18.019
like they just didn't even know what to do they

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:21.240
were so exasperated they were just like i like

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:25.160
what what do we do now yeah it was it was wild

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:31.259
now herbots and antropova antropova for uh scandici

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:36.160
yeah were untouchable all world herbots was set

00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:41.240
20 times and had 11 kills on one air And honestly,

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:43.559
it seemed like she got set so much more because

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:50.099
of how efficient she was and her energy. Completely.

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:54.539
And Antropova, her numbers weren't amazing. So

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:58.000
she was set 31 times. She had 15 kills, so she

00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:00.539
scored a lot of points. She had five errors and

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:03.099
three blocks. But for me, the thing was, any

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:06.180
time that Vakith Bank kind of generated any momentum,

00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:08.980
she was able to score and put an end to that.

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:13.640
Scandici didn't make a ton of mistakes as a team.

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:16.099
Other than that, seven total attacking errors,

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:20.420
five of them from Antropova. Whoa. I mean, she's

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:23.759
the opposite. Right. So Scandici was very clean

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:25.980
as a team, and they needed somebody to take some

00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:28.700
risks, and she showed up, and she served incredibly

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:31.200
well as well, put them under pressure. Those

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:34.279
two were fantastic. So the difference for me

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:40.220
in watching, it was Vakavbank could not. get

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:43.299
Scandici out of system. They were not putting

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:45.859
enough service pressure on them. So Scandici

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:50.220
could do whatever they wanted. And Scandici also

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:54.720
completely dismantled VacavBank's service Eve.

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:59.099
VacavBank was setting every ball from like 20

00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:01.660
feet off the net. Their passing just completely

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:04.880
fell apart. And that's the difference, ladies

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:07.200
and gentlemen. If you're a kid who plays volleyball,

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:10.009
serve and pass. It might be boring. But serve

00:23:10.009 --> 00:23:12.210
and pass all day, every day. It'll help you win.

00:23:12.369 --> 00:23:15.470
I loved how they kind of zigzagged the seams.

00:23:15.690 --> 00:23:18.470
So the back of the bank libero, I thought, struggled.

00:23:18.690 --> 00:23:22.490
Yeah. And they would go from five into one seam,

00:23:22.569 --> 00:23:24.509
cutting over one shoulder. Then they would switch.

00:23:24.569 --> 00:23:26.829
They would go to the other side, force her into

00:23:26.829 --> 00:23:29.910
another seam. And it looked like her responsibility

00:23:29.910 --> 00:23:32.569
was to pass both seams, which is fair. Like,

00:23:32.609 --> 00:23:35.900
lots of liberos do that. They attacked those

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:37.700
seams. There were a couple times where players

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:40.440
were looking at each other. I thought the game

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:43.640
plan that Scandicci had coming in was incredibly

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:46.859
well thought out and very well executed from

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:51.119
a team perspective. 100%. And Markova, for the

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:55.240
first half, I would say, completely struggled.

00:23:55.900 --> 00:24:00.339
Got served off the court. I saw her just swing

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:03.940
at a ball to pass and miss it. Correct. Could

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:07.519
not score. Kira Van Rijk is their other point

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:10.779
scorer. Could not find the court. Like, when

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:14.559
your two point scorers just are nowhere to be

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:17.480
found, plus your serve -receive is that bad,

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:20.980
like, it's not a recipe for success. Well, Van

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:24.480
Rijk hit negative. She had 12 sets before she

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:27.539
got pulled off. She had four kills, four errors,

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:31.400
and was blocked once. And Markova... was set

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:34.640
29 times. She had 10 kills, but she had five

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:38.619
errors and one block, or was blocked one time.

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:42.519
So just not particularly efficient, and they

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:45.640
didn't pass well enough to run the middle, and

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:49.640
just nothing. It just really highlighted what

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:53.599
a difference good serve -receive can do for you,

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:58.299
and good serving, because it was just, I felt

00:24:58.299 --> 00:25:01.059
bad for them almost, you know? You've got to

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.960
show up and you've got to be ready to play. And

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:05.640
they did not execute. Honestly, if Scandicci

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:07.299
plays the way they did against back of bank,

00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:11.339
they could push Conigliano. Again, I could probably

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:14.279
check the score right now. But, I mean, Conigliano,

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:17.960
when they're all playing well, are virtually

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:22.000
untouchable. But Scandicci was pretty flawless.

00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:24.420
It'll be hard to replicate that performance.

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:27.900
Well, Scandici's never made a Champions League

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:30.400
final. Final four, even. This was their first

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:32.599
one. Yeah, so making the finals, that's a huge

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:36.980
win for them. I'm curious to see, can they replicate

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:40.640
that performance? I think for them, they have

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:44.319
to make Conigliano match and beat them. I think

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:46.160
Conigliano has more high -end talent. They're

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:48.480
better overall. Their budget is just off the

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:52.480
charts. But, I mean... Good for Scandicci. You

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:54.440
had an opportunity. You came in. You were the

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:56.819
underdog, and you stuck it to him. All right,

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:59.980
so if we look to the NCAA men's tournament, the

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:03.579
finals will be this coming week, but we saw the

00:26:03.579 --> 00:26:06.980
play -in match for the seven seed, which in and

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.759
of itself is a head -scratcher. I don't know,

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:10.740
man. That happened over this weekend, and we

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:14.259
saw Penn State beat Damon 3 -0. I don't think

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:16.779
that's surprising. I mean, is it? Like, Penn

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:21.799
State? I understand that Penn State, I've got

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.559
it out for Penn State this season. We've ripped

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:27.519
them throughout the year, and rightly so. They've

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:30.740
been terrible. But they righted the ship towards

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:34.759
the end of the season, and they're just a more

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:36.819
storied program than Damon. They have better

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:39.039
athletes. They see better competition. They're

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:41.460
more prepared. I can't say I'm surprised with

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:44.539
this result. Overall, overseas is where it was

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:47.819
at this week. A little slower as the leagues

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:51.069
finish up and we start to... head into VNL season,

00:26:51.369 --> 00:26:54.289
but some exciting volleyball nonetheless. So

00:26:54.289 --> 00:26:59.089
if you want to find it anywhere, YouTube, CEV,

00:26:59.329 --> 00:27:03.769
Eurovolley TV, Volleyball World TV, lots of great

00:27:03.769 --> 00:27:06.910
options. But, I mean, it's always a good week

00:27:06.910 --> 00:27:09.230
when there's some volleyball. All right, so we

00:27:09.230 --> 00:27:14.470
are heading into PVF Championship Weekend. So

00:27:14.470 --> 00:27:16.690
given the fact there was not a lot going on this

00:27:16.690 --> 00:27:19.910
week that was meaningful, What we thought we

00:27:19.910 --> 00:27:23.950
would do was we would break down the semifinal

00:27:23.950 --> 00:27:26.730
matches, make some predictions, and talk about

00:27:26.730 --> 00:27:30.269
the showdowns and the teams going into the Final

00:27:30.269 --> 00:27:31.829
Four this weekend. I'm not sure we're allowed

00:27:31.829 --> 00:27:33.849
to say that. The championship weekend. I think

00:27:33.849 --> 00:27:36.670
Final Four is copyrighted. Probably. Or trademarked.

