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2018 PSU Women's VB Thread

Bring on Nebraska!
gritty, gritty win by the young lions!! Came back ,way back in set three and then the 6-0 run in the last set! Actually came from behind in all three sets. Some great point saving rallies. Young ladies have a lot to learn but they know a lot about VB
 
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Really hope she can play against Nebraska. But coach Rose is as bad as Franklin divulging injury info.


The GREAT news is that Rose and Hord will both probably know by Sat night if she can play Sat night.

Rose and Franklin are no different than 98% of the other college coaches insofar as not talking about day-to-day injuries.
 
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Penn State takes Top-25 battle, 3-1: 26-28, 26-24, 25-22, 25-21

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 9 Penn State women’s volleyball team takes down No. 17 Purdue, 3-1: 26-28, 26-24, 25-22, 25-21, in a Big Ten battle on Wednesday evening in Holloway Gymnasium on Purdue’s campus.

It was a scrappy match on both sides of the net on Wednesday evening, with many rallies going minutes on end. Penn State saw four different players surpass reach double-digit digs.

Junior libero Kendall White was superb all evening, finishing with a season-high 27 digs, adding five assists.

Redshirt senior setter Bryanna Weiskircher played a complete game, dishing out a season-high 50 assists, adding 10 digs for her fifth double-double of the season. She also tied a career-high with five kills on .500 hitting, and tallied three blocks.

Graduate Student Taylor Leath also recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs, adding two blocks and an assists.

Freshman Jonni Parker led all hitters with 18 kills on a .271 clip. She added eight digs, three blocks, three service aces, and two assists on the evening.

Redshirt senior Nia Reed rounded out the double-digit kill-getters with 11. Reed added five digs and four blocks to her stat line.

In the middle, freshman Amanda Phegley put down a career-high six kills, going 6-0-9, for a team-high .667 hitting percentage. She also added two blocks and a dig.

Fellow freshman middle Serena Gray added seven kills, four blocks and a dig.

Penn State recorded 13.0 team blocks to Purdue’s 6.0. Overall, Penn State led the Boilermakers in every statistical category, and in the final set, the Nittany Lions put down 17 kills, while Purdue put down just 12.

The Nittany Lions return home on Saturday for their homecoming match at 8 p.m. against No. 5 Nebraska that will be aired on the Big Ten Network with Jason Knapp and Audrey Flaugh on the call.
 
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flash86 - Did you play in the Blue Band?
Yes. In the Alumni Block for Saturday too. Other ABBA members of my era that frequent this site include poconolion, psu83drummer, and Blue Band.

You?
 
PSU down 2 sets to 1 but leads in the 4th 5-2
Now 7-2
9-4
10-9 PSU Very poor passing
12-11 PSU
Reed with a block 13-11
13-12 now
13-13 block by Neb
14-13 Neb Very disputed call
16-16
Great rally Neb 18-16
PSU 25-23 second set.
Foecky and Sun having a good night for Neb.
Neb 19-17
Neb 20-18
Reed with the kill 20-19
Block 20-20
Sun kill 21-20 Sun with 18 kills
22-22
BIG block PSU 24-23
PSU wins 4th 25-23 PSU hit .000 in the set. Yes that's right .000
Neither team playing well. Very sloppy match.
Set 5 1-1 challenge by PSU and wins the challenge so 2-0
PSU up 3-2
Reed with the kill 4-2
Reed again PSU 6-4 PSU with a block 7-4 time out PSU with finally some fire
PSU up 8-5 Reed with 67 attempts and 19 kills
PSU up 10-6 Shot long by Sun
Sweet 2 hitting errors PSU up 12-7
Gorrel with a tip 13-7 challenge by Neb denied
Reed again 14-9
PSU wins 15-9 Reed with 20 kills
 
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FIRE. RUSS. ROSE. :eek:


Seriously, great win. We needed this one after what happened earlier today. Penn State's first win over nebraska since 2014.
 
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Great match! Some observations...

1) I don't recall seeing Sciorra play before, but tonight she came in cold as DS/server and put the pressure on Nebraska’s serve receive. Well done!
2) And as noted earlier in thread about Purdue match, when Hord comes back, the team gets better on the block.
3) One other thing that stood out to me tonight was the number of times outsides were tipped or blocked; are they hitting too steeply or are sets too low/quick for opportunities to hit OVER the block?
 
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Best part was watching the stunned look of disbelief on the faces of the Nebraska fans as the match wore on. They were looking pretty smug earlier in the match as if they felt an entitlement to gloat. One old dude who looked like he fell off a tractor would stand up and hammer his fist with every Cornhusker kill. Hope they enjoy the long ride home.
 
Best part was watching the stunned look of disbelief on the faces of the Nebraska fans as the match wore on. They were looking pretty smug earlier in the match as if they felt an entitlement to gloat. One old dude who looked like he fell off a tractor would stand up and hammer his fist with every Cornhusker kill. Hope they enjoy the long ride home.

Obviously they won’t enjoy the long ride home. They’re going to nebraska.
 
Very pleasantly surprised by the win last night. Didn't see it coming. I expected the same old format - we win an inspired close first set, and then get swept. It was looking like that, but the girls grew up last night. Well done.
 
Release: https://gopsusports.com/news/2018/1...-9-penn-state-outlasts-no-5-nebraska-3-2.aspx

No. 9 Penn State Outlasts No. 5 Nebraska, 3-2
Penn State took down Nebraska, 3-2, for first win over Huskers since 2014


UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 9 Penn State women’s volleyball team wore its heart on its’ sleeve on as the Nittany Lions came from behind to take a five-set victory, 3-2: 25-22, 11-25, 24-26, 25-23, 15-9, over No. 5 Nebraska in front of a raucous Rec Hall crowd on Saturday evening.

