2023 NIVC Tournament

[ShockTalk]

Thought UTEP would be tough challenge as they were playing well lately and playing at home in front of a big crowd.

THIS!

[Critter's Pa]

Great Job. Nice win over a team that has been playing well.

Held them to 3 aces when they have been averaging almost 2 per set. Got 2 aces against them, and only had 3 service errors. They had 10. Gabi had several lengthy service runs in the 1st and 2nd sets.

Our left side really shined tonight. Emmerson had her first error midway through the 3rd set. Ba's first and only error was a few points later.

UTEP had 6 blocks, Shockers got 4 blocks all in the first set.

Emmerson hit .214 (11 5 28), 1 solo block and 2 block assists
Sophia hit .263 (8 3 19)
Frosty hit .364 (7 3 11), 1 BA
Ba hit .333 (6 1 15)
Swifty hit .273 (5 2 11) 2 BA
Izzi hit .500 (2 0 4) 29 assists, 1 ace, 1 BA, 7 digs
Webby hit 1.000 (1 0 1), 1 assist, 7 digs
Gabi had 4 assists, 1 ace, 12 digs
Annalie had 3 digs
Katie had 3 digs

For the match, the Shockers hit .292 (20 14 89), UTEP hit .135 (38 23 111).

[Critter's Pa]

Izzi Strand- NIVC MVP
Morgan Stout- All-Tournament Team
Gabi Maas- All-Tournament Team

All well deserved.

[Critter's Pa]

Any idea when the team is getting home? Is there a welcome home celebration for them?

[JayPak]

Strong run through the NIVC. Nice to end the season on a big winning streak. Congrats!

[1972Shocker]

Nice farewell article on Brylee Kelly:

https://www.aol.com/news/she-promise...aso%2C%20Texas.

We also bid a fond farewell but not forgotten to Sophia, Webby, Big Mac and Kylie.

Thanks for the memories and best of luck to these young ladies in their future endeavors.

[1972Shocker]

[1972Shocker]

Bringing home some nice hardware from El Paso

[1972Shocker]

[flyingMoose]

Writeup from volleyballmag

[WstateU]

[kcshocker]

Did they car caravan to El Paso?

[shoxlax]

Is this better than going 0-1 in the NCAA tournament? Like to hear both sides of argument.

[ShockBand]

Is this better than going 0-1 in the NCAA tournament? Like to hear both sides of argument.

To me, in terms of a "this season only" goal, the NCAAs are always preferred. But in terms of longer development, I can see how a deep run in a secondary tournament can be beneficial as well for those players who will return. We saw this with the basketball team in the early 10s.

[jimshocker]

Is this better than going 0-1 in the NCAA tournament? Like to hear both sides of argument.

Well that depends.

With SMU now gone, WSU should have the ability to legitimately win the conference year in and year out. That should be the “championship” we celebrate EVERY year.

This years team is transfers and upperclassmen. Not sure what a deep run into the NIVC did to actually develop any younger players in the program.

This year with the stated goal of many to get the NCAA tournament, we DID NOT accomplish that. All things being equal WSU went into the NIVC as the favorite and played to their seed. Well done.

The team still only won 7 sets against NCAA tournament teams this year.

Moving forward,

0-1 NCAA probably is s preceded by the AAC championship. That is a successful season.

An NIVC bid would mean a failed goal. The winning the loser’s bracket SHOULD only count once.

Had Lambo not continued to try a force an injured OH into the line up all season long, THIS team may have been 0-1 in the NCAA. The NIVC Championship will make that story be forgotten.