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Great season. Tonight was a no-lose kind of night. We are not at the same competitive level as Oregon and playing at their place was a tall order. At the end of the day, players still win matches and Oregon is good enough to win the national title. Beckys recruit rankings bear that out. They just have more horses. And thats okay. They SHOULD have more horses. With a bottomless pit of Phil Knight money and the best volleyball conference in the country, they SHOULD be Top-10 every season. So they are not doing anything more special than we are given apple to apples.
No shame in tonight. Would have been the biggest win in program history about 10x over. The NCAA draw we got was not as favorable as other years. I think we went as far as our talent realistically allows. As fans we can wish all we want, but this is college volleyball royalty we're up against. Beating Pepperdine was a huge statement and positive ending, proving we could beat a good team in the NCAAs. Pepperdine is not Butler or Milwaukee or Middle Tennessee St like some of our past 1st Rd matches.
This class did amazing things, finishing 110-20 for an incredible .846% career winning percentage. They lost two A10 matches EVER.
They leave the program better than they found it. Hopefully in the next cpl years we can build on their hard work and take another step forward. Sheff is ramping up his recruiting. I think we're headed in the right direction.
Only a moron looks at a 27-5 season, undefeated A10 season, tourney title, NCAA bid, #12 national ranking, and NCAA win over Pepperdine and walks away feeling cheated. For a non-BCS program thats about as good as anyone. And we're getting better.
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