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5 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Ella had 3 kills, 48 assists (!!), 12 digs and a block 

Is it just me, or is Ella more attractive this year than prior.  

She's not a woofer by any stretch, and the highlights don't usually fool me, but I think she's a little slimmer or something.

 

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1 minute ago, Gut Wagon said:

I love watching Texas play, so when we dominate in straight sets without many long rallies I feel a bit cheated. But after this one, I doubt I'll be whining about our next blowout win. 

Not sure we will be seriously challenged until LSU, at least. Which is Oct 26

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28 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Is it just me, or is Ella more attractive this year than prior.  

She's not a woofer by any stretch, and the highlights don't usually fool me, but I think she's a little slimmer or something.

 

They are all more attractive this year.

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31 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Is it just me, or is Ella more attractive this year than prior.  

She's not a woofer by any stretch, and the highlights don't usually fool me, but I think she's a little slimmer or something.

 

You can see the actual difference in her face. 

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Per Texas:

Longest streak of winning against ranked teams in the regular season since 2009 (9-0 in ranked matchups so far) 

Stafford career high in kills (30)

Ella career high in assists (48)

Cari first career double double (14/11)

Held a team hitting .334 on the season to .262

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4 hours ago, Js1 said:

Texas hit .538 with 3 blocks and an ace in the 5th

Tennessee hit -.059 with no blocks and 2 serving errors in the 5th

Question from the cheap seats...

How is hitting percentage calculated? I assumed it was something like kills divided by swings.... But then how do you get a negative hitting percentage?

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4 hours ago, TheBryMan81 said:

Question from the cheap seats...

How is hitting percentage calculated? I assumed it was something like kills divided by swings.... But then how do you get a negative hitting percentage?

Kills - errors / attempts 

Tenn had 4 kills and 5 errors in set 5

 

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8 hours ago, Js1 said:

Held a team hitting .334 on the season to .262

 

That 5th set where Tennessee hit -.052 did some heavy lifting there.

3 blocks in the 15 points and 17 swings overall for Tennessee in that set. Without going back and calculating it, that's by far the best ratio of blocks per point in a set on the season. That translates to 5 blocks in a 25 point set, which wasn't unusual in the past, but feels like a mission impossible for this team.

That solo block by Swindle was a killer. Plenty of stare downs going on in that 5th set. The girls were feeling it. 

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8 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

They are all more attractive this year.

I think Abby Gaido may be the prettiest volleyball player we've ever had on the team. Her profile pic is fine, but when she shows up on camera she stands out. 

I will say they featured Madisen Skinner in a close up during the match, and she's an incredible looker, too. 

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8 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

They are all more attractive this year.

I think Ella is pretty, but we have a nice looking team. They are certainly a lot better than the zit face girls from TN. I kept wondering last night if there's a Clearasil shortage in Knoxville or something.

Maybe one of you substitution experts can tell me why Binney has to come in? TN went on a run every time she came in, and JS your stats tell the story. Binney got the most play in sets 2&4. No Binney in 5.  Binney can't terminate or set the middles the way Ella does. And Ella often fools me with where she's going with the ball. Binney never does.

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Its been effective at times and its been less than effective at times. A few times, the bigger block with Devin has produced, but Binney has to be more varied.  It feels like 90% of the time, the first attack after the double sub enters is a set to Devin 

Like you said, we are a slip up from Binney being the starter setter.  Gotta get her experience and chemistry with the hitters. 

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I also really liked Logan's color commentary.

Sometimes those analysts on the SECN+ are big homers.  Logan spent a good deal of time talking about what Tennessee needed to do to win, what they were doing well, how they could improve, etc.  I thought Zoe Fleck was similar.

Also interesting anecdote that she grew up wanting to play basketball at Tennessee for Pat Summit. Blink your eyes and suddenly she graduates HS a year early to play volleyball for Texas.

Versus those Georgia homers who couldn't fathom how on earth their team could lose until about midway through set 3 and then started talking about Texas being the model program for the SEC

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1 minute ago, Js1 said:

I also really liked Logan's color commentary.

