[81alum]

joyner holmes was creative earlier as well. flopped down (untouched) in excruciating pain, stopping the flow of the strong stanford comeback at +1; then returned 5 minutes later in no distress at all, not even taped.





texas a&m did the same thing to us in that unfortunate NCAA national semi-final.

She was not untouched--but it should have been a charging call on Holmes--not a blocking call on Fingall.  That did change the momentum of the game. 

You can see it on ESPN replay now, 4th quarter, just before 9:29.

Fingall was set up outside the restricted area, both feet planted, before Holmes began her move.  Holmes runs baseline at her and bangs her left leg into Fingall's left leg before falling.  She twisted midair and fell on her back, landing with an audible thud.  I thought the injury must have been from the landing, but it could not have been.  If she really did hurt her left ankle, it was because she essentially kicked it into Nadia on her way up.  As she was carried off the floor she put no weight on that left leg.  

It sure looks to me as if Nadia did everything right.  If Holmes had crashed into her head-on instead of a glancing blow then I think the charge would have been really obvious.


I'm glad Holmes was not hurt.  I am especially glad that Nadia was not reinjured from Holmes's out-of-control play.

[81alum]

joyner holmes was creative earlier as well. flopped down (untouched) in excruciating pain, stopping the flow of the strong stanford comeback at +1; then returned 5 minutes later in no distress at all, not even taped.





texas a&m did the same thing to us in that unfortunate NCAA national semi-final.

She was not untouched--but it should have been a charging call on Holmes--not a blocking call on Fingall.  That did change the momentum of the game. 

You can see it on ESPN replay now, 4th quarter, just before 9:29.

Fingall was set up outside the restricted area, both feet planted, before Holmes began her move.  Holmes runs baseline at her and bangs her left leg into Fingall's left leg before falling.  She twisted midair and fell on her back, landing with an audible thud.  I thought the injury must have been from the landing, but it could not have been.  If she really did hurt her left ankle, it was because she essentially kicked it into Nadia on her way up.  As she was carried off the floor she put no weight on that left leg.  

It sure looks to me as if Nadia did everything right.  If Holmes had crashed into her head-on instead of a glancing blow then I think the charge would have been really obvious.


I'm glad Holmes was not hurt.  I am especially glad that Nadia was not reinjured from Holmes's out-of-control play.