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Topic: Season Opener Tonight!
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anorris
8/26/2011 1:27 PM
Looking forward to this match -- we had a whale of a match with UT last season -- and it should be a very good early test for the team!
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ODoyle110
8/26/2011 7:01 PM
http://www.utladyvols.com/allaccess/?media=258943

Live Video of the match
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stub
8/26/2011 7:07 PM
Tennessee could be their toughest opponent all season. It will be a big challenge with the loss of three key players, but we have a strong nucleus along with important new players who will need to step up.

Tomorrows' opponents, 'Nova and Maryland had good seasons last year so they will certainly be a challenge too.

Go OHIO
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ODoyle110
8/26/2011 7:58 PM
Cats take the first set! 25-23
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ODoyle110
8/26/2011 8:25 PM
And they drop the second set 25-13.  Looked like they just fell apart....it happens.
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ODoyle110
8/26/2011 8:57 PM
Cats come back with a vengeance...wins the 3rd set 25-18 and lead 2 sets to 1.
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Jughead
8/26/2011 9:23 PM
On to the 5th.

I don't like this, because over the past few years the Cats don't have a great track record when it goes to 5.
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ODoyle110
8/26/2011 9:23 PM
Up and down all night...Cats drop 4th 25-17....on to the fifth!

This is what you get when you have an extremely tough pre-conf schedule.  We owe them for the 5 set heart breaker from last year though!
Last Edited: 8/26/2011 9:26:50 PM by ODoyle110
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ODoyle110
8/26/2011 9:44 PM
Son of a &*#$*$&%!  That horrible call by the ref early in the 5th completely took us out of our game.
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Jughead
8/26/2011 9:44 PM
Or not.  Ryan should chew that refs ass all the way to the back.

What should have been a 4-3 Ohio lead at that point results in a 5 point run for the Vols that Ohio can not come back from. 
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JSF
8/27/2011 12:22 AM
This is an encouraging result. We're verrrry young, and if we can give a good team a tough time on the road out of the gate, I'm encouraged.
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Monroe Slavin
8/27/2011 11:21 AM
Excuse my ignorance, but is it generally agreed that we lost a fair amount to graduation...or would all instead say that our returners give us a totally solid base?
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anorris
8/27/2011 1:15 PM
I'd say we did lose quite a bit, and agree with JSF that this is a pretty encouraging result, though I wish we'd been able to pull it off.  Tennessee is a good team, and we hung with them quite well in our first match of the season.  I don't see any reason this team shouldn't be competitive in the NCAA tournament when the time comes.
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anorris
8/27/2011 2:15 PM
2 sets each now between us and Maryland.  We took the first two, 25-22 and 25-23, then dropped sets 3 and 4, 16-25 and 21-25.  On to another fifth set!
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JSF
8/27/2011 2:50 PM
Monroe Slavin wrote:expand_more
Excuse my ignorance, but is it generally agreed that we lost a fair amount to graduation...or would all instead say that our returners give us a totally solid base?


Coming into camp, we only had two people (Katie, Lexie) you could pencil into their positions.

We beat Maryland in the fifth.
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Monroe Slavin
8/28/2011 2:33 PM
Thanks for the answers, folks.  Is it fair to say that we're re-loading, that the future--even this year--is pretty bright, then?  (I'm guessing so given Saturday's two five-set wins.)
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Radar
8/28/2011 3:08 PM
Monroe Slavin wrote:expand_more
Thanks for the answers, folks.  Is it fair to say that we're re-loading, that the future--even this year--is pretty bright, then?  (I'm guessing so given Saturday's two five-set wins.)


I think that's a safe statement, Monroe -- we lost a big senior class, including two all-MAC (Jacobi first team, Jantsch second team)...BUT, we returned a first team (Post) and an All-Freshmen team (Hartnett), AND added a recruiting class that the coaching staff has been stoked about for two years.

I for one can't wait to see this team in person on Sept. 9 (of course, I can't remember when I wasn't excited for OHIO VOLLEYBALL!)

Going 2-1 in three five-set matches is a character builder for a young team...and a great way to start the season.
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Jughead
8/28/2011 6:41 PM
Left the house to go camping Saturday morning just to come back and see the Bobcats win two 5-game matches. Maybe I should just turn off the Gametracker/video feed if a game is going to the final set. 

Still disappointed about the game against Tennessee, but 2 out of 3 isn't bad for a team so young.
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BuddyLee
8/29/2011 11:58 PM
Sorry for my ignorance on the subject because I really don't follow volleyball as closely as the other sports, but how big of a deal is it to beat these BCS conference teams like Maryland and Villanova, and almost beat Tennessee?  I know in football or basketball it would be a huge deal, but does this give us some type of national ranking now or at least jump us up in the eyes of the volleyball world? 
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JSF
8/30/2011 7:08 PM
It's even more regimented in volleyball. The Pac-10 is on top with the Big 12 and Big 10 behind, then the SEC, then the Big East way behind.
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