10-08-2023, 05:25 PM
Very high intensity, high level 4 sets where we came back from 3-4 points behind a number of times. I like that we managed to fall behind in the 20's in the first two sets yet held strong and won them both in long, hard fought sets. That was not something we did much last season.
Oglivie had a particularly good match. Our defense was superb. Our service return was much better than WSU's giving Miner lots of options.
I wish there was a stat listed that indicated how many points were won on each woman's serve. I know the coaches look at this stat. Good serving is not mostly about aces, but getting the opponent out of system by moving the setter behind the 10' line or off to one side enough to eliminate her setting options and allow us to get in good blocking position. For instance, Kipp's serving stats today show 1 ace and 6 service errors. Certainly a lot of errors, but I got a feeling we won a lot of points when she was serving.
Happy to see Francis out of the boot and walking around. Hopefully back next weekend or the weekend after for Oregon. I don't know how good/bad Tufuga is offensively, but only getting 2 kill attempts in 4 sets allows opponents to ignore her and double up the pins. Her defense was good leading the team in blocks (2 solo and 5 assists).
Oglivie had a particularly good match. Our defense was superb. Our service return was much better than WSU's giving Miner lots of options.
I wish there was a stat listed that indicated how many points were won on each woman's serve. I know the coaches look at this stat. Good serving is not mostly about aces, but getting the opponent out of system by moving the setter behind the 10' line or off to one side enough to eliminate her setting options and allow us to get in good blocking position. For instance, Kipp's serving stats today show 1 ace and 6 service errors. Certainly a lot of errors, but I got a feeling we won a lot of points when she was serving.
Happy to see Francis out of the boot and walking around. Hopefully back next weekend or the weekend after for Oregon. I don't know how good/bad Tufuga is offensively, but only getting 2 kill attempts in 4 sets allows opponents to ignore her and double up the pins. Her defense was good leading the team in blocks (2 solo and 5 assists).