Minnesota vs Michigan State |Fri, Nov 1, 6p ET / 5p CT |BTN+

[JT]

Minnesota Gophers	vs	Michigan State Spartans
Date/Time: Fri, Nov-01-2024 at 6:00 PM ET (5:00pm CT) Location: East Lansing, MI – Breslin Center
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[JT]

Conference, Week 6 November 1, 2024 (Friday) 6:00 PM ET 5:00 PM CT
	Minnesota Golden Gophers	vs	Michigan State Spartans
	(14-6) Overall | (7-3) Conf AVCA #15		(8-13) Overall | (1-9) Conf

	Venue East Lansing, Michigan Breslin Center
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Minnesota Golden Gophers		Michigan State Spartans
Roster	Stats	Roster	Stats
No. 15 Minnesota Makes Midwest Swing to Michigan and Michigan State		Volleyball Hosts #15 Minnesota, Ohio State in Breslin
Possible Starting Lineups
S: #5 Melani Shaffmaster MB: #7 Phoebe Awoleye OH: #3 Mckenna Wucherer OH: #22 Julia Hanson MB: #8 Calissa Minatee OPP: #9 Lydia Grote LIB: #12 Zeynep Palabiyik DS: #6 Kate Thibault SS: #21 Alex Acevedo		S: #25 Julia Bishop MB: #9 Zuzanna Kulig OH: #14 Taylah Holdem OH: #7 Taylor Preston MB: #12 Evie Doezema OPP: #3 Akasha Anderson LIB: #1 Nalani Iosia DS: #10 Kayla Foley SS: #5 Ky Clayton

History
Last Meeting: Oct 22, 2023 – Minnesota won 3-1
Last Ten: Minnesota is 9-1 versus Michigan State since Sep 24, 2017
Minnesota is 61-19 all-time against Michigan State (since 1976)

[JT]

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[vonner]

I went out on a long limb for this one, hoping there is enough bend to avoid the break. Gophers sweep, 3-0!

[jeepers]

I haven't seen Michigan State play this year, their record is terrible but they did beat USC in LA.

It looks like Akasha Anderson has been playing well the last few weeks. USC had a ton of service errors. UCLA hit .353 against the Spartans in a routine sweep a couple nights later.

Another match where the Gophers *should* win but it's on the road so it very like *could* be interesting. Michigan State is not Rutgers, Maryland, Iowa or Northwestern...even if their record doesn't indicate that.

[eskerjaz]

MSU's 1-9 does not feel the same as tOSU's 1-9 even though they have one ranked upset while tOSU's still in the hunt. Credit to them punishing USC's failed sweep attempt. Spartans will be hungry for another upset. Manifesting a relatively drama-free sweep for the Gophers nonetheless.

[mcmike]

Who watched the MSU reverse sweep of a team we lost to in four[edit] 5 sets?
msuspartans.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2024/usc/boxscore/18227

a similar hitting tale to our recovery vs tOSU in hitting turnaroudn
after 2 sets MSU was hitting 19 16 60 .050
in the last 3 sets                  39 11 78 .359

MN Presser for Michigans




The team with the better sideout% wins each set
The team that scores the most points when serving wins each set
How often does the team that passes the best lose a set?  inaccurate settting, Poor hitting? Opponents' blocking.
Bottom line:  if MN receives serves that lead to kills we'll beat MSU handily.

If we give up service runs it will be a struggle.

[mr. samwich]

Oct 29, 2024 13:08:35 GMT -5 mcmike said:

Who watched the MSU reverse sweep of a team we lost to in 5 sets?
msuspartans.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2024/usc/boxscore/18227

a similar hitting tale to our recovery vs tOSU in hitting turnaroudn
after 2 sets MSU was hitting 19 16 60 .050
in the last 3 sets                  39 11 78 .359

MN Presser for Michigans

the USC loss was in 4 sets :/ no lie a bit nervous for this one! MSU has some nice pieces there

[rollshotcornerpocket]

Oct 29, 2024 10:56:32 GMT -5 eskerjaz said:

MSU's 1-9 does not feel the same as tOSU's 1-9 even though they have one ranked upset while tOSU's still in the hunt. Credit to them punishing USC's failed sweep attempt. Spartans will be hungry for another upset. Manifesting a relatively drama-free sweep for the Gophers nonetheless.

MSU played Michigan, Penn State, Indiana, Purdue on the road to start the year, then Penn State, Illinois, Nebraska, Washington, USC and UCLA with Minny obviously on Friday. 8 of the first 11 games are against teams ranked or getting votes. 6 of them were against top 15 teams. 


Girl we are tired lmao 



Back half of the schedule is VERY manageable though. OSU, UMD, Rutgers, Michigan, Iowa, Oregon, UMD, Northwestern, Wisconsin with 6 of those at home. If you find a way to win 6 of those, that's a success. It's less than last year but we've had a pretty rough schedule this year.

[minnley]

Tricky week for the Gophers. In August I would have chalked these up as easy wins, but both of these Michigan teams are significantly improved.
Gophs will struggle some against Sparty but I'm thinking a 3-1 victory.

[JT]

90 minutes to go and this has fallen to page 2? For shame!

[gopherhim]

Last week Hanson had 3 back row attempts in a sweep of Northwestern and 13 in 5 sets against Ohio State. Her efficiency in the back row jumped from .239 before tOSU to .275 after. More more more! 13 has to be a season high since she still only has 80 back row attempts total this season.

13 Hanson back row/144 total attempts for the team = 9.0% of the offense against tOSU

80 Hanson back row/2,621 total attempts for the team = 3.1% of the offense all season

[jeepers]

I want to see zero telegraphed tips from MW tonight. She started swinging away against Ohio State and it made a big difference in the match turning around.

[skolgophers]

I’ll have to watch this one on mute

[Keegan Cuck]

Why do they refuse to wear their black uniforms again? They were easily the nicest of any they have this year, and I feel like they’ve only worn them once?

It doesn’t really matter, but.. they just look like they are playing in Kohl’s t-shirts.