2019 Texas Volleyball

[Js1 85085]

On 9/10/2019 at 1:23 PM, TexasDPT said:

Iosia was a setter before transitioning to a full-time libero.  She is currently setting her HS team (ranked #1 in CA) while their starting setting is with the USA YNT.

She is able to hand-set with tempo to the pins as well as to the middles from BEHIND the 10' line.  

Imagine all those balls that get bumped set to the pins being hand-set with better accuracy and tempo so that the hitters can take better rips on the ball...plus she has a Haley Eckerman-esque jump serve that will put a lot of pressure on the opposing team's serve-receive. 

Next year might be Texas' best serving team in a very long time.

I read she already has a collegiate serve.  Super excited to see her at Texas - she most likely will not supplant Petersen as starting libero, but she will be the DS and heir apparent after 2 years. 

[Js1 85085]

Texas VB Instagram posted pics from team workouts.  Bri was out of boot and working out - good sign! 

[Js1 85085]

30 min to first serve.

Reminder, if we can win this match, we are in the driver's seat for a Top 4 seed going 3-1 against USC, Minny, Tree and BYU. 

Texas is 9-11 all time versus the Stormin Mormons - BYU holds the neutral site advantage 4-3.  BYU last won in the regional final last year, sweeping us to move onto the Final Four on their home court. 

 

[Js1 85085]

Shook making an appearance!

Defense optional today -

15-12 Texas - TO 

Texas hitting .500 (12-2-20)
BYU hitting .222 (7-3-18)

Texas' 3 serving errors keeping it close 

[Js1 85085]

Early on - 

4 kills on 8 attempts for Micaya
3 kills on 6 attempts with 2 errors for Logan
2 kills on 3 attempts for Skylar
2 kills on 2 attempts for O'Neal (the live stats say Orie but #7 is O'Neal) 
1 kill on 1 attempt for Molly 

[Js1 85085]

TO BYU - Texas up 19-17
Outhitting BYU .458 to .192
Biggest difference is 4 Texas service errors to 1 by BYU
1 BYU Ace to 0 for Texas - BYU is +4 points in serving

[perfectchaos007 6596]

BYU takes set 1

[Js1 85085]

Blew that one 

[perfectchaos007 6596]

We’ve blown a lot of times against BYU this decade 

[Js1 85085]

Even at 1-1

[perfectchaos007 6596]

Best of 3 now

[perfectchaos007 6596]

Like js said, we are beating BYU handily in almost every category except for service errors. That's why we are tied at 1 set a piece right now.

Edited September 13, 2019 by perfectchaos007

[perfectchaos007 6596]

2-1 Texas! C'mon ladies get one more

[TwiceHorn 31240]

Give em the business, ladies.

[sushihorn 3233]

Statcast has Orie in.  Has she picked up her game that much to earn PT against a top level opponent?

[Js1 85085]

Just now, sushihorn said:

Statcast has Orie in.  Has she picked up her game that much to earn PT against a top level opponent?

statcast was wrong. It’s O’Neal 

[texasstrong12 4668]

3-0 BYU run. Still 23-18 Texas in the 4th set. Finish them. 

 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Safe to say we're pretty damn good. I was hoping we would go 2-2 during this stretch and we went 3-1. Had a shot at 4-0 too. Based on the stats this wasn't even a particularly close match with BYU. 

Rice will be a very tricky nonconference match in Houston. They're a top 25 caliber team this year and now 8-0 this season. 

We're in excellent position now to get a top 4 seed. 

[perfectchaos007 6596]

Great win! @Wichita State should be a win but the Shockers did take a set off BYU so they aren't a cupcake

[Js1 85085]

Great response to losing set 1! 

[sushihorn 3233]

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

statcast was wrong. It’s O’Neal 

Thanks.  That makes a lot of sense.

[TwiceHorn 31240]

Very impressive.

[Js1 85085]

25 K for Logan. Career high. 

[Js1 85085]

With how good Logan/White/Fields are, I think my MB combo is Phillips/Butler. I think we need Phillip’s block over O’Neal’s offense. Butler can handle the offensive part with her dominant blocking. 

[TexasDPT 297]

40 minutes ago, Js1 said:

With how good Logan/White/Fields are, I think my MB combo is Phillips/Butler. I think we need Phillip’s block over O’Neal’s offense. Butler can handle the offensive part with her dominant blocking. 

I actually like Molly at M2.  She's doing a great job blocking, and once teams load up on the pins, she puts down balls with her quick attacks.

Asjia is the only middle that can run the slide effectively and she serves tough, getting teams out of system.

Both middles are freshmen and will get better with more games under their belt. 

I think Fields is starting to struggle because teams now have tape on her.  She's hit in the .100's the last 2 matches.  If she continues to struggle, maybe try Butler at Opposite???  They would just have to set a high ball to her and she would literally be hitting over every block...

[Js1 85085]

27 minutes ago, TexasDPT said:

I actually like Molly at M2.  She's doing a great job blocking, and once teams load up on the pins, she puts down balls with her quick attacks.

Asjia is the only middle that can run the slide effectively and she serves tough, getting teams out of system.

Both middles are freshmen and will get better with more games under their belt. 

