absolutely nothing wrong with 7 service errors over three sets.

Texas A&M (3) - 22 | 25 | 25 | 25
Troy (1) - 25 | 14 | 15 | 18

Wrong emoji on the 7 service errors… force of habit when bringing that stat up

7 SEs over 4 sets even.

It's good to have more aces than errors, but is there a stat that tells us how much pressure our "tough serves" are exerting? Serve receive quality would be good but I don't think they are publicly tracked. But then what do you compare that against?

Reception errors were Troy 8, A&M 6. Not sure how much of an indication that might be.

Stats vs Troy

Kills
Logan Lednicky - 16
Emily Hellmuth - 9
Ifenna Cos-Okpalla - 8
Morgan Perkins - 6
Lexi Guinn - 4
Taylor Humphrey - 4
Molly Brown - 2
Maddie Waak - 2

Blocks
Morgan Perkins - 3.5
Ifenna Cos-Okpalla - 2.5
Logan Lednicky - 2.5
Taylor Humphrey - 2
Maddie Waak - 1.5

Digs
Ellee Stinson - 18
Logan Lednicky - 7
Tatum Thomas - 5
Maddie Waak - 5
Ava Underwood - 5

Assists
Maddie Waak - 43
Margot Manning - 2
Ellee Stinson - 2

Aces
Morgan Perkins - 3
Tatum Thomas - 1
Logan Lednicky - 1
Maddie Waak - 1
Ellee Stinson - 1
Ava Underwood - 1

flintdragon said:

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7 SEs over 4 sets even.

It's good to have more aces than errors, but is there a stat that tells us how much pressure our "tough serves" are exerting? Serve receive quality would be good but I don't think they are publicly tracked. But then what do you compare that against?

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There is someone who tracks passing stats on Volleytalk but I have never asked or seen TAMU most of the top teams are scattered on that site

Volleytalk has updated threads with commitments, which is a good resource.

Morrison talked about playing in front of a packed crowd in Wisconsin but the next morning, playing to emptiness. I was wondering how playing in front of 7K+ would affect the girls and I think it did. When was the last time they played in that kind of atmosphere? I didn't think about the next game though coming out flat. Must have been a startling contrast. Glad they were able to stomp Troy after the first set.

Sounds like it's gonna be exciting!! Hope y'all have fun!

Had you all seen that Tim Duncan's daughter is a Middle for Stanford

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Had you all seen that Tim Duncan's daughter is a Middle for Stanford

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That's one of my "cool" club volleyball stories.

My daughter was playing in a volleyball tournament several years ago down in San Antonio. Crap venue with very tight spectator areas. Tim Duncan's daughter was on a team 1 or 2 years younger than my daughter. I believe she wasn't on a top team yet because she started playing volleyball late. Duncan kept a really low profile, sitting down in the corner watching her team.

At the time, I took a lot of pictures with my "pro" dslr setup. Towards the end of the day, while looking through the viewfinder shooting away, someone ducks underneath my lens. Turns out it was Tim Duncan!

Lol I can imagine that realization!! Wait is that best power forward of all time!

I bet she plays with perfect fundamentals like her old man

My daughter has played against her since seventh grade in both school and club ball. She was never on a top club team as she wasn't very good. She always had the height but never the coordination to go with it. When I saw she was going to Stanford I thought it was just for school. Can't believe she's actually on the team. Will be interesting to see if she ever plays much.

That being said Tim was always at her games and was the most low key guy. Most people never knew he was even there. Those that did were usually respectful and just let him watch his daughter play. Those that did approach him and ask to take pics or for autographs were politely told no thank you. You always knew who the parents of the out of town teams were.

Girls were on campus today and if you received a pass and hit it back to them you got a free honey butter chicken sandwich lol

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If I was there I'd bump it, set to myself, and then spike it over the msc

I wonder what the mood will be like 24 hours from now

Also I was thinking should we make a separate game thread for the game? Maybe do one for each conference game??? Or should we just keep them here

I agree

Got it!!! I'm just excited for the match!!! I have a good feeling about this one!!!!

Sounds like Reed is gonna be chaotic!!!

GAME DAY
LONE STAR SHOWDOWN
6:30 pm
Reed Arena

TEXAS A&M FIGHTIN AGGIES (9-1) vs #8 tu (5-3)

Tonight! 6:30! Reed Arena! Get there, tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your kids, tell your dogs, tell the cashier where you get lunch, tell everyone you know that they must be at Reed Arena tonight! Do you hate tu, do you love volleyball, are you interested in volleyball, do you love A&M, do you want to be a generous conference member and welcome tu to the SEC, or do you wanna be a rude conference member and welcome tu to a hostile environment and show them that in the sec it just means more… THEN GET TO REED ARENA!!!!!!

