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Post by tamz on May 6, 2023 20:51:50 GMT -5
UCLA Men's Indoor Volleyball won NCAA Championship #20 this afternoon. Should the Bruins win on the Beach tomorrow, that would be a significant double for Indoor + Beach. It was equally significant in 1984, when UCLA Men's and Women's Indoor Volleyball teams both won NCAA titles. I looked and don't find a year that UCLA Softball and Baseball won Natties in the same year, though it was as close as can be in 2010 Softball won, but Baseball finished runner-up. Great. Hope Coach can have good results with USA mens national team this summer too! |
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Post by sonofdogman on May 6, 2023 22:49:01 GMT -5
UCLA Men's Indoor Volleyball won NCAA Championship #20 this afternoon. Should the Bruins win on the Beach tomorrow, that would be a significant double for Indoor + Beach. It was equally significant in 1984, when UCLA Men's and Women's Indoor Volleyball teams both won NCAA titles. I looked and don't find a year that UCLA Softball and Baseball won Natties in the same year, though it was as close as can be in 2010 Softball won, but Baseball finished runner-up. Question - did the Bruins win those men's and women's titles in the same calendar year (1984), or in the same academic year? It's no matter either way. I'm just wondering as I'm used to thinking of school teams winning titles in the same year meaning the same academic year, but I'm thinking you are in this case meaning same calendar year. |
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Post by johnbar on May 7, 2023 0:05:39 GMT -5
FWIW, Stanford did both: academic year and calendar year.
Stanford men won in Spring, 1997. Stanford women won in the same academic year (Fall, 1996) and same calendar year (Fall, 1997).
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Post by n00b on May 7, 2023 8:52:34 GMT -5
If you play on the gulf coast, you could get thunderstorms any time of year. There’s no dry season in Gulf Shores. I wasn't actually referring to the gulf coast or even the championship specifically (though that is part of it). I was thinking more about the start of the season, beginning in late February, when the weather in many places is still cool and rainy. Like the Pacific Coast (Washington, Oregon, and northern California), and the mid-South (Kentucky, Tennessee, etc.). If you want to grow the game, waiting for better weather might help. As to semesters vs. quarters schedules, I am very familiar with both. My counterexample is college baseball, where the CWS stretches into late June. Of course, baseball is obviously a well-established sport, so maybe colleges are more willing to deal with a sport that lasts well past the end of the school year, rather than for an emerging niche sport like beach volleyball. Exactly. The NCAA conducts 14 spring championships and beach volleyball is the second earliest on the calendar (men's volleyball is one day earlier). I guess it was they bargain they struck to get the NCAA to sponsor the sport at all, but it has to be one of the more difficult sports to deal with cold weather. Heck, water polo is INDOORS and is a week later. The fact that volleyball has two championships going on simultaneously is also completely unnecessary. I'm certain the number of volleyball fans out there that would attend both if they could isn't zero, especially since the overlap in top men's programs and top beach programs is pretty high. This year, three of the four men's semifinalists also had beach teams in the championship. 6-May M Volleyball 7-May Beach VB 14-May Water Polo 24-May W Golf 27-May M Tennis 27-May W Tennis 28-May W Lacrosse 28-May Rowing 29-May M Lacrosse 31-May M Golf 9-Jun Softball 10-Jun M Track 10-Jun W Track 26-Jun Baseball I get that the calendar is packed, but beach volleyball really gets the short end of the stick and makes it tough for even schools in SEC country like Tennessee and Kentucky to add programs because of the cold weather. |
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Post by barnesnclark on May 7, 2023 9:04:09 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure that it was even worse during double elimination format. And that's why they moved away from double elimination days. This is BS. Moot point now, but I didn't hear any complaints in Hawaii during BWC. Contenders bracket got 30 minutes between matches in 85 degree weather and humidity. |
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Post by burbank55 on May 7, 2023 9:26:53 GMT -5
