No. 1 Wisconsin faces No. 2 Nebraska after USC upsets No. 4 WSU, No. 5 Louisville survives
Tennessee’s Keondreya Granberry hits through the Arkansas block of Sania Petties/Ian Cox, Tennessee Athletics Finally. This is the day when the top two teams in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll face off: Top-ranked Wisconsin goes to No. 2 Nebraska in a battle of Big Ten teams...
International Volleyball Hall induction week: USA beach legend Phil Dalhausser
It’s induction week at the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The ceremony is Saturday. Six inductees will join the previous 161 players, coaches, administrators and leaders from 25 countries who have already been enshrined in the museum at the birthplace of volleyball: One...
Chausee enjoying domestic opportunity as AU heads into third week
Jenna Rosenthal attacks earlier this AU season/AH photo Claire Chaussee has yet to play a minute in the USA women’s national team’s gym, but aspires to do so. Eye-popping performances in the first two weeks of Athlete Unlimited’s volleyball season certainly haven’t hurt her odds of getting...
BYU sweeps Iowa St.; Omaha’s streak ends; Waves win; big NCAA volleyball Friday ahead
Long Beach State’s Abby Karich jousts with UCI’s Ella Gardner, left, and Nicole Feliciano/Jim Wolf photo The only ranked team in action, BYU, blasted visiting Iowa State in the Big 12 on a Thursday night in which Omaha’s eight-match Summit League win streak ended and Pepperdine...
International Volleyball Hall induction week: Shanrit Wongprasert of Thailand
It’s induction week at the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The ceremony is Saturday. Six inductees will join the previous 161 players, coaches, administrators and leaders from 25 countries who have already been enshrined in the museum at the birthplace of volleyball....
Texas escapes TCU; Wisconsin, Nebraska, Purdue, Pitt all win; Saint Peter’s falls again
Alexa Rousseau The schedule was light but the action was heavy Wednesday, especially in Fort Worth, where No. 6 Texas barely got out with a five-set Big 12 victory at TCU and its record crowd. In the Big Ten, top-ranked Wisconsin and No. 2 Nebraska swept, Purdue...
2023 VBM HS player-of-the-year “ION” watch list, Part 2: Michigan through Wyoming
Editor’s note: This is part 2 of John Tawa’s list of the top performers, state-by-state, throughout the country before championship season gets into full swing. Think of it as a Player of the Year Watch List. Today, Michigan through Wyoming. As the playoffs descend on the country...
Worlds marked “Redemption” for Hughes, USA Volleyball; changes must be made in beach
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.”— — “Redemption Song,” Bob Marley 1980 The World Championships in Tlaxcala, Mexico proved to be a cosmically redemptive experience for many, but most especially for Sara Hughes, Ondrej Perusic, David Schweiner, Jonatan Hellvig, and...
2023 VolleyballMag.com HS midseason “ION” watch list: Alabama-Massachusetts
Editor’s note: This is John Tawa’s list of the top performers, state-by-state, throughout the country before championship season gets into full swing. Think of it as a Player of the Year Watch List. Today, Alabama through Massachusetts. Thursday, Michigan through Wyoming. As the playoffs descend on the...
Star-studded field: Steve Obradovich and the revival of Fours Beach Volleyball
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA — Steve Obradovich took all the money. He pauses. Laughs. Corrects himself. “Actually,” he says on SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, “Dodd and Hovland and Sinjin and Randy and Steffes and all those guys took all the money.” Every player he...
International Volleyball Hall induction week: Brazil’s Larissa
It’s induction week at the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The ceremony is Saturday. Six inductees will join the previous 161 players, coaches, administrators and leaders from 25 countries who have already been enshrined in the museum at the birthplace of volleyball....
NCAA report: B1G matches Wednesday; AVCA updates; wins for UNI, Omaha, Wright St., FGCU
Buffalo’s Maria Futey chases down a ball against Akron/Paul Hokanson, UBBulls.com We’re still a few days away from the Big Ten showdown, No. 1 Wisconsin at No. 2 Nebraska, with plenty of NCAA Division I women’s volleyball before Saturday.. Both teams play Wednesday when Wisconsin (17-0, 8-0)...
Tawa’s HS Volleyball Dots: Wins Sweeping Down The Plain in OK
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag.com’s weekly look at 10 things in high school volleyball, past or present, that interest me and hopefully will interest you. Look for Dots every Tuesday until the last high school state championship in November: • It has begun. State championship season is upon...
International Volleyball Hall induction week: Yumilka Ruiz of Cuba
It’s induction week at the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The ceremony is Saturday. Six inductees will join the previous 161 players, coaches, administrators and leaders from 25 countries who have already been enshrined in the museum at the birthplace of volleyball....
Paris 2024: Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings, updated October 16
The Olympic race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The final event is yet to be determined, but the qualification period will conclude on June 9, 2024. We’ll be providing these updates for...
AU Volleyball: Hentz, De La Cruz dominate second-week action
Ali Bastianelli blocks Natalia Valentin-Anderson during Week 2 action/Jade Hewitt/Athletes Unlimited More than a few eyebrows were raised around Athletes Unlimited volleyball when captain Sydney Hilley opted to make rookie outside hitter Claire Chaussee the first overall pick in Week 2’s draft. That left a superstar with...
Women’s pro report: Skinner, Thompson, Parsons, Rivers, May in strong early season form
Cuneo’s Anna Stevenson-Hall, right, goes up to block Kathryn Plummer Plummer of Conegliano/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 Avery Skinner earned MVP honors as Chieri swept Roma. Skinner led...
NCAA volleyball chair Holly Strauss-O’Brien joins the VBM Zoom
Holly Strauss-O’Brien, deputy director of athletics at Loyola University Chicago, is the chair of this year’s NCAA Division I volleyball committee. The former North Carolina player and UConn coach joined our weekly (mostly) NCAA Zoom with Big Ten Network and ESPN analyst Emily Ehman and...
International Volleyball Hall induction week: Katsutoshi Nekoda of Japan
It’s induction week at the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Six inductees will join the previous 161 players, coaches, administrators and leaders from 25 countries who have already been enshrined in the museum at the birthplace of volleyball. We have stories on...
“Quigglehorn,” Cook-Caldwell win AVP Laguna Beach titles; Rigney photo gallery
Delaney Peranich takes flight/ Mark Rigney photo That’s a wrap on the 2023 AVP season after both top seeds won tournament titles Sunday at Laguna Beach, California. Corinne Quiggle and Sarah Schermerhorn-Murphy, fondly referred to as “Quigglehorn” beat second-seeded Brook Bauer and Megan J. Rice, 21-17, 19-21,...