#14 Nebraska @ Northwestern | Wed. 9/22 | 8pm CT | BTN

[eazy]

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#14 Nebraska                   Northwestern


Wednesday, September 22nd
8pm CT
Welsh-Ryan Arena - Evanston, IL

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[ilikecorn]

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[binsoy]

Hello Husker/B1G fans (@avid ☹️)! Do you think this will be competitive/interesting? I recently moved to the Chicagoland area and was curious about this match. I’ve zero knowledge of what Northwestern is like as a team though.

I don’t really follow the NCAA except mostly during the championship tournament in December (and largely because it’s easy to catch a broadcast of the later rounds).

The only time I saw an NCAA match in person was when the Ramblers with Jaeschke defeated Stanford for their first national title. Interestingly, it’ll be the same coach on Wednesday night. Should I come full circle? Lol

[eazy]

Sept 20, 2021 17:42:35 GMT -5 binsoy said:

Hello Husker/B1G fans (@avid ☹️)! Do you think this will be competitive/interesting? I recently moved to the Chicagoland area and was curious about this match. I’ve zero knowledge of what Northwestern is like as a team though.

I don’t really follow the NCAA except mostly during the championship tournament in December (and largely because it’s easy to catch a broadcast of the later rounds).

The only time I saw an NCAA match in person was when the Ramblers with Jaeschke defeated Stanford for their first national title. Interestingly, it’ll be the same coach on Wednesday night. Should I come full circle? Lol

Personally, I'd consider this game very interesting, but not especially competitive. 

Nebraska has supposedly settled on a line-up for conference play and it'll be interesting to see exactly what that line-up is. 

Northwestern has had some interesting wins in recent years, most notably over Illinois 2 years ago right before Illinois made it into the tournament as an at large bid despite the loss. 

With Nebraska having a tough start to the season, Northwestern has a chance to make things interesting. That being said, it would probably be shocking to most people if Northwestern took more than 1 set from Nebraska here.

[robtearle]

Sept 20, 2021 17:42:35 GMT -5 binsoy said:

Hello Husker/B1G fans (@avid ☹️)! Do you think this will be competitive/interesting? I recently moved to the Chicagoland area and was curious about this match. I’ve zero knowledge of what Northwestern is like as a team though.

I don’t really follow the NCAA except mostly during the championship tournament in December (and largely because it’s easy to catch a broadcast of the later rounds).

The only time I saw an NCAA match in person was when the Ramblers with Jaeschke defeated Stanford for their first national title. Interestingly, it’ll be the same coach on Wednesday night. Should I come full circle? Lol

My impression was/is that Northwestern was very inconsistent in the spring, and it hurt them greatly. They have the ability if they get it together to maybe take a set off Nebraska - particularly with Nebraska's current lineup uncertainty. And when she's on, Temi Thomas-Ailara is worth the price of admission all by herself.

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(My brother used to listen to Chicago news radio, and he always laughed about "the greater Chicagoland area". There's Chicago, then Chicagoland, then greater Chicagoland, and finally the greater Chicagoland area. That is, the area around the area around the area around Chicago. Is that Milwaukee? St Louis? How far does that go, exactly? :-)

[binsoy]

Sept 20, 2021 17:56:18 GMT -5 robtearle said:

Sept 20, 2021 17:42:35 GMT -5 binsoy said:

Hello Husker/B1G fans (@avid ☹️)! Do you think this will be competitive/interesting? I recently moved to the Chicagoland area and was curious about this match. I’ve zero knowledge of what Northwestern is like as a team though.

I don’t really follow the NCAA except mostly during the championship tournament in December (and largely because it’s easy to catch a broadcast of the later rounds).

The only time I saw an NCAA match in person was when the Ramblers with Jaeschke defeated Stanford for their first national title. Interestingly, it’ll be the same coach on Wednesday night. Should I come full circle? Lol

My impression was/is that Northwestern was very inconsistent in the spring, and it hurt them greatly. They have the ability if they get it together to maybe take a set off Nebraska - particularly with Nebraska's current lineup uncertainty. And when she's on, Temi Thomas-Ailara is worth the price of admission all by herself.

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(My brother used to listen to Chicago news radio, and he always laughed about "the greater Chicagoland area". There's Chicago, then Chicagoland, then greater Chicagoland, and finally the greater Chicagoland area. That is, the area around the area around the area around Chicago. Is that Milwaukee? St Louis? How far does that go, exactly? :-)

I mean I’m still trying to figure out all this north business (Near North Side, Uptown, North Shore, North Chicago) lmao
If I enjoy the match on Wednesday, I’ll probably also watch the Minnesota and Wisconsin matches.

[binsoy]

Sept 20, 2021 17:53:22 GMT -5 eazy said:

Sept 20, 2021 17:42:35 GMT -5 binsoy said:

Hello Husker/B1G fans (@avid ☹️)! Do you think this will be competitive/interesting? I recently moved to the Chicagoland area and was curious about this match. I’ve zero knowledge of what Northwestern is like as a team though.

I don’t really follow the NCAA except mostly during the championship tournament in December (and largely because it’s easy to catch a broadcast of the later rounds).

The only time I saw an NCAA match in person was when the Ramblers with Jaeschke defeated Stanford for their first national title. Interestingly, it’ll be the same coach on Wednesday night. Should I come full circle? Lol

Personally, I'd consider this game very interesting, but not especially competitive. 

