2021 Texas Volleyball

[Passive Aggressive Coach 87]

58 minutes ago, Passive Aggressive Coach said:

My daughter is about to kill herself. 

Suicide averted! Hook Em! 

[kingkoopa6 8305]

Let’s gooooo 

[Wax Beer Cup 382]

1 hour ago, Wax Beer Cup said:

Well, Looks like Saturday night is about to free up on my schedule. 

Glad I didn’t follow through! 🤘

But damn, Paul was a beating on the broadcast tonight. 

[Js1 85056]

MVP was Fields who turned her whole night around from a terrible set 1

[ruitxn 295]

Now that was the epitome of TEXAS FIGHT!  Way to go.

[Js1 85056]

Last 2 sets: 40-18 in Texas’ favor. 

[TrashMaster G 17379]

4 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Gf h h ijffyggvhjhvcsddcv

Well said!

[Wax Beer Cup 382]

Surely they’ll open up those empty floor seats on Saturday.  I understand why, but horrible optics.  I assume the Nebraska section on the other side was at least full. 

[TwiceHorn 31184]

So, Paul just said this was the 20th time Texas has trailed 2-1 in the tournament.

And the first time we have won.

I am on the verge of declaring this a team of destiny./bipolar disorder

[texfan11 90]

🧹SWEEEEEEEEP*🧹

*just in reverse…after raising everyone’s blood pressure 

[Js1 85056]

Great adjustments by Sullivan to position the defense to dig what they weren’t in the first 2 sets 

[kingkoopa6 8305]

Had to follow on Twitter. At spurs game 

[WBT 20397]

1 minute ago, Wax Beer Cup said:

Surely they’ll open up those empty floor seats on Saturday.  I understand why, but horrible optics.  I assume the Nebraska section on the other side was at least full. 

Yeah they will.  And a bunch of Illinois students just came in from somewhere and filled that section where the hellraisers were

[Js1 85056]

3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

So, Paul just said this was the 20th time Texas has trailed 2-1 in the tournament.

And the first time we have won.

I am on the verge of declaring this a team of destiny./bipolar disorder

That’s wrong. We dropped sets 2 and 3 to Michigan in the semifinals in 2012. Won 3-2. Unless he said down 0-2 

Edited December 10, 2021 by Js1

[Pato del Muerto 52322]

Excited for either opponent. 

[TwiceHorn 31184]

Just now, Js1 said:

That’s wrong. We dropped sets 2 and 3 to Michigan in the semifinals in 2012. Won 3-2

He might have said 2-0.

Also  . . . destiny?

[texfan11 90]

Also, slightly off topic - but does anyone else think Washington coach Keegan Cook and Stanford coach Kevin Hambly look similar, especially from behind? I wasn’t paying too close attention to him, and for two seconds I thought Hambly had taken a new job 

[LTtxfan 48928]

3 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

So, Paul just said this was the 20th time Texas has trailed 2-1 in the tournament.

And the first time we have won.

I am on the verge of declaring this a team of destiny./bipolar disorder

Paul said down 2-0 in NCAA Tourney, first Texas win in 20 matches

[Js1 85056]

Just now, LTtxfan said:

Paul said down 2-0 in NCAA Tourney, first Texas win in 20 matches

About god damn time 

[TwiceHorn 31184]

3 minutes ago, texfan11 said:

Also, slightly off topic - but does anyone else think Washington coach Keegan Cook and Stanford coach Kevin Hambly look similar, especially from behind? I wasn’t paying too close attention to him, and for two seconds I thought Hambly had taken a new job 

Kind of.

I have noticed that college volleyball coaches are either cueballs or have hair helmets.  No one seems to have normal, receding or merely thinning hair.

Edited December 10, 2021 by TwiceHorn

[perfectchaos007 6593]

Lol those AAU pics of O'Neal. She was always a foot taller than her teammates growing up. 

[LTtxfan 48928]

15 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

Y'all can thank me. I started watching halfway through set 3. 8-12 or something like that at the time. 

Is there a replay of this match available soon??

Interested to watch how Texas turned around that deficit in Set #3 again...

[TrashMaster G 17379]

9 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Had to follow on Twitter. At spurs game 

Ah, you're an NBA fan.  That explains it. 🤣

[Js1 85056]

Just now, LTtxfan said:

Is there a replay of this match available soon??

Interested to watch how Texas turned around that deficit in Set #3 again...

Think they’ll all be on the ESPN App

[ztejas 43244]

Wouldn't be Surly without multiple people calling the season in the game thread. 

[Wax Beer Cup 382]

10 minutes ago, WBT said:

Yeah they will.  And a bunch of Illinois students just came in from somewhere and filled that section where the hellraisers were

Yeah, late in the 5th they showed all those Illinois fans - looked like they were in a back hallway or something.  Wonder why they couldn't enter for our match?  Was it separate tickets to each match? 

