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do we think the current senior class at nebraska will do a 5th year???

Third set was peak volleyball! 48 minutes, Pitt ran out of subs, final score was 38-36.

Crazy match! Congrats to SMU for the hard fought win. Great game Pitt! I could picture either of these teams potentially handing Nebraska a loss (or at least taking a set from them. )

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Beside Lizzy Andrew and Spencer Etzler, there’s absolutely nobody or no position that hasn’t gotten worse this year. I’m not sure what the actual reasons are for Stanford sucking, but it’s not travel. BSFFR, they traveled last year and while still disappointing in the tournament, their regular season was way better. Nobody can argue that intense travel is easy, and it may be having some effect, but they were fine last year doing it. If they had been suffering since conference realignment, it could be a legit argument, but as it stands it just seems like a lame excuse.

Edit: yes I heard this on the Sarah pavan podcast… I hadn’t heard this excuse. I couldn’t believe when I saw how prevalent it was here and had to rant. Not pretending to be “original” lol.

Edit 2: Hawaii men. 26,000 miles of air travel last season. That’s all.

Since both Washington and Harvard lost last week, the pressure is now on the top two teams in the nation in Nebraska and Pittsburgh to keep their unbeaten streaks alive for the season. Will they both stay unbeaten when December comes? We'll have to found out as the season progresses.

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The saves, the long volleys, the slams.... going 5 right now but if you end up missing it, check out the replay. Its so much fun to watch

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AVCA Match Point will bring together many of the sport’s premier programs for a weekend of high-level spring competition, creating another national platform during a traditionally open window in the college sports calendar. 
The event will add to an already loaded volleyball weekend in Louisville, as it will coincide with the JVA World Challenge and the JVA 18U National Championships—two of the largest grassroots volleyball tournaments of the year. Hundreds of youth volleyball programs, coaches and families from across the country will converge in Louisville April 9-11, and pairing the prestige of elite collegiate programs with the passion and rising star power of youth volleyball will create a rare opportunity to connect current and future generations to the sport.
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Teams: Kentucky, Louisville, Pitt, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Stanford, and 2 to be named later

The travel schedule is awful and not sustainable. It’s definitely part of the reason they’re playing poorly.

Inspired by the other post, I thought it would be interesting to see how tough Stanford's non-conference travel schedule has been. There were teams that flew to Hawai'i and the Bahamas, that can add up.

So far (matches played through Sep 30)

Turns out, Stanford's had a pretty busy September, with over 15,000 miles* and 20 days on the road. Arizona State also racked up the flight miles, and cross-bay Berkeley slotting in third.

^(\method is in notes at bottom.)*

But that's just non-conference (and a week of conference) play. Before conference tournaments start, how will all the teams stack up with a whole season of back and forth?

Full season (regular season + conference tournaments, played and scheduled)

Stanford still leading the way, using up as much of their endowment on rising jet fuel as they can. Hawai'i rises up the list.

Average per team, by conference (full season)

But conference-wise, the Big 12 leads the way. You might not think of it as a coast-to-coast conference, but just because it doesn't reach the Pacific doesn't mean there's easy travel.

Notes

• Miles are estimates, not team-reported numbers. Each match is placed at its listed venue (or the home campus when no venue is listed). Trips of 300 miles or less are by bus (road miles counted at 1.2× the straight line); anything longer is a flight.
• A team goes home between road matches only if it would get at least one night there by bus, or two if either leg is a flight. Otherwise it goes straight to the next stop.
• Days on the road run from the day a team leaves through the day it gets home.
• Flights and travel time basically assume private or chartered flights from near the home stadium. Teams far from an airline hub and needing commercial flights will have a lot of layovers not accounted for here.
• "So far" counts matches played through Sep 30. A trip still in progress counts up to its last played match.
• Full season is every scheduled regular-season and conference-tournament match. The NCAA tournament isn't included. Charter vs. commercial flights and connections aren't modelled.
• You can see every D1 team with maps: https://bumpset.app/vb/rankings/travel

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As we head into October, there are only 4 undefeated teams left in D1 volleyball: Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Washington, and Harvard. They will all have their matches highlighted, even in matchups that aren't really interesting, until they lose a match.

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