Daily Cal article: volleyball as a contact sport

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Collision Doesn’t Derail Pressey as Junior Leads Cal Volleyball to Weekend Sweep
www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=22047

Here's hoping Angie gets healthy and takes out her agression on Stanford this Friday. ;D

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From the Arizona Daily Wildcat:
Volleyball drops two, falls to 1-10 in Pac-10
wildcat.arizona.edu/news/2006/10/30/Sports/Volleyball.Drops.Two.Falls.To.110.In.Pac10-2408808.shtml

"The problem is the players don't take it personal enough yet," UA head coach Dave Rubio said. "They're not strong enough competitors where they just get so angry. Great competitors get angry, and they allow that anger to raise their level of play. Our players are just too nice right now."

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From the Arizona State Press:
Volleyball can't pull any upsets
Devils lose two to Bay Area schools
www.statepress.com/issues/2006/10/30/sports/698540

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The prime exponent of "get your team hyper" in the Pac-10 is Arizona's Dave Rubio. I think it works much better against an equal or lesser opponent on whom one can get a jump, keep the lid down and sweep 3-0 than it does against superior opponents, where it is more likely to lead to a train wreck than to a win.

I expect the Cal crowd to be hyper, the Cal band to be obnoxiously loud (and to play into Stanford's huddle unless the officials stop it) and the Cal team to be as cool, calm and collected as Rich Feller can get them.