Kolek planning to go pro
Here are the revised tallies for the Big East as of 9/6/18:Georgetown (3) (No. 33; 1 in "the 150"; 1 "just missed")Villanova (2) (both in "the 150")Creighton (2) (1 in "the 150"; one "just missed")Xavier (2) (1 in "the 150"; one "just missed")Marquette (1) (1 in "the 150")DePaul (1) (1 "just missed")Here's a description of Marquette's recruit: Hannah Vanden Berg, 5-11 OH, Little Chute (Wisconsin), FC Elite – Marquette
StillAWarriors is the BigDaddy of Big East volleyball 😂I appreciate the updates though, must be pretty handy to be in the inner circle of a D1 sports program.
Great win by Marquette tonight. Knocked off #10 USC 3-2. Next up, #3 BYU. Should be a great test.
The match vs. Wisconsin on Friday night is sold out.I was going to go but they're not available on Stubhub. Anyone looking to sell 2 tickets? Or know of where to find 2 tickets?
Call the athletic department and ask to put you on a waitlist. Usually the opposing team never use their full allotment of tickets.
Thanks for the recommendation. I shot them an email and they responded that there are no tickets available, there will be no tickets coming back to them from UW's allotment, and there is no secondary market for tickets.Apparently a donor to MU bought out the entire lower bowl in order to give out tickets to only Marquette fans so that UW fans cannot get into the lower bowl. Kind of nice to give MU that kind of home court advantage, but also really lame to take away the opportunity for more casual fans to see what should be a high level match, something that could turn a casual fan into something more than casual.
The donor just bought 600 tickets in the lower bowl. The casual fan was needed versus #10 USC and #3 BYU last weekend. Plus, Creighton will be a huge match-up later this year.
Do you still live in the area? If so, if it were me, I'd drive over and take my chances. After all, you're a Marquette fan, and that's who the donor wants in the lower bowl. But I'd totally understand if you didn't want to drive a long way if there is no guarantee you'll get in.Also, check your messages.
I just have my doubts that anybody is going to be scalping tickets to a volleyball match. Not a market typically for those, so my feeling is that people who have tickets for the match tomorrow are people who really want to be in there seeing the match.
Got it. Any idea who this donor is and how they determined who would get the tickets they bought?
That's true, but it's also unclear how the mysterious donor will be distributing the tickets. He or she might just be standing in front of the Al handing out tickets to people wearing MU gear.
It's a poster on Brew City Ball and Dodds site. He put out a message and posters IM their address to him. I believe he is a older man, who goes to all the hoops and volleyball games with his wife.
How was the environment? I see MU got smoked 3-0 by the more elite Badgers. Let's throw this one out there. The NBE has been good for basketball, but it appears our Olympic sports are more mid-major. The soccer programs look to have fallen off. Also, a number of teams look good enough to get into the NCAAs and then quickly exit, same as hoops. Maybe the problem is more of these sports are dominated at the top by a few, top funded schools and it will take a while for parity to break-through.Lacrosse has a chance. But, what will it take ($$) to break-through? The walk-back on the Performance Center certainly didn't help but it's more than that as MU has invested in these sports and a few do well but not elite like a ND. Is it all about the lack of football money?
I was surprised to see Marquette got swept by Creighton yesterday. I've been picking Marquette to win the conference, and yesterday was supposed to be the first step toward that. Oh well, we'll get them next time.And, in an unusual start to the season, when the Hoyas come to the Al on Friday night, they'll be ahead of Marquette in the standings. I can't even venture a guess on the last time that was the case. Hopefully Georgetown will be at 3-0, but even in the worst case scenario they'll be 2-1. This is the first time that Georgetown has started the conference season 2-0 since 2001. And rest assured, the game this weekend will be only the third time ever that I've rooted against Marquette! I'd just like Georgetown to be semi competitive -- Marquette was a really difficult match-up for them last year. I have no illusions that Georgetown will actually win the match.
Any idea of the roster makeup of Creighton? Are they a big team? I've only seen MU play twice, but my guess is that they will struggle all year long with teams that can match them in physicality and will beat a lot of teams that might be skilled but small.
Must be the setter at Georgetown...