2026 Women’s Indoor Volleyball Thread

[Bootleghorn]

One obvious thing I noticed tonight was that there were more volleyball fans in our opener than USC Football fans had in theirs:)

[ChanmanV]

Going back to the 5-1 is good but I don't know why you don't put Ella at setter and move Binney to backline defender. Ella is such a great blocker and server and Binney is a very good defender and a terrible blocker. It's basically a free point every rotation when she has to block the left side.

[HonkEm]

8 hours ago, ChanmanV said:

Going back to the 5-1 is good but I don't know why you don't put Ella at setter and move Binney to backline defender. Ella is such a great blocker and server and Binney is a very good defender and a terrible blocker. It's basically a free point every rotation when she has to block the left side.

Blocking isn't the issue....Tempo is

[HookemTexas]

7 hours ago, HonkEm said:

Blocking isn't the issue....Tempo is

I don’t know why coach is obsessed with trying to run a faster offense.  He won national championships with a slower offense because he has players who are superior and athletic enough to make it work.  The fast tempos are for inferior athletes who need the edge to beat the blocks.  Basically the faster offense is like a spread offense for volleyball.

[LonghornFan4Ever]

[LonghornFan4Ever]

😢

[SuperDave0805]

Starting to lose hope

[LonghornFan4Ever]

11 minutes ago, SuperDave0805 said:

Starting to lose hope

Such a fitting way for the match to end...

[UT_Ro]

Ella needs to start Binney can't block, plus Ella brings that fire the team needs

[Pocono longhorn]

Was saying that while they were getting buried by Nebraska. Ella brings the energy.

[SuperDave0805]

Elliot screwed up royally in the off-season, This team is a complete mess right now 

[Bevohorns]

1 minute ago, SuperDave0805 said:

Elliot screwed up royally in the off-season, This team is a complete mess right now 

yep with amazing targets to get in the portal he decided to care more about players feelings. The development has not been the same since erik left

[UT_Ro]

It's back to the drawing board for Elliot, like figure it out before conference.. Idk if he promised Binney something or what but the team just plays better when Ella is in.. No chemistry no connection

Edited Sunday at 05:57 PM by UT_Ro

[GoHorns1]

Going to be a long painful season.

[GoHorns1]

28 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

yep with amazing targets to get in the portal he decided to care more about players feelings. The development has not been the same since erik left

When does JE contract expire?

[LonghornFan4Ever]

If this team makes it to the regional semifinals or better, I will be shocked.  Jerritt Elliott won back-to-back national championships and got complacent.  Mike White won back-to-back national championships and potentially upgraded both his coaching staff and the roster to go win another one.

[GoHorns1]

5 minutes ago, LonghornFan4Ever said:

If this team makes it to the regional semifinals or better, I will be shocked.  Jerritt Elliott won back-to-back national championships and got complacent.  Mike White won back-to-back national championships and potentially upgraded both his coaching staff and the roster to go win another one.

Losing Eric Sullivan to the National Team hurt a lot.

[Bevohorns]

37 minutes ago, GoHorns1 said:

Losing Eric Sullivan to the National Team hurt a lot.

agreed but he has had time rn we have two great stars in torrey and cari and not much around them to help win a natty like he did with logan and skinner

[HookemTexas]

4 minutes ago, Bevohorns said:

agreed but he has had time rn we have two great stars in torrey and cari and not much around them to help win a natty like he did with logan and skinner

This is not completely accurate.  The other players on the team were highly rated recruits and are very talented - the big difference is development and system.

Sullivan apparently was the cog in the machine because they just aren’t losing close games, they are getting destroyed in sets by double digits.  That’s not supposed to happen to elite teams when it’s rally scoring.

[GoHorns1]

21 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

This is not completely accurate.  The other players on the team were highly rated recruits and are very talented - the big difference is development and system.

Sullivan apparently was the cog in the machine because they just aren’t losing close games, they are getting destroyed in sets by double digits.  That’s not supposed to happen to elite teams when it’s rally scoring.

#1 ranked recruiting classes the last 2 years. Sullivan is definitely missed.

[Bevohorns]

36 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

This is not completely accurate.  The other players on the team were highly rated recruits and are very talented - the big difference is development and system.

Sullivan apparently was the cog in the machine because they just aren’t losing close games, they are getting destroyed in sets by double digits.  That’s not supposed to happen to elite teams when it’s rally scoring.

I see that lack of development too but Im not sure if that was Sullivan. The middles position has not been good since asjia left and setter since the team last team with Logan. Theres development issues all around Im just not sure it falls all on sullivan being gone

[ChanmanV]

On 9/4/2026 at 10:40 AM, HonkEm said:

Blocking isn't the issue....Tempo is

Tempo is an issue too (lots of issue right now), but did you watch last game again Louisville? They attacked Binney every single time she was blocking on the left. To the point that the commentators were talking about how big an issue having the "undersized" Binney blocking. 

The concerning part right now is Elliot and the staff are either stubborn or slow to understand the makeup of this team. They better figure this out or this season will be a waste.