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Hanson has NATURAL ability. She has been performing at a high level since she FINALLY got her chance to start. To think she was sitting behind both Landfair and Wucherer and couldn't crack the starting lineup. IMO right now ACE has the best all around game and I am hoping with her injury she...

MY REALITY CHECK - The Gophers got the win in three but it wasn't pretty at all that third set. This team was handling pressure really well early on but not lately and that is not a good sign. We are entering the toughest part of our season and as much as we enjoy all our Freshman it is more...

YES QUALITY for true success. Well, there are Continuous top 10 teams (Nebraska-Texas for sure) out there with quality players on the bench that don't see much playing time. I don't know how they maintain that year after year after year but they do. You will then see these bench players...

In my mind all players should be able to CONTRIBUTE at some point or another. If they are being DEVELOPED in their strengths, a coach should be using that to his advantage. Nobody saw this situation we are in coming. I dont't know, but if this is really really really helping us then by all...

Ruffda - Since KCook has become our HC we have a roster that has players not seeing playing time at all or extremely very little. There are four on this roster this season. When we have situations arise such as a match like vs Oregon and nothing is going our way, we just cannot turn it...

Never expected the turnaround but happy to see it happened. Hanson and Myers had one of their better matches and so did GILK. Speaking of the latter she was on her game pretty much throughout the entire match. She certainly has the RIGHT ATTITUDE!

Some times more of an issue with parents.

Have a team out there tonight just going through the motions. Should be over in 3. There are Freshman in the conference playing much better than our Freshman. Yes I would say it is concerning.

Watched the entire match last night. So many fans are hoping next season is a "healthy" season for the Gophers. KCook needs to get his ducks, no pun intended, in a row for next season starting with the upcoming portal. Start with an Experienced Graduate Libero that can pass. We wouldn't be in...

All players have their own way of absorbing Pressure. But these coaches somehow need to help Stella in her positioning and decision making. Maybe some of these hitters need a different mindset, when the perfect set isn't there.

You are so right about passing. If Cook has evaluated Kraft and decided she is our backup Libero next year and can pass, great. Right now Garr appears to have potential with that skill, which is also great. We all know Z will be our starting Libero and I sure hope Cook has taken her...

I know people get upset when I say we need a roster of 18 moving forward. This season is a great example why. Sure our present situation just doesn't happen that often to a team but it did and we find ourselves out four starters. A functioning team needs depth at all positions. I don't mean a...

This program needs a full roster and deep deep backups in every position. I would give anything, if we could have a Gopher Volleyball Roster like that. KCook can pride himself in not seeing transfers out. However, we did see a lot more of that happening under Hugh. Personally, I feel the...

We are all still waiting, but the news cannot be real positive for Acevedo. She came down on the left foot pretty awkward. She is definitely out some matches, if not the rest of the season. She was having her best season too just like Minatee and Z. We lose some great serving runs, blocking...

I am not claiming to be in the medical profession, but I am reading she is wearing out running around the court....so maybe she needs to work on cardio. The passing just isn't going to get that much better, if it does at all the rest of this season. I also think there is either some panicking...

Is Kraft also better at DS? It is evident without Z we don't have anyone who can fill her shoes right now. Z is growing but this was her best season start wearing the L Jersey. This program has had issues filling the Libero position since the Mike Hebert days. CC was our best and we lost two...

For some reason, I just don't think Garr will be back for the match tomorrow. Sounded like short term from Cook so we probably have her out another week at least. Not many options for that Libero jersey. I am thinking maybe AA and let Hanson and Kinney OH while Crowl or Gilk at Opp, with T...

I have no inside information but you know how a team just shuts down? Well that is what we witnessed and maybe we had a form of "mutiny" that took place in this match. The errors started happening and it got in all their heads and Cook was not happy and his response as usual was to start...

Get Nebraska on a neutral court and they are a different team too. Home court and fan support sure makes a difference...we all know that. As I have stated elsewhere, huge difference on so many teams with 4-5 year players all graduating last year. IMO we are finally seeing many young teams...

But do you think a lot of that has to do with how the sport is changing? I always felt the middle was more focused on blocking but now they open up the game more for the pins by attacking besides heavy on the blocking.