Elsewhere Around American Conference Volleyball

[flyingMoose]

Sunday 1 October

SMU 3-2 @ Cincinnati
Temple 3-2 @ Houston
Eastern Carolina 3-1 v Tulsa
UConn 3-1 @ Tulane
USF 3-2 @ Memphis

Shockers and SMU are the only undefeated teams.

[1972Shocker]

Houston appears to be playing better. Beating UConn and taking Temple to 5 sets before falling was a pretty good showing for the Cougars.

[UCONN_Husky]

I have to say I'm a little surprised with Houston's sweep of UConn.

Houston's win snapped a losing streak of 24 consecutive AAC matches.

You and me both. Best word to describe UCONN volleyball is inconsistent.

[UCONN_Husky]

Any insight @UCONN_Husky?

Not sure what happened at Houston. If anything I would have predicted UCONN to sweep Houston and lose in 4 to Tulane. This has been the issue with UCONN Volleyball over the years - some good wins/showings mixed in with a bunch of WTF matches.

[im4wsu]

http://theamerican.org/standings.aspx?path=wvball

Wichita State	4-0	1.000	12-3	0.800	3-1	4-1	5-1	W4
SMU	4-0	1.000	10-5	0.667	3-4	4-0	3-1	W4
Temple	3-1	0.750	7-5	0.583	2-1	3-2	2-2	W3
Cincinnati	3-1	0.750	5-11	0.313	1-1	3-3	1-7	L1
ECU	2-2	0.500	10-6	0.625	7-4	2-1	1-1	W1
UCF	2-2	0.500	9-7	0.563	3-1	4-2	2-4	L1
UConn	2-2	0.500	9-7	0.563	3-2	2-3	4-2	W1
Tulane	1-3	0.250	12-5	0.706	8-2	3-2	1-1	L2
Tulsa	1-3	0.250	7-9	0.438	1-1	2-4	4-4	L3
USF	1-3	0.250	6-8	0.429	2-4	2-2	2-2	W1
Houston	1-3	0.250	5-7	0.417	4-2	0-4	1-1	L1
Memphis	0-4	0.000	7-9	0.438	3-2	0-5	4-2	L4

[1972Shocker]

You and me both. Best word to describe UCONN volleyball is inconsistent.

Maybe were not giving Houston enough credit. Temple took the first two sets today 25-18 and 25-20. But Houston came back to tie with wins in Sets 3 and 4 by cores of 25-18 and 28-26 with Temple edging the Cougs 15-13 in the decisive 5th set. If Houston continues to play like that they will be winning more conference games this season after not winning any last year.

[WuDrWu]

Saturday and Sunday results:

FGCU 3-1 over Lipscomb :(

ETSU 3-0 over The Citidel

SIU-E 3-2 over Belmont :(

IUPUI 3-0 over Youngstown State

Marquette 3-0 over DePaul

Miami 3-2 over Kent State

St. Louis 3-2 over Duquesne :(

Colorado 3-1 over Oregon :(

Cal Poly 3-0 over CSUN

Creighton 3-0 over St. Johns

Iowa State 3-2 over Texas Tech

[flyingMoose]

Saturday and Sunday results:

FGCU 3-1 over Lipscomb :(

And Lipscomb was at home!

[pogo]

Is Colorado that good?

[1972Shocker]

Is Colorado that good?

Not sure but I heard they can really get high.

Seriously though the the Buffs look to be pretty solid this year. They are now 12-3 with losses to Penn State, Utah and Stanford. They have wins over #12 Colorado State at Ft. Collins and now #12 Oregon.

Last week they received 40 votes in the AVCA polling putting them at #28. This win may very well move them into the top 25. Possibly knocking the Shockers out of the Top 25.

An updated poll is due out today.

[flyingMoose]

with losses to ... Stanford.

The Buffs led 23-21 in the fourth set (before losing in five sets) of this one and later served with one point leads before losing the fourth, 27-29. They are legit.

[flyingMoose]

And Lipscomb was at home!

Kennesaw State is the other big dog in the ASUN in addition to Lipscomb and Florida Gulf Coast. This is a one-bid conference and one of them will win the Conference Tournament and advance. I think Lambo originally thought Lipscomb would win the conference, but those chances seemed to have dropped.

[flyingMoose]

Friday Scores

East Carolina 3-1 at Temple
Cincinnati 3-1 at UConn
Houston 3-0 v Memphis
SMU 3-1 v USF
Tulsa 3-2 v UCF

Along with the Shockers at 5-0 are SMU with Cincinnati at 4-1. The Bearcats got off to a bad start after losing their stud just before the season started, but they seem to have finally reorganized and appear to be playing much better.

[WuDrWu]

And I think Temple lost their best OH to an injury.

[1972Shocker]

And I think Temple lost their best OH to an injury.

Yes. Mike confirmed that on the broadcast of the WSU-Houston match today.

Actually they are down their two best attackers. One for the season with an ACL tear and one who apparently is expected back.

I think 5-11 Sr. OH Irem Asci is the player who tore her ACL and is out for the season. She was averaging 3.0 K/S in the 11 matches she played in. Not sure if she will qualify for a medical redshirt or not.

I think the other injured player is 6-0 Sr. OH Dara Peric although I am not positive about that. She was averaging 1.82 K/S. She did not play Friday after starting in Temple's 1st 12 matches.