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Its no surprise that one of the most coveted volleyball recruits out of high school is already an impact player in college.Wisconsins Molly Haggerty makes the game look easy, though credit for some of that goes to teammate Lauren Carlini and the Badgers coaching staff. The 6-foot-1 freshman outside hitter, the espnW player of the week, averaged 5.88 kills per set last weekend and packed 27 kills into three sets in the Badgers sweep at Texas A&M.Haggerty picked right back up at Texas on Sunday, with 20 more kills, 14 digs and five aces to propel No. 3 Wisconsin past the 2015 national runner-up, which was ranked second at the time. The Badgers (8-1) denied Texas three match points in a 20-18 final set.The gym was very loud, said Haggerty, who has three career double-doubles in her nine collegiate matches. But the whole match, the team was composed and calm. We never really panicked. Being new to this team, it was really cool to see how relaxed we were on the court. That kept us going in the right direction.Playing alongside Carlini, one of the best setters in the game, helps. The two Illinois natives are old friends from their club volleyball days at Sports Performance.Lauren definitely helped expedite Mollys learning curve, Badgers coach Kelly Sheffield said.Carlinis ability to be consistently precise with the ball, he said, allows Haggerty to shine.Theres no stop-and-go, he said. Molly can accelerate without hesitation.Haggerty does most things at full velocity. Winning the national championship is a goal of most elite players; Haggerty is determined to win four -- all part of 10 volleyball goals for her collegiate career that she has written down. The others include four Big Ten championships for Wisconsin and winning conference freshman of the year and national freshman of the year for herself.As lofty as that might sound, consider her high school years. Haggerty led St. Francis High in Wheaton, Illinois, to four state titles, including one her senior year, when the school moved up in classification from 3A to 4A. Her club team won four AAU national championships. Twice in that span, she earned MVP honors, and twice she earned All-America honors.My freshman year of high school, the goals I set were winning four state championships, she said. Same thing for college. My goals wont change because I aim high -- not low.Competitiveness is in her nature, whether its her favorite card game, Trash, or enjoying HORSE in the driveway with sisters Meghan and Maddie. All the Haggerty children are Division I athletes. Meghan starred for Nebraska volleyball, and Maddie plays volleyball at Michigan State. Brother Ryan played basketball at Milwaukee.Molly gave a verbal commitment to Nebraska volleyball her sophomore year but decided it wasnt the best fit for her and switched to Wisconsin.Everybodys known who she was since she was very young, Sheffield said. A lot of top-level kids come into college as great athletes, really good at one or two skills. Shes just a really good all-around player, whether its attacking, blocking, passing, swinging, defense. The great thing is theres also so much room for her to grow. Im excited to have four years with her.Haggerty and her unbridled enthusiasm await conference play, which starts this weekend with home games against Ohio State and Maryland.The Big Ten is so strong, she said. Growing up, I always watched the Big Ten, so Im very excited to be playing in it.Adidas Stan Smith Damen Billig .C. Lions has come to an end. 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Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Kaufen .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury.A defining chapter in Team Liquids Juan Hungrybox DeBiedmas legacy was about to be written. He was considered a god of Super Smash Bros. Melee but never the best -- a great player who was never able to win the big one at the Evolution Championship Series (Evo). When Melee first came back into the circuit in 2013, Hungrybox finished an admirable third place, while archrival Joseph Mango Marquez took home the grand prize. The next year, it was the same story told once more: Hungrybox lost to Mango, this time in the grand finals.Mango was on his way to becoming known as the greatest Melee player of all time and achieving his 3vo title for a third consecutive Evo trophy. Hungrybox, a consistent top-four finisher, was his villainous foil, playing the role of Wile E. Coyote to Mangos Road Runner. Hungryboxs style also didnt lend himself to cheers from the fans, as his defensive, fluttery approach to his main Jigglypuff was seen as the antithesis of Melees spirit. Mango, by contrast, channeled that spirit; he was brash, had a huge personality