After 3 sets the Owls trail 2-1

21-25, 28-26, 23-25

Need to step it up.

(10-25-2026 02:53 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Owls drop the first to Tulsa 21-25
Rice comes back to even it up 28-26 in the 2nd
Tulsa just eked out the third 23-25

Looks like you beat me to it by about a minute…

(10-25-2026 02:53 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Owls drop the first to Tulsa 21-25
Rice comes back to even it up 28-26 in the 2nd
Tulsa just eked out the third 23-25

Tulane beat ECU 3-1, so Rice controls their destiny now for the regular season title.

Need a couple games here though!

Owls trail 19-21 in 4th set.

19-22 on another service error.

Tulsa ace 19-23.

Tulsa kill 20-24.

Seay kill 21-24

Skopal long on the serve. 21-25

Ballgame. Grrr

Owls with 9 service errors and only 3 aces. Not good.

Dang, that hurts.

That said, we’re two games back of Tulane with two games against them. We can still get the regular season title…
… if we pick up our play that is

I didn't think it was possible to play worse than we did Friday night at UNT, but Rice volleyball proved me wrong. We played like we were in a collective coma from the get-go. Yes, Tulsa did play well (unlike UNT), but gawd, did we stink up the joint. Our service game right now is a total embarrassment. WTH happened to it over the past week? When we didn't get a service error (9 for the match) Tulsa had absolutely no trouble staying within system. And our overuse of the lollypop/float serve is pathetic at this point. We're fooling absolutely no one. Making matters worse, Skopal had a really bad setting match-- far too many of her in-system sets today were either too close to the net or too far from the net...and save for Simmons and Peterson from the backline, our OHs couldn't put anything away (even when the sets were perfect). Why we keep overfeeding Sydnee when she's playing the front line is beyond frustrating as her lack of height results in a high frequency of blocks (or block tips) or unforced errors (long). She had a strong match today (18 kills, but only .219, 19 digs), but she should not be our #1 attacker when she's playing the front line. Simmons was our only consistent OH today. Croft finally got playing time (after Schneider struggled the first 1 2/3rds sets) and reaffirmed why she should be in the starting lineup (7 kills on 11 chances, .636, 4 blocks in just over 2 sets).

Genny needs to make adjustments and quickly as the last two matches we have played as bad as we have all year, and in almost every facet of the game.

Tulane d. ECU to take the league lead
USF 3, Memphis 1
WSU 3, Charlotte 1

Late games:
Tulane 3, ECU 1
Tulsa 3, Rice 1
UNT 3, UAB 2

Standings thru 10/25:
9-1 Tulane
8-2 ECU
7-3 FAU Rice Tulsa
6-4 USF
5-5 Temple
4-6 UNT
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3-7 UTSA Wichita UAB
2-8 Memphis
1-9 clt

Top 8 make the conference tourney

And the alarming pattern of allowing the opposing team back into the set after holding a commanding late lead continued yesterday. Up 17-13 and serving in the all-important 3rd set, Tulsa won 8 of the next 10 points to take a 19-21 lead, and then cruised to victory from there. It's one thing doing this repeatedly on the road against Tulsa, WSU and North Texas, it's another doing it at home behind a relatively large home crowd. No killer instinct. Lack of leadership.