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Post by douglass9 on Sept 4, 2024 6:33:20 GMT -5
Melani Shaffmaster opened the fifth set by serving 5 points with two aces. A few years ago I tracked how many points each server got when they served. Not the first time she has done that. There is a reason she starts each set serving.
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Post by JP on Sept 4, 2024 8:28:04 GMT -5
Getting back from Milwaukee at 4am then going to an 8am poli sci class š³ How you do one thing....how you do all things.
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Post by mcmike on Sept 4, 2024 13:06:16 GMT -5
Melani Shaffmaster opened the fifth set by serving 5 points with two aces. A few years ago I tracked how many points each server got when they served. Not the first time she has done that. There is a reason she starts each set serving. Service runs can be determinative in a set, very demoralizing on the receiving end and energizing to the scoring side In the 4th set the tide turned against Minnesota after a SE at 10-8 Wenaas served for 4 pts Minatee got a slide Halter served for 4 points Shaff's serve led to a bad pass off the court and a block for 13-18 We were in ro1 when TX scored 6 in a row on Akana's serve This run wasn't on the back of a Jordan Harvey wicked serve fusillade like the day before TX blocked Wookie on a backset after a good pass. maybe the set was a bit tight TX won a joust after a OOS pass and free ball to TX TX won after a Wookie shank then block TX at 13-22 a long point ended with an overpass on 2 from our MB. There were numerous opportunities for a superior play: a better set off the weak pass behind the attack line, a missed gapset connection, and EE commented that we were in disarray TX outplayed MN on a long point ending in a Skinner kill for set point. Thibault shanked a pass on a serve that was careening out? TX wins set. Good pass, backset to Wookie but she didn't/couldn't? terminate I watched a bunch of ro1 drills in receive at the practice last week. (btw, I was impressed by comments that Sanky Sanny made when I asked Nao Ikeda about the extra lines on the court). First contact is extra important. I couldn't help but wonder if Shaff might have given Hanson a PIPE or Biq on the passes where she backset Wookie. Once we lost focus in Wenass' first run I think we were toast in set4. All the more reason for joy when Shaff dominated behind the service line to start the fifth set. TX was blocked twice in that run but had no other hitting errors in the set. Skinner was held to 1 kill. Grote had a run of 4 on some very tough serves that took us from 8-5 to 12-5 Steely Dan produced 'Can't Buy a Thrill'. We produced a set where TX couldn't buy a kill. On 16 swings we had block touches or digs on 9 attacks. 4 3 16 .063 That was as dominating a performance as I've ever witnessed in a 5th set against a good team with a NPOY candidate (but I lack perspective) Each of our pins had 2 kills 8 1 21 .333 Who would have thought this possible after getting blown off the court in set 4?
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 4, 2024 14:41:50 GMT -5
Who else is loving all the social media engagement the program is having with fans the last few days? I hope they keep it up. It has often felt lacking considering how large and devoted the Gopher volleyball fanbase is.
I know it was just a September win but it feels like a seriously affirming stepping stone in the path going forward. I love that they shared someoneās answer to a question that āthis team has aura.ā I couldnāt agree more. I hope the social media keeps up the engagement! The vibes are good for sure. Channel them!
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Post by jeepers on Sept 4, 2024 14:59:46 GMT -5
Who else is loving all the social media engagement the program is having with fans the last few days? I hope they keep it up. It has often felt lacking considering how large and devoted the Gopher volleyball fanbase is. I know it was just a September win but it feels like a seriously affirming stepping stone in the path going forward. I love that they shared someoneās answer to a question that āthis team has aura.ā I couldnāt agree more. I hope the social media keeps up the engagement! The vibes are good for sure. Channel them! On that social media front, is this Wucherer in the photo here? It's throwing me for a loop.
