If y'all have the time, watch the Wisconsin/Penn St match from Fri Nov 29... it was amazing... and watching that also made me realize that they're on another level. I can't believe Pitt is as ranked as high as they are after watching us play them (no knock on our ladies) and watching the Big 10 monsters play.
That said, we got shafted... the automatic entries of winning a no-name conference is also taking spots away. And csmith515, you're absolutely right, if we beat Pitt, that would've been our signature win and we would've been in. If we can pin it on that one moment from the season, that was it. And boy did we almost have it. We were 13-13 in the 5th set and coming out of a timeout, unfortunately, Pitt took the next two points. And that was an away game mind you.
I really feel so bad for our ladies. They fought so hard... amazing comeback games vs NC State and ND just in the last one month.
Next year is gonna be really exciting! We lose Komby (sob) but everyone else comes back and I'm seeing Erin Moss to fill in nicely for Komby... mind you, what if we get another freshman phenom like Bergman? Can't wait.