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Old 10-25-2013, 01:03 PM
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Duquesne Thread

Two matches for the Dukes this weekend -- tough match against Geo Wash on Friday night and then the Flyers on Saturday. We only have Duquesne this week.

The teams have played "similar" A-10 schedules. We got VCU twice and SLU once. They have had SLU twice and VCU once. Everything else is the same. Our conference stats are very close.

This will be a battle at the net. Both teams are good Blocking teams. UD is leading the A-10 at 3.30 b/s, but Duquesne is right behind us at 3.24. We are 1 & 3 in in Hitting % with the Dukes at .252 and UD at .235. UD is #2 in Opponent's Hitting % at .154 and the Dukes are #3 at .156.

As with most matches, serve and serve receive are always at the top of areas you need to win within the match to win the match. The A-10 doesn't track conference only SE Errors. But to keep their good hitters out of the mix, we will need to serve tough while limiting/managing our service errors. And we will need to serve receive well to give Jenna all her hitting options a high percentage of the time.

With two great blocking teams, it comes down to passing and setter decisions. Jenna will need to be "on" for this match and raise her setting game to keep our hitters off their block. These will be key to win this match. The back row will need to deliver the ball to Jenna and she will need to make great setter decisions. And we'll need to continue to put up a big block to stop their offense.

This is a real test to see if we are moving towards being the best team in the A-10 when the conference tourney rolls around in a couple weeks. Is it a "must win"? No. But I think it's a "must compete" match. If we don't win the match, (and I think we will with our block and our hitters getting better every week in their new positions) at a minimum, we need to push them to 5 sets and compete in all areas of the match. Keep the train moving forward.

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Old 10-26-2013, 07:39 PM
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Flyers lose set 1 25-17. Up in set 2 13-9. If I see the video right, I see Z on the right side, and Angel is in the middle as #2.
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Old 10-26-2013, 07:50 PM
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Flyers win set 2, 25 -16. Stats show 5 blocks through 2 sets.
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Z playing right side. Angle and Megan in the middle.
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Old 10-26-2013, 08:17 PM
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Flyers lose set 3, 25-17. Gotta win these last 2!
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Not our best effort in the 3rd. But we come out firing in Set 4 and send it to 5 and we will have accomplished what we needed this match -- win or lose. We needed to compete and get into a 5 set battle. Keep moving the train forward and picking up steam. Gotta come out firing in set 4.

Also need to get our block going to slow down their hitters. We aren't blocking bad...just need to take it up a step.
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Old 10-26-2013, 08:22 PM
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Ouch! The team has hit .024 and .057 in sets 1 and 3.
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Not looking well in the 4th. Down 20-16. Need a big comeback.
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Flyers lose set 4, 25-21, and they lose to the Dukes. Darn.
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Dukes win set 4 25-21. I'm not to disappointed. We competed. Their setter beat us. She was dead on. The camera angle was perfect to see the setter locations and Mary Henry set the ball dead on for her hitters. She had very few sets that were more than 2-3 feet off the net and her hitters are quick and can get up fast to hit what I call the "1-ball". Meaning the quick low set to beat the block.

We will learn from this match. Work to do yet, but we are getting better. Time to settle our line up and get after it.
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Looking at the stats it seems that we were just beaten by their offense despite great blocking. They had four hitters over .200 and UD had none. I don't count Jenna because she is not a hitter.

Thanks for the info from someone who watched the match, that makes sense. It looks like it was all or nothing with their fast paced offense. If the blockers didn't get the ball the defense couldn't get into position to dig it. I remember Kelly making a comment prior to a Xavier match that he didn't think they could stop Xavier's offense but he didn't think that Xavier could stop UD's offense.

When you play a team like that you have to be sideout machines, just like they are

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Old 10-26-2013, 09:15 PM
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I thought I would add something regarding Duquesne's offense. I didn't see the match but Beckystxa said that the sets were only 2-3 feet above the net.

To run a fast offense like this you need great passing. If the passing is good having low fast sets makes it really tough to block and it makes it even harder for defensive players to dig the spikes. Because the set is low the hitter doesn't have much time to make a decision when they go up to attack. If the blocker is positioned correctly they have an advantage but if the blocker isn't in the right position the opposing team will hit for a high percentage which we saw tonight. A low fast set can make a good hitter look like an all american if the blocker isn't there

What you hope to do is disrupt the offense by serving really well. If they don't get good passes it makes it really tough for the setter to set the ball accurately and low.

Tall powerful teams don't normally run a fast offense, they like to set the ball high and use their physical advantage.
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