Tonight was not good at all. Holthaus had a negative hit %. Newsome was benched due to poor play as CJL went back to a 5-1 and played Brandt instead. The team overall hit .108 while UNI was at .224. CJL had to substitute freely in order to find positive production. 14 players made an appearance while UNI played nine. Hatch, Stonestreet and Krzeslak weren't suited up, I presume due to injury. I was able to watch only the first 3 sets and it appears I didn't miss much in the 4th. I have not yet seen a link to CJL's post game presser, one would assume she would display a high degree of frustration after tonight's debacle.
UNI is okay but this group is not as good as their Sweet 16 teams. If ISU doesn't makes significant improvement in their final 3 non con matches, there is no way they finish .500 or better in conference play. As it stands now, they will need to finish at least 3rd to sniff the NCAAs and beat the likes of Texas, Baylor and KU perhaps at least twice out of those 6 matches.