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Well Stanford stepped up their level of play and crushed them in the 5th set, but a very game effort from Houston.
 
Honestly my Coogs did great to force a set 5, which prompted the 200 Stanford fans in attendance at Maples to set down their iPhones for a few minutes to watch the match.

But after tying the deciding set at 5-5 we completely fell apart. Sigh.

Meanwhile I'm all in with Arizona State, which just swept BYU in Provo to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since the Ice Age.
 
Dayton fought back to win Set 3, but Washington St. closes it out in 4. And just like that we are from 64 down to 16.

I've barely watched any volleyball this season. Caught bits of a couple matches today. How did I forget what a fun, exciting sport it is to watch?
 
LETTERL said:
NC State's volleyball program has long been an afterthought in the ACC. In 50 years, we have won the ACC one time (1989) and have only made the NCAAT 3 times. This year, we had one of our best teams ever...beating #2 Louisville at home and finishing 5th place in the ACC...and for the first time ever, NC State received votes for the top 25 in the national NVCA poll for one week.

However, we were passed over for an NCAAT bid...but 6th-place Miami got a bid to the national tournament. Miami did win the head-to-head meeting between the two teams..and NC State had an inexcusable home loss to Boston College in a match NC State led 2-0.

Our coach, Luka Slabe, seems to have our program headed in the right direction and I'm hoping next year is our year.
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You'll need to replace McDaniel. Cabello is probably not the answer at setter.
Was really bummed that the Pack got left out, but at the end of the day, you just didn't schedule well enough. And it's wasn't just the BC loss. It was the VA Tech loss AND the Duke loss. When Duke lost their last match to NC, that trickled down.

Next year, with all the arms you have coming back, you ought to be in good shape. Still lagging behind Pitt, Louisville, FSU, and GT, but right in there behind them.
 
The committee did an absolutely terrible job of splitting up conference foes, if that was supposed to be done. I know they make an attempt in basketball. Arkansas took out Kentucky in the 3rd Round. Wisconsin and Penn st. are playing right now in the 3rd Round. Pitt and Louisville are set to square off in a Regional Final. If Purdue beats Oregon they will face the Wisc./Penn St. winner for a Regional Final. Stanford and Arizona St. play later tonight in the 3rd Round. I mean seriously, they couldn't have done much worse if they tried.
 
nwhoopfan said:
The committee did an absolutely terrible job of splitting up conference foes, if that was supposed to be done. I know they make an attempt in basketball. Arkansas took out Kentucky in the 3rd Round. Wisconsin and Penn st. are playing right now in the 3rd Round. Pitt and Louisville are set to square off in a Regional Final. If Purdue beats Oregon they will face the Wisc./Penn St. winner for a Regional Final. Stanford and Arizona St. play later tonight in the 3rd Round. I mean seriously, they couldn't have done much worse if they tried.
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Seeding in volleyball is done without regard to conference affiliation.

I believe the only restriction is no conference rivals can play in the 1st and 2nd rounds.
 
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Can I say something safely in this space?………………………………………………………… I’m rooting for Tennessee to beat Texas
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Hayven said:
Can I say something safely in this space?………………………………………………………… I’m rooting for Tennessee to beat Texas
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I think rooting for Rocky Top in wvb is not at all the same as rooting for them in wbb, so you're probably okay. Just don't even think about rooting for Nebraska in vb.
 
Almost chalk at this point. We have two #1 vs. #2 seed Regional Finals. Another is #1 vs. #3. In the last Regional we could possibly get a #3 vs a #5 still, or a #1 vs. a #2, or a couple of other combos. There's no Cinderella in volleyball.
 
Hayven said:
Can I say something safely in this space?………………………………………………………… I’m rooting for Tennessee to beat Texas
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Rooting for pumpkin puke orange is the wrong choice in any sport.







In all seriousness, Tennessee had a fantastic season and this match could've gone either way.
 
Horns and Vols took WAY too long (3+ hours?). So Stanford and Arizona St. are gonna be playing during the graveyard shift. Was supposed to start at 8:30, was close to 10:00 in actuality. Tied at 1-1 at 11 pm local time. Still a lot of volleyball left to be played.
 
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This one finally wrapped up at 12:05. Arizona St. was tough but Stanford just had a little too much for them. ASU won Set 1 and then Stanford won the next 3. Set 4 was interesting. Card up 23-16 and they nearly blew it, got to 23-21 before they closed it out.
 
Louisville jumped out 2-0 against Pitt, but a big 180. Pitt rolling in Set 4, looks like it's going 5. Pitt did the same thing to them last time they played and won a 5 setter.
 
Stanford-Texas regional final should be interesting considering both have been playing floppy in the tournament so far. I was elated for Logan Eggleston last year but this season I'm rooting for Kendall Kipp to get hers.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Pitt looked dead in the water, then just steamrolled Louisville for 3 straight sets. 3rd Final 4 in a row for Pitt. Fisher has built a great program there.
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Pitt has the ACC's best program in Volleyball, but the absolute worst in WBB. Go ACC.
 
Well...Pac 12 had a good run in volleyball, historically speaking. After having 2 teams duck out in the Regional Finals, that's the last we'll ever see of it. Bummer.

Nebraska vs. Pitt
Wisconsin vs. Texas

yawn

Gimme Pitt or else I really don't care who wins, as long as it isn't Nebraska...or Texas...
 
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Conference realignment is certainly gonna make volleyball interesting (softball too).

Texas in the Sec battling KY and Florida.

Oregon headed to the B1G where they will play Wisconsin and Nebraska regularly.

And Stanford in the ACC battling PItt and Louisville.

