Hard-Fought Battle Concludes Historic Postseason Berth for Louisiana

[roarman]

Guidry serves into the net. Now tied at 14. Gotta win by two. Cajun serves ball out!

[roarman]

Cajuns lose. I think, three of the last five points SDSU scored were because the Cajuns hit two serves into the net and one out of bounds. When the match was on the line, they made three fatal mistakes. That just cannot happen if a team wants to advance. Other than that, the teams seemed to be evenly matched.

[Rainman66]

Cajuns lose. I think, three of the last five points SDSU scored were because the Cajuns hit two serves into the net and one out of bounds. When the match was on the line, they made three fatal mistakes. That just cannot happen if a team wants to advance. Other than that, the teams seemed to be evenly matched.

Serving was an issue in every set we lost.

[RaginScotsman]

Service errors twice when you have the ball and can take the lead. Rough way to end it.

[roarman]

Service errors twice when you have the ball and can take the lead. Rough way to end it.

Kind of like missing free throws. One of the easiest parts of the game and they couldn't get it over the net or keep it inbound.

[Rainman66]

Kind of like missing free throws. One of the easiest parts of the game and they couldn't get it over the net or keep it inbound.

Not quite the same, because you are trying to hit a serve that doesn't allow the other team to go on offense. An easy, get it over serve, usually leads to a point for the other team. Still not a great way to lose, for sure.

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In a match where neither team led by more than six points at any moment, and there were 28 ties and 11 lead changes, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Volleyball team fell just short in its final push to overtake South Dakota State as the Jackrabbits held on for a 3-2 (25-19, 19-25, 23-25, 25-20, 16-14) in the opening round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.

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[roarman]

If the ball is not hit into the net, or, hit out, at least the team still has a chance to score a point. When one of those two things happen, the point is over.

[JMV JustMyView]

If the ball is not hit into the net, or, hit out, at least the team still has a chance to score a point. When one of those two things happen, the point is over.

Yep.

[Turbine]

Kind of like missing free throws. One of the easiest parts of the game and they couldn't get it over the net or keep it inbound.

Love the free-throw analogy.

[CajunVic]

I would think the difficulty would be more akin to a batter not chasing bad pitches . . . even a marginal player can develop the skill of making a free throw with sufficient practice . . .

[Turbine]

I would think the difficulty would be more akin to a batter not chasing bad pitches . . . even a marginal player can develop the skill of making a free throw with sufficient practice . . .

If there is a baseball analogy, I would think a serve hitting the net is more like a wild pitch than it is like a batter chasing or "not chasing bad pitches."