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Post by mintonetteman on Sept 25, 2021 15:50:52 GMT -5
USD sweep of Saint Mary's with scores of -7, -21, -9. Pepperdine sweep of San Francisco with scores of -13, -20 -13 BYU sweep of Pacific with scores of -13, -12, -17. This suggests a real lack of parity between the top and bottom halves of the conference this year! LMU vs Santa Clara was the closest match with a 25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 25-15 win for LMU. There really is a big divide...not sure why exactly, maybe a trickle down effect with what the Pac 12 is dealing with too...but it has not served the conference well in the post season IMO. |
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Post by bayarea on Sept 25, 2021 15:52:55 GMT -5
Santa Clara up 1-0 on Pepperdine, and up 18-16 in the second set. TO Pepperdine.
Santa Clara now up 21-20, trying to hang onto their lead and take a 2-0 match lead.
Portland completed the sweep of Gonzaga -20. -17, -19.
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Post by bayarea on Sept 25, 2021 16:23:50 GMT -5
Santa Clara took a tight second set over Pepperdine 27-25 to lead the match 2-0.
But Pepperdine is starting to look better in set 3, with Ahrens taking a lot of swings and getting kills. Pepperdine leads 7-4.
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Post by bbg95 on Sept 28, 2021 12:31:54 GMT -5
I finally watched the BYU/St. Mary's match. St. Mary's was serving BYU short a lot, which I don't think is an effective strategy. The Cougars have too many weapons to let them be in system all the time, and they hit .404 in this match. The St. Mary's offense looked pretty good when they were in system, but they were out of system a lot. Another interesting thing on BYU's part was a middle attack involving Koerber that they ran a couple times. She explained after the match that they have the middle run a slide to draw the defense, and then she comes in and just spikes the ball. An example can be seen below.
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Post by bayarea on Sept 28, 2021 14:20:37 GMT -5
wccsports.com/news/2021/9/27/womens-volleyball-lmus-rice-pepperdines-shields-take-wcc-weekly-volleyball-awards.aspxSAN MATEO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has named its Volleyball Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for September 27, 2021. #WCCSPORTS OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – MEGAN RICE, SR., OUTSIDE HITTER – LMU In her return from injury that dated back to the second week of the season, senior outside hitter Megan Rice played all seven sets and led the Lions to a 2-0 record with a pair of WCC wins over the weekend, and 11-straight match wins overall. Rice totaled a team high 37 kills and 5.29 kills per set over the two matches. Rice led the Lions with 23 kills in the four-set win at Santa Clara on Thursday before adding 14 more assists (oops...typo...KILLS) in the sweep at San Francisco. The redshirt senior added an ace from the service line and no service errors against the Broncos. It is the second WCC weekly offensive honor for the Lions this season and the first since Kari Geissberger was selected in week two. Also Nominated: Rachel Ahrens, Pepperdine; Jayde Harris, Portland; Kenzie Koerber, BYU; Katie Lukes, San Diego #WCCSPORTS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK – MADISON SHIELDS, SR., LIB – PEPPERDINE Senior libero Madison Shields had a solid performance this weekend, averaging 3.50 digs, 0.13 aces and 1.50 assists per set for the No. 23 Waves, helping her team to a sweep over San Francisco and a reverse-sweep over Santa Clara - both on the road. She marked 28 digs throughout both matches, along with 12 assists and an ace. First, she put in six digs and two assists to average 0.67 aces and 2.00 digs per set for her team against the Dons. Then, in the win over the Broncos on Saturday, she marked her first career double-double on a season-high 22 digs and a career-best 10 assists. She averaged 4.40 digs and 2.00 assists, along with 0.20 aces per set throughout the match. It is the second WCC weekly defensive honor for the Waves this season and the third overall. Also Nominated: Leyla Blackwell, San Diego; Kennedy Eschenberg, BYU; Grace Zilbert, Portland 2021 #WCCSPORTS Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week September 27: Megan Rice, LMU September 20: Kenzie Koerber, BYU September 13: Kylie Pries, San Diego September 6: Kari Geissberger, LMU August 30: Rachel Ahrens, Pepperdine 2021 #WCCSPORTS Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week September 27: Madison Shields, Pepperdine September 20: Kat Georgiadis, Santa Clara September 13: Leyla Blackwell, San Diego September 6: Madi Allen, BYU August 30: Meg Brown, Pepperdine
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Post by bayarea on Sept 28, 2021 14:26:29 GMT -5
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Post by Zazu on Sept 28, 2021 18:34:07 GMT -5
I didn’t feel well over the weekend, bayarea, so I haven’t been on the last few days. I thought you’d probably do it, but just checked in to make sure. Domo arigatou! |
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Post by bayarea on Sept 28, 2021 20:04:54 GMT -5
Hope you are feeling better now, Zazu . All four matches starting in one hour. (For some crazy reason, I was thinking they were 6pm matches.) |
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Post by bayarea on Sept 28, 2021 21:06:48 GMT -5
My early predictions: LMU 3-0 over Gonzaga
Santa Clara should go 4 or 5 at Saint Mary's, with SMC likely pulling out the win.
San Francisco hosting Pacific? Maybe USF gets a set or two from Pacific on their home court?
Pepperdine 3-0 over Portland.
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Post by pelagius on Sept 28, 2021 21:26:55 GMT -5
Santa Clara should go 4 or 5 at Saint Mary's, with SMC likely pulling out the win. Yeah, pretty competitive in the firs: SCU 19-18 |
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Post by bayarea on Sept 28, 2021 21:27:53 GMT -5
Pepperdine took set 1 25-13 over Portland
LMU took set 1 25-13 over Gonzaga.
Pacific currently has an 18-16 lead over San Francisco in a tight set....22-21
Saint Mary's and Santa Clara tied at 20 in another close one. Saint Mary's has Harrer back in the lineup.
Saint Mary's takes set one 25-21.
And San Francisco came back to take there first set 25-23 over Pacific.
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Post by bayarea on Sept 28, 2021 21:52:54 GMT -5
Second sets much more interesting as Gonzaga has tied LMU at 21 and Pepperdine leads Portland 22-20
Gonzaga at set point 24-22
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Post by bayarea on Sept 28, 2021 21:57:57 GMT -5
Saint Mary's goes up 2-0 on Santa Clara with a 25-17 second set.
Pepperdine makes it 2-0 over Portland with a close 25-23 second set. Brown and Chillingworth have no errors through 2 sets. Pepperdine is hitting .448
Zags and LMU now tied at 24 after Gonzaga had 2 set points.
Pacific and USF are playing a very slow match. 4-3 Pacific in the second.
LMU came back with 4 straight points to take the second set 26-24 and go up 2-0 on Gonzaga.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Sept 28, 2021 22:00:01 GMT -5
How does Santa Clara beat South Carolina, take Pepperdine to the last point and then get housed by St. Mary's?
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Post by bayarea on Sept 28, 2021 22:03:56 GMT -5
How does Santa Clara beat South Carolina, take Pepperdine to the last point and then get housed by St. Mary's? I don't know. They don't look good tonight, and it's going to get worse... facing SMC tonight, then BYU Thursday and San Diego Saturday. FWIW, Santa Clara now up 9-6 in the third set. |
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Or never mind, I can do it, but it won't be as nice.