00:27:37.190 --> 00:27:42.690
So we have Omaha and Indy playing in one semi,

00:27:42.829 --> 00:27:46.150
and we have Atlanta and Orlando playing in the

00:27:46.150 --> 00:27:51.089
other semi. This is based on what we have heard

00:27:51.089 --> 00:27:53.309
the tie -break procedure is because Omaha and

00:27:53.309 --> 00:27:56.309
Atlanta actually do play today. And if Atlanta

00:27:56.309 --> 00:27:59.450
wins, both teams will have the same number of

00:27:59.450 --> 00:28:02.390
wins. And so from our understanding, it then

00:28:02.390 --> 00:28:07.089
goes to that point thing that they haven't used

00:28:07.089 --> 00:28:09.150
and we've been confused about, which Omaha has

00:28:09.150 --> 00:28:12.490
a steady lead in that. So if we're wrong and

00:28:12.490 --> 00:28:14.750
this doesn't happen and these aren't the matchups,

00:28:14.809 --> 00:28:18.109
just disregard. But from everything that I have

00:28:18.109 --> 00:28:22.029
been led to believe, if there is a tie in total

00:28:22.029 --> 00:28:25.450
season wins, it goes to the points. So I'm assuming

00:28:25.450 --> 00:28:28.210
regardless, Omaha's going to finish first. So

00:28:28.210 --> 00:28:30.150
that definitely makes logical sense to me. It

00:28:30.150 --> 00:28:33.349
makes logical sense, but we have been surprised

00:28:33.349 --> 00:28:37.289
before. Okay, so let's look at the team stats

00:28:37.289 --> 00:28:39.170
from a high level, and then we can drill down

00:28:39.170 --> 00:28:43.140
to some of the players and positions. The season

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:46.660
record between Omaha and Indy is tilted in Omaha's

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:49.480
favor. So Omaha won the first two meetings 3

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:53.619
-0, 3 -0. They won the third meeting 3 -2, so

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:55.940
it was a little closer. But Indy won the last

00:28:55.940 --> 00:29:01.880
meeting 3 -0. A little bit of a swing as the

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:05.240
seasons progress. Yeah, so I think that is interesting.

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:09.700
If you lose all four matches to one team, you

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:11.799
don't really have a great mentality or mindset

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:15.339
going in. But having won the last one and having

00:29:15.339 --> 00:29:18.480
played them tighter in the one before that, this

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.240
is definitely a match that I think Indy believes

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.920
they can win. I would agree with that, yeah.

00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:27.220
Now, if we look at the statistics across the

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:32.000
teams, are very close. So kill percentage is...

00:29:32.440 --> 00:29:38.019
36 .3 % for Omaha and 36 .7 % for Indy. So pretty

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:40.839
much exactly the same. And actually, the stats

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:43.039
across the board for the teams are very close

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:46.740
on the season whole. So kill efficiency, Omaha

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:50.859
has a slight lead. They're 24 .3 % versus 22

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:54.259
% for Indy, but within a reasonable margin there.

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:56.880
And then everything else is pretty close. So

00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:01.680
Omaha is 0 .77 aces per set. Indy's at .84, so

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:03.900
they have a slight serving edge, which I think

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:07.440
is going to be important in this matchup. The

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:13.099
blocks are 2 .64 for Omaha, 2 .5 for Indy. So,

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:17.460
again, super close. Again, digs per set, Omaha

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:21.880
is 16 .64 and Indy is 16 .53. This is actually

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:24.799
crazy how close these teams are. Yeah, the teams

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:28.960
are very, very similar statistically. So this

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:32.640
is going to be, and with a one -off playoff,

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:34.680
which is something we've talked about. Not our

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:37.279
favorite. Anything can happen. Who's going to

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:39.559
get hot? Which players are you going to look

00:30:39.559 --> 00:30:43.240
at? So I was thinking. Let's kind of just talk

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:45.819
quickly. Let's compare the setters. Let's compare

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:48.779
the liberos. Let's see where we think there'll

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:52.480
be some edges and kind of go from there. So from

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:56.640
a setting standpoint, where are you at? I think

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:58.819
everybody knows my feelings on Sydney Hilly throughout

00:30:58.819 --> 00:31:02.099
the season, but I think she's leading the league.

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:08.319
You know, she's big, so she's not a liability

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:11.099
at the net. She's like I said leading the leading

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:14.859
in assists per set I think or just total assists.

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:19.339
She has become more consistent as the season

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:22.180
has gone on and we talked about that with Indy

00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:24.839
early as they would always play the set one set

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:26.980
two really well and then just like disappear

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:29.559
but clearly they've like cleaned that up a bit.

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:34.319
So I'm giving the setter heavy weight to Indy.

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:39.599
I agree with that. I think that Valentina is

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:43.420
Valentina Anderson. She's consistent. She works

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:48.480
hard. She's fiery. Yeah. I think the only, you

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:50.380
know, we've talked about Sydney Hilly fading

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:55.000
down the stretch and she has done a good job

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:58.859
of negating that, but does it happen under pressure

00:31:58.859 --> 00:32:03.559
in moments, you know, down the stretch? Well,

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:06.759
I would say that that question could kind of

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:10.769
be, opposed to the teams in general because like

00:32:10.769 --> 00:32:13.789
Omaha won the whole thing last year Indy's the

00:32:13.789 --> 00:32:16.849
expansion team they haven't been here before

00:32:16.849 --> 00:32:21.210
granted Omaha has some young players on their

00:32:21.210 --> 00:32:23.450
roster who weren't necessarily a part of that

00:32:23.450 --> 00:32:25.690
team but they had they have a couple that returned

00:32:25.690 --> 00:32:30.650
but like Indy they all are new to that program

00:32:30.650 --> 00:32:35.039
so yeah I think that'll be something to watch.

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:37.059
I think that Sydney Hilly definitely has the

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:40.960
potential to outset Anderson in this match. What

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:42.759
are your thoughts about the libero position?

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:46.200
We know Adam's thoughts. His favorite libero

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:49.240
of all time, Elena Scott, plays for Indy. Honestly,

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:53.700
I think Elena Scott's better. Okay, so we've

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:57.559
given the setting and the libero edge to Indy,

00:32:57.579 --> 00:33:00.279
and I think that that's probably accurate in

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:04.119
my opinion. I agree. But what about the middle

00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:06.339
position? I don't know. I think the middle battle

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:10.579
is kind of balanced. I think the Indy middles

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:14.200
are very strong blockers, but they kind of fade

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:18.000
off in the offensive side. Omaha's middles are

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:20.140
also very good blockers, and I think they're

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:22.740
more offensive, but from what I've seen, they

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:25.220
don't run them enough, so it's kind of a moot

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:27.559
point if they're not going to set them. I think

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:30.319
this game is going to be won or lost in the middle.

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:35.000
I think I agree with you. I think they're both

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:37.940
or all four of them are very good blockers. And

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:41.000
so whoever can hold the middle of the court,

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:43.380
now you can do it by running the middle or by

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:45.960
running the pipe over top. But whoever can make

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:48.200
life difficult for the other team's middles,

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:50.519
I think is going to get an edge in this series.

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:53.460
And that's passing and decision making and the

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:56.910
middle's ability to be. available i think that's

00:33:56.910 --> 00:33:59.430
something that is going to be key in this matchup

00:33:59.430 --> 00:34:01.930
and now let's talk about we'll talk about the

00:34:01.930 --> 00:34:06.390
outside hitter cores so and this is where i think

00:34:06.390 --> 00:34:10.130
things get interesting which which group of outside

00:34:10.130 --> 00:34:13.190
hitters do you like better and so let's real

00:34:13.190 --> 00:34:17.150
quick we have brooke noneveller who's probably

00:34:17.150 --> 00:34:21.099
been the league standout in this one So she's

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:23.820
going to play a key role. Regan Cooper, we're

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:27.380
looking at Emily Laundot. They have Allie Batenhorst.

