2023 Texas Volleyball - Back to Back!

[Js1 85,302]

Long Beach is playing an interesting tournament this weekend with UCLA, Washington and Indiana. Would be nice if they pick up some wins there 

[torre 1,285]

Did some searching,  thought the event may have been free - wrong !    Scotty Mcreery concert after.    Regardless, great even for WVB.  Good article below.

 

Tickets to the outdoor match will not be part of the Nebraska volleyball season-ticket package and must be purchased separately. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, April 26. A ticket will gain entrance to both volleyball matches and the concert. Tickets will be $25 for adults and $5 for high school age and under

https://huskers.com/news/2023/2/24/volleyball-day-in-nebraska-coming-to-memorial-stadium

 

[thrillhammer 683]

44 minutes ago, torre said:

Did some searching,  thought the event may have been free - wrong !    Scotty Mcreery concert after.    Regardless, great even for WVB.  Good article below.

 

Tickets to the outdoor match will not be part of the Nebraska volleyball season-ticket package and must be purchased separately. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, April 26. A ticket will gain entrance to both volleyball matches and the concert. Tickets will be $25 for adults and $5 for high school age and under

https://huskers.com/news/2023/2/24/volleyball-day-in-nebraska-coming-to-memorial-stadium

 

not sure if the real truth has come out yet.  no way they got 92k there selling tickets.  still, a great night for volleyball and womens sports.  i predict we have a game in dkr within the next three years.

[perfectchaos007 6,627]

6 hours ago, torre said:

Did some searching,  thought the event may have been free - wrong !    Scotty Mcreery concert after.    Regardless, great even for WVB.  Good article below.

 

Tickets to the outdoor match will not be part of the Nebraska volleyball season-ticket package and must be purchased separately. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, April 26. A ticket will gain entrance to both volleyball matches and the concert. Tickets will be $25 for adults and $5 for high school age and under

https://huskers.com/news/2023/2/24/volleyball-day-in-nebraska-coming-to-memorial-stadium

 

The media did a good job burying the lede with the concert. Not sure if 90K fans would have shown up without the concert following the match. I bet we could break 100K attendance for a womens soccer match if we played it in DKR and it was followed by a Taylor Swift concert.

[Mittens 8,260]

10 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

The media did a good job burying the lede with the concert. Not sure if 90K fans would have shown up without the concert following the match. I bet we could break 100K attendance for a womens soccer match if we played it in DKR and it was followed by a Taylor Swift concert.

They sold 82K tickets before they had an artist for the concert.

[gsoda3 3,254]

10 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

The media did a good job burying the lede with the concert. Not sure if 90K fans would have shown up without the concert following the match. I bet we could break 100K attendance for a womens soccer match if we played it in DKR and it was followed by a Taylor Swift concert.

scotty mcreery != taylor swift

[Js1 85,302]

Volleyball in Nebraska is not the same as at Texas. We’d be better off doing a big match in Moody, because we wouldn’t sell out half of DKR. And for a non-conference, the weather fucking blows in August/September. 

[Rickylovesweed 14,280]

Nebraska has a diehard fanbase that sucks at every sport except volleyball. It's their only outlet for success. 

[Js1 85,302]

2 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Nebraska has a diehard fanbase that sucks at every sport except volleyball. It's their only outlet for success. 

Basically. You might get 50k to fill out Hawaii’s football stadium but the state of Nebraska and volleyball is just different. 

[WBT 20,561]

On 8/30/2023 at 9:19 PM, Js1 said:

Probably not. I know Elliot was trying to get one at AAC the night before TX/OU

That would be cool

[Js1 85,302]

Rumor is Skinner out today due to Covid 

[Rickylovesweed 14,280]

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Rumor is Skinner out today due to Covid 

Not a lot of luck going our way early in the year. 

[Js1 85,302]

5 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Not a lot of luck going our way early in the year. 

She’s dressed and warming up. Maybe a bad rumor bc she apparently missed a lot of the national championship celebration yesterday. 

she’s starting. Phew 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Js1

[Js1 85,302]

We look like shit this morning 

[WBT 20,561]

Skinner not good on the back row

Setting is shaky too

[TwiceHorn 31,446]

Just want to say, for the eleventy billionth time, fuck ESPN.

[Rickylovesweed 14,280]

Some huge point swings in this 1st set. Down 14-7 and now tied 15 all. 

[Js1 85,302]

8-1 run puts us back into this match 

9-1 and the lead. Both teams are out of TOs at 16-15 lol

Edited September 3, 2023 by Js1

[WBT 20,561]

Great answer

[Js1 85,302]

You can see our communication issues without Logan or Zoe. Constantly have 2 players going for the same ball and fucking everything up 

Someone needs to take control 

Edited September 3, 2023 by Js1

[perfectchaos007 6,627]

Set 1 goes to Tree 25-23

[Js1 85,302]

23-25

1-0 Tree

Madi playing too tentative 

[texfan11 90]

Skinner is giving me flashbacks of Micya White a bit with these bad tips.

