undVBfan Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 Anyone know anything about this? I'm not 100% sure that this is a bad thing. Unless there is a transfer coming in that we haven't heard about it's a year of experience gone, but again, I think it could work out for the best in the long run. http://volleytalk.proboards.com/thread/75795/d1-transfers-2019?page=1 Quote
Dustin Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, undVBfan said: Anyone know anything about this? I'm not 100% sure that this is a bad thing. Unless there is a transfer coming in that we haven't heard about it's a year of experience gone, but again, I think it could work out for the best in the long run. http://volleytalk.proboards.com/thread/75795/d1-transfers-2019?page=1 That is welcome news, in my opinion. Not sure what Tulsa wants to do with her, but she was a bust at setter for UND. Hopefully what it means is that Pryor has a real setter ready to play for 2019, and Rautio saw the writing on the wall. Quote
undVBfan Posted January 7, 2019 Author Posted January 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Dustin said: That is welcome news, in my opinion. Not sure what Tulsa wants to do with her, but she was a bust at setter for UND. Hopefully what it means is that Pryor has a real setter ready to play for 2019, and Rautio saw the writing on the wall. It's not confirmed, and I haven't tracked down the source yet, but I suspect it's true. I wouldn't say she was a bust, but I thought she was predictable and easy to read. But it does leave another hole to fill. Looking back a year or so I think the loss of Merseli ended up being more of an issue than Griffin (relative comparison, both BIG losses). UND really needs a 6 rotation player who can sideout, pass, and hit from the pipe (there was no legitimate backrow option last year). Quote
Dustin Posted January 7, 2019 Posted January 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, undVBfan said: It's not confirmed, and I haven't tracked down the source yet, but I suspect it's true. I wouldn't say she was a bust, but I thought she was predictable and easy to read. But it does leave another hole to fill. Looking back a year or so I think the loss of Merseli ended up being more of an issue that Griffin (relative comparison, but BIG losses). UND really needs a 6 rotation player who can sideout, pass, and hit from the pipe (there was no legitimate backrow option last year). Calling her a bust might be a bit harsh, I'll admit, especially since she wasn't getting good passes. She seemed out of shape, and the amount of running that our poor passing forced her to do, plus the fact she kept having to wipe off her sweaty hands, made for the worst setter play I've even seen at UND in the DI era. Quote
UND1983 Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 Is Flores still on the team? saw her Twitter page didn't have anything about UND on it. Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 On 1/23/2019 at 8:47 AM, UND1983 said: Is Flores still on the team? saw her Twitter page didn't have anything about UND on it. I don’t know about Flores anyone have any predictions for the team? Are we on an upward or downward trajectory? Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said: I don’t know about Flores anyone have any predictions for the team? Are we on an upward or downward trajectory? I expect a bounceback, if they get improve setter play and a nice replacement for Vail. Quote
Dustin Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 I think the 2018 will be an anomaly. I hope so, anyways. I am certain we will have better setter play. I'd like to see what Morgan Hunt brings with her height (6-3). Ashley Bruggeman will need her best game every time she plays, and Alivia Fraase should give coach no doubt that she's the libero. Still a young team in '19, with 3 seniors and 2 juniors. Quote
UND1983 Posted February 2, 2019 Posted February 2, 2019 Saw on Twitter that Flores is going to Midland University. Quote
SiouxVolley Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 On 1/7/2019 at 9:03 AM, undVBfan said: It's not confirmed, and I haven't tracked down the source yet, but I suspect it's true. I wouldn't say she was a bust, but I thought she was predictable and easy to read. But it does leave another hole to fill. Looking back a year or so I think the loss of Merseli ended up being more of an issue than Griffin (relative comparison, both BIG losses). UND really needs a 6 rotation player who can sideout, pass, and hit from the pipe (there was no legitimate backrow option last year). Roosa lists on twitter that she is in Tulsa, OK. Flores must have been lonesome for home to go NAIA. The team environment must have been bad. Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted February 3, 2019 Posted February 3, 2019 My guess is team chemistry wasn’t good last year Quote
undVBfan Posted February 3, 2019 Author Posted February 3, 2019 19 hours ago, SiouxVolley said: Roosa lists on twitter that she is in Tulsa, OK. Flores must have been lonesome for home to go NAIA. The team environment must have been bad. I'm never surprised when someone wants to be closer to home, especially after their freshman year. I hope she's happy and it all works out for her. I have no first hand knowledge about the team chemistry, or lack of, but I wouldn't assume there was a team problem because she left. Lots of players in every sport just want to be closer to home. I do believe there was an issue earlier in the season, but that was addressed and I'm pretty sure won't be back next year.:-) I don't know the move is a big step down. Midland is a good team. They lost in the semis this year at the NAIA championships. I'm not sure where the best NAIA teams would fit in at the NCAA level. Maybe mid level D1 or upper level D2? It's just a guess, the physicality and size of the players just keeps going up with the higher levels. Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 Here’s hoping for renewed success and interest in UND volleyball! Quote
siouxfan68 Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 In December there was an article about a new hire at UND Volleyball, Jeremiah Tiffen as Associate Head Coach. As far as I can tell, there have been no updates to the Web site. Is he on campus and part of the staff? Also, have there been any official press releases on NLI's for incoming Freshman? Quote
choyt3 Posted April 2, 2019 Posted April 2, 2019 https://740thefan.com/news/articles/2019/apr/02/faith-dooley-named-head-volleyball-coach-at-concordia/# 2 Quote
SiouxVolley Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 3 hours ago, choyt3 said: https://740thefan.com/news/articles/2019/apr/02/faith-dooley-named-head-volleyball-coach-at-concordia/# Congrats, Faith! https://mobile.twitter.com/CobberSID/status/1113193167183069185?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1113206997837590528&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocial.siouxsports.com%2F Quote
UND Fan Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 Interesting announcement is to be made in a few minutes! Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, UND Fan said: Interesting announcement is to be made in a few minutes! Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, UND Fan said: Interesting announcement is to be made in a few minutes! Quote
darell1976 Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, lawkota said: Pryor resigns as coach. Thank you Coach Pryor for all you have done to this program. You took this program to new heights with conference championships and NCAA tournament appearances. Good luck to you and your family on your next quest. As for Bill Chaves, let’s get a coach as equally as good as Pryor and win the Summit. 1 Quote
lawkota Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 Seems he is headed back to Texas. I'm too lazy to look for the posts but a couple people on this board have long speculated that this was coming. Quote
Sioux>Bison Posted April 24, 2019 Posted April 24, 2019 Dang I liked Pryor and what he did with the program. He really helped turn volleyball into a big time attraction on campus. 1 Quote
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