10-09-2023, 02:00 PM
(10-09-2023, 12:54 PM)amytarafan Wrote: I was at the WSU game with my wife and kid. Bohler "Arena" is an old gym and was sold out with a very loud crowd. I saw no other Stanford gear in the place except what was on us. It was a beautiful day outside, but there was a completely full student section (called the "Block") at one end, and they were shouting at the server from inches away in sets 1 and 3. The foot faults appeared valid, but could be partially explained by the crowd. WSU had a set point in each of the first 2 sets and could easily have one either set. There was one spike by Rubin (iirc) in the second set that as good as any of Kipp's (and one of the college kids next to me said "that was badass crazy!"). I'm sure the coaches and team will be glad that this was their last ever visit to Pullman.
Great post. Thanks. I watched the match on TV. When Stanford scored a point you could hear a pin drop. At the time I thought I could probably count on one hand the number of Stanford fans in the crowd.
I agree the foot faults were valid. The linesman even missed one of them on Kipp. I replayed it just to make sure. I also felt the screaming student fans at one end of the gym were too close to Stanford's server.
Whatever is in store for WSU next year with conference realignment, it will be a step down from playing teams like Stanford.