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Post by ethankasales on Nov 25, 2018 0:17:18 GMT -5
Here's a recap of last night's 3-2 loss to Wisconsin in the regular season finale at Rec Hall. Nia Reed equaled her career high with 20 kills in the setback, which saw 13 tie scores in a nail-biting fifth set.
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Post by Millennium on Nov 25, 2018 0:17:52 GMT -5
Thanks for another late night Ethan. Only 4 more weeks, I hope, my friend.
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Post by stillkicking on Nov 25, 2018 4:18:57 GMT -5
Thank you Ethan, It is with a heavy heart I reluctantly read the article. Well on to the Ncaa tournament, If our ladies proved anything this weekend it is they can play with anyone, and a break here or there who knows what may happen.
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Post by tillie on Nov 25, 2018 8:57:32 GMT -5
stillkicking:
allow me to piggy back on your remarks.
Losing is not the desired result but we must not overlook the positives demonstrated.
A well used piece of sports wisdom exclaims "that is not the dog in the fight but the fight in the dog"
It is a real challenge to your emotional roller coaster to having match point and then losing that contest and remaining determined continue.
This group have over and over again this season have demonstrated a determination for which we must have admiration.
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF IT PLAYS WELL IN THE PLAYOFFS: ROUND OF 8 SEEMS TO ME TO BE ENTIRELY POSSIBLE.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2018 9:20:22 GMT -5
Once again, Coach Rose foregoes the sugarcoating:
Coach Rose on the match slipping away late:
“We had opportunities. You have opportunities for match point and you make mistakes. We had a net violation. We had a service error. A couple of those things are players being tired and maybe just being overanxious. That’s how seasons end.”
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Post by nyline on Nov 25, 2018 12:03:15 GMT -5
Once again, Coach Rose foregoes the sugarcoating: Coach Rose on the match slipping away late: “We had opportunities. You have opportunities for match point and you make mistakes. We had a net violation. We had a service error. A couple of those things are players being tired and maybe just being overanxious. That’s how seasons end.” Translation (Short message to team): If you play like that in the NCAA Tournament, you're done. Plenty of time to rest up then. |
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Post by seeyajohn on Nov 25, 2018 14:09:22 GMT -5
Question for Coach Rose: Did you consider subbing Emily for Serena on the match point serve? Just wondering if he might take some responsibility.
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Post by nyline on Nov 25, 2018 14:13:09 GMT -5
Question for Coach Rose: Did you consider subbing Emily for Serena on the match point serve? Just wondering if he might take some responsibility. I obviously can't speak for Coach Rose, but I'm guessing he was out of substitutions. Also, I think in the Minnesota match in a similar situation in the 5th set, he chose not to substitute Emily for Serena. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2018 14:24:20 GMT -5
Question for Coach Rose: Did you consider subbing Emily for Serena on the match point serve? Just wondering if he might take some responsibility. How can he take responsibility for that? Are you suggesting he had foreknowledge that Serena would miss? That's an unknowable? What if he had subbed Emily and she missed? |
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Post by elliotberton on Nov 25, 2018 21:39:22 GMT -5
Question for Coach Rose: Did you consider subbing Emily for Serena on the match point serve? Just wondering if he might take some responsibility. I obviously can't speak for Coach Rose, but I'm guessing he was out of substitutions. Also, I think in the Minnesota match in a similar situation in the 5th set, he chose not to substitute Emily for Serena. I didn't count but it would be odd to run out of subs in set 5, even though it went deuce. |
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Post by nyline on Nov 25, 2018 21:59:43 GMT -5
I obviously can't speak for Coach Rose, but I'm guessing he was out of substitutions. Also, I think in the Minnesota match in a similar situation in the 5th set, he chose not to substitute Emily for Serena. I didn't count but it would be odd to run out of subs in set 5, even though it went deuce. Then, maybe reason 2 -- they just wanted to keep Gray in for whatever reason. Against Minnesota, Emily actually ran into Chris Rose, who had his arm out when he saw her moving to sub in. She wasn't looking and sort of banged into him. They made that choice in a similar situation, and Gray came through. |
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Post by elliotberton on Nov 25, 2018 22:25:22 GMT -5
I didn't count but it would be odd to run out of subs in set 5, even though it went deuce. Then, maybe reason 2 -- they just wanted to keep Gray in for whatever reason. Against Minnesota, Emily actually ran into Chris Rose, who had his arm out when he saw her moving to sub in. She wasn't looking and sort of banged into him. They made that choice in a similar situation, and Gray came through. Gray served well in the match. I might have made the same choice. |
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Post by jojonito on Nov 25, 2018 23:13:36 GMT -5
Gray had served well up to that point. I think Coach sometimes leaves players in such situations as they need to learn how to handle match point serves. Players can't learn how to handle stressful situations if they are never in them. And whereas this was an important game, it wasn't the one and out that future games will be. That's one of the decisions that I would hate to have to make. Should a player be kept in to get experience or should they be pulled for the short term win?
I remember Coach Rose commenting one time that he blamed himself for losing a championship back in the 90's where PSU's best player was off and he kept going with her instead of replace her with someone else. I remember Nia Grant serving 5 or 6 points straight in a 5th set run against Stanford in 2013 (I think) that pulled PSU out of a 6-9 hole. She had learned to handle the stress of a tight game. Hopefully Gray will learn from this.
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Post by Millennium on Nov 26, 2018 1:52:32 GMT -5
Gray had served well up to that point. I think Coach sometimes leaves players in such situations as they need to learn how to handle match point serves. Players can't learn how to handle stressful situations if they are never in them. And whereas this was an important game, it wasn't the one and out that future games will be. That's one of the decisions that I would hate to have to make. Should a player be kept in to get experience or should they be pulled for the short term win? I remember Coach Rose commenting one time that he blamed himself for losing a championship back in the 90's where PSU's best player was off and he kept going with her instead of replace her with someone else. I remember Nia Grant serving 5 or 6 points straight in a 5th set run against Stanford in 2013 (I think) that pulled PSU out of a 6-9 hole. She had learned to handle the stress of a tight game. Hopefully Gray will learn from this. Was it Nia Grant serving in that 5th set? Wow! For some reason, I thought it was Micha. Good for Nia. |
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Post by seeyajohn on Nov 26, 2018 9:33:46 GMT -5
In my defense, this was not a 20/20 hindsight comment. I was yelling at my TV before Serena served for Russ to sub in Emily. Serena had an 11% error rate 29 on 260 serves while Emily was at 3% with 3 errors on 100 serves. It just seemed that the pressure would have been heavy on Wisconsin's passers at that point.
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