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:30.199
How would you compare that to Nina Chayich, to

00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:33.440
Azani Teeler, to Anna DeBeer? I mean, obviously

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:37.119
they're missing Lector Membermena, which is tough

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:40.940
for them. But I think Azani Teeler has really

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:44.280
elevated her performance since Membermena went

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:47.409
down. She's the wild card to me. She has come

00:34:47.409 --> 00:34:50.210
on very strong in the last half of the season.

00:34:50.670 --> 00:34:56.730
Honestly, as a core, I prefer Indy's core, but

00:34:56.730 --> 00:35:01.829
Nunaviller has held things down for Omaha all

00:35:01.829 --> 00:35:05.150
season. There have been a lot of inconsistencies

00:35:05.150 --> 00:35:07.409
with the second outside position, with the right

00:35:07.409 --> 00:35:11.210
side position for Omaha, but she has shown up

00:35:11.210 --> 00:35:14.869
consistently night after night. I think as a

00:35:14.869 --> 00:35:18.190
group, there's less pressure on one individual

00:35:18.190 --> 00:35:21.349
for Indy, but I do think that Brooke Nunneveller

00:35:21.349 --> 00:35:24.110
is capable of carrying the load because she has

00:35:24.110 --> 00:35:28.730
proven it if her teammates aren't having a great

00:35:28.730 --> 00:35:31.469
night. I think Teeler is going to have to be

00:35:31.469 --> 00:35:37.389
very good for them to win. And she's definitely

00:35:37.389 --> 00:35:43.320
capable, but does she show up? in this specific

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:45.679
match, because she's going to have to score a

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:48.260
ton of their points. You know I like Anna DeBeer.

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:53.760
She's consistent. She's not going to kill you

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:55.659
in the match, but I don't think she's going to

00:35:55.659 --> 00:36:00.179
win you the match. Nina is very good, but I don't

00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:02.500
think she's super terminal. She scores points,

00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:05.199
but she's not getting balls at a system and swinging

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:07.539
to score. Like, Teeler's going to have to do

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:09.780
that, in my opinion. So who do you think is going

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.980
to win? I think Indy's going to win. You heard

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:15.619
it here first, everybody. I think they have the

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:19.000
momentum. I think they're kind of the underdogs.

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:21.500
I think there's a lot of uncertainty around Omaha.

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:24.420
What do you mean? We don't need to get into that

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:30.039
here. My one caveat to that will be if Brooke

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:32.719
can single -handedly win the match, and that's

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:34.780
a definite possibility having watched her play

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:38.900
this season. So if Indy can make life difficult

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:41.849
for Brooke, I think they have a very good shot

00:36:41.849 --> 00:36:45.030
at winning. If they can get Omaha out of system

00:36:45.030 --> 00:36:49.110
and just camp out on Nunavut or on the block,

00:36:49.329 --> 00:36:51.690
I think she'll have trouble scoring. All right,

00:36:51.730 --> 00:36:56.449
so let's move on to the Atlanta -Orlando match,

00:36:56.690 --> 00:36:59.110
which I think is pretty interesting. If we look

00:36:59.110 --> 00:37:03.409
at the season history, so Orlando won the first

00:37:03.409 --> 00:37:07.789
meeting of the season 3 -0. Orlando won the second

00:37:07.789 --> 00:37:11.139
meeting of the season. 3 -2. But then Atlanta

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:17.280
won the last two, 3 -1 and 3 -0. So Orlando started

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:19.900
well, Atlanta finished strong. Which we've seen.

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:23.300
Yeah. And if we look at the team statistics,

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:25.420
again, they're incredibly close over the course

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:28.250
of the season. So kill percentage. As a team,

00:37:28.250 --> 00:37:33.050
for Atlanta, it's 36 .4. It's 36 .6 for Orlando.

00:37:33.469 --> 00:37:38.809
Kill efficiency is 23 .7 for Atlanta, 24 .8 for

00:37:38.809 --> 00:37:43.989
Orlando. They're 1 .16 aces per set for Atlanta

00:37:43.989 --> 00:37:50.320
compared to 1 .13 for Orlando. Blocks is 2 .28

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:54.559
versus 2 .15 and Atlanta has a slight advantage

00:37:54.559 --> 00:38:01.000
in digs per set at 17 .3 versus 16 .7 but marginally

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:04.099
close across all of the stats across the season

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:08.260
so again this should be a very close and competitive

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:11.880
game. I mean we've seen Orlando kind of take

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:15.559
a dip we've spoken about individual players about

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:17.699
the team in general like they started off so

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:20.800
strong and have kind of petered out a little

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:22.699
bit they caught they righted the ship a little

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:26.699
bit towards the very end but i think the trajectories

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:28.760
these two teams have taken throughout the season

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:31.280
are kind of opposite i would agree with that

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:34.500
i okay so let's kind of go through the same thing

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:36.719
who who wins the setting battle in this one for

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.559
you i'm not gonna lie i'm not a huge fan of either

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:43.840
setter i think it's a wash honestly Okay, so

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.599
you're rolling the dice on that one? Yeah. What

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:48.840
about from a libero standpoint? Or let's say,

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:51.300
so libero versus who do you think is the better

00:38:51.300 --> 00:38:54.059
passing team? Well, I think Morgan Hentz wins

00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:57.880
the libero battle. Okay. I think Atlanta definitely

00:38:57.880 --> 00:39:04.659
has a stronger libero. Passing -wise, the outsides

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:08.119
for both teams are medium for me passing, but

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:13.289
I would give the edge to Atlanta. Okay. I think

00:39:13.289 --> 00:39:15.889
I agree with your assessment on all of those.

00:39:15.949 --> 00:39:19.570
I think you see inconsistency. This match for

00:39:19.570 --> 00:39:23.369
me overall is about which players rise to the

00:39:23.369 --> 00:39:27.550
occasion. I think you have players who have been

00:39:27.550 --> 00:39:30.210
good and bad throughout the season, and it's

00:39:30.210 --> 00:39:32.849
kind of a question mark as to what happens. We'll

00:39:32.849 --> 00:39:35.190
get to that with the outside core. Mind you,

00:39:35.250 --> 00:39:39.449
when we talk about passing... We do have your

00:39:39.449 --> 00:39:43.710
girl, Natalie Foster, on Orlando who disrupts

00:39:43.710 --> 00:39:47.269
a lot of serve -receive systems. So there is

00:39:47.269 --> 00:39:49.869
that to take into account. She was going to be

00:39:49.869 --> 00:39:53.469
my wild card. Well, so for me, Orlando has two

00:39:53.469 --> 00:39:57.809
wild cards. If Natalie Foster goes off and has

00:39:57.809 --> 00:40:01.530
a game, and Abercrombie has a game, and both

00:40:01.530 --> 00:40:04.309
of those to me are... relatively large question

00:40:04.309 --> 00:40:06.710
marks but if those two players have really good

00:40:06.710 --> 00:40:08.309
matches this team is going to be tough to beat

00:40:08.309 --> 00:40:14.250
well I think Abercrombie is stronger than Beeson

00:40:14.250 --> 00:40:17.070
on the right side but I do think that the Atlanta

00:40:17.070 --> 00:40:19.849
outside outsides are better than the Orlando

00:40:19.849 --> 00:40:23.989
ones well and Orlando has been inconsistent as

00:40:23.989 --> 00:40:27.469
to who can find their game at any given time

00:40:27.469 --> 00:40:33.110
I mean you have potential but you kind of Never

00:40:33.110 --> 00:40:35.969
know what you're going to get with the outside.

