SiouxFan100 Posted September 19, 2023 Posted September 19, 2023 We are 3-9 heading into conference. All I hear is how good we are and everyone is pleased?? Quote
loyalundfan Posted September 19, 2023 Posted September 19, 2023 8 hours ago, SiouxFan100 said: We are 3-9 heading into conference. All I hear is how good we are and everyone is pleased?? Non conference is so subjective. Strength of schedule, teams with injuries, resting players, changing lineups. This week is when we really so how they stack up! 1 Quote
iramurphy Posted September 19, 2023 Posted September 19, 2023 10 hours ago, SiouxFan100 said: We are 3-9 heading into conference. All I hear is how good we are and everyone is pleased?? Coaches and players aren’t pleased. 1 Quote
loyalundfan Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/19/2023 at 8:32 AM, iramurphy said: Coaches and players aren’t pleased. How would anyone know this? I could see having this opinion 3-4 weeks into conference. Quote
iramurphy Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 54 minutes ago, loyalundfan said: How would anyone know this? I could see having this opinion 3-4 weeks into conference. They lost a game where they hadn’t played well. That doesn’t mean they are discouraged regarding the rest of the season, but I responded to a post regarding “everyone is pleased”. Quote
loyalundfan Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 3 hours ago, iramurphy said: They lost a game where they hadn’t played well. That doesn’t mean they are discouraged regarding the rest of the season, but I responded to a post regarding “everyone is pleased”. I can understand why some fans wouldn’t be pleased, but I’m wondering how anyone here knows how the coaches and players are feeling. Quote
nodak651 Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/19/2023 at 7:16 AM, loyalundfan said: Non conference is so subjective. Strength of schedule, teams with injuries, resting players, changing lineups. This week is when we really so how they stack up! I liked it better when we didn't need to rationalize a bad non-conference record. 1 Quote
Goose15 Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 2 hours ago, loyalundfan said: I can understand why some fans wouldn’t be pleased, but I’m wondering how anyone here knows how the coaches and players are feeling. Listen to Coach Tupac's last press conference. He says they play a hard non-conference intentionally to push themselves. He goes onto say that he tells the team they shouldn't be discouraged by the current record, but they take the good and bad and use it all as a learning opportunity. I suspect we will be fine in conference play. 2 Quote
loyalundfan Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Kab said: Is the game televised tonight On the summit league network! Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted September 21, 2023 Posted September 21, 2023 I think that it is a cop out to say preseason is only to get ready for conference. That wins or losses don’t matter. Again - Every team goes through the same process - in every sport - I find it hard to believe that nobody cares about winning in pre conference. That said - here we are and I hope for a fun and successful conference season. I enjoy watching volleyball - so athletic. Let’s get back to when volleyball is a thing at UND. GFH 1 Quote
iramurphy Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 12 hours ago, loyalundfan said: How would anyone know this? I could see having this opinion 3-4 weeks into conference. Ask them. Athletes at this level aren’t “pleased” losing. Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 The natural progression is that you don’t care how the start of conference goes - it’s how you finish Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 DENVER, CO --The Denver Pioneers totaled 12 blocks en route to a 3-0 sweep (25-21, 25-18, 25-17) against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks Thursday at home in their Summit League Opener. The conference victory improved Denver's record to 2-7 overall and 1-0 in Summit League play. Quote
loyalundfan Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 8 hours ago, SiouxFan100 said: DENVER, CO --The Denver Pioneers totaled 12 blocks en route to a 3-0 sweep (25-21, 25-18, 25-17) against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks Thursday at home in their Summit League Opener. The conference victory improved Denver's record to 2-7 overall and 1-0 in Summit League play. They didn’t look good last night. Hornyak on the bench in crutches. McCormick also wasn’t dressed. Someone else was in a boot (Rivière perhaps). That could be why ball control was bad, but overall rough start to conference. Need to play better Saturday otherwise could lose to 2 teams picked lower than them in preseason pool. Quote
NewUndFan Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 I watched the game last night. I have been curious why Ashlyn Olson has not been playing? They said during the game that she lead the team in kills last year. Seems odd that she can barely break the rotation when the team looked like they did better last year then this year. I agree they have not looked good all season. Setting seems to be a issue I see. Quote
Goose15 Posted September 22, 2023 Posted September 22, 2023 4 hours ago, loyalundfan said: They didn’t look good last night. Hornyak on the bench in crutches. McCormick also wasn’t dressed. Someone else was in a boot (Rivière perhaps). That could be why ball control was bad, but overall rough start to conference. Need to play better Saturday otherwise could lose to 2 teams picked lower than them in preseason pool. We definitely need McCormick and Hornyak in the back row for our defense. Their passing and serving were missed last night. I feel like last nights game goes differently if we have them. They make the job easier for our setters which makes our hitters better. Hopefully they return soon. Still excited for this season and the future of UND volleyball! Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 UND beats ORU 3-2. 16-14 in fifth set 4 Quote
Dustin Posted September 23, 2023 Posted September 23, 2023 2 hours ago, SiouxFan100 said: UND beats ORU 3-2. 16-14 in fifth set For those who watched, did we look better than Thursday night? Quote
Goose15 Posted September 25, 2023 Posted September 25, 2023 I would say for the most part yes! We had a couple of ill timed service errors late in the second set that let ORU get that set from us. Clean up the serving and continue to get experience for players like Darr and we should be okay. Quote
Nodak78 Posted September 28, 2023 Posted September 28, 2023 Game tonight 7pm with Omaha is on midco sports and midco sports plus. 1 Quote
SiouxFan100 Posted September 29, 2023 Posted September 29, 2023 Why are we weak against a dink shot? Quote
Goose15 Posted September 29, 2023 Posted September 29, 2023 29 minutes ago, SiouxFan100 said: Why are we weak against a dink shot? Sometimes it's all about placement and not power. Quote
gfhockey Posted September 29, 2023 Posted September 29, 2023 I am not a volleyball expert by any means, but are blocking sucks or is it just me? also, what were some of the ladies wearing long legs instead of the shorts? Quote
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