Shockers at Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational (Missouri State)

[ShockTalk]

Speaking of slimmed down and trimmed up, go find Giorgia's pic on the #1 Wisconsin VB roster. She is #7 and a DS for them. At least "slimmed and trimmed" is the way it looks to us.

Saw some highlights and man, Wisky is strong. Heck, hardly a ball gets to Gio.

So is Gio in a backup roll for Wisky?

[flyingMoose]

Missouri State 3-2 South Dakota
22, (13), (18), 24, 14

A wild fifth set. From 3-4 to 7-4, then 8-11, then 11-11, then back and forth until the Bears scored the last three.

[flyingMoose]

So is Gio in a backup roll for Wisky?

It appears she is a DS rather than the libero.

[ShockTalk]

It appears she is a DS rather than the libero.

Thanks.

[dregn]

Slimmed down, etc? The two of us thought so, but it has been a long time since seeing her live on a court. Maybe a different hairstyle was part of it. And maybe I have a really bad memory. :)

On BTN right now vs Purdue. Looks basically the same to me. As mentioned playing as a DS.

[WuDrWu]

Missouri State 3-2 South Dakota
22, (13), (18), 24, 14

A wild fifth set. From 3-4 to 7-4, then 8-11, then 11-11, then back and forth until the Bears scored the last three.

Looking at the stats, I have no idea how MSU won.

SD .193 to MSU .119

BA SD 22 MSU 4

SA SD 9 MSU 6 SE SD 13 MSU 10 (slight edge to MSU)

Points SD 82 MSU 62

Digs SD 79 MSU 67

[1972Shocker]

Looking at the stats, I have no idea how MSU won.

SD .193 to MSU .119

BA SD 22 MSU 4

SA SD 9 MSU 6 SE SD 13 MSU 10 (slight edge to MSU)

Points SD 82 MSU 62

Digs SD 79 MSU 67

I think looking at the set by set stats provides the answer. Missouri State hit .060 in the 2 sets they lost. In those 2 sets SD hit .356. In the 3 close sets that MSU won they hit a very pedestrian 0.156 but in those sets SD a very poor .087.

SD outscored MSU 110 - 98.

That can happen when a team wins 3 sets by a total of 7 points and loses 2 sets by a total of 19 points.

Kind of a unique aspect of volleyball. 1 or 2 lousy sets doesn't necessarily doom you. Those deficits go away.

Sort of like if the winner of a baseball game was whoever won the most innings despite maybe giving up 12 runs on one inning.

[1972Shocker]

Very poor start by the Shock as they trail 4-9.

The Shocks now lead 20-18. Key turning point was back-to-back-to-back service aces by Kayce Litzau.

MSU goes on a 4-1 run to take a 22-21 lead ad force a Lambo time out.

Kayce's 4th service ace ties it at 23, A Brooke Smith block and a Megan Taflinger kill finishes of a 25-23 set 1 win.

[WuDrWu]

Kind of ugly near the end, Shocks trailed by 2 23-21 but after the timeout went kill, stuff, ace, kill to take the set. Lauren McMahon is going to be a solid middle for us. Brooke Smith had some good swings and blocks. Shocks with 5 aces, 4 by Kayce.

[WuDrWu]

Great to get to see Emma Wright play some more. Lily with an incredible dig that got a point.

Shocks a little sloppy and "seem" kind of flat-footed. But they are to a better start this set as compared to the 1st. 7-5 Shocks.

[1972Shocker]

Shocks now down 9-11 in Set 2. Shocks dominating the blocking game but otherwise MSU playing better in most other areas.

After falling behind 10-14 Shocks scrore 3 in a row on a Brook Smith kill, a MSU attack error and a Sophia Rowling block to make 13-14 and MSU calls a timeout.

[WuDrWu]

9-8 Shocks. Again, too many errors for the Shocks is keeping the Bears close. A couple more errors and it's 11-9 MSU.

Kind of disappointed in the attention to detail so far. The Bears basically set 2 players, Cink and Flynn. Stop these 2 and we should be fine, but there are too many times those 2 are not getting covered enough. Not saying those 2 aren't good, but let's make them work a bit more.

Shocks went down 14-10 but 3 straight to make it 14-13 Bears and a timeout.

Shocks with 5 aces but 6 service errors and 7 return errors.

[WuDrWu]

13-16 Bears becomes 16-18 Bears.

Shocks not doing a very good job at all in the back row. Any pass and a decent set is almost always a kill.

17-20 Shocks barely hanging in there.

[WuDrWu]

19-23 Geez we can't handle any ball right now.

[1972Shocker]

Shocks just going through the motions in this set.