Post by nyline on Oct 4, 2015 12:37:16 GMT -5
Here's a link to the post-match write-up, with quotes from Coach Rose (on the match, Megan Courtney, the Big Ten Volleyball Close-up Special, the new Challenge System, and more), Kendall Pierce, and Bryanna Weiskircher: Penn State Sweeps Iowa (But the “Mystery of Third Sets” Continues)
And here are some excerpts:
It was a sweep (26-24, 25-16, 25-23), and even though it wasn’t the blowout some Penn State fans were hoping for, Penn State Head Coach Russ Rose was happy the Nittany Lions (14-1; 3-1 in the B1G) walked away with the win over the Iowa Hawkeyes (10-7; 0-4 in the B1G):
Bouncing Back
Sr. DS/libero Kendall Pierce (one of three team captains) spoke to the mood of the team after the loss to Nebraska, and how the team had responded:
And here are some excerpts:
It was a sweep (26-24, 25-16, 25-23), and even though it wasn’t the blowout some Penn State fans were hoping for, Penn State Head Coach Russ Rose was happy the Nittany Lions (14-1; 3-1 in the B1G) walked away with the win over the Iowa Hawkeyes (10-7; 0-4 in the B1G):
Iowa played with great energy, and had they not missed six serves in the last game, we could still be playing right now. I thought we controlled the ball a little bit better tonight, but as I told the players earlier today, losing, or your statistics, don’t really define you. They’re just an indication of how you played. How you bounce back from defeat or challenges is how people will define you and you can define yourselves.
I thought we had some people play a little better tonight than they did last night, and you need to — the conference is very strong. We’re pleased, I thought we did some good things. There’s a lot of things I didn’t think were very good, but we’ll just focus on the fact that it was nice to get a victory today.
Iowa’s a good team. Iowa, against Nebraska last week, had two deuce games in a three-game match. So doing that with [Nebraska] and with us — Iowa’s very good. It’s a new staff, they have a new energy, the kids are playing hard, and the coaches are doing a great job. They’re going to beat somebody, and I hope it’s not us when we go back to Iowa City.
I thought we had some people play a little better tonight than they did last night, and you need to — the conference is very strong. We’re pleased, I thought we did some good things. There’s a lot of things I didn’t think were very good, but we’ll just focus on the fact that it was nice to get a victory today.
Iowa’s a good team. Iowa, against Nebraska last week, had two deuce games in a three-game match. So doing that with [Nebraska] and with us — Iowa’s very good. It’s a new staff, they have a new energy, the kids are playing hard, and the coaches are doing a great job. They’re going to beat somebody, and I hope it’s not us when we go back to Iowa City.
Bouncing Back
Sr. DS/libero Kendall Pierce (one of three team captains) spoke to the mood of the team after the loss to Nebraska, and how the team had responded:
We’re all competitive players — we all come here to win, for a reason — so you had some angry and quiet girls for once in the locker room. But with every loss comes an opportunity, and it’s how you bounce back. We had a practice where we really tried focusing on that. We wanted to have more of a statement game, but it’s a process.