00:40:36.110 --> 00:40:37.969
Are they going to be all world or are they going

00:40:37.969 --> 00:40:43.550
to hit negative? And for Orlando, I think, and

00:40:43.550 --> 00:40:47.570
this is a big if, if their top players who they

00:40:47.570 --> 00:40:51.409
decide to start play relatively close to their

00:40:51.409 --> 00:40:55.409
capacity, I think Orlando is a better team. Their

00:40:55.409 --> 00:40:59.610
ceiling is higher, but they don't all hit that

00:40:59.610 --> 00:41:02.539
peak at the same time very often. I think even

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:05.079
if we look at the middles, I think Atlanta with

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:10.219
Corey Lewis. I think Atlanta is stronger in the

00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:15.500
majority of positions aside from setting, as

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:18.719
I said, was a wash and right side. Again, I am

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:21.400
going to take the opposite stance. If both teams

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:24.079
are playing to their potential, I think Atlanta

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:26.440
wins. So I like that we have a little bit of

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:30.409
a different view on... Which team has higher

00:41:30.409 --> 00:41:34.010
potential? If you're looking at one or two players

00:41:34.010 --> 00:41:37.949
from each team, who needs to have a good match

00:41:37.949 --> 00:41:40.489
for them to win? Who are you watching to see

00:41:40.489 --> 00:41:44.690
if they show up? For Orlando Abercrombie, when

00:41:44.690 --> 00:41:49.289
she struggles, the whole team is real bad. So

00:41:49.289 --> 00:41:52.489
she needs to put points on the board. I think

00:41:52.489 --> 00:41:58.030
one of the two left sides, any of them. And I

00:41:58.030 --> 00:42:01.590
would honestly say Schaffmaster too. If she is

00:42:01.590 --> 00:42:04.230
engaged and she is getting her feet to the ball

00:42:04.230 --> 00:42:08.150
and she is being smart with when she chooses

00:42:08.150 --> 00:42:11.769
to go on two, that's a good thing. We'll see

00:42:11.769 --> 00:42:14.829
if it happens. And for Atlanta? For Atlanta,

00:42:15.210 --> 00:42:18.489
I think if they can get Corey Lewis going, that's

00:42:18.489 --> 00:42:21.429
huge. I think Leah Edmond, both from the service

00:42:21.429 --> 00:42:28.250
line and offensively, is an X factor. I mean,

00:42:28.289 --> 00:42:31.809
Hentz is always consistent, so I don't feel the

00:42:31.809 --> 00:42:35.050
need. I think, honestly, those two. I think if

00:42:35.050 --> 00:42:38.650
those two are solid, I'll say Hentz just for

00:42:38.650 --> 00:42:42.909
a ball control perspective. But if Edmond and

00:42:42.909 --> 00:42:46.110
Lewis can get going, then I think other players

00:42:46.110 --> 00:42:49.150
can be medium and it'll be okay. Who do you think

00:42:49.150 --> 00:42:52.469
is going to win? Atlanta. Me too. You were just

00:42:52.469 --> 00:42:54.989
saying Orlando. I know, I think Orlando. Oh,

00:42:54.989 --> 00:42:56.590
you don't think they're going to? fulfill their

00:42:56.590 --> 00:43:00.090
potential yeah i think orlando has the ability

00:43:00.090 --> 00:43:03.989
to win but i just haven't seen all of the pieces

00:43:03.989 --> 00:43:07.809
i mean shaft master big question mark as to who

00:43:07.809 --> 00:43:10.789
you're going to get abercrombie took a huge dip

00:43:10.789 --> 00:43:12.789
started playing a little bit better where is

00:43:12.789 --> 00:43:15.530
she going to be at you know again you have the

00:43:15.530 --> 00:43:19.449
left sides need to show up and play well you

00:43:19.449 --> 00:43:22.730
have no idea there's just they have the potential

00:43:22.730 --> 00:43:24.590
to win and when they're all playing well they're

00:43:24.590 --> 00:43:26.690
a very good team but we just haven't seen that

00:43:26.690 --> 00:43:29.010
consistently enough with and then you add the

00:43:29.010 --> 00:43:32.469
pressure of a one -off match i just i think atlanta

00:43:32.469 --> 00:43:36.670
has been more consistent more often so if you

00:43:36.670 --> 00:43:39.190
want to find out be sure to tune in the championship

00:43:39.190 --> 00:43:42.190
is happening may 9th and 11th that is friday

00:43:42.190 --> 00:43:44.829
and sunday so the semis are happening friday

00:43:44.829 --> 00:43:48.630
on cbs so let's see The NCAA Men's Championship

00:43:48.630 --> 00:43:51.250
is happening this week as well. They are going

00:43:51.250 --> 00:43:54.489
down Thursday through Monday in Columbus, Ohio.

00:43:54.789 --> 00:43:57.949
As we mentioned earlier, Penn State beat Damon

00:43:57.949 --> 00:44:00.469
for the play -in match, so we've got eight teams

00:44:00.469 --> 00:44:04.110
remaining. I'm so excited to watch this. I'm

00:44:04.110 --> 00:44:07.170
excited. Well, the second round. But let me...

00:44:07.170 --> 00:44:11.690
What are your thoughts on Long Beach State taking

00:44:11.690 --> 00:44:16.659
the one seed? Ludicrous. Okay, right? I'm sorry,

00:44:16.780 --> 00:44:21.380
you go, Hawaii won. Hawaii won the conference

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:24.840
and beat you two out of three times you played.

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:29.260
I get that Long Beach has been very good. I get

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:31.340
that they have a very good record. No, I don't

00:44:31.340 --> 00:44:35.400
care. I'm not agreeing with you. I know, I'm

00:44:35.400 --> 00:44:37.460
just like, I'm expressing my frustration at the

00:44:37.460 --> 00:44:41.599
whole situation. This is just ludicrous. But

00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:43.159
see, the thing that doesn't make sense for me

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:47.650
is, Hawaii slotted at two, but then they get

00:44:47.650 --> 00:44:51.429
the play -in match, which generally should technically

00:44:51.429 --> 00:44:56.050
go to the one seed. None of this, I mean, I think

00:44:56.050 --> 00:44:59.769
it's mostly irrelevant, other than, I mean, Hawaii

00:44:59.769 --> 00:45:03.170
has to play UCLA versus playing Loyola or Pepperdine,

00:45:03.289 --> 00:45:06.170
but it just doesn't make any sense. No, it's

00:45:06.170 --> 00:45:08.090
just like a principle to me. It's like, okay,

00:45:08.150 --> 00:45:10.010
Long Beach State's out -of -conference schedule,

00:45:10.210 --> 00:45:12.989
I have talked about this at length, was not strong.

00:45:13.150 --> 00:45:16.869
It was soft. So soft. If you are incapable of

00:45:16.869 --> 00:45:19.750
winning your conference, you should not get a

00:45:19.750 --> 00:45:25.269
top seat. I'm sorry. No. I don't agree with that.

