Wisconsin Recap - Nia Reed Shines - Post Match Quotes
Oct 27, 2017 16:28:20 GMT -5
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Post by nyline on Oct 27, 2017 16:28:20 GMT -5
Yes, we are late. Nonetheless, we've posted a Wisconsin match recap, with post-match quotes. Click Here for the complete post. Below is an excerpt:
Nia Reed Was Ready
#1-ranked Penn State downed #9-ranked Wisconsin Wednesday night, 3-1 (25-19, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16). Volleyball is the consummate team sport, but for this match, the big story was the spectacular play of 6-1 RS Jr. RS/OH Nia Reed.
Reed has played sporadically this season, with definite ups and downs. At an event this summer, sponsored by the Penn State Women's Volleyball Booster Club, Reed told the audience that she had been reading "212: The Extra Degree," a book by Sam Parker about the big difference a small change can make: at 211° water is hot. At 212°, it boils. Reed said she was waiting to see what the "boiling point" is for this season's Penn State Women's volleyball team.
Against Wisconsin on Wednesday night, Reed didn't enter the match until well into the second game -- but once in, she simply took over, with eight kills on nine attempts, and scored Penn State's final six points in the game with five kills and a block, as the Nittany Lions came back from a 17-10 deficit to take the set, 25-22. Reed finished the match with 11 kills on 19 swings (.421 hitting %).
Asked after the match whether she had found her own "boiling point," Reed said that it really is more about always being ready to go into a match:
Coach is always telling me to be ready, so as a designated hitter, I'm always ready. The game plan was just to go up and take big swings. That's what I'm designed to do. Every game is different, every game is a different matchup. So my mentality is not "am I going to play in this game," it's "always be ready." Just like Coach says, "Be ready," whether it's in practice, or in games, that's my mindset.
Coach Rose interjected "My wife is Nia's biggest fan. She's always telling me 'If somebody struggles, Nia's ready. Nia's ready.' Tonight, Nia was ready."
Yes, she was.
#1-ranked Penn State downed #9-ranked Wisconsin Wednesday night, 3-1 (25-19, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16). Volleyball is the consummate team sport, but for this match, the big story was the spectacular play of 6-1 RS Jr. RS/OH Nia Reed.
Reed has played sporadically this season, with definite ups and downs. At an event this summer, sponsored by the Penn State Women's Volleyball Booster Club, Reed told the audience that she had been reading "212: The Extra Degree," a book by Sam Parker about the big difference a small change can make: at 211° water is hot. At 212°, it boils. Reed said she was waiting to see what the "boiling point" is for this season's Penn State Women's volleyball team.
Against Wisconsin on Wednesday night, Reed didn't enter the match until well into the second game -- but once in, she simply took over, with eight kills on nine attempts, and scored Penn State's final six points in the game with five kills and a block, as the Nittany Lions came back from a 17-10 deficit to take the set, 25-22. Reed finished the match with 11 kills on 19 swings (.421 hitting %).
Asked after the match whether she had found her own "boiling point," Reed said that it really is more about always being ready to go into a match:
Coach is always telling me to be ready, so as a designated hitter, I'm always ready. The game plan was just to go up and take big swings. That's what I'm designed to do. Every game is different, every game is a different matchup. So my mentality is not "am I going to play in this game," it's "always be ready." Just like Coach says, "Be ready," whether it's in practice, or in games, that's my mindset.
Coach Rose interjected "My wife is Nia's biggest fan. She's always telling me 'If somebody struggles, Nia's ready. Nia's ready.' Tonight, Nia was ready."
Yes, she was.
