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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 8:54:27 GMT -5
Players to Watch | Texas | (23-1) Big 12 |
| Wright State | (17-1) Horizon | | Logan Eggleston (OH) | 4.57 kps, .333, .49 aces/set |
| Celia Powers (Opp) | 2.66 kps, .27 aces/set, 2.95 dps | | Brionne Butler (MB) | 2.15 kps, .415, 1.57 bps |
| Megan Alders (OH) | 2.44 kps, .48 bps | | Skyler Fields (Opp) | 3.07 kps, .321, .70 bps | | Jenna Story (L) | .33 aces/set, 6.10 dps |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2021 8:56:54 GMT -5
I'll be honest, I know nothing about Wright St... so if anyone wants to chime in on who to watch... feel free
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Post by stevehorn on Apr 15, 2021 9:16:11 GMT -5
I'll be honest, I know nothing about Wright St... so if anyone wants to chime in on who to watch... feel free All I know is what I saw last night. Still don't know what I saw last night. Either Wright State is very good or Samford is very bad. I lean more toward the latter. Wright State had 14 aces in three sets, but my memory is that most of them were shanks that seemed to hit a well positioned receiver right in the hands and didn't appear to be very difficult serves to return. Not sure I've seen that many pure shanks since watching my granddaughter's matches in club. Also Samford went almost exclusively to the left side. My recall is that I don't remember them setting their middles once, though I'm sure they must have. A handful to the right side seemed to only happen if that was the only place the setter could go. Don't like going on about Samford, but they may been the worst team I've seen in the tournament. Wright State did appear to be a well coached team. They did take advantage of the errors on the other side by not playing down to that level. Appear to have good outsides, but that was hard to tell since Samford didn't put up much of a block. |
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Post by rogerdodger on Apr 15, 2021 9:46:14 GMT -5
I'll be honest, I know nothing about Wright St... so if anyone wants to chime in on who to watch... feel free Four first team all league selections - Jenna Story, Celia Powers, Teddie Sauer and Lainey Stephenson. Story - League Defensive POY; Stephenson - League Setter of the Year; Coach Allie Matters - League Coach of the Year. Matters also AVCA Northeast Region Coach of Year and Story AVCA Northeast Region HM; Story is third in nation in digs per set. Veteran team, scrappy defense, Nyssa Baker is like 11'th in country in blocks per set. Serve well. Man handled Samford last night and Samford wasn't as bad as they showed, off night for sure, but WSU played well. I have watched them play in 2019 as I moved back to the area. I caught some of their matches on ESPN+ this season. They are consistent, no real deficits and move the ball around to 4-5 different hitters pretty consistently. Will need space to get past/around Texas block as they are undersized compared to Texas. A lot for WSU depends on ball control, as it does for all teams. Baker probably the only one who plays as high as Texas, so she will need to block well. I am looking forward to Story, Martin, Ruskaup and Stephenson digging the Texas hits....they won't back down that's for sure. As a HL fan, I have no delusions that WSU will win this match but hoping for some rallies and back and forth scoring. I am sure this team is looking forward to the challenge and it will be another big stage for them. What I also hope for is for Texas to bring it's A game because that is the biggest sign of respect to these mid majors. |
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Post by eotexas5 on Apr 15, 2021 10:43:57 GMT -5
Some thoughts from watching WSU's match:
-It looked like Samford was DONE with this match midway through the second set. The body language was not good and I think they knew something was off. I think I heard the commentator mentioned that they hit over .300 in the first set but got aced so many times
-The WSU setter is giving some questionable beach sets out there. You can see that she breaks her wrists on a lot of her sets but especially her back sets. Not a fan of this.
-Regarding the serving: it does seem like WSU is a good serving team but I feel like I did see a lot of shanked passes that were well within the purview of the passer. It also looked like Samford was doing nothing to adjust
-The setter is listed as 5'11 on the roster but I'm not sure I agree lol
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Post by bigfan on Apr 15, 2021 12:28:55 GMT -5
Texas wins
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Apr 15, 2021 12:56:05 GMT -5
Wright State is appearing in their 2nd tournament and is 3-3 (.500) in sets played after beating Samford yesterday.
Texas is appearing in their 37th NCAA tournament and is 319-143 (.690) in sets played, 4th best all-time. The Longhorns have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen 7 times, the Elite Eight 12 times, the Final Four 6 times (1986,1987,2008,2010,2013,2014), and have been Tournament Runner-up 4 times (1995,2009,2015,2016). They lost in the finals 3-1 to Nebraska in 1995, 3-2 to Penn State in 2009, 3-0 to Nebraska in 2015 and 3-1 to Stanford in 2016.
Texas' two NCAA Championships came in 1988 with a 3-0 sweep of Hawaii and 2012 with a 3-0 sweep of Oregon. The 1988 team was the first team to sweep all matches in the NCAA tournament going 15-0.
Texas also won the last AIAW Championship in 1981.
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Post by stevehorn on Apr 15, 2021 13:03:37 GMT -5
Wright State is appearing in their 2nd tournament and is 3-3 (.500) in sets played after beating Samford yesterday. Texas is appearing in their 37th NCAA tournament and is 319-143 (.690) in sets played, 4th best all-time. The Longhorns have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen 7 times, the Elite Eight 12 times, the Final Four 6 times (1986,1987,2008,2010,2013,2014), and have been Tournament Runner-up 4 times (1995,2009,2015,2016). They lost in the finals 3-1 to Nebraska in 1995, 3-2 to Penn State in 2009, 3-0 to Nebraska in 2015 and 3-1 to Stanford in 2016. Texas' two NCAA Championships came in 1988 with a 3-0 sweep of Hawaii and 2012 with a 3-0 sweep of Oregon. The 1988 team was the first team to sweep all matches in the NCAA tournament going 15-0. Texas also won the last AIAW Championship in 1981. Texas was also the first team east of the West Coast to win the NCAA championship. |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Apr 15, 2021 13:05:50 GMT -5
The Raiders take down the Longhorns in 5.
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Post by flatcityfan on Apr 15, 2021 17:39:00 GMT -5
Holy crap I am excited to see this HAPPEN. The tournament—C19 weirdness and all—is just so much freaking fun!!!!
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Post by dl3ww on Apr 15, 2021 17:42:27 GMT -5
I like that we don’t know which line up we’re gonna get... Its like Christmas all over again😭
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Post by basil on Apr 15, 2021 17:47:47 GMT -5
I wonder if Jerritt unleashes Parra or if he unleashes Phillips. I also don’t know who will be at libero. Very interesting times.
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Post by hornfanaustin on Apr 15, 2021 17:56:09 GMT -5
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Post by Kingsley on Apr 15, 2021 18:09:51 GMT -5
Watching Texas on the Nebraska Taraflex gives me gout.
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Post by basil on Apr 15, 2021 18:11:45 GMT -5
Texas up 8-4 early. O'Neal on a nice little serving run.
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