ass head coach to head coach yeah Jenny Mau took over last year when ton aan resigned to join the Atlanta vibe in the PVF as their head coach um see what her UCF squad has going for us today and here we go volleyball back in Castle Coliseum and a great start for the Hokies you always love to start with an ace if you can and right on Q as we were talking about Victoria Walgren in the open two years at Utah over a th000 assists a year ago and a really nice start last night in the win against winth over 20 assists and that sher's all up in the net there two nothing start for Virginia Tech so the hokes late night on the bus come back play today and then hosting win through up tomorrow busy weekend had that short trip down to Rock Hill South Carolina about three three hours 15 minutes I'd say from here and meanwhile today the 24 season opener for UCF there's a block and a 3 nothing start for Tech and it's Haley Pierce on the defensive side little bit of jitters here starting out for UCF it's always tough we were talking with Jenny m m the other day and how you're sitting there that first match 5 minutes before first serve and you're kind of looking at your St go going are we are we good are we any good this year you know even the years you know you're good uh you never really know how it's going to go until the ball goes live just a few little Jitters here for UCF so far s Sasha Cohen on the serve Walgren for Pierce UCF going outside there's a kill for Ava armor the sophomore out of Colorado I really love the tempo there from shammer how she controls controls the pace of that set out to her left side attacker helps her hitters get into Rhythm Wen and a block stuffed at the net it's Alexia Co the red shirt senior in her first year with the Knights good penetration there from K and from AR more nice smooth swing block move Pierce strong swing another effort for Tech Armor puts it down and the first lead of the opening set for UCF yeah big swing down the line there for Leander Manuel Durant take shers right in the side of the head sets it back across the net and he digs a good dig and he digs a good dig 10 foot Line open for Bell Patrick and that's a name if you're a tech fan you're going to need to get to know quickly yeah she comes in Patrick comes in uh as a pretty complete player uh solid back row player solid serve receiver good arm she's going to need to learn from seeing her last night and then seeing them at one of their exhibition matches just how to score at this level how to score around bigger blocks SW strong swing on the right side Britt Carlson one of those returners from last year great example of the depth that UCF has yeah they you see warm-ups you see down the bench ton of s ton of physicality a lot of experience as well like Caitlyn Grimes who's been in the program since 2021 got our first extended floor wiping Castle Coliseum this year it's going to happen a lot it's about 90 de in here right now free ball from Patrick shers and someone's in the net it's Virginia [Music] Tech got Jordan hman in the net there had a pretty good look at it where we're sitting too no argument from Virginia Tech on that one back and forth start here early in set number one another free ball opportunity for UCF [Applause] armor shers leaves it back row another whistle Point hes yeah Wilson sent that ball way long but it shoes a back row tack cross 3 met line on her takeoff it was way long anyway now look Gil foil giloy The Freshman on the serve that it's the [Music] [Applause] [Music] antenna Al giloy out of Indianapolis mom played volleyball at St Joseph comes from an athletic family shers Armor Easy point for UCF to reclaim the lead yeah that's been a pretty consistent connection here for UCF to start the match shers to armor two kills on five swings for armor so far but she's been involved in almost every offensive play set little long on the serve and for this UCF Jake so much production comes back from a year ago that's that's a great luxury to have I mean you know 8 and 10 in the Big 12 is is not where anybody wants to be especially a program that's used to being in the NCA tournament every year but going to places like Baylor and Kansas and Kansas State and Iowa State uh that provides a lot of experience you know if you can if you can go be competitive at Kansas in that gym or against Baylor you know you're you're going to be getting good pretty quick and to bring that kind of experience back is so valuable you don't win at this level with a bunch of young players unless you're exceptional experience matters overpass works out in favor of tech yeah sometimes you just get so focused so dialed in on on what's happening with attackers across the net that maybe you don't quite recognize the overpass is coming especially the back row Setter though with the lekki setting she can't go up and challenge for that ball really shers the dump hok's able to play it out of the Nets on the right side crosscourt big dig from deleski the setter Patrick blocked what an effort from Virginia Tech shers trying to put the point away touch good block touch right there middle swing back row swing armor another great save from Tek and Patrick wins The Long Point and gives Virginia Tech the 98 lead just Scrappy volleyball from both sides I love the Dig right there for Manuel Durant just keep it off the floor and a really good ball from Ed YZ to get Patrick a swing just chips it right through the block armor has been set often and you are seeing why I'd give her I'd keep beating her there too um that's something where Jabs and Robinson's got to take more got to take more of Armor's main swing right through the seam that's one you're going to want back here Virginia Tech make armor hit more radical shots out of that pipe off that backck otherwise you're going to keep seeing it all day woo good dig that's Chloe Shear one of the leaders on this UCF team the senior out of California bump set to the outside Bondi puts UCF in front 109 and and that's her name Heidi bonde the senior out of Illinois now played in just nine matches last year before a season ending injury we talk about the depth Jake she could be a key piece on this year's team oh it's like you brought an entire brought in an entirely new player you know you you only got n matches out of someone the year before bring them back it's like you got to bring a new recruit who's been there before shers the set on the right side deleski The Freshman to the other freshman that's Patrick and that's a Virginia Tech kill yeah Virginia Tech has not really found any clean swings yet clean to the floor working a lot off the block some off speed trying to find the edges against a bigger a bigger UCF team I mean they've got some serious eyes and if you try and go right at him that's a battle you're going to lose so to see Patrick to see Pierce Manel Durant try to work around the sides of the block I think that's an effective tactic so [Music] far very entertaining set number one here at Castle Coliseum Bond Patrick muscles it through was it touched it was not Point kns that's got to be a swing though that's a good set tips never going to win there tip's never going to go for a kill so you either have to be actively using the block take that kind of choppy swing at the block or load up behind it take the big swing here is Emily Wilson who had the most kills on the UCF team a year ago 329 after playing in just 14 matches in 22 started her career at San Diego outside swing for Patrick did that go outside the antenna it did Patrick with the kill that's more I I think more like it for what's going to score against a better team the step up for a true freshman from Club Ball even even in a good club uh Club ball High School to division one playing a big 12 opponent it's a big big leap and until you're out there against those blockers you don't see it in your own gym so taking those big swings is going to be a good learning experience shers leaves it in the middle stuffed by the hokes armor roll shot drops down that's a good swing by armor Pierce makes a Haley Pierce makes a nice block touch there for Virginia Tac and nobody's there to pick it up off the block as a blocker yeah you want to get stuff blocks you want to block for points block straight down but you know if you slow it down if you send it up in the air that's a win too your defense has to be there to pick it up for you Walgren back into set armor great swing and a kill that block so Virginia Tech got switched there that's rotation one for them so Patrick starts out on the right Pier starts out on the left and as blockers they just stay in their unnatural position that's an inside out of system set Pier I'm sorry Patrick has to move that block way inside another 3et inside and make armor go even more radically Cross Court hok looking to respond good coverage at the 10-ft line strong swing again from armor Walgren middle set that's just long and this is the largest lead of the opening set for UCF and this you know this idea in rotation one Setters right back you have three hitters in the front row of just staying where you are attack where you are stay where you are even though the left sides on the wrong side the right Sid's on the wrong side I like that but you have to be comfortable not just attacking but also blocking that position as well and then kns with momentum an ace a fourpoint lead for UCF college volleyball is back in Southwest Virginia will return with more set one action after these [Music] messages on the Flor for UCF she had 56 assists against Kansas and to start the 24 season she's got five in set number one yeah she's rolling so far Forin Tech got a few good block touches to start the match block for Point as well Sher shers has UCF hitting 235 but starting to find a rhythm here keep an eye on Ava armor though she has seven swings already three kills but she's a big focal point of the offense so far too Walgren out of the timeout Pierce big dig in the back roll from wils Armor's had the hot hand she's denied Second Chance roll shot from Patrick [Applause] Falls that's got to get executed better there by UCF that's a roll shot that's almost a free ball make the Dig move on I think forgia Tech it's a little lucky there to find that kill Ace for Patrick coming off a double double in her first career match last night staying hot here 24 hours later yeah I think that from what I saw of them Virginia Tech against winth yesterday it wasn't super clean uh you're always going to take a win and you're going to take if you're B Patrick hey double double 12 kills in your first college match that's awesome but again have to find more Rhythm have to find more openings here against a bigger more physical team win yis had the big dig here comes a play at the Nets shers on the right side Wilson pancake attempt from yis unsuccessful Point UCF that sets almost behind Carlson's head there a little bit so you got to be reading tip you know it's not a perfect set it's not a perfect approach she's going to have a hard time s hard if she does it's going to be crosscourse deep it's not