and enjoyed a flashy, aggressive style.Last year, Swedens Adam Armada Lindgren took home his first championship, and Hungrybox had to watch from the main stage as the world champion mantle shifted from the fun-loving Mango to the calculating, intellectual Swede. Two straight losses in the Evo finals to polar opposite personalities, and Hungrybox wasnt the crowd favorite in either final; even in front of Hungryboxs home crowd against a player from overseas, Armada garnered louder cheers due to his more attractive style of play.Flash-forward to 2016: the year of Hungrybox. He has won various major tournaments, played a more up-tempo style with his Jigglypuff and came into Evolution as one of the major favorites to win it all -- alongside Mango and Armada. Regardless of how many titles he had won before this weekend, it wouldnt matter if he didnt finish first. This competition was everything in terms of Hungryboxs legacy as a professional player.Mango wanted his 3vo. Armada wanted his back-to-back championships. For Hungrybox, this was more than just wanting something: He needed gold. Without it, he would just be the guy who constantly fell at the final hurdle to his rivals.When the top eight began at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Sunday, it seemed like the past would repeat itself. In the winners bracket of the final eight competitors, Hungrybox lost in the first round to his former doubles partner, Panda Globals Justin Plup McGrath, in a major upset. Hungryboxs usual technical Jigglypluff play did nothing against Plups Sheik, and the perennial finalist was sent to the lower bracket to fight his way through for a chance to win the Evolution championship.That is where his marathon run through the competition began, first knocking out Tempo Storms Johnny S2J Kim in straight sets before meeting Mango in the next round. Although Mango, the two-time champion of Evo, was able to takee the first game of the series, Hungrybox fought back on Battlefield and Pokemon Stadium against Mangos Fox to eliminate him from the tournament.dddddddddddd After defeating the nemesis who had disposed of him two years ago in his first Evolution final, he found himself in a rematch against Plup. This time around it was Hungrybox who would take the win, with Team Liquids ace once again dropping the first stage before roaring back to take the series 3-1.It would be three straight finals for Hungrybox -- and one best-of-five loss away from going down as the Silver King of Evolution: the player who had lost on the grand stage three years in a row. Armada, already sitting in the finals without dropping a match, was ready to inscribe his name in the history books alongside Mango as the second player to take consecutive championships in Las Vegas.At first, the finals seemed to be going Hungryboxs way. The first two sets quickly went over to the American player, and he was one stage away from getting a reset on the bracket to force a single best-of-five to determine the champion. But, just as it felt like the momentum was on Hungryboxs side, everything fell apart: Armada started playing more methodically, and by the time the fourth map came to an end, the Swedish champion was on the verge of four-stocking the challenger.On his last life, with his tournament run on the line, Hungryboxs back was pushed firmly against the wall. Then, in what can only be described as one of the greatest reversals in Evolution history, the Florida native came back at over 100 percent of damage to blast Armadas Fox off the stage and reset the bracket. Hungrybox, not knowing how to contain himself, leaped up from his chair, threw his hands over his head in disbelief and then rushed right back as he realized he had no time to waste before going into the ultimate best-of-five series.Hungrybox came back in the final series for the third time on the night after dropping the first stage, and it would end in another 3-2 result, with Hungrybox taking Armadas crown after final map Pokemon Stadium. The next time up from his chair Hungrybox didnt need to think about anything, his mind blank and heart filled with nothing but pure joy as the crowd cheered.Tears filled his eyes as Hungrybox received the trophy that had eluded him for years. For in the final moments that were going to define his legacy as a pro gamer, he had pulled through. He took his revenge against the player who had sent him to the losers bracket, and he defeated the two players who beat him in previous Evolution finals.Because of his heroics on Sunday night, Hungrybox is now the best in the world. And for at least one night, he can stand in the center of the Melee universe as cheers rain down around him, smiling because his legacy will be cemented in gold, not silver. ' ' '