Gopher Volleyball 2019

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Tucker said:
It's possible the team may want to be on their home court in the big matches most of all!
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Next door is the same thing as being an away game? Not even close.

Fans matter too. And giving more people a chance to go see the program, is more important than getting the last 0.3% of the home court advantage that the Pav would provide over Williams.
 

Tucker said:
I believe the coaches and the team do not think Williams Arena is their home court.
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And as I showed in my last post, this is an artificial and arbitrary differentiation that you made out of thin air.

Going, literally, next door, strips away "home court"? Don't be dishonest.
 

leave it to Minnesota fans to make this into a big debate. Tickets are not that that hard to come by. IMHO there is no need to even think about moving to the other side. If there are so many fans other than the season ticket base, why were so many Nebraska fans able to obtain tickets for the Friday night regional?
 


https://gophersports.com/news/2019/1/7/gopher-volleyball-adds-two-to-2019-roster.aspx

The official announcement:

University of Minnesota volleyball head coach Hugh McCutcheon has announced two additions to the 2019 roster. Kylie Miller (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) will join the Gophers later this month, while Airi Miyabe (Osaka, Japan) is set to begin her Minnesota career in the fall of 2019.

Miller, a 5-foot, 11-inch setter, joins the Gopher program after spending three seasons at UCLA. While with the Bruins, Miller played in 179 sets and accumulated 1,278 assists, 34 aces and 211 digs. As a freshman, Miller averaged 5.69 assists per set and 1.87 digs per set in 2016. Last year, she produced 693 assists in 72 sets played. Prior to her time with the Bruins, Miller played for Rancho Cucamonga High School and Forza1 Club team. She was an Under Armour First Team All-American and ranked 11th by PrepVolleyball.com. With Forza1, Miller won four medals at JO's, including three-straight from 2010-2012. She was also a candidate for California Gatorade Player of the Year.

Miyabe, a 6-foot outside hitter, joins the Gopher program after spending two seasons at College of Southern Idaho. In her two years with the Eagles, Miyabe led the team to a 2018 NJCAA championship and a runner-up finish in 2017. In her sophomore season, she averaged 4.28 kills per set, hit .302 and averaged 2.86 digs per set. For her efforts, she was named the 2018 NJCAA Division I Player of the Year and the AVCA Two-Year College Player of the Year, the first ever in school history. Prior to her time at CSI, she was a part of the Japanese National Team from 2015-16, where she competed at the 2015 World Grand Prix. In 2014, she was a part of the Youth National Team, where she was named the Asia MVP. She was also named to Team CORE, a group selected to play with Japan in preparation for the 2020 Olympic team.
 


I have read that women's volleyball gets 12 scholarships. Is that true? Because the Gophers currently have 20 women on the roster then for next year. Are 8 of them walk-ons? Or do many of the women get academic scholarships? Are there partial scholarships?
 

GibsonSG said:
I have read that women's volleyball gets 12 scholarships. Is that true? Because the Gophers currently have 20 women on the roster then for next year. Are 8 of them walk-ons? Or do many of the women get academic scholarships? Are there partial scholarships?
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There are 12 scholarships and they are required to be full scholarships.

https://www.ncsasports.org/womens-volleyball/scholarships

How many scholarships do Division 1 volleyball teams get?

Division 1 volleyball teams can offer a maximum of 12 full-ride scholarships. Because D1 volleyball is classified as a headcount sport, every scholarship the coach gives out must be a full ride. Which means all scholarship athletes on a D1 volleyball team have a full ride to that school. The rest of the athletes on the team are considered walk-ons, or athletes who don’t receive any athletic scholarship money to play their sport.
 

Ignatius L Hoops said:
https://gophersports.com/news/2019/1/7/gopher-volleyball-adds-two-to-2019-roster.aspx

The official announcement:

University of Minnesota volleyball head coach Hugh McCutcheon has announced two additions to the 2019 roster. Kylie Miller (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) will join the Gophers later this month, while Airi Miyabe (Osaka, Japan) is set to begin her Minnesota career in the fall of 2019.

