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Post by dunninla on May 5, 2019 0:50:43 GMT -5
]I've always disliked the current championship match format. If its a double-elimination leading into the championship match, it should be double-elimation for the title. Just my opinion. UCLA will be at a distinct disadvantage vs. USC in tomorrow's final, just as FSU was at a disadvantage last year. The winner of the winner's bracket has to play first game/cold in the Championship game. The winner of the losers bracket will have already gotten used to playing in Sunday's conditions (wind primarily), and will be on an emotional roll due to winning the day's first game. You can't really say the loser's bracket winner will be tired... an hour or hour and fifteen is just a good warmup -- a warmup UCLA will not have had, and FSU didn't have last year. Single elimination championship game is a terrible format that disadvantages the winner's bracket winner. |
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Post by sandball on May 5, 2019 3:00:43 GMT -5
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Post by sandball on May 5, 2019 5:42:32 GMT -5
Holly Rowe (@sportsiren): "Hawaii senior Ari Homayun credits her success to her father, Yosuf, a former radical who left Afghanistan at 19 with little to no money. Hiking for 13 days... he immigrated, moved to California, w/ no money, slept on a mattress found the road. Now a successful business owner he inspires her." ----- Saturday's NCAA beach video interviews from Gulf Shores volleyballmag.com/ncaa-beach-050419----- For her 19th birthday, Mollie Ebertin gave the Trojans the dual-clinching point with a monster block at the net! The Women of Troy gave her a lovely court-side serenade! |
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Post by socal3 on May 5, 2019 7:48:20 GMT -5
I was disappointed with FSU’s performance and their decisions at the net in particular. Saw blockers on multiple courts and on several occasions choose to stay at the net to block instead of drop and dig when the set was WAY off the net. Made it super easy for USC to find open court time and time again. Since it happened so often and no adjustments were made, I have to deduce this is part of Brook Nile’s coaching instruction. That was very surprising and unexpected from what I thought would be a well coached, disciplined FSU squad. I do think it was the strategy at least for this match, USC has a lot of aggressive swingers. All the more reason to drop and dig. Even the hardest hit from 10 feet off is an easy down ball dig. When the block stayed on the these off sets, the attacker was just shooting corners. Whatever the reason for the “stay” decision over and over it wasn’t the right decision or a good decision. Blockers need to watch the set and make a stay/drop decision quickly not just stay regardless. |
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Post by sandball on May 5, 2019 9:00:59 GMT -5
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Post by trianglevolleyball on May 5, 2019 10:51:31 GMT -5
After playing well their last couple weeks and winning the first sets against LSU, the 4's and 5's for USC revert to their early season woes and inconsistency. Kaiser broke down on 4.
LSU just needs one more win. Coppola/Nuss or their 3's are their best shot.
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Post by huskervolleyball on May 5, 2019 10:54:26 GMT -5
LSU just needs one more to advance!
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Post by caliburrito on May 5, 2019 10:59:22 GMT -5
After playing well their last couple weeks and winning the first sets against LSU, the 4's and 5's for USC revert to their early season woes and inconsistency. Kaiser broke down on 4. LSU just needs one more win. Coppola/Nuss or their 3's are their best shot. Funny enough people thought Joy was the issue at that spot early in the season but she carried that pair in the final set. |
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Post by GoUCLA on May 5, 2019 11:02:44 GMT -5
After playing well their last couple weeks and winning the first sets against LSU, the 4's and 5's for USC revert to their early season woes and inconsistency. Kaiser broke down on 4. LSU just needs one more win. Coppola/Nuss or their 3's are their best shot. USC swept those three positions in their match earlier in the season. We'll see if LSU can pull out one of those matches for the win. |
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Post by tamz on May 5, 2019 11:25:03 GMT -5
USC looking good in the first set for 1, 2, 3.
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Post by trianglevolleyball on May 5, 2019 11:29:01 GMT -5
Nuss is digging everything and siding out quite well on 1, but Coppola will need to clean up the errors to get back in the match with Graudina/Bustamante.
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Post by Fight On! on May 5, 2019 11:47:22 GMT -5
Fight On!
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Post by naujack85 on May 5, 2019 11:54:30 GMT -5
Congrats to SC. Hopefully they can beat the Bruins later today.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2019 12:12:17 GMT -5
Damn lsu would have been easier but go Bruins!
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Post by sandball on May 5, 2019 12:27:23 GMT -5
2019 NCAA Beach Volleyball ChampionshipGulf Place Beach, Gulf Shores, Alabama May 5 9:30am Semifinal: #1 USC def. #5 LSU 3-21:00pm Final: #2 UCLA def. #1 USC 3-0
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