going to be line so if you're that left back Defender if you're yielders you can say all right we're probably not getting a rip down the line from that position I could be looking tip I can be looking roll shot and not have to worry about staying deep now sometimes you get that wrong and you just get blown up but playing percentages Pierce armor back corner that's on the line Point nice that's a nice shot that's a that is a tougher swing than it looked that that bump set was from the right back position on the court and it was probably about 35 ft in air and for armor to have to sit wait locate and then high point that ball and chop that thing to the Deep Corner that's a really really good swing another surf for Caitlyn Grimes who played in all 29 matches last year for UCF outside swing attempt Po's trying to to connect with Leandra mangel Durant a timeout taken by Marcy buers and the hokes that's tough they got Virginia Tech got what they wanted offensively froze the middle Blocker in the middle of the Court had Manuel Durant one-on one against shers who's the smallest blocker for UCF and that's got to be a winning position there and they weren't able to make the connection so back and forth opening sent home opener for Virginia Tech season opener for UCF the knights leading 1813 Jake it's great to have college volleyball back underway and how about this crowd that has come out on a Saturday afternoon in Southwest Virginia it's a good crew it's a first full week of school here in blackburg so you've got a lot of students here we have some UCF fans uh my kids up in the 30th row dancing right now to the music I can see her up there so yeah it's fun to be back we started out the season with a with a bang on Tuesday night ABCA first serve event Louisville double header we had Nebraska Kentucky and then Louisville Wisconsin so four top 10 teams big one tomorrow Wisconsin Texas so number one versus number three in Milwaukee at fiser Forum we'll sell that out with 17,000 people that's going to be great volleyball's hot it's really cool to see the continued upward trajectory this sport has been on just think about watching that Nebraska match last year with the 60 9203 yes unbelievable great to have a great crowd here in Castle very entertaining opening set number one EV news Jake Lawrence our entire ACC Network crew with you and for UCF Ava armor has been fantastic hitting 455 in set number one yeah Armor's got the length she has the angles uh has earned a couple kills you see right there on out of system POS situations which hey you know a lot there's a lot of outside hitters out there that are good when the set's good when the pass is good when they're one-on-one uh it's a different type of player who can be the garbage man who can go hit the ball that's that a system and not just you know put in a good swing but find kills right now Ava Arbor's doing that on the overpass there's cool the red shirt senior who has transferred to come back play Closer To Home from St John's coming from Colorado six-point UCF lead how can Tech respond Walgren for Pierce crosscourt that's wide seveno nights lead and that that physicality again we keep harping on it for St John's it cools 67 armor 6'5 that starts to affect you as an attacker if you're Pierce s Bowski hitting on that right side against 6567 there aren't a whole lot of teams in NCAA division 1 that have that kind of size frankly there aren't a whole lot of teams in in Paris this summer at the Olympics that are going to go 65 67 on the left in the middle so you have to find ways to work around that Ella giloy in her first career home match just a little below the tape and for those just joining us this was a back and forth first set but UCF has started to find momentum down the stretch Walgren back row Patrick big dig from Grimes huge bump sets and UCF in the Nets that's four contacts for UCF that one never cleared that's a tough set tough swing because not only is that coming from the deep right corner of the Court bump set it's travel you can see it right here and there's a great shot here that's just getting closer and closer and closer to the net and leading the attacker Bondi directly into the Block it's so hard to find to find where you are on the court we're getting a challenge we getting a Challenge and they're challenging looking for a touch off the block Central Florida is challenging a touch on the Block we're smiling with our up official Wayne Clark because it's the First Time Jake that we get to see the new number system yes uh our two listens to the coach what are they going to challenge there's five things you can challenge uh and they hold up a finger one through five fingers to communicate to everybody hey here's what we're looking for it's really helpful because in the past if it wasn't obvious what was being challenged I would just stand take my headset off and yell at the Upp until they told me what was going on this what we're looking for looking for a touch off the Block it's a lot of tape it's hard to see from that angle um if Pierce's right elbow catches that the call is no touch the call is for Conta this is a little bit better look right [Music] here oh yeah you make the call Jake oh touch huge touch Haley Pierce's right elbow right tricep I don't know what I'm I'm 0 for one to start the season Down official there's Terry Martin and see him having a conversation with Jenny Mau call on the field stand on the court [Music] stands 21- 15 our score and here's the sophomore from Charlotte Haley Pierce shers for Bond crosscourt that's down great swing and UCF three points away from set one we talked about the return of Heidi bonde after playing his nine matches last year two years ago was fifth on the UCF Squad in kills at 176 Khloe Shear who's LED UCF and Diggs each of the last two years a leader a captain Patrick that's down on the right side a Cohen with her first kill of the afternoon yeah this is tough here for Virginia Tech the service pressure from ucf's been really strong you start sending free balls over and you start getting middle attack coming back the double block was got there but never really finished any kind of block defense was never set Virginia Tech going to have to find a way to generate some offense mang to ran got all of it but it's wide and now oh there was a touch apologies Point hokey there's mangle Durant nodding her head the UCF players look stunned Jenny Mau chatting with Terry Martin our first [Music] look I I was very wrong on our last challenge but I'm going to keep putting myself out there that didn't look like a touch live and it didn't look like a touch on that shot either she batched it a little bit where you didn't make great contact that Ball's already spinning kind of like a top so we get the one from Wayne Clark you can everyone can see that again we're looking for touch on the Block I like this system challenging a touch yeah and there's the voice of Terry Martin you just heard in the microphone me Wayne Clark so 23 to 16 let's take another look [Music] no unless unless it's sheer in the back row outstanding job from our ACC Network crew it's a really good look it's hard to say I I I think that so the Olympics International ball and on Tuesday night that ABCA first serve event they use the bolt system which is kind of the the the the world class standard it's also very expensive um it's what they used in Paris if you watch the Olympics this summer The every line call is essentially called by Hawkeye like in tennis no she bails off that one too um we're going to get Wayne we're going to get the call right here yeah no touch all right a one for two so the as I saying the the bolt system every line call is essentially called by like Hawkeye like in tennis if you watch professional tennis uh but then they have highspeed cameras that are dialed in on the blocking positions so they're able to go to this very quickly and see up close you know closeup shots at you know some ungodly frame rate where it's very quick it's very fast set point for the knights leski for the other freshman Patrick Cher's the bump set back row swing armor good coverage twice here from [Applause] UCF armor fitting that she ends the opening set she's had the hot hand for UCF and they take set number one 25- 15 yeah just too much Ava armor there at the end UCF covers three times there on the final rally before putting it away uh a lot of work here to do for Virginia Tech we'll return after these messages on the ACC Network extra but I think the challenge for the hokes is where's the offense coming from who's going to generate the kills five of those six kills in set one from B Patrick a true freshman left side hitter they're going to need more production from other people and there you see Haley Pier somebody that coaching staff so high on coming off a nice night against winr and that five set win last night 15 kills [Music] [Music] and the Knights will start set number two Jake we did not talk a lot about Emily Wilson the senior one of the most experienced outside hitters on this team she can really make a huge difference in a match yeah she's been a little quiet so far she's you know Wilson has been kept under control only took once oh I'm sorry took one swing in the first set I believe it was out of the back row received serve pretty well again that's one you start getting production out of her as your L2 as your second outside hitter that really boosts you especially get especially because she has to scored the points yet for it and a nice start for the hokes over pass play at the net one nothing T Elizabeth award in now for Virginia tack at the second outside spot opposite B Patrick so Awards replacing Leandro Manel Durant so far that's just wide off the tape there's Jordan hullman the Junior Johnson City Tennessee did not play last year just five matches in 2022 over pass Tech will take the free bow but no one just behind the 10- foot line excellent read from the knights yeah uh Walgren there out of the back row just stays flat foot on the ground puts a hand up on the overpass middle takes it right off of her but Virginia T can't find a away it converts Walgren from Pierce another opportunity Patrick roll shot 10 foot line there and we've seen Virginia Tech consistently go to number 10 B Patrick here early this afternoon she has 15 of their 34 attempts and six sorry 14 of the 34 attempts and six of their eight kills so far a lot of it again off speed where does the off where does the rest of the offense comes from that's Elizabeth award number 2 two and the net right there for Virginia Tech now Manuel Duran is going to come in back row for Bell Patrick so as award replaces her in the lineup in the front row and well Duran's going to play essentially a defensive specialist role here for B Patrick to start out set two Marcy buers trying to change some things up the lineup Elward leaves it in the middle a ction it's cool in the middle that you you you can't run one ball quick middle attack directly at someone who's 6' s and not make her move that's the thing cool never has to move