International men: Anderson, Ziraat Bankasi advance; Russell blasts away in Japan
Erik Shoji passes for defending Champions League ZAKSA/CEV.eu photo 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 Matt Anderson took another step towards furthering his...
Tawa’s Girls Club Volleyball Dots: Qualifying the Qualifiers
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 every Tuesday through Junior Nationals this summer. • In today’s Dots, we answer the question EVERYONE is dying to know:...
Omaha’s mix of vets, youngsters “super excited” for Pro Volleyball opener
Coach Shelton Collier talks to the Supernovas before Tuesday’s practice/Lee Feinswog photo OMAHA, Nebraska — They range from the seasoned veterans, like 36-year-old Bethania De La Cruz and 34-year-old Allison Mayfield, to volleyball kids like Brooke Nuneviller and Paige Briggs, who were born in 2000. But young...
Pro volleyball report: Thompson, Frantti, Ogbogu lead VakifBank
Taylor Bannister gets a kill for Vasas against Maritza Plovdiv in the Champions League/CEV photo This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Champions League VakifBank finished the pool stage with a five-set upset...
All seven Pro Volleyball Federation rosters, info, outlooks
The Pro Volleyball Federation’s first serve is two days away. Five of the new league’s franchises will be in action this week, starting Wednesday night when the Omaha Supernovas play host to the Atlanta Vibe (8 p.m. Eastern, Stadium streaming sports network, News Channel Nebraska). The next...
The differences between beach and indoor volleyball players
How different are indoor volleyball and beach volleyball players? In this primer, we get explanations from two coaches who have been on both sides. Rita Buck-Crockett, the former indoor and beach coach at FIU, was a two-time USA indoor Olympian. She’s been inducted into the International...
Pro Volleyball Federation potpourri as inaugural season begins Wednesday
Bethania De La Cruz celebrates winning the 2022 Athletes Unlimited volleyball season/AU photo The inaugural Pro Volleyball Federation season launches on Wednesday, so the wait to see how American fans will react to the latest attempt to establish women’s volleyball as a viable professional sport will...
Men’s volleyball roundup: Long Beach, BYU, GCU, Pepperdine all win
CSUN’s Jalen Phillips hits against Princeton’s Nolan Kelly/Steve Fitzgerald photo While six of the top men’s teams were in Austin, Texas, this weekend, there was plenty of other NCAA volleyball action going on around the nation. Among the results: Second-ranked Long Beach completed its East Coast trip with...
UCLA bounces back with NCAA men’s volleyball win over Penn State
Penn State’s John Kerr hits against the UCLA triple block, from left, of Alex Knight, Sean McQuiggan and Ido David/Scott Clause photo AUSTIN, Texas — First and foremost, UCLA coach John Speraw was happy to get a win after the No. 1 and defending national-champion Bruins...
Stanford stays undefeated with four-set win over Ball State
Stanford’s Nathan Lietzke goes up against Ball State’s Wil McPhillips/Scott Clouse photo AUSTIN, Texas. — Of the six teams that participated in the First Point Collegiate Challenge in Austin, Texas, two left the NCAA men’s volleyball battle royale unbeaten. One was Ohio State. The other was Stanford. After...
Ohio St. holds off USC in battle of NCAA men’s volleyball unbeatens
USC’s Wes Smith blocks the attack by Ohio State’s Cole Young/Scott Clouse photo AUSTIN, Texas — Ohio State could not have had a better First Point Collegiate Challenge. Friday in the Austin Convention Center, the fourth-ranked Buckeyes of the MIVA stunned reigning national-champion UCLA of the MPSF...
Ohio St. stuns No. 1 UCLA with reverse NCAA men’s volleyball sweep
Ohio State’s Jacob Pasteur pushes the ball past the UCLA block/Scott Clouse photo AUSTIN, Texas — UCLA, you might say, got Pasteur-ized. That’s because Jacob Pasteur, Ohio State’s superstar senior outside, had six of his 23 kills in the fifth set of the fourth-ranked Buckeyes’ improbable reverse...
NCAA volleyball: USC beats Ball St. in First Point Challenge
Ball State’s Wil McPhillips is all over USC’s Kyle Paulson/Scott Clouse photo AUSTIN, Texas — One of the pillars of First Point Volleyball Foundation is introducing the best collegiate players to youth players. The annual First Point Collegiate Challenge serves as the centerpiece for that endeavor,...
Wagner hits all the right notes in Stanford’s sweep of Penn St.
AUSTIN, Texas — Stanford’s Moses Wagner knows how to play the guitar. So he looked perfectly comfortable holding the mini guitar that was presented to him as player of the match after the eighth-ranked Cardinal (5-0) swept No. 7 Penn State (4-1) on Friday night. It...
First Point Collegiate Challenge raising Texas-sized interest in boys volleyball
UCLA’s Merrick McHenry hits against Pepperdine during the 2023 season/Andy J. Gordon photo First Point Collegiate Challenge All times CentralFriday 1:30 p.m. — Ball State vs. USC 4 p.m. — UCLA vs. Ohio State 6:30 p.m. — Penn State vs. StanfordSaturday 1:30 p.m. — Ohio State vs. USC 4 p.m. — Stanford...
LOVB adds Eggleston, Fleck, Drews, Kubik as it prepares for 2025 season
Zoe Fleck passes for USC Münster League One Volleyball continues to assemble a noteworthy cast of players and coaches. Over the last week, startup LOVB has announced the signings of American former NCAA stars Logan Eggleston, Zoe Fleck, Dani Drews and Madi Kubik, and international standout Kimberly...
Volley: « Ouvrir d’autres horizons », la vison de Granvorka pour succéder au manager Foussard à Tours
Frantz Granvorka est le grand favori pour succéder à Pascal Foussard au poste de manager du TVB. L’ancien capitaine des Bleus (288 sélections de 1995 à 2007) explique sa vision du poste à RMC Sport. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
First Point Challenge brings top NCAA men’s volleyball to Austin again
Stanford’s Nathan Lietzke, who gets to play in his home town of Austin, Texas, this weekend, sets Nathaniel Gates/Glen Mitchell, isiphotos.com When talking about the third edition of the First Point Collegiate Challenge, Glen Lietzke often uses the phrase “fired up.” Lietzke, head of Austin Junior Volleyball,...
Tawa’s Club Volleyball Dots: Bids and pieces to start the club season
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, with one exception: today’s Dots come to you on Wednesday! • The club...
Cody Caldwell is having the time of his life, and is thriving because of it
HERMOSA BEACH, California — If one is ever to wonder how and why Cody Caldwell makes many of the decisions he does, the answer can often be derived from a simple matrix: When given two options, which is the most likely to lead to a...