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1 hour ago, TexasDPT said:

Ella needs to set  clean, consistent balls where the hitters don't have to significantly make adjustments in their approach...

So does Carlson.  At least Swindle can block.

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18 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Aggie smokes Wiscy in the 2nd to even it. 

I will not be happy if they advance to the regional final and we don’t 

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2-1 Wisky

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Going 5

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2 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Nebraska fans are solidly behind aggy. 😂

Ain’t no B1G solidarity. Corn still mad they got beat by Wisconsin in the finals in 2021

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This defense has me jealous 

8-6 Badgers at the switch 

IIRC there was a volleyball podcast that was linked here last year kinda making fun of Ella not jump setting last year after we won (apparently not knowing she was injured), but it’s interesting that the Wisconsin setter doesn’t always seem to jump set either

1 minute ago, texfan11 said:

IIRC there was a volleyball podcast that was linked here last year kinda making fun of Ella not jump setting last year after we won (apparently not knowing she was injured), but it’s interesting that the Wisconsin setter doesn’t always seem to jump set either

She was much better not jumping.

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Just now, TwiceHorn said:

She was much better not jumping.

SO MUCH BETTER

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Her just dumping there, ugh I miss Ella’s offense 

Just now, Js1 said:

SO MUCH BETTER

Yeah, it seems like her mechanics after the injury have been a little off, and I think she had a little bit of a sophomore slump….I feel like if we didn’t have Averi, she might have had more opportunities to gain confidence and figure it out. Seems like a settler at this level should be able to consistently jump set though 

10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

This defense has me jealous 

8-6 Badgers at the switch 

for real...and players just taking good rips at OOS swings...Wenaas could never 

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Aggy on a run

13-12 Wisky 

Badgers need an immediate side out after this TO

Lednicky stayed bc she is a generational aggy. 

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Wisky advances 

Whoever on here said that the Aggies hired the right coach to get them back to the top was correct…that was a good team, and I think they return most of the team next year 

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1 minute ago, texfan11 said:

Whoever on here said that the Aggies hired the right coach to get them back to the top was correct…that was a good team, and I think they return most of the team next year 

Yep. Morrison is going to have them competing for an SEC title next year. Elliot better get his shit together. 

12 minutes ago, Js1 said:

SO MUCH BETTER

Yeah, coaches need to have a serious conversation with Swindle and train her to set flat-footed if it's going to improve her overall location and tempo... we definitely miss her blocking and attacking from the front row.

3 minutes ago, texfan11 said:

Whoever on here said that the Aggies hired the right coach to get them back to the top was correct…that was a good team, and I think they return most of the team next year 

Not exactly sold after next year.

Their team is 90% Lednicky who is a 4th-generation aggy. Sometimes it's nice to luck into a star player like that based on circumstances. 

5 hours ago, Js1 said:

Her just dumping there, ugh I miss Ella’s offense 

Yeah I just like her overall package better compared to what we have with Avery in there - and that's not a slight to Averi. Not her fault she's not as tall or athletic as Ella, can't block as well or attack as easily, etc. I get that location was sometimes an issue for Ella, but from what I can see, Averi's location wasn't much better. IMHO, Ella also brings a fire to the team that was missing this year with the constant uncertainty of all the tinkering, changing setters or changing offenses.

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6 hours ago, wood said:

Yeah I just like her overall package better compared to what we have with Avery in there - and that's not a slight to Averi. Not her fault she's not as tall or athletic as Ella, can't block as well or attack as easily, etc. I get that location was sometimes an issue for Ella, but from what I can see, Averi's location wasn't much better. IMHO, Ella also brings a fire to the team that was missing this year with the constant uncertainty of all the tinkering, changing setters or changing offenses.

I want her to stay and compete for the job. She can win it back 

19 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

I honestly never completely understood why we brought her in. She's easy on the eyes, I'll give her that. And she tries hard. I never had an issue with her effort. 

If that's the primary qualification we should throw money at nina cajic and Megan verbiest.  

 

Jenna was a Texas girl unhappy with her situation and had the potential to be a heavy hitting 6 rotation player.   JE loves him some of that (who doesn't really).

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5 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

If that's the primary qualification we should throw money at nina cajic and Megan verbiest.  

