Malyssa Cawa has stepped up on defense. Some great saves.
Third set struggles - making a come back... But not enough.
Going to a fourth set.
Third set struggles - making a come back... But not enough.
Going to a fourth set.
(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.
(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.
(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:One does what one can.(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.
I know she is from Los Altos. But is she Lisa"s daughter? (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:One does what one can.(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.
I know she is from Los Altos. But is she Lisa"s daughter? (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
(09-18-2026, 08:49 PM)TonyLima Wrote:Yes, she is Lisa’s daughter. Played for St. Francis.(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:One does what one can.(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.
I know she is from Los Altos. But is she Lisa"s daughter? (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
(09-18-2026, 08:49 PM)TonyLima Wrote:Yes, she is Lisa’s daughter. Played for St. Francis.(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:One does what one can.(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.
I know she is from Los Altos. But is she Lisa"s daughter? (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
(09-18-2026, 09:06 PM)76lsjumb Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:49 PM)TonyLima Wrote:Yes, she is Lisa’s daughter. Played for St. Francis.(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:One does what one can.(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.
I know she is from Los Altos. But is she Lisa"s daughter? (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
(09-18-2026, 09:06 PM)76lsjumb Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:49 PM)TonyLima Wrote:Yes, she is Lisa’s daughter. Played for St. Francis.(09-18-2026, 06:49 PM)johnbar Wrote:One does what one can.(09-18-2026, 03:56 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-18-2026, 08:11 AM)johnbar Wrote: Just checked the score on the other match at SLO: Santa Clara pulled off a reverse sweep and beat Cal Poly (23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27, 15-13).Yes. From the Los Altos Town Crier
And I noticed Cal Poly has a player named Noe Vanacht. Is she the daughter of Lisa Sharpley Vanacht? No family info in her bio, but from Los Altos.
In the last paragraph. Definitely from Los Altos.
I know she is from Los Altos. But is she Lisa"s daughter? (I don't see any mention of family in this article.)
(09-20-2026, 04:48 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Stanford won the first two sets 25-22, but this is Cal Poly; we should be beating them to the mid teens. We lost the thirf set 25-21. Something is clearly ailing the team. Yes, the setting with Parks is way off. But I think its more than just that. They are playing tight. The passing is way too inconsistent. The serving is all over the map. We’ve talked about the lack of a killer instinct. Their fourth set swoon is now a trope. They dont really have a vocal leader, to calm them down when things start hoing off the rails. They need to, as my girls say “lock in”.The team never seems to be in sync. I have no idea what to do about that, but I hope Kevin Hambly does.
Still early in the season, so there is time to turn this around. This is the team that turned around from a disastrous first set and beat wisconsin with a dominant fourth set. The talent is there, but right now the whole is less than the sum of its parts.
BC
(09-20-2026, 04:48 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Stanford won the first two sets 25-22, but this is Cal Poly; we should be beating them to the mid teens. We lost the thirf set 25-21. Something is clearly ailing the team. Yes, the setting with Parks is way off. But I think its more than just that. They are playing tight. The passing is way too inconsistent. The serving is all over the map. We’ve talked about the lack of a killer instinct. Their fourth set swoon is now a trope. They dont really have a vocal leader, to calm them down when things start hoing off the rails. They need to, as my girls say “lock in”.The team never seems to be in sync. I have no idea what to do about that, but I hope Kevin Hambly does.
Still early in the season, so there is time to turn this around. This is the team that turned around from a disastrous first set and beat wisconsin with a dominant fourth set. The talent is there, but right now the whole is less than the sum of its parts.
BC
(09-20-2026, 03:27 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-20-2026, 03:23 PM)mbdude Wrote: some really bad sets!It will be real news if at least half the sets were good.
but nothing new
(09-20-2026, 03:27 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-20-2026, 03:23 PM)mbdude Wrote: some really bad sets!It will be real news if at least half the sets were good.
but nothing new
(09-20-2026, 03:13 PM)mbdude Wrote: Cal poly is a tough serving team
(09-20-2026, 03:52 PM)mbdude Wrote: we score and then service errors to often
(09-20-2026, 03:13 PM)mbdude Wrote: Cal poly is a tough serving team
(09-20-2026, 03:52 PM)mbdude Wrote: we score and then service errors to often
(09-20-2026, 04:55 PM)BostonCard Wrote:I tell friends it’s our defense. We just aren’t getting to balls as well as other teams including today(09-20-2026, 03:27 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-20-2026, 03:23 PM)mbdude Wrote: some really bad sets!It will be real news if at least half the sets were good.
but nothing new
Fwiw, we are hitting .417 for the match with only 6 attack errors in 3.5 sets. That’s really hard to fo if only half the sets are good unless the other team decides not to put up a block, at all. Yeah, i know, hyperbole and stuff, but, id look to our defense as the problem. As someone notes, Cal Poly is hitting .380, we have 6 blocks in 3.5 sets and our lib has 4 digs? We are playing effense (no D).
BC
(09-20-2026, 04:55 PM)BostonCard Wrote:I tell friends it’s our defense. We just aren’t getting to balls as well as other teams including today(09-20-2026, 03:27 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(09-20-2026, 03:23 PM)mbdude Wrote: some really bad sets!It will be real news if at least half the sets were good.
but nothing new
Fwiw, we are hitting .417 for the match with only 6 attack errors in 3.5 sets. That’s really hard to fo if only half the sets are good unless the other team decides not to put up a block, at all. Yeah, i know, hyperbole and stuff, but, id look to our defense as the problem. As someone notes, Cal Poly is hitting .380, we have 6 blocks in 3.5 sets and our lib has 4 digs? We are playing effense (no D).
BC