Babban sakon ya bayyana cewa, kungiyar tennisi ta NC State ta kammala kakar Tennessee a wasan zagaye na farko na gasar NCAA da nasara daga 76-61 a ranar Juma'a. Wannan nasarar ta sanya kungiyar Lady Vols ta kammala kakar wasanta tare da mummunar nasara ta takwas a jere - itace karon farko a wannan zamanin da kungiyar ta kammala kakar da irin wannan rugujewar.
Wannan shine karon farko tun lokacin da aka kafa gasar NCAA a shekarar 1982 da Tennessee ya bar watan Maris ba tare da samun nasara ba, bayan samun nasararsu ta karshe a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu a kan Missouri.
Alhakin Kaldol a kan Mummunar Kakar
Uwar kungiyar a shekararta ta biyu, Kimi Kaldol, ta bayyana cewa ba za ta iya daga hankalin laifin rasuwar 'yan wasan ba; tana ganin hakan ya rataya a kansa. Ta ce, “Ba zan iya zargin gina kundayen ba. Dole ne na karbi alhakin; gaskiya ne? Na kasance mai jan hankalin 'yan wasan... kuma ina so su bayar da mafi kyawun abin da suke da shi, amma ba zan iya yi ba. Abu daya da zan iya kimanta shi shine na yi gaggawa a cikin abin da muke son yi a farko, don haka ta yaya zan iya zargin wani fiye da kaina?”
Kaldol ta kara da cewa takunkumin wasan bai gudana daidai da shirin da aka tsara ba. Tennessee ta yi rashin kuzari a farkon wasan, kuma NC State ta yi amfani da wannan damarmu wajen yi nasara a kan zuciya, inda ta kai ga nasara ta 15-0 kafin su kafa kar ta 19-4. Tsarin da aka tsara ba ya zama mai kyau, kuma duk da haka, kungiyar Lady Vols ta yi ƙoƙari ta daidaita score zuwa 48-46 a karshen kwata na uku, amma hakan ya kasance duk abin da suka iya.
Tarihin Kafar Zanga-Zanga
Tarihin kungiyar Tennessee a gasar NCAA hewaya ne kyakkyawa, suna fuskantar kowanne kakar wasanni, inda suka samu fita daga wasan zagaye na farko sau biyu ne kawai a baya - inda suka fuskanci Polk State a 2009 da kuma UCLA a 2019.
Kaldol ta kwatanta wannan kakar a matsayin mafi munin a aikinta, tana fadin, “Wannan shine mafi munin shekara a aikina. 'Yan wasan suna da hakkin samun mafi alheri daga gare ni, kuma mun koya daga wannan don ci gaba. Ba mu sami jagoranci mai karfi daga gare ni da ya bayyana abin da za mu yi da dalilin da ya sa za mu yi hakan ba. Muna cikin tashin hankali a cikin zabe.”
Matsalolin Fuskantar Kafafun Wasanni
A yayin shekara, Tennessee ta kasance a cikin matsala wajen zare daga wajen daukar hoto, inda ta yi nasarar fitar da 7 daga cikin 36 na harakokin 3 na jiya. A kwata na biyu, lokacin da NC State ta sauya dabaru zuwa kariya ta yanki, ji sosai ta rasa jihohin 0.5 na maki bisa ga kowanne harakokinsu tare da jinkirin dukkanin harakokin har da 13 na harakokin.
Kungiyar ta yi aiki a kasuwa ta hanyan dukan jiki a hanzari, inda tayi kasan dukan makalar da aka bayyana na 33% na maki. Kuma kika sha wahala a kan cewa adadin kyautar kyaututtukan ya kai guda hudu kawai, wanda shine karamin adadi na biyu a tarihin kasancewar shirin na gasar NCAA.
Muhimmancin Wannan Ruga
Wannan rugujewar na biyu ita ce ta bakwai da aka yi tun a shekarar da ta wuce da akalla 15 ko fiye wannan kakar - wannan shine adadi mafi girma a cikin shekaru hudu.
Kaldol, wanda ta taba horar da kungiyar a Marshall kyauta tare da rikon kungiyar, ta bayyana: “Matsalar ta kasance mai wahala ga ni ganin wannan kasawa, ìna ji kamar ba zan taba jin wannan kasawa ba; yana da wahala a bayyana wa duniya, kuma ba na son yadda nake a wasu lokuta.”
Rahoton Yanayi da Tasirin Tattalin Arziki
Yan wasan suna bayyana raunin abun ciki bayan rufewar kakar, wasu suna tare da hawaye a idon su. 'Yan wasan kungiyar Alyssa Latham, daliba a shekara ta uku, ta ce, “Tabbas, yana da zafi wajen rasa kowanne wasan, amma saboda ansara kakar, wannan yana da wahala. Mun yi duk mai yiwuwa yau don tsawaita kakar amma ba ta yi yadda muke so ba.”
Kyakkyawan jagororin kungiyar, Talaysia Cooper, wacce ta zura 24 na maki, ta ce, “Na ji cewa mun yi wasa da himma yau. Wata lokaci kuna samun riba, wata lokaci kuma kuna rasa.” Ta bayyana cewa ba ta tunanin makomarta a matsayin mai wasa ba, duk da cewa tana da cancanta don shahararren zaɓi na kwalejin matashiya a 2026.
Duk da haka, kungiyar NC State ta tantance tura kai a zagaye na biyu na gasar, wanda shine karo na takwas a cikin zaɓin na ƙarshe guda tara. Za su yi karo da Michigan a karshen kasuwancin ranar Litinin.
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