Gopher Volleyball 2021-Fall Season

Ignatius L Hoops · Nov 22, 2021

NCAA RPI through matches of 11/21/21: (It's looking increasingly likely that we'll have to spoil someone else's party)

1 Louisville
2 Pittsburgh
3 Baylor
4 Texas
5 Wisconsin
6 Georgia Tech
7 Kentucky
8 Purdue
9 Ohio State
10 UCLA
11 Miami
12 Creighton
13 Nebraska
14 Florida State
15 Florida
16 Marquette

20 Minnesota
27 Penn State
30 Illinois

junc1929 · Nov 22, 2021

MplsGopher said:
We're not elite, we're not final four. That's just what it is.

Very talented, but this team will never be final four with zero middle attack. That's on the coaching staff.

you're so right. obviously retke is a special player...but their middles had 36 kills yesterday and our middles had 1. our middles have 164 kills on the entire season (95 sets - 1.7 kills per set). it makes it even more amazing that samedy is able to do what she does considering that the block can just key on her every single time and rarely ever get punished for it.

MplsGopher · Nov 22, 2021

junc1929 said:
you're so right. obviously retke is a special player...but their middles had 36 kills yesterday and our middles had 1. our middles have 164 kills on the entire season (95 sets - 1.7 kills per set). it makes it even more amazing that samedy is able to do what she does considering that the block can just key on her every single time and rarely ever get punished for it.

More like, it's a ping pong between right and left sides.

When Wenaas is on, we can be dangerous. Miyabe doesn't get enough credit, too.

And they both (Samedy and Wenaas) can score on back-row. The back-row (middle) attack is the best we can do as a substitute for the middle. It doesn't get it done.

let'sbeclear · Nov 22, 2021

This was a very strange match. Both teams made more than one huge comeback. I don't know enough about the game to know if that was because of bad play by the team that was ahead or outstanding play by the team that was behind. In any case, it was highly entertaining in that neither team could be counted out of any set.

I'm not as pessimistic as some of you. I think the Gophers will be in the match with anybody in the tournament. They just have less room for error than the elite teams, which probably don't number more than four or five. But if the Gophers play at their best....

rowdaboat · Nov 22, 2021

Are the Gophers consistent with other teams or do we mess up the first hit significantly more? Seemed like especially late in the 4th and 5th sets the first bump would be bad then making the set harder and a weak spike

let'sbeclear · Nov 22, 2021

Ignatius L Hoops said:
NCAA Statistics

NCAA RPI through matches of 11/21/21: (It's looking increasingly likely that we'll have to spoil someone else's party)

Except for Louisville and Pittsburgh, the ACC teams still seem to get little respect from the coaches. The AVCA poll has Georgia Tech at #14 (#6 in the RPI), Miami (FL) at #26 (#11 in the RPI), and Florida State at #30 (#14 in the RPI).

MplsGopher · Nov 22, 2021

Speaking of Georgia Tech, if you did not read or hear about this, it's too good:

GibsonSG · Nov 26, 2021

Ugh. Up 2-1 against Penn State, but hitting so poorly. Wenaas .129, Miyabe .120, Samedy .196. Some bad unforced errors in set 3 too. ~~Hard to see them not losing this in 5 if the offense doesn't terminate better~~.

Never had a doubt they wouldn't win!

Ignatius L Hoops · Nov 26, 2021

Solid road win: Samedy with 26 kills and 13 digs.

Ignatius L Hoops · Nov 28, 2021

Gophers End Regular Season with Win at Maryland - University of Minnesota Athletics

The No. 10 Minnesota Golden Gophers closed out their 2021 regular season with a four set victory over Maryland on Saturday night.

gophersports.com

Selection Sunday:

Up Next:
Minnesota will play in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, which begins on Friday, Dec. 3. They'll find out their seed tomorrow [today] night during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show at 7:30 p.m. Central time on ESPNU.

ClassOf98Gopher · Nov 28, 2021

So… do the Gophers get a top-8 seed? Any early guesses on what the seed will be?

NextYear_76 · Nov 28, 2021

Thinking a 10 seed but hope for better

cemba99 · Nov 28, 2021

A 12th seed. Assuming they get through the first two matches at home, will likely have to go to Madison and play Baylor and then Wisconsin to advance further (but at least it is close enough for some gopher fans to attend). Will play South Dakota in the opening round this Friday and the winner of Stanford and Iowa State on Saturday

Waffle · Nov 28, 2021

Ugh Stanford is coming to Minneapolis

gopherdudepart2 · Nov 28, 2021

Waffle said:
Ugh Stanford is coming to Minneapolis

You have to beat them all anyways. Beat South Dakota, then Stanford at home, then let the chips fall where they may. NCAA did no favors, but that is what you want competition.

Ignatius L Hoops · Nov 28, 2021

Coyotes headed to Minnesota - University of South Dakota Athletics

South Dakota found out its destination for the opening round of the NCAA volleyball tournament during Sunday's selection show.

goyotes.com

Looking forward to Friday night:

The Coyotes, the Summit League tournament champions for the third time in four seasons, are headed to the Minneapolis region where they will face Minnesota in a first round match on Friday evening at 7 p.m.

