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
Because of a changing calendar, NCAA Division I volleyball teams can start practice five days earlier than expected. From the AVCA and NCAA: “The NCAA
UC Irvine served notice that the Big West is anything but decided as the fourth-ranked Anteaters not only won, they swept visiting Long Beach State on Friday to set up a winner-take-all, regular-season-ending match Saturday at Long Beach between the conference leaders. Penn State had to go five, but the No.
A Big West title and top seeding in the NCAA tournament are on the line when top-ranked Long Beach State and No. 4 UC Irvine play back to back matches Friday and Saturday.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Thursday seemed as good a day as any for Savvy Simo and Abby Van Winkle to win the biggest match of their respective careers. They had already flown to Mexico from playing a NORCECA event in the Dominican Republic for this week’s Beach Pro Tour Guadalajara Challenge.
The two teams that played in the NCAA national volleyball championship match have been noteworthy in the offseason. Start with 23rd-year Texas coach Jerritt Elliott, who has won back-to-back NCAA national championships.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — It was only two years ago, but they had almost forgotten. Hailey Harward and Kylie Deberg came to Mexico for this week’s Beach Pro Tour Guadalajara Challenge fresh off a gold medal at a NORCECA in the Dominican Republic.
Much like their indoor counterparts, the coaches of the top NCAA beach teams are not hesitant about playing each other. By the time the NCAA Championship comes around the first week of May, all the highest ranked programs will likely have played each other multiple times.
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.
HERMOSA BEACH, California — There was nothing wrong with the 2023 season on the Beach Pro Tour for Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie WilkersonI. Even the stingiest of coaches with the sharpest of eyes would have had to agree that, in fact, it went about as well as a debut partnership could possibly go.
In this report, we catch up on the Pro Volleyball Federation, NCAA men, NCAA beach, AVCA polls and POWS, and note a couple of NCAA Division I women’s coaching hires.
By Leo Adam Biga for VolleyballMag Jordan Larson chose not to play volleyball this season. And with the Paris Olympics drawing near, the USA Volleyball star is unapologetically self-reflective as she prepares for the last stage of a legacy-making career.
This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world: Conegliano and Scandicci both opened their best-of-three semifinal series with victories.
As the NCAA Division I-II men’s regular season winds down this week and conference tournaments begin, everyone seems to be chasing Long Beach State, the near unanimous No.
Fourth-ranked Hawai’i bounced back in a Big (West) way at No. 5 UC Irvine, second-ranked UCLA broke the tie at the top of the MPSF with a five-set win over No.
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