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Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - dragon2owl - 03-29-2021 09:55 AM
Tournament will be at Southern Miss (missed the tourney).
Rice needs to make it to the championship to keep its at-large hopes alive. One thing that worries me is that there are 2 committee members who also have teams near the bubble (Houston and Tennessee). Although, someone from WKU is on the committee.
Thursday, April 1 - 12 pm (1E) WKU vs. (4W) North Texas (ESPN+)
Thursday, April 1 - 2 pm (2W) UTEP vs. (3E) Marshall (ESPN+)
Thursday, April 1 - 5 pm (1W) Rice vs. (4E) Middle Tennessee (ESPN+)
Thursday, April 1 - 7 pm (2E) Charlotte vs. (3W) UAB (ESPN+)
Friday, April 2 - 12 pm Semifinal Match 1 (ESPN+)
Friday, April 2 - 2:30 pm Semifinal Match 2 (ESPN+)
Saturday, April 3 - 12 pm Championship Final Match (ESPN+)
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - Fort Bend Owl - 03-29-2021 11:14 AM
I agree with you the championship game is a must. But if that happens, we should be in barring a ton of upsets for some of the major conferences.
Tennessee is 5th in the SEC and they're not even having a conference tournament. It would be hard for them to get ahead of Missouri (who they did sweep) and Arkansas (who they split with). Tennessee had some bad losses early in conference play (Alabama and Georgia).
Houston is going to be close but I just don't see them having a spot over Rice if both teams get into their respective tournament championships.
Let's see what the national rankings show later today. Rice getting into the top 25 would be a good sign we're in decent shape.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - Fort Bend Owl - 03-29-2021 03:09 PM
Rice ranked 24th in the latest AVCA poll!
1 Wisconsin (60) 11-0
2 Kentucky 19-1
3 Minnesota 13-2
4 Nebraska 14-2
5 Texas 21-1
6 Florida 19-3
7 Washington 15-3
8 Purdue 13-5
9 Baylor 18-5
10 Ohio State 15-3
11 Penn State 9-5
12 Utah 13-4
13 Louisville 8-2
14 BYU 14-1
15 Washington State 10-3
16 Oregon 13-3
17 UCLA 14-6
18 Pittsburgh 13-4
19 Western Kentucky 15-0
20 Pepperdine 14-3
21 San Diego 12-4
22 Notre Dame 11-3
23 Georgia Tech 11-3
24 Rice 14-4
25 Missouri 15-7
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: UNLV 27; Florida State 26; Creighton 15; UCF 11; Bowling Green 6; Marquette 5; Wright State 3;
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 03-29-2021 04:05 PM
This video is so moving that even NCAA Womens Volleyball posted it on twitter...
https://twitter.com/NCAAVolleyball/status/1376552755146416134
Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - owl at the moon - 03-31-2021 03:29 AM
Fun poll fact:
Previous week, there were three unbeatens in the top 25. With Texas’ loss there’s only two remaining: (1) Wisconsin and (18) WKU.
I wonder how many of those two will be left undefeated by this time next week?
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - dragon2owl - 03-31-2021 02:33 PM
Nice recognition for the team!!!
Player of the Year
Nicole Lennon, Rice
Setter of the Year
Carly Graham, Rice
Defensive Player of the Year
Destiny Leon, Marshall
Libero of the Year
Sarah Schank, Marshall
Freshman of the Year
Emani’ Foster, Charlotte
Coach of the Year
Karen Weatherington, Charlotte
All-Conference First Team
Emani' Foster, Charlotte
Ciara Debell, Marshall
Rhett Robinson, North Texas
Anota Adekunle, Rice
Carly Graham, Rice
Nicole Lennon, Rice
Fernanda Maida, UAB
Cheyenne Jones, UTEP
Lauren Matthews, WKU
Nadia Dieudonne, WKU
Paige Briggs, WKU
All-Conference Second Team
Amani McArthur, Charlotte
Sydney Rowan, Charlotte
Destiny Leon, Marshall
Sarah Schank, Marshall
Sydney Lostumo, Marshall
Alessia Sgherza, Old Dominion
Ellie Bichelmeyer, Rice
Duquesne Moratzka, Southern Miss
Alex Kells, UAB
Serena Patterson, UTEP
Katie Isenbarger, WKU
All-Freshman Team
Emani’ Foster, Charlotte
Lara Kretschmer, Charlotte
Amelia Van Der Werff, Middle Tennessee
Teresa Atilano, Old Dominion
Danyle Courtley, Rice
Erin Powers, UAB
Ava Palm, UTEP
https://conferenceusa.com/news/2021/3/31/volleyball-no-24-rices-nicole-lennon-crowned-player-of-the-year-all-conference-awards-announced.aspx
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - Fort Bend Owl - 03-31-2021 04:09 PM
Good for all of them.
I am surprised Lennon got POTY over Matthews though. Don't get me wrong, Nicole had a great year, but Matthews was second in the league in hitting percentage (.438, behind Adekunle's .461) and she also led the league in blocks. They were close in kills per set.
There's no doubt in my mind the Texas win was what propelled Lennon over Matthews (Lennon won the award in 2018, Matthews in 2019).
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 03-31-2021 04:15 PM
(03-31-2021 04:09 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: Good for all of them.
I am surprised Lennon got POTY over Matthews though. Don't get me wrong, Nicole had a great year, but Matthews was second in the league in hitting percentage (.438, behind Adekunle's .461) and she also led the league in blocks. They were close in kills per set.
There's no doubt in my mind the Texas win was what propelled Lennon over Matthews (Lennon won the award in 2018, Matthews in 2019).
Agreed, but then again, Lennon deserved it over Matthews last year and got robbed. Didn't she win conference Player of the Week 7 or 8 times last year? Lennon had a better year statistically last season. Obviously, she still capable of taking over a match, as she did in the 3rd set against Texas. That might have been the most dominant set of her Rice career.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 02:25 PM
North Texas played WKU close, but were swept in 3 tight sets. I think UTEP, if they beat Marshall, can take a set from WKU.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 03:51 PM
UTEP swept Marshall. They are red hot. They may prove to be WKU's most competitive match of the season.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - Almadenmike - 04-01-2021 05:07 PM
The first game is about to start on my video feed, and LiveStats says the Owls are already up, 4-1 .... now 4-3.
Go Rice!!
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 05:09 PM
Down 4-6 early. No offense whatsoever so far.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 05:13 PM
Really fast moving first set-- very few rallies.
Rice 11-10
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 05:19 PM
Rice 17-14. Marshall is not very good, but we can't pull away....yet.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 05:22 PM
19-14 as MTSU calls it's third and final time out of the set.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 05:24 PM
22-16
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - Tomball Owl - 04-01-2021 05:26 PM
Owls pull away for 25-16 1st set win.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 05:27 PM
Rice takes first set 25-16, hitting .393 vs. only .031 for MTSU. Lennon with 6 kills, 1 ace, 1 block leading the way. Only 2 attack errors for Rice.
Courtley doesn't appear to be playing.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 05:33 PM
Down early again 4-6 in 2nd set.
RE: Volleyball - CUSA Tournament - waltgreenberg - 04-01-2021 05:37 PM
10-10