Aggie Volleyball - The Morrison Edition

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Ags win! Great game ladies!!!!
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#growth
TulaneAg
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BOOM!! Very nice win ladies.
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Man. What a win!!
Chapa96
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Been a VERY long time coming!!
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Interesting fact...that was our first ever win in Gainesville. I don't remember where I heard that.
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TulaneAg said:

Interesting fact...that was our first ever win in Gainesville. I don't remember where I heard that.
Seems like I may of heard that somewhere, not sure. Will need to research it.
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SCHEDULE THE KYLE FIELD MATCH!!! hahaha, GREAT win ladies!!
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What a wonderful win! Way to go Ladies!!!!

We actually looked just as athletic as Florida. Frankly, I've been watching our ladies play for the last 10 years, and this is the first time I've thought that our whole team matches up well with a top ranked program. Baring injuries, this will be a highly seeded NCAA team in Morrison's first season.

Concerning our first win in Gainesville, the announcers said it repeatedly. They also posted a graphic stating that we were 1-25 versus UF, prior to this match, with our lone win coming in College Station in 2012, I think.
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That was awesome. Every set a nail biter but the team never gave in. I figured we'd lose the 4th when FL tied it up and figured we'd would lose the 5th when we started slow in a set to 15. But the team just kept fighting. Such a great win for this team, this season and this program. Didn't take long for Morrison to get his first signature win. Well done!!
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We hired the right guy. Jamie Morrison is building a monster here in Texas A&M! Buckle up everyone and let's get on board, like he said "this win is just the top of the iceberg" Aggie Volleyball is here to stay! Let's keep winning and establishing ourselves throughout SEC Play! Let's pack Reed, our ladies deserve it! In Jamie I trust!
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I missed most of it working late. But I got it turned on at 19-19 in the 4th set so I got to see the finish! It is now on ESPN app so I'm rewatching. Great win! First time ever I hear in Gainesville..
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exciting game! every set a battle. Morrison has done an amazing job for sure. I think every girl is playing at their best and getting better. Except for Muoneke I think because of lack of experience. Needs to change something as she could not penetrate blocks. She hit in the negative so was an easy substitution but coach will help her figure it out for sure. Brooke called in again in back to back games and did a good job. Love how she plays coming off the bench.

Lednicky played even better than vs Arkansas and her line shots are back!

We had many bad service errors but so did UF. We also put good pressure on their serve receive at times.

Stats-wise we competed very evenly.

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Love the fight after losing the first set. On the road, to boot, they played great and kept attacking.
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Surely this is a typo…
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How good was this win against Florida?

Florida has defeated
No. 8 Penn State 3-1
No 2 Stanford 3-0
No 5 Minnesota 3-0
No 24 Auburn 3-2

Lost to No1 Wisconsin 3-2

Their 3 matches in SEC all went to 5 sets (Auburn, Georgia, Aggies)
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Where can I find the home schedule?
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2023 Volleyball Schedule - Texas A&M Athletics - 12thMan.com

Chapa96
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I've read several places on how young we are. Everyday starters, what are the classifications?
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Couldn't watch live, but was able to avoid spoilers. Great five win set! Quick question, at what point do the service errors outweigh the out of system passes? Also, any idea why Meuth plays back row? She seems shaky in serve receive and we don't seem to have a back row attack…
Ag4eva95
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You can't really judge those results outside of the Georgia and Auburn wins. They lost their all American setter and have a plan b from an NAIA school. While she's doing her job, she didn't see the court in those upsets. Not trying to take away from the amazing win we had, but without Stuckey, this is maybe a top 20 UF team
Wicked Good Ag
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Best win for the program since getting to the Sweet 16 a few seasons ago. People talk about missed serves but last night was the first time for me where the risk was ok

Against Houston our missed serves didn't look nearly as forceful and difficult. And I think I remember hearing we had 13 missed serves by the commentators in set three but finished with only 15 total so down the stretch we served really tell in the last two sets which we won


Glad to see Brooke Jeffery step up and put up decent numbers in her last two outings. Once for RS last night for OH position.

As for the comment about Meuth and back row we don't have but three DS total for the program at this time. Other than Fields all of them left under the previous coaching staff. And right now no one is playing lights out as a DS. Underwood looked good in parts of yesterday and made some critical digs in certain points but our back row defense is still the problem area if our opponent can get around our block. Houston made it look easy but we passed so poorly we weren't able to stay in system and their Libero is one of the top in the country so they stayed in system and dismantled us. Logan Lednicky could easily get national player of the week this week. Only way she doesn't is because we lost one match. Easily should be SEC player of the week but I think the major reason we won last night is because we partnered Lednicky with Cos in the middle and her performance. And we only had one bad outing offensively and Jeffery replaced and did a pretty decent job except for a three or four point run with a couple of errors in set 3 I believe. I will look more into the box score after watching the entire match in TV to see what I missed

Glad to see schools like Arkansas and Florida give the detailed box score on their website instead of the basic one. Give a ton more information.