she's standing still the entire time she's big so she doesn't have to load up for a big jump you know you got to make someone like that move so you change your point of attack you run 31 so like a gap set or a back set you know back one something like that to force that that middle to have to move her feet pierce with a good swing on that point mentioned the 15 kills she had last night that was a career high she started when she started last year getting some real playing time she's doing well she got hurt missed a lot of time there's a hokey block and that'll fire up everyone off the tech bench [Applause] [Music] big swing block from Elizabeth Alward there take another look on the slide against cool solo you're out there all by yourself you should be excited that's a tough serve from Gil F shers big dig from mangel Duran Elward little too far going back to Alward I mean the slapping of the floor I I love that that's why this sport is so great Jake you get so many moments that you can get excited about as a team I mean I you know some people like to try and play it cool uh I never did like why was coach n sl's able to play that out of the net shers outside 10 foot line wide open that's Heidi Bond so that's that's got to be a wing Digger that has to be award left front it needs to be Walgren and right back someone has to come make a play for that ball can't be Ed yis coming from 20t away who's responsible for the hard hit ball to also be responsible for a pretty easy tip angle Duran Elward down the line why looking for a touch everybody's looking for a touch here I didn't see it hard hard to say we're about to get our third challenge of the match for a touch off the block and we have an official sign out for a challenge by the te and you can see the entire Tech Team looking to coach Marcy buers in the bench they all thought there was a tip 25- 15 UCF set number one and I know it's early here in set two Jake but down three if you can win this point get back within two just trying to stay at PACE yeah you got to stand within touching distance so we'll see this right here that's a good look so it's a nice set for manal to ran award yeah to me that's off of sher's right fingers right hand fingers there [Music] it's going to as always it's going to have to be conclusive this is from our overhead look oh what a great shot I take it back that to me looks like no touch [Music] oh Wayne Wayne Wayne played with everyone's emotions there Wayne Clark played with everyone's emotions by signaling the wrong way at first before correcting no touch there Jake La you're two for three two for three so again Virginia Tech 7 to four it's okay there's a lot of set here left but you got to stay within touching distance you have to side out still hitting zero as a team for the match you got to find some offense to be able to generate some side outs angle Durant bump set Elizabeth Elward muscles it through the block Point check it's good hard swing you know you're double blocked if you know with a word it's out of system bump set coming from a another outside hitter it's going to be a set block there you know shers and cool so you have to attack shers as as a smaller blocker which is exactly what she did hokes will rotate in two players Erica deleski the setter as well as Sarah malanowski see that's interesting me [Music] because I take I'll hold that thought Cross Court little too far as UCF goes ahead 8 to5 and there's Khloe Shear who we have not talked enough about the senior out of Mett California he's been a regular player on the floor since 2020 that 21 season two-time Captain big block for the knights defense getting it done yeah sets a little low a little inside award kind of goes with it takes it directly into Cohen as the middle blocker there and get stuffed Marcy buers wants to talk things over Knights leading 105 in set number two's new FY menu five items five levels the opening week of the college volleyball season continues on season opener for UCF home opener for Virginia Tech 25- 15 nights in set one Marcy buyers just called her first timeout of set two you see the hitting percentage for both sides as we're back underway on the Move goes deleski a free ball from award shers is been great today outside set played by the hokes a word has been said [Music] often big swing yet again from Ava armor one of the stories of the afternoon yeah that's um that's kill number nine for armor right there her third kill on the bck or the pipe Robinson's got to take more to the corner also yela is like it's right there that's one that you you feel like she's going to want back and we have the setter exchange again Pierce coming back in Walgren into the front row so Victoria Walgren at the bottom right of your screen number two she's going to run a 5-1 as a front row Setter here little bit of a system change here for the hokes angle Duran Elward down the line Point UCF every body involved and what a swing for Bond yeah right down the line the one thing when you go to this this five1 Pierce can attack out of the back row she doesn't have a ton of experience as either a serve receiver or a right back Defender that Ball's hit right at her she's been served twice now out of two opportunities shers outside for bonde and a double point [Applause] nice Virginia Tech is going to have to find again a good pass I would get award back into the receive because as long as Pierce is out they're going to keep going after Pierce here she's she struggled on two opportunities that's a good pass right there for Haley Pierce Elward not touched at the neck yeah your your options here in terms of blockers to attack Cohen is not huge in the middle C certainly not compared to co but schomers is that FR that smaller front row Setter You' like to go to here what can you run Robinson on to draw Cohen as a blocker to get Elizabeth award one-on-one or get the ball to pierce in the back row Walgren middle trying to connect with Roberts Jake you mentioned the the system change that Marcy buers just made what what is she hoping to get out of that um I I that rotation one where it's malinowski left front she is not really going to hit left side so she's going to run all the way across the court to run some kind of slide very tough to do if you're not receiving well this simplifies the offense simplifies the passing but again they've got to make a pass they got to find a pass the service pressure from UCF has been really strong here in the last few minutes armor that's through the block and this scoring run continues for UCF yeah this was S 8 to five that's 90 run yeah I know 7 to five great work from Khloe Shear serving totally that's another strong serve Walgren the dump big dig that is wide award trying to place that on the line it's a 100 UCF run yeah she got she's close to getting call for a lift there too that's a point of emphasis this year uh trying to cut down on as many throws from attackers like that either way it's out of bounds as she's trying to find the edge of the block Pierce and Walgren able to get her hands on it but it's out of play and another timeout taken by Virginia Tech and for UCF season opener coach Mau a big smile a lot of energy on that side of the floor oh I think they're executing very well and I think um their offensive execution has been okay I'd love to hear what Jenny says about Hey how e e 101 people got to put a ball over everything starts from there this run in a way as belong to Khloe Shear someone that coach Mau told us just has a ton of grit tough swing award ends the drought big point for Tech yeah that's a really nice swing from Lizabeth award there it's again that's a tough set because it's its location is solid but it's moving towards the block moving towards the net she high points us saying that's a good set forel Manuel Duran you can see award goes high off the edge of sher's block for the kill it's about the only swing she can make there shers the set going out big rejection from The Hokey blockers up front Roberts Patrick maybe even Walgren all involved I like this with Walgren you know she's a she's a taller Setter she's strong she's physical she's a better blocker than your your typical Setter you're going to find it's not your main job like your job is to set not block but it's nice when you can get some blocks from that position how about Elizabeth Alward here in set number two has done a lot for Virginia Tech compared to set one she brought some energy to the court I think she Tak she's been put some tough spots taking some hard swings crosscourt set Patrick right to Shear middle swing big Kill from Sasha Cohen yeah Cohen is a smaller middle you know more that 6' 61 range super quick there in transition attacks jasine Robinson in that one-on-one spot finds the edge of the block for the kill good middle transition attack Walgren Roberts was not touched Jasmine Roberts red shirt senior red red shirt Junior but academically is senior she's been very patient waiting for her turn Point UCF and Jake one thing about UCF they've distributed the wealth everybody's been involved today yeah they're they're receiving well they're not under a lot of pressure on First Contact shers has been able to run an offense pretty comfortably so yeah you get to move it around you get to try your offense in a way that you don't maybe a tighter match I think that's the first kill for Emily Wilson second swing walren Patrick Point Tech strong swing yeah that's a it's a better pass there Walgren being that taller more physical Setter she jump sets she gets Sasha Cohen to bite on that jump set as a potential you know second second contact attack gets Patrick not oneon-one but kind of one and a half on one cuz Cohen's slow to close and Patrick's able to hammer one through Cohen's block here's Nicole zake the freshman in her home debut Walgren for Patrick that's too far from Brit Carlson Point hes hes might have got away with one there I think they had a Blocker in the net on that hitting air haven't heard anything from ucf's coaching staff so far though so I might have been the either I'm crazy or I'm the only one who saw [Music] [Applause] it and it's set point for UCF Virginia Tech taking full advantage with Z coming coming in as a serving sub of the 15 Subs that you're allowed every set lets you do things like run double sub 62s and and use serving Specialists Wilson the second most aces in the Big 12 last year with 63 trying to win the set for UCF nice pass play on both teams Scrappy on this point Patrick pushes that through [Applause] through one thing about B Patrick what we've seen in her own debut she has brought energy and intensity on the floor yeah this is a good pass to attack here a little bit of a set me pass finds the outside of Wilson's block just pushes it off [Music] there do you know what a set me pass is I wish I did set me passes with oh someone's way up in the going to play the L1 spot off the overpass you can't ask for much better of a start to a set than that right there so this looks like it's probably going to be a 5-1 with Walgren setting all the way around