2017 Texas Volleyball

[Bogey]

Watching the Orange-White scrimmage on LHN today, it looks like another great year for Texas volleyball!

I plan to take my 6 year old granddaughter to see the ladies play this fall. I haven't been to Gregory gym to see them before and would appreciate any helpful insight from those of you who have. It will have to be a Saturday game and may need to be with short notice.

Is it necessary to purchase tickets in advance?

For general admission, how long before start of play should we arrive?

 

[tejasrulz]

For general admission, you can buy tickets for most games that day. As far as how far in advance should you arrive, depends on how much warm-ups you want to see. I'd say ~30 to 45 mins should suffice. After the game, take your granddaughter down to meet the team. I'm sure she would get a kick out of that. It's a great sport and a lot harder to play than it looks. Have fun!

I think I read where Texas is the preseason #1 team this year and if not, they will be top 5 easy.

 

[Huskie1]

For big game opponents get your tickets in advance. For example, I think Wisconsin will sell out pretty early. I go with my daughters who are students. I usually get mine on line in advance. You can print them at home or have them sent to your phone. Makes entry easier. As tejas mentioned, the players will sign autographs and take pictures after the game. It's a great environment, a lot of fun, and inexpensive. Not to mention, the team is challenging for a national championship every year.

 

[Bogey]

Thanks tejas and Huskie. I'm thinking of taking her to see them play K. State first. That is probably the first opportunity we'll have. If she really gets into it, I'll try to get her to another game. There's a limited number of Saturday games.

 

[Bogey]

We made to the K-State game Saturday . It took my granddaughter Jade a little while to get into it, but once she did, she had a really good time. The Horns were dominant and the match went very quickly, which was probably the best case first experience for a 6 year old.

After the match, we went down to the court and Jade was pretty stoked to get to meet the players. For pictures, the ladies would crouch to get at her level. After taking a picture with Morgan Johnson, Jade asked if she could take another with Morgan standing so she could see how tall she is. As you can see in the photo, Morgan got a kick from the request.

We left Gregory gym and walked around outside for a while. It was such a nice day. As we were headed back to the car we ran into Morgan and Jade said "Hi". Morgan was so gracious to stop for several minutes and chat with her. I think she earned a new young fan.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Nice! 

 

[Huskie1]

Thanks for the pics Bogey. They brought back great memories of my girls when they were younger. I was at that match with them as they are both students at UT now. Hope you get a chance to attend more matches.

 

[tejasrulz]

Texas beat Kansas in Kansas tonight in 5, 18-16! Big win for the ladies!

Big night for this freshman!

 

[The Bry-Man81]

I was watching on TV....we had a TERRIBLE 3rd set, hitting pct under .100.  We dominated that 4th set, then had great resolve and response when they saved a couple of our match points.  Rigmon for Kansas had herself a great game and it seemed like we had no answer for her until those last 2 or 3 points.

Lexi has easily been my favorite player to watch on the team this year...talk about TALENT! Her spikes sound like a cannon shot that ball off of her hand.  When she's consistent, she can be nearly unstoppable hitting from that left side. What a match!

Some notes: Kansas beat Texas last year in 5 sets to end a 25 match losing streak to Texas...Kansas won the Big XII last year largely due to that win, which ended Texas's 5 year streak of winning the conference.  With both teams in the top 10 and rolling so far, this is a new budding rivalry in the sport and is going to be an extremely exciting match anytime they get together.

 

[Huskie1]

Great win on the road! They still need to clean up their passing and they missed a lot of serves.

Loads of talents and if they can put it all together, they could win it all. 

Hook 'em!

 

[Bogey]

So far this year, Texas has been very good with a lot of improvement in several aspects of the game. Not totally unexpected with 2 true frosh starting.

The serving errors are hurting them –kills momentum. But they have out-talented the competition for the most part.

I hope they put it all together by the end of the regular season and host a regional for a chance to attend a post-season game. Making it to the final 4 as they have 8 of the last 9 years, and the championship game as they have 3 of the last 4 years would be awesome.

I'm always ready for awesome.

 

[Bogey]

Big 12 Champions!

The crowd was loud as hell as Texas dominated ou sucks! at home Wednesday night, winning in 3 straight sets.  I went to the match with my daughter and granddaughter and we had a raucous time. I gotta tell ya I'm feeling the effects and may need to nurse my hoarse throat a bit.

The Texas ladies have really hit their stride and are looking very good heading on to the final match of the regular season against Bailer and on to the post-season.

 

[tejasrulz]

I was at the game myself last night. What stuck out to me more was how bad ou was based on previous years I've seen them.

I was watching some of the game last night when I got home and I listened to the announcers talk about the top 4 seeding for the playoffs. It amazes me that there is a chance Texas could finish 5th and out of the Top 4. Guess we'll find out for sure on Sunday.

 

[Bogey]

Assuming the ladies take care of Bailer Saturday, they will be undefeated in conference play. Their only losses are to Florida and Minnesota early in the season. Also, Texas' RPI is 3rd in the nation.

I just can't fathom how they could be on the outside looking in and out if the coveted top 4 seeds.

 

[tejasrulz]

I'm just repeating what the announcers were stating. There was a poll that came out, like the football poll, that showed Texas at #5. The teams ahead of them haven't lost since that poll came out. Nell was stating if Texas beats Baylor, how could they not included the BigXII undefeated champs, with only 2 losses to 2 Top 10 teams, out of the Top 4. Watch it on the LHN, they will show the game again.

 

[tejasrulz]

Unfortunately, the $ec is loved in more than football as they secure 2 spots in the top 4. Texas slid to #6 behind #1 Penn St (deserved), #2 Florida (deserved), #3 Standford (should be behind Texas) , #4 Kentucky (should be behind Texas) and #5 Nebraska (should be behind Texas).

Texas had 2 losses this year, at Florida and to Minnesota (who was #1 at the time) at home.

 

[tejasrulz]

To add to the above, Kentucky was swept at Kansas, Texas won in Kansas 3-2.

 

[The Bry-Man81]

Somehow, Kentucky has the #1 RPI (or at least they did when I was watching the Texas vs OU match), so that might have had something to do with that.  But I agree, we should easily be in the top 4.

 

[The Bry-Man81]

Is Chiaka a national POY candidate this year?