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Post by Bumpy on Oct 11, 2008 19:35:11 GMT -5
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Post by baywatcher on Oct 11, 2008 19:50:57 GMT -5
I concede DOMINATION! .40Whatever to .107 or whatever v. a team that whooped the co leader of the Pac 10.
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Post by huskervbfan on Oct 11, 2008 19:57:03 GMT -5
This pretty well sums it up:
No. 1 Penn State Women’s Volleyball Pounds No. 12 Minnesota Nittany Lions attack at a .447 clip with 14 team blocks in the win MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 11, 2008 – The top-ranked Penn State women’s volleyball team used a balanced offense and a staunch defense to pound No. 12 Minnesota in three games (25-18, 25-15, 25-12) Saturday night in Minneapolis, Minn., in front of 10,126 fans at Williams Arena. The Nittany Lions remain perfect at 18-0 and 6-0 in the Big Ten while the Golden Gophers fall to 15-3 and 5-1 in league action.
This along with what baywatcher added above spells D-O-M-I-N-A-N-C-E to me.
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Post by farmer1 on Oct 11, 2008 19:57:13 GMT -5
I didn't see the cal minnesota match but, minnesota just didn't have the offense to stay with PSU and there defense looked weak as well. If they are the best team that PSU will face that is a pretty weak conference.
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Post by huskervbfan on Oct 11, 2008 19:59:52 GMT -5
I didn't see the cal minnesota match but, minnesota just didn't have the offense to stay with PSU and there defense looked weak as well. If they are the best team that PSU will face that is a pretty weak conference. I didn't see it either but it was a 25-21, 25-20, 25-23 sweep.
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Post by spikerthemovie on Oct 11, 2008 20:09:54 GMT -5
Just got back. First time in history I didn't have time to finish my large Diet Coke during a Gopher match. Yikes. Penn State is crazy good and Minnesota has, ahem, a couple weak spots in their rotation. I'd say Penn State is so good that it's actually fun to watch them (especially Wilson), even when they're hammering your team.
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Post by baywatcher on Oct 11, 2008 20:14:33 GMT -5
Hitting .447. The next time Penn State gets in a rally they'll get confused, unsure what's happening. The ball never goes over the net more than twice when THEY play. And the Big 10 cannot be called a weak conference. Pablo ranked second.
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Post by spikerthemovie on Oct 11, 2008 20:22:49 GMT -5
There were a few long rallies, baywatcher (including a dandy one that ended with a sharp Dieter kill), so I'm going to dispute your "never." But there weren't many of 'em.
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Post by pogoball on Oct 11, 2008 20:25:10 GMT -5
I didn't see the cal minnesota match but, minnesota just didn't have the offense to stay with PSU and there defense looked weak as well. If they are the best team that PSU will face that is a pretty weak conference. Yep, just like the PAC-10 is a pretty weak conference, and the Big-12, and... PSU will make everyone look that bad by December.
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Post by MTC on Oct 11, 2008 20:34:01 GMT -5
I didn't see the cal minnesota match but, minnesota just didn't have the offense to stay with PSU and there defense looked weak as well. If they are the best team that PSU will face that is a pretty weak conference. Yep, just like the PAC-10 is a pretty weak conference, and the Big-12, and... PSU will make everyone look that bad by December. It was too bad Minnesota had a bad night. I was hoping for a donnybrook game. Nicole Fawcett has the shizzle.
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Post by thechief on Oct 11, 2008 21:01:20 GMT -5
Was I the only one who thought Minnesota didn't play poorly?
I really think PSU won't lose this season. They might drop a couple sets. But they won't lose.
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Post by jlo on Oct 11, 2008 21:10:07 GMT -5
Penn State is in a league of its own. They have so much offense. It is tough to compete with the best if your outsides cant play all 6 rotations! Hodge and Fawcett are very very good. Then you through in Harmotto and Wilson!!!! Minnesota played well but they cannot compete with Penn State yet?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2008 21:57:11 GMT -5
Where's the white flag?
I thought the Gophers played as well as they could play for 2/3 of g1 -- and it still wasn't enough. Kyla is obviously really hurting (hasn't even been practicing), so that left them with Gibbemeyer (neutralized by PSU) and Dieter (who had a pretty damned good match, I thought).
