Opponent Game 1: Baylor
Time Game 1: 11:30
Opponent Game 2: SMU
Time Game 2: 5:30
Date: April 11th
Location: Reed Arena - College Station, Texas
Streaming: None
Stats: None


Game Preview
Howdy my fellow NCAA Volleyball National Championship Aggies fans and welcome back to another spring match game thread. Our ladies are back in Aggieland this weekend for a huge two game Saturday. It's time we elevate the completion even more and this weekend we welcome Baylor for game 1 and a top ten team in SMU for the night cap.

Last time out the Aggies traveled to Houston to take on TCU and Rice for 3 set matches. The Aggies fell 2-1 to TCU and beat Rice 2-1. Poster Jaydoug had some great updates throughout the match. Seemed like we did a great job serving. We also saw a lot of different rotations and substitutions. That's what I believe is most important to Jamie right now. With a largely new team, he needs to find the right pieces and the right connections together. Especially with new setters and many new hitters offensively, finding things like timing and chemistry are what's most important. Im curious how we look in our 5th and 6th spring matches!

Baylor is always a solid squad. Last season Baylor finished 18-10 before falling in the second round to Purdue in 4 sets. They bring back a solid core, led by their setter Harley Kreck. They also bring back a good contingent of hitters led by Ksenia Rakhmanchik who's was their leader in kills and first team all Big 12. They return their leader in blocks as well, and brought in a great freshman blocker from Houston Skyline and one through the portal.

The even more difficult match will be against SMU (portal merchants). SMU for the past two seasons have been a top ten team that's fallen in the sweet sixteen. Both teams have been littered with portal transfers and this team is no different. They have a smaller roster, but they are headlined by transfers, Suli Davis (BYU), Gabi Placide (Ole Miss) Ava Sarafa (Kentucky, Victoria Harris (South Carolina) and two of their biggest returners being USC transfers lol. They have been rolling this spring and will be heavy favorites next year to be a top ten team led by their dynamic pin hitters. While I think they're are a dominant team, come December I'd love to face them our team now will be completely different from the team that faces them in August at the AVCA first serve.

Tomorrow should be a fun weekend all over West Campus! We got the return of Judas in Blue Bell Park, we got our track squads in a great meet at home, and we got our volleyball team in two matches. They are spread out to give you time to attend other Aggie sporting events! Go cheer on our ladies at 11:30, then go to baseball, then go to track, then go to volleyball, then go back to track! There will be some high level volleyball played tomorrow at Reed, go out and cheer on our national champions!


Texas A&M Spring Roster: https://12thman.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster

Texas A&M Spring Schedule: https://12thman.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule

Our national championship trophy took a trip across the street and our team was honored before the baseball game

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I think the first 2 sets were promising. We are a new team compared and to play Baylor tough for 2 sets sounds good to me. I don't know what my expectations are for the next season but so far signs point to a good season, just not sure if it will be outstanding.

This is my first post here, but I wanted to share what I saw!

We only played two sets against SMU today. Rodriguez played both sets as libero, with Applegate DS'ing for Ring. They are also experimenting with Fitch backrow on the right side with Lacewell hitting front row, and were running a 6-2 with Musgrove playing front row and Nicholson setting backrow in the second set.

They also ran a 6-2 with Manning and Musgrove for set 1. Stowers and Ring played outside, and Morris also played front row for a bit. Castle and Stanojevic were the MBs, and Sharp did not play but was dressed out. She was not dressed out for the first match I believe, but I may be wrong as I only stayed for the first set.

Overall, solid performance with a bit more fight in the second half. SMU's star outside Suli Davis had an injury at the start of the second set and had to be helped off, but they are a very strong team already with impressive transfer portal pickups in libero Victoria Harris, opposite Gabi Placide, setter Ava Sarafa, and outside Suli Davis.

Very impressed with Rodriguez holding down the backcourt, she had some great saves and solid in passing. She's the real deal. Stowers picked up right where she left off, and Ring has a heavy arm as well. Also very impressed with Lacewell, her swings are very impressive and I would not be surprised to see her start in the fall. Stanojevic has a great serve that put SMU out of system quite a bit also, and she was the only MB that served. Musgrove is very offensive as a setter and frequently called her own number. Her height is an asset to the front row for blocking, but Nicholson seems to be getting the starting nod a little more frequently in the spring matches, though I wouldn't read too much into it since it's still scrimmages. Great showing, and excited to see us keep growing as the season progresses!

This is amazing update and what a great first post! I look forward to seeing you around more on this site! Welcome! Appreciate the insight!