For the first time in the career of every single Nittany Lion on the 2018 roster, Penn State got the best of the Huskers. The last time Penn State has taken a match from the Big Ten foe was on November 29, 2014, during Nia Reed and Bryanna Weiskircher’s redshirt season.

Both teams looked flustered to open the match. Penn State held Nebraska to just eight kills, hitting .081, while the Nittany Lions put down 17 kills, but hit just .152. Redshirt junior Tori Gorrell shined in the opener, going 4-0-4 in the set. Another bright spot in the opening set was junior Kendall White. The Nittany Lion libero scooped up an impressive 13 digs. Penn State outlasted the Huskers to take the first set, 25-22.

In the second set, Nebraska regained its composure and went perfect in serve receive, siding out all eleven times on the first serve in the rotation. They put down 14 kills, and help Penn State to their lowest set score of the season, 25-11, to even the match at 1-1.

In the third set, the two team battled on the attack. Penn State committed just one error in the third set, going 18-1-41 for a team hitting percentage of .415. Reed led the way in the third set, putting down seven kills, while freshman Serena Gray put down four kills. The Nittany Lions out-dug the Huskers in the third set, 18-15, but Nebraska was able to tally 21 kills, and combined with the Nittany Lions five total errors in the set, three service, one hitting and one reception, the Huskers jumped out to a 2-1 set lead with a 26-24 set win.

With its back against the wall, Penn State needed to find a way. Although it wasn’t pretty, the Nittany Lions showed grit and determination. Hitting just .023 for the set, Penn State needed to find another way to score. Insert White. The junior libero dished out three aces in the fourth set that helped propel the Nittany Lions. Penn State also tallied 6.0 blocks in the fourth set, and held Nebraska to just .070 on the attack. Penn State was down 20-17, when junior Emily Sciorra went on a service run that brought Penn State even at 20-all before the Huskers would get a kill to again take the advantage. A Husker hitting error and a key White ace gave the Nittany Lions’ their first lead since 12-10. Penn State would hang on to take the set, 25-23, to even the match at 2-all.

In the fifth and deciding set, Penn State never trailed. Reed opened the set up with a big kill, and from there the Nittany Lions rode her back. In 13 attempts in the shortened set, Reed hammered home five timely kills. Penn State sided out at an 88-percent, going 8-9 on the reception attempts. The Nittany Lions also were able to hold the Huskers to just .071 hitting, to take the set and the match with a 15-9 win.

Junior libero Kendall White was a fireball of energy for the Nittany Lions in the back court as she commanded the defense with a match-high 25 digs, adding a season-high three aces, all coming in the crucial fourth set win.

Redshirt senior Bryanna Weiskircher finished with her fifth double-double in conference play, including her second-straight, as she dished out 48 assists and added a tied season-high 16 digs. She also added three kills, three blocks, and the game-winning ace.

Redshirt senior Nia Reed finished with a career-high 20 kills, and was the first Nittany Lion to surpass the 20-kill mark since Nov. 25, 2017. She added three blocks and four digs.

Graduate student Taylor Leath added her third double-double of the season as she finished the match with 10 kills and a Penn State career-best 15 digs, adding two assists.

Redshirt junior Tori Gorrell tallied four blocks on the evening, surpassing the 250 career mark, and is now at 253. She also added nine kills, hitting a team-high .467.

Freshman Serena Gray tallied eight kills, adding a team-high six blocks and also added three digs. Fellow freshman Jonni Parker added eight kills and seven digs, and chipped in four blocks.

Penn State saw key production off the bench as junior Emily Sciorra and senior Bayleigh Hoffman both added two digs and went on key service runs throughout the match. Penn State also got seven digs from both freshmen Jenna Hampton and Gabby Blossom in defensive specialist roles.

On the evening, Nebraska led in every statistical category, except digs, where Penn State scooped up 89 to the Huskers’ 87.

Penn State returns to the floor on Wednesday, October 17 for a 7 p.m. match against Rutgers that will be on the Big Ten Network.

--Nittany Lions--
 
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I think that is a bit too high. Wisconsin, Illinois and PSU should be tied for seventh or eighth. Bunched somewhere anyway.
Five BIG teams in top 9! Looks like a team could finish 5th in the league and be 9th in the National poll:p

Watched the GA vs LSU match after the PSU/Purdue match; defensive intensity so much higher in B1G women's volleyball.
 
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It's a really nice win, had to be really satisfying for Rose and the team.

First they won without Kaitlin Hord who is probably going to be an All-American. She is a dominant player offensively and defensively and they managed this without her.

Secondly they won a rugged, physical, ugly match and they won because they had a little more gas in the tank and a little more composure than Nebraska (and no doubt the home crowd helps)

Got lots of contributions from a lot of players. Made a lot of mistakes, but they really fought they really competed and that is the thing that Rose wants the most. He wants his teams to fight and scrap.

Last year's team had an enormously talented senior class with Washington and Frantti and Lee but this team might have more potential because they are really tough defensively. Kendall White is such a force. Taylor Leath is a super versatile player, the two freshmen stars (Parker and Gray) look ready to play, and Nia Reed, who has been hampered by injuries for so much of her career, is 100% and finally reaching her enormoush potential. Reed if she can stay healthy could be All-B1G or maybe AA, the way she played in this match.

Just such a pity that so few matches are televised. It's going to be a fun year to see how much this team can grow and what they can accomplish in December.
 
As talented as the recently graduated class was, they often did not seem to have the fire in their bellies to finish off an opponent. This freshmen class came of age against Nebraska. They could have easily rolled over after being abused in the second set, but they fought their way back and won in five. Russ might not say it publicly, but I'm sure he's tremendously proud of them.
 
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