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16 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said:

The last line is Towson athletics in a nutshell. Hey! We have a program and a good one!

 

what went wrong tonight?  Had it on but don’t know much about volleyball. Announcers seemed very pro dogs

The main issue tonight was that Georgia dominated the serve/pass game. Think of this as being kind of like the o-line/d-line battle in every football game. It isn't sexy or glamorous, but having strong linemen enables the rest of your team to flourish. In the same vein, the ability to put the other team under pressure with your serve, and to receive serves accurately and consistently, gives you a huge advantage on both offense and defense. Georgia served very well, with 6 aces against only 8 errors. More importantly though, they were forcing us to frequently have bad first contacts, meaning our setter was having to run long distances to retrieve the ball, and was not able to choose who she wanted to set, thus making our whole offense dysfunctional. Conversely, Towson only registered 3 aces against 11 errors. The lack of pressure allowed Georgia's first contacts to put them "in-system", meaning their setter is in a perfect position and can choose to set any player she wants. It doesn't matter how many great attackers you have; if you can't pass the ball, they never get a chance to attack.

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11 hours ago, TigersTigers said:

The main issue tonight was that Georgia dominated the serve/pass game. Think of this as being kind of like the o-line/d-line battle in every football game. It isn't sexy or glamorous, but having strong linemen enables the rest of your team to flourish. In the same vein, the ability to put the other team under pressure with your serve, and to receive serves accurately and consistently, gives you a huge advantage on both offense and defense. Georgia served very well, with 6 aces against only 8 errors. More importantly though, they were forcing us to frequently have bad first contacts, meaning our setter was having to run long distances to retrieve the ball, and was not able to choose who she wanted to set, thus making our whole offense dysfunctional. Conversely, Towson only registered 3 aces against 11 errors. The lack of pressure allowed Georgia's first contacts to put them "in-system", meaning their setter is in a perfect position and can choose to set any player she wants. It doesn't matter how many great attackers you have; if you can't pass the ball, they never get a chance to attack.

Thank you. that makes sense. 
I’ll watch volleyball in the Olympics (and beach). It’s one of the more fun sports to watch and there’s much action.  Just wish they weren’t in flo so I could watch more. 
 

is video review new? Or only for the tournament? We were pretty  unsuccessful in our challenges it seemed  
 

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1 hour ago, TuTigers2012 said:

Thank you. that makes sense. 
I’ll watch volleyball in the Olympics (and beach). It’s one of the more fun sports to watch and there’s much action.  Just wish they weren’t in flo so I could watch more. 
 

is video review new? Or only for the tournament? We were pretty  unsuccessful in our challenges it seemed  
 

Video review has been in college vb for about 7-8 years. It was in pro vb first, and has been extremely successful due to the installation of high-speed cameras all over the gym. College vb saw that and wanted to replicate it, but they weren’t willing to invest in the high-speed cameras, so it’s totally unreliable in college. Not to say that’s why we were unsuccessful with challenges tonight; Don’s decisions on when to challenge were, to put it mildly, totally idiotic. 

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While the final result is disappointing, Don Metil has established a conference powerhouse that now routinely makes the NCAA Tournament. The same can’t be said for pretty much any other sport on campus. 

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It's probably happened in lacrosse a few times, but can anyone think of the last time where a Towson team has beaten a team in the regular season and that team ended up in the Final Four.  Obviously thinking of the volleyball team beating Pitt this year.

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3 minutes ago, Blazer49 said:

It's probably happened in lacrosse a few times, but can anyone think of the last time where a Towson team has beaten a team in the regular season and that team ended up in the Final Four.  Obviously thinking of the volleyball team beating Pitt this year.

Football probably too. Hoops did beat umbc pretty easily, the year they upset UVA

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