2023 Texas Volleyball - Back to Back!

[TwiceHorn 31495]

2 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Feels like the key will be if we get the decent Wenaas or the really bad Weenas. Need her to show up. 

Hahaha the various spellings of Wenaas kind of crack me up, including my own subliminal Wenass. 

[Js1 85401]

Just a reminder from Texas' 0-3 sweep by Stanford:

O'Neal was still recovering from her ankle injury and Madi had just had COVID (was questionable for the match) 

Texas only hit .130, Stanford hit .396 (woof)
Stanford had 13 blocks to Texas' 6
Texas 2 aces, 3 serving errors; Stanford 4 aces, 14 serving errors

Bella 5-2-11, 2 blocks
Asjia 4-0-12, 1 block
Skinner 12-9-36, 1 block, 7 digs
Wenaas 11-6-29, 3 digs
Swindle 0-1-5, 2 aces, 6 digs, 24 assists
Phillips 1-1-9, 2 blocks
Devin 1-1-6, 1 block

Madi's worst match by far. Wenaas terrible, as usual.

Baird (12 kills), Kipp (15 kills) and Rubin (14 kills) killed us. We were not a good hitting team early in the year, while Swindle was acclimating to collegiate ball. Phillips early in the year was terrible, but she's been on a tear the last month. Madi is Madi - she won't replicate such a bad match. 

I see this as Stanford in 4 or 5.  We are a different team than we were 3 months ago. As always, depends which Wenaas shows up.  Good Jenna - we might win.  Bad Jenna - we might get swept. 

Considering this is a down/rebuilding year - we made the Elite 8, so we played exactly to our seed's expectancy. Anything after last night is just gravy. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by Js1

[Rickylovesweed 14470]

Stanford is almost certainly going to cheat on Skinner and force Wenaas or Phillips to beat them. They are going to get a ton of 1 v 1 opportunities. 

We need them to be terminal because my bet is they will be in very advantageous situations. 

[texfan11 90]

I think if blocking is on, ball control is better, and we can get the middles involved more, then it could be a whole different match than the beginning of the year. But I don’t think we can afford a typical Texas slow start.

 

Also, IIRC Stanfords defense was outstanding the first time we played them - nothing was hitting the floor. They have looked more normal in the other matches I have watched haha 

[wood 11227]

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They decided the replay was “inconclusive.” It was clear as day. They just didn’t want to end the match on that call, IMO. So very Big12 of them. 

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Didn’t want lawyerball. 

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They should have replayed the point 

Yeah I can totally see not wanting a great playoff match to end on that point, but yeah, in that case it should have been a replay, not a point to Tennessee imho. But we won, so ok, cool. HookEm.

Edited December 8, 2023 by wood

[Js1 85401]

1 minute ago, wood said:

That' what I figured too, but what was the call that gave them the point in the first place after Ella threw it down on their side. Tennessee was obviously in the net, as was Ella after the fact, but the refs just saying Tennessee didn't net wouldn't do that. The refs had already awarded Tennessee the point before Coach initiated the review. What call was that based on? The announcers never seemed to know for sure either.

Illegal attack on Swindle. See above. If the libero overhands with her fingers in front of the 10m line, it’s a set and not a dig and the hitter cannot contact it once it’s above the net unless the Tennessee player touched it first. They ruled Ella touched it before the net happened and replay wasn’t conclusive on which action happened first. 

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If the libero player makes an overhand finger pass from the front zone, players may not attack the ball while it remains above the top of the net.

 

[Js1 85401]

8 minutes ago, texfan11 said:

I think if blocking is on, ball control is better, and we can get the middles involved more, then it could be a whole different match than the beginning of the year. But I don’t think we can afford a typical Texas slow start.

