2018 PSU Women's VB Thread

[UncleLar]

Zeynep Ton I think was international. Great player I think AA, now professor at MIT.

True. I didn't go back that far though. She was early 90's. I'll add her. She teaches in the Sloan Business School at MIT. Got her doctorate at Harvard. Didn't speak English when she arrived on campus. Brilliant woman.

She draws on her Penn State experience at times. Here she relates a Russ Rose story in front of a bunch of CEOs.

 

[TheGLOV]

Really when? In the last 20 years, I can only think of three. One from Brazil a decade ago and two from Mexico 15+ years ago. There are a lot more foreigners on a lot more sports at PSU than that (even the women's VB team has had more foreigners over the last 20 years).

EDIT: Forgot that we have one senior from Norway so make that about four in 20 years (i think there's a frosh on the team from London too). .

I did not give a time period but we did have players from England and Venezuela and Puerto Rico if memory serve me correct.

 

[UncleLar]

I did not give a time period but we did have players from England and Venezuela and Puerto Rico if memory serve me correct.

We've had several people from Puerto Rico but, I hate to break the news to you, they aren't foreigners, they are Americans.

 

[mn78psu83]

We've had several people from Puerto Rico but, I hate to break the news to you, they aren't foreigners, they are Americans.

 

[Sproul]

We've had several people from Puerto Rico but, I hate to break the news to you, they aren't foreigners, they are Americans.

God, was about to post the same thing. Ridiculous

 

[Ski]

We've had several people from Puerto Rico but, I hate to break the news to you, they aren't foreigners, they are Americans.

I'd give him a pass since the IOC lets them have their own team in the Olympics. Citizenship-wise Americans, volleyball-wise foreigners.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2004/08/why-puerto-rico-has-its-own-olympic-team.html

"...the International Olympic Committee, the governing body that makes all decisions about the administration and operation of the games, has recognized the island’s National Olympic Committee. Such committees are the official representatives of each Olympic delegation and are approved only after meeting criteria established by the IOC. But while the standards such national committees must meet are clear, the rules governing who can form them are considerably murkier. The Olympic Charter explains that “the expression ‘country’ means an independent State recognized by the international community,” and the IOC recognized Puerto Rico as such an entity in 1948. Although the United States granted the island the right to elect its own governor in the same year, that power is nothing like full independence. The U.S. Department of the Interior still classifies Puerto Rico as an “insular area” of the United States—a “jurisdiction that is neither a part of one of the several States nor a Federal district.” But apparently the IOC considers insular areas sufficiently independent to participate in the games; the committee recognized the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1967, Guam in 1986, and American Samoa in 1987."

 

[mn78psu83]

I hate to break it back to you but they are not citizens.

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-9711.html

 

[TheGLOV]

https://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-9711.html

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-03/are-puerto-ricans-american-citizens

 

[mn78psu83]

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-03/are-puerto-ricans-american-citizens

From your article:

It wasn't until 1940 that Congress enacted legislation conferring birthright, or "jus soli," (right of soil) citizenship on persons born in Puerto Rico. Whereas persons born in Puerto Rico prior to 1940 could only acquire a naturalized citizenship if their parents were U.S. citizens, anyone born in Puerto Rico after 1940 acquired a U.S. citizenship as a direct result of being born on Puerto Rican soil. This legislation both amended and replaced the Jones Act. The Nationality Act of 1940 established that Puerto Rico was a part of the United States for citizenship purposes. Since Jan. 13, 1941, birth in Puerto Rico amounts to birth in the United States for citizenship purposes.

However, the prevailing consensus among scholars, lawmakers and policymakers is that Puerto Ricans are not entitled to a constitutional citizenship status. While Puerto Ricans are officially U.S. citizens, the territory remains unincorporated. This contradiction has enabled the governance of Puerto Rico as a separate and unequal territory that belongs to, but is not a part of, the United States.

 

[TheGLOV]

From your article:

t wasn't until 1940 that Congress enacted legislation conferring birthright, or "jus soli," (right of soil) citizenship on persons born in Puerto Rico. Whereas persons born in Puerto Rico prior to 1940 could only acquire a naturalized citizenship if their parents were U.S. citizens, anyone born in Puerto Rico after 1940 acquired a U.S. citizenship as a direct result of being born on Puerto Rican soil. This legislation both amended and replaced the Jones Act. The Nationality Act of 1940 established that Puerto Rico was a part of the United States for citizenship purposes. Since Jan. 13, 1941, birth in Puerto Rico amounts to birth in the United States for citizenship purposes.

