Pepperdine loses NCAA final
Posted by devo on May 4, 2008
Aussie Paul Carroll’s Pepperdine University lost the grandfinal of the college national title to Penn State today our time 1-3. I listened to the match here
Paul high scored the match with 35 kills. He contributed 3 aces and 8 digs. Paul was also selected in the finals’ all-tournament team.
set 1: Pepperdine 6-12, 9-16, 12-17 “Like a shrimp on the barbie, Carroll is getting hot now” 18-18, 21-19, 25-22, 27-26, 30-27
set 2: Pepperdine 4-4, “As impressive a young player as I’ve seen in a long time” 8-8, 11-11, “international experience showing through” 15-14, 15-17, 18-20, 20-23 “he’s got all the tools” 26-27, 27-27, 29-29, 31-31, 31-33
set 3: Pepperdine 5-5, 9-7 (Carroll 25 kills @ 41%) 12-14, 17-21, 21-25, 25-27, 25-30
set 4: Pepperdine 0-6, 2-8, 7-12 “we’ve got to squeeze Carroll” 11-15, 14-21, 19-27, 23-28, 23-30
