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Just now, SL Xpress said:

It starts with recruiting. We're not recruiting great servers. And we're not playing our most aggressive servers. Maybe they hit it out of play too much, but Miller has a top spin serve. Kahahawai has a top spin serve. Spears has a top spin serve although we didn't see it this year. Elliott just seems to hate top spin serves, to be honest.

We have juniors and seniors that suck at serving.   How are we not practicing that?

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5 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, Elite 8 isn't really shitty.  This team exceeded expectations, most likely.

I'd say met expectations for me preseason. But it's a bummer earning the #1 seed and losing the regional finals on your home gym.

Wisconsin was simply the better team. No question about it. The thing is, I'm not quite sure how much better Texas is going to be next year. They need to be better at middle blocker and the serving line. Where is that coming from? Maybe we get better at server if they bring in someone from the portal, but they did that last year with Carlson, and that was a disaster IMO.

Last time we'll have Halter play for us. That probably makes me the most sad of all. I would have loved to have her play in Kansas City.

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We can always rely on the Cowboys….oh, wait.

aggy played a super game today, Horns…not so much, and when the chips are down….you must show up.

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Just sloppy play tonight. Shit happens and Wisconsin is a hot team right now. We’re not going to win with our best player hitting in the negatives.

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Posted
1 minute ago, SL Xpress said:

I'd say met expectations for me preseason. But it's a bummer earning the #1 seed and losing the regional finals on your home gym.

Wisconsin was simply the better team. No question about it. The thing is, I'm not quite sure how much better Texas is going to be next year. They need to be better at middle blocker and the serving line. Where is that coming from? Maybe we get better at server if they bring in someone from the portal, but they did that last year with Carlson, and that was a disaster IMO.

Last time we'll have Halter play for us. That probably makes me the most sad of all. I would have loved to have her play in Kansas City.

Well, maybe some more reps and emphasis with the newbs.

And the connection between the newbs and Swindle will improve, including hopefully some middles, or just Harvey.

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2 minutes ago, Hornsbay22 said:

We have juniors and seniors that suck at serving.   How are we not practicing that?

I don't know. I don't go to practices. I just watch the matches. We had great serving in 2022 and 2023. Halter is a very good server. But she was a good server as a freshman. 

We brought in Gary. She was actually somewhat effective tonight, so it's hard to criticize her. But she didn't even serve as the libero last year at Indiana. Kujundjic was brought in with 60 career service aces, but I have no idea how she earned them. And for a backcourt serving specialist she was a big nothing burger on defense. 

Spears served some early in the season then was dropped. I've watched Vander Wal serve maybe once or twice this year. 

To me teams bring in great servers more so than develop them. At least for the most part.

The one thing I'll never get is why Lauenstein never served for us. I assume that was injury related, but if so, how was she playing regular rotations? When she was at Nebraska she was their best server. Did she completely lose it?

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5 minutes ago, mrhorn said:

Just sloppy play tonight. Shit happens and Wisconsin is a hot team right now. We’re not going to win with our best player hitting in the negatives.

…and she played a nearly perfect game on Friday.   So much for home field advantage.

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1 minute ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

…and she played a nearly perfect game on Friday.   So much for home field advantage.

Volleyball is such an interesting sport. Matchups are important and there is a lot of game to game variance. That's why it is so hard to win a championship. Just ask Nebraska (well, dont ask Harper).

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I stopped watching in the 4th set when we fell behind by like 4-5. We were one of the weakest serving teams in the E8 imo. The same issue cost us the UK game too when we incurred multiple service errors when we had the chance to close out the game. Setting and defense were bad as well. Overall, the mental preparation was weak.

Posted (edited)
45 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

RIP Directors Cup

Yeah, we're likely not winning it this year. Women's soccer was terrible. A&M got further than us in both football and Volleyball.

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12 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

Yeah, we're likely not winning it this year. Women's soccer was terrible. A&M got farther than us in both football and Volleyball.

Stanford is the bigger threat and they lost before us, so all hope isnt lost

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