2021 Texas Volleyball

[Js1 85,326]

Parra is a huge liability in this match. Just yank her in set 2 for Petersen 

[Js1 85,326]

19-13 Minny. We are done in this set. Burn it 

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

Seem to be done here in the 1st with a negative hitting percentage.

Never a good sign when Molly and Logan are tied.

Edited September 2, 2021 by TwiceHorn

[TexasDPT 297]

Texas passing has returned to the norm from years' past....without Morgan O'Brien, Texas can't pass the ball and run its offense. 

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

2 minutes ago, TexasDPT said:

Texas passing has returned to the norm from years' past....without Morgan O'Brien, Texas can't pass the ball and run its offense. 

Furk.  I thought she was coming back?

Edited September 2, 2021 by TwiceHorn

[TexasDPT 297]

5 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Parra is a huge liability in this match. Just yank her in set 2 for Petersen 

Petersen subs for Molly in the back row...but yeah, if Melanie can't play her role as a DS, might as well put Heinrich in, but Jerritt won't do that.

[perfectchaos007 6,638]

At least we forced Minny to use both their timeouts this set

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

3 minutes ago, TexasDPT said:

Petersen subs for Molly in the back row...but yeah, if Melanie can't play her role as a DS, might as well put Heinrich in, but Jerritt won't do that.

Parra the next 6-rotation player?

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

I didn't know Morgan wasn't coming back.

My interest in the season just took a nosedive.

[TexasDPT 297]

 

Just now, TwiceHorn said:

I didn't know Morgan wasn't coming back.

My interest in the season just took a nosedive.

She decided to focus on Grad school.

[perfectchaos007 6,638]

23-23!

[Js1 85,326]

That set took a weird turn….

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

Shit, I'll take the comeback.

Can't see shit captain, but coming back 8 to win is damned impressive against a team like Minnesota.

Edited September 2, 2021 by TwiceHorn

[perfectchaos007 6,638]

Now that was a TEXAS FIGHT set! 

[Js1 85,326]

Texas wins set 1! Woah! 

[TexasDPT 297]

2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Parra the next 6-rotation player?

That's what she was recruited for as she was the youngest OH for the Mexican National Team. 

But she doesn't fit Texas' system TBH with it's current hitters/blockers on the roster. 

 

[TexasDPT 297]

Just now, Js1 said:

Texas wins set 1! Woah! 

Incredible turn around!

[Js1 85,326]

1 minute ago, TexasDPT said:

Incredible turn around!

13-3 run! 

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

Uggggh.  Seriously, though.  I was so spoiled by Morgan and I don't think I can handle a reversion to our back row/passing mean.

Maybe Iosia can grow into the role.

[TexasDPT 297]

6 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I didn't know Morgan wasn't coming back.

My interest in the season just took a nosedive.

Yeah, Morgan was the difference maker last year...Never have I seen Texas be in-system and run it's offense so consistently...and I've been watching TX Volleyball for a very long time. 

[Js1 85,326]

1 minute ago, TexasDPT said:

Yeah, Morgan was the difference maker last year...Never have I seen Texas be in-system and run it's offense so consistently...and I've been watching TX Volleyball for a very long time. 

Need to entice more B1G liberos 

[TexasDPT 297]

3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Uggggh.  Seriously, though.  I was so spoiled by Morgan and I don't think I can handle a reversion to our back row/passing mean.

Maybe Iosia can grow into the role.

Iosia makes great saving plays...but her passing technique isn't that great.  And Elliot isn't known for developing Liberos. 

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

A stream with a good pic, no sound. https://iptv.stream2watch.sx/streaming-television/big-ten-network

[Js1 85,326]

CC McGraw interested in a transfer maybe? 😂

[TexasDPT 297]

These service errors are killing me

[TexasDPT 297]

Logan just destroyed that ball!

[Js1 85,326]

Texas 15-13

[Hornsbay22 468]

Texas is good, Gabriel is bad

[TexasDPT 297]

2 minutes ago, Hornsbay22 said:

Texas is good, Gabriel is bad

Gabriel's setting location has been questionable since the start of the season.

I'm really hoping Saige gets to play this year.