Miller, a 5-foot, 11-inch setter, joins the Gopher program after spending three seasons at UCLA. While with the Bruins, Miller played in 179 sets and accumulated 1,278 assists, 34 aces and 211 digs. As a freshman, Miller averaged 5.69 assists per set and 1.87 digs per set in 2016. Last year, she produced 693 assists in 72 sets played. Prior to her time with the Bruins, Miller played for Rancho Cucamonga High School and Forza1 Club team. She was an Under Armour First Team All-American and ranked 11th by PrepVolleyball.com. With Forza1, Miller won four medals at JO's, including three-straight from 2010-2012. She was also a candidate for California Gatorade Player of the Year.

Miyabe, a 6-foot outside hitter, joins the Gopher program after spending two seasons at College of Southern Idaho. In her two years with the Eagles, Miyabe led the team to a 2018 NJCAA championship and a runner-up finish in 2017. In her sophomore season, she averaged 4.28 kills per set, hit .302 and averaged 2.86 digs per set. For her efforts, she was named the 2018 NJCAA Division I Player of the Year and the AVCA Two-Year College Player of the Year, the first ever in school history. Prior to her time at CSI, she was a part of the Japanese National Team from 2015-16, where she competed at the 2015 World Grand Prix. In 2014, she was a part of the Youth National Team, where she was named the Asia MVP. She was also named to Team CORE, a group selected to play with Japan in preparation for the 2020 Olympic team.
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A 6’ Japanese woman is a rarity. Supposed to be a great player with serious hops. Hopefully she has a killer serve. We need someone to put stress on the opponents serve receive.
 

beavergopher said:
A 6’ Japanese woman is a rarity. Supposed to be a great player with serious hops. Hopefully she has a killer serve. We need someone to put stress on the opponents serve receive.
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Looking at her picture, I am assuming she's the daughter of an American soldier, much like one of my favorite tennis players, Naomi Osaka.

Miyabe.jpg
 



Technical correction for those who care: being a headcount sport does *NOT* require that the school only provide full scholarships. Rather, it means anyone who receives any amount of a scholarship (partial or full) counts as a full headcount. In other words, only 12 on the roster are allowed to receive some amount of a scholarship. Now, it may be the case that Minnesota only provides full scholarship to the 12 ... but they’re not required to do that because of volleyball being a headcount sport.
 

Ski U Mah Gopher said:
Looking at her picture, I am assuming she's the daughter of an American soldier, much like one of my favorite tennis players, Naomi Osaka.

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Odd assumption with her last name. So I googled it before making vaguely racist comments.

Airi Miyabe is a star volleyball player in Japan who was a key player during Kinkanrai High School's victory at the national high school tournament. Because of this showcase of talent, she has been recruited to Japan's national volleyball team and will participate in upcoming international competitions. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is Japanese, and she proudly stands alongside several other biracial athletes in Japan, most of whom are males.
 

UpAndUnder43 said:
Odd assumption with her last name. So I googled it before making vaguely racist comments.

Airi Miyabe is a star volleyball player in Japan who was a key player during Kinkanrai High School's victory at the national high school tournament. Because of this showcase of talent, she has been recruited to Japan's national volleyball team and will participate in upcoming international competitions. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is Japanese, and she proudly stands alongside several other biracial athletes in Japan, most of whom are males.
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I screwed up on the nationality, but not the race of the father. Because of the height and the darker complexion, I figured she was biracial.

Hopefully she will join Osaka to help lead the way for female biracial athletes.


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beavergopher said:
A 6’ Japanese woman is a rarity. Supposed to be a great player with serious hops. Hopefully she has a killer serve. We need someone to put stress on the opponents serve receive.
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I agree. I believe MN lost set 2 to Oregon because at every set point MN had they failed to get in a forcing serve that put Oregon on the defensive. Oregon actually used MN's serve as a weapon against MN. I find that lackluster serving as puzzling as MN's obvious drop in performance after mid-season. Disappointing.
 



Well if we had a block against the slide, or if we had defense that was playing like they had been playing during the regular season, it would not have mattered that our serves were easy to pass.

But I'm not disagreeing with you all. Getting the other team out of system is part of how you play successful vball, and a hard serve can definitely help get you there.
 

