2023 PSU MVB Thread
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Great win! They look like a legit national title contender. Went into the weekend ranked #3 and now have a win over #1 Hawaii and have split two matches with #2 UCLA.
PSU loses to #2 UCLA on Thursday, and defeats #1 Hawaii on Saturday. (PSU was ranked #3 at the time). So how does the AVCA Poll react: PSU moves ahead of UCLA, and stays behind Hawaii. I guess part of their logic was that UCLA lost to Hawaii on Saturday.
well beating Hawai’i in Hawai’i is the most impressive win any have. Plus PSU is 1-1 vs UCLA this year.
This is a late post but I made it to see the match Saturday afternoon at Harvard. Harvard put up a good fight in the second set losing 29-27 but they never had a set point. It never really felt like PSU was threatened during the match.
It was fun to watch such high level volleyball from five or six rows back in the stands. I'm pretty sure there was one quick set to the outside hitter that was actually on a slight downward trajectory. It's crazy that the set was coming from that high. Overall, there were a lot of missed serves. In three sets, PSU missed 19 serves and Harvard missed 14. PSU had 11 service aces (3 for Harvard). Get the points were you can get 'em. Ezeonu served great with 4 aces and 2 service errors.
This is a "get off my lawn"/"old man" thing but the Harvard bench players did a lot of yapping/heckling when PSU served. The gym got pretty quiet with each serve and the yelling was very noticeable. I thought it was pretty poor sportsmanship. The PSU players, on the other hand, just ignored it.
Stopped in at Mr. Bartley's Burgers after the match and it was a beautiful afternoon in Harvard Square. All in all, not a bad day.
It was fun to watch such high level volleyball from five or six rows back in the stands. I'm pretty sure there was one quick set to the outside hitter that was actually on a slight downward trajectory. It's crazy that the set was coming from that high. Overall, there were a lot of missed serves. In three sets, PSU missed 19 serves and Harvard missed 14. PSU had 11 service aces (3 for Harvard). Get the points were you can get 'em. Ezeonu served great with 4 aces and 2 service errors.
This is a "get off my lawn"/"old man" thing but the Harvard bench players did a lot of yapping/heckling when PSU served. The gym got pretty quiet with each serve and the yelling was very noticeable. I thought it was pretty poor sportsmanship. The PSU players, on the other hand, just ignored it.
Stopped in at Mr. Bartley's Burgers after the match and it was a beautiful afternoon in Harvard Square. All in all, not a bad day.
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