[Js1 85,326]

Holy shit stuffed 

[Js1 85,326]

1 minute ago, TexasDPT said:

Gabriel's setting location has been questionable since the start of the season.

I'm really hoping Saige gets to play this year.

She’s not on roster yet. I know she graduated late from Utah. 

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

Parra has a pretty wicked serve.

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

So, is Cabello a flameout then?

[texfan11 90]

I think they had to just about beg O’Brien to play last year, since it seemed she had accepted her career being over - she graduated from Illinois a year early, despite being the starting libero. Looking back, I wonder if Elliott knew she wasn’t going to return because he gave Iosia the chance to play libero quite a bit after Morgan got COVID.

It is looking like Parra is playing well in the back row this second set. 
 

I wonder if Elliott will try the 6-2 at all this match

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

Who did Minnesota lose to?

[perfectchaos007 6,638]

Just now, TwiceHorn said:

Who did Minnesota lose to?

Baylor. Also the commentator just said this was our first ranked opponent this year even though we played a top 20 team to open the season

[texfan11 90]

15 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

A stream with a good pic, no sound. https://iptv.stream2watch.sx/streaming-television/big-ten-network

Do you have Fox Sports - I’m watching on the app

[TexasDPT 297]

Just now, TwiceHorn said:

Who did Minnesota lose to?

Baylor last week.  And Baylor got smoked by Wisconsin afterwards. 

[Js1 85,326]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

Baylor. Also the commentator just said this was our first ranked opponent this year even though we played a top 20 team to open the season

Yep. They said USD was/is unranked which is a lie 

[TexasDPT 297]

3 minutes ago, texfan11 said:

I think they had to just about beg O’Brien to play last year, since it seemed she had accepted her career being over - she graduated from Illinois a year early, despite being the starting libero. Looking back, I wonder if Elliott knew she wasn’t going to return because he gave Iosia the chance to play libero quite a bit after Morgan got COVID.

It is looking like Parra is playing well in the back row this second set. 
 

I wonder if Elliott will try the 6-2 at all this match

Not sure if a 6-2 would be ideal.  Need really good passing from Parra and Logan all 6 rotations for it to work effectively. 

[Js1 85,326]

Texas wins set 2. 
2-0

[TexasDPT 297]

9 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

So, is Cabello a flameout then?

She's setting better this year and offers a better block at the net, but she's still slow getting her feet to the ball when setting and her floor defense is meh. 

I think she's gonna be Shook 2.0

Edited September 2, 2021 by TexasDPT

[Hornsbay22 468]

12 minutes ago, TexasDPT said:

Gabriel's setting location has been questionable since the start of the season.

I'm really hoping Saige gets to play this year.

Ya when she does make the right set its either low or out of rhythm.  

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

Seems a little worrisome that a one-loss No. 10 Minny is giving us this hard a time.  Although it is the road.

Thing is, these teams that are better rounded get better all year on back row play, and we never do.  We blast our way through the Big XII and then  . . . the usual.

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

2 minutes ago, TexasDPT said:

She's setting better this year and offers a better block at the net, but she's still slow getting her feet to the ball when setting and her floor defense is meh. 

She was the next big thing at setter, no?

[TexasDPT 297]

5 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

She was the next big thing at setter, no?

I'm pretty sure she was the #1 setter in her class.

She enrolled early in the Spring 2020 to get a head start, but then the pandemic happened.  Then she was injured all last Fall, and played sparingly last Spring...

[Js1 85,326]

Looks like we’d like to play four….not a good start to set 3

[TexasDPT 297]

The MN libero is picking up everything

[TwiceHorn 31,463]

I didn't see the first set, but while Parra is missing a few, she looks smoother in the back row than Logan did at the same stage.

[Js1 85,326]

13 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Seems a little worrisome that a one-loss No. 10 Minny is giving us this hard a time.  Although it is the road.

Thing is, these teams that are better rounded get better all year on back row play, and we never do.  We blast our way through the Big XII and then  . . . the usual.

Calling them a “one-loss team” who lost in four on the road to another top 10 team is acting like they suck and giving us a hard time at their home is an odd choice.

Minny is a quality program, every year, and again, lost in 4 on the road. This is a good challenge for us