25-18, 21-25, 25-23, 25-23 per KHSAA scoreboard. Saw on Channel 19 news last night that ND now ranked 14th in the Nation.

NDA is clicking on all cylinders at the right time. #14 in the nation is their highest ranking ever. The setter has lots of options. Big week ahead @ Ryle and @Assumption

If ND meets Mercy in the Final it should be HUGE

NDA is clicking on all cylinders at the right time. #14 in the nation is their highest ranking ever. The setter has lots of options. Big week ahead @ Ryle and @Assumption

 

Ever, this season? Or in history of program/PrepVolleyball rankings? Please clarify.

Ever, this season? Or in history of program/PrepVolleyball rankings? Please clarify.

 

I work with a huge NDA fan {not huge weight wise:)} I'm pretty sure he was referring to the history of Prepvolleyballs ranking. NDA probably doesn't report scores to MaxPreps because their rankings sometimes don't make sense. For those in the know...how does this years team compare to last years. Pretty sure the passing isn't as good but I don't see all their games.

I work with a huge NDA fan {not huge weight wise:)} I'm pretty sure he was referring to the history of Prepvolleyballs ranking. NDA probably doesn't report scores to MaxPreps because their rankings sometimes don't make sense. For those in the know...how does this years team compare to last years. Pretty sure the passing isn't as good but I don't see all their games.

 

Lol "huge NDA fan" aka someone with a kid on the team. Please get a better source.

Lol "huge NDA fan" aka someone with a kid on the team. Please get a better source.

 

Why the sarcasm? Just stated what they heard and asking a question.

wxyz....Be happy and just enjoy the success of NDA!!!

Why the sarcasm? Just stated what they heard and asking a question.

 

Nothing bothers me more than people posting on here when they don't know the facts or know for certain their posts to be true. In her first post, volleymom doesn't say she 'heard' she says the ranking like it's a fact. Please reread her first post. Unless 'volleymom' has done the research on PrepVolleyball.com to make sure that #14 is the highest ranking ever then she should clarify with a statement such as, "I have not done the research but I heard from a NDA volleyball parent that #14 is the highest ranking ever." or something similar. Then the readers of her post, know that volleymom isn't stating fact, she is spreading gossip that she heard around the water cooler.

 

For me, I have not done any research so I have no idea if it is the highest ranking or not. My point is not to disparage the work the 2014 Pandas have put together because I am very very proud of them, instead, I want to make sure that all of the awesome NDA teams that came before them in the over 35 year tradition (11 years of PV.com rankings) are given their proper due.

 

Last season all I heard was "this is the best team to ever play at NDA" and "(insert overrated player's name here) is the BEST player to ever play at NDA" and it was so not true. I can think of at least 5 teams from the 80's and 90's who were better than last year's team and at least 10 players who were better than the supposed 'stars' of last year's team.

 

Bluedad, you are a Mercy fan from what I can tell, so I am sure you are very proud of your Mercy team but I also hope that you don't lose sight of, in the recent history, the greatness of past Mercy teams. Even in the 80's Mercy was a powerhouse, the first to come out of Lousville, winning State in 1985 and 1986, the only two years in the 80's that the Pandas did not win.

 

Parents are funny in that they only know what they know and don't take the time to look more deeply into a school's tradition than what they know of their daughter's four years.

 

If I hadn't questioned volleymom on her source, all the readers of this thread would have taken it as fact what she posted about the rankings. All I am asking for is either a disclaimer or for research to be done. That may be asking too much of the parents who post on this board, only worried about Princess and could care less about the teams/players that came before.

wxyz....Be happy and just enjoy the success of NDA!!!

 

I am very pleased with the Pandas. They are playing hard, competing and most importantly and great to see...no egos from the 'stars', true team effort. Different people stepping up to make a great play and that is what makes a winning team. These girls are a joy to watch as the season has progressed, they have composed themselves into a force and not because one player is a 'star' but because they are team with great chemistry.

Why the sarcasm? Just stated what they heard and asking a question.

 

Bluedad thanks for the support. A parent of a former player who still has close ties to the program told me about the ranking. I had no reason to believe it was made up. In the future I will preface my statements by saying "I heard" to appease the Post Police. Some posters have a lot of knowledge and add a lot to the board but do it with a surly attitude for whatever reason. I'm new to the board and I'm learning who's who.

