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Post by pointps on Dec 15, 2023 11:17:08 GMT -5
Oh, Wisconsin Badgers, you were my pick to be National Champions. Sorry, not sorry. Sure didn't want Texas 'horns winning another, nor Nebraska cause they'll want to do that 92,000 thing again and we'll hear about it all season. Oh well, I guess we softened up the Badgers too much when we beat them. Cheese heads!
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Post by nitneliun on Dec 15, 2023 12:44:15 GMT -5
The Wisconsin loss to Texas blew apart my bracket but I'm OK with that. It's nice to see Wisky get bounced. I will be pulling hard for Texas on Saturday, even though I don't care for Texas at all.
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Post by traveler on Dec 15, 2023 13:11:23 GMT -5
My last weeks prediction that we’d see one bald male coach facing a non-balding male coach holds up. What do I win.?
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Post by pointps on Dec 15, 2023 13:23:43 GMT -5
Didn’t expect the badgers to get beat so badly At least the Badgers didn't lose a point due to being 'out of rotation' or whatever Pitt did near the end of Set 3. Really lost their composure.
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Post by nyline on Dec 15, 2023 13:35:53 GMT -5
My last weeks prediction that we’d see one bald male coach facing a non-balding male coach holds up. What do I win.? Two orchestra seat tickets to "Hair" in an alternate universe where it's still playing.
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Post by nitneliun on Dec 15, 2023 14:13:47 GMT -5
My last weeks prediction that we’d see one bald male coach facing a non-balding male coach holds up. What do I win.? I have reliable information that Cook wears a toupee.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2023 20:13:50 GMT -5
My last weeks prediction that we’d see one bald male coach facing a non-balding male coach holds up. What do I win.? Why, a free haircut, of course!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2023 20:14:02 GMT -5
Should be an intense match given the history of the two teams playing against each other in the Big12, and the personal history too I expect we'll see some drama between the players and coaches. I live for the drama!
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Post by pointps on Dec 16, 2023 11:02:31 GMT -5
10-Year Anniversary (actually 12/21/13, a Saturday) reminder to us:
SEATTLE - The No. 2 Penn State women's volleyball team (34-2) captured its sixth NCAA women's volleyball national championship in program history, rallying past No. 12 Wisconsin (28-10) in four sets (25-19, 26-24, 20-25, 25-23) Saturday evening in KeyArena. The victory marks the fifth national title in the last seven years for the Nittany Lions. Earning their sixth national title, the Nittany Lions are now tied with Stanford for the most women's volleyball national championships.
Senior Ariel Scott fueled the offense with a match-high 21 kills, adding five digs. Senior Katie Slay also tallied double-digit kills with 14, adding three digs and three blocks. Senior Deja McClendon rounded out the double-digit performers with 11 kills, adding eight digs. The trio all earned spots in the NCAA All-Tournament team.
Junior Micha Hancock paced all three attackers to double-digit kills, dishing out 48 assists, adding 16 digs for a double-double. She also continued her stellar performance from behind the service line, registering three aces. Hancock earned the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honor for her performances against the Badgers and the Huskies.
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Post by pointps on Dec 16, 2023 13:21:44 GMT -5
Texas may be defending champs and may repeat tomorrow, but they'll never forget 2009 reverse sweep by us in the Championship match:
TAMPA, Fla. - The top-ranked Penn State women's volleyball team made history Saturday night becoming the first team to win three consecutive national titles with a 3-2 (22-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-13) come-from-behind victory against No. 2 Texas (29-2). Head coach Russ Rose has now won 1,001 career matches and Penn State's winning streak extended to 102 straight matches. The last time a team rallied from a 2-0 deficit was in 2008. Stanford came back against Texas in 2008 in the NCAA National Semifinals to advance to the National Championship match.
Senior Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) led the Nittany Lions with 21 kills, while both junior Blair Brown (Purcellville, Va.) and freshman Darcy Dorton (Muncie, Ind.) contributed 13 kills each. The Nittany Lions had five players with double-digit digs led by junior libero Alyssa D'Errico (Byron, N.Y.) who posted a career-high 22. Brown made 14 saves, Hodge had 13 and junior Cathy Quilico (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and senior setter Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) had 12 apiece. Junior Fatima Balza (Merida, Venezuela) had a team-best nine total blocks and Hodge put up five. Glass dished out 53 helpers in the match and both D'Errico and Quilico had two aces each.
The Nittany Lions finished the match with 61 kills on .234 hitting. Penn State posted 57 assists, four aces, 80 digs and 14.0 total team blocks.
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Post by ethankasales on Dec 16, 2023 13:43:37 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2023 16:22:04 GMT -5
So pleased watching Nebraska being taken apart by Texas.
The Longhorns are serving the Huskers off the court; 11-0 service run by Asjia O'neal!!
Who would have thought?!
I thought Jerritt Elliott almost lost his team the 1st set, getting a red card and gifting Nebraska a point, but the players overcame his knucklehead mistake.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2023 16:27:12 GMT -5
After being down 7-10 in set 2, Texas leads 18-10.
Texas takes set 2 by a score of 25-14.
Longhorns up 2-0.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2023 16:46:32 GMT -5
Wow, Nebraska about to get swept. Texas looks soooo poised.
Texas up 10-7 in set 3.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2023 16:56:46 GMT -5
Texas now up 19-10 in set 3. e
This is wonderful. Love seeing getting beat at their own game.
Texas defense is relentless.
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