[Js1 85,302]

Ella needs to call some people off these balls. The communication errors are so amateur 

[Js1 85,302]

We are playing soooo sloppy 

[WBT 20,561]

This is ugly

[Js1 85,302]

We are going to have to have a lot of patience with this team. The setting and the communication is not up to Texas excellence 

[texfan11 90]

10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Ella needs to call some people off these balls. The communication errors are so amateur 

I think Emma and Ella will get better and more assertive as the season goes on. We have too many front row players trying to pass the ball that should be left to back row.

[Js1 85,302]

Texas is getting Kipp’d

[WBT 20,561]

Their service errors are the only thimg keeping this respectable.  And some of that comes along with tough aggressive serving but still....

[Js1 85,302]

We are going to get swept. Just not there today. This is UGLY. 

[mrhorn 1,383]

Stanford is tall and damn good. Experienced team like we were last year, but man we look lost at times

[perfectchaos007 6,627]

11:30am home opener. Stanford was ready for the challenge but we weren’t up for it 

[The Ace of Aces 5,179]

Texas looks frankly mediocre today. Stanford hasn’t even played all that excellent and is going to sweep us out of our own gym. 

[kingkoopa6 8,347]

Dang 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4,770]

Gregory will need disinfectant … lots of it.

[perfectchaos007 6,627]

Skinner has been off all season and hit .083 today. Without her getting back to her old form this teams ceiling is pretty low.

[Js1 85,302]

1 hour ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Skinner has been off all season and hit .083 today. Without her getting back to her old form this teams ceiling is pretty low.

She started slow last year as I recall too. But it’s definitely the setting. Swindle will grow and get better, but it’s going to be a “get hot by the end of the year” type thing 

[Rickylovesweed 14,280]

14 hours ago, Js1 said:

She started slow last year as I recall too. But it’s definitely the setting. Swindle will grow and get better, but it’s going to be a “get hot by the end of the year” type thing 

I think that's been Skinner her entire career. Even at Kentucky. 

She struggles in non-conference play, gets better in conference play, and then is really good come tournament time. Kind of weird. I wonder what the cause is as there definitely seems to be a pattern. 

 

[crash_davis 23,107]

Many many matches left to be played but at the beginning of this school year, if you would've told me that this team would not only lose these games but lose them looking like absolute dogshit, I would've said you are smoking crack. And yet, here we are. 

We need to get our shit together.

[Js1 85,302]

Still 7th in AVCA

O'Neal Big 12 DPOY

[Js1 85,302]

Swept FGCU. -19, -18 and -13

Rice on Monday 

[perfectchaos007 6,627]

3-0 win over FGCU. Texas' season record is back over .500 now.

[Js1 85,302]

Including yesterday, Monday is the second in our five game homestand before we go to OU to start Big 12 play. 

FGCU - swept 3-0

Rice - 3-3 with a win over #22 USC, but also lost to ULL (0-3), Baylor (1-3) and Stanford (0-3)

Ohio State - 3-3 and on a 3-game losing streak to ranked teams (1-3 and 1-3 to Georgia Tech and 0-3 to Stanford).  They also play Oregon prior to us, so they could come in 3-4.

Washington State - 8-1, with a 3-1 win over #8 BYU, but also lost 1-3 to #4 Louisville.  Play Baylor before us

 

Would be really nice to go 4-1 over the homestand and start Big 12 play 6-2.  Washington State will be a big test. 

Edited September 9, 2023 by Js1

[Js1 85,302]

Texas moves up a spot to #6 ahead of Rice match tonight at 6pm.  I believe we are the only D-1 team in action today.

1 Wisconsin
2 Louisville
3 Florida
4 Nebraska
5 Stanford
6 Texas

9 Minnesota

11 Washington State

12 BYU

18 Baylor

19 Ohio State

20 Kansas

22 Houston

23 Iowa State

 

Schedule looks a little more stout and the Big 12 a little tougher - 6 teams ranked. 2 of our next 3 matches are against top 20 opponents. 

Edited September 11, 2023 by Js1

[Js1 85,302]

25-16 Texas. 1-0

[MirrOlure 14,760]

Admittedly the first time I’ve watched this year. We look……ordinary?

[Js1 85,302]

O’Neal’s head is not in this match 

[Js1 85,302]

25-21 Texas. 2-0

Rice is scrappy but we look not into this match. Except for Bergmark and our block

[Js1 85,302]

Weird sweep. -16, -21, -15

Skinner went off - hopefully gets her on track 

Ohio State/WSU back to back nights will feel like the tournament. Will be fun