00:45:25.670 --> 00:45:28.809
I don't think it matters in the long run. Yeah,

00:45:28.829 --> 00:45:30.989
it's a bit head -scratching when I saw the rankings

00:45:30.989 --> 00:45:33.030
come out. And not to mention, it's like, oh,

00:45:33.070 --> 00:45:36.469
hey, all these teams qualified. We are just going

00:45:36.469 --> 00:45:39.250
to decide that Four Valley State is the worst

00:45:39.250 --> 00:45:40.809
team in the tournament. So we're going to do

00:45:40.809 --> 00:45:44.710
the play -in match for the seventh seed. It's

00:45:44.710 --> 00:45:49.260
like, what? At that point, just make Fort Valley

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:51.659
State play Damon or something. You know what

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:54.260
I mean? The play -in match should play the one

00:45:54.260 --> 00:45:57.219
seed, and the one seed should not be Long Beach

00:45:57.219 --> 00:46:00.880
State. Well, and I mean, given how Penn State

00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:03.460
started the season, I don't hate that they were

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:06.199
in the play -in match. I mean, fine. But yes,

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:09.360
I understand your point. None of this makes sense

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:13.900
to me. No. At all. It's just a joke. Now, is

00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:17.150
there any... I don't know, splitting conferences

00:46:17.150 --> 00:46:20.449
or TV schedule or any reason to do it this way

00:46:20.449 --> 00:46:24.730
that you can see? Well, honestly, what I would

00:46:24.730 --> 00:46:29.869
have done is put Hawaii as the one seed. UCLA

00:46:29.869 --> 00:46:32.869
didn't even win their conference. If you don't

00:46:32.869 --> 00:46:34.489
win your conference, you shouldn't be a top two

00:46:34.489 --> 00:46:36.769
seed. But the way they've set it up is so it's

00:46:36.769 --> 00:46:38.969
like a Big West final. Do you know what I mean?

00:46:39.090 --> 00:46:43.039
Yeah. I don't know. I understand we've got two

00:46:43.039 --> 00:46:46.679
teams from the MPSF. I think how it would have

00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:50.320
gone down in women's is the two MPSF teams would

00:46:50.320 --> 00:46:51.719
have been on the same side of the bracket and

00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:53.280
the two Big West teams would have been on the

00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:55.719
same side of the bracket just to keep interest

00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:58.780
across conferences. Well, I definitely think

00:46:58.780 --> 00:47:01.159
the final should be Long Beach State, Hawaii.

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:04.519
I think they are the two best teams, but you

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:09.940
don't see... this layout and i understand it's

00:47:09.940 --> 00:47:12.199
like a fraction of the number of teams and women's

00:47:12.199 --> 00:47:14.980
but and the strength of conferences is you know

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:18.380
different and like pepperdine beats ucla and

00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:20.880
then wins the mpsf and then they're the five

00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:26.659
seed i i think hawaii And again, you got to play

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:28.860
all of the good matches, but Hawaii should have

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:30.960
gotten the winner of Pepperdine, Loyola Chicago

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:33.199
in the semi. Like that's, that should have been

00:47:33.199 --> 00:47:35.420
the path for them. I still think they're going

00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:39.260
to beat UCLA in the semi. We can talk about that

00:47:39.260 --> 00:47:41.800
in a second, but I think it's going to be a Hawaii

00:47:41.800 --> 00:47:44.659
Long Beach final. I would agree. I think the

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:47.380
final will end up being Long Beach State in Hawaii.

00:47:48.190 --> 00:47:50.409
I think the semis we're going to see, like you

00:47:50.409 --> 00:47:53.650
said, Hawaii versus UCLA, Long Beach State versus

00:47:53.650 --> 00:47:56.250
Pepperdine. I think the best quarterfinal match

00:47:56.250 --> 00:47:58.489
is going to be Pepperdine versus Loyola Chicago.

00:47:58.889 --> 00:48:02.070
I agree. Which I also think is interesting because

00:48:02.070 --> 00:48:05.349
Loyola Chicago, their star is Parker Van Buren

00:48:05.349 --> 00:48:08.389
on the right side. Pepperdine, Ryan Barnett has

00:48:08.389 --> 00:48:12.050
stepped up massively. So we've got like, I wonder

00:48:12.050 --> 00:48:14.170
if they're going to match them up like in the

00:48:14.170 --> 00:48:17.159
front row with each other. Or if they're going

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:22.260
to try to let them just run free, not against

00:48:22.260 --> 00:48:25.460
each other. This is actually the only interesting

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:27.599
quarterfinal match to me. I think the other ones

00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:31.619
are all going to be blowouts. But I'm not sure

00:48:31.619 --> 00:48:34.860
that Pepperdine wins this one. You have a bigger

00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:37.860
team who has played very well. I guess the thing

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:41.579
for me is, can Pepperdine keep playing the way

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:43.440
they've been playing? So they were very good.

00:48:44.030 --> 00:48:46.530
in their conference finals, but they were at

00:48:46.530 --> 00:48:50.989
home. They were comfortable. Hartke didn't play

00:48:50.989 --> 00:48:53.429
amazing, but their left side stepped up and kind

00:48:53.429 --> 00:48:55.289
of, I don't want to say came out of nowhere,

00:48:55.469 --> 00:48:59.090
but had a really good conference final. Can you

00:48:59.090 --> 00:49:03.210
keep that mojo going on the road after you've

00:49:03.210 --> 00:49:06.110
won? I think Loyola Chicago is a very technically

00:49:06.110 --> 00:49:08.110
sound team. I think they're going to have a very

00:49:08.110 --> 00:49:10.469
good game plan. I think they're going to be ready

00:49:10.469 --> 00:49:14.559
to play. Pepperdine is bigger and more physical,

00:49:14.679 --> 00:49:18.679
but Loyola is skilled and I think gritty. It'll

00:49:18.679 --> 00:49:22.360
be an interesting matchup. I think Pepperdine

00:49:22.360 --> 00:49:24.360
is going to have to come in and win that match.

00:49:24.480 --> 00:49:27.800
If they're not playing well, I think Loyola Chicago

00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:30.659
can win that match. So this one, I'm very curious

00:49:30.659 --> 00:49:33.860
to see. To me, this is a pick -em. I think this

00:49:33.860 --> 00:49:36.639
is a 50 -50 result -wise in terms of who wins

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:40.340
this one. Well, that's the last match. on Thursday.

00:49:40.539 --> 00:49:43.280
The games go all day Thursday, and that's the

00:49:43.280 --> 00:49:45.699
last one. So they're saving the best for last,

00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:47.400
I think. Yeah, so I'm looking forward to seeing

00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:50.539
that one. I think that Long Beach will beat either

00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:52.760
of those teams. I think they're just better.