 

Also, IIRC Stanfords defense was outstanding the first time we played them - nothing was hitting the floor. They have looked more normal in the other matches I have watched haha 

If last night’s Stanford shows up, we are done in 3 or 4. If the one against UH shows up, it’s a 5 setter 

[Js1 85401]

18 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Stanford is almost certainly going to cheat on Skinner and force Wenaas or Phillips to beat them. They are going to get a ton of 1 v 1 opportunities. 

We need them to be terminal because my bet is they will be in very advantageous situations. 

Molly need more sets. 9 kills, no errors. You can’t ask Jenna to hit against Stanford’s 6’6 OPP or she’s going to hit about -.400. Need to get Jenna and Madi up against 6’1 Rubin. 

[wood 11227]

16 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Illegal attack on Swindle. See above. If the libero overhands with her fingers in front of the 10m line, it’s a set and not a dig and the hitter cannot contact it once it’s above the net unless the Tennessee player touched it first. They ruled Ella touched it before the net happened and replay wasn’t conclusive on which action happened first. 

Yeah now I see it after watching it back again. The announcers never seemed to understand what was being reviewed which added to my confusion. Ella did touch it before Tennessee netted, so I guess they eventually got it right.  The announcer dude did get one thing right imho ... "If the review takes this long then it should just be a replay".

Edited December 8, 2023 by wood

[wood 11227]

18 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Molly need more sets. 9 kills, no errors. You can’t ask Jenna to hit against Stanford’s 6’6 OPP or she’s going to hit about -.400. Need to get Jenna and Madi up against 6’1 Rubin. 

Jesus that's a huge oppo. I've never understood why more coaches don't run a really big oppo out there to block when they have more than 2 good middles. My son's idiot AJV 18U coach comes to mind. He gone now. They let him go. He was so bad that Mick told him he owed the team an apology given the amount of talent on the team.

Edited December 8, 2023 by wood

[Js1 85401]

1 minute ago, wood said:

Jesus that's a huge oppo. I've never understood why more coaches don't run a really big oppo out there to block when they have more than 2 good middles, esp the coaches who rarely get the ball to the oppo anyway (my son's idiot AJV coach comes to mind. He gone now).

Wisky has a 6’9 OPP. So there 

[Js1 85401]

I think it was late in the 4th that the ref told Asjia to stop staring down the Tennessee players after her blocks. You see her motion to her eyes and then the Tennessee side while talking to the floor official by the scorer’s table prior to the serve. 

[RockyMountainHighHorn 890]

7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I think it was late in the 4th that the ref told Asjia to stop staring down the Tennessee players after her blocks. You see her motion to her eyes and then the Tennessee side while talking to the floor official by the scorer’s table prior to the serve. 

I like it

not the ref

[Js1 85401]

25 minutes ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I like it

not the ref

Same.  This team goes as Skinner and O'Neal go.  The more emotion they play with, the more it fires up our team. 

[wood 11227]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

I think it was late in the 4th that the ref told Asjia to stop staring down the Tennessee players after her blocks. You see her motion to her eyes and then the Tennessee side while talking to the floor official by the scorer’s table prior to the serve. 

That's fucking bullshit. 

The ref.

Not Asjia.

I've seen that a million times. Never seen anyone get a warning for it. Must be a Rig 12 ref.

[texfan11 90]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

I think it was late in the 4th that the ref told Asjia to stop staring down the Tennessee players after her blocks. You see her motion to her eyes and then the Tennessee side while talking to the floor official by the scorer’s table prior to the serve. 

 

[wood 11227]

Just came here to post that. Some of the butthurt comments are gold.

