New blood dammit! Only ten teams have won a title in this sport in its nearly 40 years, and Washington was the last one in '05. Only 3 of those ten are not on the 'west coast'. I will have to DVR this one Sat. Been buried lately as well work towards the sale of our company, so haven't caught much of this tourney.
my quick handicap on this one: Stanford is obviously formidable. I did see a set and a half of the match last night vs Minn on replay Plummer looks back to 100% (she missed about a month and a half, thus she wasn't qualified for AA status, denying her a 4th consecutive 1st team AA Team selection), she was her usual best collegiate player self last night. Gray and Gates looked spectacular, Hentz is Hentz. UW has their work cut out for them, but if they get the kind of production that Haggerty and Loberg have been giving this tournament, this should be a very good match. If its predominantly Rettke, UW is going to be in trouble, even with a great setter in Hilley. UW is in this spot IMO, because they are finally successful in serving really aggressively and getting better contributions from others OH. Baylor, which beat Wisconsin in Madison in Sept, was flustered in serve receive last night, and the setter had no chance, and frankly had a tough night. I hope UW serves to Plummer as much as possible, not that she's bad in receive, but gotta make her work, make others take swings. I doubt they can out-offense Stanford, which frankly toyed with Minnesota last night with transition play.
