Long Beach State Athletics!: Re: & UCSB beats Arizona

Sac State was actually the bw team I was most interested in this past weekend. They were coming off a good year and returned most of their impact players. They played 3 good teams that will win many matches this year so I was using that as a parameter. Sac lost two of those in 5 sets going 0-3 for the weekend. BW teams seem to always lose those tough 5 setters to good teams lol. UCSD was the over performing team for me.

I agree, Utah State was the most disappointing of the bunch. I also though CSUN underperformed by losing to Denver.

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not sure how Zona will end up, but UCSB did sweep them in Tucson, so that says something

Cal Poly could not deal with Texas A&M, but without their standout middle.

Sac State went 0-3, albeit losing in Malibu in 5 to the Waves.

I thinkn Utah Valley was the biggest flop of potential contendors.

just based on one week

I'd still have Poly #1

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it's early though, UCSB did seem to reload well based on a single week

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so there's that. She certainly looked like the biggest impact player for UGLY

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I thought Nebraska was going to win it all last year... the year before.... Texas as a program seems to start the season slower than others do most of the time. I watched Pitt play and they look pretty darn good too. The final four will probably be the usual suspects.

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No 1 Nebraska sweeps no 2 Texas. Nebraska on a mission this year after losing in the final 4 and going 33-1 last year. They look unbeatable. To be fair to Texas they lost Abby Van Der Wal with a knee injury yesterday but still WOW! Perfect season's for Nebraska and Hawaii on the men's side a distinct possibility.