#14 Minnesota vs RV Washington | Thu, Nov 07 - 7pm CT | BTN+

[vbcoltrane]

Nov 8, 2024 17:24:26 GMT -5 vbcoltrane said:

Oddly, I think MN will follow this up by beating Oregon.

Well, okay, then.    But they haven't lost yet.

[maigrey]

Nov 9, 2024 17:16:36 GMT -5 vbcoltrane said:

Nov 8, 2024 17:24:26 GMT -5 vbcoltrane said:

Oddly, I think MN will follow this up by beating Oregon.

Well, okay, then.    But they haven't lost yet.

well that's just not fair, bringing out the voodoo dolls.

[redbeard2008]

Nov 9, 2024 14:43:41 GMT -5 mcmike said:

in progress

Doing a close examination of the last 10 points in set 4
Shaffmaster was undoubtedly tired and her play quality deteriorated

UW    15 14

UW    15 15 [Bush, Emoni]                                                                  Kill by Wucherer, Mckenna (from Shaffmaster, Melani).
MINN 15 16                                                                   [Grote, Lydia] Hit Err by Endsley, Madi (from Wilson, Molly).
MINN 16 16  Kill by Endsley, Madi (from Wilson, Molly).     [Grote, Lydia] 
UW    17 16[Hunt, Julia] Kill by Endsley, Madi (from Wilson, Molly). 
UW    17 17 [Hunt, Julia]                                                                    Kill by Engeman, Kali (from Shaff, Melani).
MINN 18 17 Kill by Endsley, Madi (from Wilson, Molly).      [Acevedo, Alex]
UW    19 17[Wilson, Molly]  Hit Err by Engeman, Kali (from Shaff, Melani). 
UW    20 17[Wilson, Molly] Service ace (Thibault, Kate). 
UW    20 18 [Wilson, Molly]                                                                Hit Err by Endsley, Madi (from Wessels, Katy).
MINN 20 19                                                                   [Crowl, Lauren] Kill by Hanson, Julia (from Shaff, Melani).
MINN 21 19 Kill by Endsley, Madi (from Wilson, Molly).      [Crowl, Lauren]
UW    22 19 [Endsley, Madi] Hit Err by Hanson, Julia (block by Fletcher, Kiune; Wessels, Katy). 
UW    22 20 [Endsley, Madi]                                                               Kill by Hanson, Julia (from Shaffmaster, Melani).
MINN 23 20 Kill by Bush, Emoni (from Bays, Lauren).        [Shaffmaster, Melani]
UW    23 21 [Bays, Lauren]                                                                Kill by Hanson, Julia (from Palabiyik, Zeynep).
MINN 23 22                                                                   [Hanson, Julia] Kill by Grote, Lydia (from Wucherer, Mckenna).
MINN 24 22  Hit Err by Grote, Lydia                                 [Hanson, Julia]
(block by Bush, Emoni; Hunt, Julia).
UW  25-22   [Heard, Zoria] Kill by Bush, Emoni (from Wilson, Molly)

In the first two sets MN was awful in the terminal serving corner of the triangle
Here the weakness was in transition:

MN tied the score at 17s on a beautiful kill by Engeman after a nice 2.5? backset  after a super save by Wa' Zoria
WA went ahead at 18-17 when Shaff went wide to block line and left a seam for Endsley inside

time to head to Pav to watch us beat Oregon..... to be continued
 

Set 4 was tight, unlike Sets 1 and 2, where Minn blew big leads, with neither team leading by more than 2 through UW 19-17. The key turning point was when UW went on a 5-1 run from down 1 (15-16) to up 3 (20-17) - from that point on, UW was able to "hold serve" the rest of the way, with UM able to close it up to within a point, at 20-19 and 23-22, but not able to get even. From down 15-16, UW was almost error-free (6k/1e, 2bl, and an ace), while UM wasn't (6k/3e, 0bl, and 0sa).