AAC 2024

[volleav]

Rice & S. Florida play Wednesday. Should be an exciting game to see who will take sole first place.

[latebloomer]

Middle of the conference is the wild, wild west. Some teams have really improved and are much more competitive this year, Tulane and Memphis perhaps the best examples of that. After the top four (Rice, USF, Tulsa and WSU), the rest of the league is very up and down, which should make for some good drama down the stretch as they narrow it down to the 8 tournament teams.

[flyingMoose]

Oct 14, 2024 15:32:37 GMT -5 volleav said:

Rice & S. Florida play Wednesday. Should be an exciting game to see who will take sole first place.

Rice 0-3 South Florida
21, 14, 23

Set One: USF trailed 19-21 and scored six in a row.
Set Two: 12-9 for the Bulls became 20-9 and the result was just a matter of time.
Set Three: USF led 22-16 before Rice went on a run to tie the score at 23. Two blocks and the Bulls won the match.

Foe the Bulls, Andrade was 21-4-42 for .405, and Sawtelle was 19-2-32 for .531. The pair had 40 of the 49 kills by USF.

As a team, USF was .316 v .184.

[latebloomer]

Rice seems to be susceptible to outsides going off on them. Andrade (.240) and Sawtelle (.202) are good, but nearly .500 combined good? I don't know. Earlier in the year Burks from Tulane went for 27 kills on Rice and Parra from TCU had 24 in 4 sets (which is a pretty normal night for her) and Tornatta from Tulsa had 20 kills in 4 sets. Last night's result definitely changed the narrative on who's the clear favorite in the conference.

[vbjustice]

Oct 17, 2024 11:05:01 GMT -5 flyingMoose said:

Oct 14, 2024 15:32:37 GMT -5 volleav said:

Rice & S. Florida play Wednesday. Should be an exciting game to see who will take sole first place.

Rice 0-3 South Florida
21, 14, 23

Set One: USF trailed 19-21 and scored six in a row.
Set Two: 12-9 for the Bulls became 20-9 and the result was just a matter of time.
Set Three: USF led 22-16 before Rice went on a run to tie the score at 23. Two blocks and the Bulls won the match.

Foe the Bulls, Andrade was 21-4-42 for .405, and Sawtelle was 19-2-32 for .531. The pair had 40 of the 49 kills by USF.

As a team, USF was .316 v .184.

caught a little bit of the match as I was in between other games. USF looks really good. #21 is such a humble player 😅

[volleav]

Why did Cindy Tchouangwa not play in the Rice vs FAU game?

[vballfreak808]

Standings

Rank	Team	Record (Conf.)	Record (Overall)
1.	South Florida	7-1	11-8
2.	Rice	6-2	11-6
3.	East Carolina	5-3	12-6
3.	Tulsa	5-3	13-7
3.	Wichita State	5-3	10-10
3.	North Texas	5-3	8-11
7.	Florida Atlantic	4-4	12-8
7.	Tulane	4-4	12-8
7.	Memphis	4-4	10-10
10.	UAB	3-5	8-11
11.	Temple	2-6	9-12
12.	UTSA	1-7	7-14
12.	Charlotte	1-7	4-17

[vballfreak808]

RPI
39. Rice (30)
60. South Florida (66)
78. Wichita State (64)
81. Tulsa (63)
115. East Carolina (128)
121. Florida Atlantic (147)
172. Temple (155)
177. Tulane (158)
220. UAB (213)
223. North Texas (223)
245. Memphis (256)
261. UTSA (260)
303. Charlotte (299)

() = Previous RPI

[volleyballer8992]

Oct 21, 2024 12:53:28 GMT -5 vballfreak808 said:

RPI
39. Rice (30)
60. South Florida (66)
78. Wichita State (64)
81. Tulsa (63)
115. East Carolina (128)
121. Florida Atlantic (147)
172. Temple (155)
177. Tulane (158)
220. UAB (213)
223. North Texas (223)
245. Memphis (256)
261. UTSA (260)
303. Charlotte (299)

() = Previous RPI

These teams are just beating up on each other it’s a bit crazy and interesting to see how a post season tourney goes

[trojansc]

Oct 21, 2024 13:10:34 GMT -5 volleyballer8992 said:

Oct 21, 2024 12:53:28 GMT -5 vballfreak808 said:

RPI
39. Rice (30)
60. South Florida (66)
78. Wichita State (64)
81. Tulsa (63)
115. East Carolina (128)
121. Florida Atlantic (147)
172. Temple (155)
177. Tulane (158)
220. UAB (213)
223. North Texas (223)
245. Memphis (256)
261. UTSA (260)
303. Charlotte (299)

() = Previous RPI

These teams are just beating up on each other it’s a bit crazy and interesting to see how a post season tourney goes

I've been harping on it in a few threads, but, kind of sucks that Florida Atlantic wrecked the at-large possibilities twice this past weekend.

I feel like the conference race is wide open. Rice doesn't have like anything to sell for good wins. Tulsa did beat Arkansas, but, they are looking to be too far out at this point.

Definitely interested in the Home & Home series upcoming for Wichita State/Tulsa

[vballfreak808]

AAC Players of the Week

Offensive: Kaila Ru, SR, MB, Florida Atlantic
Defensive: Madison Dyer, JR, MB/RS, Florida Atlantic
Setter: Victoria Hensley, JR, Florida Atlantic
Freshman: Taryn Gilreath, S/RS, East Carolina

[flyingMoose]

Oct 21, 2024 13:10:34 GMT -5 volleyballer8992 said:

These teams are just beating up on each other it’s a bit crazy and interesting to see how a post season tourney goes

The top eight teams qualify for the post-season tourney hosted by Wichita State beginning on Friday, November 22.

[volleyballer8992]

Oct 21, 2024 16:52:12 GMT -5 flyingMoose said:

Oct 21, 2024 13:10:34 GMT -5 volleyballer8992 said:

These teams are just beating up on each other it’s a bit crazy and interesting to see how a post season tourney goes

The top eight teams qualify for the post-season tourney hosted by Wichita State beginning on Friday, November 22.

Correct, I am just saying which teams will actually end up making it and then who prevails. We have a cluster of teams sitting at 5-3 and 4-4, all who could easily be in each other's positions barring a few points going the other team's way. Especially now getting into the back half of conference play, these teams have seen and will see a few teams twice and splits are more than likely with the way things are shaping up. 

[dragon2owl]

Rice is without its top offensive player for at least a few weeks. Also, one of the starting liberals/DS is out for a bit.

[volleav]

Oct 25, 2024 17:50:31 GMT -5 dragon2owl said:

Rice is without its top offensive player for at least a few weeks. Also, one of the starting liberals/DS is out for a bit.

Wouldn't have known that. The bro let nothing fall tonight. They adjusted well without those starters.