WSU Hosts Northern Iowa - Friday, Oct 26th - Buy 1, Get 1 Free

[flyingMoose]

Another element Lambo pointed out, not mentioned yet, is that we lost serve-receive for the first time in a long time. And that statement with an 11-1 differential in service errors going our way.

[JayJ79]

Another element Lambo pointed out, not mentioned yet, is that we lost serve-receive for the first time in a long time. And that statement with an 11-1 differential in service errors going our way.

10-8 according to the stats.

edit: oops, I may have misinterpretted what Moose was referring to). Here are all the team serving stats:
WSU 8 service errors, 3 service aces
UNI 10 service errors, 1 service ace

[flyingMoose]

10-8 according to the stats.

Thanks. I was just recalling the stats given during the postgame radio show and did not look them up in the box score. Thinking back, I recall Chelsey serving two into the net, so clearly I heard incorrectly or incorrect information was broadcast.

[WuDrWu]

I read that thinking we had 11 errors to 1 ace (not UNI errors). Point being we served receive poorly, as poorly as I've seen all year, against decent, but certainly not impressive serving.

On the other hand, we provided UNI with easy serve after easy serve all night. I can live with service errors when we're being aggressive, but when it's delivering mostly simple balls over the net, like last night, you've got to be near perfect, and we were most certainly not.

Tough night. Gotta forget about it and move on....can't let UNI beat you twice in a weekend.

[SpanglerFan316]

This is a terrible thing to do but ...

In that same 10 year time frame, doesn't Wichita State also have 2 NCAA wins, don't they bring more fans to StLouis than UNI and hasn't WSU won an NIT? There- I just showed yet another school that has brought more value and money than UNI. You could argue several others as well, but it is pointless. UNI fans are starved for attention, they are cold and lonely out there in the wasteland of Frostbite Falls and sometimes, well more than sometimes, they get delusional and fill their heads with silly thoughts of grandeur.

Discussion is pointless. They really think they are much more than they are, they really think they are bolting for a BCS conference "Sooner than later" and they really think they are, or at least should be considered important. They aren't. They are a small, broke, boring teachers college located in a remote part of Iowa, separated just far enough from the rest of the world to still hang out a sliver of hope that in some small way, they matter.

And no, I wasn't trolling, I'm just sick and tired of reading this convoluted bs from UNI fans, they are all so full of crap I'm just not going to be quiet anymore.

http://www.mvcfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2428&sid=3e1fec33e1c11c87de497c00f44e2b07&start=60

This has nothing to do with volleyball and it is from that worthless site mvcfans.com but ... it was funny. I'm not saying that MoValley John is right (or wrong) but, if you know the name "valleychamp" :nightmare: , you probably understand the quoted post. :smile-new:

[SpanglerFan316]

While JayJ79 posts on MVCfans, he/she is usually a great poster here and is greatly appreciated.

[SpanglerFan316]

It is interesting. Among MVC matches in Frostbite Falls, the smallest attendance was 2260 (WSU@UNI) and the largest was 3907 (MSU@UNI). The others were 3756, 2767, 2552 and 2512. UNI is doing something right (wrt attendance); it isn't just one huge match and then a bunch of poorly attended matches.

[1972Shocker]

It is interesting. Among MVC matches in Frostbite Falls, the smallest attendance was 2260 (WSU@UNI) and the largest was 3907 (MSU@UNI). The others were 3756, 2767, 2552 and 2512. UNI is doing something right (wrt attendance); it isn't just one huge match and then a bunch of poorly attended matches.

That is paid attendance. You know the story on that. You are comparing raisins to watermelons.

[SpanglerFan316]

That is paid attendance. You know the story on that. You are comparing raisins to watermelons.

What is the difference in season ticket cost between UNI and WSU? I know WSU charges $55 or $65 for a season ticket, which is very reasonable. What does UNI charge?

[The Mad Hatter]

What is the difference in season ticket cost between UNI and WSU? I know WSU charges $55 or $65 for a season ticket, which is very reasonable. What does UNI charge?

As noted before on this board, UNI has offered a package where $20 gets you season tickets to BOTH volleyball AND women's basketball. That is 77 cents per game.

[JayJ79]

The 5812 in attendance to watch UNI @ WSU ranks as the 15th highest attended match in all of the NCAA this season. And 13 of the 14 matches ahead of that were at Hawaii (the 14th being Nebraska hosting Notre Dame at the Centurylink Center in Omaha)

[1972Shocker]

Hawaii just amazes me with their attendance for VB. About the last place you would expect such ouststanding attendance for an indoor sport. Maybe this is the rainy season. In any case, they love their Lady Wahini VB.

I wonder if Nebraska would challenge Hawaii if they played all their matches in a bigger arena.

In any case, that was a great crowd for the UNI-WSU match, although the match itself did not live up to its billing. I'm beginning to think that the Lady Shocks simply don't believe they can handle the Lady Panthers. Either that or the matchups in style or approach simply don't work for the Shocks. But now I'm getting way above my pay grade.

[JayJ79]

I do believe this is the last season that Nebraska is playing in the Coliseum, and that they will be moving to the (much bigger) Devaney Center starting next season. So I guess we'll see if they can rival Hawaii.

sidenote: sometimes it bothers me a bit when someone always has to modify team names for womens teams (Lady Shocks, Lady Panthers, etc.), because it's like the person is implying that those teams are "TRUE" Shocks or "TRUE" Panthers, which is ridiculous. But then, it's not like being a Lady is a bad thing in and of itself. But I'm rambling.

[SpanglerFan316]

	Team	Total Att.	Home Matches	Avg.
1	Hawaii	94,488	14	6,749
2	Nebraska	52,558	12	4,380
3	Penn St.	31,015	9	3,446
4	Minnesota	39,792	12	3,316
5	Wisconsin	31,484	10	3,148
6	Illinois	24,012	8	3,002
7	UNI	22,880	8	2,860
8	Wichita St.	25,261	9	2,807
9	Louisville	39,514	15	2,634
10	Purdue	31,238	12	2,603
11	Florida	31,146	12	2,596
12	Texas	30,885	13	2,376
13	Iowa St.	23,199	10	2,320
14	Colorado St.	28,642	13	2,203
15	Missouri	15,396	7	2,199
16	Washington	21,477	10	2,148
17	UMES	12,382	6	2,064
18	Oregon	14,049	7	2,007
19	Stanford	21,308	11	1,937
20	Kansas St.	22,372	12	1,864

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/NCAA/Resources/Stats/Womens+Volleyball/Attendance/attendance.html

[SpanglerFan316]

Imagine if WSU could bring in 5000 fans to each of the next three matches. I don't think it will happen but I wonder if 5000 fans at a "2 for 1" price brings in more revenue than 2400 fans at full price. Does WSU get any of the concession money or does it all go to the volunteers who man the concession stands?