But, by my count, Minnesota scored TEN service points on the night. 6 in g1, 4 in g2 and ZERO in g3. That's right. PSU was 12 for 12 in g3.
Too many weapons. I do think the Gophers had the right game plan, but it didn't matter.
I wondered why PSU served so aggressively, since they are so good defensively and in transition. But a friend pointed out that it seems to be PSU's ID. They're going to come at you with everything they got. To hell with EVER being on the defensive.
Mike Hebert said after the match that everything they do they do with malicious intent. That about sums it up. He also said he is convinced this is the best D1 team he's seen in his 33 years of coaching.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2008 22:01:58 GMT -5
Volleyball Box Score Minnesota Volleyball 2008 #1 Penn State vs #12 Minnesota (Oct 11, 2008 at Minneapolis, MN)
Penn State | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Fawcett, Nicole..... 3| 8 2 14 .429| 2| 1 4| 0| 5| 0 1 0| 0| 9.5 3 Harmotto, Christa... 3| 7 1 11 .545| 0| 0 0| 0| 3| 1 8 0| 0| 12.0 6 Glass, Alisha....... 3| 2 0 3 .667| 34| 0 0| 0| 4| 1 8 0| 0| 7.0 7 Wilson, Arielle..... 3| 10 1 13 .692| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 3 0| 0| 11.5 9 Brown, Blair........ 3| 3 1 9 .222| 1| 0 0| 0| 0| 1 2 0| 0| 5.0 11 Hodge, Megan........ 3| 15 2 35 .371| 1| 1 1| 1| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 16.0 4 Holehouse, Roberta.. 3| 0 0 0 .000| 3| 0 1| 0| 13| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 8 Ream, Kelsey........ 2| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 1 2| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 12 D'Errico, Alyssa.... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 0 2| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 14 Quilico, Cathy...... 1| 0 0 0 .000| 0| 1 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 3| 45 7 85 .447| 43| 4 10| 1| 32| 3 22 0| 0| 63.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0 Game K E TA Pct Sideout Pct 1 15 3 34 .353 12-18 66% GAME SCORES 1 2 3 TEAM RECORDS 2 14 2 22 .545 12-16 75% Penn State.......... (3) 25 25 25 18-0, 6-0 Big Ten 3 16 2 29 .483 12-12 100% Minnesota........... (0) 18 15 12 15-3, 5-1 Big Ten
Minnesota | ATTACK |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF| BLOCK |GEN ## Name GP| K E TA PCT| A| SA SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Cowles, Hailey...... 3| 4 3 8 .125| 0| 0 0| 0| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 4.0 5 Gibbemeyer, Lauren.. 3| 4 4 18 .000| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 2 0 0| 0| 6.0 6 Dieter, Brook....... 3| 13 5 32 .250| 0| 0 1| 1| 6| 0 0 1| 0| 13.0 7 Schmidt, Kelly...... 3| 1 2 5 -.200| 0| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 8 Hartmann, Rachel.... 3| 0 0 5 .000| 23| 0 0| 0| 1| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 10 Luiz, Pamela........ 3| 2 4 8 -.250| 1| 0 0| 2| 4| 0 0 0| 0| 2.0 2 Granquist, Jessica.. 1| 0 0 0 .000| 1| 0 0| 0| 2| 0 0 0| 0| 0.0 12 Roehrig, Kyla....... 3| 3 6 15 -.200| 0| 0 0| 0| 0| 0 0 0| 0| 3.0 15 Tan, Christine...... 3| 0 0 0 .000| 2| 1 1| 1| 6| 0 0 0| 0| 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Totals.............. 3| 27 24 91 .033| 27| 1 2| 4| 25| 2 0 1| 0| 30.0
TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0 Game K E TA Pct Sideout Pct 1 11 9 38 .053 12-25 47% Site: Minneapolis, MN (Williams Arena) 2 8 8 24 .000 11-24 45% Date: Oct 11, 2008 Attend: 10126 Time: 1:08 3 8 7 29 .034 12-25 47% Referees: Steve Robb, Michael Blalock
1 2 3 Total Tie scores 4 4 3 11 Lead changes 1 1 1 3
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2008 22:03:55 GMT -5
Note the attendance, btw.
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