UC Irvine at Stanford (MVB - Div. I) - results
the Kaminsky family
Not only was there no TV, but there's no radio coverage either
(and often no newspaper coverage either - I still miss the
Paly Times). Just in case anyone is trying to be surprised,
though, I'll hold off the results to the next screen.
I finally got a new computer - but it's back in the box
and going back to the store tomorrow. It should have been
a pretty nice system - 1.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4, 256 MB RAM,
CD R/W, DVD ROM. But HP ain't what it used to be ...
Twenty-odd years ago, when I had my first software job,
we had a lab full of HP 2100 series computers. The benches
averaged about a half dozen cards lying around; when you
needed a particular configuration, you grabbed the right
cards, pulled out anything in the wrong slot (interrupts
were prioritized by slot order), and then shoved in the
cards the way you wanted them. We never had a problem
with treating the hardware like that. The only hardware problem
I can remember in over two years at the job was once (of course,
the day before a demo of my stuff to the customer and our high
executives) when the air conditioning went out and the lab
went up to about 80 degrees - and HP sent out a tech as soon as
the temperature went down, then disassembled their sales demo
machine because that was the only source for the one board we needed,
so we were back up with time for a dry run before the demo, which
went off without a hitch. But that was then - the new computer
is an HP Pavilion 751n, and it crashes so frequently that I cannot
finish a game of spider. Oh, well. I'll find something better
to replace it.
Back to volleyball - Stanford won, 27-30, 30-27, 20-21, 30-26.
Side-out scores were 10-13, 11-8, 13-5, 11-7.
The Anteaters list 21 players on the roster, but had 12 in uniform
tonight. They played David Kniffin (S), Erick Helenihi (OPP),
Brenden Watumull (MB; Spencer Bemus came in to serve late in
game 1, but a Bocage kill got Stanford the side-out; BJ Fell came in
to serve late in game three, but a Toppel kill - on a deep roll shot -
got Stanford the side-out; in both cases, the libero replaced the server
and was still in when the game ended; Bemus also came in to serve
late in game four, but Hansen put the ball down on two for a Stanford
side-out, and in came the libero - this time, though, Watamull returned
to the front row at match point), Kyle Weichert (MB), Jarett Jensen (OH;
Devin Shea came in to serve late in game two, staying through the
back row - Jensen returned for the last point of the game; nearly
half-way through game 3, Bemus replaced Jensen in the front row,
and stayed in for 15 rallies - Jensen returned when Bemus rotated
back into the front row; later in that game, Jensen was hurt -
I didn't see what happened, but the coach came to check on him,
and decided to leave him in, so I guess it wasn't too bad - he
played the whole fourth game, too), Jimmy Pelzel (OH), and Monte Tucker
(L). On the bench were Wade Ichinose, and Russ Marchewka.
The Cardinal list 13 on the roster, but had 12 in uniform. they
played Kevin Hansen (S; Patrick Bomhack came in for one play
on Toppel's serve in game two - a Weichert kill got UCI the side-out,
and one play on Toppel's serve in game four - Stanford netted for
the UCI side-out), Curt Toppel (OPP), Kyle Strache (MB; Chris Sandman
played games two, three, and four), Paul Bocage (MB; Doug Johnstone
came in to serve late in game one but a Pelzel kill from the back
row gave UCI the side-out, he came in to serve late in game two but
UCI got a kill for the side-out: in both cases the libero replaced
Johnstone and finished the game; Johnstone came in to serve again
late in game three, but this time he finished the game serving;
Johnstone again came in to serve late in game four, but Weichert
got a kill on a quick set for a UCI side out, and again the libero
replaced Johnstone and finished the game), Billy Strickland (OH;
David Vogel replaced him to serve late in game three, and finished
the game in the back row), Marcus Skacel (OH), and Seth Ring (L).
William Curtis (who led the team with 13 kills against Cal Tuesday)
was on the bench.
Before the game, Stanford honored seniors Seth Ring and Marcus Skacel.
