2013 Volleyball Season

[southpaw]

UND up 13-12 in the fifth set... with the serve. 1st to 15 in this set wins it all.

[SWSiouxMN]

MERCY!!!!

MATCH POINT!

[southpaw]

Match point!!! 14-12

[SWSiouxMN]

WE FINISH THE COMEBACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gfhockey]

wow this team doesn't quit

Hardee for president

In hardee we trust

are you available Saturday around 2?

[nodakvindy]

what a rally to finish it off, 6 straight points. Way to go, UND!

[nodak651]

HOLY COW!!!! What a performance!

[andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!!]

Yeah yeah!! What a game. Got to watch the end of it. Nice job!

[southpaw]

wow... really regretting not making the trip up to Greeley now. What a great finish! 3 straight sets and 6 straight points in the final set to win the match.

UND is still undefeated in Big Sky play!

[UNDColorado]

Wow that was an awesome finish!

[nodak651]

This team just flat out has "it". Started watching at the end of second set and I'm speachless...

[forksandspoons]

Hardee for football coach!!

[Siouxperfan7]

Which sport at UND is the most exciting and probably the most talented? Basketball, football, hockey......nope!! It's volleyball!! Great comeback by our phenomenal team tonight!!!

[southpaw]

Some very complimentary comments from the UNC coach. Says UND has really become a championship calibre team. She wasn't surprised by how well the girls turned it around because of the skill on UND.

[nodak651]

This team needs their own page on ss.com

[gfhockey]

hardee for president!

get home to pump up the football guys before the game and during the game!

[siouxhockeyfan11]

This team needs their own page on ss.com

There's a 10 page thread for the entire season, I think it is safe for now. The big sky tv webcast was great, got to catch the last half of the game. Awesome win ladies.

[Dustin]

Let's give the girls a nice welcome home party this Thursday night, and again Saturday afternoon! If I remember correctly, UND did not beat UNC last season, so this was sweet on multiple levels.

[bincitysioux]

Amazing what a top notch facility and a top notch coach will do for a program. Volleyball was horrible for 25 years before the Sioux Center and then Ashlee Hardee came along. And this program is experiencing its greatest success in its history at a much more difficult level of play than it participated in for its first 25 years.................

[SWSiouxMN]

The ISU game showed me that we were an improved product that could finish in the top 3

The UNC game showed me that we have a team that can win the whole thing.

We need a transcript of what Hardee said between set 2 and 3, because whatever adjustment, encouragement, etc was said worked. It almost was like if they got the first set, they knew they would get to set 5 and then win.

UND made the plays (and got the lucky bounces, nothing was luckier than Ronnie's kill late in set 5) that a championship team usually gets. Also following the model of stealing one on the road against a conference favorite (yes, I know now 1-5 but picked 3rd in conference).

UNC must be besides themselves after dropping that one, while still a lot of time to turn things around you can pretty much kiss their chances of winning the regular season title good bye (they would need to win out, which is very unlikely considering they still need to play PSU x2, @ISU, NAU x2, and come here). They will be dangerous however should they make the post-season, no team wants to draw them. Things don't get easier as they get PSU in their house next Thurs.

Speaking of, 2 big weekends ahead to finish the first half of conference play. A first place battle looms with PSU on Saturday, provided we take care of business of a pesky EWU squad.

Conference Standings as of 10/8

UND 6-0

NAU 5-1

PSU 5-1

ISU 4-2

SAC 3-3

MON 3-3

EWU 3-3

UNC 1-5

WEB 1-5

MSU 1-5

SUU 1-5

Conference matchups for 10/10-12

10/10

EWU @ UND

PSU @ UNC

ISU @ WEB

10/11

SUU @ MON

SAC @ WEB

NAU @ MSU

10/12

PSU @ UND

EWU @ UNC

NAU @ MON

SUU @ MSU

SAC @ ISU

[108498]

I had the chance to skype the team after the game, but I was speechless. Great win there girls. Can't wait to get back to the Betty Thursday night.

[Oxbow6]

We'll be there at noon Saturday... 1st VB match for us at the Betty. Very excited to see what the ladies got.

[Teeder11]

I like this video even if it has no UND folks in it. The title is good too -- "powerhouse North Dakota" Kinda got a ring to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMNkZQU27CY&feature=youtu.be

[Teeder11]

The new rankings are out, and accordingly, UND has two upset wins (Tulane and Idaho St.) and one bad loss (Austin Peay). Here is a rundown of how we and our opponents stack up in the new rankings and how we fared against them:

1. Texas (Did Not Play)

46. Virginia Tech (loss)

49. Texas A&M (loss)

57. Iowa State (loss)

67. Middle Tenn. (loss)

73. South Dakota (loss)

86. Tulane (win)

89. Portland St. (Did Not Play)

116. Northern Arizona (Did Not Play)

121. Idaho St. (win)

129. UAB (loss)

150. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

170. Northern Colorado (win)

185. Austin Peay (loss)

198. Eastern Washington (Did Not Play)

201. NDSU (win)

219. Montana (win)

229. Florida A&M (win)

231. Sacramento St. (win)

277. Montana St. (win)

251. Texas Southern (win)

274. South Dakota St. (win)

299. Southern Utah (Did Not Play)

302. Weber St. (win)

LAST IN RANKINGS (332.) Alcorn St. (Did Not Play)

http://www.ncaa.com/...eyball-women/d1

[nodak651]

how does ndsu get a 201 rpi with one win and fifteen losses?