Miz from opposite down line after long rally.  8 all.

Miz middle kill.  9-8 Miz.

Miz hit it into the seats.  9 all.

Perfect pass, set, kill by Miz.  10-9 Miz.

Kahahawai kills it from opposite side.  10 all.  Most of her shots have been deflected, but that one was untouched.

Ames/Wenaas block.  11-10 Texas.

Rutherford block error.  11 all. 

miz kill.  12-11 Miz.

Wenaas kill.  12 all.

Skinner kill. 13-12 Texas.

Miz kill. 13 all.

Skinner kill to back middle open court.  14-13.  Texas. 

Rutherford just beat a hole into the court.  15-13 Texas.  Rutherford hitting .538.  No one else hitting better than .167.

Ok, Ames is hitting .200 but on just 5 swings.

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Skinner kill.  16-13.  This run is on Halter's serve, btw.

Singletary kill through block. 17-13.  Timeout Miz.  Three straight points on Halter's serve.

 

 

Miz opposite kill falls just in.  17-14.

Singletary off speed tap finds court.  18-14.

Miz opposite crosscourt falls in.  18-15.

Skinner opposite dink finds court.  19-15

Kahahawai opposite kill off block.  20-15.  Timeout Miz.

 

We're hitting .438 this set.  Where was this about 30 minutes ago?  All our hitters are now at .200 or better.

Swindle can't find Singletary. 20-16.

Next time she does for a dink.  21-16.

Akana serve long.  21-17.

Kahahawai/Ames block.  22-17.

Carlson service error.  22-18.  Texas challenges.  Looked in to me.

 

 

 

Obviously in.  Bad line judge.  23-17.

Wenaas kill. 7 set points for Texas.

Only took one.  Kill by Rutherford off block.  25-17.

Much better 3rd set 25-17 Texas. Teams traded points until 13-13.

Miz can't stop Rutherford.  She's hitting .571, but she has just 14 swings. 

We hit .476 in the third set.  Amazing what picking up the opponent's serve can do.

Skinner sailed one.  1-0 Misery.

Serve error.  1-1.

Miz hit long.  2-1. Miz challenging touch.  Halter serving.  Rutherford called for a touch.  2-1 Miz.

Skinner kill after a long rally after she miss hit another serve return.  2 all.

Rutherford serve into net.  3-2 Miz.

Texas block goes out.  4-2.

Singletary kill middle.  4-3.  I still wonder why we don't use her more.

Singletary/Wenaas block.  4 all.

Ball crossed net about a dozen times before Singletary killed an overpass. 5-4 Texas.

Skinner ace.  6-4.

 

Kahahawai goes off block.  7-4.  timeout Misery.

Miz dinks finds middle.  7-5.

Wenaas with great cross court falling inside the spike line.  8-5.

Skinner dig hit the rafters.  8-6.

kahahawai kills one opposite.  9-6.

Miz hit wide.  10-6.  Miz challenge touch.

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Ruled touch.  9-7.

Rutherford gets revenge with a kill.  10-7.

Miz on slide.  10-8.

Miz kill.  10-9.

Skinner with a nuke from a halter bump set.  11-9.

Miz kill down line.  11-10.

Rutherford creamed one.  12-10.  She's hitting .588.

But her 3rd serving error makes it 12-11.

Singletary hits wide.  12 all.

Kahahawai kills it cross court strongside.  13-12 Texas.

Miz hit long.  14-12.

 

 

 Miz middle kill. 14-13.  Texas challenging a net violation.

No violation.  Texas out of challenges this set.

Net violation on Texas.  14 all.  Skinner with another poor return.

Miz kill.  15-14 Miz.

Texas block.  15 all.  I thought landed out.  Miz challenge.

 

No challenge.  Off Miz player after the block.

Miz kill 16-15 Miz.

Kahahawai heating up.  Off block.  16 all.

Miz middle kill caught Halter high.  She's ok, but Miz point.  17-16 Miz.

Wenaas kill off block.  17 all.

 

 

Miz off speed off block.  18-17 Misery.

Miz hit Texas freeball into the net.   18 all.

Miz kill middle.  No points on Halter serve.  19-18 Miz.

Skinner can't return another serve.  Her back row play has been terrible this match.  20-18 miz.

 

Skinner just got aced.  This is getting really obvious.

Miz hit long after Skinner made another poor pass returning the serve.  21-19 Miz.

Skinner hit just wide. 

Miz off block.  23-19 Miz.

Really long rally with a few jousts at the net ending with Singletary winning the last joust.  23-2o,

Miz bad set.  23-21.

Singletary/Wenaas block.  23-22.  Timeout Misery.

Miz kill through block.  2 set points.

Singletary block.  Miz challenge Singletary violation. Ball moved the net, but did she attack a ball on Miz side?  Challenge denied.  24-23.  Still Miz set point.

Kahahawai kill knots it at 24.  Great power through the block.

 

Akana with her 3rd serve error.

Wenaas overpass slaughtered.  26-24 Misery.

 

Too inconsistent play by Texas again

We are 0-3 so far this year in the 5th set.  Time to fix that.

Skinner off block into the stands.  1-0 Texas.  Two deflections by Texas blockers on that point.

Miz middle kill.  1-1.

Rutherford off block.  2-1 Texas. 

Miz off block.  2 all.

Miz strong crosscourt from weakside.  3-2 Miz.

Skinner kill.  3 all.

Miz sailed one.  4-3 Texas.

Miz weakside kill. 4 all.

Skinner off block weakside into the stands.  5-4 Texas.

Miz kill off block in middle.  5 all.

 

 

 

Miz on slide.  6-5 Miz.

Miz serve error.  6 all.

Miz miscommunication between setter and hitter.  7-6 Texas.

Miz kill from bump set from behind back line.  7 all.

Wenaas deflected, Miz covered, and got the kill. 8-7 Miz.

miz off block.  9-7.  We had three swings, all defledted. 

Kahahawai/Ames block.  9-8.

Carlson served into the net.  10-8.

Wenaas kill 10-9.

 

miz pass, set, kill.  11-9.

Miz ace by rolling it off the tape.  12-9.

Timeout Texas.