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I do not know all the intricacies of coach challenges in volleyball and don’t watch many games (daughter started youth vball a few years ago and we try to get to at least one UT game a season) but I was surprised how many challenges were successful. 

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4 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

I’m a relatively new college volleyball aficionado and really didn’t realize what a force Florida volleyball has been in the past. 

They recently fell out of the top 25 for the first time since 1991. 1991!

Mary Wise is a legitimate legend, who just retired.

They've had some tough breaks the last couple of years. Two years ago they looked like a legitimate national championship contender - the year Texas mowed through 3 #1 seeds in a row to win it all - when they're starting stud true freshman setter tore her ACL really bad and was lost for the season. It's funny, because they lost their 1st team All American stud right side attacker to Nebraska in Merritt Beason. Little did any of us know they had true freshman Kennedy Martin waiting in the wings who makes Cari Spears look like a piker. 

Then Martin transfers to Penn State. 

Last year they had chemistry issues. Eventually Mary Wise called it quits. Without Martin they don't have a balanced attack. Theis did a really good job at Marquette before taking the Florida gig. He was a former assistant in Gainesville back in 2006-2008 before starting his head coaching career at Ohio. But I am not feeling him at Florida. 

Kentucky is a relatively new bully on the block for the SEC. Before current head coach Skinner got there, they were nothing. Before that, Florida ruled the roost.

There's a famous call/non call in the volleyball world. In the 2015 tournament match in the regional finals in Austin, Florida and Texas were battling in the 5th set. The score was 7-6 in favor of Texas, when Florida's OH hit a ball that landed within a couple of feet of the end line, but the official called it out. Texas would go on to win the 5th set in extended points, 17-15.

It was a pivotal moment in adding some kind of challenge system to allow obvious blown calls to be reversed, which eventually evolved to the system we have in place now.

They never did win a national championship under Wise, but she coached for 34 seasons, won 1068 games, made it to 8 Final Fours, and won a remarkable 25 SEC conference championships. 

As a comparison, Elliott has now won 675 matches in 26 years as a head coach. 

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26 minutes ago, RexWilson said:

I do not know all the intricacies of coach challenges in volleyball and don’t watch many games (daughter started youth vball a few years ago and we try to get to at least one UT game a season) but I was surprised how many challenges were successful. 

Watching the Florida-Kentucky match earlier, Kentucky head coach Craig Skinner finally lost his first challenge in conference play. He's now successfully challenged 8 out of 9 calls I believe, and 15 out of 19 on the season including non conference play. 

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That was one of our worst defense matches (OU hit .278, and it was north of .300 until the fourth set) and we still won in 4. And should have swept, if not for some questionable setting choices by Ella in set 3 (going to Cari instead of Stafford or the middles at the end) 

OU hit .481 in set 1 (and lost) and .313 in the only set they did win.  .043 in set 4

Texas +9 in kills, +10 in aces, -7.5 in blocks, +7 in digs, +4 in SE (aka, had 4 fewer than OU)

Stafford hit .417 (17-2-36) and AVW hit .400 (15-5-25)

Pedestrian match for Cari (13-7-26, .231)

Ames and Harvey were abysmal - 4-2-14 (.143) for Ames and 3-4-7 (-.143) for Harvey.  Thank god for Nya - 4-1-5 (.600)

Harvey needs to pick it up or Bunton is going to reclaim her starting role - she was really good in set 4, both blocking and hitting. 

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Back to back for our girl! Keeps the streak of Texas award winners going 

 

SEC Co-Setters of the Week 

Texas’ Ella Swindle, a junior from Columbia, Mo., helped the Longhorns hit .323 over two wins this past weekend to remain undefeated. In the sweep over Arkansas, Texas hit .340 for the match as Swindle posted 23 assists along with eight digs, one kill and one block. She then added 41 assists, six digs, four aces and one kill against Oklahoma.

 

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Halter - 2
Stafford - 5
Spears - 6
AVW - 1
Swindle - 3

The broadcast mentioned that prior to this week's awards, Texas had 16 and the next closest was Kentucky with like 5

So Ella makes it 17 for Texas and Kentucky picked up 2 this week (co-Defense and Freshman) for a total of 7

Texas SEC Awards:

Emma Halter –Overall and Defensive Player of the Week | 9/1/2025

Torrey Stafford – Overall and Offensive Player of the Week | 9/8/2025

Cari Spears – Freshman of the Week | 9/8/2025

Cari Spears – Overall and Freshman of the Week | 9/15/2025

Ella Swindle – Setter of the Week | 9/22/2025

Cari Spears – Overall and Freshman of the Week | 9/22/2025

Torrey Stafford – Co-Offensive Player of the Week | 9/29/2025

Abby Vander Wal – Co-Freshman of the Week | 9/29/2025  

Cari Spears – Co-Freshman of the Week | 10/6/2025

Torrey Stafford – Overall and Offensive Player of the Week | 10/13/2025

Ella Swindle – Setter of the Week | 10/13/25

Ella Swindle – Setter of the Week | 10/20/25

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Abby Wonder Wal for the two matches last week:

Arkansas - 13 kills 2 errors 28 attacks .393 hitting percentage
OU - 15 kills 5 errors 25 attacks .400 hitting percentage
ntage
 

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1 hour ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

#2 Texas @  Ole Miss  Fri 7:00  SECN

#2 Texas @ LSU   Sun. SECN+

#9 aggy @  LSU  Fri 7:00. SECN+

#9 aggy @ Ole Miss  Sun. 2:00  SECN+

Sunday’s game is at 1:00

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