Western Kentucky Volleyball 2020

[chatchu-off moksri]

So I didn’t see a thread on this team yet, but I wanted to make a thread on WKU just because I became a fan of this team after watching them play this past season. I didn’t get to watch too many matches, but I am very surprised that WKU had the season that they had with a starting line up where no one is taller than 6'. Yes, they don’t play in the toughest conference, but they went 32-2 on the season and beat Rice 2x during the season.

They also were able to secure the 15 seed in the NCAA tournament. Unfortunately they lost in the 2nd round to Louisville (and we all know how they did in the tournament) but I think there is still a lot to be proud of.

-largest crowd ever in the history of WKU volleyball in the 2nd round NCAA match against Louisville
-first team to get a national seed
-Lauren Matthews- AVCA HM AA, C-USA Player of the Year
-Paige Briggs- AVCA South Region Freshman of the Year, C-USA Freshman of the Year
-Nadia Dieudonne -AVCA South All Region Team, C-USA Setter of the Year

Travis Hudson is also a class act and seems like a great coach (check out this article). I’m interested to see how they schedule their preseason and if they compete against bigger teams.

Here’s my (very uneducated) guess at the starting line-up next season.

OH: Briggs, Jackson
OPP: Shelton
MB: Matthews, Isenbarger
S: Dieudonne
L: Kael
DS:

[Wiswell]

Western Kentucky is always one of those teams that is an attractive pre conference opponent, to the benefit of both teams.

[chatchu-off moksri]

Hilltoppers are currently 9-0. They haven't really played a challenging opponent yet, but in WKU's recent match against Charlotte, MB Lauren Matthews had 25 kills(!) with only ONE error in 29 swings in 3 sets while hitting 0.828. If she hadn't committed an attack error, she would have broken an NCAA record for hitting percentage. Absolutely insane. Thought this deserved a shoutout!

[bmg3]

Love this team and the success they have year after year. Obvious the coaching staff does a wonderful job with the program

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Feb 22, 2021 21:21:10 GMT -5 chatchu-off moksri said:

Hilltoppers are currently 9-0. They haven't really played a challenging opponent yet, but in WKU's recent match against Charlotte, MB Lauren Matthews had 25 kills(!) with only ONE error in 29 swings in 3 sets while hitting 0.828. If she hadn't committed an attack error, she would have broken an NCAA record for hitting percentage. Absolutely insane. Thought this deserved a shoutout!

she’s on my fantasy team and I absolutely loved that production lmao

[vbking2020]

Feb 22, 2021 21:45:44 GMT -5 bmg3 said:

Love this team and the success they have year after year. Obvious the coaching staff does a wonderful job with the program

Great job by coaching staff