A win is a win, no matter how you do it. I know it was not pretty but they still won. There were some other volleyball games that were played in the ACC and the top teams barely won those too. Stanford and Louisville barely won there games. There games was not 3-0 as people would have suspected them to be. This shows us that any team can get beat if you do not come with your A game every time. Sometimes, you will get a game where you are just not having a good game and you just have to grind out the win. I think this was one of those games for us against ND.
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Yea awful first set, but after that, even match. We unfortunatley had no margin for error against them. Forcing a 5th would have been awesome but was very encouraged by the last 3 sets. We need to get 1 of 2 this week
Louisville at home may have been our best shot in the 4 game stretch-of-death vs top 10 teams, so it would have been great to scrap to an upset here. It certainly looked doable all throughout set 4. But regardless, I really liked seeing us competitive against a great team.
First set they exploited Malone's inability to receive service, and in generally we looked intimidated. Once we settled in and found some confidence this was a fight.
Kudos to Pearce for handling losing the starting job, then coming in and playing great.
First set they exploited Malone's inability to receive service, and in generally we looked intimidated. Once we settled in and found some confidence this was a fight.
Kudos to Pearce for handling losing the starting job, then coming in and playing great.
Yea woulda much preferred playing someone else first.
Louisville was such a step up in class for us it took that first set to really adjust to everything
Computer Rankings 10/28
#4 Pittsburgh (11/2)
#5 Louisville (L 1-3)
#6 Stanford (11/7)
#7 SMU (10/31)
#18 Miami (11/23, 11/29)
#25 UNC
#32 Georgia Tech (W 3-1)
#33 FSU (11/21)
#60 Notre Dame (W 3-2)
#83 Wake Forest (W 3-0)
#89 NC State (W 3-1)
#90 Clemson (W 3-0)
#100 Syracuse (W 3-1)
#103 Boston College (W 3-0)
#112 Virginia (11/14, 11/26)
#118 California (11/9)
#184 Duke (W 3-0, W 3-0)
#186 Virginia Tech (11/16)
Non-Conference
#20 Florida (W 3-0)
#35 Kansas State (L 2-3)
#71 South Carolina (L 2-3)
#95 Coastal Carolina (W 3-1)
#124 Maryland (W 3-1)
#126 App State (W 3-1)
#146 East Carolina (W 3-1)
#256 Bucknell (W 3-1)
#319 Oral Roberts (W 3-0)
RPI Futures 10/28
ACC
#3 Pittsburgh (11/2)
#7 SMU (10/31)
#8 Louisville (L 3-1)
#10 Stanford (11/7)
#21 Miami (11/23, 11/29)
#36 UNC
#37 Georgia Tech (W 3-1)
#47 FSU (11/21)
#107 Clemson (W 3-0)
#108 Syracuse (W 3-1)
#114 Notre Dame (W 3-2)
#118 Virginia (11/14, 11/26)
#132 NC State (W 3-1)
#139 Boston College (W 3-0)
#146 Wake Forest (W 3-0)
#167 California (11/9)
#229 Duke (W 3-0, W 3-0)
#236 Virginia Tech (11/16)
Non-Conference
#29 Florida (W 3-0)
#40 Kansas State (L 2-3)
#69 Coastal Carolina (W 3-1)
#88 App State (W 3-1)
#103 South Carolina (L 2-3)
#135 East Carolina (W 3-1)
#169 Maryland (W 3-1)
#237 Bucknell (W 3-1)
#322 Oral Roberts (W 3-0)
I am curious where you are pulling computer rankings from? Is this KPI?
The RPI ranking on the NCAA website has us at 39th as of games through 10/27:
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I think in women's volleyball the selection committee will use both RPI and KPI, so it is weird that the NCAA website does not link to KPI as well.
I'm using Evollve's rankingsI am curious where you are pulling computer rankings from? Is this KPI?
The RPI ranking on the NCAA website has us at 39th as of games through 10/27:
DI Women's Volleyball Rankings - NCAA Women's Volleyball RPI | NCAA.com
Get updated NCAA Women's Volleyball DI rankings from every source, including coaches and national polls.
I think in women's volleyball the selection committee will use both RPI and KPI, so it is weird that the NCAA website does not link to KPI as well.
BOOM!!! Heels get one of the big guys in the ACC!
what a fantastic win; just watched it on streaming. We may have caught SMU at the right time, with 2 of their top 3 players out injured. But you play with who you have and our women played fantastic!Hampton was dominant in the first two sets. Smith had a breakout game. We actually may have won more comfortably if we got the unforced errors under better control like the service failures, missed hits and a couple of runs with setting miscues.
Top 10 wins this century:
- #10 Wisc 2002
- #10 Cal 2011
- #3 FSU 2014
- #3 Stanford 2015
- #2 Wisc 2016
- #10 FSU 2016
- #7 SMU 2025
#21 UNC vs #4 Pitt 1-1 through 2 sets. On ACCN right nowPitts coach is a douche
somehow they get a double challenge there and wrong both times
somehow they get a double challenge there and wrong both times
Ugh, potential UNC match point denied by an inconsequential net touch.
pitt wins it in extra points 17-15
the weekend shows that UNC is a top 16 team deserving of an NCAA hosting site. Hopefully the voters and computers see it too.
pitt wins it in extra points 17-15
the weekend shows that UNC is a top 16 team deserving of an NCAA hosting site. Hopefully the voters and computers see it too.
Schutter played lights out at center. 12 blocks I think for the match vs one of the best.
the Pitt all-American had an unbelievable 43 kills
the Pitt all-American had an unbelievable 43 kills
And we bring everyone back next year except for our libero. If we continue to play like this all year, we will be a hot spot for a really good libero transfer.
and we’ve played the last couple weeks with our No. 3 setter in the 6-2 as Bobbitt has been out.
and we’ve played the last couple weeks with our No. 3 setter in the 6-2 as Bobbitt has been out.
That net touch was a killer. That and the overturn for 13-10 instead of 12-11. Unfortunate to not get a real good swing on either of the last 2 pts also
Ladies were so close!! Great to see how well our team is playing!
I agree. They almost won this one, so close. They gave Pitt all they could handle and then some. This should be a great confidence booster moving forward. They can play with the best and they know it. The two minor errors hurt. This should help with recruiting. Who do we have coming in for next year? This program is now on the rise. Go Heels!
The team is playing at a really high level. They can be proud of that effort.
Heartbreaker, but this team has shown some resilience this season that was lacking in the past couple. Tough CA road trip next weekend starting w/ Stanford, another top 5 opponent, on Friday and Cal on Sunday.
Miami matches will be critical for RPI positioning. Great effort this weekend! We needed one and came very close to getting two.