(VB) Ongoing Volleyball Thread

Me too, Johnny.
Service errors cost us that match last night.

 

I think these girls are great. No other Gator sports team could loose half their starting lineup and be this competitive.

 

One of the announcers last night hit the nail on the head with the number of service errors by Florida. With Stuckey on the front line we don't have to serve that aggressively because Stuckey can be part of a good blocking defense but Muff is nowhere near her blocking potential. We needed to serve aggressively to get (hopefully) weak returns of serve that won't require a solid block. We just didn't get as many great serves as we did service errors. The strategy was correct but the execution fell short.

Painful game to watch given how hard the Lady Gators played.

 

Complete excuse-making malarky from some talking head who was too lazy to do their research. Prior to Stuckey's injury, UF had 85 service errors and 56 aces.

The strategy hasn't changed because of anyone's injury. And it hasn't changed despite the fact that the points gained are less than the points lost.

All those years that UF had a massive talant over the SEC, service errors didn't matter so much. Now that there is more parity, the fallacy of giving away 2-3 points game is being exposed for the decisive disadvantage that it is.

What baffles me is: SEs are completely under the team's control. Why accept them at this rate?

 

Facing Kentucky this afternoon.
Trailed much of the first set but finally took a lead at 23-22.....then lost three staright points and the set
Jumped out 7-0 in the second set and maintained the lead for a 25-20 win to even things at 1-1

 

Trailed early in third set and never caught up, 25-22 UK
Have fallen behind in the 4th as well.....11-7 right now. Gonna take a miracle

 

Perfect example of what happens when you don’t penetrate the net on the block-top spin attack causes the ball to dive down to the floor on the failed block side. Point 11 for UK 4th set.

 

19-13 in the 4th. Falling apart, now.

 

25 -18......such a "what if" season, but have to be a little disappointed they were unable to step up a little more succesffully

 

Great group of young women and an awesome coach. Just feel terrible for the program. Too much tragedy to overcome. Best wishes to Stuckey and Hutson healing. Hope the incoming recruits are ready to contribute and we pick up a couple of stars in the portal. SEC Volleyball has gotten a lot better than it used to be and the the national elites are still great teams every year.

 

Can Adams return Or already had a Covid year?

 

She will be back.

 

Went to Gator Attack Club after the match. We had the 6 seniors/grads.
Anna Dixon
Nnedi Okammor
Elli McKissock-Confirmed that Elli does have another year of eligibility. Direct from her Dad last night.
Kennedy Muff
Sophia Victoria
AC Fitzpatrick
All of these ladies are so smart and fun to be with.
Anna, Nnedi, and AC have aspirations to play pro. Even Elli wants to try one of the new pro leagues in the US.
Mary said 3 leagues in the US are starting up. She also said that it is almost impossible for a libero from the US to play overseas. She did not elaborate.
I know there is one that has started. There is a team in Orlando and Paula Cerame is on it.
As an aside, Katie Callahan went to work for ESPN, according to Muff. She said she would like to follow in her footsteps.
If you are not a member of the GAC, I would encourage you to do so. It is a great organization that is fun, and informative, and helps Mary and the ladies a lot.
A couple of years ago we contributed over $7,000 to help the team buy one of the 6-8 passenger golf carts.
Go to gatorattackclub.org Look right under the ladies looking through their binoculars and click on Join Here.

 

Great info. If Elli comes back that is huge.

 

Who? Elli?

 

I can't feel this way. The ladies are playing their hearts out and being competitive under the harshest of injury circumstances. Put it this way from gymnastics which has 6 performers per event with the ability to drop the low score and count the 5 best scores, what the volleyball team is doing would be like the gymnastics team last year losing Trinity Thomas, Leanne Wong, and Kayla DiCello to season ending injuries along with the walking injured who did not perform or performed very little and then expecting them to be successful against the better teams. It wouldn't have happened for gymnastics, and it can't happen for volleyball. I prefer to just enjoy watching the Gators with no regrets while knowing the future is bright.

 

Trinity

 

You know scrappy, this is as clear as mud. You said Elli's father confirmed she has another year and that she will be back and then you say Trinity who is a junior. Do you mean to say both will be back for 2024?

Signed,

I'm Confused

 

ljluf asked it Trinity would be back. I answered, she will be back.

I said I spoke with Elli's dad, and he confirmed she has another year of eligibility, but no where did I say she was coming back. She is undecided.

 

Help is on the way. The 1st of six 2024 commitments has signed.