 

Jenna was a Texas girl unhappy with her situation and had the potential to be a heavy hitting 6 rotation player.   JE loves him some of that (who doesn't really).

Not to mention Parra had already bailed a week or so before and we needed an experienced OH to bridge the gap with Madi until the 2025 kids came in

She was asked to do more than she should have (play all 6 rotations) because either RR or Devin couldn’t play back row or Elliot didn’t trust them to also pass, so you had to sub them out + sub your middles and we didn’t have enough littles or subs to not force Jenna to play 6 rotations.

I miss the days of having a 6 rotation OPP (Sha’Dare). One thing Nebraska had this year and last year - Beason can play 6 rotations, so you always have her for the back row attack + Harper doing the same 

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1 hour ago, Js1 said:

I want her to stay and compete for the job. She can win it back 

Yeah that's what I'm hoping for too. She has the potential to dominate imho.

59 minutes ago, gsoda3 said:

If that's the primary qualification we should throw money at nina cajic and Megan verbiest.  

 

Jenna was a Texas girl unhappy with her situation and had the potential to be a heavy hitting 6 rotation player.   JE loves him some of that (who doesn't really).

All I know is I watched her at Minnesota for two years and wasn't excited about her coming to Texas. Part of that isn't Wenaas's fault. I was spoiled with our outsides. Wenaas had no chance to match up with the recent history of outsides we've possessed. And she didn't. 

Another problem is that Nebraska beat us head to head on virtually every recruiting battle we had with them for a couple of years (and everyone else, for that matter). Thankfully that's been changed the last couple of years, plus we received some incredible additions from the portal, including 3 from Nebraska (and Ames!). But even Blackwell this past year - who we could have used as a middle a lot more than Nebraska - we lost out on. We also lost on a couple of littles that could have been difference makers for us. 

Maybe Wenaas was the best option. I don't know. I just know I wasn't excited about her commitment out of the portal. I've had frustrations watching her the last couple of years. Again, it's not all on her. We won a national championship with her for goodness sakes, so there has to be gratitude around her for that. She went through some rough times and in my opinion showed a lot of mental fortitude. Especially when she was getting pulled early in the 2023 season. That hug from Elliott after the national championship said a lot. 

Well shit… could’ve used that 2nd set, this one over. 

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11 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Well shit… could’ve used that 2nd set, this one over. 

Wow y’all blew that 

Don’t blame me I didn’t play, but yeah, watching the 2nd set clincher land wasn’t a good look.  Pitt’s just better. 

Crazy 3rd set between Louisville and Stanford. Louisville wins 28-26 to take a 2-1 lead. 

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With this being Louisville and Stanford and Pitt already moving on, the ACC is guaranteed to have a finals team

With Nebraska/Wisky and PSU on the other side, barring a Creighton upset, the B1G has a very good chance to also have a finals team

feels very much like the committee wanted to make sure it would be ACC vs B1G

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Pitt and Louisville the first national semifinal 

Nebraska punches its semi ticket sweeping Wisconsin 3-0. NU was a bad matchup for UW this year, winning all 9 sets in 3 games. 

Good job, good effort Sconsin.  I don't like Nebraska but couldn't really cheer for Shrek and coach Fester either.

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Ugh if Elliot had gotten Choboy after she bailed on Minn, I think we might still be playing this season 

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Oh look, Creighton looks like crap. Can’t pass, errors galore.

We get everyone’s A++ game 

2nd set different story. 1-1 all 🍿

Creighton had a nice lead in set 3 but pissed it away. Penn State is about to take it. Fuck. I hate Penn State. 

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Going 5

Going five. 2-2, Creighton wins set four vs. Pedo.

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Pedo up 9-4, no more timeouts for Creighton. Feels over 

There is a Sandusky joke for this 5th set I don't want to make.  Looks like Pedo vs. NU and Louisville vs. Pitt.  Could be an all PA final. 

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ACC vs B1G it is 

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Just now, Bodhi said:

There is a Sandusky joke for this 5th set I don't want to make.  Looks like Pedo vs. NU and Louisville vs. Pitt.  Could be an all PA final. 

I’m rooting for Pitt/Louisville. One of them can win their first. Fuck Corn and fuck Pedo

Go ACC I guess

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