Competitive balance continues to grow within Pac-10 women's volleyball. Stanford, Washington, UCLA, and USC have been national powers over the last several seasons and beyond. Cal made the Final Four last season and is doing well this season, and Arizona has made some noise in the past.
This weekend, the two Oregon schools gave notice that they shouldn't be overlooked, either. The University of Oregon knocked off both UCLA (Friday) and USC (Saturday) in Eugene, allowing only a single game (or as they now call it, "set") in the two matches combined. Oregon State, playing in Corvallis, likewise beat USC, but lost to UCLA, albeit in five games.
What really caught my attention for purposes of this blog, however, is the statistical inclination of the person who writes about volleyball for the UO's GoDucks.com athletics website. As seen in this article on the Oregon-USC match, the writer zeroes in on the huge difference between the teams' hitting percentages and uses comparative statistics from the rest of the season to put last night's figures in perspective.
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You should add your UCLA posts to the Bruinville UCLA news site. They have a volleyball section there.
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