NCAA men’s volleyball: Ball State, Princeton, CSUN win; Beach goes east
Long Beach State and big middle Simon Torwie, hitting against LIU last week, play at Merrimack on Wednesday/Jim Wolf photo No. 14 Ball State, No. 16 Princeton, No. 18 CSUN, Thomas More and the weather were the winners Tuesday in NCAA men’s volleyball. The match at D’Youville...
Women’s pro volleyball report: Milano, VakifBank stay atop Champions League
Dana Rettke had five blocks and eight kills for Milano against Stara Pazova/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 A Milano-VakifBank battle is next. VakifBank (4-1) stayed in the hunt...
NCAA men’s volleyball: UCLA overpowers Loyola; Penn State’s Tait dies
Long Beach’s Simon Torwie hits over the LIU block/Jim Wolf photo Top-ranked UCLA weathered its road trip to frigid Chicago, disappointing a record crowd at Loyola by handily dispatching the No. 10 Ramblers on Saturday night behind red-hot serving and a torrid block. The Bruins (4-0) needed only 95 minutes to...
Pro Volleyball Federation TV update; O’Neal signs; Sponcil is a libero
Sarah Sponcil, who will be a libero in Grand Rapids, shows her defensive prowess at AVP New Orleans/Rick Atwood photo With the clock rapidly ticking down to its January 24 debut, the Pro Volleyball Federation appears to be still working out TV and streaming details. The startup...
UCLA, BYU, Penn St. win in men’s volleyball; NCAA honors Logan Eggleston
Loyola Chicago’s Daniel Fabikovic serves against UCLA/Loyola photo BYU won in five at Loyola Chicago and UCLA won in a tough four at Lewis as early season, non-conference matches dot the NCAA men’s volleyball schedule. Other winners Thursday included Ball State, Penn State and USC. In women’s volleyball...
NCAA men’s volleyball: Big win for Mason; UH sweeps; busy Thursday ahead
UC Irinve’s Hilir Hennon goes over the Mason block/UCI photo The past two days in NCAA men’s volleyball included a big victory for George Mason and Hawai’i sweeping Emmanuel despite hitting .178 at home. The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday’s schedule,...
USA Volleyball’s Karch Kiraly, John Speraw on getting an Olympic reserve player
USA setter Jordyn Poulter was injured but returned to finish the Tokyo Olympicst/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Olympic volleyball teams will get an extra practice player and someone who can fill in next summer in Paris in the event of injury. Volleyball World posted this on its Instagram on...
Corinne Quiggle’s 2023 didn’t go as planned, and it was perfect
HERMOSA BEACH, California — In the midst of a season that had, by early summer, known mostly lows — losing in one qualifier in Mexico and two in Brazil, skipping a pair of guaranteed-money AVPS in the process, going 0-2 in the first AVP of...
Another great year: Top 10 national girls HS 2023 volleyball stories
Briarcrest Christian celebrates another title There were many compelling storylines this past fall in girls high school volleyball. This is our top 10, with apologies to Smyrna (Delaware), Lydia Chinchar and Carrollwood Day (Florida.), Lincoln Southwest (Nebraska), Sisters (Oregon) and Louisiana superstars Camryn Chatellier and Sophia Bonnaffee, all of whom fell just outside the list. 10. Pirates rise from depths...
Batenhorst, Head transferring; AVCA poll; Stanford, Ohio State men win twice
Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst hits against Texas in the NCAA title match@AndWenstrand Two prominent outside hitters are transferring in NCAA women’s volleyball, Hampton hired a coach, the AVCA men’s top 20 is out, and the Stanford men opened their season with back-to-back wins over Loyola Chicago. BATENHORST LEAVES...
Pro report, including May, Frantti, Parsons, Eggleston, Markova, Samedy, Mutiri
Mac May passes for Lodz against Tarnow/TauronLiga photo This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts. Most pro leagues are coming back from winter breaks: Poland Budowlani Lodz (9-5) swept Tarnow (2-12) as Mac...
NCAA volleyball changes: “We just wanted to make sure we got it right”
Just imagine: No fans screaming “Double! Double!” Well, in all likelihood, the double in NCAA women’s volleyball will be a thing of the past. That’s because the NCAA women’s volleyball rules committee last week, recommended “allowing players to contact the ball more than once with any part...
NCAA volleyball: Penn State’s Kerr goes off; Mason, BYU, USC, GCU win
Penn State’s John Kerr attacks against Lewis in their NCAA men’s volleyball match/Leighton Smithwick photo John Kerr, a graduate-student who had 179 total kills in his first four seasons, went off for 31 as Penn State beat visiting Lewis in five sets Saturday. Also in NCAA men’s...
NCAA volleyball: Goodbye to the double; WSU promotes; Loyola beats Hawai’i
BYU’s Luke Benson attacks in the Cougars’ NCAA men’s volleyball match against Ball State/BYU photo The NCAA will allow doubles, two liberos and nose rings in women’s volleyball, Washington State hired a head coach, and Loyola Chicago knocked off Hawai’i in Honolulu in the only upset...
NCAA men’s volleyball: Hot-hitting UCLA, Penn State, UCSB, GCU, UCSD win
UCLA’s Andrew Rowan makes the no-look dump against Fort Valley State/UCLA photo UCLA opened its men’s volleyball season with sweeps of two visiting SIAC schools, Fort Valley State and Morehouse, hitting a school-record .822 against Morehouse. Other winners Thursday included Penn State, UC Santa Barbara, Grand Canyon...
Hawai’i, Pepperdine, Ohio St., Ball St. open with NCAA men’s volleyball wins
Alaka‘i Todd attacks for Hawai’i against the Loyola Chicago block of Jack Yentz/UH photo The NCAA men’s volleyball season got underway in earnest Wednesday with six matches, including sweeps for Hawai’i, Pepperdine and Ohio State. Ball State won twice and is now 3-0. The AVCA poll is out...
Four Olympians highlight SoCal Indoor Volleyball Hall class of 2024
Erik Sullivan talks with Bella Bergmark during practice in Tampa as Texas prepared for the NCAA semifinals/@AndyWenstrand Olympians Erik Sullivan, Linda Chisholm, Nancy Owen-Fortner, and Matt Fuerbringer, plus coaching champions Michael Boehle and Walt Ker, and indoor and beach great Adam Johnson highlight the 2024 induction...
Ehman, Feinswog catch up post-holidays on NCAA volleyball final, transfer portal
We went our separate ways after the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship in Tampa and finally found some time to do this Zoom and talk about Texas beating Nebraska, all the movement through the transfer portal, and a little of this and a little of...
Matt Prosser — player, coach, cancer survivor, now volleyball commentator — has come full circle
HERMOSA BEACH, California — In 2021, Volleyball World TV was in search of announcers for the Italian SuperLega to which it had recently acquired the rights. The pool for such talent is not the largest or the deepest; rare is the individual who can both...
Nebraska-bound Pierce leads Team Fire to UA Next volleyball victory
Skyler Pierce with MVP swag/DYNASTY Volleyball Twitter Skyler Pierce, a 6-foot-3 outside hitter from Lenexa, Kansas, was named MVP of the UA Next All-America volleyball match Tuesday in Orlando, Florida, after her Team Fire beat Team Ice in five sets. Pierce, a product of Olathe Northwest High...