Aggie Volleyball 2022 Official Thread

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28-26 first set? What the heck is happening?
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Aggies take set 1 28-26
Shucky
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Not sure what offers Logan had coming out of high school, but she will be able to write her ticket if she decides to leave after this season. Transfer portal has impacted vball as much as any sport, especially with the high end athletes. Really hope we have a successful season and she's here for the long haul.
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we have to show her love and show her we appreciate her! cause many teams will recruit her away, and it should be easy
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Lednicky taking over!
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Ikenna Cos-Okpalla looking good!! Freshman showing out!
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Ags led 21-16 in set 3. Now 26-25 Sam Houston. Timeout A&M as we try to stop them from taking the set.
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JUST DO IT ALREADY!!!
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The timeout did the trick.

Ags get the sweep:

28-26, 25-14, 30-28
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Shucky said:

Not sure what offers Logan had coming out of high school, but she will be able to write her ticket if she decides to leave after this season. Transfer portal has impacted vball as much as any sport, especially with the high end athletes. Really hope we have a successful season and she's here for the long haul.


She's a fourth generation Aggie. Her dad was our deep snapper on the '98 Big 12 Championship football team. I don't think she's going anywhere.
Anchorhold
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I am a big fan of this new (to me) multi-sport family tradition.
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Ikenna Cos-Okpalla should be getting Bowser's minutes
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Browns minutes. Brown isn't too serviceable
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We have some serious holes. I hope we can sneak into the NCAA tourney this year, but if I had to put money on it today, I do not think we will make it. We made a lot of poor passes. Middle play was a little better, but we let SHSU have a pretty good chance to win 2 out of 3 games.
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Shucky said:

Not sure what offers Logan had coming out of high school, but she will be able to write her ticket if she decides to leave after this season. Transfer portal has impacted vball as much as any sport, especially with the high end athletes. Really hope we have a successful season and she's here for the long haul.
She could have pretty much gone anywhere she wanted to go. She is part of the U19 USA NTDP and was one of the top rated right sides in the country in high school last year. Is it possible she could look to go somewhere else? Sure, but she wanted to come to A&M and her future here is bright. Of course there could be a lot of factors in play between now and next season, so who knows for sure.
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billydean05 said:

We have some serious holes. I hope we can sneak into the NCAA tourney this year, but if I had to put money on it today, I do not think we will make it. We made a lot of poor passes. Middle play was a little better, but we let SHSU have a pretty good chance to win 2 out of 3 games.
SEC got six teams in last season. At this point, we clearly are not as good as Mississippi State (in my opinion), who was picked to finish 5th preseason. Could be a big bunch at that 6-10 spot. Hopefully, we can catch lightning in a bottle and grab it.
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I actually thought passing wasn't bad except for the two streaks in the third set

We got behind a bit in the third then came back with a vengeance only to have the back up outsides pass four ball in a row that were really bad in one of their six point runs to take the lead back. Put the starters back in at the OH position and we were able to recover and win.

Our Libero and one DS did really well IMO passing. In Hogan and Underwood.
Our middle connection isn't good and timing is off. The third middle that came in the set three did well but I don't have near as much of problem with middles defensively as I do offensively. That connection will get better over time. I remember Conner being thrust into the setting position and middle play was pretty bad her freshman year. Over time it became our strength of the team.

For us to do well it will have to improve quickly as the beginning of the SEC season is IMO the make it break part of the season. All the beatable teams are towards the end of season. All the tougher teams are in middle of conference and the ones that are likely bunched in the middle of the pack are at the beginning. This is where we need to shine. It could be the difference between say 4th to even 9/10th in conference. We might be the best back row attack team in the conference this season. Especially if we get Meuth to get a few more swings from beyond the attack line.

We played with backup setter in set three and after the initial nerves maybe she did well. Connection wasn't there at beginning and a couple of sets were too tight but I thought she brought her level of play up as the set went on. The six or seven point run that Sam had was all about passing or lack there of.

We play Louisiana on Friday and next week a tourney where if we go 3-0 against a Big10 team and Western Kentucky we will be fairly strong going into conference play.

