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WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - Spiny_Norman - 12-13-2018

Stanford jumped out to a 4-1 lead in set 1, fell behind 7-4, caught BYU at 12-12 then ripped through the rest of the set and won 25-15. 4 of BYU's 15 points were service errors.

TV is ESPN. Stats available here - https://www.ncaa.com/game/volleyball-women/d1/2018/12/13/byu-stanford

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - BobK - 12-13-2018

21-13 second set.

We are seeing Hentz ville

25-15 again up 2-0. It’s HEntz ville

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - SeaLoon - 12-13-2018

Wow... that was a clinic. Onto the next one!

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - JJJ - 12-13-2018

Wow, what a dominating performance! Congrats to the team on its record 16th final!

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - qwerty49 - 12-13-2018

Awesome block all night, wow.

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - terry - 12-13-2018

Nice. Now let's get one more!

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - Viking_Guy - 12-13-2018

Three amazing runs of points with I think Jenna Gray serving all or part of all of them. The official stats don't list server, but I think they may be slightly off, because I remember Jenna's serving style. I'll try to edit when I get a chance to rewatch later tonight.

First set, BYU up 12-10. A couple of back and forths, and a Plummer kill, and Gray goes back to serve at 13-all.

She stopped serving when it was 22-13, and the set was essentially over.

In the second set, it was three servers, but what was a 9-9 set turned into 19-11.

Third set, 13-12 BYU when Jenna stepped back to serve. And she left with it 18-13 Stanford, and the match essentially over.

Of course, when she's serving, the block is Plummer-Alade-Fitzmorris, but that's still darned impressive. I remember noticing how she put the Cougars' serve receive on their heels again and again - a lot of their setter either bump-setting or trying to set from outside the 10-foot line.

And that's good, because Jenna's setting has had its issues. Early in both the Penn State and this match, a lot of her sets were way too tight to the net, even on a perfect pass. She adjusted, and Stanford rolled.

VG

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - d4cohn - 12-13-2018

This game was indicative that, in many sports, great defense can overcome a great offense. Best hitting team in the nation hit .125 for the match tonight. As ESPNW put it, it was a block party tonight.

So hoping to see Illinois hold serve (pun intended) against Nebraska. Do not want to see the defending champs with their large traveling fanbase on Saturday.

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - BobK - 12-13-2018

It’s 2-0 Illinois

Actually BYU hit minus 026

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - qwerty49 - 12-13-2018

(12-13-2018, 08:15 PM)BobK Wrote: It’s 2-0 Illinois

Actually BYU hit minus 026

Nebraska coming back, won the third set.

I'm rooting for the Illini. It would be a great story line to see Hambly against his former team in the finals.

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - 82lsju - 12-13-2018

now 2-2

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - oldalum - 12-13-2018

Time for the fighting Illini to show their fight.

Advantage Cardinal either way, though: we only played 3 sets tonight (and short ones), versus 5 for our opponent.

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - 82lsju - 12-13-2018

Nebraska wins the 5th set 15-11

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - d4cohn - 12-13-2018

Well, if we win the national championship on Saturday, we sure will have earned it.

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - BostonCard - 12-13-2018

Hard to believe this was the same team that lost to BYU earlier in the year.

BC

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - winflop - 12-13-2018

Wow what an a**-kicking! Pretty clear our ladies had revenge on their minds.

I didn't see final stats but did they hold the nation's #1 offense to negative hitting percentage for the match? I recall seeing a negative percentage through 2 sets.

I hope they take the same kind of attitude into the final vs. Nebraska

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - 81alum - 12-13-2018

(12-13-2018, 10:37 PM)winflop Wrote: Wow what an a**-kicking! Pretty clear our ladies had revenge on their minds.

I didn't see final stats but did they hold the nation's #1 offense to negative hitting percentage for the match? I recall seeing a negative percentage through 2 sets.

I hope they take the same kind of attitude into the final vs. Nebraska

Indeed, after a slow start to the first set they dismantled BYU, which was held to negative hitting. Morgan Hentz was simply awesome.

Any particular concerns or unique challenges with Nebraska?

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - qwerty49 - 12-14-2018

(12-13-2018, 11:18 PM)81alum Wrote: Any particular concerns or unique challenges with Nebraska?

I didn't watch their match but I'm guessing from history that they had 5000 very vocal fans there.

John Cook is a savvy coach, one of the best.

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - Hurlburt88 - 12-14-2018

Does anyone know how to get tix for Saturday offhand?

RE: WVB - National Semifinal vs. BYU - CompSci87 - 12-14-2018

(12-14-2018, 03:29 AM)Hurlburt88 Wrote: Does anyone know how to get tix for Saturday offhand?

From a bit of poking around the web, it looks like StubHub is the way to go. There's also an official NCAA ticket exchange, with official (much higher) prices.