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Post by nyline on Sept 3, 2021 8:40:46 GMT -5
Match Preview (Courtesy of GoPSUsports.com)SCHEDULE Friday, Sept. 3 Iowa State vs. LSU, 11 a.m. - Watch on B1G+ LSU vs. Oregon State, 5 p.m. - Watch on B1G+ Iowa State at Penn State, 8 p.m. - Watch on B1G+
LiveStats Link (we think): gopsusports.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summaryOPENING NOTES• Penn State is back at Rec Hall for the 46th season of women's volleyball, including the 43rd under the direction of head coach Russ Rose. • The Lions are 2-1 after competing at the UCF Challenge to open the 2021 season last weekend. They opened with a 3-1 loss to then-No. 24 Georgia Tech before bouncing back with 3-0 wins over St. John's and the host Knights. • Fans will be in attendance at Rec Hall for women's volleyball for the first time since Penn State defeated Towson 3-1 in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament. • The Lions are 13-3 all-time against their three opponents for this weekend. SERIES HISTORY - IOWA STATE• Penn State is 2-0 all-time against Iowa State in a series that began in 1995. • The Lions swept both matches, the first in New Mexico and the second on the Cyclones' home court in Ames, Iowa. PENN STATE VS. BIG 12• Penn State is 50-8 all-time against current members of the Big 12. • The Lions have played eight of the nine teams in the Big 12 and have a winning record against all of them. They are unbeaten against seven of those teams. SCOUTING IOWA STATE• Iowa State is 2-0 after taking the title at the Cyclone Challenge with wins over Drake (3-1 score) and Omaha (3-0). • Marija Popovic was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for her performance during the opening weekend of play. She totaled 38 digs (5.43/set) over the two matches. • Iowa State was picked fifth out of nine teams in the Big 12 Preseason Poll
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Post by pennstate1973 on Sept 3, 2021 9:44:39 GMT -5
Does Penn State play two matches tomorrow; on the same day after playing a 8:00pm match today? Why such a condensed schedule? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the schedule.
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Post by nyline on Sept 3, 2021 10:09:18 GMT -5
Does Penn State play two matches tomorrow; on the same day after playing a 8:00pm match today? Why such a condensed schedule? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the schedule. I believe they do -- they play Oregon State at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow and then LSU 8:00 p.m. That's been a pretty standard schedule for these pre-B1G tournaments for Penn State. It's a way to get three matches into a two-day span. Of course it comes with some risks, as you point out. Fingers-crossed. |
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Post by nyline on Sept 3, 2021 10:20:06 GMT -5
Is anyone other than me trying to access the live stream for LSU vs. Iowa State on BTN+? I'm getting "video not available"
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Post by ethankasales on Sept 3, 2021 10:47:30 GMT -5
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Post by traveler on Sept 3, 2021 11:15:11 GMT -5
I got in to BTN but had to switch browsers to get to my account and update my payments.
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Post by traveler on Sept 3, 2021 11:16:45 GMT -5
Does Penn State play two matches tomorrow; on the same day after playing a 8:00pm match today? Why such a condensed schedule? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the schedule. This is standard tournament scheduling. Travel teams for HS-age players do this at least one weekend per month with 2 or 3 (or if they go to finals) more matches in a day. Old hat. PSU played twice last week on Friday IIRC. |
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Post by nyline on Sept 3, 2021 11:20:52 GMT -5
Does Penn State play two matches tomorrow; on the same day after playing a 8:00pm match today? Why such a condensed schedule? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the schedule. This is standard tournament scheduling. Travel teams for HS-age players do this at least one weekend per month with 2 or 3 (or if they go to finals) more matches in a day. Old hat. PSU played twice last week on Friday IIRC. They did -- GT in the morning (1-3 L) and St. John's at 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon (3-0 W) |
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Post by nyline on Sept 3, 2021 11:28:00 GMT -5
FWIW, LSU was rated #3 in the 2021 SEC pre-season poll, and Iowa State was rated #5 in the Big 12 preseason poll.
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Post by ethankasales on Sept 3, 2021 11:57:31 GMT -5
Russ Rose on Iowa State’s Cande Herrera, who was the only active NCAA women’s volleyball player in the Tokyo Olympics with Argentina:
“We played them two years ago and she was terrific. I watched every Olympic match I could see. She’s improving as she gets older. They have a new setter, [Jaden Newsome], so they’ve got some new players since we saw them two years ago, because we didn’t play last year. I think she’s certainly one of the top middles in the country. There are not a lot of Olympians who are in college in our sport. She was the only one [in Tokyo]. She’s a great offensive player and blocks really well. She has a good serve. Argentina plays hard and is passionate about their sports. I’m sure that we’ll notice her improvement for the players who were on the team two years ago.”
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Post by traveler on Sept 3, 2021 13:22:53 GMT -5
Tigers' Lindsey Deberg, raised in Iowa (expect she played some old friends this morning), 3-time AA at Mizzou, is a force. Expect she'll be up for our match-up.
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Post by nyline on Sept 3, 2021 14:08:10 GMT -5
Tigers' Lindsey Deberg, raised in Iowa (expect she played some old friends this morning), 3-time AA at Mizzou, is a force. Expect she'll be up for our match-up. She had a ton of kills against Iowa State. I guess she's pretty good  |
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Post by pennstate1973 on Sept 3, 2021 15:34:24 GMT -5
Does Penn State play two matches tomorrow; on the same day after playing a 8:00pm match today? Why such a condensed schedule? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the schedule. This is standard tournament scheduling. Travel teams for HS-age players do this at least one weekend per month with 2 or 3 (or if they go to finals) more matches in a day. Old hat. PSU played twice last week on Friday IIRC. I've been to many club tournaments and know the schedule. My issue is with the 8:00 pm match the preceding night. If it were to go five sets that would be about 10:00pm. After a shower and time to calm down the players probably don't get to sleep until midnight. That seems a little late for getting up the next morning, but it's been a few years since I was a 19 year old kid. |
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Post by jojonito on Sept 3, 2021 16:03:07 GMT -5
I've been to many club tournaments and know the schedule. My issue is with the 8:00 pm match the preceding night. If it were to go five sets that would be about 10:00pm. After a shower and time to calm down the players probably don't get to sleep until midnight. That seems a little late for getting up the next morning, but it's been a few years since I was a 19 year old kid. The 8 P.M., 11 A.M. and 8 P.M. seems to be the preferred schedule. Last weekend UCF played at 7 P.M. on Fri nite, 11 A.M. on Sat morning and 7:30 P.M. on Sat nite. With this schedule the players have the longest overall recovery time. The other team, in the case of the PSU tournament, that has a "good" schedule is Iowa State who plays at 11 A.M & 8 P.M. on Fri, and at 5:00 P.M. on Sat. The other two teams will have to play two games within 5-6 hours, either on Fri or Sat. So it's sort of a case of "pick your poison". As others have mentioned, most volleyball teams are used to playing multiple matches on the same day. I thought it was pretty funny that the UCF commentators were saying that PSU had an advantage over UCF because they had all day (Sat) to recuperate and UCF had two matches that day. Excuse me, but UCF made the schedule; you think maybe that they picked the schedule for UCF that they thought was best overall for them? |
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Post by traveler on Sept 3, 2021 17:09:53 GMT -5
C'mon Jo. I mean what great hosts they were! This was all part of that. As was not showing the the webcast the introduction of visiting playersand refusal to webcast the matches that didn't include UCF. What could say more about what great hosts they were? Shirley I jest. And my name ain't Shirely.
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