Shocks @ SIU (Friday, Nov 18th) and @ Evansville (Sat, Nov 19th)

[flyingMoose]

Jody injured her elbow last night against SIU and probably won't play on the back row tonight. The Shocks will be in a 5-1. Not sure I totally understood Lambo's comments. He said Alex Koon will be in the lineup in place of Jody. I interpreted what he was saying as Alex would play the back row because digging and passing bother Jody the most and then I am assuming Jody will still paly front row rotations. Again just not sure about that so we will see what happens.

I understood him to say that passing actually bothered her more than hitting, and they do not plan to play her at all. All will be made clear very shortly.

[flyingMoose]

Set One

4-1 Shocks, TO. 8-4, 8-9, 13-9, another Evansville TO.

No Jody.

"out for the night" Mike just said.

[1972Shocker]

I understood him to say that passing actually bothered her more than hitting, and they do not plan to play her at all. All will be made clear very shortly.

I have to admit that I really didn't follow him very well. Doesn't look like Jody is playing at all.

[flyingMoose]

Set One

Shockers 25-16 Evansville

Shocks hit .423 v .129. Tabitha led the way with 6-0-7 for .857.

[flyingMoose]

Set Two

Shocks 6-2 and an Evansville TO.

Two kills by Abbie and an ace by Alex brings the score to 12-2 and Evansville takes its last TO.

Eighteen points in a row to make the score 21-2 before the Purple Aces get another point.

[1972Shocker]

MSU wins Set 1 at SIU 25-19.

[1972Shocker]

A 18-point run by the Shocks with Alex Koon serving on the final 17 of those and contributing 3 aces in the run.

[flyingMoose]

The score moves to 21-6 and Lambo takes a TO.

[flyingMoose]

Set Two

Shockers 25-7 Evansville

Shockers .530 v -.034. For the match, .471 v .050. Tabitha is now 11-1-17 for .588, and Abbie is 8-2-12 for .500.

[1972Shocker]

UNI sweeps Indiana State to secure the #3 seed and can theoretically still secure the #2 seed if the Shockers somehow managed a collapse against Evansville.

Shocks need 1 more set against Evansville to secure the #2 seed.

[1972Shocker]

MSU goes up 2-0 with a 25-20 2nd set win at SIU.

[flyingMoose]

Set Three

Shocks 5-0 and it's time for an Evansville TO.

[flyingMoose]

The Purple Aces steady the ship, but three consecutive points to bring the score to 21-15 bring on the last TO for Evansville.

[flyingMoose]

Set Three

Shockers 25-18 Evansville for the sweep

For the match, the Shock hit .425 v .094.

Tabitha was 16-2-29 for .483, and Abbie was 13-2-20 for .550.


From the post-game, "We are good enough - are we tough enough?"

Need to get Jody straight for the tournament.

[1972Shocker]

Live Stats for the MSU-SIU went down with MSU leading 2-0 and down 14-16 in Set 3.

According to SIU Twitter post SIU won set 3 25-22.