After a strong non conference series, your Aggie volleyball team is sitting at 9-1 with the one loss being to number 7 Wisconsin! This team is much deeper than last season and is spearheaded by a versatile attack with Maddie Waak driving the offense at setter and two brick walls in Ifenna Cos-Okpalla and Morgan Perkins up top!

This season unlike the last few, A&M is able to attack offensively in a variety of ways! We have 6'3 Logan Lednicky who is a first team all conference player at the opposite hitter position! She is our most lethal weapon with a heavy arm!! Our other two outside hitters are transfers 6'3 Emily Hellmuth and 6'3 Taylor Humphrey! Hellmuth brings hell with her powerful swings and Humphrey when on can really bring some fire as well! But, one thing Waak does well is set the middles as well! Cos-Okpalla and Perkins can be threats offensively too!! So the variety of threats really keeps our offense balanced and keeps defenses on their toes by giving us more one on one opportunities at the net!

But another reason for our great start is due to what Jamie Morrison refers to as THE LITTLES! Which is our much improved back row! Returning Ava Underwood, the Aggies went out and got two Libero/DS specialists in Ellee Stinson and Tatum Thomas! We have struggled in recent years on serve receive and attacking receive, but with our 3 littles rotating back there, we have improved in that area! The Libero position between the three is interchangeable and all will see action!

On the other side of the net obviously presents a very strong challenge in texas! They are the back to back national champions and once again are loaded with talent! Everything they do runs through All-American 6'2 Madisen Skinner who has one of the strongest arms, if not the strongest, in the country and averages nearly 4 kills a set!! We will need our middles and front row to step up and really challenge her! They really love to serve her and use her as a workhorse, but they have another strong hitter in 6'1 OH Jenna Wenaas and 6'0 Opposite Reagan Rutherford! In the middle they are led by 6'4 Marianna Singletary and 6'4 freshman Ayden Ames! If we keep attacking from various angles we can isolate them and weaken their block! At Libero they have one of the best in the nation in Emma Halter, who is strong defensively but also very lethal serving the ball! They will play with two setters and after losses this really sparks conversation on who's the better between their returning setter Ella Swindle or their transfer setter Avery Carlson!

They obviously are very talented, but they did lose to an unranked Miami team and got swept by Stanford and lost to Minnesota! They did beat Wisconsin 3-1 however! I think the key to winning tonight's game is the play of our middles! Stanford destroyed them with their strong block so if we wanna compete in this game, our block playing at a high level will be imperative!! They also really struggle serving but will earn some aces!! We really need to slow down Skinner if at all possible and keep them out of system!! Our back row will need to be sharp and have smooth first touches!

I also think the environment of Reed Arena will play a factor! Sure tu has played in hostile environments and sure almost every school hates them lol but they haven't played a school that hates them more than we do! Horns will be thrown in a downwards direction all throughout the raucous arena and hopefully we can rattle them!!! It'll be a tall task to take them down, but I feel something special will happen tonight!! Let's get Reed Rocking and shock the nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This could be a defining win in the Morrison Era and really catapult our program in the right direction!!! Gig'em!

Sorry for all the words and lack of volleyball knowledge! The girls at my high school won 1 set my 4 years of high school and I didn't start really really watching Aggie volleyball until a few years ago as I had just graduated so I'm a novice in this sport but I'm now obsessed and try to watch every set of every match!

https://instagr.am/p/DAWRw45xhSf

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Soccer sets the bar by beating an overrated #8 ranked team.

BTHOt.u. [Un]welcome to the SEC.

taylorswift13_ said:

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Sorry for all the words and lack of volleyball knowledge! The girls at my high school won 1 set my 4 years of high school and I didn't start really really watching Aggie volleyball until a few years ago as I had just graduated so I'm a novice in this sport but I'm now obsessed and try to watch every set of every match!

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I like your excitement. I counted 69 exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!

taylorswift13_ said:

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Sorry for all the words and lack of volleyball knowledge! The girls at my high school won 1 set my 4 years of high school and I didn't start really really watching Aggie volleyball until a few years ago as I had just graduated so I'm a novice in this sport but I'm now obsessed and try to watch every set of every match!

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Better late than never, right. We didn't start watching Aggie volleyball until last season and were immediate fans.

If anyone knows of someone selling reserved tickets to tonight's game, let me know! I think I can make it there but for volleyball, it's frustrating to watch if I can't see at a good angle. Or maybe I'll just go anyway...