[Js1 85401]

Replay on ESPNU

Tenn leads 2-1 and is up 22-19. On man I hope we pull This out 

[ATXbronco 4084]

If I'm reading this right, we play again tomorrow (Saturday the 8th) at 9PM CST

 

https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2023/12/ncaa-womens-volleyball-regional-semifinals-and-finals-set-for-espn-platforms/

 

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by ATXbronco

[Js1 85401]

4 minutes ago, ATXbronco said:

If I'm reading this right, we play again tomorrow at 9PM CST

 

https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2023/12/ncaa-womens-volleyball-regional-semifinals-and-finals-set-for-espn-platforms/

 

 

We do play at 9, yea

Pitt regional final - 3pm

Nebraska regional final - 5pm

Wisconsin regional final - 7pm

Stanford regional final - 9pm

All on ESPNU

Edited December 8, 2023 by Js1

[Js1 85401]

@ATXbronco, we always start off with Molly in right front and Barnes serving. Which means as soon as we side out the opponent, Molly rotates out and Akana comes in to serve and play defense for her. Molly comes back in 2 rotations later when Akana moves from left back to left front and Phillips comes back in to play the 3 front row rotations. That’s why she usually gets a kill or two early in the set and then rotates out. 

[ATXbronco 4084]

Okay, thanks for that info.  That's helpful!

I watched our championship last season and Molly seemed to play almost all the time and was constantly making awesome plays.

[Js1 85401]

Just now, ATXbronco said:

Okay, thanks for that info.  That's helpful!

I watched our championship last season and Molly seemed to play almost all the time and was constantly making awesome plays.

If we can go on runs serving, she stays in longer. Barnes is our best server, so that’s why we start with her. 

[TommysTinyTowels 787]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Replay on ESPNU

Tenn leads 2-1 and is up 22-19. On man I hope we pull This out 

I almost bailed at that point. Fat lady was stepping up to the mike.

[Js1 85401]

Charity Luper is being abused by the Pitt block. Kind of scared this is what Jenna will look like tonight 

[Js1 85401]

This ACC battle has gone very swingy

Louisville lead 2-0

Pitt ties it up at 2-2

Pitt up 11-3 in the fifth 

 

In 2022, these two teams met in the NCAA national semifinals, going 5, and Louisville won that 5th set 15-2

[Js1 85401]

Corn up 2-1 on the piggies 

[Gut Wagon 8083]

No one has ever looked more like a Nebraska coach than this Nebraska coach.

[texastroubadour 1216]

Watching the Corn vs Hog match. Refs screwing Ark

[Napoleon 8688]

Tall Girls w/ Bubble Butt

Oregon girls are sporting some great bubble butts in Baylor green. 

Some teams have gone to untucked shirts and Capri-length black tights…

Not NIKE’s girls. 

🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

[perfectchaos007 6672]

If Oregon extends this match to a 4th set, we'll probably either start on ESPN-News or ESPN3

 

[Napoleon 8688]

11 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

If Oregon extends this match to a 4th set, we'll probably either start on ESPN-News or ESPN3

 

I’m okay with that, because I have discovered Hannah Pukis.

(The last photo may be someone else… butt I included it because I liked it.)

Edited December 10, 2023 by Napoleon

[Napoleon 8688]

[kingkoopa6 8369]

Good work sir 

[perfectchaos007 6672]

We are on ESPNEWS

[perfectchaos007 6672]

Texas fans are outnumbered, but they're being loud. Almost a neutral environment

[ATXbronco 4084]

 

[kingkoopa6 8369]

Swindle awesome 

[Js1 85401]

15-11 Texas

[ATXbronco 4084]

That Wisconsin coach looks like our coach.
 

[LonghornSean 4008]

Strong start.

[kingkoopa6 8369]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

15-11 Texas

16-11 😏 

[WBT 20614]

Damn, if we keep hitting .476 we might have a chance

Even Wenaas getting kills!

[kingkoopa6 8369]

We on on right now 

[Dahobbs 17625]

19-13 Texas. 

 

[Js1 85401]

19-13 Texas. 100% focusness 

[ATXbronco 4084]

OIC

 next channel

[ATXbronco 4084]

Wisconsin advances

[perfectchaos007 6672]

Wiscy wins 3-1. 

3 of the #1 seeds are into the final four so far

[perfectchaos007 6672]

There have been a lot of balls hitting Stanfords scoreboard this regional. Maybe not the best venue to play volleyball for that reason.