Sometimes those analysts on the SECN+ are big homers.  Logan spent a good deal of time talking about what Tennessee needed to do to win, what they were doing well, how they could improve, etc.  I thought Zoe Fleck was similar.

Also interesting anecdote that she grew up wanting to play basketball at Tennessee for Pat Summit. Blink your eyes and suddenly she graduates HS a year early to play volleyball for Texas.

Versus those Georgia homers who couldn't fathom how on earth their team could lose until about midway through set 3 and then started talking about Texas being the model program for the SEC

I will say the Mississippi State announcers couldn't quit fawning over the Texas program. 

I also like Saltzman a lot more than Loeb. He's more invested. His ability to give context, referencing past Texas matches, at the drop of a hat was impressive to me. 

But yeah, Georgia was amateur hour. The color commentator was a former player, but I don't remember her name. Just awful. 

Listening to Logan Eggleston interview Stafford after the match was so awesome. 

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Loeb has been calling Texas games (VB/WBB/softball) since the early LHN days, until he moved over to the Flagship and Tyler Dennings took over more of those Olympic sports duties. 

He has a Galindo problem - the opposing, unranked/lower ranked team takes a small lead and he about jizzes his pants. Saltzman was more of a pro, Loeb is looking for the excitement of a potential upset he gets to call. 

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Texas is on top of the SEC at 5-0 this morning, with Kentucky a match behind at 4-0.  Texas is on a 13-match winning streak and Kentucky 8 matches in a row, since their loss to Pitt. 

Big jumble of one-loss teams - aggy (4-1), Tenn (3-1), Auburn (3-1), OU (3-1) - behind them. 

Alabama, our next opponent (2pm Sunday, SECN+ again), remains winless (0-4) in the SEC play and is on a 5-match losing skid. 

Including last night, that's 6 in a row for SECN+ matches (Mizzou, Georgia, MSST, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas).  We get a couple on-air matches after the next 2 (ESPN for OU, SECN for Ole Miss), then go back to SECN+ for 2 matches (LSU, aggy), then 2 on-air matches in a row (ESPN for Kentucky, SEC Network for Florida) and then finish on SECN+ yet again (Auburn, South Carolina) 

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24 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Texas is on top of the SEC at 5-0 this morning, with Kentucky a match behind at 4-0.  Texas is on a 13-match winning streak and Kentucky 8 matches in a row, since their loss to Pitt. 

Big jumble of one-loss teams - aggy (4-1), Tenn (3-1), Auburn (3-1), OU (3-1) - behind them. 

Alabama, our next opponent (2pm Sunday, SECN+ again), remains winless (0-4) in the SEC play and is on a 5-match losing skid. 

Including last night, that's 6 in a row for SECN+ matches (Mizzou, Georgia, MSST, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas).  We get a couple on-air matches after the next 2 (ESPN for OU, SECN for Ole Miss), then go back to SECN+ for 2 matches (LSU, aggy), then 2 on-air matches in a row (ESPN for Kentucky, SEC Network for Florida) and then finish on SECN+ yet again (Auburn, South Carolina) 

 

It's probably a shame they didn't put the A&M match on a network. The Aggies go apeshit for that match. The thing is, everyone thinks Reed Arena is like that for every match.

Although, to be honest the first part of the Kentucky match I saw, the fans looked like they turned out. Not like they do for Texas, but that's a pretty big arena. 4469 was the official attendance. 

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If anyone doesn't want to deal with SEC+, all the games have just been on regular youtube.    Just type in "Texas volleyball vs x team live".  And its just the SEC+ feed.  Been able to watch everything that way, no hiccups. 

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27 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

 

It's probably a shame they didn't put the A&M match on a network. The Aggies go apeshit for that match. The thing is, everyone thinks Reed Arena is like that for every match.

Although, to be honest the first part of the Kentucky match I saw, the fans looked like they turned out. Not like they do for Texas, but that's a pretty big arena. 4469 was the official attendance. 

They will surpass our Stanford match attendance. Halloween night, likely undefeated Texas

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Tenn had a girl from Dripping Springs on their team.  Don’t remember her name, but seemed like a nice player.   Did we recruit her or did she show interest in the Horns?  We have a Dripping player coming in next year.

