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The volleyball invitational these past few days was a hat trick for the Horns, as they beat Texas State, Houston and Georgia. Here’s a report on the cool stuff.
First off, we got this lineup that is so bank, dude. Ashley, Lauren and Destinee are up front, Heather is serving, and Michelle and Juliann are back. This formation opened set 1 against the Bobcats with an 8-0 run, and in set 2 ripped for a 10-point run. Elliott’s thinking, “Christmas come early!”
And if the other team can survive that gauntlet, there is not much of a reprieve ‘cause when the Horns side out, Ashley’s the next server, and it’s passer-go-dammit-time.
You may ask, utvballfan, how is that lineup so money when Juliann is in the back row? I’d reply, “erroneous, grasshopper, you haven’t been paying attention!” Because Juliann’s all-around game is flourishing! How about 8 digs against Texas St. and 9 against Georgia? And oh by the way, Destinee’s all-round game is prospering as well.
Speaking of which, there was one play when Destinee and Juliann were both diving for a ball and collided. Boom! Both went down, but ugghh, Destinee laid still for a few-seconds-that-felt-like-hours. It’s eerie when a couple thousand people collectively hold their breath and tell themselves, “ohhh shi…” and I swear I really did hear a pin drop and it was a good thing Elliott was wearing brown pants, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
But phew, she popped right up. Michelle was wondering if she was still woozy from the TKO and said, how many fingers do you see, Destinee, and she said “four” which was the right answer ‘cause Michelle gave her that set and Destinee skyed and pounded, and the crowd was like, excellent, it’s BAU.
Destinee & Juliann may have rounded out, but Ashley is still sensei of the six skills of volleyball, I mean, come on, people. Like her three aces in set 1, including two to close the set. She opened set 2 with an extreme slice that landed on about the three foot line. And later got her jillionth pancake dig. Bow to the master!
Meanwhile, new libby Heather’s passes are butter and she’s digging like a fiend. Last night she ripped over to the sideline to save a ball, and Coach Tonya’s like, “I’m gonna die before I can even enjoy my promotion, why don’t you crash on one of the Brian’s?” and Hoss goes “Crash on the other Brian, he’s expendable” but volunteer Brian’s busy thinking “I wonder if there’s any leftover Jason’s Deli?” but no problem ‘cause after deftly saving the ball, Heather heel-stomped her size 12 Nike’s and decelerated like a Porsche 911 Carrera S when the aluminum calipers whale down on the ceramic disks and the 19-inch tires shred pavement, you could smell the rubber burning, and whoop, Heather’s gone, she’s back in the play! I mean, great save!
Other highlights: Jen Doris is showing the same frosh-to-soph step up improvement that we saw before with Lauren Paolini. We’re getting a little anorexic with the Kiley shortage but we did get a few doggie treats like her back row kill. Liz Graham blocked Bobcats and got a set point kill. Lauren and Michelle are making beautiful music with the quick in the middle, and seeing Jen Doris head out for the slide is better than crab cakes.
Also, Destinee stunned the crowd with a startling left-handed kill. Juliann went surfing for a loose ball better than Layne Beachley could. And Lauren gobbled up free balls faster than Andy Milonakis grabs a loose biscuit.
And some celebrity sightings at the home opener: Jenny Andrew and Jen Christian. Hello, ladies!
One serious note: Jen Doris & Clayton Crum are from Houston. Hope their friends and family are OK.
Next up, Nebraska! More on that to come.
First off, we got this lineup that is so bank, dude. Ashley, Lauren and Destinee are up front, Heather is serving, and Michelle and Juliann are back. This formation opened set 1 against the Bobcats with an 8-0 run, and in set 2 ripped for a 10-point run. Elliott’s thinking, “Christmas come early!”
And if the other team can survive that gauntlet, there is not much of a reprieve ‘cause when the Horns side out, Ashley’s the next server, and it’s passer-go-dammit-time.
You may ask, utvballfan, how is that lineup so money when Juliann is in the back row? I’d reply, “erroneous, grasshopper, you haven’t been paying attention!” Because Juliann’s all-around game is flourishing! How about 8 digs against Texas St. and 9 against Georgia? And oh by the way, Destinee’s all-round game is prospering as well.
Speaking of which, there was one play when Destinee and Juliann were both diving for a ball and collided. Boom! Both went down, but ugghh, Destinee laid still for a few-seconds-that-felt-like-hours. It’s eerie when a couple thousand people collectively hold their breath and tell themselves, “ohhh shi…” and I swear I really did hear a pin drop and it was a good thing Elliott was wearing brown pants, if you know what I mean and I think you do.
But phew, she popped right up. Michelle was wondering if she was still woozy from the TKO and said, how many fingers do you see, Destinee, and she said “four” which was the right answer ‘cause Michelle gave her that set and Destinee skyed and pounded, and the crowd was like, excellent, it’s BAU.
Destinee & Juliann may have rounded out, but Ashley is still sensei of the six skills of volleyball, I mean, come on, people. Like her three aces in set 1, including two to close the set. She opened set 2 with an extreme slice that landed on about the three foot line. And later got her jillionth pancake dig. Bow to the master!
Meanwhile, new libby Heather’s passes are butter and she’s digging like a fiend. Last night she ripped over to the sideline to save a ball, and Coach Tonya’s like, “I’m gonna die before I can even enjoy my promotion, why don’t you crash on one of the Brian’s?” and Hoss goes “Crash on the other Brian, he’s expendable” but volunteer Brian’s busy thinking “I wonder if there’s any leftover Jason’s Deli?” but no problem ‘cause after deftly saving the ball, Heather heel-stomped her size 12 Nike’s and decelerated like a Porsche 911 Carrera S when the aluminum calipers whale down on the ceramic disks and the 19-inch tires shred pavement, you could smell the rubber burning, and whoop, Heather’s gone, she’s back in the play! I mean, great save!
Other highlights: Jen Doris is showing the same frosh-to-soph step up improvement that we saw before with Lauren Paolini. We’re getting a little anorexic with the Kiley shortage but we did get a few doggie treats like her back row kill. Liz Graham blocked Bobcats and got a set point kill. Lauren and Michelle are making beautiful music with the quick in the middle, and seeing Jen Doris head out for the slide is better than crab cakes.
Also, Destinee stunned the crowd with a startling left-handed kill. Juliann went surfing for a loose ball better than Layne Beachley could. And Lauren gobbled up free balls faster than Andy Milonakis grabs a loose biscuit.
And some celebrity sightings at the home opener: Jenny Andrew and Jen Christian. Hello, ladies!
One serious note: Jen Doris & Clayton Crum are from Houston. Hope their friends and family are OK.
Next up, Nebraska! More on that to come.
