2018 NIVC

[flyingMoose]

Someone else can have the post-match comments. Time for me to eat! :)

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Okay.

Wondered how much their heads would be into these matches. A lot of not-doing-what-the-scouting-report-said in the first set. Much improved after that.

Thought Tabitha and Megan had good approaches, showed some patience in their swings. Something they had worked on in practice this week.

Happy for Emma (six kills) because of her having to overcome the problems caused by her broken thumb earlier in the season. Really, really happy for Kora. He made special note of her defense.

[ShockTalk]

I'll take the service error.

[flyingMoose]

Set Five

2-0 Shocks to start and then a series of sideouts, mostly kills by Tabitha and Megan. A UCA error moves the score to 8-5, and we switch ends.

Two more attack errors before the Sugar Bears stop the run. 10-6.

Sideouts with two more kills by Tabitha. Kill by Emma makes it 13-9 and UCA takes a TO.

Lots of comments about balls hitting the roof. I suspect it is actually the ceiling. :)

Megan kills an overpass to move the score to 14-9 and UCA takes their final TO.

Shocks win 15-11 on a service error.


For the match, .300 v .171

Tabitha is 22-3-39 for .487 and Megan is 22-6-44 for .364 to lead the Shockers.

[flyingMoose]

Set Four

Back and forth - no lead more than two. 9-9.

Media TO. 14-15 UCA. Still no lead more than two.

17-17 and a run by either team will be big.

18-17 and UCA takes a TO.

19-21 and the Shocks take a TO.

Kill by Emma and an attack error. 21-21 and a UCA TO.

The Sugar Bears get off the canvas and take the set 23-25 on a Megan hitting error. On to the fifth set.

.200 v .280 in the set.

Megan with eighteen kills and Tabitha with seventeen.

[1972Shocker]

Shocks cruise in set 3 playing one of the best sets in a long-time.

Megan I believe was 9-0-12 in the set after struggling to a 3-3-13 line in the first 2 sets.. Thinking Lambo had to make some kind of adjustment in the Megan's attack pattern and/or slot.

But the Shocks have been up 2-1 a number of times this year without a happy ending. Hoping they can keep their focus today.

[1972Shocker]

All of a sudden Megan comes to life. 5 kills on her last attacks.7 with no errors.

[flyingMoose]

I suspect she is still hurting. After seeing how Regan arches her back to get some steam behind her swing, how can see how Megan's abdominal issue would really affect her swing.

You're welcome. Megan is on a roll in the third set after my comment.

[flyingMoose]

Set Three

Grace get the first Shocker point of the set (1-1) after having two errors on two swings in the second set.

Shocks move from 5-4 to a 14-6 lead including three kills by Megan. TO UCA.

Two more kills by Megan and another TO. 16-6.

Shockers cruise to a 25-13 win in the third set.

.586 v .139 in the set. Megan had nine! kills in the set.

For the match, Tabitha has 15 kills and Megan has 12.

[1972Shocker]

Good blocking in Set 2. Tabitha and Reagan performing well. Megan can't seem to get anything going. Not sure if she is hurting or not. As usual not getting too much out of our middles. But Emma has 5 block assists. Regan has 4 block assists.

[flyingMoose]

13-6 and a Sugar Bear kill and three Shocker attack errors make it 13-10 and brings on a Shocker TO.

14-13 and a four-point Shocker run take the score to 18-13 and a UCA TO.

Shockers finish off the set 25-18.

Four blocks and three service aces in the set. .231 v -.034.

For the match, Tabitha is 9-1-19 for .421 and Regan is 6-2-11 for .364.

The Shocks went with a 5-1 during this set.

[1972Shocker]

Shockers prove once again that with this team no lead is big enough and no lead is safe.

[1972Shocker]

I have the audio stream now (although the quality is bad). It sounds like Denning Georing on the call. Denning does a good job.

[1972Shocker]

I was afraid to mention the good start.

[flyingMoose]

Second Set

Grace replaces Kara among the starters.

5-0 start for the Shocks. We shall see.

[flyingMoose]

First Set is 20-25.

.152 v .257

Tabitha with 5-1-12 for .333