Shocker Volleyball Hosts Charlotte (Sept 23rd)

[1972Shocker]

WICHITA STATE (7-4, 0-0 American)

Saturday, Sep. 23 (7:00 p.m. CT) vs. Charlotte (7-6, 0-1 American)
Wichita, Kansas (Charles Koch Arena)
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SCOUTING THE 49ERS:

• The 49ers check in at 7-6 overall heading into Saturday's contest following a straight-sets defeat on Wednesday against UTSA. Charlotte opened the season with three wins at the Charlotte Invitational but dropped five of the next seven.
• Charlotte is in their first season in the American Athletic Conference after spending the past decade as a member of Conference USA.
• Charlotte has two common opponents with the Shockers, falling in three to both Northern Colorado and Colorado as part of the Colorado Classic. The Shockers beat UNC in four and were also swept by the Buffaloes.
• The 49ers lean heavily on an imposing front row that ranks 18th nationally in total blocks with 121.0. Both Sydney Baham and Lara Kretschmer average 1.17 rejections per set to crack the top 100 nationally.
• Libero Sophie Whalen passed the 1,000 career digs mark earlier this season. The senior had a season-best 23 digs in a five-set victory over Coastal Carolina on August 26.

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With two matches next weekend against SMU, both in Dallas, the Shockers cannot afford to stumble at home against Charlotte.

[flyingMoose]

The Shockers are an 87% Pablo favorite. A thread on VT notes that the 50-70% predictions using Pablo are quite accurate, but the 70-90% predictions are actually noticeably lower than actual results.

But beware of small sample sizes. The results for yesterday's (Friday's) matches were quite accurate.

[1972Shocker]

The Shockers are an 87% Pablo favorite. A thread on VT notes that the 50-70% predictions using Pablo are quite accurate, but the 70-90% predictions are actually noticeably lower than actual results.

But beware of small sample sizes. The results for yesterday's (Friday's) matches were quite accurate.

I appreciate you posting this Pablo information although, I have to admit I am not 87% confident in this one.

[shoxlax]

What is our record vs. the Pablo predictions with our chance of winning over 50% this season?

[flyingMoose]

What is our record vs. the Pablo predictions with our chance of winning over 50% this season?

This is the first week for Pablo using this year's result only. We can start tracking it now, but I don't pay real close attention to Pablo in the early weeks since it includes some of last year.

[flyingMoose]

Other Weekend Matches

Home v Vis

West

UTSA 1-3 SMU
(30), 13, 19, 16

UTSA v SMU


Tulsa 2-3 Rice
26, (20), (24), 27, 9

Tulsa v Rice


Tulane 0-3 North Texas
19, 21, 23

Tulane v North Texas


East

UAB 0-3 East Carolina
19, 22, 18

UAB v East Carolina


Memphis 0-3 USF
21,17, 19

Memphis v USF


Florida Atlantic 1-3 Temple
20, (23), 17, 22

Florida Atlantic v Temple


Interdivision

Shockers 3-0 Charlotte
14, 13, 17

West 7-1 East

[ShockTalk]

Correction: Shocks 3-0 Charlotte

[1972Shocker]

Shocks with a dominating 14, 13 and 17 sweep of Charlotte with the Shocks controlling the net. The Shocks had 41 kills to only 21 for Charlotte and registered 10 blocks to only 4 for the 49ers.

I would like to say the Shockers played really well in this match but I an not really sure I can say that. Charlotte was just pretty bad I thought. So it was kind of hard to guage how well the Shocks played.

The first set started slowly but with the set tied at 7-7 the Shocks scored 9 of the next 10 points to take a 16-8 lead.
The Shocks led the 2nd set wire to wire and cruised to the easy win after taking a 13-4 lead.
A sloppy start by the Shocks to the 3rd set had Charlotte leading 8-5. A 10 point run by the Shocks with Gabi Maas on the service line propelled the Shocks to a 15-8 lead and the Shocks cruised home from there.

Morgan Weber was back on the court tonight for the Shocks but Brylee Kelsey was MIA.

The Shocks hit 41-11-101 = .297 for a kill rate of 40.6% and and an error rate of just 10.9%. Charlotte hit 21-23-93 = -.022.

Sophia bounced back from her poor performance at ECU hitting 8-0-14 = .571, Ba Koehler was 9-2-23 = .273 and Emerson Wilford was 6-2-18 = .222. Emerson was also in on 4 of the Shocks 10 blocks and also had 12 digs to lead the Shocks which has to be a first for her.

Frosty finished strong at 9-1-17 = .471 and her one miss was at 15-24 in the 3rd set when she tried to vaporize a volleyball and hit it long on a ball she puts away just about every time. Frosty also was in on 6 of the Shocks 10 blocks.

Swifty was a little off tonight hitting 5-3-17 = .118 and was in on 3 blocks.

Will have a much better idea of where the Shocks stand after the 2 match road swing next week aganst SMU in Dallas.

[1972Shocker]

West 7-1 East

Sets are now West 23 - East 3.

[Critter's Pa]

Natalie is fun to watch. 7 kills in the third set to finish 9 1 17 for .471. Add in 6 block assists. Solid as usual. Started the match with a Frosty kill, ended the match with a Frosty kill. Her error came on a match point.

0 errors tonight for Sophia. Good bounce back game for her. (8 0 14 .571) Add in 1 solo and 3 block assists.

Outside hitters did much better this game. Ba (9 3 22 .273) lead the way. Two of her three errors were in the 3rd set, and she had one block assist. Emmerson (6 2 18 .222) put in a good performance. She had a team leading 14 digs and 4 block assists. Her 2 errors came in the 3rd set.

The Shockers only had 3 attacking errors in the first two sets and 8 in set 3. Shocker errors were the only thing keeping Charlotte in the game after starting off set 3 on a 4-0 run.

The 49ers lean heavily on an imposing front row that ranks 18th nationally in total blocks with 121.0.

Charlotte had only 4 blocks. Shockers, ranked T48th in total blocks with 106, got 10 more tonight. I don't know if that number includes blocks from the East Carolina game. I'm glad the Shockers didn't try the hammer-it-through-the-block style of offence.

Izzi had 31 assists. 3 of Izzi's 4 points (4 2 13 .154) came in the third set. She also had 1 block assist.

Gabi had 8 digs and 2 aces.

Glad to see MorganW back out on the court. She only played back row and had 10 digs. MorganS finished 5 3 17 .118 and had 3 block assists.

[1972Shocker]

Tonight's attendance was 2,066. A decent and enthusiastic crowd.

The Pep Band showed up at around the end of Set 1.

[1972Shocker]

Natalie is fun to watch.

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Yes, she is. I have always liked her game. And she has another year to play after this season. The Shocks have not had too many players from the State of Michigan but glad Lambo found this gem.

[jimshocker]

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The Shocks have not had too many players from the State of Michigan but glad Lambo found this gem.

Nice try. Article from November of ‘22. You probably posted it then.

“Former Assistant Coach Sean Carter is the one who spotted Foster as a potential recruit.”

https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article268617047.html

[WuDrWu]

Nice try. Article from November of ‘22. You probably posted it then.

“Former Assistant Coach Sean Carter is the one who spotted Foster as a potential recruit.”

https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article268617047.html

Dude............

[ShockTalk]

Nice try. Article from November of ‘22. You probably posted it then.

“Former Assistant Coach Sean Carter is the one who spotted Foster as a potential recruit.”

https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article268617047.html

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