In all its lowercase glory (the only way I could watch and kinda keep up), here's a very rough rundown of the 3 set match on baller tv. I'm glad I splurged for it on an otherwise lazy afternoon. Overall impressions are at the end (with some caveats). opponent is "nk", that's what the scoreboard had (and wi was "wu"
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I'm certain this isn't 100% right, but here it is:
Set 1
mj/izzy
wrobel/dev
orzol/tta
Reed
Izzy serve 6 times
NK scores on a tip
nk service error
nk hitting error, orzol good swing in rally, dug
nk left side kill
nk tip kill
nk service error
nk left side kill
tta pipe kill (impressive)
nk line right side line shot kill off reed
nk tried to tip over Smrek lol (not nearly high enough, easy push down)
mj misconnect with with Smrek, awkward push over but Wrobel rs kill later
nk tool
better mj set to smrek, more of a tip throw down though but effective
wi service error (smrek I think)
mj pipe misconnect with orzol, bump over, then nk kill
nk service error
dev rs kill
booth overpass kill
nk rs kill, sharp angle
orzol tight pass to izzy in rally, leads to misconnection with tta on right (btw, dev on left, tta on right for 1 rotation is very intriguing), leads to nk tool kill 15-11 uw
nk net dribble ace
izzy fast pace set to left, pretty but too low, pushed out of bounds
dev hitting error on left 15-14 uw
dev crushes one to finally get a side out
tta hard serve but long
crafty tta pipe shot kill to right back
nk nice line shot rs
izzy saves tight pass, great set to smrek, crushes it
nk nice long set to ls, kill off mj
nk hits out. 19-17 uw
uw serves long
nk tried to save a ball, hit it out
booth/wrobel block 21-18 uw
nk weird push set into block by oh, for tool
tta shanks to wrobel who sets her back for a kill
nk ls line shot out 23-19 uw
another push set into uw block by nk oh for a tool
nk serves into net 24-20
tta serves hard into net
nk serves out to end set 1
Set 2
same lineup
booth middle kill from izzy
tta serves tough, causes scramble on other side, maybe lift or 4 touches ?
nk ls kill into campfire
nk serves out
booth serves long
tta pipe kill, but it hit tape throwing nk off
orzol great angle shot off set from reed
orzol tip kill on an oos set from mj
to nk 6-2 uw
mj serves long
tta shank, long sloppy volley ends in nk tip kill dribbling off smrek, reed with some good saves
nk serves while towel girl still on court lol, redo
mj backset to orzol for rs tip kill
nk tool off wrobel
mj nice pipe set to orzol, kill
nk overpass to booth (not advised)
uw serves out
9-6 uw
tta angle shot goes wide
mj nice save on tight pass but tta had approached early and overran it
wrobel nice kill
tta deep corner shot over back defender
nk back row attack goes wide
nk nice ls kill
12-9 uw
tta nice tool on rs
tta ace
ditto
to nk
tta causes overpass, nk in net
tta causes another overpass, booth put down, another to nk - quite the tta serving run here 17-9
booth/dev stuff (mostly booth)
18-9
dev hit on nice set from izzy causes booth overpass kill
damn, tta still serving. finally nk gets a kill 19-10
nk angle shot kill
tta overpass on short serve, nk kill
orzol pretty tip on a long set
booth serves long
orzol shank causes not great oos set back to her, she tips, nk overpasses it, orzol puts it back down
nk blocks orzol 21-14
wrobel hits long
nk serves long
nk crazy fast back set didn't work
better nk back set but wrobel/smrek there to block
orzol serves long cross court
24-16
nk serves into net
Set 3
Boyer lib
nk back row violation
nk tool
boyer saves short serve but dev hits into net on ls
tta nice tool kill on rs
nk soft kill over block
there's a middle kill, izzy to booth off tta pass
nk tool
tta pipe hit into net
orzol hits wide
6-3 nk
izzy had to bump set from her knees on low pass - why not go back row ? tta awkward tip kill
mj to smrek, not hard swing but simply over people mostly straight down
nk nice angle hit from rs
7-5 nk
orzol overpass when she and boyer go for same ball, nk puts it down
tta overpass, nk kill
nk goes after her again but serves long
nk hits long after an extended rally
nk setter dump to campfire
mj orzol pipe kill
gg comes into serve, and of course, ace to far corner
nk kill off gg, gg goes off
wrobel hits wide from rs
tta hits into net
nk nice line serve off boyer, uw can't save it
14-9 nk
nk tools off wrobel's forehead, after 1 pt pass from boyer
nk serves into net 15-10 nk
nk oh hits very sharp angle for kill
tta good pass to izzy and she gets it right back for a rs kill
tta serves down line for ace
tta cross court serve causes overpass, uw eventual kill
izzy to booth, safe shot, nk doesn't handle it well, it drops, nk timeout
second long tta serving run of match
16-14 nk
tta serves long after to
tta shanks serve into her-boyer seam
tta another shank but izzy stabs it, eventually orzol ends rally with kill
boyer serves but nk tools
izzy tta pipe kill
mj ace 19-17 nk
long long rally, mj on run a lot, setting too low while doing it, boyer nice dig, eventually nk hits out
mj short serve is way too short
mj set to left it off, wrobel tries to save with left hand, but point to nk 21-18 nk
tta nice pass, mj nice backset to orzol, nk overpasses it, wi kill
orzol cross court ace 21-20 nk
nk nice pipe, strong hit blows up orzol, boyer runs it down, uw saves, but nk tools
boyer tight pass, mj saves it over to smrek who just pokes it down
tta bomb gets nk scrambling, mj goes back to her, another tta bomb to the floor
nk left side bomb, gg digs it (missed her coming in), wi gets a kill
23-22 uw, to nk
sheff talking a lot to CC during TO, her assignment today is obviously watching stuff
or rather that CC is coming in (I think this is her first, but I may have missed)
uw serves out 23s
mj dump goes down on kind of a broken play
izzy began the day and she ends it, nk shanks the ball over the coth barrier separating courts. 25-23
Overall impressions - not setting middles much at all; nk errors and badger service pressure limiting uw swings though. TTA pipe will be a weapon for sure, she's swinging hard, so change from soft/hard mix of Sarah's back row. Orzol used some in back row, not as much. Izzy-TTA pipe connection could be really good. Reed seemed fine OOS setting. Orzol nice mix of shots. I probably didn't focus on passing so much since I was trying to capture point outcome and watch, nor on setting location since the camera angle was kind of weird. MJ seemed to have more disconnects, though. I'd say passing was ok/good a fair amount of the time, not great in other stretches. TTA serving blew up a couple sets - one breaking open a set, the other helping UW come back. Team seemed a bit out of sync with Boyer in, can't say it was really her fault, team may have let up after winning first 2 sets. She did have some not great passes. Most shanks were tta. Wrobel played pretty well. Dev wasn't involved too much. Orzol was typical - glue and a variety of shots, hard and soft. Wrobel on right instead of Smrek will be something to watch, if this was just an experiment. Maybe there will be more insertion of players, moving smrek around - either taking her out of RS and putting in wrobel and/or putting smrek in middle for CC. I hope CC stays and plays middle most of the time though. I noticed the obvious more while doing this - that two of WI serve receive rotations have the ls/rs swapped (vs the one in the 5-1). Obvious to everyone but me, I mean - it was just more noticeable to me this time. I guess it adds to position flexibility in case of great need, which I hope we've had enough of.