However, the prevailing consensus among scholars, lawmakers and policymakers is that Puerto Ricans are not entitled to a constitutional citizenship status. While Puerto Ricans are officially U.S. citizens, the territory remains unincorporated. This contradiction has enabled the governance of Puerto Rico as a separate and unequal territory that belongs to, but is not a part of, the United States.

I saw that

 

[Sproul]

Well we don’t have any 80 year olds on our volleyball team, so it’s safe to say that any Puerto Rican’s we have in the future can be considered Americans.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

From your article:

It wasn't until 1940 that Congress enacted legislation conferring birthright, or "jus soli," (right of soil) citizenship on persons born in Puerto Rico. Whereas persons born in Puerto Rico prior to 1940 could only acquire a naturalized citizenship if their parents were U.S. citizens, anyone born in Puerto Rico after 1940 acquired a U.S. citizenship as a direct result of being born on Puerto Rican soil. This legislation both amended and replaced the Jones Act. The Nationality Act of 1940 established that Puerto Rico was a part of the United States for citizenship purposes. Since Jan. 13, 1941, birth in Puerto Rico amounts to birth in the United States for citizenship purposes.

However, the prevailing consensus among scholars, lawmakers and policymakers is that Puerto Ricans are not entitled to a constitutional citizenship status. While Puerto Ricans are officially U.S. citizens, the territory remains unincorporated. This contradiction has enabled the governance of Puerto Rico as a separate and unequal territory that belongs to, but is not a part of, the United States.

Being a Puerto Rican US citizen is a lot like being a US citizen north of the Mason Dixon Line...... given our electoral college. You all, get fractional votes.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Sat eve 10/20:

PSU sweeps Rutgers 3-0

25-23 25-14 25-17

We STILL need.....JonZ!

 

[PSU&Trout]

Sat eve 10/20:

PSU sweeps Rutgers 3-0

25-23 25-14 25-17

We STILL need.....JonZ!

Way better played match than earlier this week. Ladies had me worried in the first set but then just took it workman like and blew the doors off set 2 and 3. Like this team

 

[mn78psu83]

Way better played match than earlier this week. Ladies had me worried in the first set but then just took it workman like and blew the doors off set 2 and 3. Like this team

The team is improving as they get closer to the post-season. Good stuff.

 

[Nitwit]

No. 4 Penn State Sweeps Rutgers
Penn State Swept Rutgers, 3-0: 25-23, 25-14, 25-17.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The No. 4 Penn State women’s volleyball team swept Rutgers, 3-0: 25-23, 25-14, 25-17, in a Big Ten Conference match to move to 17-3, 8-2 on the season.

Penn State was led by three hitters who registers double digit kills. Redshirt senior Nia Reed finished with a match-high 11 kills on .474. She added two blocks on the evening.

Graduate student Taylor Leath finished with 10 kills, hitting .500 in the match. She added seven digs and a block.

Freshman Jonni Parker was the third Nittany Lion to reach double figures as she put down 10 kills on .421 hitting. She finished the evening with four digs, two blocks and an ace.

The freshman middle blocker duo of Kaitlyn Hord and Serena Gray added six kills apiece. Hord hit .667 on the evening, with three blocks. Gray hit .333, with two digs and a block.

Redshirt senior Bryanna Weiskircher dished out 40 assists, scooped up three digs, and tallied a block and an ace.

Defensively junior libero Kendall White tallied a match-high 10 digs. Fellow defensive specialist Jenna Hampton dished out two aces and added three digs.

For the match, Penn State put down 46 kills on .379 for the match, and out-blocked the Scarlet Knights, 6.0-3.0.

The Nittany Lions will return home on Friday, October 26 to take on Indiana for Penn State’s Dig Pink Match at 7:30 p.m.

--Nittany Lions

 

[ILLINOISLION]

You do know we have a WVB thread?

 

[lockhavenlion3]

You do know we have a WVB thread?

nebraska went down again to minny 3-1.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

nebraska went down again to minny 3-1.

That keeps Minny undefeated in conference (10-0) with PSU chasing at 8-2.

