[Husker] Nebraska Falls in Five to Texas

[Dr. Derek Ryter]

I'll be the first: a dig is when a spike or tip is hit successfully,
possibly to generate a pass or set, you dig?  If you spike and they can't
dig, then it's a kill.  Therefore if your kill percentage goes up that's
good, and so is you dig percentage, or your digs versus your opponent's.
There's also the number of blocks, as Elmer is chasing the record for blocks
and may have broken, I haven't heard, is also a defense against a kill, and
decreases the number of digs.

Please correct me if I'm not up on this.

So, the Huskers may have been out-dug, but that could be because they were
blocking well, or it could be why they lost: their sets and passes weren't
well timed and they were out of sync as we saw against Mizzou, causing
swings that didn't generate kills.  It sounds like they went up 2-0 and lsot
their focus, and never got it back.  I'm glad this game happened now instead
of in the NCAA tournament.

Derek

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From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com]On Behalf
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Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:03 AM
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Subject: Fw: [Husker] Nebraska Falls in Five to Texas


Great article, Jon, thanks.

A couple of questions. The article uses some terms I don't quite understand.
For example: "was out-dug, 75-59" Does anyone know what is a dig or dug?

I'm guessing that a kill is when the serve is not returned. Is that correct?

Thanks,

Monty

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