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Singletary kill middle, back to back long hitting errors by Mississippi, second being challenged for a touch.

Facing 4 match points.

Trying to come out of it. Back to back to back kills by Rutherford and Kahahawai and Rutherford again. 13-10. Timeout Mississippi.

We let their next serve land in the corner without making an attempt to play it. Then another Mississippi kill. 13-7.

Mississippi flubbed offspeeed by Rutherford, then Washington got her 29th kill, then Rutherford got blocked, then Wenaas sailed one. 11-7 Mississippi. Looking grim.

Staring at a 8-3 deficit, we got a solo block from Singletary and two severe cross court kills by Rutherford. 8-6.

We're 0-5 in fifth sets this year and starting this one with a thud. 5-1 Mississippi. Timeout Texas.

Going to a fifth set.

Nia Washington is tiny, but she is probably pound for pound the hardest hitter in the game.

Our blocking finally started showing up in the third set. Ames solo block wins it 25-23. We had 2 blocks in the first two sets combined. We had 4 in the third set.

Of course he does. Now, if he loses the Big Ten title game by 30?

Oregon also beat Boise State, giving it two wins against teams in the playoff mix. It also beat Illinois by a bazillion, giving it 3 wins against ranked teams. Ohio State also beat Penn State and Indiana, giving it two wins against teams in the playoff mix. Do either Indiana or Penn State deserve to be in the mix? Maybe not, but let's not forget we're currently 0-1 against ranked teams.

Pulled it out 27-25. A lot of shared duty among Wenaas, Rutherford, and Singletary to get points down the stretch.

Fought off two set points to tie it at 24. Three of Mississippi's last 5 points were on our service errors.

Two more service errors sandwiching another kill by Singletary. We have 7 service errors so far.

Three straight kills by Singletary have us back in this set. Still trailing, but it's a manageable 19-17.

Outscored 25-15 over last 40 points.

Yeah, Washington is Mississippi's leading hitter on the year, but she had a .234 hitting percentage coming into the match.

Mississippi didn't have a block in the set until the final two points. Two blocks, one by 5'10" (and that is generous) Nia Washington, who also leads the match with 9 kills.

Lost first set after being up 23-20. No bueno.

Best dig of the year by Halter. She slid on knees, swung one arm toward baseline to make solid contact and punch it high over the net.

Off speed by Kahahawai and no one on Mississippi closed on it. then Kahahawai with a strong shot to deep middle.

Mississippi's last three points have come from off speed stuff tossed into holes in the d.

What a crushed ball by Singletary.

Ames is getting really good on the slide.