Just got back from the game. Our serve receive looked elite for the first three sets, not sure how much of that was Baylor not serving all that aggressively vs how much our players have improved.

Definitely a lot of jitters for our hitters in the first set. They were making bad hitting errors on good sets. Also noticed some missed connections with Waak and more so with Musgrove when she was setting. Blocking didn't look great but I think it will start coming together once they get further into the season.

Waak looked to be in the best shape I've seen her in. Humphrey also seemed to be moving around the court better but still not enough power in her attacking. She does do all the other things well. Was interesting to see her playing as a DS in a couple sets. Curious if they will employ that in real matches or just let Hellmuth and Stowers play all around. Definitely nice to know we have options at outside this year, and Fitch was impressive for a freshman.

For anyone that was there in person and who has been following volleyball for a long time, Alisha Glass Childress (setter for the Penn state dynasty years and USA national team) was sitting on our bench the whole match. I spoke to her briefly after the match and she's basically a consultant for the team in terms of mental health and performance. She's also going to be head coach of the San Diego Mojo pro team in the spring of this year. Pretty cool to have her helping out the team!

Also the crowd was very impressive for an exhibition match. I'd say easily 3500+ people in attendance.