Pierce is moving to the L1 spot she has got the kill there b Patrick at the L2 so she's actually flipping her spot in the rotation as well I think that's a smart move than Sarah malanowski playing right side back row set block from Tech that brings this crowd to that's the first time that Virginia Tech's executed on the back row attack with actually triple blocking that triple blocking it well now it's Wilson and not armor that they blocked there I think about UCF I'm one you're you're trying to win like like get the win get the win get on the bus right get out of town but I'm really looking to see how do we get Emily involved in the offense here she's taken three swings in two sets and that's not very much for the left side hitter shers to the right side big dig from the tech freshman in the back row but a little too far out of reach that's edj yis this Tech staff so high on her her potential in the back row I think she moves she moves well she sees the game she's experienced com native of his B turkey uh a lot of experience at the club level that's down back corner crosscourt Kill from the sophomore Haley Pierce yeah y do has a lot of experience at Club level the AG group level for turkey uh you know for her to be able to come in as a true freshman she has to control that back row she has to be the dominant player back there not just dominant with her voice but dominant with her movement and her willingness to take Court away from people especially in server say no I will take your I'll take half of your area for myself that's my job it's one of the positions where a true freshman can really come in and make an impact on day one Haley Pierce will continue [Music] serving actually rotates out it's Point UCF apologies there but Pierce coming off that career high last night 15 kills a coach firers told us in our call earlier this week Jake she has to understand she's one of the best players in the ACC she's going to be a huge part of this Tech Team yeah it's it's you know I think that she's very comfortable on the right side from what I've seen from her over her her short career at Virginia Tech right now Virginia Tech needs a left side offense she might be the best option there to generate it good communication there take me through Jake benches in college volleyball backr how much communication is going on on a serve or something in and out like that the back row I think a lot of communication before the ball is contacted talking about who's responsible where you know it's it's not it's not super complicated but you know you want to make sure everyone's on the same page it also depends on who who's back there the libros should be your best receiver and then you know everyone else should have responsibility based on how how good they are as a passer if you have a team with three great passers awesome you're going to win a lot of matches but usually there's someone who's a little bit weaker uh you might have two really good passers one who's okay in a rotation so you have to understand who's there who's got responsibility uh and honestly someone like Ed Yoda's like her job is to is to really organize that that's the first really really clean swing there from Virginia attch uh good pass again good pass oneone opportunity B Patrick puts the one away that's a clean kill that we haven't seen so far this match when B Patrick committed to Virginia Tech coach Marcy buers in a release said that she is a fierce competitor who will add depth on the pin and told us earlier this week she gets so excited for her teammates her energy really shining today that's down crosscourt what a return to the floor this afternoon for Heidi Bond the senior you think about what she went through last year and that season ending injury this today must mean quite a deal to her I you hear from you hear from players all the time at every level that when they get a bad injury when they miss a significant amount of time it hurts because it takes away something in your life so that return to the court is just is is always very liberating and often very uh cathartic UCF able to play that out of the net Walgren in the middle Roberts able to put that away poys with some momentum here early in set three I like them moving Jasmine Robinson over to the back one right there U get her you know get her away from Cohen Sasha Cohen just sitting there right in front of the center so move to the back one if you can execute you know that's an effective attack for your middle attackers jasman Roberts the red shirt Jr actually participated in the 24 Global challenge in July got some great experience this summer [Music] Jasmine Robinson my [Applause] apologies but whether it was Robinson in the 24 Global challenge Leandra mangle Duran got some experience with the Puerto Rican national team that can always be a really big deal when players get to compete with different teams over the summer and we do have a challenge it appears for touch official Central Florida is challenging a touch boy that's just such a different change to have to have our our our officials on the microphone during the match it's nice nice level of communication it's it's a it's a good change as much as I don't love the challenge system it's it's a it's a positive change here we go so the call is touch you see is saying no touch it's going to have to be conclusively no [Music] touch I can see that off sher's left hand possibly thing is it's got to be conclusively not the touch potentially on the right hand of the middle blocker yeah but the standard here is not that they have to prove that there is a touch they have to prove there wasn't cu the call the floor is [Music] touch right hand of Sasha Cohen potentially it's going to be hard to overturn it but I feel like I say that all the time potentially the left hand as well much better start here for Virginia Tech overall pulled their overall match matching percentage but into positive territory we're going to get a call here from Wayne Clark [Music] so it's that signal that kind of slashing signal that Wayne makes there as he signals the point for Virginia Tech is not as the call was not confirmed it's just there was no evidence to not enough evidence to overturn and Jenny Mau is asking why not make it a replay which that's not in the rules can't do that not for not for an in andout call it has to be a you know the only time they ever going to replay it is if it's a the call on the floor is four contacts and they blow the whist with four contacts and realiz the block had touched it so it would have been normally a play on but in and out the plays dead either way so you can't you can't Replay [Music] that Cohen involved with a big block as well as has the setter Abby shers yeah shers com with the big block I keep talking about her as the as the smallest blocker and the person that Virginia Tech should be going after uh she comes up with a big stuff block right there she sat behind and red shirted her freshman here behind the legend Amber Olen over a th assists last year another great swing from the Freshman who is making a name for herself today B Patrick the biggest difference sets one and two compared to three for Virginia Tech is what Jake Lawrence uh I think that Virginia Tech is finding more rhythm in their offense their first Contact has gotten better for sure ucf's come off the boil a little bit too like right there that's an a that's a that's a poor pass not a great bump set leads Bondi right into the block Walgren makes him pay for it blocks that right off Bonnie's head into the floor this happens occasionally after a a big blowout with 2510 win you you relax a little bit if your UCF and so you have to find it wouldn't be surprised to see Jenny M come up with the timeout here soon right now and how about that the first career home Ace for the Freshman Nicole zake her fellow freshman Patrick fying her up and the hokes with a 106 lead in set number [Music] three the book is called surrender been from carry North Carolina Bell Patrick been very efficient and really starting to come along in set three yeah Patrick has been the the really the biggest piece of Virginia Tech's offense so far she swinging well swinging hard on the back row and the front row really starting to heat up here as we get into set three out of the UCF timeout Nicole zake had an ace she's on serve again Carlson to zake walren outside Pierce Carlson another swing Point Tech as they lead by five think the move to pierce on the left side is good uh she brings them a little more heat beat on the outside she does the same on the right but it's harder to set the right side when you're not passing particularly well moving her to the left lets her get more swings more opportunities to attack shers on the right side Bond Pierce through the hands of shers yeah Walgren there again she jump sets that tight pass because she has size because she's physical and an attacking option she holds the blockers hman being on time holds Cohen as a blocker as well gets Pierce oneon-one and it wasn't a great wasn't a great connection but because she's one-onone she's got room to work and finds a kill shers backing up Bond able to find the opening back row and Wilson will check in for the senior from Illinois we mentioned it last set Emily Wilson second most aces in the Big 12 last year 63 of them coach told us as great an outside hitter as she is also be a great Libro High Praise here is Carlson the Southpaw crosscourt that is wide Aisha Carrick The Freshman out of Naples Florida her first action this this afternoon here in set three coming into serve play a little bit defense nice swing out of the back row just blast a little bit wide off a good block touching dick there too Pierce has been set often in this set and she's starting to heat up it's exactly where Virginia Tech needs some help they need somebody on the outside other than b Patrick to be able to produce just kind of over the outside over the top there Carlson and just catch is out why to Carlson Carlson's got to take that another half step out you can't let someone go crosscourt outside of you as a blocker defense doesn't work that way a break that's going to be an interesting call yep that's going to be an overall against Jordan Hallman that Ball's entirely on UCF side of the net when showers goes to set it because it hasn't broken the plane and it isn't an attack Virginia Tech blockers can't touch that ball Jake I think we need to have your title analyst and rules experts Pierce out of play her seventh kill of the [Music] afternoon coach Marcy buers told us in our call on Friday she needs to be one of our goto players she's done that here in this third set and let's add an ace to her stat line yeah the UCF receiving has really broken down here in set three we don't get to see their receiving stats but I I'm sure they've they've nose dived here the last like 15 minutes or so and that's stagnated their offense allowed Virginia Tech to get much more in system here that's how they're opening up a lead Carlson able to dump that over it's good effort there from sount howski