00:49:53.300 --> 00:49:58.500
The Hawaii -UCLA semi is interesting. It's interesting,

00:49:58.599 --> 00:50:01.400
but I think if everybody shows up on Hawaii,

00:50:01.760 --> 00:50:05.760
if everybody shows up for both teams, I think

00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:08.800
Hawaii's better. I agree. I'm concerned that

00:50:09.289 --> 00:50:15.409
UCLA is inconsistent. They're top players. We've

00:50:15.409 --> 00:50:17.610
watched them quite a bit this year. Sometimes

00:50:17.610 --> 00:50:19.989
they show up. Sometimes they're motivated. Sometimes

00:50:19.989 --> 00:50:22.250
they look a little lethargic. They're young,

00:50:22.409 --> 00:50:26.230
kind of inexperienced. I'm curious how they deal

00:50:26.230 --> 00:50:29.809
with the pressure. But on the flip side, Hawaii

00:50:29.809 --> 00:50:33.190
is different when they're playing at home. This

00:50:33.190 --> 00:50:38.550
is my concern for them. How do they travel? Do

00:50:38.550 --> 00:50:42.309
they have the same energy and intensity without?

00:50:42.550 --> 00:50:45.349
And we've been told all over this week how well

00:50:45.349 --> 00:50:47.829
Hawaii fans travel. I'm looking forward to seeing

00:50:47.829 --> 00:50:50.090
it in the stands. But again, it's not the same

00:50:50.090 --> 00:50:52.369
as being at home. And we've seen them drop a

00:50:52.369 --> 00:50:55.630
couple matches on the road that they have no

00:50:55.630 --> 00:50:58.489
business losing to. I'm curious, and I'm curious

00:50:58.489 --> 00:51:01.050
to see if Trisky is back. Is he healthy? Can

00:51:01.050 --> 00:51:03.550
he play? But even if he's not, Carney has done

00:51:03.550 --> 00:51:04.690
a good job. Carney has played well. But you,

00:51:04.789 --> 00:51:09.789
I mean, you miss. the presence of Trisky there.

00:51:09.929 --> 00:51:13.750
A security blanket. Yeah. I'm curious to watch

00:51:13.750 --> 00:51:17.250
that semifinal. I think Hawaii's going to win,

00:51:17.369 --> 00:51:21.730
but I'm curious to see the little storylines

00:51:21.730 --> 00:51:24.789
within that match. And I think that there's potentially

00:51:24.789 --> 00:51:29.849
a lot of question marks in that one. So the quarterfinal

00:51:29.849 --> 00:51:32.130
between Pepperdine and Loyola Chicago is a match

00:51:32.130 --> 00:51:34.849
I want to watch. The semi between Hawaii and

00:51:34.849 --> 00:51:37.800
UCLA I want to watch. And then I think the final

00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:41.179
is going to be spectacular. None of this happened.

00:51:41.320 --> 00:51:44.940
And it's just like a complete mix up in the semis.

00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:47.059
And we're like, yeah, so excited for this match.

00:51:47.159 --> 00:51:49.219
And then surprise, not even going to happen.

00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:52.340
But these are our predictions. You never know.

00:51:53.099 --> 00:51:56.159
So if you had to say right now, who's NCAA champion?

00:51:57.199 --> 00:52:00.039
Long Beach. Really? Yeah. I think it's really

00:52:00.039 --> 00:52:02.539
hard to beat a team multiple times in a row.

00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:07.289
I think. I think the neutral site for the final

00:52:07.289 --> 00:52:10.530
plays into Long Beach's favor, not Hawaii's.

00:52:12.710 --> 00:52:14.769
I've been obsessed with Hawaii all season, so

00:52:14.769 --> 00:52:16.510
I'm just going to ride this to the end. I'm just

00:52:16.510 --> 00:52:19.269
going to say Hawaii. I love watching them play.

00:52:19.349 --> 00:52:23.610
I really like their team. I'm secretly rooting

00:52:23.610 --> 00:52:28.690
for them, I think. But I think that Long Beach

00:52:28.690 --> 00:52:31.260
is going to come for blood in the final. One

00:52:31.260 --> 00:52:33.199
last thing that I do think is worth mentioning

00:52:33.199 --> 00:52:35.500
that we didn't talk about in the weekly highlights,

00:52:35.820 --> 00:52:38.519
but I want to touch on it because I think it's

00:52:38.519 --> 00:52:43.400
important, is GCU cut their men's volleyball

00:52:43.400 --> 00:52:48.420
program. Heartbreaking. Heartbreaking. It just

00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:51.539
is so disturbing because the sport is growing.

00:52:51.619 --> 00:52:53.519
This was a team that was a Final Four team last

00:52:53.519 --> 00:52:55.679
year. They were top 15 in the country this year.

00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:58.639
They are consistently showing up and putting

00:52:58.639 --> 00:53:03.690
out great seasons. And men's volleyball is growing.

00:53:04.849 --> 00:53:07.530
So many more boys are playing volleyball now.

00:53:07.750 --> 00:53:10.570
And there's such limited opportunities to play

00:53:10.570 --> 00:53:13.530
post -secondary that to take one of the top programs

00:53:13.530 --> 00:53:18.110
away is just absolutely devastating to the sport.

00:53:19.329 --> 00:53:22.309
So there is a petition going around. Check it

00:53:22.309 --> 00:53:25.030
out on social media. Who knows if they'll make

00:53:25.030 --> 00:53:27.369
a change, but I think it's important for decision

00:53:27.369 --> 00:53:30.079
makers to understand how important. boys and

00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:32.719
men's volleyball is in the country again word

00:53:32.719 --> 00:53:36.059
on the street is gcu switched conferences to

00:53:36.059 --> 00:53:38.940
the mountain west to be able to bring football

00:53:38.940 --> 00:53:42.860
into their sport lineup so that is where the

00:53:42.860 --> 00:53:45.139
very limited men's volleyball scholarships probably

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:48.000
went yeah it's it's really sad to see because

00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:51.239
you hate again a program with history who has

00:53:51.239 --> 00:53:54.519
been good just is non -existent anymore potentially

00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:57.940
so Hopefully that changes. I'd like to see a

00:53:57.940 --> 00:54:00.440
Stanford situation in this case. Bring it back.

00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:04.000
Yes, totally. And my heart calls out to the players,

00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:06.059
like where are they going to go? And then the

00:54:06.059 --> 00:54:09.820
recruits that committed, like now they have to

00:54:09.820 --> 00:54:12.760
pivot. I'm also like, do you think the coach

00:54:12.760 --> 00:54:15.420
knew that this was in the works and that's why

00:54:15.420 --> 00:54:18.260
he left and went to Kansas? Or do you think this

00:54:18.260 --> 00:54:22.030
was completely out of left field? I would like

00:54:22.030 --> 00:54:24.610
to think that the athletic department would give

00:54:24.610 --> 00:54:26.769
their staff a heads up about this so they don't

00:54:26.769 --> 00:54:30.550
leave them high and dry. So you think he knew

00:54:30.550 --> 00:54:34.230
and just peaced out? Yeah, I think so. That makes

00:54:34.230 --> 00:54:36.829
it even worse. I hope that's not the case. People

00:54:36.829 --> 00:54:39.630
are fighting for GCU. We need to be aware of,

00:54:39.630 --> 00:54:43.269
like, things like this. And it's absolutely heartbreaking.

00:54:43.349 --> 00:54:47.360
But on a positive note. We got a celebration

00:54:47.360 --> 00:54:49.239
of some good volleyball happening this weekend

00:54:49.239 --> 00:54:52.340
on the men's side, so be sure to tune in. It

00:54:52.340 --> 00:54:56.280
is time for our weekly questions, and since we're

00:54:56.280 --> 00:54:58.940
heading into the PVF championship this weekend,

00:54:58.980 --> 00:55:02.280
I think number one is appropriate. In who do

00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:06.059
you think is the best rookie in the PVF? I have

00:55:06.059 --> 00:55:10.820
two selections, and admittedly, I'm biased. Let

00:55:10.820 --> 00:55:17.440
me guess, Natalie Foster. And Alina Scott. So

00:55:17.440 --> 00:55:20.340
I, you know, again, everybody's going to have

00:55:20.340 --> 00:55:22.019
their opinion. Everybody has their favorite players.

