Penn St Sub-Regional - PSU | Princeton | American | Towson

[BuckysHeat]

Friday 12/6 4:00 pm CST American vs Towson

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Friday 12/6 6:30 pm CST Penn State vs Princeton


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Princeton (RPI 76): Finished 17-7 (10-2 conference) finished tied for 1st with Yale in the Ivy League. Awarded automatic berth by winning the playoff over Yale 3-1 a week after losing to Yale in the final match of the season necessitating a playoff. Princeton has some size on the right side in Maggie O'Connell (6'4 RS) but also has a 5'9 setter, however O'Connell only ended up with 0.61 BPS. Neither middle averaged over 1 BPS (0.9 and 0.65). Outsides Deven Petrkin and Natasha Skov hit .227 and .216 respectively while averaging over 3 KPS. During non-con, Princeton lost 3-1 to Rutgers during the first weekend and 3-2 to Maryland the following weekend. Four of seven starters are seniors and 9 of 16 players on their roster are from California.

Towson vs American:

Towson (RPI 35): Finished 28-2 (16-0 conference) winning the Colonial and was awarded the automatic berth by winning the conference tournament. Their two losses came against Rutgers and Coastal Carolina. Towson has a variety of solid hitting options with 5 players having between 225 and 322 kills on the season. Both middles (Sr Silvia Grassini and Fr Lydia Weirs) have high hitting percentages at .370 and .409. As a team, Towson finished with the 20th highest HP @.274 and the 4th lowest Opp HP @.135

American (RPI 54): American (24-7) finished tied with Colgate at 15-1 in the Patriot League and won the conference tournament by beating Army 3-1. American is very outside heavy with Helena Elbaek picking up 373 kills (3.3 kps) and Zeynep Uzen getting 257 (2.8 kps) while no other hitter reached 200 kills. As a team American finished 33rd in team HP @.261 while holding opponents to .172 (37th nationally) and 4th in aces per set @ 1.99. American has wins over NCAA Tourney teams Howard (3-1), Winthrop (3-2) but lost 3-1 to Gerogia. They did however beat Rutgers 3-0, something Towson and Princeton failed to do.


Towson finished 18th overall in blocks per set and has a very spread out offense. If they can control their serve receive to allow for the many options, they should beat American and earn a second round matchup with Penn State where their season will end. American leads the all time series 17-6; this will be the first time since 2010 that the two schools have met.

[BuckysHeat]

On a different note, does anybody know what happened to Miranda Weber, the 7 foot Canadian girl who went to American? She did not play a single set last year as a freshman and is no longer listed on their roster. She was very slow and had almost zero vertical if I remember right.

[BuckysHeat]

Bump in case anybody is still interested in PSU

[odinaka]

Dec 3, 2019 10:30:29 GMT -5 BuckysHeat said:

On a different note, does anybody know what happened to Miranda Weber, the 7 foot Canadian girl who went to American? She did not play a single set last year as a freshman and is no longer listed on their roster. She was very slow and had almost zero vertical if I remember right.

You know you could've communicated as effectively without that last sentence, right?

[HappyVolley]

Dec 4, 2019 9:58:57 GMT -5 BuckysHeat said:

Bump in case anybody is still interested in PSU

Given that Penn State is a dynasty program, I'd say a quite a number are still interested in PSU.

[BuckysHeat]

Dec 4, 2019 10:05:31 GMT -5 odinaka said:

Dec 3, 2019 10:30:29 GMT -5 BuckysHeat said:

On a different note, does anybody know what happened to Miranda Weber, the 7 foot Canadian girl who went to American? She did not play a single set last year as a freshman and is no longer listed on their roster. She was very slow and had almost zero vertical if I remember right.

You know you could've communicated as effectively without that last sentence, right?

There was a thread on her about 2-3 years ago with video. If she is no longer on the roster and did not play a set last year, this is the most likely explanation which was the consensus after seeing the various videos.

So to answer your question, no, it is most likely one of the contributing factors if she is no longer on the team.

[newtoschool]

Any Penn fans out there willing to help the visiting team? We are looking for a place for the parents to get together before the match for an early dinner and drinks before the match. Also if you wouldn’t mind how is the parking situation? Thanks in advance for your help.

[Boof1224]

Dec 4, 2019 11:30:31 GMT -5 newtoschool said:

Any Penn fans out there willing to help the visiting team? We are looking for a place for the parents to get together before the match for an early dinner and drinks before the match. Also if you wouldn’t mind how is the parking situation? Thanks in advance for your help.

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Go to diggnittany forum. It’s penn states personal volleyball chat and a lot of fans talk over there. Nyline in general knows a lot about that type stuff

[future]

Dec 4, 2019 11:30:31 GMT -5 newtoschool said:

Any Penn fans out there willing to help the visiting team?

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.


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Red Lot-(RA) or Nittany parking deck next to Nittany Lion Inn


Drinks and a bite to Eat? All are good and walking distance to Rec - Enjoy!

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www.cafe210.com/ Cafe 201 West

[tomclen]

Dec 4, 2019 11:35:48 GMT -5 future said:

Dec 4, 2019 11:30:31 GMT -5 newtoschool said:

Any Penn fans out there willing to help the visiting team?

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Hey, it's ol' Bill Penn's younger brother, the Quaker Oats guy!

[newtoschool]

Thank you so much for the help!!! Cheers!

[Riviera Minestrone]

Man, I had no idea how much of a cupcake regional this is, until looking at it now! Do RR's progeny constitute the selection committee? Do they get to lick the bowl after his baking's done?

[vup]

Remember when American made it to the Sweet Sixteen and took a set off Texas?

[akbar]

Dec 4, 2019 14:32:33 GMT -5 vup said:

Remember when American made it to the Sweet Sixteen and took a set off Texas?

OH Yeah....thats right. 😉

movin on

[jcvball22]

Dec 4, 2019 11:30:31 GMT -5 newtoschool said:

Any Penn fans out there willing to help the visiting team? We are looking for a place for the parents to get together before the match for an early dinner and drinks before the match. Also if you wouldn’t mind how is the parking situation? Thanks in advance for your help.

Federal Taphouse is a good option. Walking distance to Rec Hall. You could park near the gym and walk down, which is easiest. Last time I was up there, there was ample parking across the street from the South Gym entrance to Rec Hall and it was free.

Enjoy!