coming all the way across the court try and dig that tip over the Block it's a tough play for a right side I played right side I can tell you I didn't want to play any off blocker defense I I I want to know part of that but you did it all you were like Lio is over there Lio can go get that I want to know part of that so I can appreciate malanowski making you know I appreciate the hustle there analyst rules expert and great right side hitter Jake lawence very mediocre right side ball control right side hitter which is not the kind of right side hitter you want to be malanowski that's just out Knights hitting 348 as a team everyone's been involved and here's grime and will Duran Patrick wow I would love to see the radar gun on that swing yeah that's a little more heat there from The Freshman see that's an out of system set then just cranking left side a sheer sick with herself though that's right at her sometimes the answer is hit the ball so hard at someone that they can't take it that is often really effective it's kind of what happened right there there's yis rather guiloy on the serve Armor's been quiet as of late great up from Tech and the dump is there haven't seen it often from Sher she breaks it out at a great time yeah catches for Tech really flat footed there and doesn't even really jump that's almost like a floor dump just a little set over [Applause] correct we have not seen that all match so to bring it out here is pretty effective you get into Rhythm expecting her to set she doesn't jump you don't think about dump and then she pulls out the floor down a kill in the middle Jasmine Robinson and again takes one just hits it right at Grimes off Grimes the shoulder out of bounds I think the ucf's defensive positioning floor defense has been really good today they've been in the spot to make plays all night that's that's like rule number one like be ready and be in the right place for those just joining us 25- 15 UCF set one 2510 set two hoky playing with confidence here in set three leading by four Walgren in the middle and it's Jasmine Robinson with a great swing in the middle and Robinson you know I I don't think that she's quite the type of player yet that's going to go out and get three kills to set but to be a credible offensive option like she has been this set is really important because she requires a if she's going to get kills there the blocker has to pay attention to her which opens up things for your left side and right side using Robinson more in the offense I think is very very important for Virginia Tech moving forward whether it's been Robinson Pierce Patrick a lot of different hokey names we've talked about in set three and you know you're you're receiving better Virginia Tech you're you're serving much better so you're getting softer attacks and free balls from ucfs you can run more of your offense yourself if you're if you're running for your life the entire time as Victoria walren you know you're not setting an intricate offense you're not setting right side middle back row you're you're setting whoever you can whoever you can get the ball to at that point so the change in Virginia Tech's receiving and to a lesser effect they're serving has really impacted their offense timeout called by UCF the hokes take a look at kills by set that's almost as many in sets one and two combined for Virginia 10 I that's the story of the match Evan that's it right there that's you in order to get to 25 points you're going to have to earn 12 to 16 a set at least and hope that your opponents are going to give you a few off their own erors and the hookies were just weren't doing that for the first hour of this match Virginia Tech hitting 429 in set three and UCF right about that 250 Mark here in set number three which isn't bad it's not bad but if your opponent you're hitting 250 your opponent's hitting 429 and you're going to you're going to be losing probably Patrick on serve how does UCF respond out of the timeout a free ball Walgren Pierce too much I like the idea of going after the rest of the set and maybe the rest of the match going after armor in serive you know she's their best attack backer she's their their go-to player there make her pass make her pass every ball she's looked a little shaky this Set uh looked a little uncomfortable back there and receive make her carry the load in terms of serve receive you know you're going to get set all the time all right well you're also going to pass every ball sometimes you get players we like all we don't we just want to starve them we we don't want them to ever touch the ball if it can help Hope for it but I think this might be a time to flip that script a little bit [Music] nice pass Bond hits the antenna and also it's really important especially with a player like armor who is going to be a primary option in this rotation out of the back row on the Beck she's in the middle of the floor she would love to just be able to load up into the pick make her pass but also make her move deep make her move away from where she wants to attack to just like that on the right side that's down crosscourt kill for UC F that's Cohen that's Cohen's only her second slide attempt this this match honestly I'm honestly if I'm Tech I'm okay with that that's a pretty good pass it's good set oh that's right between two people someone's got to make a move there either Carrick or Patrick have to go for that ball got two freshman playing next to each other in the back row can sometimes get a little mixed up armor blocked way inside Wilson dump red well by shers armor great block touch there from the hokes what a rally back row Patrick got all of it but it does not drop in yeah I like that swing I like that swing what what have your biggest Impressions been of B Patrick today I think she needs to swing more like that takes hard swing she's got a live arm um she's not the highest play but that's okay she's going to be involved she is super competitive um she's vocal uh she works hard on defense these are all good things I think offensively she needs to when she has a good set she needs to go for it because that's the kind of stuff that's going to get kills in October and November in the ACC full hard swings those those type of swings are are the balls are the swings generate offense generate points wow hman just whiffed on an overpass because shers went up and got it malinowski puts Tech within three points you don't see that very often there was clearly pretty going to be an overpass Sher goes up and gets it and gets it the last second to the point where hman took a full swing on that expecting the ball to be there and shers just popped it away from her hman did well to not net there [Music] Victoria Walgren to serve coach Byer says she has a calming personality super positive her home debut she's got an [Applause] ace completely different UCF team offensively the set especially their service Eve they've really struggled and you got a bunch of experienced players back there I think they know it armor a roll shot have to convert this Pierce armor has been quiet this set but not on that point that's her 11th kill of the day out tied with Patrick for the most in the match and an ace on the other end so that's that's a really that's an effective strategy from UCF serving that deep seam between yodes and Pierce makes someone move make someone move deep to the corner to play that ball Pierce makes it set point Tech [Applause] this lineup to me makes so much more sense for Virginia T having Pierce on the left I think it simplifies things for them UCF really hasn't made many changes as said they're kind of rolling with their [Music] crew pancake from Patrick but no one there I'm sorry Evan I know how excited you were to call a pancake it is one of the best plays in sports come on you know it's I'll never forget I think our first match ever working together like six years ago this is season 7 for me and you uh someone got a pancake and you lost your mind it was I think it might be the first time we ever met I could never do that as a volleyball player I always you know I admire that so many things to get excited about a volleyball match this is what makes the sport so great had a great set number three Grimes trying to get UCF within four Patrick crosscourt that's down and the freshman in her home your UCF make the match about you being bigger and more physical you do that by controlling the ball better Wilson deserve and set for underway Pierce just a little long trying to go cross courts Wilson the team leader in kills a year ago 329 beautiful serve that ball just died as it crossed the 10- foot line Wilson I can see why she was had such a huge number of Aces last year talented server serves from multiple positions along the back line has different she gets she gets you know deep serves short serves Pierce right to Wilson and that's out of play uh Sarah malanowski coming again across trying to make that tip play almost got it that time even then I'd rather see that not be her responsibility you know that's a long way for a right side hitter to go and it automatically takes her out of the play even if she makes that play now she's out out there in the same spot where the left side hitter is going to attack I mean she comes all the way basically from the the top of the T in the VT that's about 20 ft to try and get a touch on that ball I think they're better suited having Yas make that play from Libo position and left back there is malinowski that's down nice combination block for the hokes I like running manowski that kind of that one ball he ran a 31 with a one so essentially Little X play didn't set her high enough that's for sure then they come back and make the make the block switch come back and get the Block shers in the middle Walgren back row set Pierce you two bets yeah smart play right there from B Patrick that that ball she could have attacked so the rule is on those those close plays kill it or keep it she chose to keep it she chose to pass it keep it on her side of the net and they were able to go quick back to pierce for the kill with almost no block up set Patrick play at the net Tech wins that point ties it at three so far through six points it looks a lot like the last set looks a lot like set three here UCF struggling to get into system Virginia Tech takes some good swings making some defensive plays a lot of this flows from the pressure the hookies are putting on UCF and service Eve I'd keep work I mean that that that that seam between you know top left your screen between Shear the Lio and armor the left side hitter I keep working that make one of those two players pass the ball and move to do it just like that it's a nice pass though shers to the right side good swing from Brit Carlson however a hokei in the net regardless I think that's I think that's fine I think that's a good strategy I mean you know stress armor make her make her play that again and again and again sometimes she's going to put a good pass up there that's fine she's a really good player but it's about the a the effect in the aggregate