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

[1972Shocker]

It is PAINFUL to watch. "Pathetically bad" is a very good way to put it.

I'm toughing it out, but it's going to cost me.

I am hanging in there hoping for a miracle. But it is not pretty volleyball.

[RoyalShock]

With Brooke hitting over .500 it seems like they should have been setting the middle a little more. But I guess that's easy to say if they aren't passing very well.

[WuDrWu]

MSU really has no hope of stopping our middles if we could pass and set at all. Cannot explain how poor our passing has been today.

18-22. Shocks have come back a bit but it's certainly too little too late, isn't it?

[RoyalShock]

21-23. A little hope if they can get the next two.

[WuDrWu]

21-23 running out of time, but trying. TO Bears.

[RoyalShock]

Wow! Going to a 5th!

[1972Shocker]

Got our miracle. Shocks come back to win Set 2 25-23.

When we can get in system we can be effective and our blocking game is carrying us.

[WuDrWu]

Did that just happen???!!!

[RoyalShock]

It seems this one is all but over now at 10-17 in the 4th. Going in I thought this would be a very winnable match, like 3-1. I certainly wasn't expecting 1-3.

This post didn't age well. Don't listen to a thing he says.

[flyingMoose]

I am back awhile ago. Jus' sayin'. But I have to leave again.

[WuDrWu]

Talk about wheels off....Up 2-1 23-21 MSU has lost 9 straight points. Timeout Bears.

4-0 Shocks

4-3 Shocks

8-4 Shocks Timeout Bears.

9-4

9-5

Another bad pass and bad set on what normally would be an easy middle kill by Emma.

9-6

10-6

10-7

10-8 again getting beat by 2 players. That's all they do. That's all they need to do apparently.

11-8

12-8 (probably a bad call for us this time)

13-8

13-9

14-9


15-9 Somehow someway. Great guts even if the execution was poor.

[1972Shocker]

5 set come from behind wins are always great but they don't come much uglier than this one.

I think you have to be concerned about poor quality of our passing game.

The Shocks rallied to hit .143 for the match vs .084 for Missouri State.

The key was the Shocks had 29 block assists plus 3 block solos vs 10 block assists and 2 block solos for MSU.

[BAShocker]

That was fun to watch!

[ShockTalk]

I am back awhile ago. Jus' sayin'. But I have to leave again.

NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!! Well, just making appearance must have been enough.

[WuDrWu]

That was fun to watch!

At least from 22-13 Bears in the 4th it was. Pretty effing painful prior to that.