Scoring (Stanford score first; comma indicates side-out; square brackets
indicate comments; period indicates end of rotation):
Game 1 (the Anteaters served first):
0-5 [not a good start for the Cardinal: a block out of bounds,
a dig that went back over the net and the end line, an ace
that Stanford thought would be long, a kill by Helenihi (who
lived up to his billing - before the match I met Marcus Skacel's
father, who told me that his son had played on the same team with
Helenihi - I think he said club ball as well as the junior nationals
- and that Helenihi was the best player on the UCI team), and
a kill by Jensen - off the block and out of bounds] ,,,,2-7 2-8
,,,,4-10 4-11 ,,,6-12 7-12 ,7-13 .[end of first rotation]
,,,9-14 10-14 ,10-15 10-18 ,11-18 14-18 ,14-19 14-21 ,,15-22 15-23
,,,,17-25 .[end of the second rotation]
,,,19-26 21-26 ,,22-27 24-27 ,,,,26-29 27-29 ,27-30 [ending on a
back-row kill by Helenihi]
Game 2 (the Cardinal served first):
,,,1-2 1-3 ,,2-4 2-6 ,3-6 4-6 ,,5-7 8-7 [the first Cardinal lead
of the match, on a Skacel kill for the side-out, and then
a lift call on serve receive, and consecutive blocks by
Sandman and Hansen and then by Sandman and Skacel. A service
error turned the ball over to UCI] ,,9-8 10-8 ,10-9 10-10
,11-10 . [end of the first rotation]
,,,12-12 12-13 ,13-13 14-13 ,14-14 14-15 ,,,,,,17-18 17-19
,18-19 . [end of the second rotation]
19-19 ,,20-20 21-20 ,,22-21 24-21 ,,,,,,,27-25 27-26 ,28-26 .
[end of the third rotation]
29-26 ,,30-27 [ending on a Strickland kill off the block]
Game 3 (UC Irvine served first):
0-1 ,,1-2 1-3 ,2-3 4-3 ,,5-4 6-4 ,,,,,,,9-8 . [end of 1st rotation]
,10-8 11-8 [the following play appeared to be a block by Sandman
and Toppel, but was ruled an Anteater point - my guess is that
the ball came down on the Stanford side of the net, but it might
have been a net violation or ?] ,,12-9 13-9 ,,14-10 15-10
,,16-11 17-11 ,17-12 17-13 ,,,,19-15 .[end of 2nd rotation]
,20-15 21-15 ,21-16 21-17 ,22-17 23-17 ,,24-18 25-18 ,25-19 25-20
,,,27-21 30-21 [the side-out was a Skacel kill; then Johnstone
came in to serve, and got a point on a UCI hitting error - after
a dig went deep to the right side of the court, the save came
to the left front - almost hittable, but UCI chose to bump it
over - unfortunately for them, the player was not facing the
net, and bumped it wide to his left; Johnstone's next serve
hit the net and rolled over for an ace; on the final point,
Stanford got a dig up near the net, and Hansen came flying
in for a vicious kill - UCI couldn't get a block up in time
(they might have expected him to set - it was quickly too late).]
Game 4 (Stanford served first):
,,,,2-2 3-2 ,3-3 3-4 ,,,,,6-6 7-6 ,,8-7 . [end of the first rotation]
10-7 ,10-8 10-10 ,,11-11 11-14 ,12-14 13-14 ,13-15 13-16
,,,15-17 17-17 ,,18-18 20-18 ,,21-19 . [end of the second rotation]
,,,,23-21 24-21 ,,,,,,27-24 28-24 ,,29-25 . [end of the third
rotation]
,,30-26 [ending on a Toppel kill].
As always, the skill of the players is amazing. I'm getting used to
rally scoring, though I still don't like it much as a spectator -
it makes blowouts longer, and tight games shorter, which is just the
opposite of what I'd prefer. But I'm used to volleyball - as in
volleys. If the ball goes over the net more than three times in
a rally in the men's game, that's a long rally. The women's game
is going that way, too. I guess I'll probably get used to it after
a while - maybe when I'm unable to keep up with the youngsters in
my volleyball class (not that I can really keep up with them now,
but old age and treachery are still hanging in there).
Take care.
Mark
-- Go, Cardinal!
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current scoring to the old side-out scoring and your reporting methods
provides this comparison.
Cheers.
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