it's kind of like if you watch Boxing you know body shots over the course of a match hey I'm going to make you path to Ser path to attack again and again and again and again I don't know what we're doing here we have a scorekeeping issue is what we have because our our Wayne Clark is sitting there talking to the man in the glasses that it's Bruce Bradberry seems have got sorted out you know everybody I have shared a two and a half hour round trip car ride with Bruce Bradberry in the past so and on the over pass Carlson too easy score right where it needs to be UCF 5 Virginia Tech 3 what's on the line here in set four UCF wins they win the match Tech wins we go to a fifth set there's another overpass and in the middle Colorado transfer Alexia cool yeah cool I like that approach wi swing you know why take that hard swing there just two hand redirect find an empty spot on the court basically takes a hitting err out of play takes getting blocked out of play You're 6' seven you get to bounce a lot of balls make that one an easy one that's in on the line a great [Applause] block that's on the defensive side Ava armor yeah M Ali got hung out a little bit there that that sets tight it's hard for a right-handed right side to get to a tight set like that so LED right into the block armor comes up makes the play armor loads up big swing and a strong kill yeah this is danger time here for Virginia Tech we're getting a timeout from Marcy buers right now in response Knights on an early run in set number four leading 83 will return after these messages year for Coach Jenny Mau and UCF lot return Jake but those four newcomers could be really key pieces oh we've seen cool what kind of impact she has already just her physicality her skill set really too she's an excellent blocker moves well and has tons of experience already well in the Pack 12 and now K R's in the Big 12 again and she's in the Big 12 now at UCF so kind of like a homecoming sort of but you never really left you know and there is cool who has been playing college volleyball since the fall of 2019 that's awesome oh yeah wow I love that right don't they say stay in college as long as you can hey if someone's going to keep paying you to be there it's a good it's a good strategy Walgren Patrick that's out and you really go from Boulder the quintessential College maybe the most college town possible to Orlando which is very much not a college town that's that's big shift two great areas nice response from Virginia Tech out of the timeout two quick points they've cut the deficit to three Shear armor to touch mangel Duran with one hand the up Patrick big swing in the middle yes Jasmine Robinson it's got to be good for Robinson's confidence here to to to score against cool get set in transition they're not the plan is not going to be to set her a ton every night but to be that credible threat to be able to score when you have the opportunity is going to be really big shers in the middle cool wide open yeah that turned into a back one cools coming from behind the center from the right from ucf's right side of the Court tradition they're going to go in front of the center to hit a one ball there she diverts to the behind the center for the back one Robinson doesn't adjust and therefore she's reaching trying to make that block and that's just never going to happen you've got to block with your feet before you block with your hands Virginia Tech within two and rotating in is Aisha Carrick yeah going to this Lefty serve here she had nice serve she put a couple in last set pretty well a lot of freshmen have contributed in big ways today for Virginia Tech Armor stuffed that'll fire up this Tech crowd and Tech bench second big one from from Walgren there yeah set passes behind the setter double block out there walgr makes the move Robinson gets their lay but that's all wal yeah I like that serve that see making making Wilson make that move inside like that there's not an obvious receiver to attack there you've got defensive specialist a really good Li BR and shear and then Wilson so you've got to make somebody move a let's go Hoke's chant has broken out at Castle Coliseum Tech was down 83 and now tied at nine uh serving pressure again couple good moves in transition and a block from Walgren puts you right back in the set eight four was getting scary there for Virginia Tech that's where it starts to get away from you and you're chasing chasing chasing you'd much rather go on a run early rather than trying to go on a big run late it's so great to have college volleyball back this one of the great non-conference home matches that Virginia Tech volleyball has had in the last decade UCF a ton of success and this crowd enjoying it rightfully so everyone's going to be here for a while severe thunderstorm warning in blackburg until 7:30 so not a better place to be than right here might cool this building off a little bit I think UCF is going to be a is going to be competitive this year in the Big 12 I really do they have the size for it they have kind of that big gun aircraft carrier with AA armor they can get behind who's going to be the next step up is it going to be Bondi is it going to be you know Sasha Cohen that's really going to determine how they do in Big 12 season but this is a great early season test for Virginia Tech playing a nice level of competition but UCF going on the road not easy to get to blackburg Virginia from Orlando Florida you know you fly to Charlotte you got to drive 2 and 1 half hours and be here and go on the road in a hot gym nobody in the AC likes to play here that's for sure it's a good test early on out of the timeout big dig mangle Duran Patrick for the lead you bet and so here's the issue in this rotation for UCF they are in rotation four so sher's is left front it's cool and it's armor Wilson hasn't been taking a lot of swings out of the back row here so if it's not a good pass it's all armor you can key on that again bad pass double block Carriage goes to the floor before she sees where that Ball's going it touches the block and it goes different direction she's not ready to make that play but they got Virginia Tech got exactly what they wanted there they got an out of system roll shot from ucf's best player armor off the tape Walgren Patrick yes and Jake you can just feel the energy in this building shifting towards Virginia Tech yeah money pass here from manw Duran really good in system Patrick's in Tempo good enough pass that K's kind of got to stay inside and the quick set to the outside means that it's kind split block and Patrick hammers it right through there good offense that's over Pierce puts it away the hules once trailed by as many as five in set four they now lead by two you can see again they're working armor in server so now she's a back row player but if you Ser her you're taking her out or hitting that backck means that Bondi and cool have to carry the offense in this rotation Shear the bump pass [Applause] bonde Patrick from the back row puts it down it's good scramble um that Ball's rattling around above the blocker's head Jasmine Robinson realizes where it is pops it up and a timeout by UCF a little bit of life in the hokes here in set four trying to crack this thing open and you're in a difficult spot if your UCF again cuz your best player you know armor 12 kills hitting 321 she's in the back back row and your two rotations away from brick Carlson coming back in who's hitting 429 with 11 kills your two best attackers are either in the e poies were hitting at a negative clip and they have flipped a switch from set three on yeah suring pass gamees much better here now we're seeing kind of the endline view here you can see the the the offense spread Bondi on the left cool on the right armor oh served long armor is going to come from that right back position to attack back see that balance in the [Music] floor armor as well as Carlson the two knights and double figures in terms of kills over pass rejection and it's wal in the setter involved yet again she said by my count she's had three blocks at least that I remember and all three were massive blocks like not not these soft kind of rattle around the hands and the Nets dribble down the net these are just monster blocks it's good nice to have a Setter with size it's not the most important thing about being a Setter but if you have it it's good able to pick up your team sometimes when they make a mistake like an overpass Z's been effective here serving so far and she's got an ace [Applause] freshman again attacking armor here again and again and again now they're taking armor out of the passing out of the passing pattern they've dropped Bondi back to pass now you go after Bondi as a new player hasn't received much this match another low Line Drive Serb is that a good ball it is I can't tell wow Pierce that's long what an effort and a response from UCF I I don't think that's possible from where she dug that ball oh the antenna yeah there's I don't know how that made it inside the antenna and nobody's in position to make that call we're not going to get a challenge I guess not that's a pretty outrageous play you know maybe from there Khloe sheer it's a reason why she's one of the top libros in the Big 12 that was play that was a great play play at the net you know what that's wide you if you know what if you're Mary buyer like that is challengeable you could look at that that's going to take forever to figure out that's going to take minutes to get the right look at that the right angle and you still may not win the challenge and you're giving up your team's playing well right now you it's one point you've got UCF kind of shook so keep the pressure on let's move on let's let's go you know kid made an amazing play that was an amazing play from sheer there's Walgren her defense the blocking the story as of late roll shot get there that might have been long in the back row what does UCF need to do to get back in Rhythm Jake I think they have to settle down and receive cuz everything looks kind of stabby with the platform you know nobody looks particularly comfortable out there so I'm looking down my bench or looking at my my players that I trust and say who do I feel is going to calm things down in reception cuz that's the entire sport right there entire game right now yeah it's Pierce in the net it's a tight set she ended up winning that Jou but netted after after she jammed the ball through didn't have a whole lot of options there um so you see who is going to get me in Rhythm who's going to to calm us down you got to get off this big serve from Wilson here 60 plus Aces a year ago Walgren in the middle malanowski right through Tech by three boy UCF had that read like a book and they they pretty sure they're not going to set hman on that so when hman goes to the B the 31 the Gap whatever you want to call it they just parked it on malinowski she was able to hammer one through off the tape the the serve from Pierce a huge poke rejection Jordan Hallman the Jr all smiles medium pass this back set here is inside to Carlson