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This is a team that is good -- indeed, very, very good -- at virtually every position, but lacks a terminator -- the person who can be set in any rotation, when everyone in the place knows it's going to her, and still get the point to stop the other side's run or win the close set.  We've had a run of them over the years, of course -- Folkl, Walsh, Oganna N, Logan Tom, and a host of others -- but no one really filled that role this year [or last].  When things got tight, we kept hitting roll shots, which kept the play going, but couldn't win the points when we had to.  Unfortunately, that leaves you with hoping the other side makes a hitting error or relying on monster blocks to win, and, at 30+ - 2, and with another Final Four on the line, Penn State's not the opponent you want to have in those circumstances.

I'm reduced to rooting for UW -- who came back from 2 down against U.SC AT U.SC to win in a very tight game 5.  At least we beat UW once this season, and we need them [or someone] to beat Penn State and keep them from tying our 6 Nat'l titles.

Oh, and hope we've recruited [or can develop] that terminator...

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This is a team that is good -- indeed, very, very good -- at virtually every position, but lacks a terminator -- the person who can be set in any rotation, when everyone in the place knows it's going to her, and still get the point to stop the other side's run or win the close set.  We've had a run of them over the years, of course -- Folkl, Walsh, Oganna N, Logan Tom, and a host of others -- but no one really filled that role this year [or last].  When things got tight, we kept hitting roll shots, which kept the play going, but couldn't win the points when we had to.  Unfortunately, that leaves you with hoping the other side makes a hitting error or relying on monster blocks to win, and, at 30+ - 2, and with another Final Four on the line, Penn State's not the opponent you want to have in those circumstances.

I'm reduced to rooting for UW -- who came back from 2 down against U.SC AT U.SC to win in a very tight game 5.  At least we beat UW once this season, and we need them [or someone] to beat Penn State and keep them from tying our 6 Nat'l titles.

Oh, and hope we've recruited [or can develop] that terminator...