PFW, CSUN score NCAA men’s volleyball upsets; Springfield wins Morgan Classic
Stanford’s Ethan Hill hits past the CSUN block/Mike Rasay, isiphotos.com The NCAA men’s season remains unpredictable. Saturday, unranked Purdue Fort Wayne, which had lost three of four matches before rallying to beat Saint Francis a day earlier, stunned No. 8 Penn State in five sets. The Nittany...
Pro Volleyball Federation: Atlanta sweeps San Diego, then Omaha does the same
Morgan Hentz looks on as Vibe teammate Kamaile Haipo passes against San Diego/Atlanta photo The second round of Pro Volleyball Federation matches is in the books. On Thursday, the Atlanta Vibe improved to 3-0 by sweeping the visiting San Diego Mojo, which was playing its first match. Saturday,...
NCAA men’s volleyball: Daemen upsets UCSB; Princeton thumps Pepperdine
Ball State’s Lucas Machado jousts with Loyola’s Jake Read/Samantha Blankenship, Ball State University Unranked Daemen of the NEC upset No. 12 UC Santa Barbara, the second time the young program has beaten a ranked team in its six-year existence. Tenth-ranked Pepperdine was swept by No. 16 Princeton. There...
NCAA men’s volleyball: UCLA, Lewis win; upsets for Princeton, UCSD; GCU rolls on
Merrimack’s Matthew Motes tips against Grand Canyon/Merrimack photo UCLA held on for a five-set victory at UC Irvine, Lewis opened MIVA play with a victory, Princeton and UC San Diego scored upsets and Grand Canyon improved to 7-0 with a win Massachusetts. The recaps and top performances...
Volley-MSL: « On assume nos choix », le président de l’Arago de Sète fait face aux difficultés
Après cinq défaites consécutives, l’Arago de Sète est onzième du championnat et a été éliminé de la Coupe de France par une équipe de Ligue B. Confiance en son coach Luc Marquet, utilisation d’un joker, peur de la descente… le président du club héraultais, Alain...
Girls club volleyball Dream Team: O’Brien, Green, Hunter, Herian, Davis, Taylor, Sayer, Hager
Every Wednesday during the club season, VolleyballMag recognizes a Dream Team of eight girls volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before. The team, most weeks, consisted of the following: Setter or S/RS Setter, S/RS or RS OH OH MB MB Libero DS We include our eight-player Dream Team...
One last NCAA title chance for UCLA’s beach volleyball leaders
HERMOSA BEACH, California — For UCLA Beach Volleyball’s three “COVID seniors,” the triumvirate of Lexy Denaburg, Rileigh Powers, and Devon Newberry, there was never a doubt: In spite of technically being in Westwood for four years, they would be coming back for a fifth academic...
NCAA men’s volleyball: Long Beach new No. 1; Penn State reverse sweeps Ohio St.
Penn State’s Toby Ezeonu hits against Ohio State/Caleb Craig photo Penn State not only knocked off then-No. 1 and unbeaten Ohio State in Columbus last Saturday, the Nittany Lions did it again with a reverse sweep at home Sunday. There were eight total NCAA men’s Division I-II...
International men’s pro volleyball report: Smith’s return boosts ZAKSA
Dave Smith has made an impact since returning from injury/plusliga.plphoto This is Blair Lambert’s VolleyballMag.com weekly men’s professional volleyball report, featuring Americans around the world. Got a note about a player or a comment for Blair? Email him at blairlambert2@gmail.com There was a break from CEV competitions...
Tawa’s Girls Club Dots: Volleyball loses to gun violence in Illinois; volleyball wins in Florida, Minnesota
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag.com’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. • We open today’s Dots with tragic news. The horrific mass slaying of seven...
Women’s international volleyball: Big weeks for DeHoog, May, Drews (both), Hoffman
Carly DeHoog had 22 kills, two blocks and an ace but Trentino lost to Novara/LVF photo This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Italy ITALIAN CUP: Imoco Conegliano easily swept Firenze in the...
Ehman, Feinswog on Real Pro Volleyball, Batenhorst, travel woes and more
The Grand Rapids Rise played host to the Columbus Fury last Thursday It’s been a while since our last Zoom, but after Emily and Lee both covered the Atlanta-at-Omaha Pro Volleyball Federation league opener, we decided it’s a great time to get together and talk some...
NCAA volleyball: UCI, LIU, Lincoln Memorial win; Batenhorst to fight on
UC Irvine’s Maxim Grigoriev tries to tip over BYU’s Miks Ramanis, left, and Julien Gavin/BYU photo UC Irvine did it again. This time the No. 7 Anteaters won in five sets at No. 8 BYU a day after beating the Cougars in four. Unranked LIU upset No....
Atlanta off to 2-0 Pro Volleyball Federation start after victory at Orlando
Grand Rapids libero Sarah Sponcil and Shannon Scully both go for the ball against Columbus/Grand Rapids photo Five of the seven Pro Volleyball Federation teams have matches behind them after the league opened play this week. The Atlanta Vibe, which won its opener at Omaha on Wednesday,...
NCAA men’s volleyball: UCI tops BYU; UCLA, Long Beach, Hawai’i all sweep
Long Beach State’s Lazar Bouchkov with the stuff against Pepperdine/John Fajardo photo Seventh-ranked UC Irvine and Hilir Henno ended No. 8 BYU’s 18-match home winning streak Friday and No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Long Beach State and No. 4 Hawai’i all swept. They were part of another...
NCAA men’s volleyball upsets for CSUN, Penn State, UCSB
CSUN’s Kyle Hobus hits over the USC block/Steve Fitzgerald photo The status quo was anything but the past two days in NCAA men’s volleyball. Things got going Wednesday when No. 18 CSUN upset No. 11 USC. Then Thursday, No. 9 Penn State, which had lost its last two,...
“History was made tonight” as Atlanta beats Omaha in Pro Volleyball Federation opener
Brooke Nuneviller watches Omaha teammate Kendall White go all out for a dig/Matt Bills, aspectsandangles.com OMAHA, Nebraska — For the record, the Atlanta Vibe won, beating the Omaha Supernovas 26-24, 25-23, 17-25, 19-25, 15-13 and avoided the reverse sweep by rallying from a 13-10 fifth-set deficit. But,...
Girls club volleyball Dream Team: Flynn, Osunsanmi, Antoine-Dillon, Nelson, Spears, Flemister, Grenadier, Tavares-Seda
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. The team, most weeks, consisted of the following: Setter or S/RS Setter, S/RS or RS OH OH MB MB Libero DS This is our first Dream Team...
Betsi Flint, the Supermom of professional beach volleyball
Betsi Flint/Andy J. Gordon photo MANHATTAN BEACH, California — Dawn has not yet broken on the morning of August 20. It is just before 5 a.m., that blurry time where, for some, it is late in the night and, for others it is early in the...
NCAA volleyball: Ohio State new men’s No. 1; Air Force hires
Ohio State and Jacob Pasteur are the new No. 1/Scott Clouse photo Ohio State moved up three spots and is now No. 1 in the AVCA men’s top 20 after the Buckeyes came away with two victories last weekend in Austin, Texas, at the First Point...