inside's hard for a right-handed right side to hit an inside set block does a good job adjusting comes up with the stuff huge turning point there armor huge dig shers outside sets Patrick The Freshman shers outside again for armor back row set Pierce just a little long UCF within three I think that we are starting to see conditioning doesn't come into play a lot in the sport in my opinion until you get into these late these late set moments four set fif set long rallies what your third fourth fifth jump look like in one rally starting to see a little bit of conditioning issues here for both sides armor huge up mangel Durant Knights trying to get within two [Applause] armor Walgren on the Move Patrick into the stance and we see right there that that set comes out of walgren's Hands On The Tight pass that ball spinning like a top last year that's a double contact this year with the new ball handling rules because the next player to touch that ball is one of her teammates they're not going to call that a double if that went across the net that's going to be a double all day last year it would have been everyone would been screaming about it it now we're not going to call it which is fine ends up getting a great swing out of it huge Point again 1915 huge swing on the other end Britt Carlson with her 12th kill of the day and B Patrick's all up in the net on that play right there trying to make the block sometimes you try you really try and go for it because it's a good attacker in Rhythm here this is going to get the dicey so this rotation for UCF if Virginia Tech inside out here this is a tough rotation for UCF earlier in this set good pass good set swing in the middle woo what a cover what a cover from shear that's out of play bench loves it 20- 16 yeah that ball was roofed by Jasmine Robinson and somehow Shear got a hand underneath it and popped it up so this is a tough rotation here from UCF with shers left front cool an armor with not a lot of back row attack here coming so if it's a bad pass it's all all armor all day back row set big dig in the back row Patrick roll shot red well yeah UC it's Patrick in the net again it's her left hand we got a real good look at it from where we're sitting oh this is right in front of where we're sitting yeah you can see her left forearm Bel Patrick left forearm the top of the tape really trying to go for it 20 to 17 Walgren on the Move Patrick that hit any part of the line it did not and UCF down two right where they need to be I like that shot choice I really do uh yeah I like that shot with B Patrick a lot it's out of system it's you know you're if she hits it if she hits that in the court she does score there so you know it's off speed it's a hitting air but she really is trying to score you make a score there we're getting multiple floor wiping happening right now so coming out of this rotation this is rotation four for virin Tech which means the setter in position four left front of the net Jasmine Robinson and Bell Patrick again same thing Manuel Durant hasn't hit a lot of back row Carrick has hit some back row UCF lets him off the hook out a maybe a dicey Rotation by serving at the middle of the net so now back for UCF it's cool and it's Bondi with armor on the bck those are your three those are your three danger points there on a tight pass look for shers to call her own number we've also seen shers on a good on a medium pass go floor dump and just a set over from the floor shers to the right side crosscourt is wide they had that's cool they had Haley Pierce completely turned around as a left front blocker she stayed on showers when that's not really her responsibility that's got to be Jasmine Robin Robinson's responsibility got cool wide open one on none effectively and cool blows it blows It Wide too much from Patrick 22-9 again if youf can come from behind win this set they win the match if tech wins set four we go to a Fifth and final set season opener for UCF home opener for Virginia Tech after a five set win last night at winth Pierce crosscourt what a huge dig from shear and Tech unable to play that that's tough from Robinson usually my rule for blockers is don't reach back on tips because there are should be Defenders behind you the one exception is if you block touch it first and and it's right in front of you go get it I think she made the right choice there she just got to make the play Pierce huge dig from shear the senior 10 foot line and up play at the net someone's in the net and it's Virginia Tech yeah it's Robinson UCF within one so they've gone yeah so what we've seen from UCF tactically the last couple minutes they've got tip tip tip tip tip see Robinson yeah yep yep yep follows through hits a net it's kill if she doesn't net um you see the tips here Virginia Tech has been shaky on their tip defense and we've seen more and more of it from UCF the last few minutes they've scored a few times even then that created a lot of chaos for the hokes by that you know by tipping so how do you adjust if you're Virginia Tech man win the last time anybody but Ava armor swung down the line on the left side it's been a while so maybe you think about bringing up your right back player Carriage maybe bring her to 12 13 ft off the net on a left side attack look for that tip take that tip out of play and say make the make the left side hitter bomb one down the line now she does like Look Out Below cuz you're way up close to the net but take that tip out of play and make that a calm play for your team rather than kind of a crazy one right now a CH out from Virginia Tech you got two rotations before Armor's back in the front row and if you're the hokes you want to win it before Ava Armor gets back to left front why is that well for those just joining us Ava armor who was third on the UCF team a year ago in kills 13 of them today hitting 270 especially early in this match she was on fire for the nights yeah she slowed down a lot in the last two sets but she's still the most dangerous attacker of the gy CH and another thing when when you talk about what kind of effect height has is as the match goes on bigger players you don't you're going to jump lower but you're so tall doesn't affect you as badly maybe UCF reads the dump and you can see the carriage was pulled ra way up underneath the block there for the at that time Pierce that's down Point Tech on the line that's a really good adjustment there from Virginia Tech right back pulled up underneath the 10ft line look for the tip but Patrick shifts over to the back line back there shifts over to the back line towards the right sideline is able to pick up that swing to the corner and they convert the transition play it's a nice adjustment there in the moment from the hes nicy pass again hokes cover the 10- foot line well back row set for Patrick Walgreen Pierce huge up in the back row from armor look for a deep oh it's free ball now Walgreen dumps oh that's going to be tough that's going to be a tough swing Pierce back and forth we go Pierce tips it pancake successful one pierce again yes Set Point Virginia Tech that was very well executed by both teams right there UCF was on the back foot the entire time scramble scramble scramble Virginia Tech had to solve that problem at 23-21 before finding their first really hard swing of this of the rally Pierce puts it away thought she had it with the tip but a really good pancake there from Bondi [Applause] armor unblocked clean swing Cohen on the slide I think the slide is been underutilized here by UCF I don't think Virginia Tech is blocking it very well right now I think they're getting caught looking inside at Abby Scher setting too much and that slide is so quick they're they're running it so fast you really have to commit your left side blocker with that slide hitter as she goes to it I think that's somewhere UCF can really exploit either at the end of this set or maybe in the fifth but Virginia Tech needs to find a way to close it out here and the Knights exactly what they needed within one on serve and it's shers one of the stars of this night's team into the Nets we're going to a fif front maximize the number of swings that she gets in the fifth set fifth set underway shers to the right side and a kill for the knights and Brit Carlson who has quietly put together one of the best offensive days of any player on the floor yeah I would have said the same thing I think she's been quietly really good her number her numbers are outstanding U know right side attack it's hard to defend it's really tough to stop Walgreen lets it go over that's down how about that that is some that is some like old person adult league stuff right there just go up on that one she probably could have got that uh but to just let it go cuz everyone's looking for her to make a play the blockers are looking to go get the ball you know away from the center it's super smart some old head stuff right there armor strong swing needed for UCF armor really struggled in serving reive in set three and set four they poured a lot of serves onto her and I think that was a big factor in her not being very offensively productive the last two sets so far two Ser receives two perfect passes in set five armor had 10 kills through sets one and two she has four since just a little long hok's looking for a touch potential and Marcy buers and her Fifth Season appears to challenge at the scores table official time out looking for a touch off the block Sarah manowski hard crosscourt swing on a good set that's what you want I mean that's what you want out of your right side hitter you get a good set take a crack at it it's been a busy afternoon for Wayne Clark it has 3-1 versus 22 in a set to 15 is it's hard to say it's it's a big swing this early on but it's a big swing remember set four UCF got out to that 73 lead for of Virginia Tech timeout then the hokeys came from behind here's our first look you're looking for it off of Armor's left arm or left forearm and of the outside hard to say I think that if you told me someone came up told me she definitely touched it I would believe them based on that replay but I can't determine anything from that I think the big thing here and you brought it up earlier and I know everyone knows it but worth bringing up it's got to be conclusive yeah it's it h it has to be that's been the standard forever um I think we put our officials in a tough spot to determine block touches on balls being hit that hard we'll get a call here in a second then it's going to be time for someone to figure out how they're going to S out yep UCF out to a great start here and set five you know something I always remember to tell teams in sets to 15 at some point things are probably going to get pretty crazy always feels that way in the the siding set so you got to stay calm here's a senior Grimes on the serve Patrick armor walren back row for manguel Duran her first kill of the afternoon a big one yeah I don't think they've set her on that pick at all tonight and so she was totally unblocked you can see blockers bail Cohen goes to the goes to the right side