SiouxVolley Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 Sac St takes the third set, 25-15. Quote
teamsioux Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said: Anyone else just lose their Pluto feed? Yep. Quote
Teeder11 Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 9 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said: Anyone else just lose their Pluto feed? I gave up and switched to my laptop... no interruptions at all. Quote
SiouxVolley Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 The worst match for hitting errors on the season it seems. But UND is still in it! Quote
HawksHoops Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Pluto is working fine on smart phone or laptop if you can use those. Quote
UNDBIZ Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 http://stats.statbroadcast.com/mobile/?id=178693 Quote
UNDBIZ Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Und loses. Lots of unforced errors tonight. Wonder if the game time played a factor. Quote
Dustin Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 The issue I see staring us in the face is that we haven't found a suitable replacement for Moser. Julia K must not be 100%, or at least isn't playing up to her pre-injury self, and Amelia Johnson is too green to fill the role of Moser/Julia K sufficiently. I'm guessing Pryor is figuring they can still have a highly successful season without pulling any red shirts (or they're not any better than those that are playing). There's a secondary development that's started recently that I am not in favor of, and that is Dooley playing one position of back row. My only guess is that Pryor is trying to do her a favor to potentially advance her chances of post-college playing (Olympic tryout? Beach circuit? (is that a thing?)) by making her a more well-rounded player. Trouble is, she's not that great of a server - yeah, she doesn't error generally, but they're super easy to dig. Then, when the opponent gets in system easily (because of the soft serve), they attack right at Dooley, who's a pretty poor back row player due to her height. Pryor's wasting a rotation in my opinion, and it's not in the best interest of the team. The loss last night may have end of season repercussions, as we are all aware. Gotta root for the other good teams in the South Division (NAU, PSU) to hand SAC two losses, while we remain at one loss. Quote
SiouxVolley Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 Lexi Ahrens of Virginia, MN, a Middle Hitter making some waves in the AAU circuit, has already committed, but she probably won't be the blocker that Dooley has been. Blocking seemed to be UND's strong point last night, while Sac St had a court full of Merseli types. UND dropped to #50 on Massey after last night, while Sac St rose to only #71 as they had early season losses to bad teams. Need two losses by Sac St to host the Big Sky tournament, but Sac only have one more challenging game and that is Portland St. We need other Big Sky teams to vastly Improve and challenge the Hornets. Confident that UND can beat Sac St on our home court, but doesn't look like we will get a chance. The dream of going undefeated in the Big Sky is gone, and that might have been needed to host. Quote
SiouxVolley Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 If worse came to worst and UND didn't get the Big Sky autobid, a 64-team National Invitational Volleyball Tournament is scheduled now for this November, similar to the NIT's. UND would also probably host some rounds, as we get good crowds. http://www.volleyballmag.com/nivc/ 2 Quote
SiouxVolley Posted October 8, 2017 Author Posted October 8, 2017 Not good. UND loses the first two set to Portland St, 25-17 and 25-23. Quote
SiouxVolley Posted October 11, 2017 Author Posted October 11, 2017 Effectively UND is now three games behind Sac St. The games vs the Montanas should have been a chance to get reserves in, but now this team needs to be firing on all cylinders come the BSC tournament. As Pryor said, seven points separates UND from an unbeaten conference season, but we're effectively in 4th place. Sac St and Portland St should breeze through the rest of their seasons, as Idaho is the only team that has much of a chance to make a dent in their remaining schedules. Portland St plays at Sac St once, but we need more losses from both of them. Sac St became the prohibitive favorite to host the tournament after last weekend. Quote
UNDBIZ Posted October 14, 2017 Posted October 14, 2017 Currently up 2 sets to 0 over Montana state. 12-9 UND in the 3rd. Quote
SiouxVolley Posted October 14, 2017 Author Posted October 14, 2017 Although UND swept Montana State last night to move to 20-4, UND lost the DI lead for wins to VA Commonwealth, which just moved to 21-2 and above UND in the Massey Ratings. Quote
Dustin Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 Swept UM tonight. Watched highlights, and it looks like Vail had a good game- great to see. Quote
undVBfan Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 On 10/6/2017 at 11:26 AM, Dustin said: There's a secondary development that's started recently that I am not in favor of, and that is Dooley playing one position of back row. My only guess is that Pryor is trying to do her a favor to potentially advance her chances of post-college playing (Olympic tryout? Beach circuit? (is that a thing?)) by making her a more well-rounded player. Trouble is, she's not that great of a server - yeah, she doesn't error generally, but they're super easy to dig. Then, when the opponent gets in system easily (because of the soft serve), they attack right at Dooley, who's a pretty poor back row player due to her height. Pryor's wasting a rotation in my opinion, and it's not in the best interest of the team. While the thought of Dooley playing past this year is a nice idea, I seriously doubt Prior would do anything that would be +Dooley/-UND. He has one goal, figure out how to be the best in the Big Sky in November. It's fun to talk about, but an at-large NCAA bid isn't happening, we're in an AQ conference. Last year he tried things out early, some worked and some didn't. By the end of the conference schedule he had things clicking. Now is the time to figure out what might work and what won't. Dooley out of the backrow is an interesting idea, but I haven't seen it. Did they have her hitting a red or out of the pipe? Regardless, by tournament time I'm sure they will be doing whatever works best. On 10/6/2017 at 12:11 PM, SiouxVolley said: Lexi Ahrens of Virginia, MN, a Middle Hitter making some waves in the AAU circuit, has already committed, but she probably won't be the blocker that Dooley has been. Blocking seemed to be UND's strong point last night, while Sac St had a court full of Merseli types. I haven't seen Ahrens play, but I wouldn't worry about her blocking right now. I saw Dooley before UND. Dooley in high school wasn't the blocker that UND's Dooley has been. :-) Who knows how Ahrens will turn out once she gets here, but I wouldn't write anyone off yet. She could end up being even better than Faith (wouldn't that be nice ). Quote
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