Pitt women win again volleyball
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That's 11 in a row.
They're at BC Sunday, but next weekend's home matches (Friday vs 4-2 UNC & Sunday vs 6-0 NCSU) are huge as far as setting Pitt up for a conference championship. Then the following week they start a road trip at Louisville. No one else has less than 2 conference losses, except the 'Cuse who we just swept, so Pitt could place themselves in the drivers seat over the next two weeks since Pitt finishes with a 4 game homestand against the middle third of the conference, and then completes the season on the road against the bottom third.
I haven't seen NCSU or UNC play yet, but the rest of the conference is pretty meh. FSU has some talent and are really big up the middle, Miami is good too but I dont think either can beat Pitt over 5 sets. Too much good defense and hitting depth on the Panthers squad. When you have Markovic on the right side, Williams and Bell on the left, and Ndee and Van Buskirk up the middle, and a very good setter in Akeo who can get it to any hitter, where do the opposition key their defense?
These ladies keep getting better too. Not saying that they are going to make a run in the tourney, but they are very capable of making a lot of noise.
The big issue with this team is service errors. Bell, in particular is good for a few per match, and the team overall gives away too many free points that stop potential runs.
Conference standings:
Pittsburgh 8-0 1.000 15-4 0.789 W12
NC State 8-0 1.000 13-6 0.684 W9
Louisville 7-1 0.875 13-5 0.722 W6
Syracuse 6-2 0.750 14-7 0.667 L1
North Carolina 6-2 0.750 9-7 0.563 W4
Miami 5-3 0.625 11-3 0.786 W2
Florida State 5-3 0.625 11-5 0.688 W2
Notre Dame 4-4 0.500 14-5 0.737 W1
Duke 3-5 0.375 11-8 0.579 L4
Georgia Tech 3-5 0.375 8-11 0.421 L1
Wake Forest 2-6 0.250 10-10 0.500 L5
Boston College 2-6 0.250 5-13 0.278 L2
Virginia Tech 1-7 0.125 7-12 0.368 L5
Clemson 0-8 0.000 5-15 0.250 L9
Virginia 0-8 0.000 4-15 0.211 L10
Our next three games are against the teams tied four 4th, tied for 1st and in 3rd.
Pittsburgh 8-0 1.000 15-4 0.789 W12
NC State 8-0 1.000 13-6 0.684 W9
Louisville 7-1 0.875 13-5 0.722 W6
Syracuse 6-2 0.750 14-7 0.667 L1
North Carolina 6-2 0.750 9-7 0.563 W4
Miami 5-3 0.625 11-3 0.786 W2
Florida State 5-3 0.625 11-5 0.688 W2
Notre Dame 4-4 0.500 14-5 0.737 W1
Duke 3-5 0.375 11-8 0.579 L4
Georgia Tech 3-5 0.375 8-11 0.421 L1
Wake Forest 2-6 0.250 10-10 0.500 L5
Boston College 2-6 0.250 5-13 0.278 L2
Virginia Tech 1-7 0.125 7-12 0.368 L5
Clemson 0-8 0.000 5-15 0.250 L9
Virginia 0-8 0.000 4-15 0.211 L10
Our next three games are against the teams tied four 4th, tied for 1st and in 3rd.
A few questions
1. Where is the ACC Tournament?
2. Will they make the NCAAT?
3. How do you get to host games at NCAAT?
4. Has Pitt EVER hosted an NCAAT game besides those 2 women's basketball games under Agnes?
1. Where is the ACC Tournament?
2. Will they make the NCAAT?
3. How do you get to host games at NCAAT?
4. Has Pitt EVER hosted an NCAAT game besides those 2 women's basketball games under Agnes?
1) There is no ACC tournament. The ACC champion is determined by regular season conference record.
2) They should. I haven't looked at any RPI standings yet, but http://volleytalk.proboards.com/board/5/women-girls-volleyball-forum has a guy that does "bracketology" as the season gets closer to the end.
3) The top 16 teams are seeded and each seed's city contains the seeded team and 3 unseeded teams. The regional semifinals/finals are at the higher seed site. See the example bracket from 2016 here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_Women's_Volleyball_Tournament
Other than the year Pitt lost to Tennessee under Agnus, Pitt also hosted the WBB tourney again a few years later, but by that time the collapse had begun, and the women did not qualify. Supposedly the school lost a bunch of money on that debacle.
Pitt was 41st in the RPI as of last week. Louisville was #26, FSU #28, ND #33, NCSU #34, UNC #45.
Volleyball, because the ACC doesn't hold a tournament, is one of the only sports in the ACC in which the regular season champion is recognized as the official ACC Champion. There aren't both tournament and official regular season titles for the other sports (including neither wrestling and basketball) like there were for the EWL or Big East. For instance, although Pitt recognizes a regular season ACC championship in 2013 for wrestling, there was no official trophy or championship given to Pitt by the conference. However, if the women would win the ACC volleyball regular season, they will be the official conference champion, get the trophy, and be the first official ACC team champion from Pitt in any sport.
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