Bluedad thanks for the support. A parent of a former player who still has close ties to the program told me about the ranking. I had no reason to believe it was made up. In the future I will preface my statements by saying "I heard" to appease the Post Police. Some posters have a lot of knowledge and add a lot to the board but do it with a surly attitude for whatever reason. I'm new to the board and I'm learning who's who.

 

To clarify, the ranking was not 'made up'. NDA is currently #14 on PrepVolleyball.com. Great ranking for them when the volleyball Community didn't expect much.

 

What is potentially ''made up' is the claim of 'highest ranking ever'. Just not sure if that is a fact or not a fact. I haven't and won't dig thru the pages of rankings on PrepVolleyball to find out because I really don't care that much about rankings.

 

My post, volleymom, was not to discourage you from posting, it was to simply point out that unless you know for a fact something to be 100% true (ie "highest ranking ever") either don't post it or post a disclaimer.

Nothing bothers me more than people posting on here when they don't know the facts or know for certain their posts to be true. In her first post, volleymom doesn't say she 'heard' she says the ranking like it's a fact. Please reread her first post. Unless 'volleymom' has done the research on PrepVolleyball.com to make sure that #14 is the highest ranking ever then she should clarify with a statement such as, "I have not done the research but I heard from a NDA volleyball parent that #14 is the highest ranking ever." or something similar. Then the readers of her post, know that volleymom isn't stating fact, she is spreading gossip that she heard around the water cooler.

 

For me, I have not done any research so I have no idea if it is the highest ranking or not. My point is not to disparage the work the 2014 Pandas have put together because I am very very proud of them, instead, I want to make sure that all of the awesome NDA teams that came before them in the over 35 year tradition (11 years of PV.com rankings) are given their proper due.

 

Last season all I heard was "this is the best team to ever play at NDA" and "(insert overrated player's name here) is the BEST player to ever play at NDA" and it was so not true. I can think of at least 5 teams from the 80's and 90's who were better than last year's team and at least 10 players who were better than the supposed 'stars' of last year's team.

 

Bluedad, you are a Mercy fan from what I can tell, so I am sure you are very proud of your Mercy team but I also hope that you don't lose sight of, in the recent history, the greatness of past Mercy teams. Even in the 80's Mercy was a powerhouse, the first to come out of Lousville, winning State in 1985 and 1986, the only two years in the 80's that the Pandas did not win.

 

Parents are funny in that they only know what they know and don't take the time to look more deeply into a school's tradition than what they know of their daughter's four years.

 

If I hadn't questioned volleymom on her source, all the readers of this thread would have taken it as fact what she posted about the rankings. All I am asking for is either a disclaimer or for research to be done. That may be asking too much of the parents who post on this board, only worried about Princess and could care less about the teams/players that came before.

 

 

No I am not a Mercy fan- but since you confess that you don't know yourself whether this is NDA's highest ranking ever, why even make a big deal about it? You think the readers here are writing this stuff down in a notebook for future reference?

BTW- For someone who professes the need to post disclaimers and hard facts, you seem to have come up short in that department when it comes to your critique of how Cov Cath was awarded the NFL grant from the Bengals.

No I am not a Mercy fan- but since you confess that you don't know yourself whether this is NDA's highest ranking ever, why even make a big deal about it? You think the readers here are writing this stuff down in a notebook for future reference?

BTW- For someone who professes the need to post disclaimers and hard facts, you seem to have come up short in that department when it comes to your critique of how Cov Cath was awarded the NFL grant from the Bengals.

 

Ahhhh a CCH fan. I am too.

 

Anyone who PM'd me on that issue were given what I know. I was told my info in confidence and those I shared it with promised not to share on BGP. I haven't even checked that thread to see if they honored it.

 

Maybe they aren't "writing it down" maybe they are. I don't know. You're not sending a private email

Or text message, you are writing in a public forum on the Internet for all the world to see. Why would one not want their info to be as accurate as possible?

Out of curiosity I took a look on PrepVolleyball.com. And going back to 2003, it looks like their highest previous ranking was 17th, last year. 14 is pretty good for a "rebuilding" team that wasn't in the top 100 to start the year. Go Pandas!