How do we feel about the new setter? It seems likely she'll be the starter in 2019...at least to me. Haven't researched too much into this.
 

UpAndUnder43 said:
How do we feel about the new setter? It seems likely she'll be the starter in 2019...at least to me. Haven't researched too much into this.
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She was a top-15 recruit in high school who started for the Bruins last season. About same size as SSS, not sure if she can set the same tempo. From what I've heard, she might be a bit better at the net than SSS, but I don't know for sure. Other than that, I don't know much.

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Impossible to know, but my curiosity is: if they were 100% confident in the setters we had on the roster, would they have told Miller "thanks for your interest, but we are not looking for a transfer setter at this time" ??

Or was their philosophy more like, you always take a player like that, for the competition, experience, etc.
 

Gophers_4life said:
Impossible to know, but my curiosity is: if they were 100% confident in the setters we had on the roster, would they have told Miller "thanks for your interest, but we are not looking for a transfer setter at this time" ??

Or was their philosophy more like, you always take a player like that, for the competition, experience, etc.
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Possible, although I think this coming season was always going to be a bit of a bridge year until Shaffmaster arrives in 2020. Or, it could simply be a case of holding the philosophy of "you can never have enough good players."

As some may recall, Hebert did something similar with Taylor Carico a number of years back...
 

All five starting offensive weapons, and both defensive specialists, return from last season. It would be a shame to "waste" that, and the 2019 season, on an incompetent setter .... so I will take the wild guess that they were going to take any high major setter that wanted to transfer and was good with the idea of potentially only playing in 2019.
 

Sarah will still get her shot if she sticks around. Pulling for her. I have always like her enthusiasm on the bench. Hope she does well
 

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-volleyball-season-tickets-for-2019-sell-out/504726732/

Sale of Gophers volleyball season tickets for the 2019 season have been capped and a waiting list will be started, the University of Minnesota announced. Mini ticket packages will be available in June and single, non-premium match tickets will go on sale in July and premium matches in August.

“Having our 2019 season tickets sell out already is amazing,” coach Hugh McCutcheon said. “We are very fortunate to have such loyal fans.”

The Gophers, who averaged 5,318 fans at Maturi Pavilion (182 under capacity), won the Big Ten title last fall and were the No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament but lost in a regional semifinal.
 

https://regents.umn.edu/sites/regents.umn.edu/files/docket/FIN_FEB_2019.pdf

In addition to air conditioning the following volleyball upgrades are to be completed in August 2019:

1. Basis for Project:
Intercollegiate Athletics is remodeling existing space assigned to the Gopher women’s volleyball team in Maturi Pavilion to create an environment that will help recruit top studentathletes from around the world, and provide spaces/amenities to help athletes, coaches, and
teams compete for National Championships on a consistent basis. The current facilities, while serviceable, are not up to today’s standards when it comes to recruitment of top student-athletes and an environment that allows the student-athletes and coaching staff to succeed at the highest level; upgrades are urgently needed to attract and develop top talent. This project will provide premium space for the women’s athletic team, in line with equity requirements.

2. Scope of Project:
Renovations are proposed to the existing 7,000 gross square foot (gsf) volleyball area; scope includes work on both ground and second floors. The ground floor area will include a weight room, training room, plunge pool, locker room, and players’ lounge. The upper floor will include men’s and women’s restrooms, club room, head coach office, coaches’ lounge and locker rooms, team workroom, and guest seating overlooking the court.

3. Master Plan:
This project complies with the Twin Cities Campus Master Plan dated March 2009.

4. Environmental Issues:
No hazardous materials are anticipated during the renovation of this project.

5. Cost Estimate:
Construction Cost $3,116,000
Non-Construction Cost $884,000
Total Project Cost $4,000,000

6. Capital Funding:
Donor Funds $2,250,000
University debt (to bridge pledged gifts) $1,550,000
Intercollegiate Athletics $200,000
Total Capital Funding $4,000,000
 

Awesome re: Volleyball performance center! Wonder if big boosters will also have access to that club lounge and row of seats, or if it will be exclusively for recruits? Seems like we wouldn't have THAT many recruits over the whole season?? But I have no idea for sure.

