Volleyball at Mississippi State starting now

[bierce]

Time to end the losing streak. 

Mississippi State is 10-8 overall and 4-5 in conference.

[bierce]

First point to Texas as MSU hit line wide.  MSU block of Skinner tied it. 

Skinner kill on next point.  2=1 Texas.

Skinner kill, ames kill on slide.  4-1.  Good start. 

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Ames kill that got every big of the far corner on the slide. 

MSU attack error.

Ames/Skinner block.  7-1

Akana's service run ends with an error long.  7-2. 

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Skinner kill from bump set by Halter after great Akana dig.  8-2

Skinner kill from back row.  9-2.

Serve error.  9-3.

Ames kill on slide.  MSU in net.  Ames and skinner are hammering it tonight.

Wenaas/Singletary block.  11-3.

MSU long off touch.  11-4.

Skinner kill, her fifth and second from the back row.  12-4. 

Back to back Singletary blocks.  14-4. 

 

[bierce]

Wenaas kill line.  15-4. Timeout MSU.  This is incredibly one sided right now.

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Bella Binney, not Kahahawai rotated so far in this set.  No sign of Swindle yet.

Wenaas put away the overpass.  16-4.

Rutherford/Singletary block.  Called attack error. 

Serve error.  17-5. 

Rutherford kill.

Skinner block.  19-5. 

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Rutherford kill. 20-5.  \

Serve error.  20-6.

MSU with a dig that goes over and falls in.  The dreaded dig kill.  20-7.

Rutherford breaks the court with a line smash.  21-7.

Halter serving.  Ames/Skinner block.  Ace.  Skinner kill.  And we have 17 set points.

 

 

[bierce]

LONG rally ending in MSU kill.  24-8.

MSU goes into net on jump ball.  Set Texas.

Called to dinner.

[bierce]

We hit .448 that set and had 6 blocks. 

[bierce]

Won second set 25-15.  Took 3-0 lead before Rutherford went into the net trying to block.  Then MSU kill followed by our first return error of the match.  3-3.  I guess they were coached to really focus on picking up the serve tonight.

Back row kill by Skinner.  Third while I've been watching, and I missed the second set.

Singletary blasted one on the slide.  MSU responded with offspeed just off Halter's reach, then Rutherford sailed one hitting from the left side.

 

MSU off block.

Singletary punched one over middle.  8-10 MSU

 

[bierce]

Timeout Texas after our second return error.  Halter took a spike off her upper arm on previous point.  12-9 MSU.

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Back to back shots long by Rutherford and Skinner.  14-9 MSU

MSU hit wide.  14-10.

We're hitting just .050 this set. 

MSU off block, followed by serve error.  15-11.

MSU bad set, then a trade of kills.  16-13. 

Kahahawai just entered the match.

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Kahahawai back off the court. She got a fingertip on the ball on a block attempt but was otherwise not involved.

Wenaas just tossed one to an open spot, followed by Skinner kill to bring us to 18-17 MSU.  Bad pass led to 4 touches by us.

Singletary blasted one midde.

MSU returned the favor.  20-18 MSU

Ames/SKinner block.  20-19.

 

[bierce]

MSU middle kill off block falls in.

Texas in net on block attempt.  22-19 MSU.  Texas timeout.

[bierce]

We have only 2 blocks since the first set. 

Just gGot another one here winding up the third, but lost the third set 25-21. 

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Kahahwai starts fourth set and shares block with Ames.  1-0 Texas.

Then she gets blocked.  1-1

MSU crosscourt weakside falls in .

Ames dink finds open floor.  2-2.

Skinner kill.  3-2 Texas.

 

[bierce]

Ames having a great match.  8 kills in 17 swings, 0 errors, 6 blocks.

Texas up 9-6 pending review.  Looks like Wenaas got a finger on teh ball going out.  Yep.  8-7 Texas. 

Wenaas kill on her two handed lob shot.  Followed it with an ace.  10-7.

 

[bierce]

25-17 Texas in the fourth set.  Skinner finished with 25 kills and a .408 hitting percentage.  She connected on several back row kills.

Texas had only 2 receiving errors all match.

Swindle didn't play.  Kahahawai played very little.