2025 PSU WVB Thread
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Most sports have momentum swings during games. PSU had the mojo to start but then lost their mojo to Oregon. Sometimes its pretty hard to swing the mojo back in your favor. I am sure they were trying but just couldn't. Also, I don't think most coaching staffs realize that(in any sport), but they probably needed to do something different to swing the mojo back in their favor instead of sticking with the status quo. Just my 2 cents.
Volleyball is momentum driven more than many other sports, so that's a fair point. But PSU is committing errors consistently. It's not just periodic runs being given up, they are making a ton of errors in almost every match. I think the Wisconsin match is the cleanest one I've seen, I'd hoped they turned a corner, but they fell right back into making a ton of errors in the 2 matches on the west coast.
She was on the court for the last couple of points and got a kill on a single attempt.
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Not having Jurivicius available hurt, and I am not sure if Martin was under the weather or not, but she was not her normal self with 13 hitting errors on a whopping 70 swings.
I am not sure why Mendelson hasn't been starting lately, as in her last 5 games or so before she went to the bench, she was putting up some nice offensive numbers. She only played in set 5 last night.
The freshmen were very inconsistent last night with Ewing only hitting .079 on 38 swings and Nichols only hitting .097 from the middle on 31 swings. You can't win with numbers like that.
I guess Willow is a permanent bench dweller like Markley was and she may need to transfer if she ever wants to see meaningful court time. Not sure she would have been the answer last night, but it may have been worth a try to put her in with Ewing not having a great night.
It has been a frustrating season for sure.
Yeah might miss the tournament at this point. Just couldn't overcome their best player leaving.
To be very frank, this team just isn't very good (by PSU standards) aside from Kennedy Martin. Extremely inconsistent, terrible serving errors, bad in serve receive, poor block, unable to terminate on offense (excluding Martin). Hopefully the incoming recruits can turn it around but this season looks like a bust. Ranked since 1988 and made every tournament, both of those streaks could be in jeopardy. I hope Martin stays but wouldn't be at all surprised if she transfers out.
She is dealing with a back injury, she did play today after missing the Michigan match.