South Dakota, coming off a three-set sweep over Omaha in the Summit League title match, will take a 20-9 record into the opening round contest.

"We are really excited for this draw!" coach Leanne Williamson said. "There is some familiarity with that program and we have a lot of respect for that coaching staff."

Minnesota, the No. 12 national seed, has an overall record of 20-8 and went 15-5 during Big Ten Conference play. The Gophers posted four-set wins over Penn State and Maryland to close the regular season.

South Dakota is led by eighth-year head coach Leanne Williamson (163-75), who also spent five seasons as an assistant under then Coyotes head coach Matt Houk. Houk is currently an assistant coach at Minnesota on Hugh McCutcheon's staff.

"We are so excited that we are at this point and will be able to continue on with our season," said Williamson.

This will be the first-meeting ever between South Dakota and Minnesota, though the teams have played several times during the spring offseason schedules that typically follow a normal fall season

MplsGopher · Nov 29, 2021

Stanford is a shell of the 2018/2019 juggernaut with Plummer and co.

I know we've had bad mojo against that team, but this should be a good opportunity to exercise some past demons.

Having to go to Madison and likely face Baylor and then Wisc, means again we'd most likely need a 2019 set-up: get past Baylor and then face a UCLA team that delivers Wisc a shocking upset, like Louisville did to Texas, and then beat them as they would be out of gas.

ClassOf98Gopher · Nov 29, 2021

Waffle said:
Ugh Stanford is coming to Minneapolis

We need opportunities to improve our abysmal current series record against Stanford anyway.

ClassOf98Gopher · Nov 29, 2021

MplsGopher said:
Stanford is a shell of the 2018/2019 juggernaut with Plummer and co.

I know we've had bad mojo against that team, but this should be a good opportunity to exercise some past demons.

For those Gopher fans upset about the current trend in Gopher volleyball performance: just consider Stanford’s ugly downward slide and then consider yourselves lucky fans. That’s my mental practice to put myself in a positive frame-of-mind

let'sbeclear · Nov 29, 2021

Michella Chester at ncca.com is picking the Gophers to beat South Dakota, Stanford, and Baylor, then losing to Wisconsin.

Wisconsin wins the 2021 DI women's volleyball national title for the first time in program history

Wisconsin beat Nebraska to win the 2021 DI women's volleyball national championship. It's the program's first-ever national championship. Here's a full recap of the 2021 national championship and entire NCAA tournament.

www.ncaa.com

ClassOf98Gopher · Nov 29, 2021

let'sbeclear said:
Michella Chester at ncca.com is picking the Gophers to beat South Dakota, Stanford, and Baylor, then losing to Wisconsin.

Wisconsin wins the 2021 DI women's volleyball national title for the first time in program history

Wisconsin beat Nebraska to win the 2021 DI women's volleyball national championship. It's the program's first-ever national championship. Here's a full recap of the 2021 national championship and entire NCAA tournament.

www.ncaa.com

Michelle Chester is smart.

MplsGopher · Nov 30, 2021

Yep.

We basically has to hope that UCLA has its Super Bowl in Madison, and knocks the Badgers out, like Louisville did to Texas for us in 2019.

Hrothgar · Nov 30, 2021

MplsGopher said:
Yep.

We basically has to hope that UCLA has its Super Bowl in Madison, and knocks the Badgers out, like Louisville did to Texas for us in 2019.

Is UCLA that good? I haven't followed them.

MplsGopher · Dec 1, 2021

Hrothgar said:
Is UCLA that good? I haven't followed them.

No idea, I don't follow much outside the Big Ten.

They got the 13th seed I believe, one lower than us.

GibsonSG · Dec 1, 2021

Possibly national player of the year too? Let's hope the Gophers don't have to make the Final Four for that to happen.

MRJ · Dec 1, 2021

GibsonSG said:
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Possibly national player of the year too? Let's hope the Gophers don't have to make the Final Four for that to happen.

I'd like to think so considering how she's carried them over the past two seasons, but I don't think she'll get due to the team's overall record.

GibsonSG · Dec 1, 2021

Also today if you didn't see it:

GopherHole Staff · Dec 3, 2021

Minnesota Volleyball Faces Summit League champion South Dakota Friday in NCAA Tournament Action - GopherHole.com

Minnesota was named the #12 seed and will face Summit League champion South Dakota Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the Maturi Pavilion. South Dakota (20-9) defeated Omaha in the Summit League title match in three sets to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in...

gopherhole.com

Ignatius L Hoops · Dec 3, 2021

A sweep with CC McGraw not on the bench and replaced by Kilkelly and Miyabe sporting a knee brace. Miyabe left the court for the locker room late in the third set; but returned to the lineup. Lot of unknowns for tomorrows match with Stanford which advanced by defeating Iowa State 3-1

Gopher68 · Dec 3, 2021

Ignatius L Hoops said:
A sweep with CC McGraw not on the bench and replaced by Kilkelly and Miyabe sporting a knee brace. Miyabe left the court for the locker room late in the third set; but returned to the lineup. Lot of unknowns for tomorrows match with Stanford which advanced by defeating Iowa State 3-2

Stanford won 3-1.

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