PItt - Ga Tech being broadcast by the Fan

[PittMBA]

This seems under publicized; tonight’s PItt VB match is being broadcast live by the Fan.



Certainly has to be a first for PItt VB - and a really nice marker for the program’s popularity.

 

[vantheman1976]

This seems under publicized; tonight’s PItt VB match is being broadcast live by the Fan.

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Certainly has to be a first for PItt VB - and a really nice marker for the program’s popularity.

It is indeed....very nice

 

[thom67]

This seems under publicized; tonight’s PItt VB match is being broadcast live by the Fan.

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Certainly has to be a first for PItt VB - and a really nice marker for the program’s popularity.

On ESPN plus also.

 

[Austin26]

I have a gripe about the Pitt website. Yesterday the site had a game day “cover page” for the WSOC game against Duke. Super — that’s as it should be. But today, no similar treatment of tonight’s huge VB game against GT. I find that annoying. Is there a reason? Guess I’m getting cranky in my old age.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

On ESPN plus also.

All home games and all ACC road games are available for free on Watch ESPN, if you have a provider that has the ACC Network. You don't have to actually pay for ESPN+ to watch.

 

[Fk_Pitt]

25-6 in 3rd set?

Holy smokes.

 

[Gregpitt]

25-6 in 3rd set?

Holy smokes.

22-19 in the first set.

 

[Chaos]

Bertolino's serve is tough for GT! 23-23 1st set.

 

[Gregpitt]

Lost the first one...25-23. Had em on the ropes and GT came back.

 

[Black Panther]

Similar to the Oregon game.Hope it ends differently.

 

[Chaos]

Pitt needs to receive the serve better. Not great 1st passes so far.

 

[Black Panther]

Up 21-19

 

[Gregpitt]

Down 2 sets to 0. Had em again to lose it.

 

[Black Panther]

Down 2 sets to 0. Had em again to lose it.

Should have at least won the first set for sure.But yeah could be up 2-0 ourselves.

 

[ThePanthers]

Struggling to close out the set

 

[Chaos]

VVG not having a good night

 

[Gregpitt]

Back on track...we win set 3: 25-17

 

[Fk_Pitt]

22-19 in the first set.

Ahhh. I’m out of town and don’t have access to ACCNX, so I went to twitter for an update and the latest tweet from Pitt Vball said 25-6. But that was from the Syracuse match the other day.

 

[121rum]

They know how to battle back, its awesome to watch

 

[121rum]

Also I love that Kayla Lund is commentating on the ACCNX broadcast

 

[Gregpitt]

Win again! 25-15 and 2 sets each

 

[plcp]

Sort of wrote them off after two but they are showing why they are ranked high. Go P I T T! Finish this!

 

[Gregpitt]

And WIN WIN WIN for Pitt. Great comeback by the ladies!

 

[ThePanthers]

Huge comeback!!!!

 

[Chaos]

Reverse sweep-great comeback by Pitt!

 

[plcp]

Hail to Pitt!!!

 

[Black Panther]

WOW!

 

[Black Panther]

Sort of wrote them off after two but they are showing why they are ranked high. Go P I T T! Finish this!

Once we got that fourth set I had a good feeling they would pull it out.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Pitt had zero errors in the 5th set. 17 swings, 7 kills, 0 errors, .412.

Georgia Tech, on the other hand, 18 swings, 6 kills, 5 errors, .056.

 

[phijo]

The stats say it all! This is Ga Tech.

		SET 1		19	3	38	.421	.500	19	2	1	2	15	0	4	0	1	0	25
		SET 2		14	4	32	.312	.438	14	2	0	2	7	1	3	0	1	1	25
		SET 3		8	6	30	.067	.267	7	2	3	2	9	0	4	0	2	0	17
		SET 4		6	10	32	-0.125	.188	5	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	15
		SET 5		6	5	18	.056	.333	5	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	8

 

[Black Panther]

Ahhh. I’m out of town and don’t have access to ACCNX, so I went to twitter for an update and the latest tweet from Pitt Vball said 25-6. But that was from the Syracuse match the other day.

That sucks! Sorry you had to miss it.

