PSU - Ohio State: Match Wrap and Q&A with Talking Head
Oct 7, 2017 10:40:03 GMT -5
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Post by nyline on Oct 7, 2017 10:40:03 GMT -5
We've posted a Match Wrap for Penn State - Ohio State, including a Q&A with Talking Head. For the complete article, Click Here.
Here's a brief excerpt:
Here's a brief excerpt:
This was a strange one. The Penn State women’s volleyball team dominated host Ohio State in game 1, 25-13, dropped game 2 23-25, followed that with another deuce loss in game 3, 28-30, then stormed back in game 4 with a 25-9 win, and continued their dominance in game 5, racing to an 8-0 lead in the 15-7 win.
For a five-game win, the statistics were oddly one-sided. Penn State hit .333 as a team to .197 for the Buckeyes. Penn State had 17 team blocks to Ohio State’s 4 team blocks. Same story for service aces — 7 for Penn State, 3 for Ohio State. One difference that stands out — attack errors — where the Buckeyes totaled 29 for the match to 18 for the Nittany Lions.
DigNittany: Penn State came away last night with a win, but looking back, it seems the match was closer than it should have been. The two games won by Ohio State were both deuce games, and the three games won by Penn State were all blowouts. In game 2 — won by Ohio State 25-23 — the last three points by Ohio State were all from Penn State errors ( an “attack error” by Kendall White on a pass that appears to have gotten away from her, a service error by Simone Lee, and an attack error by Heidi Thelen). In game 3, Penn State was up 14-11 and appeared to go up by 15-11, but Ohio State successfully challenged that there had been a touch by Penn State (we still don’t see it, but our eyes aren’t high-speed cameras), making it 14-12 Penn State. Ohio State won eight of the next 10 points to go up 20-16. Although Penn State rallied late, the deficit proved to be too much, and Penn State dropped game 3, 30-28 (with a total of 10 attack errors in the game). In your opinion, what happened to Penn State in games 2 and 3 that led to their inconsistent play and those two deuce losses?
Talking Head: I think we all should remember, and maybe our girls forgot at times against Ohio State, that this is the Big Ten. Every program, every team, has really good athletes and volleyball players. That being said, Penn State opens up the match, on the road, against a team that the Nittany Lion players believe they should win against. Penn State takes it to Ohio State pretty hard in game 1 and all cylinders seem to be firing. Sometimes when that happens — at any level — there’s a tendency to take the foot off the gas pedal, to relax a bit, and to forget “this is the Big Ten. Everyone is good.” Plus, Ohio State’s players have a lot of pride, and they start to play better. The result — Penn State found itself in a battle, and for whatever reason — frustration, distraction, demons in their minds — they made errors at the end of game 2.
For a five-game win, the statistics were oddly one-sided. Penn State hit .333 as a team to .197 for the Buckeyes. Penn State had 17 team blocks to Ohio State’s 4 team blocks. Same story for service aces — 7 for Penn State, 3 for Ohio State. One difference that stands out — attack errors — where the Buckeyes totaled 29 for the match to 18 for the Nittany Lions.
DigNittany: Penn State came away last night with a win, but looking back, it seems the match was closer than it should have been. The two games won by Ohio State were both deuce games, and the three games won by Penn State were all blowouts. In game 2 — won by Ohio State 25-23 — the last three points by Ohio State were all from Penn State errors ( an “attack error” by Kendall White on a pass that appears to have gotten away from her, a service error by Simone Lee, and an attack error by Heidi Thelen). In game 3, Penn State was up 14-11 and appeared to go up by 15-11, but Ohio State successfully challenged that there had been a touch by Penn State (we still don’t see it, but our eyes aren’t high-speed cameras), making it 14-12 Penn State. Ohio State won eight of the next 10 points to go up 20-16. Although Penn State rallied late, the deficit proved to be too much, and Penn State dropped game 3, 30-28 (with a total of 10 attack errors in the game). In your opinion, what happened to Penn State in games 2 and 3 that led to their inconsistent play and those two deuce losses?
Talking Head: I think we all should remember, and maybe our girls forgot at times against Ohio State, that this is the Big Ten. Every program, every team, has really good athletes and volleyball players. That being said, Penn State opens up the match, on the road, against a team that the Nittany Lion players believe they should win against. Penn State takes it to Ohio State pretty hard in game 1 and all cylinders seem to be firing. Sometimes when that happens — at any level — there’s a tendency to take the foot off the gas pedal, to relax a bit, and to forget “this is the Big Ten. Everyone is good.” Plus, Ohio State’s players have a lot of pride, and they start to play better. The result — Penn State found itself in a battle, and for whatever reason — frustration, distraction, demons in their minds — they made errors at the end of game 2.
