Volleyball Outlook
*Tyler Madsen*
As the volleyball season crosses the midway point, I’d like a few graphs to take a look at the remainder of the regular season and early playoffs.
Three straight conference matches against a pretty good team, a sort of good team, and a not very good team – are coming up, yet not in that order. No. 25 Missouri Southern (19-4, 5-2 MIAA) should provide a decent challenge tomorrow night, but Fort Hays (3-20, 1-7) and Missouri Western (11-9, 3-5) shouldn’t pose much of a problem.
Then, the team heads south to the Henderson State (Ark.) tournament for four matches against teams from the Gulf South Conference, one of the conferences that make up the South Central regional (MIAA and SIAC are the others). None of the teams the ’Dogs will face are ranked in the top-25, but it could serve as a last chance effort for teams like West Florida and the host school to prove they belong in the big dance.
After a pair of non-Div. II matches on homecoming, the team ends with three more MIAA matches before the conference tournament. Prior to wrapping up at Southwest Baptist (5-18, 1-7) and at home against Northwest Missouri State (8-13, 2-5), the Bulldogs will head to Warrensburg for a HUGE match against No. 11 Central Missouri (19-3, 7-1). Although that one loss came at the hands of the purple and white, the Jennies are on a tear, most recently knocking off No. 10 Washburn 3-1. Another side note would be, as we mentioned on the air when UCM visited in mid-September, should the Jennies drop one more match before the ’Dogs visit, then the October 25 match against Truman would not only be the Jennies’ senior night, but the night their coach, Peggy Martin, tries for her 1,000th career win.
So, after all of that, the conference tournament awaits. As of today, here’s the bracket if the season were to end today:
(W4) Pittsburg State at (E1) Truman
(E3) Missouri Western at (W2) Missouri Southern
(W3) Emporia State at (E2) Central Missouri
(E4) Northwest Missouri State at (W1) Washburn
Winners would move on to the highest remaining West division seed for Fri. Nov. 3 and Sat. Nov. 4.
As the volleyball season crosses the midway point, I’d like a few graphs to take a look at the remainder of the regular season and early playoffs.
Three straight conference matches against a pretty good team, a sort of good team, and a not very good team – are coming up, yet not in that order. No. 25 Missouri Southern (19-4, 5-2 MIAA) should provide a decent challenge tomorrow night, but Fort Hays (3-20, 1-7) and Missouri Western (11-9, 3-5) shouldn’t pose much of a problem.
Then, the team heads south to the Henderson State (Ark.) tournament for four matches against teams from the Gulf South Conference, one of the conferences that make up the South Central regional (MIAA and SIAC are the others). None of the teams the ’Dogs will face are ranked in the top-25, but it could serve as a last chance effort for teams like West Florida and the host school to prove they belong in the big dance.
After a pair of non-Div. II matches on homecoming, the team ends with three more MIAA matches before the conference tournament. Prior to wrapping up at Southwest Baptist (5-18, 1-7) and at home against Northwest Missouri State (8-13, 2-5), the Bulldogs will head to Warrensburg for a HUGE match against No. 11 Central Missouri (19-3, 7-1). Although that one loss came at the hands of the purple and white, the Jennies are on a tear, most recently knocking off No. 10 Washburn 3-1. Another side note would be, as we mentioned on the air when UCM visited in mid-September, should the Jennies drop one more match before the ’Dogs visit, then the October 25 match against Truman would not only be the Jennies’ senior night, but the night their coach, Peggy Martin, tries for her 1,000th career win.
So, after all of that, the conference tournament awaits. As of today, here’s the bracket if the season were to end today:
(W4) Pittsburg State at (E1) Truman
(E3) Missouri Western at (W2) Missouri Southern
(W3) Emporia State at (E2) Central Missouri
(E4) Northwest Missouri State at (W1) Washburn
Winners would move on to the highest remaining West division seed for Fri. Nov. 3 and Sat. Nov. 4.
posted by Tyler Madsen at Thursday, October 05, 2006
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