I think Fields is starting to struggle because teams now have tape on her.  She's hit in the .100's the last 2 matches.  If she continues to struggle, maybe try Butler at Opposite???  They would just have to set a high ball to her and she would literally be hitting over every block...

What about Molly at OPP? She played some in the spring match?

 

 

[TexasDPT 297]

12 minutes ago, Js1 said:

What about Molly at OPP? She played some in the spring match?

 

 

That could work too. 

Or if Butler does take Molly’s spot at M2 and Skylar continues playing Opp, have Molly come in as a  blocking sub for Jhenna and then Claire would be the primary setter since she’s already back there for Skylar...

They’d be running a 6-2 and wouldn’t run out of subs since Logan has established herself as a 6 rotation player with Micaya.  But I’d only like to see this run situationally if Jhenna’s block is getting abused or can’t get out of that rotation. 

[Js1 85085]

 

[texasstrong12 4668]

I think some are overthinking things at middle. O'Neal and Molly are both really good players but Butler is someone that can take over matches. You need somebody like Butler in the tournament that's not just reliable but can dominate. 

Based on the way Elliott has talked about Butler I have no doubt she's going to start when she comes back.

[Js1 85085]

1 hour ago, texasstrong12 said:

I think some are overthinking things at middle. O'Neal and Molly are both really good players but Butler is someone that can take over matches. You need somebody like Butler in the tournament that's not just reliable but can dominate. 

Based on the way Elliott has talked about Butler I have no doubt she's going to start when she comes back.

Of course she is. But who does she get paired with is the speculation 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Just now, Js1 said:

Of course she is. But who does she get paired with is the speculation 

Put the best athletes on the court (O'Neal and Butler). We've never had issues with this strategy. We're almost always the best team at the pins/middle because we just out athlete teams. 

Our issues have always been ball control and from the service line. Now maybe there can be an argument made that Molly is the best middle from a ball control perspective but I don't think it's a significant advantage over O'Neal and Butler. 

I dunno. With this team just throw all the athletes out there and see if teams can stop it. So far nobody has an answer and that's been without Butler. Even Stanford couldn't slow down our pins. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Stanford rolled #4 Penn State on the road. 

Minnesota swept Florida and Oregon after their loss to us. 

 

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[Js1 85085]

I feel like I haven’t seen that much attitude from this team at the setter position since Chloe Collins graduated. Night and day difference from Shook. I think the team feeds off this more. 

[Aleemay 304]

Minny up 2-0 right now against Tree

[Js1 85085]

18 hours ago, texasstrong12 said:

Stanford rolled #4 Penn State on the road. 

Minnesota swept Florida and Oregon after their loss to us. 

 

And up 2-0 on Tree.  Rice lost to SFA and UNI lost to Boise 

[perfectchaos007 6596]

That would be quite the upset if Minny could get past Tree

[Js1 85085]

31 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

That would be quite the upset if Minny could get past Tree

Which they did 3-1! 

[perfectchaos007 6596]

Texas takes set 1 against Wichita State
25-13

[Js1 85085]

Up 11-3 in the 2nd 

[perfectchaos007 6596]

We take the 2nd set 25-9. Let's sweep them

[perfectchaos007 6596]

In the first 2 sets we lost a combined 22 points. 9 of those points lost were due to our service errors. So roughly 40% of the points we lost in those first two sets were just due to service errors. We clean that up, we could be the best team in the country

[perfectchaos007 6596]

Texas sweeps! 3rd set was 25-15 Texas

[Js1 85085]

Domination. We may be #2 next week with Tree’s loss 

[Js1 85085]

https://alcalde.texasexes.org/2019/09/after-some-recent-near-misses-texas-volleyball-is-poised-to-win-it-all-again/

I did not know this part

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What no one knew—what no one could possibly know—is that Elliott almost wasn’t there to see the Longhorns win it all.

One year and five days prior, Elliott sat alone in the training room inside the Alamodome in San Antonio. His team was the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, freshly knocked off by No. 9 UCLA following a tough battle against Kentucky the previous night. The gym had been dead, a far cry from the usual raucousness of his home turf at Gregory Gym.

Then-Texas Women’s Athletics Director Chris Plonsky approached him and asked him what he was thinking. Elliott told her he didn’t think he should tell her what was on his mind, but she insisted.  Elliott said he wanted to quit.

“I’m just miserable,” he told her. “This profession is just terrible.” He stood up and walked away to meet with his team.

 

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[Js1 85085]

After Rice and before BAylor, we have a good stretch of games where running the 6-2 just for shits and giggles will be fine.

A&M
Iowa State
Tech
TCU
KSU
OU
WVU

[sushihorn 3233]

Wichita St game posted on YouTube.  Still no BYU or Stanford but if you're going through withdrawals it's something.

 

[Js1 85085]

Texas stays at 3 - Nebraska moves to 1, Stanford to 2.  

And they play each other on Wednesday.  

[Js1 85085]

Micaya and Syd both grab Big 12 honors:

Micaya - Offensive POW - 4.86 kps, hit .417, 3.29 digs pet set, 0.86 blocks per set

Syd - Defensive POW - 5.57ps and 20 digs against WSU