I wasn't actually referring to the gulf coast or even the championship specifically (though that is part of it). I was thinking more about the start of the season, beginning in late February, when the weather in many places is still cool and rainy. Like the Pacific Coast (Washington, Oregon, and northern California), and the mid-South (Kentucky, Tennessee, etc.). If you want to grow the game, waiting for better weather might help. As to semesters vs. quarters schedules, I am very familiar with both. My counterexample is college baseball, where the CWS stretches into late June. Of course, baseball is obviously a well-established sport, so maybe colleges are more willing to deal with a sport that lasts well past the end of the school year, rather than for an emerging niche sport like beach volleyball. Exactly. The NCAA conducts 14 spring championships and beach volleyball is the second earliest on the calendar (men's volleyball is one day earlier). I guess it was they bargain they struck to get the NCAA to sponsor the sport at all, but it has to be one of the more difficult sports to deal with cold weather. Heck, water polo is INDOORS and is a week later. The fact that volleyball has two championships going on simultaneously is also completely unnecessary. I'm certain the number of volleyball fans out there that would attend both if they could isn't zero, especially since the overlap in top men's programs and top beach programs is pretty high. This year, three of the four men's semifinalists also had beach teams in the championship. 6-May M Volleyball 7-May Beach VB 14-May Water Polo 24-May W Golf 27-May M Tennis 27-May W Tennis 28-May W Lacrosse 28-May Rowing 29-May M Lacrosse 31-May M Golf 9-Jun Softball 10-Jun M Track 10-Jun W Track 26-Jun Baseball I get that the calendar is packed, but beach volleyball really gets the short end of the stick and makes it tough for even schools in SEC country like Tennessee and Kentucky to add programs because of the cold weather. I hate to break it to you, but here in California, we play water polo outdoors. Trivia Fun Facts: Women’s water polo has only been a sanctioned NCAA sport since 2001. Men’s Water Polo since 1969. There has NEVER been an NCAA champion in either Men’s or Women’s from outside California. Beyond the four MPSF/PAC-12 powerhouses, there have been champions from Pepperdine, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara. Here’s the mind blowing fact: There has never even been a runner-up from outside California in either Men’s or Women’s. www.ncaa.com/history/waterpolo-men/ncwww.ncaa.com/history/waterpolo-women/nchttp://instagram.com/p/CrMmwHKPu34 |
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Post by cribbit on May 7, 2023 10:05:38 GMT -5
Other states import California players. California imports Eastern European players.
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Post by johnbar on May 7, 2023 11:02:28 GMT -5
Other states import California players. California imports Eastern European players. I guess TCU imports Western European players. |
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Post by burbank55 on May 7, 2023 11:07:14 GMT -5
Did I just hear Courtney Lyle say that UCLA has had a record 11 former players play in the Olympics? Maybe it’s the ESPN producer who has the bad research.
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Post by sonofdogman on May 7, 2023 12:20:28 GMT -5
Did I just hear Courtney Lyle say that UCLA has had a record 11 former players play in the Olympics? Maybe it’s the ESPN producer who has the bad research. They said it on the show's opening as well, that UCLA sent more players to Olympics than any other school. They didn't list the players. I was doubtful. |
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Post by houdini on May 7, 2023 12:56:54 GMT -5
Can't be true. Kelly, Tina, April and must be more. Sponcil and...? Maybe amongst the men also ?
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Post by Fight On! on May 7, 2023 13:24:35 GMT -5
Can't be true. Kelly, Tina, April and must be more. Sponcil and...? Maybe amongst the men also ? Are they counting players like Holly and Karch? |
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Post by houdini on May 7, 2023 13:42:21 GMT -5
Threepeat for USC. What a great win over the favorite UCLA. I don't think the Nourse twins needed a second coach at the final time-out (Dain at 13-10). They were doing quite well with Gustavo Rocha. Both of them great motivators though!
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Post by volleynerd on May 7, 2023 13:46:18 GMT -5
Blanton in his 4th year at USC has won 3 natty
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Post by Fight On! on May 7, 2023 13:50:27 GMT -5
Blanton in his 4th year at USC has won 3 natty Glad he’s focused on this and not on being a better commentator. Lol |
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