Watched Arkansas and Auburn play on SEC Network during our breaks. Auburn looked bad last night…very pedestrian IMO. I know to take Florida to 5 they are better than what they played but i think the way we played last night we don't lose to anyone in the SEC at home and maybe only Arkansas or Kentucky on the road.
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Well we have lots of underclassmen

Junior: Nisa Buzultepe

Sophomores: Logan Lednicky, Ava Underwood, Ifenna Cos-Okpalla, Morgan Perkins, Brooke Jeffrey, Lexi Guinn

Freshman: Ital Lopuyo (RS), Margot Manning, Bianna Muoneke, Alayna Pearson

The future is bright! I know we had a 2024 on a visit a couple weeks ago, but I'm not sure if we have any commited! With what we bring back and the promise we've shown, I'm sure we can go grab another high caliber hitter out of the portal to replace Meuth and we only lose Hogan as well! We can go find a couple plug and play players that can contribute!
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taylorswift13_ said:

Well we have lots of underclassmen

Junior: Nisa Buzultepe

Sophomores: Logan Lednicky, Ava Underwood, Ifenna Cos-Okpalla, Morgan Perkins, Brooke Jeffrey, Lexi Guinn

Freshman: Ital Lopuyo (RS), Margot Manning, Bianna Muoneke, Alayna Pearson

The future is bright! I know we had a 2024 on a visit a couple weeks ago, but I'm not sure if we have any commited! With what we bring back and the promise we've shown, I'm sure we can go grab another high caliber hitter out of the portal to replace Meuth and we only lose Hogan as well! We can go find a couple plug and play players that can contribute!
Thanks for the insight. Im a reborn vb fan!! I used go watch them play at G Rollie at every home match during the Sykora and Kristi Smedsrud years ....and on and on...
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Ag4eva95 said:

You can't really judge those results outside of the Georgia and Auburn wins. They lost their all American setter and have a plan b from an NAIA school. While she's doing her job, she didn't see the court in those upsets. Not trying to take away from the amazing win we had, but without Stuckey, this is maybe a top 20 UF team
Bingo
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taylorswift13_ said:

The future is bright! I know we had a 2024 on a visit a couple weeks ago, but I'm not sure if we have any commited!
I know top players are committed 2 years out but is the fact we don't have any in 2024 so far indicative of how selective Morrison is? Or was there just not enough time for a brand new D1 coach?
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Jack Pearson said:

Ag4eva95 said:

You can't really judge those results outside of the Georgia and Auburn wins. They lost their all American setter and have a plan b from an NAIA school. While she's doing her job, she didn't see the court in those upsets. Not trying to take away from the amazing win we had, but without Stuckey, this is maybe a top 20 UF team
Bingo
yup, while their backup setter was fine, you can tell the set quality wasn't up to Stuckey's level. Top teams have the best setters. I believe when Kentucky won it all a few years ago, they had the best setter in the country.
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I say timing! A lot of girls commit there during year like you said! But also sees how strong the roster is and how he'd rather go for the portal to complement everything we have coming back! I trust Coach Morrison and I'm excited for how he's going to retool this roster!
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flintdragon said:

taylorswift13_ said:

The future is bright! I know we had a 2024 on a visit a couple weeks ago, but I'm not sure if we have any commited!
I know top players are committed 2 years out but is the fact we don't have any in 2024 so far indicative of how selective Morrison is? Or was there just not enough time for a brand new D1 coach?
I think his plan is to backfill with the portal.

Someone mentioned a 24 was on campus recently? What position would that be? Seems late
taylorswift13_
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She's actually committed to us! Amare Hernandez from McAllen Memorial High School in the RGV! Not many college volleyball players down here, so it's crazy to see! She is a force and hits a pretty hard ball! But she's 5'11 I believe! She's a solid track athlete and plays all 6 rotations! Could see her as a depth piece, not sure if she's on scholarship or not. My cousin coaches a school in her district and had amazing things to say about her!

https://instagr.am/p/CxOrtDtuphM
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When we fired Bird we lost a key recruit of 2024 who then reclassified to this season

I see transfer portal for a OH and DS plus another DS via HS commit



Wicked Good Ag
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Looking forward to the match on Sunday against Missouri who is p;aying better than most people expected but should be a win if we play like we did in any of our SEC matches
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London Wijay! She's now at USC! And was recently named PAC 12 Freshman of the week and had 24 kills the other day! She was from Southern California so I guess after the transition to Jamie she decided to stay home!
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Bird issue was never IMO recruiting it was retainment and development within a system

While some players were likely coming regardless of staff they got very notable players in this system

Just didnt get the most out of them or keep them in the program


Look at Cos and Lupuyo this season both in the program last year and Cos played very little and Lupuyo didnt play at all they are now significant pieces to the rotation along with a setter who didnt play but a few points her first two years

Those have all developed along with a newcomer who had committed to old staff and stayed along with two major starters from last season and two key players brought in likely by assistant coaches and that is your line up

 
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