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RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - johnbar - 09-18-2026

Malyssa Cawa has stepped up on defense.  Some great saves.

Third set struggles - making a come back... But not enough.

Going to a fourth set.

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - TonyLima - 09-18-2026

(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote:  Just checked the score on the other match at SLO:  Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).

And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht.  Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht?  No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - mbdude - 09-18-2026

Wonder if Harvey is frustrated with the sets she's getting.
Parks sets are too low and right on the net

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - BostonCard - 09-18-2026

A hitter frustrated at poor sets and a setter frustrated at poor passes is a story as old as volleyball.

BC

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - johnbar - 09-18-2026

Stanford makes a six-point run to take the lead and win the match.

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - johnbar - 09-18-2026

(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote:  Just checked the score on the other match at SLO:  Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).

And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht.  Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht?  No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.

I know she is from Los Altos.  But is she Lisa"s daughter?  (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - TonyLima - 09-18-2026

(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote:  Just checked the score on the other match at SLO:  Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).

And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht.  Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht?  No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.

I know she is from Los Altos.  But is she Lisa"s daughter?  (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
One does what one can.

76lsjumb - 76lsjumb - 09-18-2026

(09-18-2026, 08:49 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote:  Just checked the score on the other match at SLO:  Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).

And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht.  Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht?  No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.

I know she is from Los Altos.  But is she Lisa"s daughter?  (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
One does what one can.
Yes, she is Lisa’s daughter. Played for St. Francis.

RE: 76lsjumb - johnbar - 09-19-2026

(09-18-2026, 09:06 PM)76lsjumb Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 08:49 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  
(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote:  Just checked the score on the other match at SLO:  Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).

And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht.  Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht?  No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.

I know she is from Los Altos.  But is she Lisa"s daughter?  (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
One does what one can.
Yes, she is Lisa’s daughter. Played for St. Francis.

Thanks!

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - mbdude - 09-20-2026

Cal poly is a tough serving team

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - TonyLima - 09-20-2026

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(09-20-2026, 03:13 PM)mbdude Wrote:  Cal poly is a tough serving team
Despite the fact that they’re serving flat-footed. (At least some of them.)

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - mbdude - 09-20-2026

some really bad sets!
but nothing new

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - TonyLima - 09-20-2026

(09-20-2026, 03:23 PM)mbdude Wrote:  some really bad sets!
but nothing new
It will be real news if at least half the sets were good.

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - mbdude - 09-20-2026

stanford has 1 total block
Etzler 0 digs

we score and then service errors to often

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - BostonCard - 09-20-2026

Stanford won the first two sets 25-22, but this is Cal Poly; we should be beating them to the mid teens.  We lost the thirf set 25-21.  Something is clearly ailing the team.  Yes, the setting with Parks is way off. But I think its more than just that. They are playing tight.  The passing is way too inconsistent. The serving is all over the map. We’ve talked about the lack of a killer instinct. Their fourth set swoon is now a trope.  They dont really have a vocal leader, to calm them down when things start hoing off the rails. They need to, as my girls say “lock in”.

Still early in the season, so there is time to turn this around.  This is the team that turned around from a disastrous first set and beat wisconsin with a dominant fourth set.  The talent is there, but right now the whole is less than the sum of its parts.

BC

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - TonyLima - 09-20-2026

(09-20-2026, 04:48 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Stanford won the first two sets 25-22, but this is Cal Poly; we should be beating them to the mid teens.  We lost the thirf set 25-21.  Something is clearly ailing the team.  Yes, the setting with Parks is way off. But I think its more than just that. They are playing tight.  The passing is way too inconsistent. The serving is all over the map. We’ve talked about the lack of a killer instinct. Their fourth set swoon is now a trope.  They dont really have a vocal leader, to calm them down when things start hoing off the rails. They need to, as my girls say “lock in”.

Still early in the season, so there is time to turn this around.  This is the team that turned around from a disastrous first set and beat wisconsin with a dominant fourth set.  The talent is there, but right now the whole is less than the sum of its parts.

BC
The team never seems to be in sync. I have no idea what to do about that, but I hope Kevin Hambly does.

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - BostonCard - 09-20-2026

(09-20-2026, 03:27 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  
(09-20-2026, 03:23 PM)mbdude Wrote:  some really bad sets!
but nothing new
It will be real news if at least half the sets were good.

Fwiw, we are hitting .417 for the match with only 6 attack errors in 3.5 sets.  That’s really hard to fo if only half the sets are good unless the other team decides not to put up a block, at all.  Yeah, i know, hyperbole and stuff, but, id look to our defense as the problem.  As someone notes, Cal Poly is hitting .380, we have 6 blocks in 3.5 sets and our lib has 4 digs?  We are playing effense (no D).

BC

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - M T - 09-20-2026

(09-20-2026, 03:13 PM)mbdude Wrote:  Cal poly is a tough serving team
(09-20-2026, 03:52 PM)mbdude Wrote:  we score and then service errors to often

Stanford  8 aces; 13 service errors  PS% 35.8%  (Just looking at those 21 aces + SE:  PS%  38.1%)
SLO 5 aces; 11 service errors  PS% 31.1%  (Just looking at those 16 aces + SE:  PS% 31.3%)

Our perceptions can hide the facts from us.

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - BobK - 09-20-2026

(09-20-2026, 04:55 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  
(09-20-2026, 03:27 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  
(09-20-2026, 03:23 PM)mbdude Wrote:  some really bad sets!
but nothing new
It will be real news if at least half the sets were good.

Fwiw, we are hitting .417 for the match with only 6 attack errors in 3.5 sets.  That’s really hard to fo if only half the sets are good unless the other team decides not to put up a block, at all.  Yeah, i know, hyperbole and stuff, but, id look to our defense as the problem.  As someone notes, Cal Poly is hitting .380, we have 6 blocks in 3.5 sets and our lib has 4 digs?  We are playing effense (no D).

BC
I tell friends it’s our defense. We just aren’t getting to balls as well as other teams including today

RE: 2026 Women’s Volleyball - M T - 09-20-2026

Interesting..  In 3 of the 4 sets, the team that won the set had a lower hitting percentage than the team that lost it.  (The exception was set 2)