[Mick]

I feel like there's no villain here, though my sympathies lie with the San Jose State women. You can't make athletes play if they feel unsafe playing.

The SJSU player in question recently six-packed an opposing player, meaning hit the player in the face with a spike before she could get her hands up to protect herself. It usually happens to back-row players, but in this case it happened at the net. At close range, it's no fun at all. Happened to one of my fellow players in a match against UC Santa Cruz. He couldn't see for about an hour and he got a concussion. It's a rarity in women's volleyball.

Etymology of six-pack term...if you were playing beach volleyball and an opposing player hit you in the face with the ball, you owed him a six-pack.

[Mick]

I feel like there's no villain here, though my sympathies lie with the San Jose State women. You can't make athletes play if they feel unsafe playing.

The SJSU player in question recently six-packed an opposing player, meaning hit the player in the face with a spike before she could get her hands up to protect herself. It usually happens to back-row players, but in this case it happened at the net. At close range, it's no fun at all. Happened to one of my fellow players in a match against UC Santa Cruz. He couldn't see for about an hour and he got a concussion. It's a rarity in women's volleyball.

Etymology of six-pack term...if you were playing beach volleyball and an opposing player hit you in the face with the ball, you owed him a six-pack.