 

[levance2]

I had a feeling this would be a long night, given our history with GT. It would be nice if we could stop blowing leads late in sets, but a great comeback!

 

[PittMBA]

I had a feeling this would be a long night, given our history with GT. It would be nice if we could stop blowing leads late in sets, but a great comeback!

Told my daughter if we can get to a 5th set we’ll win. We were first to 15 in every set . #5 for Ga Tech was just dominating on her serve in the first two sets - in a 25 point set you face her serve at least twice - in a 15 pont set hopefully just once —
PItt lost just 2-1 points on her serve in set 5

Oddly - she was their weakest in serve receive - a real boom or bust full rotation player

 

[singregardless]

Bertolino was on my radar because of her elite Ace percentage & being ranked as the top passer in the ACC as tracked by this guy who aggregates metrics on a national scale. She was predictably lethal for them tonight. Fortunately, Babcock gave them nearly as many problems on serve, particularly in Set 1.

Yet another time Nwokolo shows up in a high stakes game - happy for her. Felt Monks deserved more looks as a counterbalance to Babcock - she was near automatic tonight.

The names on the back of the jerseys were a nice touch. Bringing Tautau'a in completely ice cold in a late match serve situation was anything but.

Where is Babcock's ceiling? Like, is this ending anywhere short of her representing her home city at the 2028 Olympics?

 

[Chaos]

Told my daughter if we can get to a 5th set we’ll win. We were first to 15 in every set . #5 for Ga Tech was just dominating on her serve in the first two sets - in a 25 point set you face her serve at least twice - in a 15 pont set hopefully just once —
PItt lost just 2-1 points on her serve in set 5

Oddly - she was their weakest in serve receive - a real boom or bust full rotation player

I also think Bertolino blew 3 serves in the 3rd or 4th set on her 1st serve to give Pitt a boost. It was an exciting match-glad to see the Pitt ladies show the grit and firtityde to come back. H2P

 

[vantheman1976]

Bertolino was on my radar because of her elite Ace percentage & being ranked as the top passer in the ACC as tracked by this guy who aggregates metrics on a national scale. She was predictably lethal for them tonight. Fortunately, Babcock gave them nearly as many problems on serve, particularly in Set 1.

Yet another time Nwokolo shows up in a high stakes game - happy for her. Felt Monks deserved more looks as a counterbalance to Babcock - she was near automatic tonight.

The names on the back of the jerseys were a nice touch. Bringing Tautau'a in completely ice cold in a late match serve situation was anything but.

Where is Babcock's ceiling? Like, is this ending anywhere short of her representing her home city at the 2028 Olympics?

Appreciate the link to that volleyball dork guy. Agree about Monks....Fisher's latest transfer success story. Agree...what was he thinking when he subbed in Tautau. Not sure Babcock has a ceiling.....starting to wonder if she's from the planet earth....Lord have mercy! OK....that's a bit of an exaggeration

 

[pittdan77]

Unfortunately I had to follow on my phone while I was sitting at a pretty bad HS football game. Really nice win. GaTech is for real.

 

[levance2]

Agree about Monks....Fisher's latest transfer success story.

The best thing about Monks is that she genuinely looks like she is having the time of her life on the floor. Our returning core looked so serious and even anxious after falling behind 0-2. Every kill Monks had resulted in her own mini celebration and it didn't take long for the rest of the team to follow.

It seems like part of Fisher's magic is finding these individual talents buried in mediocre teams. Monks is having her best season and she knows it. Without the injury to Kelley, who knows if she would've even played this year. It's an awesome situation for her, and I'm glad the team can take advantage of it.

 

[singregardless]

I'm not even convinced she's our most talented active middle, but you can't argue Monks' production.

Pitt's tops in the country in blocks for per set & Emma has led the way, currently 6th in country as an individual in blocks per set.

And, as you suggested, the fire she brought against GT was invaluable.

 

[Black Panther]

I'm not even convinced she's our most talented active middle, but you can't argue Monks' production.

Pitt's tops in the country in blocks for per set & Emma has led the way, currently 6th in country as an individual in blocks per set.

And, as you suggested, the fire she brought against GT was invaluable.

If we had Monks playing like she is now we are undefeated.She however did elevate her game once Bri got injured because she was simply playing more.