their season started last weekend, and it's not unusual for their to be match threads for big matches that are on BTN. However, to the extent possible, I'd like to keep ongoing discussion about the team in this thread.
2019 PSU WVB Thread
- Thread starter Tom McAndrew
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6th ranked PSU wins over Iowa State 3-0. 25-22, 25-16, 25-16. Penn State faces LSU tomorrow afternoon in Ames before coming home next weekend to meet the challenging Stanford and Oregon teams. on the 13th and 14th. These two opponents should sell out Rec Hall hopefully as revelers from the Pitt blowout will be looking for more intense athletic competition from the Ladies before they head home.
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Probably the best OOC volleyball weekend at psu ever. A true test.
It will be a test but it is far from the best OOC VB weekend at Penn State. Just a few years ago we hosted Stanford, Texas and Florida on the same weekend.
Which four teams are better is debatable, but what's certain is that the four coming in this weekend aren't "far" from the four that weekend (2012). In fact, their current ranking is higher than the four teams were ranked in 2012.
2012 Rankings (at the time of the match): #2 Texas, #4 PSU, #9 Stanford, #18 Florida
2019 Rankings (as of this moment): #1 Stanford, #6 PSU, #8 Minnesota, #9 Oregon.
Going into the 2012 NCAA tournament the seedings were: #1 PSU, #2 Stanford, #3 Texas, #14 Florida. Texas and PSU made it to the Final Four. PSU lost in the semis (to Oregon) while Texas won it all.
How the four teams play out this year is a TBD, but they're likely to be competitive with those in 2012.
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Psu Wins 25-16 in first set over LSU and Wins 25-11 in the second set. And they take the final set 25-16 for the 3-0 sweep.
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Pitt just knocked off #10 Oregon 3-1. Watched a bit on TV. They are a good team.
Yikes. It was 90 degrees with humidity in the city today and that building has been a sweat lodge for decades. I’m a little surprised given the circumstances that they didn’t move it to the Pete.
MANY more fans at the WVB match with Oregon tonight than any Pitt CFB game at the Steelers’ Heinz Field.
Pitt went like 32-1 last year due to their schedule and then got destroyed in the tourney when they had to play a real team. I'm impressed they beat oregon, so they must be better than last year.
They lost to #18 seed Michigan in 5 sets in the 2nd round of NCAAs. Not exactly what I would call destroyed. We are definitely the favorite against Pitt but I expect a couple of good matches. We will have a better idea of where a fairly young PSU team stands after tonight's match against #1 Stanford.
Yeah, their best player got hurt and didn’t play (or left early) in that match. They haven’t been a nationally-ranked type of program for very long, so it wouldn’t surprise me if they just didn’t or don’t have the depth to compensate for a big hitter not playing. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Penn State takes both matches, but beating Oregon is a better win than they had all of last year, so it seems like they’re at least a little better and/or deeper.
LOL, good one. Sure hope the Ducks are flying high when they meet us.
No, it is pretty unusual. I can't remember it happening any time recently.
SWEPT - AT HOME - WOW
I’m sure it’s happened.....but not very often.
Kudos to Pitt, that is impressive.
I’m sure it’s happened.....but not very often.
Kudos to Pitt, that is impressive.
So is Pitt legitimately good at something now??
They sure looked good tonight. No fluke.
