Volleyball Today: Big NCAA slate; AVP Chicago; big TV ratings; Pilar Victoria dies
Eva Hudson and Purdue held the No. 12 spot this week The season got underway on Tuesday with Nebraska topping Kentucky and Louisville outlasting Wisconsin. Now, the rest of the NCAA women’s volleyball season begins Friday with more than 200 matches, including quite a few teams playing...
Creighton’s Kirsten Bernthal Booth and her Bluejays primed to take next NCAA volleyball leap
Creighton coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth By Leo Adam Biga for VolleyballMag Could this be the year that the Bluejays break through? Creighton, the perennial national power from Omaha but No. 2 in the state of Nebraska, just might have the goods to make it to the NCAA Division...
Volleyball Today: Nebraska, Louisville win openers; De Boer of Illinois; USA sitting
Louisville’s Anna DeBeer hits against Wisconsin/Taris Smith, Louisville Athletics LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — The start of NCAA volleyball season followed the lead of an Eric Clapton hit. About 40 seconds “After Midnight,” sixth-ranked Louisville finished off No. 3 Wisconsin in four sets in an AVCA First Serve Showcase...
Volleyball Today: NORCECA gold, silver for USA; Hamburg Elite16; A Team; LiMu Emu on the beach
The USA men win the NORCECA Men’s Final Six/NORCECA photo This volleyball update includes two USA teams in gold-medal NORCECA matches, how Americans fared in pro beach tournaments in Germany and Canada, The A Team hanging out in Italy, and LiMu Emu is a beach volleyball...
NCAA volleyball season begins Tuesday: Round up the usual suspects
“It’s NCAA volleyball season: Round up the usual suspects.” The Casablanca lead never gets old. As Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) said in the movie Casablanca after Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) shot the bad guy, “Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects.” And here we...
Volley: « J’ai une nouvelle fois mis tout le monde d’accord », Earvin Ngapeth répond à ses détracteurs
Champion olympique avec l’équipe de France de volley durant les Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024, Earvin Ngapeth a encore marqué les esprits. Sur Instagram, le volleyeur en a profité pour répondre à ses détracteurs qui le pensaient fini pour le haut niveau. Read More Home Volleyball...
Transcending Sport: “It’s Called Normal” fuels adaptive athletes through new award
By John Kriescher for VolleyballMag On the eve of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, ICN (It’s Called Normal) Athletics has awarded Berklee Andrews its first ICN Transcend Award, which will be given annually to an adaptive athlete who embodies excellence in volleyball and transcends sport. Adaptive...
AVP Manhattan Beach photo gallery: Best shots from Atwood, Chu, Gordon, Rigney, Szto
The AVP Manhattan Beach Open last week provided, as usual, great action and colorful scenes. Our super-hard-working, ultra-talented photographers, Rick Atwood, Will Chu, Andy J. Gordon, Mark Rigney and Allen Szto, often shoot from the same location on the court but come up with all sorts...
After three NCAA national volleyball semis in a row, No. 4 Pitt aims higher
Dan Fisher and his coaches celebrate their 2023 NCAA regional final victory/Pitt photo Most coaches are loath to reflect on their accomplishments while still in the prime of their careers. So when asked if this was what he envisioned for the program when he took over 12...
Trevor Crabb-Theo Brunner, Taryn Kloth-Kristen Nuss win AVP Manhattan Beach Open crowns
Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss embrace after winning/Mark Rigney photo Trevor Crabb left no doubt Sunday that he is an AVP Manhattan Beach Open legend. Crabb won the event for the fourth time and helped partner Theo Brunner get his first MBO title. Olympians Kristen Nuss and Taryn...
Top 3 seeds on each side into Sunday’s AVP Manhattan Beach Open semifinals
Andy Benesh hits past Taylor Sander but Taylor Crabb is there for the dig/Andy J. Gordon photo The three top seeds and eighth-seeded Toni Rodriguez and Geena Urango are set for Sunday’s AVP Manhattan Beach women’s semifinals. On the men’s side, the top three seeds are also...
Top 4 seeds on each side stay in winners brackets in AVP Manhattan Beach Open
Alvaro Filho goes all out/Rick Atwood photo Sara Hughes/Andy J. Gordon photo Here is the schedule as the AVP Manhattan Beach Open heads into Saturday: AVP Manhattan Beach Open Men Winners bracket Theo Brunner/Trevor Crabb (1) vs. Billy Allen/Paul Lotman (9) Tri Bourne/Ryan Wilcox (12) vs. Cody Caldwell/Seain Cook (4) Andy Benesh/Miles...
AVP Manhattan Beach Open: Olympians, defending champs spice main-draw field
Dillon Cox/Rick Atwood photo The AVP Manhattan Beach Open main draw begins Friday with eight pairs from each side that got through Thursday’s grueling qualifier. The men’s pairs that advanced were Dylan Maarek and Lev Priima, Tate Calles and Brendan Onishcenko, Tyler Penterthy and Garrett Peterson, Ian...
AVP Manhattan Beach Open begins Thursday with qualifier
Taylor Sander, left, and Taylor Crabb after winning the 2023 MBO/Will Chu Photography The four USA Olympics beach volleyball pairs highlight the field at this week’s AVP Manhattan Beach Open. Miles Partain and Andy Benesh and Chase Budinger and Miles Evans will compete on the men’s side,...
Oympics volleyball recap: Larson, Hancock OK; Karch goes glamping; Bruno’s breakfasts; limping around Paris
A selfie during the women’s medal ceremony What’s next? Jordan Larson and Micha Hancock are recovering. They’re OK, thankfully, but the two USA women’s silver-medalists were in a car crash before leaving Paris and are pretty banged up. Karch Kiraly, not sure if he’ll be back as the...
Italy sweeps USA women, who take home Paris Olympics volleyball silver
The USA women after getting their silver medals/FIVB photo PARIS — First, let’s get the match out of the way. Italy steamrolled the USA and the 25-18, 25-20, 25-17 scoreline doesn’t tell all of the story, like Paola Egonu’s 18 kills or an 11-0 — really, 11-0...
It’s Sweden’s world now, as Ahman-Hellvig dominate for Paris Olympic gold
Never before has the world witnessed anything like what Sweden’s David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig did on Saturday evening in the finals of the Paris Olympic Games. A win over Germany’s Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler? That could have been expected. Sweden had done so 10...
Reslient, improving USA women play Italy for Olympics volleyball gold
Italy’s Paola Egonu hits against the USA’s Chiaka Ogbogu, left, and Avery Skinner during their VNL quarterfinals match in June/Volleyball World photo PARIS — Sunday’s Olympics women’s volleyball gold-medal match will cap both a 15-day-long tournament and a tremendous run for the USA women. This team, held...
France sweeps Poland to win Olympics men’s volleyball gold
France celebrates the gold-medal victory/FIVB photo PARIS — France left no doubt which team was the best in the Olympics men’s volleyball. Les Bleus made it back to back Saturday when it swept Poland 25-19, 25-20, 25-23 to win the gold medal for the second straight Olympics. About...
Duda, Ana Patricia bring home long-awaited Olympic gold to Brazil
There was only one element missing from Duda Lisboa’s resume. She’d won a World Championship. Won a Gstaad cowbell. Won every accolade there was to win — Rookie, Server, Most Outstanding, Best Team. All of them. Even when she was just a teenager, playing in an era...