PSU Men's Volleyball 2023 Season News

I paid $15 to one person on the other forum for an IG live of the match. It was pretty worth it (for me). They said the money will be donated to UH.

Some match notes:
Michal was pretty great at the start of the match and was the main point scorer throughout. He was getting targeted by UCLA serves though; he struggled in that department.

Middles we’re effective but only had 22 swings (19% of total swings). Owen was hitting above .800 before the last set but only had 7 swings.

Blocking and serve pressure was very good in the sets we won. We looked absolutely immaculate in that 3rd set. We hit above .700 as a team.

Brett and Fish started pretty slow (particularly in the sets we lost). Brett got better later in the match with clutch aces and a stuff on David but Fish only managed 1 kill and became a serving sub (an effective one) for Johnny later in the sets.

5th set was close til 8-8 when UCLA started blocking almost everything.

It was a pretty good match despite the loss (west coasters will say it’s a definitive win and that PSU is overrated) . Excited for tonight (I guess tomorrow?).

Merks passing and serve receive is getting even better as this game goes on! Great to see this battle between these top teams.

Amazing win! Realistically could’ve been a sweep since in that first set, Hawaii was gifted 15 errors (11SE and 4AE). But great turnaround especially for Fish and the reception team! Passing was immaculate.

This team beat the lineup that won the NCAA championship last year(except for Hogland who was subbed out mid 2nd set). Excited for the rest of season.

Credit to Hawai’i for having such an electric atmosphere that really can’t be match by any other MVB program.

PSU/Hawaii Match Summary: www.offtheblockblog.com/2023/03/no-3-3-penn-state-serving-too-much-for-no-1-1-hawaii-in-road-win/

PSU/Hawaii Post-Match Interview with Coach Pavlik: www.offtheblockblog.com/2023/03/audio-penn-state-coach-reacts-to-beating-no-1-1-hawaii/

Could we kidnap and bring their announcers to Penn State?  I know, two men, but they were very good, I thought.

I think that if UCLA wins, they’re #1.

If Hawaii wins, it would depend on how they win. I think if Hawaii wins a 3-1, or 3-2 match, we get a shot at #1 (maybe not #1 but definitely #1 votes). If Hawaii sweeps, they deserve #1 and benefit of doubt since they retain their championship-winning lineup.

It’s still wild to me that if we started the season healthy and was healthy through this point, we could’ve still been undefeated (but of course those are just my fantasies talking).