The first 8 hours and 30 minutes of a morning-to-late-afternoon opening-day marathon in the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship had plodded along with precious few highlights, much less high drama.
LONG BEACH, California — In the end, No. 1 will play No. 2. But what rocky, obstacle-strewn paths UCLA and Long Beach State took to survive and advance to get to Saturday’s title match of the NCAA’s National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship.
The odds are overwhelming that USC, UCLA or Stanford will emerge as the winner of the NCAA’s National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship. Their records paint a clear-as-day picture: USC and UCLA went 3-3 against each other.
A national champion in college beach volleyball will be crowned this weekend on the white sand in Gulf Shores, Alabama. It’s the last installment of the NCAA’s National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship on the Redneck Riviera before the tournament moves to “Surf City,” Huntington Beach, California.
It was a simple itinerary. Nothing more than, oh, to use Theo Brunner’s wild ride as an example, Xiamen to Hong Kong to Los Angeles to Chicago to Sao Paulo to Brasilia for this week’s Brasilia Elite16.
Finn Taylor. Sean Scott. Bobby Corvino. Please remember these names, beach volleyball fans. They are the power brokers behind the scenes, men who will ultimately set the course of beach volleyball for the next four-plus years in the United States, with the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics looming large.
Why not? We hadn’t done a Zoom in a while and wanted to talk some volleyball. So Emily Ehman, the volleyball analyst for the Big Ten Network, Volleyball
HERMOSA BEACH, California — Beginning in the spring of 2019, it would all be downhill for Abby Van Winkle. Never mind that she was still just a teenager, a bright-eyed and more than promising freshman blocker for UCLA.
The higher seeds not only won Tuesday, but all four victorious teams swept in the NCAA’s National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship at Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid.
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 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.
In this report: — The NCAA’s National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship begins Tuesday at Long Beach State with four quarterfinal matches. — The San Diego Mojo came away with a five-set victory over the visiting Orlando Valkyries and are one step closer to capturing the fourth and final Pro Volleyball Federation playoff spot.
We gathered to talk about Tuesday’s National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship that begins with Tuesday’s quarterfinals in Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid.
Last week was a tremendous one for American women playing professional volleyball overseas. A large group of them are coming home with championships in their respective countries as we wrap up our international coverage for this season.
Five-time NCAA-champion USC is the top seed in the NCAA’s National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship that begins Friday in Gulf Shores Alabama. And the only other team that has won the crown, UCLA, is the No.
The preliminary work is done after five more automatic bids were clinched on Saturday. At 11 a.m. Eastern Sunday the field of 17 will be announced for the NCAA’s National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship that begins Friday in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Karla Borger and Sandra Ittinger of Germany and Esteban and Marco Grimalt of Chile won the respective titles Sunday at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge in Xiamen, China.
There were three Pro Volleyball Federation matches Friday. The second-place Omaha Supernovas beat the visiting Grand Rapids Rise in five sets, the Vegas Thrill beat San Diego in five, dealing the Mojo a tough blow in their quest for a playoff bid, and the Columbus Fury beat the Orlando Valkyries in four.
Once again it came down to USC vs. UCLA. Top-seeded USC came through the contenders bracket Friday to beat third-seeded Stanford and then second-seeded UCLA to win the final Pac-12 Championship.
There is one USA pair left in the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge in Xiamen, China. Fourth-seeded Chase Budinger and Miles Evans, who won in
In this all-things-volleyball notebook, we’ve got USA Volleyball Nations League rosters, Pro Volleyball Federation updates, news about USA players internationally and a nod to the upcoming NCAA men’s tournament.
By Cassie Langdon for the NCAA 148 percent. That’s how much NCAA women’s beach volleyball has grown over the past 10 years. The 2013-14 season had 39 teams.
Indoor volleyball rotations and serves Do all players serve in volleyball? All volleyball players get the chance to serve during a match. What is the serving order in volleyball?
Indoor volleyball rotational order and rotational positions Volleyball players move around a lot during a rally as they try to get to the best spot on the court to mount an attack or defend against the other team. Before a rally starts, however, each player needs to stand in a certain location until the server hits the ball.
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.
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