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Post by mln59 on Sept 2, 2021 13:58:22 GMT -5
Texas has at MOST 3 matches the rest of the year that are worth watching. Just brutal for fans and players. huh? all Texas matches are worth watching
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Post by flatcityfan on Sept 2, 2021 13:58:23 GMT -5
Texas has at MOST 3 matches the rest of the year that are worth watching. Just brutal for fans and players. Dude. Take a big STEP OFF and enjoy those upcoming barn burners versus Dayton.
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Post by basil on Sept 2, 2021 14:07:43 GMT -5
Texas has at MOST 3 matches the rest of the year that are worth watching. Just brutal for fans and players. Stanford, Rice, K-State twice, Baylor twice? not to mention Iowa State might be good and Kansas has some serious talent on their roster? Come on.
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Post by hornshouse23 on Sept 2, 2021 14:09:09 GMT -5
Rewatched the match this morning. -the first set comeback was nice to see -Brionne having more looks was great as well. Still feel like it’s not enough. -Asjia has an off night offensively. It happens. I still maintain she has one of the best slide attacks out there. -Whoa is me serving errors. I’m a fan of the tougher serving, but my lordie. - with that being said, only the third match of the season and the first away match. I’m comfortable having things to work on at this stage so they peak at the right time.
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Post by mln59 on Sept 2, 2021 14:10:22 GMT -5
molly with some monster contributions at the end of the 2nd. i really like it when front row players peel off the net to cover tip shots.
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Post by mln59 on Sept 2, 2021 14:12:03 GMT -5
and meow i will fast forward through all of the 3rd.
zoom!
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Post by basil on Sept 2, 2021 14:52:14 GMT -5
Rewatched the match this morning. -the first set comeback was nice to see -Brionne having more looks was great as well. Still feel like it’s not enough. -Asjia has an off night offensively. It happens. I still maintain she has one of the best slide attacks out there. -Whoa is me serving errors. I’m a fan of the tougher serving, but my lordie. - with that being said, only the third match of the season and the first away match. I’m comfortable having things to work on at this stage so they peak at the right time. Bri getting lots of sets was nice...still feels like the rhythm is off because sometimes they go fast and other times it's slow. Plus, with Jhenna's setting on some of those, it looked tight and awkward. I think something similar can be said for Asjia...the connection was not right. There were many times where she just tipped because she was chasing a ball that was too far or tight or something. Not sure if that was Asjia or Jhenna or both, but that needs to get figured out. I thought we came out hella tight in the first set. So many bad passes and bad service errors into the tape. It got much better as the match went on, so I think the service error ratio might be slightly skewed, but still a bit too many for my liking. Nalani is a stud. She is owning that libero jersey, there aren't many bros out there that can go toe-to-toe with McGraw defensively, and I thought her passing also got better as the match went on. Molly was great, so many times when we needed a point she was there. She looks more comfortable and smooth on the right, which makes sense since this is her second season there. If we can consistently get her 2.5-3 kps, that's a good sign for our balance and ball control. But I agree, glad we've got some things we can improve on.
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Post by pavsec5row10 on Sept 2, 2021 15:04:36 GMT -5
It was my first time seeing Texas play live (well since their last visit to the Pav several years ago).
Really impressed with Eggleston, despite her not dominating like she can. That ball she ran down on the Texas bench really swung momentum in set 1. Fun to watch the athleticism.
Fields did a great job after the injury. You could see her favoring the ankle, but still had enough 1 foot attacks to be effective. She's a gamer.
Most impressed with Phillips, who is often overlooked. The Gophers had no answer for her and she took advantage for a career high in Kills.
Iosia was everywhere too and put up some nice service runs.
As much as you all complain about Gabriel's setting, I thought she did a decent job of mixing it up and she brings some intangible fire to the team.
Kind of missed seeing the Butler everyone is so high on. She had a very quiet 9 kills, but her presence was clear on the block. Probably just as well the Gophers didn't attempt many middle attacks.
Oh and Parra, never realized how tiny she is, but man can she bring the heat from the service line.
Don't see any reason Texas shouldn't be in the Finals again this season.
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Post by mln59 on Sept 2, 2021 15:26:22 GMT -5
on two separate occasions, the announcer called service errors "aces"
those are two different things, y'all
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Post by mln59 on Sept 2, 2021 15:40:10 GMT -5
nice win. having melanie start sets as the server is a good call.
the littles need to practice their bump sets. several times they put the ball far too close to the net for a good swing
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Post by horns1 on Sept 2, 2021 15:47:34 GMT -5
Texas has at MOST 3 matches the rest of the year that are worth watching. Just brutal for fans and players. You have to be the most negative poster on this message board. Didn't you fill your quota putting down Texas left and right in last night's match thread?
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Post by trojansc on Sept 2, 2021 15:52:10 GMT -5
Texas has at MOST 3 matches the rest of the year that are worth watching. Just brutal for fans and players. Stanford, Rice, at Baylor(x2), Texas A&M, Arizona, Notre Dame, and at Iowa State (x2) all seem 'worthy' of watching to me. And if a team can beat Nebraska 25-11 in a set, I'm probably going to wager they can put up some competitive effort against Texas. Unless you think Texas is some superior juggernaut and none of their matches with anyone will be close.
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Post by horns1 on Sept 2, 2021 16:54:10 GMT -5
Was trying to remember the last time we won a non-conference road match at a B1G venue. I know we recently lost at Wisconsin, and Minnesota and Penn State before that. Think it was either at Illinois or at Nebraska, but it had been a while until last night.
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Post by eyeroll2021 on Sept 2, 2021 17:58:48 GMT -5
still making my way through the replay. who is the woman doing the announcing other than salima? Lisa Byington. No idea who she is, I'm watching the replay now and the graphic popped up
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Post by horns1 on Sept 2, 2021 20:56:09 GMT -5
Glad to get the win on the road.
Likes:
- Molly was fantastic with her offense and defense - Jhenna's connection with Molly was super consistent and effective all night long, and especially at key moments - Melanie's serving is a great weapon; we upgrade in that regard compared to O'Brien - The comeback in the first set really deflated Minnesota and the crowd - Team seemed composed for most of the match; being #1 and playing on the road in front of 5,000 fans was new for a lot of these players - I was not expecting our back row play to be better than last season (due to O'Brien's loss); but, I think we settled in after a shaky first set
Dislikes:
- Sydney trying to serve crosscourt in targeting Landfair resulted in at least 3 serves out of sideline - Logan and Skylar had a tough time putting the ball on the floor - Neither Logan nor Skylar tried tooling the block; just seemed to be intent on hitting crosscourt. Maybe we should have tried moving them inside a bit occasionally - Neither Logan nor Skylar ever took a swing from the right side (that I recall); we need some offensive variety - Asjia O'Neal never got a quick set in the middle (that I recall); her slide is her best weapon and Jhenna just wasn't running it much after the first 2 sets - When our first touch was spot on, Jhenna didn't set our middles enough for my taste - Didn't seem like we made the best decisions on over-passes from Minnesota
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