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Thought I would check in to see how Giorgia is faring at Wisconsin. From what I have read it sounded like Giorgia transferred to Wisconsin because she wanted a new challenge, doesn't like losing and would love to win an NCAA Championship. It would appear that Giorgia has, in fact, fulfilled those goals at #1 ranked Wisconsin who may very well win an NCAA Championship.
The question is will how big of a role will Giorgia play in Wisconsin's success this year.
Giorgia played in all 13 sets of undefeated Wisconsin's first 4 matches. She has not played in any of Wisconsin's last 4 matches. Is she injured? Not sure. Did not find any reports on an injury. Maybe a Covid-19 quarantine but again no reports of that. In the 4 matches that Giorgia did play in she had 27 digs for an average of 2.08 per set. Lauren Barnes who is the team leader with 3.52 digs per set but has played in all 25 sets over 8 matches appears to be Wisconsin's libero with Giorgia filling in as a defensive specialist (when she was playing).
By comparison in her two full years playing as a Shocker Giorgia averaged 5.51 digs per set. Giorgia was the AAC Libero of the year in 2018 when she set WSU records for most digs in a season at 728 and highest digs per set average of 5.78.
While I am not sure how Giorgia feels about her move to Wisconsin at this point I am not unhappy with how it has worked out for the Shocks as I very much like what I am seeing from Sina Uluave at the libero position and I would think Sina has a lot of upside considering she is a novice at the position with only 7 matches in her career at the position.
The Shockers are not in a class with Wisconsin and the Badgers will win big with or without Giorgia. But the Shockers are back on a winning track so far and I think Sina's move to the libero has been an important factor in that renewed success. I think Sina was smart enough to see that with the young talent the Shocks have added that playing time as a 5'-11" (maybe) outside hitter was perhaps going to be a challenge. I think she made a great decision in volunteering to move to the libero position. Giorgia is certainly very good at reading, anticipating and positioning but is nowhere near as athletic or rangy as Sina is and I would expect Sina's instincts to develop a lot as she plays the position. I also like having a libero who is a bit taller at 5'-11" or whatever her actual height is. I remember it seems like UNI always had terrific libero's at or round 6' on their teams who were very effective.
I wish Giorgia well and hope she is happy. However, I am pretty satisfied with how the libero position seems to working out for the Shocks. Sina has played in all 7 matches and 25 sets the Shocks have played and she is averaging 4.0 digs per set (4.55 digs per set over her last 3 matches/11sets). and Sina has done a very good job as the secondary out of system setter. Giorgia is not doing much setting at Wisconsin with only 2 assists in her 13 sets while Sina has 20 assists in her 25 sets so far this year.
The question is will how big of a role will Giorgia play in Wisconsin's success this year.
Giorgia played in all 13 sets of undefeated Wisconsin's first 4 matches. She has not played in any of Wisconsin's last 4 matches. Is she injured? Not sure. Did not find any reports on an injury. Maybe a Covid-19 quarantine but again no reports of that. In the 4 matches that Giorgia did play in she had 27 digs for an average of 2.08 per set. Lauren Barnes who is the team leader with 3.52 digs per set but has played in all 25 sets over 8 matches appears to be Wisconsin's libero with Giorgia filling in as a defensive specialist (when she was playing).
By comparison in her two full years playing as a Shocker Giorgia averaged 5.51 digs per set. Giorgia was the AAC Libero of the year in 2018 when she set WSU records for most digs in a season at 728 and highest digs per set average of 5.78.
While I am not sure how Giorgia feels about her move to Wisconsin at this point I am not unhappy with how it has worked out for the Shocks as I very much like what I am seeing from Sina Uluave at the libero position and I would think Sina has a lot of upside considering she is a novice at the position with only 7 matches in her career at the position.
The Shockers are not in a class with Wisconsin and the Badgers will win big with or without Giorgia. But the Shockers are back on a winning track so far and I think Sina's move to the libero has been an important factor in that renewed success. I think Sina was smart enough to see that with the young talent the Shocks have added that playing time as a 5'-11" (maybe) outside hitter was perhaps going to be a challenge. I think she made a great decision in volunteering to move to the libero position. Giorgia is certainly very good at reading, anticipating and positioning but is nowhere near as athletic or rangy as Sina is and I would expect Sina's instincts to develop a lot as she plays the position. I also like having a libero who is a bit taller at 5'-11" or whatever her actual height is. I remember it seems like UNI always had terrific libero's at or round 6' on their teams who were very effective.
I wish Giorgia well and hope she is happy. However, I am pretty satisfied with how the libero position seems to working out for the Shocks. Sina has played in all 7 matches and 25 sets the Shocks have played and she is averaging 4.0 digs per set (4.55 digs per set over her last 3 matches/11sets). and Sina has done a very good job as the secondary out of system setter. Giorgia is not doing much setting at Wisconsin with only 2 assists in her 13 sets while Sina has 20 assists in her 25 sets so far this year.
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