(Almost too soon) 2022 season

[loyalundfan]

0-3 to Montana this morning. Started out strong. Two close sets, just too many errors to finish them out. Passing struggled in set 3. Blocking looked pretty solid! 

[SiouxFan100]

0-2 0-6

disappointing

early

[SiouxFan100]

We beat UT Arlington in five sets. We didn’t get to 10 in two sets - won two close sets and then won the fifth set 15-13

good for us!

[forksandspoons]

26 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

We beat UT Arlington in five sets. We didn’t get to 10 in two sets - won two close sets and then won the fifth set 15-13

good for us!

Already matched last years win total! 

[SWSiouxMN]

Got to start somewhere, take it one day at a time and build off of this weekend. 

[ND-fan]

I watched part of today's game and part of Montana game we have improved from last year and i suspect we will get better but were still need improvement. You already can see improvement in coaching and we have more talent on the floor compared to last year. It was good for these players to get 29 game loosing streak ended. This program is not going to get turned around in year as far as it sunk in last three years and considering we are not that far removed from going back to back to NCAA tournament. It appears AD finally paid some attention to the this program finding quality coaching and abilitity to start recruiting better talent. I wish this team success.

[UND Fan]

Good to get that first win!

I understand the Tupacs already have commitments from 5 very talented 2023 prospects.

[SWSiouxMN]

2 minutes ago, UND Fan said:

Good to get that first win!

I understand the Tupacs already have commitments from 5 very talented 2023 prospects.

Excellent

[undVBfan]

I wouldn't put too much on the results from the weekend. I suspect the focus was learning more than winning. You always want to win, but I think they wanted to see how the players did against someone other than themselves. Looking at the stats, with 17 players, everyone played in 1 match and all but 3 played in at least 2 matches. We don't need to worry the impact of the weekend on RPI. I suspect they're figuring out who will sit out the year (redshirt), who will likely sit a lot during the year, and who will be on court when it matters.

About the grad transfers, has anyone heard about their eligibility? With COVID, is it possible that they might have 2 years rather than the usual 1 year? Grad school is generally a 2 year program, or 1 1/2 for the over achievers (which for a fall sport offers 2 seasons).

[loyalundfan]

17 hours ago, undVBfan said:

I wouldn't put too much on the results from the weekend. I suspect the focus was learning more than winning. You always want to win, but I think they wanted to see how the players did against someone other than themselves. Looking at the stats, with 17 players, everyone played in 1 match and all but 3 played in at least 2 matches. We don't need to worry the impact of the weekend on RPI. I suspect they're figuring out who will sit out the year (redshirt), who will likely sit a lot during the year, and who will be on court when it matters.

About the grad transfers, has anyone heard about their eligibility? With COVID, is it possible that they might have 2 years rather than the usual 1 year? Grad school is generally a 2 year program, or 1 1/2 for the over achievers (which for a fall sport offers 2 seasons).

Almost every set had a different line up. 8 returners, 9 newcomers. I’m guessing it was a real “preseason” tournament, with focus on figuring out who can perform in a match setting, and trying out players in different positions. No time outs taken in the first two 0-3 losses, coach wants to see how team members respond. It’ll be interesting to see how long this trend continues into non conference play. 

[SiouxFan100]

1 hour ago, loyalundfan said:

Almost every set had a different line up. 8 returners, 9 newcomers. I’m guessing it was a real “preseason” tournament, with focus on figuring out who can perform in a match setting, and trying out players in different positions. No time outs taken in the first two 0-3 losses, coach wants to see how team members respond. It’ll be interesting to see how long this trend continues into non conference play. 

Interesting - nice to know

[SiouxFan100]

I have tickets to the Nebraska volleyball game Thursday in Lincoln 

should be a fun experience 

[Dustin]

https://wmubroncos.com/watch/?Live=170&type=Live

Free to watch.

[Dustin]

UND lost to Wright St. 0-3 this morning, but beat Indiana St. 3-0 this afternoon. First sweep of the season. Final match is against the host Western Michigan tomorrow. 

[SWSiouxMN]

15 minutes ago, Dustin said:

UND lost to Wright St. 0-3 this morning, but beat Indiana St. 3-0 this afternoon. First sweep of the season. Final match is against the host Western Michigan tomorrow. 

Most importantly, they have more wins than last year!

[Dustin]

I see it didn't get posted here, but UND lost 0-3 to host WMU.

The VB team is at home this Thursday and Saturday for tilts against Montana St. and Fordham.

[SiouxFan100]

Hoping to see an improved team tonight vs Montana state 

[SiouxFan100]

Sparse crowd

win and they will come

[SiouxFan100]

Not impressed so far

[gfhockey]

6 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said:

Not impressed so far

So chaves first big hire a bust?

[SiouxFan100]

Are we allowed to call a time out?

[fightingsioux4life]

37 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

So chaves first big hire a bust?

Too early to bring this out.

[SWSiouxMN]

The wise words of a former MN Vikings Coach

Okay, Calm Down

[Nodak78]

1 hour ago, SWSiouxMN said:

The wise words of a former MN Vikings Coach

Okay, Calm Down

That definitely not Burnsie. 

[The Sicatoka]

11 hours ago, gfhockey said:

So chaves first big hire a bust?

I'm wrong.
We shouldn't fire Bubs and hire gfhockey to run hockey.

We fire Chaves and let gfhockey run the whole department!  But under the same rules: No Natty, no job. And we mean every year, every sport.