AVP League: Smash — Budinger-Evans, Urango-Rodriguez — break into playoffs
A happy Toni Rodriguez/Rick Atwood photo Photographer Rick Atwood was in Frisco and a gallery of his best shots follow. Click on any photo to view full size and be sure to give him credit if you share. The San Diego Smash cashed their long-shot ticket, vaulting from last...
900 Square Feet: Ehman, Feinswog and the weekly NCAA volleyball Zoom
We gave it a name, 900 Square Feet. We’re working on turning this into a podcast. In the meantime … Not only did we talk about Nebraska-Wisconsin, that the woes of Texas are upon us, and a chock-full week ahead, Emily Ehman and Lee Feinswog are...
VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll: Arizona State rises, Texas tumbles
Nebraska celebrates its sweep at Wisconsin/Zach Schuster photo Pittsburgh held onto its No. 1 spot in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll as our top five places stayed the same. Nebraska remained No. 2, but the gap narrowed. Pitt got eight of the 12 of the...
Volleyball Today: OU upsets Texas; Abercrombie poised to win Athletes Unlimited
USC’s Tyrah Ariail hits the quick against Washington/Jim Wolf photo “You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma!Oklahoma, O.K.!” Oklahoma, the SEC volleyball team, not the subject of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, is indeed doing fine. The Sooners, who have been close so many times this season, came away with a...
Volleyball Today: NCAA streaks and big numbers; big men’s move; AVP, AU updates
Austin Peay celebrates beating Bellarmine to break its 21-match losing streak/Robert Smith, APSU Athletics Let’s go Peay! There were no upsets Saturday in NCAA Division I volleyball, but streaks continued and a long one wsa broken, and there were some impressive numbers put up around the country. The...
Volleyball Today: Huskers sweep Wisconsin; Miami, Mizzou score upsets; Athletes Unlimited
Wisconsin’s Carter Booth jousts with Nebraska setter Bergen Reilly/Zach Schuster photo What a Friday in NCAA Division I volleyball: — No. 2 Nebraska not only won for the first time since 2013 at Wisconsin, the Huskers swept the No. 7 Badgers; — Unranked Miami, which earlier this season...
AVP League: Two playoff spots at stake heading into final weekend in Frisco
Andy Benesh, hitting line past Cody Caldwell, and Miles Partain are unbeaten in the AVP League/Jim Wolf photo Two spots in the AVP League playoffs are up for grabs in the final weekend of the regular season and all four teams competing have a shot. But to...
Volleyball Today: Huskers at Wisconsin; ASU tops BYU; 21-0 Jackrabbits; PVF sets 2025 slate
USC’s Ally Batenhorst hits out of the back row against UCLA/Andy J. Gordon photo The NCAA Division I volleyball spotlight shines on Madison on Friday when Nebraska, No. 2 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, plays at No. 7 Wisconsin. Nebraska, which is 20-1 and...
Volleyball Today: UW tops Oregon; 31 more kills for Florida’s Martin; Badgers meet VP
Washington’s Madi Endsley hits against the Oregon triple block of Noemie Glover, left, Onye Ofoegbu and Mimi Colyer/Stephen Burns photo No matter the change of leagues, Oregon vs. Washington is still worth the price of admission and Wednesday was no exception. Washington, which lost to the No....
Volleyball Today: Almodovar, No. 15 Dayton sweep Duquesne for 15th win in a row
Dayton’s Lexie Almodovar, left, and Liana Sarkissian are all over this Duquesne attempt/Dayton photo Dayton, the only ranked team in action Tuesday, swept visiting Duquesne as Lexie Almodovar continued her fantastic season. She led the Flyers, ranked No. 15 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll,...
Volleyball Today: Abercrombie atop AU; NCAA update; AVCA Poll; international report
Bethania De La Cruz-Mejias attacks on Monday night/AU photo The five-week Athletes Unlimited volleyball season has one week left and it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that the individual winner will be either Brittany Abercrombie and Bethania De La Cruz-Mejia. Abercrombie (3,670 points) took a big step...
AVP League: Nitro wins top seed, Smash surge as season heads into final weekend
Photographer Jim Wolf was in Anaheim and a gallery of his best shots follow. Click on any photo to view full size and be sure to give him credit if you share. The San Diego Smash embraced a “nothing-to-lose mentality” in playing their way into the AVP League...
Volleyball weekly Zoom: S. Dakota St.’s Georgalas; WKU coaches sidelined; NCAA week past
ESPN and Big Ten Network analyst Emily Ehman and VolleyballMag editor Lee Feinswog are joined for their weekly Zoom by South Dakota State coach Dan Georgalas, whose 20-0 Jackrabbits are the only unbeaten team left in NCAA Division. There’s a story about Western Kentucky coach Travis...
VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll: Wisconsin, Kansas move up; Dayton gets in
Toyosi Onabanjo and Kansas have moved up to No. 8/Missy Minear, Kansas Athletics The top six teams stayed the same in this week’s VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, but Wisconsin and Kansas each moved up a spot, Dayton made it in and Kentucky returned. The poll and...
Volleyball Today: ACC leaders all win; Abercrombie, De La Cruz-Mejia continue AU dominance
Hofstra’s Constanza Perez Sain gets the ball over against Delaware/Alexis Friedman photo There were no upsets Sunday in NCAA Division I volleyball. The ACC leaders all won and Minnesota had to dig deep in the Big Ten. Lines of the day: Kansas State’s Aliyah Carter — who...
Volleyball Today: B1G leaders win; Jackrabbits are 20-0; UTA rolls on with reverse sweep
Maryland’s Jonna Spohn goes for the dig at Washington/Stephen Burn photo Three teams are within a game of each other atop the Big Ten after first-place Nebraska and Penn State both won in four on Saturday and second-place Wisconsin swept at Purdue. South Dakota State won again...
Volleyball Today: Pitt edges Louisville; big big-numbers night in NCAA; AU recaps
Washington’s Katy Wessels goes high to tip against Rutgers/Stephen Burns photo When Pittsburgh plays Louisville, you can almost bet on it going five. And so it did Friday as the No. 1 Panthers came away with a 25-21, 26-28, 25-17, 22-25, 15-12 victory, the third time in...
Volley: cris de singe, injures… Une internationale française victime de racisme à Vandoeuvre
L'incident se serait déroulé mardi, à la fin du quatrième set entre le VNVB et Chamalières au palais des sports de Vandoeuvre. Une main courante été déposée par le club meurthe-et-mosellan. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
Newport Beach Fours spurs ideas for much-needed beach volleyball changes
Taylor Sander skies in Newport Beach I renewed my 50-year love affair with beach volleyball on Saturday. In mid-October no less. Not in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, for the Elite16 tournament, or in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, at the NORCECA stop. Or in Oceanside for the AVP League. This much...
AVP League weekend 7 preview: Olympians go at it in Anaheim
Kelly Cheng goes to block Megan Kraft/Mpu Dinani, AVP photo The Austin Aces laid a solid foundation, but plenty of heavy lifting needs to be done before a berth in the AVP League playoffs can be secured. Two games over .500 at 5-3, the Aces project as one of...