Washington St (home) beat #6 Washington in five sets. Washington held off match points in set 4 and won that set, 46-44. Wow! Wash St was pretty resilient to come back from losing that long 4th set to win the match.
Once our serve zeroed in on Baird, she wilted. Hambly didn’t sub and left her in the bad row. It was pretty much over then (except for the mental lapse at the end of the 3rd.) I guess he figured give her the experience in a tough match in “preseason”, or his alternatives were worse. Still, a nice win! Always good to beat Tree.
This, although I’m actually not as grumpy this year as in years past. Not playing the “what if”s in my mind as much. The back row could have been better, but the quick and loaded UK hitters had a lot to do with that too. Would love to see a stat on block touches from this match compared to others. The back row aren’t used to seeing untouched missiles sent their way all night. Also interesting to see someone else say they are invested in volleyball more than football. Been like that for me for some time now.
Agree. I don’t think our serve/receive in this year’s tournament was as bad as some years though. Stumbler was unstoppable. We didn’t get a lot of block touches that the back row is used to.