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Boise State volleyball beat Fresno State 3-1 last night and

as a result they are the # 4 seed (of 6 teams) headed to the 2024 MWC tournament.  And guess who Boise State plays in the first round..................yep..................the # 5 seed Fresno State.  The winner of that match then faces the # 1 seed Utah State in the 2nd round.

2 p.m. TOMORROW (WED. 11-22-23) - # 4 Seed Boise State vs. # 5 Seed Fresno State.

https://broncosports.com/sports/2018/7/31/mountain-west-digital-network

I had to wait for a few days to let this settle.  BSU beats the tournament winner for the second time just five days before being beat.  This is disappointing.  So either we should have won the tournament with better effort or our team is very good and just was unfortunate to play the winner.

What it means is the team wasn't mentally prepared to win at the tournament.  The players didn't take it seriously or the game plan was poorly designed.

It came down to 40 sets for Paige and only six to Kaminski. Paige, by far our best player was only hitting 10% while Kaminski hit 50%.  Also, Fresno had 14 blocks and BSU had 4.

So for next year, my Christmas wish will be adding a setter that can block. Bringing in an upperclassmen that can hit and block.  And the coaches trusting other players to make the hit.  Spread it around so they can't key on Paige so much.  Lastly, the setter must be able to keep the defense guessing.  Everyone in the gym knew where the set was going each time our setter touched the ball.  Go to the single covered player regardless whether their name starts with a B.

So we made the MWC tournament and that is a positive.  But BSU had a losing record for the year. This means our coach has a lot of work to do in the off season if he wants to be more competitive next year.  Maybe a switch is in order.  Bring Alex back to the indoor team.

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