2014 NCAA Volleyball Tournament

[flyingMoose]

Wisconsin takes the first set from Illinois State 25-17. This feed is from BTN or one of its sub-channels. The commentators are light years ahead of what we heard last night.

The Badgers take the second set by a score of 25-19 for a 2-0 lead in the match.

[flyingMoose]

At 17-17, Wisconsin pulls away for a 25-19 and 3-0 win. The Redbirds played well, but asking them to beat the #4 national seed on their home court was a tall order.

[1972Shocker]

At 17-17, Wisconsin pulls away for a 25-19 and 3-0 win. The Redbirds played well, but asking them to beat the #4 national seed on their home court was a tall order.

The Lady Redbirds have nothing to hang their head about for sure. The represented the Valley very well. Had a great year.

[flyingMoose]

UALR is giving Kansas fits in Topeka with the match tied at 2-2. The Trojans are the fourth seed in the pod with KU being the #16 national seed.

Men's basketball should have moved to Topeka and let volleyball have the Field House - Florida is thumping the Jayhawks at this typing.

Seven of the eleven players on the Trojans are internationals - six from Bosnia-Herzegovina and one from Australia. A bunch of some kind of Slavic language in the chat box of the streaming video - now I understand why.

[flyingMoose]

KU 2-3 UALR

25-27, 25-19, 25-22, 18-25, 10-15

[flyingMoose]

Wow, what a match!!

Oregon State 3-2 UALR

UALR was serving at 24-22 in the fourth set with a two-sets-to-one lead and again in the fifth set with a 14-12 lead. But the Beavers pull out the fifth set 19-17.

[1972Shocker]

Breakdown of the Sweet 16 - Seeds in parenthesis:

BIG 10 - 5 Teams: WIS(4), PSU(5), ILL(9), NEB(14), OHS
PAC 12 - 5 Teams: STAN(1), WASH(3), ORE(10), UCLA(12), ORS
ACC - 2 Teams: FSU(6), UNC(7)
BIG 12 - 1 Team: TEX(2)
SEC - 1 Team: FLOR(8)
MWC - 1 Team: CSU(15)
WCC - 1 Team: BYU

Seeds that did not make it: Arizona(11), Kentucky(13), Kansas(16)

[flyingMoose]

Below are the four regionals for the tournament with the starting times (CT) for the first match on Friday. All of the matches are on ESPN3 except the Washington-Nebraska match which is on ESPNU.


Ames Regional - 5pm

(1) Stanford v Oregon State
(8) Florida v (9) Illinois


Minneapolis Regional - 4pm

(2) Texas v (15) Colorado State
(7) North Carolina v (10) Oregon


Seattle Regional - 6pm (or here)

(6) Florida State v BYU
(3) Washington v (14) Nebraska - 830pm


Louisville Regional - 4pm

(4) Wisconsin v Ohio State
(5) Penn State v (12) UCLA

[flyingMoose]

Tournament Centrals added as they become available: Minneapolis, Louisville added.

[WuDrWu]

Really needs to be a Wichita Regional in the near future. Aside from what I would have to think would be really strong attendance from the city, a number of "localish" teams would travel well if they were to make it (Nebraska, ISU, UT come to mind).

[flyingMoose]

Tournament Centrals for Ames and Seattle added - I think. Both are less obvious than the Minneapolis and Louisville sites.

[flyingMoose]

Ames Regional

Stanford 3-1 Oregon State
Florida 3-2 Illinois


Minneapolis Regional

Texas 3-0 Colorado State
North Carolina 3-1 Oregon


Seattle Regional

Florida State 1-3 BYU
Washington 1-3 Nebraska


Louisville Regional

Wisconsin 3-2 Ohio State
Penn State 3-0 UCLA


All of the matches tomorrow are on the U beginning at 3pm CT. The Louisville Regional is followed by the Minneapolis, Ames and Seattle Regionals at two hour and thirty minute intervals.

[Shocker-maniac]

Really needs to be a Wichita Regional in the near future. Aside from what I would have to think would be really strong attendance from the city, a number of "localish" teams would travel well if they were to make it (Nebraska, ISU, UT come to mind).

Has Wichita ever submitted a bid on hosting a NCAA volleyball regional?

[flyingMoose]

Regional Finals

(1) Stanford 3-0 (8) Florida

(2) Texas 3-1 (7) North Carolina

(14) Nebraska 0-3 BYU

(4) Wisconsin 1-3 (5) Penn State

[flyingMoose]

The semifinal matches can be seen tonight on ESPN2 beginning at 600pm. Texas v BYU is followed by Stanford v Penn State at 830pm. The finals are Saturday at 630pm, again on ESPN2. I have no idea if tickets are available, but these matches are just down the road in Oklahoma City.