2025 PSU WVB Thread
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I'm really surprised that Emma Sellman wasn't listed in the article. And pretty surprised that Caroline Jurevicius wasn't mentioned.
Women's college volleyball all-time attendance records
The DI college volleyball games with the most attendance, led by Nebraska vs. Omaha's women's sports world record match outdoors at Memorial Stadium.
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Middle is the biggest question on the team so maybe that's why the writer included Mendelson and Collins. Sellman and CJ are more known quantities perhaps.
Single-match tickets go on pre-sale today (Thursday Aug. 7) for NLC members at 10am, and at 2 pm for general public. Important note for this season, all women's volleyball tickets are assigned seats, so no more general admission. From the note they sent out, you get to request where you'd like to sit. I'm guessing that NLC Points priority comes into play for season tickets, and maybe for single-game tickets as well.
FYI, Penn State vs Creighton at 5 pm on FS1. Currently, Vandy vs #14 Kansas in the 4th set. Kansas down 1-2 to Vandy.
Now that the first match is over (went 5 sets) the PSU match is next... about 40 mins later than advertised.
45 years. They had all that time to prepare and still lost.
They know how to close--very impressive
Kennedy Martin was a huge portal add
Kennedy Martin was a huge portal add
Some observations from the match against Creighton:
- it's the 1st match of the season, so things can change, rotations change, players improve, etc. In short, I don't worry too much about anything at this point in the season
- Kennedy Martin was a monster. A huge pickup by PSU
- It was interesting that Izzy, Spellman, and Martin were playing 6 positions. As a result, PSU was not making as many substitutions as they did last season during games
- CJ (Caroline Jurevicius) seemed comfortable when she was at OH
- Speaking of CJ, she's 6'2", but with new additions Martin (6'6") and Spellman (6'4"), she seemed small on the front line. LOL
- I was curious to see Spellman play, in that she had a monster game against PSU last season for tOSU, yet wasn't as dominant for many other tOSU games. Her performance against Creighton was mixed. She had some issues on receiving serve, and wasn't all that dominant when in the front line (she hit .182 in the match). She was a nice addition from the portal, but doesn't seem like a player that will dominate all the time
- CJ had her moments, and seemed to have expanded beyond just hitting the crap out of the ball, but also didn't have a great night. She hit .231
- Izzy looked like she had been playing with Martin and with Spellman for years. She seemed to get them the ball in great position. PSU WVB has been fortunate to have a number of great setters over the years, but she's likely to be remembered as one of the best when her PSU career is over
- I was a little concerned by the blocks. Sometimes it seemed to be the MB being late to slide over, and sometimes it seemed to be the OH/RS giving up the line. And perhaps, a lot of the issues were just a function of Creighton's Ava Martin being really, really, good
- if I'm not mistaken, none of the freshmen played in the match. Only time will tell how much that changes over the season
- did I mention how good Kennedy Martin was for PSU?
PSU has a very talented team, and barring serious injuries, should be in the running for Nationals. And things that don't seem perfect in August are often non-issues in November. It should be a fun season to follow.
- it's the 1st match of the season, so things can change, rotations change, players improve, etc. In short, I don't worry too much about anything at this point in the season
- Kennedy Martin was a monster. A huge pickup by PSU
- It was interesting that Izzy, Spellman, and Martin were playing 6 positions. As a result, PSU was not making as many substitutions as they did last season during games
- CJ (Caroline Jurevicius) seemed comfortable when she was at OH
- Speaking of CJ, she's 6'2", but with new additions Martin (6'6") and Spellman (6'4"), she seemed small on the front line. LOL
- I was curious to see Spellman play, in that she had a monster game against PSU last season for tOSU, yet wasn't as dominant for many other tOSU games. Her performance against Creighton was mixed. She had some issues on receiving serve, and wasn't all that dominant when in the front line (she hit .182 in the match). She was a nice addition from the portal, but doesn't seem like a player that will dominate all the time
- CJ had her moments, and seemed to have expanded beyond just hitting the crap out of the ball, but also didn't have a great night. She hit .231
- Izzy looked like she had been playing with Martin and with Spellman for years. She seemed to get them the ball in great position. PSU WVB has been fortunate to have a number of great setters over the years, but she's likely to be remembered as one of the best when her PSU career is over
- I was a little concerned by the blocks. Sometimes it seemed to be the MB being late to slide over, and sometimes it seemed to be the OH/RS giving up the line. And perhaps, a lot of the issues were just a function of Creighton's Ava Martin being really, really, good
- if I'm not mistaken, none of the freshmen played in the match. Only time will tell how much that changes over the season
- did I mention how good Kennedy Martin was for PSU?
PSU has a very talented team, and barring serious injuries, should be in the running for Nationals. And things that don't seem perfect in August are often non-issues in November. It should be a fun season to follow.
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Great summary, Tom. I would add that the mental toughness in set 3 was great to see. New collection of gals, tested by a decent Creighton charge simply said “nope, no today” and backed it up. This could turn out to be another very tough out for the competition in 2025/26.
Ladies are in trouble against Kansas. They seem a bit sloppy and uninspired.