2017 Season

[Big Green]

So it looks like they have 2 matchs Friday in 2 different states.  Are they really going to finish off the first team jump on a plane and take care of 2nd team? Or split squad?

[SiouxVolley]

14 minutes ago, Big Green said:

So it looks like they have 2 matchs Friday in 2 different states.  Are they really going to finish off the first team jump on a plane and take care of 2nd team? Or split squad?

Las Cruces where New Mexico St is, is in the the same metro region as El Paso.  It's like bussing from Crookston to Grand Forks.

[Big Green]

17 minutes ago, SiouxVolley said:

Las Cruces where New Mexico St is, is in the the same metro region as El Paso.  It's like bussing from Crookston to Grand Forks.

Thanks.  I should have looked at a map first. 

 

[SiouxVolley]

The SEC has national power teams, like Florida, Tex A&M, Mizzou, and Kentucky, but mostly the schools hardly put emphasis on volleyball.  Ole Miss was voted 12th out of 13th in the preseason poll (Vandy doesn't have vb), and was celebrating opening their refurbished Gillom gymnasium specially for volleyball before 500 people.  Still say that UND will have a place among power vball schools eventually - at least the status of Wichita St and UNI in the sport.

The Georgia Tech game will likely be the toughest game in the next week.  UNLV lost a lot to transfers  ( one of Ole Miss's stars transferred from UNLV) and was picked ahead of New Mexico near the bottom of the MWC.  Youngstown St was picked 9th in the Horizon.  UTEP was picked 8th in CUSA ( La Tech was picked 12th).  NMSU was picked 1st in the WAC but that league is weak in vball.

[Teeder11]

I see ACC/ESPN Extra Network is really up on us.  They think we're the Thundering Turds by the look of the programming line up. Get a clue.  

[siouxfan512]

5 hours ago, Big Green said:

3pm espn3

Terrible, Espn app uses the dumb bison logo for us

[UND Fan]

Disappointed we didn't get another win but after four games in two days and a long bus ride, I would guess there wasn't a great deal of gas left in the tank!!

[SiouxVolley]

Hope we played Ga Tech as part of a deal to bring them to Grand Forks next year as well as UTEP or NMSU.  Ga Tech, Iowa St, and UTEP would make for an awesome tournament.  

The Jackets coach said they have improved every match.

http://www.wramblinwreck.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/082717aac.html

 

[Stromer]

45 minutes ago, SiouxVolley said:

Hope we played Ga Tech as part of a deal to bring them to Grand Forks next year as well as UTEP or NMSU.  Ga Tech, Iowa St, and UTEP would make for an awesome tournament.  

The Jackets coach said they have improved every match.

http://www.wramblinwreck.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/082717aac.html

 

UTEP played at the Betty last year.

[SiouxVolley]

18 minutes ago, Stromer said:

UTEP played at the Betty last year.

Guess it will need to be NMSU then.  UTEP was swept by Montana, which has had atrocious vball.

[RiverAlum]

UND tied for 15th in the latest Mid-Major Poll. I noticed that they are doing an invitation tournament similar to how basketball does. Even if they miss out on the NCAA tourney, they have a good chance for some post-season play, barring an injury or bad juju. Excited to watch the team grow, would love to see our offense start clicking on all cylinders. 

https://volleyballmag.com/volleyballmag-com-mid-major-poll-presented-by-nivc-082917/

[SiouxVolley]

4 hours ago, RiverAlum said:

UND tied for 15th in the latest Mid-Major Poll. I noticed that they are doing an invitation tournament similar to how basketball does. Even if they miss out on the NCAA tourney, they have a good chance for some post-season play, barring an injury or bad juju. Excited to watch the team grow, would love to see our offense start clicking on all cylinders. 

https://volleyballmag.com/volleyballmag-com-mid-major-poll-presented-by-nivc-082917/

Didn't know this poll existed.  In the undsports writeup, Pryor mentioned that he's a voter but didn't vote due to the travel schedule.  Surprised the Big East teams are mid-majors, but hoping we can be on this poll for years to come. Liked what Pryor said about the team not playing a complete match yet, as there is still massive upside.

With UNLV, NMSU and UNM receiving votes, this will be a tough weekend and we need a couple wins against those schools.

[petey23]

On ‎8‎/‎27‎/‎2017 at 10:28 AM, Big Green said:

So it looks like they have 2 matchs Friday in 2 different states.  Are they really going to finish off the first team jump on a plane and take care of 2nd team? Or split squad?

Played a National Softball Tournament in Las Cruces a few years back. We flew into El Paso and made the short drive in rented vans to Las Cruces...we were told under no circumstances should we take the vans to Jaurez.

[SiouxVolley]

UND trying to come back against NMSU.  Got shelled in the second set 25-8 but won the 3rd 25-21 but still trailing 2-1 in sets.

Currently leading 12-11 in the 4th.

[Smoggy]

Going to a 5th set.

[SiouxVolley]

UND wins set 4, 25-21.  Great job at coming back.  The home crowd is probably sparse, as NMSU fb is playing Ariz St right now.

[UND Fan]

What a comeback - the ladies are special!! Won 5th set 15-10. 

[SiouxVolley]

UND wins the 5th set 15-10.  Great grit and comeback against a 0-2 set deficit.  

The game was important as NMSU was getting votes in the mid major poll.

[Cratter]

Tuned in after the football game. Good comeback win by the Lady Hawks.

[SWSiouxMN]

I'm going to have no stomach lining if I keep watching them.  Great work!

[SiouxVolley]

UND finally had a good first set over UNLV, 25-16.  But had a lot of serving errors that need to be cleaned up.

[SiouxVolley]

Wins the second service by the same score, 25-16.

[SiouxVolley]

UND looses service 3, 25-22.  A series of errors gave UNLV a six pt lead, 20-14, and UND couldn't recover.

[Dustin]

UND finishes off the Rebels in 4.

[SIOUXFAN97]

und wins 3-1 v unlv