[Js1 85056]

Cooney for ILL didn’t make the trip. So it’ll be an uninteresting sweep for Corn and we play them Saturday. ESPN and the committee gonna get what they wanted 

[TexasDPT 297]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Cooney for ILL didn’t make the trip. So it’ll be an uninteresting sweep for Corn and we play them Saturday. ESPN and the committee gonna get what they wanted 

So Lexi Sun starts and ends her collegiate volleyball career in Gregory gym

 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Maybe the best match I’ve ever seen from Petersen in her entire career. We had no shot of winning this without her tonight. 

Sets 3-5 showed how insanely good Texas can be when they’re in system. I don’t think you can beat this Texas team with serve receive at that level. 

 

[texfan11 90]

6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Cooney for ILL didn’t make the trip. So it’ll be an uninteresting sweep for Corn and we play them Saturday. ESPN and the committee gonna get what they wanted 

Dang, knew she hadn’t played much recently but I thought she was better after playing the full match against Kentucky

Edited December 10, 2021 by texfan11

[Js1 85056]

15 minutes ago, Wax Beer Cup said:

Yeah, late in the 5th they showed all those Illinois fans - looked like they were in a back hallway or something.  Wonder why they couldn't enter for our match?  Was it separate tickets to each match? 

They should have showed up to watch good volleyball 

[WBT 20397]

Illinois students are very aggy with the chants and the sawing em off

[TwiceHorn 31184]

Corn's short sleeve jerseys are bizarre-looking.  Minny's shoulderless one's slightly less so.

[texasstrong12 4668]

I haven't watched much of Nebraska. Does Sun not play much? 

Edited December 10, 2021 by texasstrong12

[TrashMaster G 17379]

Best part of the match was seeing Hannah Allison in the stands.  Damn!  She's getting more gorgeous. 

[texfan11 90]

Just now, texasstrong12 said:

I haven't watched much of Nebraska. Does Sun not play much? 

She was benched in the middle of the season - but I think she made her way back into the lineup. Idk how much playing time she gets though

[Pato del Muerto 52322]

10 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

Maybe the best match I’ve ever seen from Petersen in her entire career. We had no shot of winning this without her tonight. 

Sets 3-5 showed how insanely good Texas can be when they’re in system. I don’t think you can beat this Texas team with serve receive at that level. 

 

It was a combo of that and defense. They said after or near the end of set 4 that the Texas side out % for the swt was 80 and UW’s was 20.  That’s offense and defense both going full throttle. 

[Js1 85056]

Illinois is too error prone to advance. I’m amazed they beat UK

[texasstrong12 4668]

2 minutes ago, texfan11 said:

She was benched in the middle of the season - but I think she made her way back into the lineup. Idk how much playing time she gets though

Yeah, I thought she had worked herself back into the lineup but she hasn't played at all yet tonight. 

[TwiceHorn 31184]

So, no Lexi Sun so far, I don't think.

[Js1 85056]

Illinois libero

[TwiceHorn 31184]

7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

It was a combo of that and defense. They said after or near the end of set 4 that the Texas side out % for the swt was 80 and UW’s was 20.  That’s offense and defense both going full throttle. 

I think the most fundamental problem is we weren't getting good hits.  No termination and relatively easily handled by UW, which in turn led to some pretty strong hits from them, which threw first contact into disarray, rinse/repeat.

Our usual problem is that first contact and passing fall apart and everything follows.  Today, it was the offense.

Edited December 10, 2021 by TwiceHorn

[LTtxfan 48928]

That good all-american player #26 returning midseason from back surgery makes NU a much stronger team.  Really surprised that CORN is seeded #10 -- so used to them being a Top 5 team...  

 

Edited December 10, 2021 by LTtxfan

[texasstrong12 4668]

Illinois looking like a team with 11 losses. 

[Pato del Muerto 52322]

I didn’t hear shook’s name until they mentioned her after the match as our girls gave her hugs. Was she in the rotation?

[Js1 85056]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

I didn’t hear shook’s name until they mentioned her after the match as our girls gave her hugs. Was she in the rotation?

Grad Assistant 

[TwiceHorn 31184]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Grad Assistant 

And/or she only plays beach.

[texfan11 90]

Wow Stivrins Slide did lose a bunch of weight after her surgery - you can definitely tell in her face. I hope feels better after her surgery. 

Edited December 10, 2021 by texfan11

[texasstrong12 4668]

Nebraska starts 3 FR. Need Gregory rocking to hopefully rattle them. 

[perfectchaos007 6593]

8 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Illinois libero

 

Jawline not quite as strong as handsome squidward but they might be cousins!