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Texas rights the ship, wins 3-1

Still sloppy, especially early, but Florida was sloppier 

Texas finished at .324. What we expect to see 

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3 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Finish it with ace #2…..little ugly, but effective….gotta get better…aggy swept Auburn….3-0.

Yeah, there were definitely some wtf stretches for Horns VB tonight

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16 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:
A good service error/ace ratio in volleyball is 

1:1 or better, meaning you have at least as many aces as errors. While aggressive serving can lead to more errors, the goal at the advanced level is to be aggressive while still achieving a 1:1 ratio or higher, with some experts suggesting a ratio of 0.67:1 as a minimum threshold. 

It's the dumbest metric in volleyball.

The point of a serve is not to get an ace. It's to put pressure on the opponent so their scoring options are limited. But we don't measure that in the box score.

There should be a measurement of how many points a team scores with the player at the service line. That would be an easy, objective measurement that wouldn't take any time at all to tally. It's not a fair assessment of a server. It is, however, a fair assessment of the effectiveness of that specific service rotation.

Swindle had a service run in the 4th set where she had two effective serves. Texas scores on both. Her third serve goes a little long - not much long mind you, but a little - and the announcers are all over her about how you have to get that serve in against that rotation.

I will take a 67% scoring run from the service line all day long every day. Texas scored on 42.7% of their serves versus Florida scoring on 31.8% of their's. That's literally the difference in the match. 

I hate the stupid ace/error ratio so much. It has absolutely no meaning regarding the outcome of a match whatsoever. 

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