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Post by jj on Nov 13, 2010 17:44:23 GMT -5
With the loss to Loyola today,VU ends the season 10-6 in HL play. That 4th. place finish probably pits us against CSU in the 1st round of the HL tournament. Ouch! A 20+ win season is a plus,but 10-6 in HL play is disappointing.
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Post by vuvbfan on Nov 14, 2010 6:42:33 GMT -5
The 20+ win season is misleading based on a pre-season schedule that was much too easy to prepare the team for Horizon League play.
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Post by valporun on Nov 14, 2010 11:17:23 GMT -5
The 20+ win season is misleading based on a pre-season schedule that was much too easy to prepare the team for Horizon League play. We were also a younger team this season, so you don't want to put so much youth up against Penn State, Illinois, Stanford quality programs, or they'll never get that idea of how to get out of funks or get over mistakes made in matches. We didn't have the Angie Porsches, Val Bollenbachers, and Kim Bukowskis, among various others over the past decade. Some of this preseason schedule was also tourney play, not just random games scheduled to get some matches in. The team did need a stronger tournament to get into, I'll agree, but with the amount of youth we have this season, it was more the need for experience than 3-game annihilations in tourneys with much better teams. |
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Post by vu72 on Nov 14, 2010 12:28:27 GMT -5
The 20+ win season is misleading based on a pre-season schedule that was much too easy to prepare the team for Horizon League play. We were also a younger team this season, so you don't want to put so much youth up against Penn State, Illinois, Stanford quality programs, or they'll never get that idea of how to get out of funks or get over mistakes made in matches. We didn't have the Angie Porsches, Val Bollenbachers, and Kim Bukowskis, among various others over the past decade. Some of this preseason schedule was also tourney play, not just random games scheduled to get some matches in. The team did need a stronger tournament to get into, I'll agree, but with the amount of youth we have this season, it was more the need for experience than 3-game annihilations in tourneys with much better teams. Your point is a valid one as we had 4 seniors out of 17 players on the roster. You should know however that one of those 4 was Val Bollenbacher who was injured last year and received a redshirt for this year. |
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Post by valporun on Nov 14, 2010 14:06:25 GMT -5
I honestly forgot about the Bollenbacher injury from last season, plus I hadn't really done as much following of volleyball this season, as I did the last decade.
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Post by vuvbfan on Nov 14, 2010 20:14:59 GMT -5
How is a lineup consisting of a 5th year senior, 3 seniors and 3 juniors plus an experienced libero considered a young team? While there were lots of new frosh faces, you don't usually expect to see them on the court during their first season.
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Post by jj on Nov 17, 2010 19:34:05 GMT -5
Congratulations to Taylor Root for being named the HL defensive POY. So I propose that our VB mantra be: Let's Root,Root for the home team. Go Valpo!
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Post by rlh on Nov 17, 2010 23:28:47 GMT -5
Congratulations to Taylor Root for being named the HL defensive POY. So I propose that our VB mantra be: Let's Root,Root for the home team. Go Valpo! jj...that may be the first thing you've ever posted that made me smile.... |
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Post by valporun on Nov 18, 2010 2:04:01 GMT -5
I'll admit, I chuckled at jj's comment about Taylor Root's recognition.
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Post by okinawatyphoon on Nov 20, 2010 12:37:00 GMT -5
They defeated Green Bay to advance to the semi finals today.....but it's against Milwaukee so it will be a tough test. Best of luck to the volleyball team!
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Post by valporun on Nov 20, 2010 15:21:50 GMT -5
Currently, we're 4 points away from sweeping UW-Milwaukee, 3-0. It's tied at 21 in the 3rd set.
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Post by valporun on Nov 20, 2010 15:26:07 GMT -5
Currently, we're 4 points away from sweeping UW-Milwaukee, 3-0. It's tied at 21 in the 3rd set. We've just swept UW-Milwaukee, 3-0. This matchup was on the Panthers' home court. The shocker is that we were the 4th seed, and just topped the #1 seed. They'll play either Butler or Cleveland St. for the auto bid to the NCAA tourney. |
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Post by vu72 on Nov 20, 2010 15:40:59 GMT -5
What a great performance! And this, with Coach Avery about to puke the entire match (flu symptoms)
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Post by vuweathernerd on Nov 20, 2010 16:02:58 GMT -5
what surprised me the most was the 25-7 score of the first set. i 'watched' through gamecenter and it looked liked we just completely dominated in the first set. the 2nd and 3rd were much more competitive.
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Post by jj on Nov 20, 2010 16:21:01 GMT -5
Way to go. Hopefully we'll meet Butler in the finals. Go Valpo! On another note,Pulitzer Prize winning author Taylor Branch thinks he is related to Taylor Root. They both must come from the same family tree.  |
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