Heck of an ending. 4th set was insane. TAMU played their hearts out and made it count. Neb didn’t play poorly, just missed a few opportunities. 33-1 hurts when they were being dubbed perhaps one of the best teams of all time. Texas also got ousted 3-1 by Wisc. What’s up with the 3 seeds lol? All quarters were 1v3, now semis are 1v3
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Can’t believe I’m cheering for Kentucky. Haha
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I saw a bit of the match and Texas A&M went on a hell of run to win the whole thing.
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Yep…after the come-back loss of the 1st set, UK’s wheels fell off. Kudos to A&M.
I’m was rooting for UK because of A&M’s strong MAGA leaning. UK is just slightly better. (No politics here. Haha)
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I do think Kentucky D-Gov Beshear (2019-present) seems moderate and all right (son of 2007-2015 gov). Even though usually an R state, D Governors are more typical (tangible state matters like education and infrastructure). Quite interesting.
- But I can’t cheer for THEM due to the basketball stuff from a long time ago when the Running Utes were good.
- But I can’t cheer for TAMU because UT is my grad school.
- But TAMU earned it, beating 3 #1 seeds and brought it. Have to hand it to them, esp. sweeping THEM in the finals.
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TAMU looked fantastic, for sure.
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As fans we do go through a lot to decide how to cheer, don’t we? Your scenario is what I do a lot. Sometimes, I can cheer for no one (like a BYU/Duke matchup)
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As we pick our gladiators in the fight, sometimes we have to dig deep - deceased great-uncle’s alma mater (Pitt) or cousin’s college (UCF) or that one time I happened to be in the team hotel for the Sun Bowl (wasn’t even attending) and their injured starting qb that would go #1 in the draft was a dick in the business center while looking at something online and a teammate calling him out (ahem, Sam Bradford, but I already disliked Red River Shootout, I mean, Rivalry opponent OU).
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Got three interesting transfers, a right side, a setter, and a libro. Should be interesting.
- Helgesen: a right-pin hitter from USU. More athletic and experience than any we have now. Has received a number of post-season accolades.
- Mogridge: a setter from Tennessee. Played for USA u19 with both Wiest and Suli Davis (TDS–>SMU). Should push Marco. Haven’t seen her play though.
- Grizzle: Texas Tech transfer. Have been around the block and has lots of experience. As that’s Coach D’Derrico’s position at Penn State (4x NCAA championships), I’d assume she knows that role well.
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How does this affect Wiest, wasn’t she to be the primary right-pin hitter (before injuries)? Or, do I misunderstand?
Wiest is left-pin and is L2. Gibby is L1. Joki is right-pin.
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Ah, ok, got it. For some reason I was thinking that the Weist injury really elevated Joki. Thanks for the clarification.
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