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Post by fka hoosierman on Sept 8, 2006 21:33:22 GMT -5
Texas became terribly predictable, even though, in my opinion, passing only broke down for a short while. Moriarty either set Engle in the RS, or Hooker/Acevedo. Engle's pipe took precedence over Todd. Minimal production from the middles. No block to speak of whatsoever. When Acevedo got shut down about four plays in a row, Moriarty was getting pretty near perfect passes, and Todd was all alone with nothing to do but try to cover her OH. And when you're setting the same play over and over again, PSU's block will just take over, as it did.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2006 21:36:13 GMT -5
Scary thing is, PSU's floor defense and passing is going to get better.
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Post by ugopher on Sept 8, 2006 21:36:56 GMT -5
That will hurt for a while.
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Post by Keystonekid on Sept 8, 2006 21:43:31 GMT -5
I hope PSU can recover in time for Tennessee St., Lehigh and and Miami of Ohio.
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Post by ugopher on Sept 8, 2006 21:47:04 GMT -5
I heard Lehigh is sneaky good!
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Post by Keystonekid on Sept 8, 2006 21:53:33 GMT -5
One of the Washington fans gave a spirited defense and rationale for the teams at UW tournament this weekend. I am a PSU fan, but lets call a spade a spade, those teams don't belong on the schedule.
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Post by fka hoosierman on Sept 8, 2006 22:26:06 GMT -5
One last thing:
Hooker, Acevedo, Engle: 176 swings. Todd, Paolini, Armstrong: 42 swings.
I really think Moriarty got out-set.
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Post by Keystonekid on Sept 8, 2006 22:37:46 GMT -5
That is a big statement. Glass is the least experienced setter in the country, hands down.
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Post by fromohtosf on Sept 8, 2006 23:00:55 GMT -5
Scary thing is, PSU's floor defense and passing is going to get better. That is the big thing to pull from this game. Hopefully, Hodge will learn to pass.
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Post by pogoball on Sept 8, 2006 23:34:45 GMT -5
KeystoneKid,
Glass' bio probably gives the impression of a lack of setting experience, but Glass has been setting 18-elite club teams since she was 12 years old. I doubt there are many players currently in college with over 7 years of setting 18-elite or college like her. She's not as inexperienced as her bio might imply.
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Post by brybry on Sept 8, 2006 23:54:00 GMT -5
Hodge reminds me so much of Kim Willoughby. She's better than Kim in comparing their freshman year, but not as good as Kim the rest of her years (so far). She seems pretty raw still. I'm really surprised that Russ has her in the passing line up after her constant butchery of the overhand pass. I am happy that he is trying to develop her as a serve receiver instead of building another Nnamani. I really think Katie Price should be in there at OH or RS. Hodge and Fawcett can stay. Sayler is quite good but I think improving passing should be a priority for PSU. They got a little lucky on this one. Their blocking bailed them out. Nice effort from Glass. She finally started to connect w/ her hitters towards the end. The location of her sets to the outside need a lot of work. I think her poor sets (and the bad passing) led to PSU's OHs struggling early on. If PSU can get their passing and setting further along - then yikes! They are going to be scary. Texas passed pretty solidly for the match except for one stretch in the third or fourth i think. It's weird that Moriarty went towards the antennas more in this one. Maybe Elliot wanted to give the outsides more hitting reps (for experience). Or maybe Texas felt that PSU's big outside blockers could shut down their slide attack. Really weird. When I saw Texas play Pepperdine they almost exclusively set the middle.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2006 23:58:55 GMT -5
Note to Katie Price, redshirt this year and transfer, you are too good to be riding the bench.
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Post by bucky415 on Sept 9, 2006 0:30:39 GMT -5
This just stinks. I was hoping PSU would lose and thus let the rest of the Big Ten teams feel like they had a chance to win the conference this year. If they can win in Austin, PSU will be the favorite anywhere in the Big Ten, in my opinion. Also, the comeback from down 0-2 has to give them a lot of confidence. Drat. I am wondering about Texas. They looked very good in Madison, but their middles have done little the last two nights. That was their greatest strength last year, but now it is looking like a weakness. Armstrong is better than how she did tonight. I know she has had some injury problems, but she looked fine in Madison. I guess this shows PSU deserves their ranking, the Lehighs of the world don't show that. Finally, I agree about Price. It is scary that they have so much talent that she isn't playing. I guess she could play right side next year. If I were the other outside, though, (Holloway?) I would think about whether I love being at PSU or not, since I don't see her playing.
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Post by brybry on Sept 9, 2006 1:49:14 GMT -5
This just stinks. I was hoping PSU would lose and thus let the rest of the Big Ten teams feel like they had a chance to win the conference this year. If they can win in Austin, PSU will be the favorite anywhere in the Big Ten, in my opinion. Also, the comeback from down 0-2 has to give them a lot of confidence. Drat. I am wondering about Texas. They looked very good in Madison, but their middles have done little the last two nights. That was their greatest strength last year, but now it is looking like a weakness. Armstrong is better than how she did tonight. I know she has had some injury problems, but she looked fine in Madison. I guess this shows PSU deserves their ranking, the Lehighs of the world don't show that. Finally, I agree about Price. It is scary that they have so much talent that she isn't playing. I guess she could play right side next year. If I were the other outside, though, (Holloway?) I would think about whether I love being at PSU or not, since I don't see her playing. I think maybe OSU could give PSU a run. The Nittany Lions are still a young team and can be broken down by the right team. Any team that passes that far off target that frequently is vulnerable. They will not beat Nebraska or Washington or a more seasoned Texas team w/ that kind of ballhandling. IMO Sayler should be benched, Price should start at OH w/ the primary responsibility of passing, and Hodge should be placed at OPP - she can hit from either left or right in her front row rotations and bomb away from the D-zone in the back. Hodge looked like a really weak defender who probably shouldn't be covering middle back. Way too much ground for her at this point. PSU got burned repeatedly by deeps shots to the right corner.
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Post by OverAndUnder on Sept 9, 2006 2:21:31 GMT -5
I'm confused, the play-by-play says: 10-11 [Jennings, Alyson] Attack error by Hodge, Megan. 10-12 [Jennings, Alyson] Service error. 10-13 [Hodge, Megan] Attack error by Acevedo, Dariam (block by Glass, Alisha; Harmotto, Christa). 11-13 [Moriarty, Michelle] Service ace (Holehouse, Roberta). 12-13 [Moriarty, Michelle] Attack error by Fawcett, Nicole. Timeout Penn State. 13-13 [Hodge, Megan] Kill by Acevedo, Dariam (from Moriarty, Michelle). 13-14 [Hodge, Megan] Kill by Glass, Alisha. 13-15 [Moriarty, Michelle] Service error. The last five lines don't make any sense. How does Texas lose the serve during a timeout and why does Hodge serve again after an Acevedo kill, then Moriarty serves AGAIN? Anyone who saw the game care to enlighten me?
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