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 4, 2024 15:00:31 GMT -5
Who else is loving all the social media engagement the program is having with fans the last few days? I hope they keep it up. It has often felt lacking considering how large and devoted the Gopher volleyball fanbase is. I know it was just a September win but it feels like a seriously affirming stepping stone in the path going forward. I love that they shared someoneās answer to a question that āthis team has aura.ā I couldnāt agree more. I hope the social media keeps up the engagement! The vibes are good for sure. Channel them! On that social media front, is this Wucherer in the photo here? It's throwing me for a loop. Thatās Skylar Gray
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Post by jeepers on Sept 4, 2024 15:02:31 GMT -5
On that social media front, is this Wucherer in the photo here? It's throwing me for a loop. Thatās Skylar Gray Ah, that explains it. I'm not sure I've ever seen her with her hair down. Thought I was having a stroke.
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 4, 2024 15:20:12 GMT -5
Gopher social media replied to a comment asking if the matches are on tv this weekend and they said ESPN+.
The TCU match isnāt listed on the ESPN+ schedule for Saturday so it seems Baylor (the host) isnāt getting a stream together for matches they arenāt playing in. Wisconsin and Minnesota had streams for their fans when TCU/Baylor visited us! Is it really that hard? They donāt even need to hire commentators. There will be film crews there for the Baylor matches anyway. Sigh.
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Post by skolgophers on Sept 4, 2024 15:22:52 GMT -5
Gopher social media replied to a comment asking if the matches are on tv this weekend and they said ESPN+. The TCU match isnāt listed on the ESPN+ schedule for Saturday so it seems Baylor (the host) isnāt getting a stream together for matches they arenāt playing in. Wisconsin and Minnesota had streams for their fans when TCU/Baylor visited us! Is it really that hard? They donāt even need to hire commentators. There will be film crews there for the Baylor matches anyway. Sigh. It was listed on the gopher volleyball schedule as espn + just yesterday?
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 4, 2024 15:27:36 GMT -5
Gopher social media replied to a comment asking if the matches are on tv this weekend and they said ESPN+. The TCU match isnāt listed on the ESPN+ schedule for Saturday so it seems Baylor (the host) isnāt getting a stream together for matches they arenāt playing in. Wisconsin and Minnesota had streams for their fans when TCU/Baylor visited us! Is it really that hard? They donāt even need to hire commentators. There will be film crews there for the Baylor matches anyway. Sigh. It was listed on the gopher volleyball schedule as espn + just yesterday? Yeah I saw that too. I trust the ESPN+ schedule more. The Baylor match is on the ESPN schedule days in advance but not TCU? I doubt we get a stream but maybe! TCU didnāt stream the Baylor matches when they hosted in 2022
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Post by vbruh on Sept 4, 2024 15:31:30 GMT -5
TCU match also NOT listed on ESPN+ app
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Post by huskergopher on Sept 4, 2024 15:43:54 GMT -5
These Texas schools are stingy!
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Post by gopher74 on Sept 4, 2024 16:00:40 GMT -5
TCU match also NOT listed on ESPN+ app TCU's volleyball website lists the match as being on ESPN+ Someone needs to tell ESPN+, eh?
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 4, 2024 16:17:21 GMT -5
These Texas schools are stingy! To be fair to the state of Texas, I think it's probably a Big 12/ESPN problem. They're paying crews to film home team non-conference matches but not to work a full day and film the other teams at a tournament with matches that happen 30 minutes later. Kansas hosts Purdue, Tulsa, and Creighton later this month and only Kansas matches will be on ESPN+. Purdue/Creighton is a top 10 matchup that no one will see outside of the state of Kansas. Crazy. Maybe I'll go gently bully Baylor on Instagram. I'm not sure how conference agreements with ESPN work though. Maybe they couldn't even put up a youtube stream if they wanted.
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 4, 2024 17:17:51 GMT -5
The weekly RPI Futures threads are always interesting to follow.
Week 0 39. Minnesota (18-12)
Week 1 27. Minnesota (21-9)
It becomes a lot more accurate the more matches/data it has to work with and the closer we get to the āfutureā/actual final RPI. If I remember correctly the model uses data from last season for a while. So the Maryland and Rutger losses are probably still in the data set. Predicting only 8 more losses sounds better than 11 more though! Trending up!
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