Nicole gets the final kill. Owls win 3rd set 25-20 and match 3-0.

Tougher match than some of their recent matches. Way to hang tough and get the sweep Owls!

Marshall had a commentator at the game and did a good job. Why doesnt Rice have a commentator when they play on the Conf USA network. Really looks bad.

(10-18-2019 06:32 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  Nicole gets the final kill. Owls win 3rd set 25-20 and match 3-0.
Tougher match than some of their recent matches. Way to hang tough and get the sweep Owls!

When a sweep is a tough match, you've got a pretty good team.

13th sweep in 18 matches played. 17 - 1 overall record, 6-0 in CUSA. And our consecutive set/game streak has now been extended to 22 sets and counting (since the final set vs. UT).

Nicole with 23 kills and 14 digs, Adekunle with 13 kills, Cunningham with 24 digs

On the negative side, the team only recorded 5 blocks and we accumulated 26 attack errors for a relatively poor .179 hit percentage.

Onward and upward. LaTech next on Sunday afternoon in Rustin.

Undefeated in CUSA WBB last year and now the same for VB this far. Well done ladies...you make us proud.

(10-18-2019 07:51 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  Undefeated in CUSA WBB last year and now the same for VB this far. Well done ladies...you make us proud.

Also women’s soccer remains undefeated in conference play as well!

That’s at least 31 consecutive conference games in those three sports without a loss! (Including the WBB conference tournament)

34 GAMES including last years VB conf tournament. Our last CUSA loss in those three sports was Nov. 10 of last year, a 49-week streak!

On the flip side, football is an almost incomprehensible 1-16 in its last 17 conference games. In a bad conference.

(10-19-2019 11:20 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  On the flip side, football is an almost incomprehensible 1-16 in its last 17 conference games. In a bad conference.

Cool, thanks for the reminder in a women’s sports thread.

Although, for context, we have to have the highest ratio among D1 of winning percentage in those three women’s sports as compared to our three biggest men’s sports over the past two or three years(!!)

(10-19-2019 12:17 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(10-19-2019 11:20 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  On the flip side, football is an almost incomprehensible 1-16 in its last 17 conference games. In a bad conference.

Cool, thanks for the reminder in a women’s sports thread.

It was a volleyball thread until someone brought in other sports. I did the same.

We're #16 in Massey ratings currently. And that's about where I think we should be in the AVCA poll tomorrow (assuming we win today at Louisiana Tech who is really struggling now). The two teams directly ahead of us in last week's poll (Illinois and Utah) both are looking at 0-2 weeks this week - they've had rough schedules with Illinois facing Wisconsin and Minnesota, and Utah facing Cal and Stanford. But still, I don't know how you can rank a 9-8 Illinois team ahead of Rice at this point (Massey has Illinois #23 for example). The SEC is still getting too much credit in the AVCA poll too, but that's just a factor of how that poll is conducted.

San Diego is a team that should crack the top 25 after beating BYU in 5 Friday night in Utah (they should replace Missouri).

In Ruston, Rice has three of the first four points to take an early 3-1 lead in the first set this afternoon

8-3 Rice now, and time for a LaTech time-out. Great start!

Rice up 18-10 in the 1st and Tech with another timeout...

Owls rush out to a 21-12 lead.

And RICE takes the first one at Ruston, 25-15

(10-20-2019 01:29 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  And RICE takes the first one at Ruston, 25-15

Thanks for the updates and for bringing this thread back to VB!

Owls gain their first lead of set #2, going up 5-4

#ItsVBtime

Tori Woogk not playing today for some reason.

Rice’s 8-3 run opens up a narrow 13-10 lead. Timeout Tech.
Nice to break up a pretty long stretch where the teams were playing pretty even.