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Nebraska wanted to open up the season against Texas in the Vert Challenge in Lincoln this year, but Elliott requested to play Florida and Oregon even though the home team has preference to which teams they would like to play. It may not be until Big 12 conference play before we see this team running on all cylinders since we will be breaking in a freshman OH (Logan), a RS-Fr MB (Brionne), and a new libero (anyone but Autumn). If we do play Nebraska next season, the strategy should be to target Sun on serve-receive and to hit at her if she is playing in the back row... I just don't think her ball control will improve that much even at Nebraska.

Yep, Skylar is still committed for the ‘19 class along with 6’4 MB Molly Phillips. I meant to say that Logan Eggleston was part of the ‘19 class but is now part of the ‘18 class with Asjia O'Neal, Sydney Petersen, and Jhenna Gabriel.

Boom! And now we have our 6-rotation OH for the upcoming season... welcome Logan Eggleston! Logan was originally a 2018 recruit, but started taking on-line courses in April to graduate high school this month. https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/05/07/logan-eggleston-texas-longhorns-brentwood-volleyball/589141002/ Logan has been part of the USA Youth National Team the past 2 years and was the primary 6-rotation, ball-control OH. Although she may not be the offensive threat that Lexi Sun provided, Logan will already be coming in with the ball control that Texas needs with its plethora of hitters. She is a true 6 rotation OH and will start Day 1. With Logan's arrival, Yaazie can now go back to her natural position on the right side and Brionne can stay at MB. Micaya and Logan will play all 6 rotations and will open up the offense with their ability to attack from the back row. And hopefully, we'll be able to see what Ashley can really do with better ball control if either of the new recruits can step in and perform like Cat McCoy did her Freshman year. The fall line-up should look like: OH1- Micaya OH2- Logan MB1 - Morgan MB2- Brionne Opp - Yaazie Setter - Ashley Libero - To be determined

There are rumors that we may be getting a commit from Croatia soon... hopefully, Mirta has helped to secure a 6 rotation, ball-control pin hitter who can pass the ball and play great back row defense. And if Jerritt can get an experienced libero transfer, he should just go ahead and give her a scholarship. If not, Sydney and Jhenna need to be ready to play because I don't want to see Autumn on the court next year. Claire, maybe...but Autumn needs to stay on the bench.

I think Lexi's back row play is really going to be exposed playing in the BIG conference. I foresee her only playing front row at Nebraska (as she did at Texas) because teams will target her if she is asked to pass in serve-receive and play in the back row. But she will most likely be a more successful hitter because Nebraska's superior ball control will keep them in-system and will give her more 1-on-1 hitting opportunities which she thrives at. Either way, John Cook will have to deal with her helicopter dad who was rumored to be one of the driving forces of team discord last year. Plus, she may not have liked how 'chippy' players got during practice...there's a lot of smack talk that goes on between the girls and her California disposition probably didn't jive with that. She might be more focused on the court next year since Lincoln doesn't offer as many distractions as Austin and her boo Mo Bamba won't be there.