2018 NIVC

[flyingMoose]

Iowa State 3-0 Tulane
21 28 16

to win the NIVC.

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Iowa State free streaming will be here - I think.

Nothing on ESPN3 it appears. Not surprising.

[flyingMoose]

Tulane at Iowa State
Tuesday, Dec. 11
6:30 p.m. (CT)

Possibly on ESPN3. Possibly on free Iowa State streaming.

[1972Shocker]

Go Tulane: The Green Wave is really making me look pretty good this year.

[flyingMoose]

Semis

Iowa State 3-1 UNLV

Tulane 3-1 College of Charleston


Winners meet on Tuesday for the Championship.

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Quarters

Iowa State 3-1 North Texas

Portland 1-3 UNLV

Clemson 0-3 College of Charleston

Tulane 3-1 Valparaiso

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Tulane hosts Valparaiso next Thursday.

[flyingMoose]

Post-match comments

With no middle attack, with NT only having to defend 15' of the net (versus 30' for the Shocks), it is tough. He thought Tabitha and Megan did quite well given the circumstances. He also thought the Mean Green setter did a very nice job distributing. [They had five players with double-digit kills.]

You could point to the same issues mentioned numerous times before: inexperience with very few numbers in an upper class, a new setter after Kali went down, injuries (he mentioned Alex having mono). No matter, they just have to get better.

He alluded to some weak recruiting years - they have been through that before, you just go out and get the best kids you can that want to come.

He is very excited about the incoming freshman class. There could be three or four starters there. ... And then the audio quit in the middle of the thought! You could tell there was not a period at the end of that comment.

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Set Four

10-12 is the first two-point lead of the set. Four kills by Megan and three by Tabitha.

13-15 and the Media TO.

Two kills by Valerian and an error by Abby brings the score to 15-19 and brings a Shocker TO.

Shocks are running a 5-1 with Kora this set.

Four kills by the Mean Green out of the TO make it a seven-point run before Regan gets a kill. 16-23.

18-24 moves to 20-24, and NT takes a TO.

The Mean Green closes out the set at 25-21 to win the match.


For the match, .200 v .390.

Tabitha is 16-6-33 for .303
Megan is 17-3-51 for .275
Emma and Regan has seven kills

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Set Three

The Mean Green opens the set with three kills followed by attack errors by Grace and Brooke before Megan gets a kill to end the run.

At 2-7, the Shocks take a TO.

A Shocker block brings the score to 12-18 and NT takes a TO. Are we serious? [NOTE: The LiveStats and the play-by-play differ slightly on the events. Two Shocker blocks to make the score 13-18 before the TO?]

A NT run, Deny says the score is 13-22, and the Shocks take a TO.

14-25 and the Mean Green leads 2-1.


-.087 v .257

Megan has eleven kills, and Tabitha has ten. Regan had four hitting errors in the set.

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Set Two

An early 5-2 Shocker lead becomes 7-7.

Brooke is in the rotation for this set, and Abby is not.

Neither team gets ahead by more than two, and the Shockers lead 15-14 at the media TO.

Back and forth continues but when 18-18 moves to a 20-18 Shocker lead on a Kara ace, NT takes a TO.

Two Shocker service errors and a Mean Green block of Tabitha ties the score at 21 and the Shocks take a TO.

23 all and NT takes a TO.

23-24 but kills by Megan, Megan again, and Emma get the Shocker win.

Tied at a set each.


.250 v .244 for the set

Tabitha has nine kills, Megan eight, Emma six, and Regan four.

[1972Shocker]

.406 is terrific for this Shocker team but if UNT is going to hit .700+ we have no chance.

[flyingMoose]

Running a 6-2 tonight.

8-8 and 10-11 becomes 10-14 and brings on a Shocker TO.

14-18 moves to 16-18 and a North Texas TO.

17-18 then 17-20 and the last Shocker TO.

North Texas increases the lead and takes the first set, 25-19.

.406 v .760. Ridiculous numbers.

Tabitha had 6 kills and Emma had 5.

[1972Shocker]

No audio?

I only get a Chevy Equinox commercial followed by dead air. They also had technical issues at the start of last nights match.

Never mind, the game audio just came on. Better quality tonight than last night but now is cutting in and out.

I won't be able to follow very closely tonight so I will let you guys take care of business tonight.

[WuDrWu]

No audio?