Man—football is really mucking things up!!!
 
Hub and I watched a bit of last night's matches, and Q for all you VB experts - do you normally see that many service errors in a match? One Pitt player went 1-4 or something like that?
 
I didn't watch, so can't tell you if it seemed like an unusual amount of service errors. It seems like it can vary widely from match to match, just like aces. Service errors drive me crazy, but I think coaches live with it because lollipop serves are about as bad as a service error.
 
BRS24 said:
Hub and I watched a bit of last night's matches, and Q for all you VB experts - do you normally see that many service errors in a match? One Pitt player went 1-4 or something like that?
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I don't think the overall number of service errors was extraordinarily high. Pretty typical for teams to average 2 to 3 service errors per set, and last night's matches were in that range.

It's definitely not normal for one player to miss her serve 4 times in 2 sets, as one Pitt player did, and it's also not forgivable to miss a serve at 23-24, as another Pitt player did. In general, though, finding just the right level of aggressiveness in serving is a tricky risk/reward balance, and some percentage of errors is an acceptable price to pay for disrupting the opponent's side-out game and getting them "out of system" with tough serves on a frequent basis.
 
Plebe said:
I don't think the overall number of service errors was extraordinarily high. Pretty typical for teams to average 2 to 3 service errors per set, and last night's matches were in that range.

It's definitely not normal for one player to miss her serve 4 times in 2 sets, as one Pitt player did, and it's also not forgivable to miss a serve at 23-24, as another Pitt player did. In general, though, finding just the right level of aggressiveness in serving is a tricky risk/reward balance, and some percentage of errors is an acceptable price to pay for disrupting the opponent's side-out game and getting them "out of system" with tough serves on a frequent basis.
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The same Pitt player missed everything in the regional finals too the first few games, and then went on a huge tear which opened up the game and helped spark their comeback. Definitely a balance of risk/reward, though I'm more in favor of getting your serve in and relying on your defense opposed to having probably half of your serves end up in an ace/error situtation.

Vasquez-Gomez missing a serve at 23-24 is inexcusable though.
 
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Props to Texas because they seriously balled out but man, what an awful time to lay an egg for Wisconsin. Worst showing of the season by far, just everything was off for them last night aside from their 6-9 hitter Anna Smrek having a good match. Texas was unbelievably good on defense and Skinner is playing better than anyone in the country right now.

Texas vs. Nebraska is interesting since the programs have some much drama and history between them (even down to having assistant coaches who were formerly engaged). I think Nebraska either runs away with it or it's going to be a hard fought 4 or 5 set match.
 
bballnut90 said:
Props to Texas because they seriously balled out but man, what an awful time to lay an egg for Wisconsin. Worst showing of the season by far, just everything was off for them last night aside from their 6-9 hitter Anna Smrek having a good match. Texas was unbelievably good on defense and Skinner is playing better than anyone in the country right now.

Texas vs. Nebraska is interesting since the programs have some much drama and history between them (even down to having assistant coaches who were formerly engaged). I think Nebraska either runs away with it or it's going to be a hard fought 4 or 5 set match.
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You are spot on about the Texas defense. Their spunky little Libero Emma Halter was also awesome. I think she was born with a shovel in her hand. She kept digging out everything in that match, and Texas out-dug Wisconsin 56-44. I am rooting for the Husker-nuts in the final. Great match coming our way.
 
Texas with the sweep. That has to be quite unexpected. Back to back Titles for the Horns. Coach Elliott has caught some grief over the years for underachieving, but his critics are probably getting quieter these days.

Between Texas and Oklahoma those schools are gonna do wonders for the SEC in softball and women's volleyball when they officially join.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Texas with the sweep. That has to be quite unexpected. Back to back Titles for the Horns. Coach Elliott has caught some grief over the years for underachieving, but his critics are probably getting quieter these days.

Between Texas and Oklahoma those schools are gonna do wonders for the SEC in softball and women's volleyball when they officially join.
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I know that virtually no one outside my home state roots for Texas, but this win is sweet redemption and revenge against Nebraska, whose obnoxious fans have lorded it over Longhorn fans (and almost everyone else) for a very long time.

I didn't hear anyone picking Texas to win this year, and frankly I'd been saying since September that it looked like Nebraska's year. Color me surprised. It goes to show, it's all about peaking at the right time, and Texas, adjusting with a new libero and new setter this year, really brought it when it mattered.

I'll have to pay a visit to Volleytalk later to taste some sweet Husker tears :)
 
Plebe said:
I know that virtually no one outside my home state roots for Texas, but this win is sweet redemption and revenge against Nebraska, whose obnoxious fans have lorded it over Longhorn fans (and almost everyone else) for a very long time.

I didn't hear anyone picking Texas to win this year, and frankly I'd been saying since September that it looked like Nebraska's year. Color me surprised. It goes to show, it's all about peaking at the right time, and Texas, adjusting with a new libero and new setter this year, really brought it when it mattered.

I'll have to pay a visit to Volleytalk later to taste some sweet Husker tears :)
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I might not root for Texas, but in volleyball there is nothing sweeter than Nebraska losing. Maybe their coach is kinder and gentler than he used to be, but I'll never forgive him for trying to start a fight with Coach McLaughlin after a tightly contested loss to UW in the playoffs in Seattle many years ago. That and something about trying to sweep it under the carpet when his daughter was involved in a hit and run or something like that. Cannot ever root for Coach Cook.

Has anybody lost more finals matches than Nebraska? Stanford has had quite a few of those as well. It does speak to their consistency, you can't lose in the Championship if you don't advance that far, and both have done that many, many times over the decades.
 
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