Nebraska has supposedly settled on a line-up for conference play and it'll be interesting to see exactly what that line-up is. 

Northwestern has had some interesting wins in recent years, most notably over Illinois 2 years ago right before Illinois made it into the tournament as an at large bid despite the loss. 

With Nebraska having a tough start to the season, Northwestern has a chance to make things interesting. That being said, it would probably be shocking to most people if Northwestern took more than 1 set from Nebraska here.

Thanks! Who do you think Cook will start on the pins? Too bad I won’t get to see Stivrins play!

[exit237a]

Sept 20, 2021 17:42:35 GMT -5 binsoy said:

Hello Husker/B1G fans (@avid ☹️)! Do you think this will be competitive/interesting? I recently moved to the Chicagoland area and was curious about this match. I’ve zero knowledge of what Northwestern is like as a team though.

I don’t really follow the NCAA except mostly during the championship tournament in December (and largely because it’s easy to catch a broadcast of the later rounds).

The only time I saw an NCAA match in person was when the Ramblers with Jaeschke defeated Stanford for their first national title. Interestingly, it’ll be the same coach on Wednesday night. Should I come full circle? Lol

I can't speak to how competitive the match might be since I haven't seen much of Northwestern this season but just wanted to give a shout-out for Welsh-Ryan Arena.  Beautiful facility and a nice place to watch volleyball.  I caught the 2019 regular season finale there when the Wildcats knocked off Illinois and Nia Robinson was on fire.  Walked there from a nearby Metra stop and didn't remember it taking long.  Also looks like it's only about a half mile walk from the nearest CTA Purple Line stop.

[volleyaudience]

I don't think it's his first choice. But IMO since none of the five have stepped ahead,  I think he'll back up to what's safe and allow things to calm down with Whit and the two upper classmen.

[gibbyb1]

Sept 20, 2021 18:34:10 GMT -5 volleyaudience said:

I don't think it's his first choice. But IMO since none of the five have stepped ahead,  I think he'll back up to what's safe and allow things to calm down with Whit and the two upper classmen.

I believe he will go with a line up to calm the waters in the short term at minimum. You can go with a core line up AND take advantage of
The fact you have players who can come off the bench and provide a lift, or spell a core player struggling .

[FrancisFrogg]

Sept 20, 2021 18:43:21 GMT -5 gibbyb1 said:

Sept 20, 2021 18:34:10 GMT -5 volleyaudience said:

I don't think it's his first choice. But IMO since none of the five have stepped ahead,  I think he'll back up to what's safe and allow things to calm down with Whit and the two upper classmen.

I believe he will go with a line up to calm the waters in the short term at minimum. You can go with a core line up AND take advantage of
The fact you have players who can come off the bench and provide a lift, or spell a core player struggling .

I sure was impressed with Kalynn Meyer for the short time she was in during the last match. Would love to see a lot more of her in the near future. GBR

[gibbyb1]

Sept 20, 2021 19:09:22 GMT -5 FrancisFrogg said:

Sept 20, 2021 18:43:21 GMT -5 gibbyb1 said:

I believe he will go with a line up to calm the waters in the short term at minimum. You can go with a core line up AND take advantage of
The fact you have players who can come off the bench and provide a lift, or spell a core player struggling .

I sure was impressed with Kalynn Meyer for the short time she was in during the last match. Would love to see a lot more of her in the near future. GBR

Like her potential long term, but she isn’t going to play ahead of Caffey, Callie has improved and Stivrins looks like she will be back soon. 

[northwoods]

Sept 20, 2021 18:33:02 GMT -5 exit237a said:

Sept 20, 2021 17:42:35 GMT -5 binsoy said:

Hello Husker/B1G fans (@avid ☹️)! Do you think this will be competitive/interesting? I recently moved to the Chicagoland area and was curious about this match. I’ve zero knowledge of what Northwestern is like as a team though.

I don’t really follow the NCAA except mostly during the championship tournament in December (and largely because it’s easy to catch a broadcast of the later rounds).

The only time I saw an NCAA match in person was when the Ramblers with Jaeschke defeated Stanford for their first national title. Interestingly, it’ll be the same coach on Wednesday night. Should I come full circle? Lol

I can't speak to how competitive the match might be since I haven't seen much of Northwestern this season but just wanted to give a shout-out for Welsh-Ryan Arena.  Beautiful facility and a nice place to watch volleyball.  I caught the 2019 regular season finale there when the Wildcats knocked off Illinois and Nia Robinson was on fire.  Walked there from a nearby Metra stop and didn't remember it taking long.  Also looks like it's only about a half mile walk from the nearest CTA Purple Line stop.

The facility is fantastic, and at $7 for a single game ticket you would be hard pressed to find a better sports/entertainment value in Chicago on a Wednesday night than this.

[oldmanred]

Sept 20, 2021 19:09:22 GMT -5 FrancisFrogg said:

Sept 20, 2021 18:43:21 GMT -5 gibbyb1 said:

I believe he will go with a line up to calm the waters in the short term at minimum. You can go with a core line up AND take advantage of
The fact you have players who can come off the bench and provide a lift, or spell a core player struggling .

I sure was impressed with Kalynn Meyer for the short time she was in during the last match. Would love to see a lot more of her in the near future. GBR

Me too!

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Welsh-Ryan is a great arena for volleyball. I feel for Northwestern fans though. They may not win a match in the Big this season. This is an opportunity for Nebraska to get well.