Wednesday thread up

Florida’s leader in attacks/set is Holston with 7.97. Recek has 6.55, Snyder 6.16, Alhassan 5.36, Antwi 4.21, Mallette 4.08.

By comparison, Nikki Taylor is 10.13, Greeley 6.64, TMO 6.47, Magill 4.58.

Florida has more balance and has a .329 hitting pct., fifth in the nation. UH hits .276 and ranks 19th. Yes, Florida and more highly-ranked recruits, but that’s all the more reason for UH to develop players not named Nikki Taylor during conference play. The teams that are winning national championships have multiple offensive options. UH has two consistent options in Taylor and Magill.

The attack/set stats include MBs and players who may not play all six rotations, so there are some comparability issues. Nikki ranks second in pts/set, so she has a very good all-around game, and my concern is overusing her on attacks that may affect the other parts of her game like her jump serve and incredible blocking. We will have to see how durable she is as the season progresses.

The other point that was alluded to above is more strategic in nature. Give Nikki more attempts and you reduce the number for the other hitters. And play her more and you don’t develop the backups. It is clear that without Nikki, the team is much less because of the lack of another consistent OH in the starting or reserve ranks. The opportunity is to develop the other players and diversify the offense so that the team is less reliant on Nikki, and also less predictable to defend. So there is a bit more to the issue, IMHO, than a simple ranking statistic.

http://avcavolleyball.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2015-09-15T14:06:00-07:00&max-results=7

for those of you who want to see it anyways/nosy, scroll down to “No. 2 Florida vs. No. 16 Hawai’i” (told you its late)

talked about how the game changer was the all-around prowess of nikki taylor and “Unfortunately, even if Hawai’i slows down the Gator offense, they’re predictable offense (eh hem—set Taylor every ball) may prove problematic—unless she’s up for the challenge.” which of course nikki definitely was up for the challenge (free boasting/gloating for nikki)

She is only ranked 109 in attacks per set, so there are many players who actually attack the ball more often. I bet Hartong had a lot more attacks per set in her career than Taylor does now.

3.As for the picture of Manu-Oleve, if it is the one I’m thinking of it was a snapshot of one moment. Was it on serve=receive or going for a dig?

blocks per set
magill — 5th nationally, 1.59 bps
taylor — 17th, 1.43 bps
maglio — 57th, 1.25 bps
(alhassan of florida is 1st with a ridiculous 2.24 bps. the next highest is 1.78.)

points per set
taylor — 2nd, 6.09 pps
(bricio of usc is 1st with 6.26 pps)

kills per set
taylor — 6th, 4.83 kps

aces per set
taylor — tied for 15th, 0.53 aps

hitting percentage
magill — 58th, .389

assists per set
higgins — 91st, 9.8 per set

team stats
5th in blocks per set, 3.15 bps
19th in hitting percentage, .276
20th in kills per set, 14.28