[Mick]

Thanks for the stats.  One thing about volleyball; momentum can change on a dime.  After decades of playing and watching the sport, I still don't why it happens.

26 serving errors by Pepperdine.  That's one of the reasons I find WVB a more appealing spectator sport than MVB. While it will never happen, I would like to see a rule change where a service error subtracts a point from the score.

Stanford had 34 total errors in five sets, that's pretty darned good. Pepperdine had 54 errors. Maybe it was resting Stanford's starters yesterday, but that is a brobdingnagian disparity.  I don't mind service errors, because I like service aces, and I like difficult passes. I also like the different kinds of serves that are made, like a baseball pitcher's repertoire. Still, 26 service errors is Pepperdine's season high. They actually had considerably fewer service errors per set earlier in the season, but the quality of opponent is getting better, ergo...

BTW, former Stanford player Jaylen Jasper had a great weekend for Pepperdine, especially on Friday. Meanwhile, Stanford's libero had six digs in five sets. Why so low? So did Pepperdine's libero, but he's fairly marginal (three receiving errors).

[Mick]

Thanks for the stats.  One thing about volleyball; momentum can change on a dime.  After decades of playing and watching the sport, I still don't why it happens.

26 serving errors by Pepperdine.  That's one of the reasons I find WVB a more appealing spectator sport than MVB. While it will never happen, I would like to see a rule change where a service error subtracts a point from the score.

Stanford had 34 total errors in five sets, that's pretty darned good. Pepperdine had 54 errors. Maybe it was resting Stanford's starters yesterday, but that is a brobdingnagian disparity.  I don't mind service errors, because I like service aces, and I like difficult passes. I also like the different kinds of serves that are made, like a baseball pitcher's repertoire. Still, 26 service errors is Pepperdine's season high. They actually had considerably fewer service errors per set earlier in the season, but the quality of opponent is getting better, ergo...

BTW, former Stanford player Jaylen Jasper had a great weekend for Pepperdine, especially on Friday. Meanwhile, Stanford's libero had six digs in five sets. Why so low? So did Pepperdine's libero, but he's fairly marginal (three receiving errors).