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Post by austinace on Oct 1, 2022 5:28:02 GMT -6
A very close match: gopurpleaces.com/news/2022/9/30/volleyball-aces-drop-wild-5-set-match-at-belmont.aspxI did not see the match but Belmont was 5-11 coming into the match (off a win over Murray State). Evansville appeared to have possibly turned the corner with two conference wins. Belmont last year was just 9-20 (273 rating). Definitely a match I would have expected us to win. Certainly would expect them to win their next two games against Murray State and SIU (however SIU seems to be much improved this year based on their record) but this team is currently 5-12, so hard to tell. Injuries have definitely been a factor as well as their head coach being away for international coaching duties. Hope we can turn this around like the baseball team did. VB Standings: mvc-sports.com/sports/wvballOur 2-1 record has come against teams currently in the bottom five of the conference.
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Post by 65pointgame on Oct 1, 2022 13:43:15 GMT -6
We had a 19-15 lead in the 3rd set and lost, it turned out to be a key a point in the match. With the parity in the league, I believe if we win all our home matches and finish .500 on the road we will be one of the top 3 teams. UNI has impressed by winning all 3 matches on the road. I still have not heard on the status of Feliciano.
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Post by austinace on Oct 2, 2022 3:23:00 GMT -6
gopurpleaces.com/news/2022/10/1/volleyball-aces-fall-in-weekend-finale-at-murray-state.aspxTwo losses in conference play already for the VB team against the lower half of the conference. Not good. They haven’t even played any of the top three teams yet (UNI, Drake and Valparaiso). Hope they get healthy and turn this around quickly before it is too late in conference play. Next two games at home next weekend (Friday and Saturday) against SIU and Missouri State) - hopefully what the doctor ordered and our fans can help them turn this around. At least men’s soccer seems to be doing well. They are now 4-2-2.
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Post by austinace on Oct 7, 2022 19:44:49 GMT -6
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Post by 65pointgame on Oct 8, 2022 19:14:48 GMT -6
Squeezed out a close 5 set win against Missouri State tonight. Feliciano will not be back this year and will still have 2 yrs of eligibility left.
Puerto Rico is still competing in the Worlds and their final match is this weekend, as they will not advance to the championship round. I was not able to attend the matches this weekend, but assume Fernando is still with the PR team in Holland. That is close to 3 weeks he has been away from UE. I wonder what effect this had on the team?
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Post by austinace on Oct 9, 2022 17:37:45 GMT -6
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Post by austinace on Oct 10, 2022 18:07:43 GMT -6
Aces win in four sets on the road, after dropping the first set, against an Indiana State team who is now 3-12, 2-5. Evansville is now 7-14 and 4-3. Fernando Morales was back coaching the Lady Aces. 24, 21 and 14 kills for Cardona, Vasquez and Madison Steele respectively. 51 assists for Ruff. Evansville VB home page Game stats
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Post by 65pointgame on Oct 10, 2022 20:33:06 GMT -6
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Post by austinace on Oct 14, 2022 19:59:00 GMT -6
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Post by austinace on Oct 15, 2022 20:30:48 GMT -6
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Post by 65pointgame on Oct 16, 2022 11:19:45 GMT -6
Halfway thru the conference season and we stand at 5-4, with the next 4 matches against the top teams - Drake, UNI, Valpo and UIC (combined conf recored 26-10). Volleyball only plays 18 conf games, so we lucked out and only play these teams once -- SIU is the only team in the top 5 we play twice. Here are the standings -- mvc-sports.com/standings.aspx?path=wvballThe top 8 teams make the MVC tournament, with #3/#4 getting a first round bye and #1/#2 getting a double bye. mvc-sports.com/feature/22VB
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Post by austinace on Oct 25, 2022 12:01:05 GMT -6
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Post by austinace on Oct 28, 2022 22:20:34 GMT -6
Good win for the VB team on the road at Valpo. This puts them in sixth place in the conference at 6-6. UNI and Drake are clearly the top two teams with a combined conference record of 22-2.
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Post by austinace on Oct 29, 2022 19:24:34 GMT -6
Good weekend for the Aces volleyball team with two road wins. Sounds like they are playing better with their head coach back.
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Post by 65pointgame on Oct 31, 2022 11:45:17 GMT -6
Tied for 5th place in the conference, but only one game out of 3rd place. Looking at the schedule, winning 4 of 5 final games is achievable and would most likely put us in 3rd/4th position and give us a first round bye in the MVC tournament.
I still believe the key to our success is for Cardona to become more accurate and reduce her attack and service errors. Like strike outs with a HR hitter in baseball, I guess it comes with the territory when you have a hard hitter in VB.
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