Quote from: USee on August 20, 2019, 12:50:14 am

North Central:

Returning starter/2 deep player not listed on 2019 Roster:
Starters: WR Cam Moore (fr), RB Dom Muogahlu (jr), K Derik Judka (fr), DE Josh Leonhard (Jr), DT Lane Brinkman (so), P Zane Lodico (jr)
Backups: QB Conor Joyce (Fr/Transfer), DB Jonathan Mitchell (fr), DB De’Angelo Roberson (so)
Returning Starters: 15
Offense: 8 (14/22 from 2 Deep) 5 OL, 1 WR, TE, QB
Defense: 7 (15/22 from 2 Deep) 2 DL, 2 LB, 3 DB
Key Returning starters: QB Broc Rutter, 5 OL, WR Andrew Kamienski, DL Tommy Hyland, DB Jake Beesley
Key losses: DB Pat Cravens, LB Derek Werkenthein, WR Cam Moore, RB Dom Muoghalu, K Derik Judka

NCC is the favorite but not by much. Broc Rutter along with his starting 5 OL and Andrew Kamienski make them a dangerous offense. No RB or top speed WR is a problem. DL and secondary will be much better. Losing 7 expected returnees brings them back to the pack and lower in the rankings a bit. Playing 2 of the 3 other contenders on the road further bunches the top CCIW teams (@WashU, @Wheaton, vs IWU). At the end of the day, they still have Broc Rutter, an elite D3 QB so I expect them to be tested, but still prevail. 🔮

While I certainly hope the Cardinals do indeed prevail, and expect such to be the case, the above write-up does not readily inspire a large degree of confidence in their being ready to do so. Considering the seemingly more optimistic summaries of Wheaton and IWU, perhaps the poster is employing a bit of reverse psychology in his analysis of the NCC squad? 😏  

Quote from: Gregory Sager on December 12, 2018, 12:30:15 pm

I had some misgivings about NPU adding the sport, given that, of the eight sports for which I already do play-by-play, women's volleyball is by far the most difficult to call. But when I shared my trepidation with North Park's new head men's volleyball coach about calling his team's matches, he assured me that calling men's volleyball is much easier than calling women's volleyball. That's because there typically aren't long volleys in the men's version like there are in women's volleyball -- men are too tall, jump too high, and are too powerful, so points tend to be scored pretty quickly.

Does Jay call women's volleyball for Wash U?

Yeah, men's volleyball is not my favorite sport to watch for those reasons.  It seems to be a pretty fast growing sport, too, in terms of participation.  I assume because a lot of the infrastructure exists also having women's volleyball.  Since the seasons don't overlap, many schools are using it as a way to make what would otherwise be a part time coaching position full-time and hiring one coach for both teams.  Lots of win-wins there - although, yeah, it may not be as fan friendly.