2025 PSU WVB Thread
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No. 19 Penn State women’s volleyball goes undefeated on the weekend, defeats Northwestern in four sets
No. 19 Penn State entered its match against Northwestern with a chance to go undefeated on the weekend, something it hadn’t done in three weeks. The Nittany Lions pulled off
I know we have a good one coming in but she's an unknown, wasn't part of the equation when KMart made the decision to transfer in. I hope you're right.
It was great to see the ladies get a solid ranked win on Friday night. I hope this gives them some confidence to get things rolling and show them than Izzy or not, they are still capable of hanging with the big dogs. Serve receive was a lot better on Fri, and the block showed up. Fantastic win.
One of my all-time favorite PSU WVB players, and now also a PSU WVB coach.
they fell behind in S5, then battled back and nearly tied it up, but couldn't quite continue the late run.
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As most here know, Penn State is the only program in the nation to appear in every NCAA volleyball tournament since its inception in 1981. Will this be the year the streak ends? This loss, to an average Washington team, does not bode well.
Washington scores 108 points.
17 from Penn State service errors. IIRC, there were 2 straight service errors in set 4. Long and into the net.
Giving a team that many free points is crazy.
17 from Penn State service errors. IIRC, there were 2 straight service errors in set 4. Long and into the net.
Giving a team that many free points is crazy.
I'd think they still find a way but they can't lose many more matches like this. Can't wait until S3 to show up
It's even worse when they serve out of bounds after a Washington TO. Pretty sure it happened in the 5th after making a nice run.
It's definitely looking like it's at risk. Also per the broadcast last night PSU has been ranked in the top 25 since 1988. That may be at risk as well. This team is a condundrum, they looked much improved against Wisconsin last weekend but last night serve receive wasn't good, the block was invisible, and 17 service errors is inexcusable.
The timing of the serving errors was just as bad as how many there were. It seemed that they had an error many times after they built some momentum, and several times it happened out of a time out. These ladies all know how to get a serve in if it's important. On my team we call it a "million dollar serve," as in, if someone said they'd give you a million dollars to execute a serve without an error you'd do it easily. This team needs to take that mindset sometimes. At some point you have to stop serving aggressive and keep the ball in play, especially when you have momentum. You can't give the opponent a free pass to stop the momentum by making unforced errors, make them earn their points.
PSU played poorly in all areas early and in the middle of the set. They came roaring back at the end, but had dug too big of a hole.
S4 was insane. 10 ties, 5 lead changes, PSU had 2 set points, then Oregon had 1 set point, then PSU had 1 set point and K-Mart wins it on a serve that hit the tape and dropped in.
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They were up big, 18-13 IIRC, then let Oregon back in the match by making errors on something like 6 of the next 8 points. This team is just ridiculously error-prone, it's frustrating to watch. BTN said if you add up serve, receive and hitting errors from the Washington match PSU committed 54 errors. So we are giving away 2 sets and only making teams earn one to win a match. That just can't happen. They managed to win against Oregon but nearly blew set 3 due to errors and again had something like 17 service errors in the match. I don't understand how players at this level are committing so many errors.
NCAA Division I women’s volleyball committee reveals in-season top 16
The NCAA DI women's volleyball committee announced its in-season top-16 rankings during the Louisville vs. Pitt match on Sunday, Oct. 19.
www.ncaa.com
Penn State women's volleyball drops in the newest AVCA Rankings
Penn State dropped in the latest AVCA poll.