hman in the middle leaves Durant man Durant just completely unblocked she converts something that's a scary like scary feeling as an attacker when you have no block shers the dump beautiful execution it's tough it's tough you as a middle Robinson you want to kind of have try to keep your hands high you don't want to jump with that because sher's not jumping and getting up on top and throwing it down it's very soft finessed dump right there if you keep your hands high maybe you deflect it just pop it up in the air [Music] [Music] 4-2 UCF and here is Ava armor Patrick kill UCF heiney bond in her return to the floor has been hug huge in some big moments yeah you just to want that one back that's kind of right in her bread basket and she sort of stabbed at it instead of making a move towards it Patrick again tip you bet how about Sasha Cohen today when her number's been called she's delivered and it forces a Virginia Tech timeout yeah Cohen limited offensive production only eight swings but four kills in those eight swings she's been big in big moments we'll step aside with them back with more fifth set action from Castle after this timeout did you know that if you shave welcome back Fifth and final set UCF with a 62 lead forc to Virginia Tech timeouts and one of the stars of the day Ava armor on surf malanowski good swing much needed that's a big swing like you've got to find a Kill from a bad pass and to get that from your right side mount Alie doesn't take a ton of swings for the hes really good rip down the line Aisha Carrick The Freshman from Naples Florida they need Carrick to come up with something here UCF 73 off the service err again playing to 15 win by two here's Cohen five kills on nine swings today to go along with four digs oh boy Virginia Tech Virginia Tech's going to get a rotation fault here an overlap it looks like oy so we've got a rotation fault here you see Caleb Pierce on the Virginia Tech staff talking with Wayne Clark here's a look okay so they're in five okay here's here's the issue they're lined up in rotation five like Victoria Walgren is middle front and now seeing where they are as they switch sides Walgren should have they should have been rotation four Walgren left front so they're it's not as much of an overlap as them being in completely the wrong rotation oh that's a that's that's that's tough that's tough two and a half hours into a match so someone got mixed up yeah because carrot just served so she's right back so walgren's left front and then they went lined up in rotation five yep two teams switch benches that's actually remarkable that that the down ref caught that because that's not something you're used to as someone just being in the wrong rotation Knights by five and Tech gets one back couple of service errors on both sides of Tech's going to come back number 10's going to have a reason behind it B Patrick 17 kills great lowline Drive serve Bond stuffed it's the defense that comes up for Virginia Tech that's where you're going to come back in a match where you're down 84 83 is you need to generate some points defensively so off your serve and block Walgren again Walgren is blocked very well tonight she's been a very effective blocker scored a lot of points off her block back row set for armor he moved armor to a back row b to oh wow Pierce puts Tech within two so they moved armor to more of like a blue or something like that where it's a back row attack but from behind the setter rather than in front of the setter trying to change that point of attack yis digs her well and then Tech's able to transition to kill there huge sequence it's a great pass Bond dig from Patrick Pierce rolls shots one. set got the campfire defense there from UCF everybody sitting around a campfire time outs UCF and just when it looked like the knights might be in position to run away with this fifth set the hokeys come right back yeah so they a that's a really really good serve B Patrick filthy pass from Grimes that was a m pass on a tough serve they get oneon-one on the left side wer puts up a decent block but a huge take huge dig for Patrick in the back row like that should have been a kill for UCF off a pass that good big swing here they've done it they've generated points out of transition off their defense they've blocked they've served well Virginia Tech has transitioned off of digs to kills it's the only way you come back all right Jake biggest point of emphasis for each coach right now to their team what is it if I'm Virginia tack if I'm Marc I'm saying we we are going to pour it on them in the service line that's the one area where I think that they've executed as well or better than UCF serve tough the rest of the way if you go down and other point is if you go down you go down swinging you go down hitting the ball hard you go down serving tough UCF it's grind them out it's look if we don't get the great set to get the big kill hit it hard hit it deep get Virginia Tech out of system and we'll get him the next time around because we're bigger and more physical this crowd on their feet they have been treated to an excellent volleyball match that is coming down to the wire every Point matters again playing to 15 Bell Patrick on the service line has gotten Virginia Tech back into the set she's got a double double in her home debut fond yes that's through I would get I would get now Grimes is going to rotate out she may not come back into the match match might be over before she comes back in but if she's back and I'm getting that serve off of her she's stuck three in a row including two really really nasty serves that's down on the line an Ace and you heard multiple people from Virginia Tech calling that ball out out out and that dropped at the last second huge moment from shers Knights by [Applause] three I I would have it with me I would have called a timeout right there 107 and settle my team down and UCF shers lets him off the hook that serves the middle that serves in the bottom of the net so rotation one here bonday crosscourt missed it one point Fifth and final SE they've got a slick slick spot on the floor right here the Bondi slipped on I spent a lot of summers in Castle Coliseum and this floor gets very wet get very hot in here very sticky very humid there's a huge thunderstorm outside right now too so it's super humid in here the floor stays wet timeout UCF had [Applause] an early lead Virginia Tech very similarly to set four down early found a way to respond Jake this has truly been really fun volleyball yeah it's been it's been good I I think the the Tactical adjustments have been fun to see um we haven't had both teams executing really well at the same time very very often here where we had kind of a couple blowout sets uh right now they're both playing at about the same level here in terms of offensive Rhythm and execution they're both playing both teams are playing hard let's be clear about that they're both working really really hard right now so as we finish this match it's very even right now in terms of level of play Not Just score biggest message here again for both staffs oh same message Virginia Tech serve them off the Court serve tough keep it on them whoever your target is whatever your strategy is I think it's been a lot of serve AA armor but serve tough here take them out of system because you can win that match out of system and UC fits I would say cut down on the hitting airs wait for your spot play good defense and then bury it when you get a good set like use your physicality to be good blockers and big attackers look for this serve between Bond and armor that five zone five zone six seam up the left side of ucf's formation here freshman Nicole zake she's been good tonight here's her surf 56 seam right there on Armor bump set Bond it's got to be dug yep chance to tie it for tech oh that's they do it's in back line and it's Aisha Carrick the freshman in her home debut that's a really really bold Choice there from Walgren to go to the Freshman who's taken two swings this match in a huge moment Carrick buries it deep deep Corner that's some overpass oh bonde responds UCF still in front 1110 and how about the knights as she checks out the trust they have in her down the stretch I think that she's been very effective bondy has how about zake for Virginia Tech that's a hard role to be in to come and serve so well there as a [Applause] freshman armor out of play Knights within three points thank you Virginia Tech I'm looking for a timeout here just because 1310 tough it's Emily Wilson second most aces in the Big 12 a year ago overpass UCF another Point cool in the middle timeout Virginia Tech Wilson that tough server off the top of the tape not handled particularly well walgren's front row but there's not a lot she's going to do there against 6' 7 again for the hokes got to find a pass got to find a pass Pierce is in the front row we're going to find Haley Pierce Pierce with 13 kills and Patrick leading the way for Virginia Tech with 17 meanwhile three knights in double figures and kills armor with 15 Carlson 13 and bond in her return with 12 pretty Bal pretty balanced offense from UCF Sher SP spread the ball around well makes it hard to key in on one player especially as armor kind of went off the the boil last couple sets other people have been really effective especially Carlson so here for Virginia Tech you're in row six we've got um hman and Pierce yeah then B Patrick out of the back row that's a big big block for UC up up there with cool armor and Carlson 63 6567 does Virginia Tech have one more push left in him UCF within two service error and it's I like that serve though Walgren on serve her home debut the transfer from Utah all right this is probably this roow two this is probably ucf's best side out rotation play it the that cool wide one point Fifth and decisive set and they're playing with fire UCF is that's two tight passes in a row out of ser Eve shers has done very well to get to those as a back row Setter Bowski has got to get keyed in here on Armor especially if it's a little bit awkward out of system anything like that shelmer the set to the right side Carlson that's in Match Point coming for the knights okay so line judge called that ball in and then switched the call to a touch edj YZ was very clear the ball was out and I don't know if we're getting looks like we're going to get no no challenge here I think Yodas did touch it and probably told Marcy Byers that and it's Khloe Shear in her senior year a chance to serve for the match Pierce stuffed again yes Point Tech got to take the swing take the swing tip gets thrown right back at you take a hard swing to get a kill you've got to swing your way to winds here and this is what you're going to see from UCF so UCF it's Carlson Sasha con and armor Haley Pier serving if it's me this ball goes to armor serve armor make her go P to attack M Al's got to get keyed in again we watch Cohen on the quick shers the set armor wins the match for UCF her 16th kill of the night the ex point on a five set Thriller a big hug from coach Jenny Maher and