11-10-2023, 09:08 PM
Missed Chalk Talk so didn't know many of the players were sick. Now, I'm much more empathetic.
We did not play like a final four or championship team. Stanford was often out of synch and tentative. We played a poor last 3 sets (perhaps due to illness). We only won set 5 because Oregon had 7 attack errors and one missed serve, over half our points came from Oregon errors. In the last set, we seemed to be trying to avoid making mistakes rather than playing hard and strong. Perhaps due to illness.
The good news is if we can beat USC next Sunday in LA and win out against the other 4 under .500 in conference teams remaining on our schedule, we will be a #1 seed and get to play at home for the first 4 rounds of the tourney.
We did not play like a final four or championship team. Stanford was often out of synch and tentative. We played a poor last 3 sets (perhaps due to illness). We only won set 5 because Oregon had 7 attack errors and one missed serve, over half our points came from Oregon errors. In the last set, we seemed to be trying to avoid making mistakes rather than playing hard and strong. Perhaps due to illness.
The good news is if we can beat USC next Sunday in LA and win out against the other 4 under .500 in conference teams remaining on our schedule, we will be a #1 seed and get to play at home for the first 4 rounds of the tourney.