Monday morning recaps with your cup o' joe

It's Christmas in Pullman! - In a year where USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, and Oregon can't make up their minds whether they're top 10 or not, it only makes sense that Washington State should beat the Huskies for the first time since 2002. This Palileo guy just might know what he's doing!

Cal State JeffStork wins close one - How close? Pacific's offense went 63 kills, 34 errors on 181 attempts to hit .160, with 70 digs. CSUN's offense had 63 kils, 33 errors on 180 attempts to hit .167, with -- you guessed it -- 70 digs. Unfortunately, the win only improves them to 3-6 in conference.

I wouldn't start in that rotation anymore - Akron lost the first 22 points in game one of their match against Central Michigan, all under the direction of Kaitlyn Hurt's serving.

Oklahoma beats Nebraska! - No, not really. Just wanted to try it on for size, see how it felt. Huskers handled the pesky Sooner squad. Interesting fact of the night: Huskers only had 4 less hitting errors in this 3-1 win than they had in their 5-game loss to Iowa State.

UCSB is for real y'allz! - Or maybe the magic of Debbie Green is for real. Now that she stopped coaching to watch daughter Dana, the South American Cowboys are 16-5. Or maybe it's because Saraceno has become the west coast version of Ohio's Godzilla. Or maybe because K-Greg is doing her best coaching ever. Or maybe because Venus is in retrograde.

Broncos love '09 now - Forget anything we've said about the Broncos before now. After sweeping the Bobcats, it's party time again in Kalamazoo! And you know they get down in The 'Zoo...well, I imagine they do, most likely.

Moss needs a day off...and a new right arm - Duke is pushed to five games twice in a row, with Moss getting 42 kills on 90 swings. Urango should have gone to the ACC.

And what's the deal with North Carolina? - The Tarheels are HOT, winning six of their last eight. Let's go to the student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel and see if there's any good news that could be inspiring Sagula's Gals to new heights:
That IS good news.