The next two weekends will pretty much tell the tale for how the Lady Shocks will finish in the AAC race. The only 2 matches remaining thereafter are the away and home matches with Memphis sandwiched around Turkey Day. The next 5 matches are on the road.
Perhaps it had a lot to do with the timing of the Shocks joining the AAC but the conference did them no favors in scheduling. 2nd place SMU plays 11 home matches and 9 road matches and the two teams it plays only once are a combined 11-17 in conference play (UCF and USF) at this point. OTOH, the Shocks play 9 home matches and 11 road matches and the two teams they play only once are a combined 7-21 in conference play (Houston and Tulane).
This weekend the Shocks are on the road at 4th place ECU (18-9, 9-5) on Friday 3:30 pm CT and at 5th place Cincy (10-16, 8-6) on Sunday at 11:00 am CT in what I believe is the toughest travel paring in the AAC this year.. The Shocks swept Cincy 25-22, 30-28 and 25-19 and they swpt ECU 25-16, 27-25, 25-19 in Koch Arena 3 weekends back.
The Shocks were not totally happy with the way they played this past weekend so I'm assuming they have had pretty focused week of practice.
At this point the Shockers stll control their own destiny. Let's hoep it stays that way.
Shocker Match Notes
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Note that SMU hosts Temple tonight at 7:00 pm and they host UConn on Saturday at 1:00 pm. Go Owls and Go Huskies!
Perhaps it had a lot to do with the timing of the Shocks joining the AAC but the conference did them no favors in scheduling. 2nd place SMU plays 11 home matches and 9 road matches and the two teams it plays only once are a combined 11-17 in conference play (UCF and USF) at this point. OTOH, the Shocks play 9 home matches and 11 road matches and the two teams they play only once are a combined 7-21 in conference play (Houston and Tulane).
This weekend the Shocks are on the road at 4th place ECU (18-9, 9-5) on Friday 3:30 pm CT and at 5th place Cincy (10-16, 8-6) on Sunday at 11:00 am CT in what I believe is the toughest travel paring in the AAC this year.. The Shocks swept Cincy 25-22, 30-28 and 25-19 and they swpt ECU 25-16, 27-25, 25-19 in Koch Arena 3 weekends back.
The Shocks were not totally happy with the way they played this past weekend so I'm assuming they have had pretty focused week of practice.
At this point the Shockers stll control their own destiny. Let's hoep it stays that way.
Shocker Match Notes
:poster_shocks:
Note that SMU hosts Temple tonight at 7:00 pm and they host UConn on Saturday at 1:00 pm. Go Owls and Go Huskies!
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