Every Wednesday during the club season, VolleyballMag.com will recognize a Dream Team of eight girls volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before.
HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — They called her Susie, and for seven weeks, Susie, a 27-year-old American working a farm in rural Sicily, lived a life that Zana Muno had long dreamed of.
In the penultimate week of the collegiate beach volleyball season, our report features a conference-by-conference breakdown of the tournaments that will determine the automatic qualifiers in the NCAA’s National Collegiate Beach Championship, a 17-team, single-elimination tournament May 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag’s weekly look at 10 things in club volleyball, past or present, that interest me and hopefully will interest you. Look for Dots every Tuesday through Junior Nationals this summer.
Variety is the main talking point when it comes to the 2024 VolleyballMag Boys Fab 50 list that honors the top 50 senior-age players in the country. This year, a record 18 states (including Rhode Island, which is likely making its first Fab 50 appearance) are represented in a sport that continues to grow in leaps and bounds in this country.
The race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February 2023 in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The 2024 season began the first week of March back in Doha, and the final event of the Olympic qualification cycle will be the Ostrava Elite16, which ends on June 9.
The Pro Volleyball Federation inaugural regular season is nearly finished for the first-place Atlanta Vibe, who hold a five-game lead in the win column
The idea was to medal in Guadalajara. For Nina Brunner and Tanja Huberli to play their first Challenge event in two years. To feel the pressure of being the one seed, the expectations of a medal.
Defending-champion UCLA got the top seed Sunday when the NCAA’s National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship bracket was announced. Long Beach State is No.
Three quarters of the NCAA Tournament field is set, with six automatic bids earned Saturday during conference championships for the MPSF, SIAC, MIVA, Conference Carolinas, EIVA and Big West.
Fort Valley State is going to the NCAA’s National Collegiate Men’s Championship. The Wildcats, who breezed through the SIAC with a 10-0 regular-season record, won that conference’s tournament Friday by sweeping Central State to claim the SIAC’s historical first automatic NCAA bid.
Fourth-seeded Lindenwood stunned top-seeded Ball State on Thursday in the MIVA semifinals, bouncing the Cardinals in five sets to advance to Saturday’s championship match.
Jack Deuchar went off for a career-high 30 kills and sixth-seeded USC knocked third-seeded BYU out of the MPSF Championship. It sets up Thursday’s semifinals at USC pitting the Trojans vs.
As the Beach Pro Tour season has settled into its early-season stride, hitting consecutive stops in Brazil and another in Mexico, something still felt amiss.
Most Wednesdays during the club season, VolleyballMag recognizes a Dream Team of eight girls club volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before.
Sixth-seeded King upset third-seeded Erskine and fourth-seeded Mount Olive came back to beat fifth-seeded Barton in five as the Conference Carolinas Championship got underway Tuesday.
Another UCLA-USC showdown looms large Thursday as the NCAA beach volleyball regular season winds down. It comes on the heels of UCLA’s 3-2 victory over the Trojans this past Saturday in the loaded Center of Effort Challenge at Cal Poly.
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag’s weekly look at 10 things in club volleyball, past or present, that interest me and hopefully will interest you. Look for Dots each week through Junior Nationals this summer.
The race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February 2023 in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The 2024 season began the first week of March back in Doha, and the final event of the Olympic qualification cycle will be the Ostrava Elite16, which ends on June 9.
The response/reaction to the 2024 VolleyballMag Girls Beach Fab 50 and Underclassmen to Watch lists has been impressive, particularly when it comes to the non-senior prospects list.
This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. The women’s professional seasons are winding down around the world and, as leagues finish, many players are heading home to prepare for the busy summer ahead (Volleyball Nations League and the Olympics).
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Theo Brunner had accepted it. While he and Trevor Crabb wouldn’t get a podium finish at the Guadalajara Challenge, “sweet,” Brunner recalled thinking.
The Atlanta Vibe built their lead over Omaha second-place to two games in the loss column with a 25-17, 21-25, 25-16, 25-18 victory Saturday over the Supernovas.
Top-ranked Long Beach State was having none of it. A day after getting swept at No. 4 UC Irvine, the Beach swept the visiting Anteaters on Saturday to
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