00:55:22.179 --> 00:55:25.860
I think that Alina Scott, you know, came in and

00:55:25.860 --> 00:55:29.000
earned a spot. She wasn't given it. You know,

00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:31.420
she came in and I thought she played really well

00:55:31.420 --> 00:55:33.780
at the beginning when she had opportunities and

00:55:33.780 --> 00:55:36.940
then took over the spot and really was able to

00:55:36.940 --> 00:55:40.579
help her team make the final four. I think she

00:55:40.579 --> 00:55:42.980
passes well. I like the energy she brings. There's

00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:46.469
a stability to that team. And in general, I just

00:55:46.469 --> 00:55:48.949
like the way she plays. So I would pick her for

00:55:48.949 --> 00:55:51.409
one. And then I think Natalie Foster has had

00:55:51.409 --> 00:55:55.809
a really good season. I think she's unique in

00:55:55.809 --> 00:56:00.230
her serving capability. I think she can be a

00:56:00.230 --> 00:56:03.050
wild card. I believe she was very close to leading,

00:56:03.110 --> 00:56:06.190
if not on top of the league, for service aces

00:56:06.190 --> 00:56:10.210
and aces per set. I think she grew as a middle

00:56:10.210 --> 00:56:14.619
in terms of how she played. I thought she got

00:56:14.619 --> 00:56:17.760
better from an offensive standpoint. I know there's

00:56:17.760 --> 00:56:20.480
lots of options. Those are kind of the two X

00:56:20.480 --> 00:56:22.820
factors for me that I liked following this season.

00:56:24.219 --> 00:56:27.300
I might be completely off the wall here, and

00:56:27.300 --> 00:56:29.360
this might surprise people, but I'm going to

00:56:29.360 --> 00:56:35.500
pick Corey Lewis. Ooh. Yeah. Okay. I think she

00:56:35.500 --> 00:56:41.019
stepped in to a team that was projected to win

00:56:41.019 --> 00:56:44.630
the league. So obviously they had the pieces

00:56:44.630 --> 00:56:48.110
there, but she stepped in as a rookie starting

00:56:48.110 --> 00:56:53.309
incredibly important from an offensive perspective.

00:56:54.449 --> 00:56:58.389
She didn't have any back row experience because

00:56:58.389 --> 00:57:02.989
of all the subs available in college. So developed

00:57:02.989 --> 00:57:05.849
her serving game, had to develop a bit of a defensive

00:57:05.849 --> 00:57:11.349
game. You know, her blocking, I think. The product

00:57:11.349 --> 00:57:13.590
that she has put on the court and the improvement

00:57:13.590 --> 00:57:17.849
we've seen and how much her team needs her, she's

00:57:17.849 --> 00:57:20.949
my pick. Fair enough. Who would you guys put

00:57:20.949 --> 00:57:24.329
on your list? No, it's not a list. It's one player

00:57:24.329 --> 00:57:28.610
or two if you're Adam. Well, liberos and middles,

00:57:28.630 --> 00:57:31.289
they kind of make one position. Exactly. They

00:57:31.289 --> 00:57:32.809
play the whole game between the two of them.

00:57:33.349 --> 00:57:39.269
Okay, question two. If athletes play so soon.

00:57:39.949 --> 00:57:43.710
from season to season. So this could be going

00:57:43.710 --> 00:57:47.010
from NCAA to lover PVF. This could be going from

00:57:47.010 --> 00:57:51.389
pro to playing VNL. How do they have time to

00:57:51.389 --> 00:57:57.090
recover? So this is, they don't. Well, it's a

00:57:57.090 --> 00:58:00.349
great question. I think one that you are actually

00:58:00.349 --> 00:58:03.630
particularly suited to answer, given your experience

00:58:03.630 --> 00:58:08.010
in history. The thing I will say is it's not

00:58:08.010 --> 00:58:11.880
really about the amount that you play. It's about

00:58:11.880 --> 00:58:15.039
the little things that you do day to day to stay

00:58:15.039 --> 00:58:18.760
healthy. Are you disciplined with doing a proper

00:58:18.760 --> 00:58:22.119
warmup? If you have injuries and everybody does,

00:58:22.320 --> 00:58:26.019
do you manage those on a daily basis? Band work

00:58:26.019 --> 00:58:28.400
for your shoulders or for your hips or getting

00:58:28.400 --> 00:58:32.340
physio or icing? Are you consistent in the gym

00:58:32.340 --> 00:58:35.079
or when you're off, are you off? Like it's about.

00:58:35.579 --> 00:58:38.239
doing the little things. And again, outside of

00:58:38.239 --> 00:58:41.480
acute injuries, which happen, but from a longevity

00:58:41.480 --> 00:58:44.739
standpoint, the technology, it's about habits

00:58:44.739 --> 00:58:46.960
of staying healthy. And you see athletes who

00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:49.119
can play for a long time and the national team

00:58:49.119 --> 00:58:51.739
athletes go from pro to national team to pro

00:58:51.739 --> 00:58:54.539
to national team with very little break. It's

00:58:54.539 --> 00:58:56.820
definitely possible if you're disciplined. I

00:58:56.820 --> 00:58:59.880
would say the hardest transition that we see

00:58:59.880 --> 00:59:02.820
today is probably the girls who go from NCAA

00:59:02.820 --> 00:59:07.480
directly to pro because In NCAA, there's not

00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:12.519
as much time available to do the full recovery

00:59:12.519 --> 00:59:14.820
stuff because you're going to class, you're doing

00:59:14.820 --> 00:59:17.219
your homework, you're studying for exams. There's

00:59:17.219 --> 00:59:20.380
a lot of extra stuff that is required of you

00:59:20.380 --> 00:59:23.039
from a student perspective, whereas when you're

00:59:23.039 --> 00:59:27.579
a professional, it's your job to be healthy.

00:59:27.920 --> 00:59:31.559
And when you're not at practice, there's a ton

00:59:31.559 --> 00:59:35.079
of time. to then prepare to be able to be good

00:59:35.079 --> 00:59:38.719
at practice the next day. And also if you have

00:59:38.719 --> 00:59:40.679
a good coaching staff, like they understand load

00:59:40.679 --> 00:59:42.559
management and stuff, and they're not going to

00:59:42.559 --> 00:59:44.880
just like beat you to a pulp every day. Like

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there definitely are some ebbs and flows about

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how hard you go in training sometimes versus

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like easing off a bit. So from a professional

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perspective, it is easier. All right, question

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three. This person had a question about jump

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serving. So after watching several Love and PVF

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matches, I've seen several topspin serves that

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were pretty slow. In your experience, do you

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think a slow topspin serve is the easiest serve

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to return overall? This person refers to like

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Babcock and like a Hancock as having very good.

01:00:25.880 --> 01:00:28.739
Spin serves, and they do. But if you're not hitting

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it as hard as them, is it more predictable and

01:00:32.599 --> 01:00:36.739
easier to pass? I would say 100%. 100%. As a

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passer, if you give me a nice trajectory spin

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serve that doesn't really move or is not coming

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with a ton of pace, it's just easy to follow.

