National Championship - Volleyball Style - celebration thread

by Pdizzle on Dec 17, 2009 7:57 PM CST

I just watch our Lady Longhorns destroy Minnesota in the National Semifinals. We looked amazing. Destiny Hooker is the real deal. The Lady Longhorns took the Minnesota Golden Gophers in straight sets to win the Semifinals 3-0. At one point in the final set we went on a 10-1 run. The Lady Longhorns are 3 points from being undefeated, losing to Iowa State earlier in the season. We might get to see the tower lit up with a number 1 twice in a 3 week period. With volleyball kicking butt, and the men's football, basketball, and baseball teams being as dominate as they are, it is a good year to be a Longhorn. I guess begin the celebration thread! Hook'em!

Oh yeah Penn State and Hawaii are playing for the second spot in the National Championship Game on ESPN 2 right now at 8:00 pm if you want to check out the competition.

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Hook em!

by hayzer13 on Dec 17, 2009 8:30 PM CST reply actions

Texas vs. Penn State could be an epic battle

They have their own version of Destinee Hooker in Megan Hodge, and they have a great setter, although not one who is really a threat to attack like Ashley Engle. I think Penn State’s defense is better than ours, but they don’t have as many offensive weapons at the net as Texas.

The thing that is so impressive about Penn State is that they don’t make many mistakes. Talent-wise, Texas can beat them for sure, but the Nittanies are not going to beat themselves with errors, and Texas has been prone to that at times this year, with service errors, bad passes, clean hits out of bounds, etc. You can do that stuff against Minnesota, but not against Penn State. If we play a clean match, though, we are more than capable of beating them.

One advantage Texas has … assistant coach Salima Rockwell is one of Penn State’s all-time great players, and she was an assistant for them for the past 3 seasons before joining Jerritt Elliott’s staff this year. She recruited and trained Penn State’s setter, Alisha Glass, so it should help to have her on our bench.

by bassale47 on Dec 17, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions