(VB) Ongoing Volleyball Thread

Mine was deleted for making a change. Have a merry Christmas wing.

 

Texas is defeated and dominated by Creighton 3-1. The Bluejays are the real deal. Their defense was phenomenal. They had 20 assisted blocks and only 1 blocking error.

 

Creighton knocked out Texas today 3-1. The SEC got 8 teams in the field of 64 and 5 of them made the Final 16. Very deep and competitive league this year. But unless Texas A&M upsets Wisconsin later today, only Kentucky will make the Final 8. And they face #1 Pittsburgh next. The truly elite teams for 2024 are Pittsburgh, Louisville, Wisconsin, Stanford, Nebraska Penn State and maybe Creighton, who has wiped out 2 SEC teams in a row in the tournament. Women's D1 volleyball is one of my favorite sports to watch and I sure hope Coach Wise can bring in a couple of high quality transfers that will help elevate next year's team to one that's Final 4 caliber. Gooo Gators!!

 

Nice Article:
These Gators 'Embraced the Hard' Until the End - Florida Gators

 

Thank you. Great article. Mary has created a culture at Florida that young ladies want to be a part of. Let’s see what happens in the portal.

 

TAM took Wisconsin to five sets and Lost in the 5th 13 - 15

 

I deleted mine !
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If I had a daughter sir she would dress in White and Gold. I’d put her on the campus to cheer the Brave and Bold but if I had a son sir I’d tell u what he’d do , he’d yell the hell with Georgia like his daddy used to do

 

I just watched the #1 seed in the tournament, Pittsburgh, eliminate Kentucky 3-0 and was very impressed with former Gator middle blocker Bre Kelley. She hit .500 for the match with 8 kills and had some really nice blocks. She was 1st team All-ACC, hitting .506 for the season with 149 blocks, only 5 blocking errors for the whole year. We could have really used her on the Gator team this year and she's still got another year of eligibility left with Pitt. Just an aside, Kentucky loses 6 seniors off their team this year.

 

told the announcer transferring from uf was the best thing she did. i remember her sleep walking a lot with uf. i don't disagree with transfer assessment.

 

Just now reading tge SEC is bringing back a conference volleyball tournament next year. Any thoughts on whether this is good to get some bonus points for seeding or not so good because the conference is getting better and could hurt your seeding? Seems like a disadvantage to me because I don't think the other big conferences do this...extra games could mean extra chances at losses.

 

And of course injuries

 

Really like her, but unfortunately part of front line is defense and she was a liability in that respect. No fault of her own, but height is height.

 

Are you talking about the post-match, on-court interview? I just watched the replay and she didn't say anything even remotely like that, and nothing at all about transferring or UF.

 

announcer said it during match, not post game.

 

looks like we got a transfer outside hitter from Arkansas...Aniya Madkin..

 

She's a 6'2" redshirt freshman who led Arkansas in kills and kills per set. Was named to the SEC All Freshman team. I haven't seen any official announcement, but she would be a very good addition.

 

https://www.instagram.com/themadkinaniya/on her instagram now

 

Being from Mississippi, Aniya is likely very familiar with Dee McMillian our 6'3" freshman MB coming in via Mississippi and Texas:

Aniya Madkin

UF gets Aniya for 3 years as she redshirted in 2023.

Welcome aboard Aniya. It's Great to be a Florida Gator!

 

Nebraska whipped up on Wisconsin 3-0, so all 3 #1 seeds have advanced to the Final 4 so far. Penn St./Creighton play tonight for the last slot. Merritt Beason was good as usual. She's 2nd on their team in points scored, plus serves well and plays solid defense. But the top 2 players on their team this year is setter Bergen Reilly (1297 assists) and Harper Murray, a devastating hitter, she of the 20 or so earrings!!