 

[TheGLOV]

Being a Puerto Rican US citizen is a lot like being a US citizen north of the Mason Dixon Line...... given our electoral college. You all, get fractional votes.

Welcome comrade!

Wait...What?

Oh, that is for the Rooskies!!

 

[NittPicker]

Welcome comrade!

Wait...What?

Oh, that is for the Rooskies!!

Camarada.

 

[TheGLOV]

nebraska went down again to minny 3-1.

An angel get's his wings every time the Nebraska WVB team loses!!

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

We down here get

Welcome comrade!

Wait...What?

Oh, that is for the Rooskies!!

We down here get extra credit for our slaves.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Polls for 10/22 (previous rank in parenthesis)

Volley talk Top 25

Top 10:
1. BYU (1)
2. Stanford (2)
3. Minnesota (3)
4. PSU (5)
5. Pitt (6)
6. Illinois (7)
7. Wisconsin (8)
8. Nebraska (4)
9. Texas (9)
10. Creighton (10)

AVCA Top 25

Top 10:
1. BYU (1)
2. Stanford (2)
3. Minnesota (3)
4. PSU (4)
5. Pitt (6)
6. Illinois (7)
7. Wisconsin (9)
8. Texas (8)
9. Nebraska (5)
10. Creighton (10)

PrepVolleyball Top 64

Top 10:
1. BYU (1)
2. Stanford (2)
3. Minnesota (4)
4. Pittsburgh (3)
5. Cal Poly (5)
6. PSU (6)
7. Wisconsin (17)
8. Nebraska (8)
9. Illinois (9)
10. Creighton (10)

NCAA RPI (not a poll; just the RPI of each team)

Top 15:
1. Stanford
2. BYU
3. Illinois
4. Texas
5. Pitt
6. USC
7. Minnesota
8. Wisconsin
9. UCF
10. Kentucky
11. Michigan
12. Washington St.
13. Purdue
14. PSU
15. Nebraska

 

[NitneLiun]

It's funny how the RPI punished us for playing Rutgers twice in the same week. Our RPI dropped from #11 to #14. This week, we play Indiana and Purdue (#13 RPI).. Wins against those two probably won't advance our RPI much either. We'll need to get wins against Minnesota or Wisconsin and Illinois to move up significantly.

 

[tboyer]

It's funny how the RPI punished us for playing Rutgers twice in the same week. Our RPI dropped from #11 to #14. This week, we play Indiana and Purdue (#13 RPI).. Wins against those two probably won't advance our RPI much either. We'll need to get wins against Minnesota or Wisconsin and Illinois to move up significantly.

The RPI is really weird right now but hopefully some of that will be sorted out as the season goes along and the computer gets more data. PSU could end up the #2 or #3 team in the B1G and that should mean an RPI around 8. My sense is the RPI model has tended to overrate teams like Ky and Fl from outside tough volleyball conferences and underrated mid-level B1G programs playing tough competition every week.

It would be interesting to compare RPI as a predictor of NCAA tournament finish with the VT and AVCA polls. Wouldn't be surprised if the human polls do a better job.

 

[NitneLiun]

It would be interesting to compare RPI as a predictor of NCAA tournament finish with the VT and AVCA polls. Wouldn't be surprised if the human polls do a better job.

I don't really pay attention to the VT poll. I know a lot of those people and they are more than happy to let their biases influence their rankings.

RPI is severely flawed. I find Pablo to be a much more accurate and better system. FWIW, Pablo has PSU at #9 right now, while the Rich Kern and AVCA polls have PSU at #4.

Russ Rose's most recent AVCA ballot has PSU at #6 and Pitt at #5.

Chris Peak tweeted this morning that Pitt WVB is superior to PSU WVB. Perhaps I should have included that tweet in the "Pitt Fans Say the Darndest Things" thread.

 

[Sproul]

Word on the street is that pitt and psu both May host 1st and 2nd round for the tourney.

 

[NitneLiun]

Word on the street is that pitt and psu both May host 1st and 2nd round for the tourney.

It's largely driven by RPI seed. If both end up in the RPI Top 16, both will host.

 

[rem524]

Yes. In the Alumni Block for Saturday too. Other ABBA members of my era that frequent this site include poconolion, psu83drummer, and Blue Band.

You?