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I would much rather pass a spin serve than a

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good float serve. My ranking of serve difficulty

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to pass from easy to hard is like standing float

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serve because you can't really put much on it.

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Jump topspin serve, jump float serve. Yeah, and

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again, you have degrees of difficulty, but if

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you're looking at people who are the best at

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those types of serves, I agree with you. I would

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say if you are not putting... side spin on your

01:01:21.079 --> 01:01:28.420
spin serve jump top spin or and or hitting the

01:01:28.420 --> 01:01:31.159
piss out of the ball there's no point in doing

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it yeah like you need to hit it with a ton of

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pace and you need to make it move if you just

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hit it straight even if you hit it hard it's

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so easy to control So the best spin servers,

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and if you watch the match from the end of the

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court, you can often see this, particularly in

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the men's game. The most successful spin servers

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are hitting the ball very hard, and they put

01:01:57.429 --> 01:02:00.329
side spin on it so it moves out of the passer's

01:02:00.329 --> 01:02:02.710
window. But I would say if you're not doing that,

01:02:02.750 --> 01:02:04.969
you're better off jump flow serving. Yeah, I

01:02:04.969 --> 01:02:07.230
totally agree. Okay, our last question of the

01:02:07.230 --> 01:02:10.869
week is, can you define the specific hitter positions

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and how they're different from each other? when

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or why is a player labeled as a left or right

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side hitter? What does opposite hitter mean?

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Like opposite to what? And is pin hitter just

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a general term? So this person is asking, are

01:02:25.840 --> 01:02:29.119
some specific positions and other are just general

01:02:29.119 --> 01:02:32.659
descriptors? Because you do hear on broadcasts

01:02:32.659 --> 01:02:35.380
a lot, all of these terms kind of mixed together.

01:02:35.400 --> 01:02:38.260
So I can understand why this can be a little

01:02:38.260 --> 01:02:41.699
confusing. Yeah, this is kind of a great. volleyball

01:02:41.699 --> 01:02:44.659
101 question if you haven't grown up playing

01:02:44.659 --> 01:02:48.940
the sport okay so opposite refers to playing

01:02:48.940 --> 01:02:51.619
opposite the setter so in volleyball a lot of

01:02:51.619 --> 01:02:55.199
the terms have to do with where are you relative

01:02:55.199 --> 01:02:57.860
to the setter so when you hear you know rotation

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one two three four five six that's where the

01:02:59.980 --> 01:03:02.800
setter is currently and so when you hear someone

01:03:02.800 --> 01:03:06.000
say opposite they play opposite the setter so

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on the right side of the court if you're standing

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at the baseline so Opposite and right side denote

01:03:12.329 --> 01:03:15.170
somebody who hits on the right side of the court.

01:03:15.269 --> 01:03:19.190
Same position. Same position. Outside hitter

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refers to hitting on the left side of the court.

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So position four. And your left side players

01:03:28.349 --> 01:03:31.869
are generally, not always, but generally your

01:03:31.869 --> 01:03:35.550
passing players. So they pass on service reception

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and they hit on the left side and out of the

01:03:37.690 --> 01:03:40.829
pipe in the front and back row. When you hear

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somebody refer to pin hitters, this generally

01:03:44.590 --> 01:03:47.909
refers to the core of the outside hitters, both

01:03:47.909 --> 01:03:50.550
your left sides and your right sides. And they

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say pin hitter because they hit out by the antenna,

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which is also referred to as the pin. So we've

01:03:56.809 --> 01:04:03.010
got some synonyms for the same positions. There's

01:04:03.010 --> 01:04:06.829
a lot of terminology, but I think that was a

01:04:06.829 --> 01:04:10.260
good breakdown. We love these kind of questions.

01:04:11.099 --> 01:04:14.079
Don't feel ashamed to ask these. I can't tell

01:04:14.079 --> 01:04:17.360
you I watch some different Netflix shows in terms

01:04:17.360 --> 01:04:21.340
of the sport ones. F1, golf. I don't do anything

01:04:21.340 --> 01:04:23.860
in those sports. I hear things. I've got buddies

01:04:23.860 --> 01:04:25.960
who are big fans. I'm always texting. What does

01:04:25.960 --> 01:04:29.019
this mean? Was that important? What about the

01:04:29.019 --> 01:04:30.900
tires? I don't know anything about that. But

01:04:30.900 --> 01:04:34.179
again, it's specific and it's important if you're

01:04:34.179 --> 01:04:36.119
in the sports. So if you hear something on a

01:04:36.119 --> 01:04:37.659
broadcast, please shoot us a question. We're

01:04:37.659 --> 01:04:40.179
happy to answer them. So hopefully that helped

01:04:40.179 --> 01:04:41.900
a little bit. But thank you to everybody who

01:04:41.900 --> 01:04:45.159
submits questions. We love them, so keep them

01:04:45.159 --> 01:04:49.099
coming. All right. So a bit of a slow week, but

01:04:49.099 --> 01:04:51.980
we managed to make this episode just as long

01:04:51.980 --> 01:04:55.780
as the other ones. We can't help ourselves. This

01:04:55.780 --> 01:04:58.739
coming week is going to be a banger for volleyball.

01:04:59.480 --> 01:05:03.460
We've got some of the men's finals internationally

01:05:03.460 --> 01:05:06.519
that you can watch. So most importantly, we have

01:05:06.519 --> 01:05:08.440
all of the championships coming up this week.

01:05:08.500 --> 01:05:09.679
So it's going to be a great week of volleyball.

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PVF semifinals start May 9th at 8 p .m. Eastern,

01:05:14.300 --> 01:05:18.079
and the finals are May 11th at 4 p .m. Eastern.

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All of those are on CBS Sports, so tune into

01:05:21.159 --> 01:05:23.820
those. We'll see who ends up in the final, and

01:05:23.820 --> 01:05:26.960
those should be very good matches. So we also

01:05:26.960 --> 01:05:30.340
have the men's NCAA championship tournament happening

01:05:30.340 --> 01:05:33.590
this week. So quarterfinals start on May 8th

01:05:33.590 --> 01:05:38.090
at 11 a .m. on Eastern. Semis are May 10th starting

01:05:38.090 --> 01:05:43.150
at 5 p .m. Eastern, and the finals are May 12th

01:05:43.150 --> 01:05:46.710
at 7 p .m. Eastern. Quarters and semis you can

01:05:46.710 --> 01:05:50.369
find on ESPN +, and the finals will be on ESPN2.

01:05:51.289 --> 01:05:55.230
So because the finals for NCAA men are Monday

01:05:55.230 --> 01:05:59.179
night, We're not sure of this yet, but I feel

01:05:59.179 --> 01:06:02.940
like next week's episode could be or will likely

01:06:02.940 --> 01:06:05.780
focus on the PVF side of things. And then the

01:06:05.780 --> 01:06:08.539
next week after the men's final has finished,

01:06:08.920 --> 01:06:14.079
we'll probably address that then. So just to

01:06:14.079 --> 01:06:16.519
set your expectations, we're trying to figure

01:06:16.519 --> 01:06:19.820
out how to make it work because it's two big

01:06:19.820 --> 01:06:23.659
events happening this weekend, but you'll find

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out. That concludes this week's episode of Volley

01:06:27.219 --> 01:06:28.980
Talk. There's always something shaking in the

01:06:28.980 --> 01:06:31.079
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