(VB) Ongoing Volleyball Thread

The Sun got rid of almost all of their local reporters. In Sports they have Whitless, the columnist, a new guy who covers HS sports, and Brockaway who “covers” UF sports—that is, football

 

What am I missing?

 

22 team

 

11 washington state 3 at 6 texas 1-----georgia 3 at 10 georgia tech 1

 

Last Time Out:

Sept. 16, 2022 | Madison, Wis. | W, 3-2 (25-21, 25-18, 26-28, 13-25, 15-13) I'll never forget that match. After losing 25-13 in 4th set- and especially after losing set 3- I had zero hope we'd win the 5th set. None whatsoever. Nada. Nil. Nyet! I think I even left the room during the first few points. I yelled so loud after the final point, my cat ran and hid under my bed.

Attendance record 8,163 (7,523 after renovation). With all the success the program has achieved, I'm a little surprised we've never sold out for a volleyball match. Dominating a weak conference for nearly 3 decades-no major inter-conference rivalries, very few home marquee matches- haven't helped filling up the O'Dome. Texas joining the SEC, Kentucky's natty and the emergence of Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn and Arkansas (and sometimes Miss St) will raise the SEC's volleyball profile and bring in more marquee matches in the O'Dome. Stanford moving to the ACC will make it easier to schedule them (also in tennis!). The best way to increase attendance is to win a natty. Gymnastics did not start regularly selling out until after winning 3 straight NCAA titles. At least 8,164 will be in the O'Dome on Sunday IMHO!

Epilog-I was trying to get tickets to both Tennessee and Wisconsin-easier to justify the price for a last minute round-trip New York-Gainesville or Jacksonville plane ticket. But the price of the Tennessee ticket was almost as high as the plane ticket

Go Gators!!

 

Selfless Dixon Thriving In Middle of It All - Florida Gators

 

How many of the 90,000 make it to the 3 pm volleyball game?

 

ESPN and Holly Rowe Hyped the #1 vs. #3 Matchup:

Holly Rowe on X: "MONSTER volleyball match! Sunday 3 pm et @espn #1 Wisconsin vs #3 @GatorsVB @NCAAVolleyball MUST WATCH https://t.co/HZ0fdSQxhQ" / X (twitter.com)

I like the way CMW was enjoying the process with the players.

Could be wrong but it looked like Kira Hutson was practicing. It would be great to have all hands on deck for Wisconsin.

 

10,000+ hopefully. Don't leave any tickets for Wisconsin fans.

 

Up 4 playing well

 

Up 6 in set 1

 

Gonna sweep em. We the real number 1 team.

 

Wow! Impressive first set win 25-15. Badgers look discombobulated. Crowd is in to it.

 

Wisc looking better in set 2., tho Martins serve producing a 5-0 run. Gators up 13-11. Nothing easy.

 

Tied at 14 and Stuckey helped off with injury. . Looked like her knee gave away.

 

That looked bad, on replay.

 

Title chances are over if it’s serious and we’ll be lucky to win this match. She’s that good and that important. Mary is cursed.

 

Yikes. Stuckey exits the court holding her knee. Gators 1-0, now tied at 15 in the second.

 

Gators up 17-15.

 

Sure hope Stuckey isn't hurt bad. But I doubt she returns today even if she's not.