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Post by slxpress on Dec 8, 2023 9:47:54 GMT -5
During the 4th set, I noticed a change in "face" and amped up arm strength in Skinner.
She was mad. But not just at the situation. She was mad at Tennessee and she was (my opinion) mad at her teammates.
I was watching the replay and during the time between serves, she went to her teammates and was telling a few words in her stoneface. Not cheerleader, put-you-on-you-butt face, but "I've had enough of this" face.
4th straight NCAA tournament for her. Yeah, she's had enough of that sloppy play.
On this team she simply has to takeover. We’re just not very good out of system otherwise, while she’s statistically the best out of system hitter in all of college volleyball by a mile. I think the worst for me was watching poor Wenaas blast 5 swings into the Tennessee block to no avail. To her credit she wasn’t roofed. But we weren’t terminating, either. The other tell tale signal to me is when Akana had an out of system bump set, and instead of pushing it to the left pin, she threw it up to Skinner out of the back row. Which Skinner promptly took care of. We’ve had issues all year, they’re not going away, and the only realistic solution at this point is to keep setting Skinner until her arm falls off. It also helped that as good of a freshman setter Kerr is - and I really like her - she was an absolute liability on the front row. We won’t have that benefit with Miner. It’s also such an underrated part of Swindle’s game when people talk about her.
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Post by longhorn9214 on Dec 8, 2023 9:48:29 GMT -5
game plan:
one other player needs to be SCORCHING HOT other than Asjia and Madi
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Post by longhorn9214 on Dec 8, 2023 9:49:22 GMT -5
a big "how do you feel" to every analyst who put Tennessee over Texas. We definitely fought for that "upset"
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Post by mln59 on Dec 8, 2023 9:49:54 GMT -5
During the 4th set, I noticed a change in "face" and amped up arm strength in Skinner.
She was mad. But not just at the situation. She was mad at Tennessee and she was (my opinion) mad at her teammates.
I was watching the replay and during the time between serves, she went to her teammates and was telling a few words in her stoneface. Not cheerleader, put-you-on-you-butt face, but "I've had enough of this" face.
4th straight NCAA tournament for her. Yeah, she's had enough of that sloppy play.
I think the worst for me was watching poor Wenaas blast 5 swings into the Tennessee block to no avail. To her credit she wasn’t roofed. But we weren’t terminating, either. ella had no options during that sequence. i started thinking to set one of the littles and have them push it deep so everyone can reset more goodlyier
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Post by longhorn9214 on Dec 8, 2023 9:51:41 GMT -5
I think the worst for me was watching poor Wenaas blast 5 swings into the Tennessee block to no avail. To her credit she wasn’t roofed. But we weren’t terminating, either. ella had no options during that sequence. i started thinking to set one of the littles and have them push it deep so everyone can reset more goodlyier no options because WENAAS COULDN'T PASS after being tested for 2-3 points. It was very on brand.
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Post by mln59 on Dec 8, 2023 9:51:45 GMT -5
How hard did you "work" for the win last night? Here's how I helped the situation: - changed my Longhorn apparel midway through the third set - changed my seat location from one couch to another couch to start the fourth set - changed the lighting in the room midway through the fourth set - moved from one living area to another living area after Tennessee went on a 7-2 run to take a 21-18 lead; should have made that drastic move a bit sooner If you didn’t bust out with the Vision Quest re-enactment in front of the TV in set 5, you weren’t really trying. Guest thought it was kind of weird but what are you going to do? Madi needed help. and now i will have "lunatic fringe" running through my head all day
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Post by hornfanaustin on Dec 8, 2023 9:52:28 GMT -5
I think the worst for me was watching poor Wenaas blast 5 swings into the Tennessee block to no avail. To her credit she wasn’t roofed. But we weren’t terminating, either. ella had no options during that sequence. i started thinking to set one of the littles and have them push it deep so everyone can reset more goodlyier
That reminded of one of the Tennessee "littles" blocking on the front row. It wasn't the setter was it? Anyway, she did it absolutely legally not jumping and sticking her arms straight up. And, it caught the ball and sent it back to Texas side. Well taught!
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Post by horns1 on Dec 8, 2023 9:52:48 GMT -5
So, let's talk about the lack of true middle attacks compared to Tennessee. Was it about first contact, or was it about the setter's choices on who to set on a perfect pass?
We can't be so pin-heavy against Stanford on Saturday night.
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Post by mln59 on Dec 8, 2023 9:53:15 GMT -5
ella had no options during that sequence. i started thinking to set one of the littles and have them push it deep so everyone can reset more goodlyier no options because WENAAS COULDN'T PASS after being tested for 2-3 points. It was very on brand. i'm referring to a single point when ella had to go to the left pin 5 times irregardlessly of who was passing
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Post by longhorn9214 on Dec 8, 2023 9:53:49 GMT -5
So, let's talk about the lack of true middle attacks compared to Tennessee. Was it about first contact, or was it about the setter's choices on who to set on a perfect pass? We can't be so pin-heavy against Stanford on Saturday night. this. I was jealous watching them run the middle like that.
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Post by uofaGRAD on Dec 8, 2023 9:54:55 GMT -5
Shroll, ASU libero, had 30 digs against Stanford last night in for sets. Halter better be on her A game, because not only will they challenge her, but Stanford applies a ton of service pressure too. Honestly as a fan I’m just so happy to be here. I don’t quite understand how the Texas team that played yesterday beats the Stanford team that played yesterday. However, they can beat the Stanford team that played Houston. That Stanford team played practically no defense for 3 sets and almost lost. And Stanford’s service pressure is probably even better than Texas, which is saying something. I’d love to see them sideout themselves with a lot of errors. I just feel like we need some help in this one. I agree, but we’re here now so I at least wanna see Texas do everything in their power to win, ESPECIALLY when Stanford has played themselves out of multiple matches this season (like you said, Houston almost beat them!). even the first set against ASU was TERRIBLE. every time we step onto the court, we have the best outside and middle in the match. yes we’ll need help from Stanford, but I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet and say that we can’t compete with them if both teams are executing!
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Post by mln59 on Dec 8, 2023 9:55:17 GMT -5
ella had no options during that sequence. i started thinking to set one of the littles and have them push it deep so everyone can reset more goodlyier
That reminded of one of the Tennessee "littles" blocking on the front row. It wasn't the setter was it? Anyway, she did it absolutely legally not jumping and sticking her arms straight up. And, it caught the ball and sent it back to Texas side. Well taught!
and i think that was on an overpass
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Post by uofaGRAD on Dec 8, 2023 9:57:17 GMT -5
So, let's talk about the lack of true middle attacks compared to Tennessee. Was it about first contact, or was it about the setter's choices on who to set on a perfect pass? We can't be so pin-heavy against Stanford on Saturday night. both from what I saw. there were so many rallies where I thought we could’ve set Bella and we never did. Tennessee went on a big run in one set and there were like 5 opportunities to set Bella (granted, on the slide) and we didn’t take any of them. just kept chucking it up to Jenna. it was infuriating to watch.
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Post by mln59 on Dec 8, 2023 9:58:03 GMT -5
Shroll, ASU libero, had 30 digs against Stanford last night in for sets. Halter better be on her A game, because not only will they challenge her, but Stanford applies a ton of service pressure too. I just feel like we need some help in this one. all of us need to: A) have serious faces on, and B) lock-it-up-tocity meters turned to 11
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Post by widdledumpling on Dec 8, 2023 9:58:09 GMT -5
I can’t believe we get Madi for another year
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