Only thing is this basically cements the Pav as being the practice court for vball going forward. I guess that has been working fine for them, even though wrestling and both gymnastics use the facility for competitions. But think all of those have their own practice spaces/facilities (I know wrestling does for sure). So must not be too many conflicts with using the court for vball practice.


In my pipe dream of having a men's varsity team added one day, maybe then they'd need a separate vball practice facility. But I guess until that does comes, if ever, it won't.
 

Awesome tweet with recap video:

Gets me excited for next season!
 
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https://gophersports.com/news/2019/2/18/gopher-volleyball-invited-to-compete-in-japan.aspx

The University of Minnesota volleyball has been invited to compete in Okayama, Japan, from March 17-24, 2019. This is the second time the Golden Gopher volleyball program has taken its international trip to Japan in the past five years, and the first in Okayama.

The Gophers will train and compete against the All-Japan University Team, which will represent their country in this year's World University Games. The two teams will be hosted by International Pacific University (IPU).

"We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to return to Japan to compete," head coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "The All-Japan University team is comprised of the best University aged players from their country and will provide great competition for us. Their skill, speed, systems and power will provide our athletes a unique opportunity to learn. We are grateful for the help and hospitality of the JVA, IPU and the city of Okayama."

The Gophers will arrive in Okayama on March 17 and train and condition at the IPU facilities. With multiple gyms, a weight training center, cafeteria and dining halls, the Gophers will utilize IPU's athletic facilities throughout the week. Founded in 2007, IPU is a private coed higher education institution that is accredited by Japan's ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology.
 


https://gophersports.com/news/2019/...rs-to-send-13-to-usa-tryouts.aspx?path=wvball

Gopher Volleyball will send the largest collegiate contingent to the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout, this weekend at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Minnesota group includes 13 of 218 student-athletes from across the nation vying for spots on various USA Volleyball collegiate teams. In all, 87 colleges will be represented as the tryouts include 56 outside hitters, 46 liberos, 44 setters, 42 middles and 30 opposites.

The tryout will involve four sessions with three waves per session. Friday's first session goes from 2-8 p.m. MT, while Saturday's sessions are at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. The final session on Sunday begins at 7:30 a.m. MT with tournament style play, along with 16-18 athletes selected by the U.S. Women's National Team staff to participate in a "USA" training session. The Sunday session wraps up at 10:30 a.m. MT.

Gophers at USA Tryouts
Liberos
Lauren Barnes
Lauren Litzau
CC McGraw

Middles
Taylor Morgan
Regan Pittman

Opposites
Stephanie Samedy

Outside Hitters
Alexis Hart
Jasmyn Martin
Adanna Rollins
Claire Sheehan

Setters
Bayley McMenimen
Kylie Miller
Sara Nielsen
 

Ignatius L Hoops said:
https://gophersports.com/news/2019/...rs-to-send-13-to-usa-tryouts.aspx?path=wvball

Gopher Volleyball will send the largest collegiate contingent to the U.S. Women's National Team Open Tryout, this weekend at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The Minnesota group includes 13 of 218 student-athletes from across the nation vying for spots on various USA Volleyball collegiate teams. In all, 87 colleges will be represented as the tryouts include 56 outside hitters, 46 liberos, 44 setters, 42 middles and 30 opposites.

The tryout will involve four sessions with three waves per session. Friday's first session goes from 2-8 p.m. MT, while Saturday's sessions are at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. The final session on Sunday begins at 7:30 a.m. MT with tournament style play, along with 16-18 athletes selected by the U.S. Women's National Team staff to participate in a "USA" training session. The Sunday session wraps up at 10:30 a.m. MT.

Gophers at USA Tryouts
Liberos
Lauren Barnes
Lauren Litzau
CC McGraw

Middles
Taylor Morgan
Regan Pittman

Opposites
Stephanie Samedy

Outside Hitters
Alexis Hart
Jasmyn Martin
Adanna Rollins
Claire Sheehan

Setters
Bayley McMenimen
Kylie Miller
Sara Nielsen
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No SSS. That's odd.
 



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