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35 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Tenn had a girl from Dripping Springs on their team.  Don’t remember her name, but seemed like a nice player.   Did we recruit her or did she show interest in the Horns?  We have a Dripping player coming in next year.

Plante was really good last night. No idea if we recruited her. She was ranked 120th and we usually recruit in the top 25 

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Unlikely we recruited her.  Class of 2023 - we had Byrd and Helmers as our OHs in that class (along with Ella and Bunton) and we had taken Devin the class prior.

Henley Anderson is our Dripping Springs player in 2026 (#1 overall player).  That will be interesting - will she sit a year until Stafford graduates, will it be a battle between her and AVW for the second OH spot, or will Elliot create a double-sub opportunity for her to come in with Binney to get her playing time? 

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aggy had set point in set 3, 25-24, and lost 3 consecutive points to lose the match in 4 sets

Kill by Kentucky, 25-25
Net on aggy, 26-25 Kentucky
Net on aggy, 27-25 Kentucky

Match over. 

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6 hours ago, Js1 said:

Plante was really good last night. No idea if we recruited her. She was ranked 120th and we usually recruit in the top 25 

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Unlikely we recruited her.  Class of 2023 - we had Byrd and Helmers as our OHs in that class (along with Ella and Bunton) and we had taken Devin the class prior.

Henley Anderson is our Dripping Springs player in 2026 (#1 overall player).  That will be interesting - will she sit a year until Stafford graduates, will it be a battle between her and AVW for the second OH spot, or will Elliot create a double-sub opportunity for her to come in with Binney to get her playing time? 

The number one setter is coming in, too. Genevieve Harris. Might not be Binney getting the double sub opportunity. Also Emma Cugino, the staffs' pick at libero after having their top targets in camp. That's with Callie Krueger on campus right now as a top libero, and Gary almost certainly taking the libero jersey next year as a senior. 

There are a lot of great players in Texas that UT doesn't recruit. Not enough room in the inn, and the state produces as much or more volleyball talent than any other state in the country. Just like it does in a lot of sports. Plus Texas volleyball recruits nationally at an elite level. There were a couple of years where Texas didn't bring anyone in from in state. 

Tennessee has 3 players from the state of Texas. Including Plante, they also have their starting middle blocker, Zoe Humphrey. She's a redshirt freshman. The one who was jawing across the net in the 4th set after scoring a point. And there's also Brynn Williams an outside hitter who transferred in from Texas Tech, but doesn't play much. 

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I’m sure you saw someone on VT who pulled the % of attacks that go to the middles for the top teams and Texas is on par with Pitt and just slightly below Kentucky and Louisville. Stanford and Nebraska are big outliers - close to 30% of their attacks go to the middles. That’s insane 

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59 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I’m sure you saw someone on VT who pulled the % of attacks that go to the middles for the top teams and Texas is on par with Pitt and just slightly below Kentucky and Louisville. Stanford and Nebraska are big outliers - close to 30% of their attacks go to the middles. That’s insane 

Yeah, mrshusker did that. It was in a response to a conversation criticizing the lack of middles being involved with Stafford swinging 64 times. Which...fair. But I felt there was context to it. 

The truth is I hope we get our middles more involved, but Spears' involvement from the right side mitigates that. I did a little research, and in the 4 years with Phillips as our starting opposite she swung the ball more than 30 times once. It was against San Diego in the semifinals in 2022, when Phillips took 34 attacks. Rutherford did it 3 times last year, but also had 18 matches with less than 20 swings.

Spears already has 3 such outings with more than 30 swings, and in every match she's swung at least 20 times other than TCU, when she took 19 attacks in the 3 set win.

Even without the middles involved as much as I'd like, we have a more diverse offense in many ways than we've had previously. They can certainly improve on a number of facets, with the middle attack being one of them, but at about the midway point to the season, there's a lot they're doing well. Obviously, given their record and the competition level. 

I loved the percentage of total attacks she compiled. That was very interesting.

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