Opening Weekend for Shocker Volleyball

[flyingMoose]

Shockers take their first lead at 18-17 and JMU takes a TO at 22-21 after a kill by Alex. Chase is 1-5-8 for -500. Ugh!

22-23 and Lambo takes his last TO.

Kara Bown is the only little to play.

[WuDrWu]

Timeout JMU at 22-21 Shocks.

Alex misses on a swing and it's tied at 22.

Long rally and a big point for JMU.

Timeout Shocks.

[flyingMoose]

From 22-24, three straight errors by the Dukes moves the score to 25-24.

Kills by Emma and Abby and the Shockers take Set One, 27-25.

[WuDrWu]

Down 24-22 Shocks get 2 and tie it.

Point Shocks! Emma Wright blocks back.

Alex serves, setter dumps and it's tied again.

Wright with the quick score. 26-25

Bown to serve.

Pugh scores! 27-25. Gutty first set.

[flyingMoose]

We hit .065 and they hit .064.

Emma and Abby were 5-1-7 combined. The outsides were 9-9-38.

With the Dukes playing at home, having the earlier match under their belt and the Shocks having major personnel changes, the closeness of this set is not surprising. Let's see how the match progresses.

[flyingMoose]

Set Two (Game? I never remember.)

An early 6-2 lead to the Shocks and JMU takes a TO.

Oh, as suggested, Kara is on to serve and not play back row when she is in.

[WuDrWu]

You're not kidding, which is it? Little help? Set or game?

[flyingMoose]

The StatBroadcast tab says Set. Their screen says Game. Rich Kern asks for Set scores. I'm going with Set until I Google and discover I am wrong.

[flyingMoose]

"A Set is a Game of 25 points." That's helpful.

At any rate, the term appears to be Set.

[WuDrWu]

6-2 Shocks and timeout JMU. Honestly seems like more poor play by JMU than good play by WSU but keeping it clean is something Lambo preaches.

[WuDrWu]

Going to have to find someone else on the left.....Chase is really struggling a lot so far.

1-6-9 -.566

[The Mad Hatter]

On the other hand, Emma is picking up right where Abbie Lehman left off with 8 kills on 11 swings.

[WuDrWu]

Reports of her improvement seem to be correct and paying immediate dividends.

Shocks in control of set 2 up 16-8.

[flyingMoose]

13-7 and another TO for the Dukes.

17-9 becomes 17-13 and Lambo takes a TO. Four consecutive attack errors - Tabitha, Tabitha, Emma, Emma.

BTW, still running the 6-2.

[flyingMoose]

Shockers take the second set by 25-18.

Megan at 4-1-10 for the match is the only outside above .200 with Alex at .200 even. Chase is well negative. Shocks are being outblocked 4-8.

Have to be away - see how it finishes later.

[1972Shocker]

Are you guys listening to Kennedy or following live stats. I have not been able to get the audio stream?

[WuDrWu]

Both. Audio a little sketchy early but clear as a bell since early in the 1st set.

[WuDrWu]

Feels like we're going through the motions in set 3. Back and forth, 18-17 WSU.

18s on a ball handling error by Kali.

Block and it's 19-18 JMU

Point Pugh and it's 19s.

[WuDrWu]

Rough stretch and its 22-19 JMU and timeout Shocks.

Service error 22-20 JMU

Ball handling error Tabitha. 23-20 JMU

24-20 JMU

24-21.

Point JMU 25-21 and we'll play a 4th set.

[1972Shocker]

Tabitha 6--3-30. Going to need more from her. Is it a matter of not having enough help to take the focus off of her?

[WuDrWu]

Hard to tell without seeing the match. We're certainly asking a lot from Tabitha.