Lady Vol Classic

[The Mad Hatter]

Thanks for the updates @WuDrWu:!

[1972Shocker]

Thanks for the updates @WuDrWu!

Dittos here. I was unable to follow the match this morning but I did catch the post-game interview with Lambo. He sounded pretty disgusted with the way they managed the 2nd set from the sideline and also by Chelsey. Said they just can not have that. Otherwise, he seemed pretty satisfied especially considering the early morning timing.

Also, I did not realize Tennessee lost so many players from last year. I, of course, new about All-American Kelsey Robinson transferring to Nebraska but Mike reported that in addition to that 5 other players transferred plus they lost 4 players to graduation.

They did have a very highly touted recruiting class come in included 3 Top 50 players. So tonight will be interest6ing.

Lambo also spoke very highly of VCU. So the next two matches are big opportunities for the Lady Shocks.

:poster_shocks:

[1972Shocker]

No Live Video. Apparently No Live Stats. I wonder if we will be lucky enough to get a box score?

[WuDrWu]

Interesting match as Arizona State faced off against #14 Illinois at Illinois this morning. An evenly fought match throughout. In the 5th, after losing a couple of leads, ASU served at 14-13 and by all accounts, Illinois hit the ball wide but it was called good and the Illini went on to win.

[1972Shocker]

Finally ran down a box score of this morning's match on the ETSU sight.

The most positive thing I see are the offensive stats from Katie Reilly and Ashlyn Driskill. Katie was 8-1-14 = 0.500 and Ashlyn 10-2-17 = 0.471. Ashley (9-1-13 = 0.615) and Elizabeth (5-1-10 = 0.400) contributed their usual solid play in the middle but it was really nice to see Katie and Ashlyn contribute at a high level on the outside. Let's hope they can keep it going.

[1972Shocker]

Shocks looked good in Set 1 winning fairly easily 25-16. Ashlyn and Katie off to a good start on the left side.

[The Mad Hatter]

21-10 Shocks so far in the second.

[The Mad Hatter]

Shocks win the 2nd by even more than the 1st, winning 25-12. Great start to this one. Hopefully we can finish it in 3.

[1972Shocker]

Shocks continue to dominate the Lady Vols going up 2-0 with a 25-12 win in Set 2 although I thought they actually played better in Set 1.

Some of our passing in Set 2 wasn't great. When we did make a good pass we were deadly.

[WuDrWu]

The ladies really look good right now. Tennessee is young and has talent but is not a good team yet. Still, this is an impressive showing.

[1972Shocker]

Hopefully we can finish it in 3.

Yep. We don't want to give this young Tennessee any confidence that they can comeback in this one. We need to come out focused and on a mission and put this away with a sweep.

:poster_shocks:

[The Mad Hatter]

Shocks finish it off 25-13. Excellent performance across the board.

[1972Shocker]

Nice win by the Shocks. Not sure this a real good Tennessee team. They haven't played a real strong schedule to date and the Lady Shocks certainly took them to volleyball school tonight. The Shocks are a tough team to deal with for a young team like Tennessee because of all the things they can throw at you.

VCU will probably be the toughest opponent we have in this tournament.

[pogo]

Great win because its a SEC team and that looks really good to the novice that only looks at scores.

[1972Shocker]

Here is the box score from the Tennessee match. That was one balanced attack with Katie and Ashlyn leading the way with 9 kills each followed by Elizabeth and Ashley with 7 each, Sam with 6 and Chelsey with 4 as the Shocks hit a very solid 0.363 for the match. You don't often see Chelsey with the lowest hitting %. Pretty impressive display of blocking as well.