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Post by eazy on Sept 5, 2023 15:53:32 GMT -5
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|  | #3 Louisville Cardinals | vs. | #13 Penn St Nittany Lions | | 6-0 |
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Sunday, September 10th, 2023 10am PT | 11am MT | 12pm CT | 1pm ET
L&N Federal Credit Union Arena
Louisville, KY
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Post by usavolley01 on Sept 5, 2023 16:19:37 GMT -5
Excited for this one, I’m giving the edge to Louisville. If they play the way they played against WSU there’s no way PSU overcomes the defense and pressure from first touch. I do think PSU is on the rise, and there’s lots of potential, but not quite at Louisville’s level yet.
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Post by jagdpanther on Sept 5, 2023 19:58:24 GMT -5
Gotta flip around the teams in the thread title.
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Post by eazy on Sept 5, 2023 20:01:11 GMT -5
Gotta flip around the teams in the thread title. Good catch! |
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Post by secgator4 on Sept 5, 2023 23:08:26 GMT -5
Let's go Penn State! Give us #1 vs #2 next week in Gainesville  |
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Post by photos1 on Sept 6, 2023 0:52:13 GMT -5
This may end different than the rankings indicate. Penn State improved a great deal from week one to week two… if this trend continues the match is a toss up… this is a match that should be nationally televised… what better does ESPN have to put on on a Sunday? No wonder they are on bankruptcy’s front door…
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Post by toomuchvb on Sept 6, 2023 6:01:36 GMT -5
If the pins can hit in the positive from first ball, without over-reliance on Jess Mruzik, PSU can hang. Defense improved from week one vs Florida and GT—PSU defenders learned a lot opening weekend! Expecting a battle, and a win for Nittany Lions.
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Post by timmyt on Sept 6, 2023 6:26:33 GMT -5
If the pins can hit in the positive from first ball, without over-reliance on Jess Mruzik, PSU can hang. Defense improved from week one vs Florida and GT—PSU defenders learned a lot opening weekend! Expecting a battle, and a win for Nittany Lions. Learned a lot? Ya not playing Florida or Georgia Tech!!! Hitting blocking serving defending all becomes a lot easier. Not impressive |
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Post by toomuchvb on Sept 6, 2023 15:35:15 GMT -5
If the pins can hit in the positive from first ball, without over-reliance on Jess Mruzik, PSU can hang. Defense improved from week one vs Florida and GT—PSU defenders learned a lot opening weekend! Expecting a battle, and a win for Nittany Lions. Learned a lot? Ya not playing Florida or Georgia Tech!!! Hitting blocking serving defending all becomes a lot easier. Not impressive Knowing what to do differently, getting good reps in practice doing it, and having a plan to execute is what PSU can do now. Expecting a battle, and a win for Nittany Lions! |
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Post by jagdpanther on Sept 6, 2023 21:12:28 GMT -5
If the pins can hit in the positive from first ball, without over-reliance on Jess Mruzik, PSU can hang. Defense improved from week one vs Florida and GT—PSU defenders learned a lot opening weekend! Expecting a battle, and a win for Nittany Lions. Learned a lot? Ya not playing Florida or Georgia Tech!!! Hitting blocking serving defending all becomes a lot easier. Not impressive For real. Competition definitely played a part here. The Mruzik question weighs heavily here, too. Can't have her be the only effective option vs. top teams. |
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Post by BOBšković on Sept 6, 2023 21:41:21 GMT -5
Learned a lot? Ya not playing Florida or Georgia Tech!!! Hitting blocking serving defending all becomes a lot easier. Not impressive For real. Competition definitely played a part here. The Mruzik question weighs heavily here, too. Can't have her be the only effective option vs. top teams. Tbf DeBeer literally carried the dayton game for Louisville in 5 w 21 kills so same question for them ig too? |
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Post by stanfordvb on Sept 7, 2023 0:44:31 GMT -5
For real. Competition definitely played a part here. The Mruzik question weighs heavily here, too. Can't have her be the only effective option vs. top teams. Tbf DeBeer literally carried the dayton game for Louisville in 5 w 21 kills so same question for them ig too? not quite, at least not as of now. yes debeer was relied on majority of the Dayton match, but so far this year Louisville has 4 of their 5 attackers averaging over 2 kills per set compared to Penn state who has 2. mruzik at about 1 more kill per set than debeer so far this year, and 20 more attempts total attempts for mruzik so far through 5 matches compared to debeers 7 matches |
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Post by volleyfan8288 on Sept 7, 2023 4:41:23 GMT -5
Tbf DeBeer literally carried the dayton game for Louisville in 5 w 21 kills so same question for them ig too? not quite, at least not as of now. yes debeer was relied on majority of the Dayton match, but so far this year Louisville has 4 of their 5 attackers averaging over 2 kills per set compared to Penn state who has 2. mruzik at about 1 more kill per set than debeer so far this year, and 20 more attempts total attempts for mruzik so far through 5 matches compared to debeers 7 matches This. I think the real question will be what system Louisville runs and whether they’ve gotten enough reps in it. That def played a role in the Dayton match, constant changes I’m assuming so DBK and the coaching staff could evaluate all the things. |
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Post by timmyt on Sept 7, 2023 6:56:14 GMT -5
Learned a lot? Ya not playing Florida or Georgia Tech!!! Hitting blocking serving defending all becomes a lot easier. Not impressive For real. Competition definitely played a part here. The Mruzik question weighs heavily here, too. Can't have her be the only effective option vs. top teams. IMO the setter has struggled-sets of the mark,slide nonexistent,defense for another day. Over setting Mruzik. Could that be part of the hitters problems? |
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Post by herecomesthebusboom on Sept 9, 2023 21:03:54 GMT -5
Bump. Excited for this one tomorrow on ESPN2. Go Cards!
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