I think everyone has said exactly what Lednicky does for this team so no additional notes from me other than if we play like we did in set two those are the times we can give her a break and play a DS for back row occasionally which will help long term of the course of the season. Small mistakes and runs by the opponent won't allow us to take her off the floor this season. She should only be off the floor when game is in hand like maybe during set two was. She is too valuable. She has a strong case for NFOY but the team has to make the NCAA tourney. While not required it is almost a necessity for that to occur
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billydean05 said:

We have some serious holes. I hope we can sneak into the NCAA tourney this year, but if I had to put money on it today, I do not think we will make it. We made a lot of poor passes. Middle play was a little better, but we let SHSU have a pretty good chance to win 2 out of 3 games.
Is there a serious thought this team could make the tourney? Honestly, there is not enough upside this year to see this team any better than 8th in the SEC.

Whomever is coaching next year will need to hit the transfer portal hard. In the age of the transfer portal, there is no reason this program can't add enough to finish in top 5 in the SEC.
Ag4eva95
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This is a good assessment. I too thought passing has been very solid. Bowser does pretty well when she gets swings, Brown is a weak M2. I have a feeling we might start seeing the freshmen Ikenna more and more. She's explosive and bouncy.

I really like what Caroline has brought to the team, her serving baffles me. I think the buggiest scoring run I've seen her go in jump serving is like 3.

Has anyone else noticed we haven't set the pipe too often the last 4 matches? Lednicky has been getting vast majority of back row attacks
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I'm learning. What is "the pipe"?

ETA: referring to comment in last paragraph of above post.
Ag4eva95
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Oh, pipe is just a reference to a back row attack set in the middle of the court!
Anchorhold
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I've watched three youtubes on volleyball so now I think I can finally contribute to this thread. BTHOlouisiana!
Hit it where they ain't!
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I know volleyball is looked down upon on TexAgs which is really a sad thing but also understandable. Honestly, if it weren't the Aggies playing, I would seldom watch this level of play. However, I could watch the elites play any day of the week. It's a huge difference and one that A&M needs to want to be at. Once we are there, people will be amazed what an awesome sport it is.

By the way, everyone seems to be thinking this is Bird's last year if she does poorly. Is it because she will be fired? She's in the 3rd year of a 5 year contract.
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flintdragon said:

By the way, everyone seems to be thinking this is Bird's last year if she does poorly. Is it because she will be fired? She's in the 3rd year of a 5 year contract.
This is the fifth year of her five year contract. She has not been extended, and the way Bjork has done things so far in other sports, it kind of makes some think she will just finish her contract and then not given another one.
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oh here is where I read 3rd year of 5...
https://theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/football/cessna-coaches-are-always-on-the-proverbial-hot-seat-including-texas-a-ms/article_a0bea15c-0559-11ed-9930-073dc9f6f08f.html
Ag4eva95
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Welcome
Ag4eva95
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Byrd's first year was 2018. Hollann was a junior and put up eye popping numbers until her all American senior year. This is most likely her last season pending a great season.
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cbmik95 said:

Byrd's first year was 2018. Hollann was a junior and put up eye popping numbers until her all American senior year. This is most likely her last season pending a great season.
I'm not saying this won't be her last season but I'm pointing out that it may not be because her contract ran out.

From the article: A&M's 23-8 record, which included a 13-5 mark and third-place tie in the SEC, got Kuhn a new contract after only her second season in College Station.

So 2020 is the 1st year of the new 5 year contract.

Or am I reading it wrong?

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Anyone watching? SEC+.

Ags blew em out first set. Lots of mistakes by Louisiana.

Meuth playing well.
Anchorhold
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I liked the first set better. Currently 13-15 (1-0).
taylorswift13
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Defense
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Well that was an embarrassing set
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Uhhh WTF was that?

This coach from U La La is a smokeshow…
Anchorhold
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It's going to be ok. I found a can of pringles in my pantry.
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Lost 2nd 16-25. Logan struggling. Team cratered toward the end. Lots of errors. Louisiana played much better. Need to regroup here. Clean it up and take care of business.
 
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