Shocker Volleyball Classic

[Steeleshocker]

It came back on. We did win.

That's pretty terrible for it to go out like that, at the most critical part of the match.

[ShockerFever]

Well, WSU led 14-11 in the 5th set when watch ESPN gave me a "your event has ended message"

I assume that means we won.

That was the biggest bunch of BS I've ever seen. I reloaded it and was able to catch the post-game handshakes. Whoever dropped the ball on that one deserves to lose their job.

Anyway, that was an amazing comeback. Down 9-3 in the 5th, and to pull it out like that was stellar. Big guts for those ladies. Really impressed with Larson.

Definitely heading out tomorrow night.

[Steeleshocker]

They found a weak spot in an outside hitter in the back row and absolutely shredded her.

[ShockerFever]

They found a weak spot in an outside hitter in the back row and absolutely shredded her.

Yep. That was a meltdown of epic proportions.

Mack is a good player for UK but it was nice to see her funnel one into the net in the 5th set. She was a little too brash for my taste. That delay of game point or whatever was pretty funny as well.

[JayJ79]

That was the biggest bunch of BS I've ever seen. I reloaded it and was able to catch the post-game handshakes. Whoever dropped the ball on that one deserves to lose their job.

meh, it came right back on. not worth someone losing their job. especially considering alot of the production on this stuff involves students.
the match is already archived, so you can re-watch those last few points if you want, to see what you missed: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/...ize/condensed/

[JayJ79]

Yep. That was a meltdown of epic proportions.

Mack is a good player for UK but it was nice to see her funnel one into the net in the 5th set. She was a little too brash for my taste. That delay of game point or whatever was pretty funny as well.

IMO, officials should make that call more often. I've noticed a number of players that take too long to serve after the whistle. (the exception should be if it is a loud environment and the server might not have heard the whistle)

[ShockerFever]

meh, it came right back on. not worth someone losing their job. especially considering alot of the production on this stuff involves students.
the match is already archived, so you can re-watch those last few points if you want, to see what you missed: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/...ize/condensed/

It came right back on after the match ended.

Ok, I don't want a student sent to the unemployment line over this. But it was shitty as hell. Biggest point of the match in a come-from-behind setting against a ranked opponent. Yah, it was kind of a big deal. What the hell was the point of watching it if you can't even see the ending?

Something tells me if the game involved UNI, you wouldn't be feeling as "meh".

[JayJ79]

It came right back on after the match ended.

Ok, I don't want a student sent to the unemployment line over this. But it was shitty as hell. Biggest point of the match in a come-from-behind setting against a ranked opponent. Yah, it was kind of a big deal. What the hell was the point of watching it if you can't even see the ending?

Something tells me if the game involved UNI, you wouldn't be feeling as "meh".

my feed came back on before the point had ended. and like I pointed out, it is already archived so you can watch that point in its entirety without interruption.
if the game involved UNI, I'd likely be at it (if it was a home match), otherwise, in addition to the espn3 stream, I'd probably have the radio broadcast on as well (cuz I'm weird like that), so no, I probably wouldn't get that worked up.

[shoxlax]

I don't get how that video end snafu happened....was it on a timer or something? You cannot tell me, student or not, someone was dumb enough to pull the plug on the event at that moment when the game was going on right before their eyes.

[Dave Stalwart]

I don't get how that video end snafu happened....was it on a timer or something? You cannot tell me, student or not, someone was dumb enough to pull the plug on the event at that moment when the game was going on right before their eyes.

My guess is somebody jumped up in excitement and tripped over the power chord.

[ShockerFever]

my feed came back on before the point had ended. and like I pointed out, it is already archived so you can watch that point in its entirety without interruption.
if the game involved UNI, I'd likely be at it (if it was a home match), otherwise, in addition to the espn3 stream, I'd probably have the radio broadcast on as well (cuz I'm weird like that), so no, I probably wouldn't get that worked up.

Are you seriously saying watching an archived portion of the match is the same thing as watching it live with a resulting comeback on the line? I hope you're joking on that one. I really, really hope.

Well, I wasn't at the game and didn't coordinate radio play-by-play with streaming play-by-play. So now that we got that out of the way, you can obviously understand the frustration at the moment of occurrence after watching about an hour of the match in the comeback fashion it was and caliber of opponent they were playing against.

It appears with your back-and-forth that you may be more concerned about my reaction than my actual reaction of the error. Again, thanks for your non-participating team concern.

[flyingMoose]

Mack is a good player for UK ... That delay of game point or whatever was pretty funny as well.

Exceeded the ten-seconds-to-serve.

[JayJ79]

https://youtu.be/Fmsv-XUQ7Sk?t=34

[flyingMoose]

Post-match comments

I would like to provide some, but Lambo was so out of it, he could not string enough words together to make a sentence. Too funny.

[1972Shocker]

Mucho funno in the Chucko tonighto.

Not a great crowd in terms of numbers which was disappointing but the 2,044 fans in attendance not only got their monies worth but they were pretty enthusiastic in their support of the Shocks.

Katie Reilly may very well have had the best match of her career with 19 kills and only 1 error on 32 attacks for a 0.563 hitting % with a goodly number of those kills leaving a vapor trail.

Emily Heibert was 1 kill shy of a triple-double as she finished with 9 kills (9-1-14 = 0.571), 10 digs and 45 assists plus she contributed 4 of the Shocker's 9 aces.

I thought the Shocks serving and passing was very good tonight and this team is pretty good at keeping the ball in play. Gabi Mostrom had two big service points in Set 4 with the game tied at 19 points including an ace to put the Shocks up 21-19 in that set.

Jody Larson's serving in the 5th set was excellent as well.