I’m very excited to see the Liberty-Moeller matchup. Moeller has always been a powerhouse, but Liberty looks pretty incredible this year. If there’s anyone in the state that can knock off Moeller or Elder, I’d say it’s probably Centerville or Liberty.
I don’t think so. Elder can get kills, digs, blocks from their top guys as well as role players, whereas teams like Sycamore have to rely on their top guys (Kress and Walsh) to carry the load. As it usually is with Elder, Moe and X, their role players would be top guys on a lot of other teams. I want parity as much as the next guy, but it’s been this way for awhile.
Moe beat Liberty 3-0, 25-15, 25-19, 25-21 in the Centerville tournament. I’d expect something similar IF Moe is healthy.
Agreed, Elder also beat Liberty at Centerville. In my opinion, Centerville is the only team that has a shot to knock off Moe or Elder.
I don't really remember a short serving area. Maybe in the auxiliary gym?
You have to also remember that until the second round of the Centerville Elite against Elder, Liberty had not dropped a set through I think 14 games. After the loss to Elder I imagine they were pretty mentally defeated.
I beg to differ they were definitely always in that game just shot themselves in the foot multiples times. this article seems to think so too https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sp...ll-teams-advance-state-tournament/9985185002/
Not shooting yourself in the foot (too much) is part of being an elite team/program. Sycamore is definitely a solid team and their new coach seems to have breathed new life into the program, but I just can’t see any way they pull off that upset. Sorry if you’re a coach/player/fan/whatever. That article also gets multiple names wrong lol
In what volleyball universe is 25-16, 25-16, 25-21 considered being in the match? Sounds like u r a little too biased. Homer fan maybe?
Ignatius did beat Centerville in 4 at Centerville during Elite 8 tournament, beat Xavier in 4, and one of the few teams that took a set from Elder this year. I wouldn’t count them out either.
Centerville without their setter.
if you watch the game you would see you can’t base it off those box scores. was an entertaining game for sure
i agree. first set was like 16-14 before Elder made a "run". 2nd set not as close but it was 21-20 in the 3rd set. this wasn't Elder just running away with it the entire match. if you were there/watched it, that's what you would have seen.
The majority of the matches should be pretty close in the first round. Very intrigued with the Liberty/Moeller match.
Can DeSales in back to back games send the best 2 D2 players home .
Could’ve been a different match if Liberty locked in a little earlier. I can honestly say watching them beat Moeller 25-9 was probably the most unreal set of volleyball I’ve ever seen.
That 5th set was something else. Tough to let it end on an ace