Creighton’s Bernthal Booth joins the weekly NCAA volleyball Zoom
Creighton coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth joined VolleyballMag editor Lee Feinswog, who then brought in Big Ten Network and ESPN volleyball analyst Emily Ehman for their weekly NCAA Zoom. They look back on the pre-conference season and ahead to conference play: The post Creighton’s Bernthal Booth joins the...
AVP League: Recap of week 2 as A Team starts strong for Miami Mayhem
Brandie Wilkerson goes up to block April Ross/agamephoto The Miami Mayhem enjoyed the most productive weekend of the four debuting teams as the cutting-edge AVP League made its second series stop. The Mayhem went 3-1, with Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner winning both of their matches at the Hard Rock Tennis Center in...
First VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of 2024: Pitt unanimous No. 1, Nebraska 2nd
Pitt took a happy team photo after beating Penn State Alex Mowry photo This is the first VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of the season and unbeaten Pittsburgh is a unanimous No. 1. The Panthers got all 11 of the first-place votes. Nebraska was a solid No....
Volleyball Today: Huskers sweep Louisville as pre-conference season finishes
Florida’s AC Fitzpatrick stuffs this Buffalo attempt/Catherine McCarthy photo There is no NCAA Division I volleyball Monday. Whew. After four weeks of pre-conference play, with so many of those Fridays and Saturdays bursting with more than 200 matches per day, we need a break. That gives us time to...
Volleyball Today: Creighton sweeps KU; Nebraska-Louisville on ABC Sunday
UNI’s Erin Powers pops the ball up against SMU/Eli Hull photo Creighton has not only gotten over the hump, the ninth-ranked Bluejays made a statement Saturday with a sweep at No. 10 Kansas a day after knocking off No. 6 Purdue, which, like Kansas, was also...
AVP League heads to Miami for matches Saturday and Sunday
Ageless wonder Phil Dalhausser will play for the Palm Beach Passion/Rick Atwood photo The second go-round of the innovative AVP League will feature the four teams that did not play on the opening weekend in Los Angeles. It’s a star-studded group replete with numerous American marquee...
Volleyball Today: Creighton tops Purdue; all other ranked teams win; 33 kills for Lamar’s Malinowska
Penn State’s Jess Mruzik, left, and Maggie Mendelson block James Madison’s Sarah Schnell/Megan Smarkusky photo Every ranked team in action won Friday in NCAA Division I volleyball except No. 6 Purdue, which lost in four set to No. 9 Creighton. That included Pittburgh and Kansas, which along...
Volley: « Donner un bon coup de pouce à ma ville », Ngapeth livre les raisons de sa signature surprise à Poitiers
Double champion olympique de volley avec les Bleus, Earvin Ngapeth se réjouit de son retour en France, à Poitiers, et de provoquer un coup de projecteur sur le championnat français. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
« C’est un totem national »: le président de la ligue salue « un évènement qui dépasse le volley » après la signature de Ngapeth à Poitiers
Alors que le joueur vedette des Bleus Earvin Ngapeth, fait son retour en France à Poitiers, le président de la Ligue nationale de volley parle d'un "coup de booster phénoménal" qui va grandement aider le championnat dans son ensemble. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
Volley: Yves Bouget candidat à sa succession à la présidence de la Ligue
EXCLU RMC Sport. Le président de la Ligue Nationale de Volley depuis décembre 2020, Yves Bouget, a révélé à RMC Sport qu’il sera candidat à sa succession, le 26 septembre prochain, lors de l’Assemblée Générale de la LNV. La veille de l’ouverture de la...
Volleyball Today: No. 10 KU stops No. 6 Purdue; 42 kills for Miami’s Cajic; UConn, SDSU, SJSU stay unbeaten
Long Beach State’s Ella Lomigora blocks Washington’s Julia Hunt/John Fajardo photo Top-ranked Pittsburgh (7-0) and No. 10 Kansas (8-0) are now the only unbeaten teams in the AVCA top 25 after the Jayhawks knocked off No. 6 and previously undefeated Purdue on Thursday. Syracuse (10-0), Arizona (10-0),...
Volley-ball: le retour surprise de Ngapeth, en France, à Poitiers
C'est une énorme surprise: Earvin Ngapeth, vedette de l'équipe de France de volley double champion olympique, s'est engagé avec Poitiers, son club de coeur, pour la saison à venir. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
Volleyball Today: Pitt, Nebraska, Louisville win big; Bemidji St. coach Kevin Ulmer dies
Louisville’s Elena Scott goes airborne at Kentucky/Mallory Peak, Louisville Athletics photo The ACC, which boasts three of top four teams in the AVCA Poll, had a show Wednesday in which those teams went 2-1. Pittsburgh did more than validate its No. 1 ranking as the Panthers demolished...
Volleyball Today: Big ACC battles; Florida tops FSU; Franklin goes off for Wisconsin
Sarah Franklin hits against Marquette/Zach Schuster photo Welcome to ACC Wednesday, one of the greatest pre-conference days in recent NCAA Division I volleyball memory. The league has three of the top four AVCA-ranked teams in the nation and they all play, almost at the same time, against...
Volleyball Today: Wofford upsets Tennessee; AVCA Poll: big week for ACC
Wofford celebrates beating Tennessee/Mark Olencki photo Tennessee, which moved up a spot to No. 15 in the new AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Poll when it came out Monday, then got upset by Wofford, which beat a ranked team for the first time in program history. A...
New York Nitro goes 4-0 to open inaugural AVP League play
Cody Caldwell hits against Taylor Sander/Andy J. Gordon photo A photo gallery featuring the best shots from Andy J. Gordon follows the story. Click on any photo to view full size. The New York Nitro threw down the gauntlet by winning all four of its matches as...
Emily, Lee on the weekly NCAA volleyball Zoom with Pitt’s Dan Fisher
A great week of NCAA volleyball lies ahead, not the least of which includes No. 3 Penn State at No. 1 Pittsburgh in the biggest match ever at Pitt. Before Emily Ehman and Lee Feinswog start their weekly Zoom, Lee interviews Pitt coach Dan Fisher. And...
Volleyball Today: Stanford sweeps Texas; Louisville tops Creighton; other ranked teams win
Washington’s Katy Wessels attacks against UC Davis/Stephen Burns photo Second-ranked Stanford laid down the hammer Sunday on visiting No. 6 Texas and swept the visiting Longhorns right out of Maples Pavilion. No. 4 Louisville had to go five to defeat No. 9 Creighton, which lost the first...
Volleyball Today: Big ESPN Sunday; 38 kills for Alexander of Hawai’i; AVP League
Reese Robins of Louisville attacks against UNI/Adam Mouchrani, Louisville Athletics This is a big Sunday for NCAA volleyball with back-to-back matches on ESPN featuring No. 9 Creighton at No. 4 Louisville and then No. 6 Texas at No. 2 Stanford. It comes on the heels of a...
New AVP League begins Saturday with matches at UCLA
Kristen Nuss (left) and Taryn Kloth after winning the AVP Manhattan Beach Open/Allen Szto Photography The new AVP League has first matches Saturday The league’s debut takes place at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA in Westwood. The opening weekend’s schedule Saturday — New York Nitro (Taylor...