Hey flash86 - Sorry to be slow responding. I wasn't rushing back here after the Michigan State game - figured there might be some negativity going around.

Yes, I played trumpet and graduated in '84. I live up around Boston and we have a lot of kids activities on weekends so it's hard to get back for Homecoming. I know who poconolion is but don't know the other two by their board names. I just sent a friend request on Facebook (assuming I've got the right person). Hope you are doing well!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Daily Collegian: Penn State women's volleyball's Kendall White brings her winning mentality to the court

Daily Collegian: Unsung contributions from the bench continue to fuel Penn State women's volleyball

Daily Collegian: Next month's difficult slate looms large as Penn State prepares for Indiana and Purdue

Onward State: Penn State Women's Volleyball To Wear Pink Uniforms

Purdue Exponent: Boilers preparing for tough road games

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Fri eve 10/26

PSU sweeps Indy 3-0

25-18 25-19 25-18

We STILL need.....JonZ

 

[Nitwit]

Anyone know why Brianna didn’t play tonight? She was dressed but never played. Maybe Russ was resting some of the starters or used an inferior opponent to get Blossem some playing time.

 

[dwiz]

Anyone know why Brianna didn’t play tonight? She was dressed but never played. Maybe Russ was resting some of the starters or used an inferior opponent to get Blossem some playing time.

She has an injury.

Also Randy Johnson's big unit daughter plays for indiana as a freshman.

 

[TheGLOV]

She has an injury.

Also Randy Johnson's big unit daughter plays for indiana as a freshman.

Is she as 'ugly' as him?

LOL!!

 

[dwiz]

Is she as 'ugly' as him?

LOL!!

That's for Eric to decide. Flag on the play.

 

[Nitwit]

No. 4 Penn State sweeps Indiana
The No.4 Penn State women's volleyball swept Indiana, 3-0

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 4 Penn State women’s volleyball team swept Indiana for their Dig Pink match, 3-0; 25-18, 25-19, 25-18, on Friday evening in Big Ten action, to move to 18-3, 9-2 on the season.

Penn State has partnered with the Side-Out Foundation for their annual Dig Pink match. Penn State, who wore pink uniforms for the first time in program history, auctioned off the game worn uniforms and raffled off select youth-sized pink uniforms with the proceeds going towards the Nittany Lions' Dig Pink® Campaign goal of $5,000. If fans were unable to attend, donations to the Penn State women's volleyball campaign can be made HERE

Freshman Gabby Blossom earned her first start in her career, and orchestrated the offense to a .297 hitting percentage and dishing out a career-high 41 assists. She recorded her first career double-double by scooping up a career-high 12 digs and added two blocks, two kills and an ace.

Junior libero Kendall White scooped up a match-high 19 digs, moving her into sole possession of seventh place on the Penn State career digs list at 1,281. She moved up two places, passing Michelle Jaworski (1,265; 1987-90) and Salima Davidson (1,278; 1991-94).

Offensively, freshman Jonni Parker led the match with 16 kills, hitting .250 while taking a bulk of the Nittany Lions’ attempts. She added eight digs, two blocks and an assist.

Redshirt senior Nia Reed was also in double-digits with 12 kills, while hitting .310 on the evening. She added two blocks and a dig.

The middle blocker pairing of redshirt junior Tori Gorrell and freshman Kaitlyn Hord combined for 11 kills, with Gorrell putting down five kills on .364. Hord finished with a 7-0-9 hitting line for .778. Hord added three blocks, and Gorrell added two solo blocks.

On the match, Penn State put down 48 kills for the match, including 22 kills in the third set along. They also held Indiana to just .131 hitting on the match.

Penn State returns to action on Saturday evening at 8 p.m. as they host the No. 17 Purdue Boilermakers.

--Nittany Lions--

 

[flash86]

She has an injury.

Also Randy Johnson's big unit daughter plays for indiana as a freshman.

https://iuhoosiers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=11177

 

[BobPSU92]

Anyone know why Brianna didn’t play tonight? She was dressed but never played. Maybe Russ was resting some of the starters or used an inferior opponent to get Blossem some playing time.

 

[NitneLiun]

She has an injury.

Also Randy Johnson's big unit daughter plays for indiana as a freshman.

Big Unit must have more than one daughter. Another one play VB for Oregon.

Bryanna has a back injury. No word on when she will return.