Volleyball Today: Minnesota upsets Texas; Selena Gomez; Madi Skinner’s world
Minnesota’s Julia Hanson hits against Texas/Zach Schuster photo How about Minnesota? The Gophers, ranked No. 18 in the AVCA preseason poll and in the same spot in the new poll that came out Monday after opening with a five-set loss to Stanford on Sunday, knocked off No....
AVP Chicago Open: The shove, the winners, the shoes, the league ahead
Taylor Sander goes airborne/Will Chu Photography Call it “The Shove Seen Round the World Wide Web.” Plenty of other highlight-reel moments and compelling storylines were present as the AVP concluded the traditional “bracket” phase of its 2024 season with the third Heritage Series event in Chicago over...
Volleyball Today: Texas, Stanford win; Olympians shine in Chicago; USA crushes France
Madi Skinner of Texas attacks against Wisconsin in Milwaukee/Zach Schuster photo In this Volleyball Today: — Wisconsin is in a place that the program hasn’t seen in 31 years as Texas and Stanford got victories in the State Farm Volleyball Showcase here in Milwaukee; — Tthere was another...
Volleyball Today: Rough-and-tumble AVP into semis; best of NCAA Saturday
Chase Budinger/Rick Atwood photo The AVP got more interesting Saturday and the NCAA volleyball slate was full, with another big slate on tap Sunday. WWE/AVP Sunday’s AVP semis are set, but not before a double red-card situation for Chase Budinger and Trevor Crabb in Saturday’s AVP Chicago Open: ...
Volleyball Today: NCAA season begins in earnest; AVP Chicago Open
Taylor Sander with the kick save in Chicago/Rick Atwood photo There were more than 200 NCAA women’s matches Friday as the season began in earnest with another full slate on tap Saturday. Matches of note, in no particular order, include: Kansas vs. Duke Pittsburgh vs. Long Beach State San Diego...
Volleyball Today: Big NCAA slate; AVP Chicago; big TV ratings; Pilar Victoria dies
Eva Hudson and Purdue held the No. 12 spot this week The season got underway on Tuesday with Nebraska topping Kentucky and Louisville outlasting Wisconsin. Now, the rest of the NCAA women’s volleyball season begins Friday with more than 200 matches, including quite a few teams playing...
Creighton’s Kirsten Bernthal Booth and her Bluejays primed to take next NCAA volleyball leap
Creighton coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth By Leo Adam Biga for VolleyballMag Could this be the year that the Bluejays break through? Creighton, the perennial national power from Omaha but No. 2 in the state of Nebraska, just might have the goods to make it to the NCAA Division...
Volleyball Today: Nebraska, Louisville win openers; De Boer of Illinois; USA sitting
Louisville’s Anna DeBeer hits against Wisconsin/Taris Smith, Louisville Athletics LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — The start of NCAA volleyball season followed the lead of an Eric Clapton hit. About 40 seconds “After Midnight,” sixth-ranked Louisville finished off No. 3 Wisconsin in four sets in an AVCA First Serve Showcase...
Volleyball Today: NORCECA gold, silver for USA; Hamburg Elite16; A Team; LiMu Emu on the beach
The USA men win the NORCECA Men’s Final Six/NORCECA photo This volleyball update includes two USA teams in gold-medal NORCECA matches, how Americans fared in pro beach tournaments in Germany and Canada, The A Team hanging out in Italy, and LiMu Emu is a beach volleyball...
NCAA volleyball season begins Tuesday: Round up the usual suspects
“It’s NCAA volleyball season: Round up the usual suspects.” The Casablanca lead never gets old. As Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) said in the movie Casablanca after Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) shot the bad guy, “Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects.” And here we...
Volley: « J’ai une nouvelle fois mis tout le monde d’accord », Earvin Ngapeth répond à ses détracteurs
Champion olympique avec l’équipe de France de volley durant les Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024, Earvin Ngapeth a encore marqué les esprits. Sur Instagram, le volleyeur en a profité pour répondre à ses détracteurs qui le pensaient fini pour le haut niveau. Read More Home Volleyball...
Transcending Sport: “It’s Called Normal” fuels adaptive athletes through new award
By John Kriescher for VolleyballMag On the eve of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, ICN (It’s Called Normal) Athletics has awarded Berklee Andrews its first ICN Transcend Award, which will be given annually to an adaptive athlete who embodies excellence in volleyball and transcends sport. Adaptive...
AVP Manhattan Beach photo gallery: Best shots from Atwood, Chu, Gordon, Rigney, Szto
The AVP Manhattan Beach Open last week provided, as usual, great action and colorful scenes. Our super-hard-working, ultra-talented photographers, Rick Atwood, Will Chu, Andy J. Gordon, Mark Rigney and Allen Szto, often shoot from the same location on the court but come up with all sorts...
After three NCAA national volleyball semis in a row, No. 4 Pitt aims higher
Dan Fisher and his coaches celebrate their 2023 NCAA regional final victory/Pitt photo Most coaches are loath to reflect on their accomplishments while still in the prime of their careers. So when asked if this was what he envisioned for the program when he took over 12...
Trevor Crabb-Theo Brunner, Taryn Kloth-Kristen Nuss win AVP Manhattan Beach Open crowns
Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss embrace after winning/Mark Rigney photo Trevor Crabb left no doubt Sunday that he is an AVP Manhattan Beach Open legend. Crabb won the event for the fourth time and helped partner Theo Brunner get his first MBO title. Olympians Kristen Nuss and Taryn...
Top 3 seeds on each side into Sunday’s AVP Manhattan Beach Open semifinals
Andy Benesh hits past Taylor Sander but Taylor Crabb is there for the dig/Andy J. Gordon photo The three top seeds and eighth-seeded Toni Rodriguez and Geena Urango are set for Sunday’s AVP Manhattan Beach women’s semifinals. On the men’s side, the top three seeds are also...
Top 4 seeds on each side stay in winners brackets in AVP Manhattan Beach Open
Alvaro Filho goes all out/Rick Atwood photo Sara Hughes/Andy J. Gordon photo Here is the schedule as the AVP Manhattan Beach Open heads into Saturday: AVP Manhattan Beach Open Men Winners bracket Theo Brunner/Trevor Crabb (1) vs. Billy Allen/Paul Lotman (9) Tri Bourne/Ryan Wilcox (12) vs. Cody Caldwell/Seain Cook (4) Andy Benesh/Miles...
AVP Manhattan Beach Open: Olympians, defending champs spice main-draw field
Dillon Cox/Rick Atwood photo The AVP Manhattan Beach Open main draw begins Friday with eight pairs from each side that got through Thursday’s grueling qualifier. The men’s pairs that advanced were Dylan Maarek and Lev Priima, Tate Calles and Brendan Onishcenko, Tyler Penterthy and Garrett Peterson, Ian...
AVP Manhattan Beach Open begins Thursday with qualifier
Taylor Sander, left, and Taylor Crabb after winning the 2023 MBO/Will Chu Photography The four USA Olympics beach volleyball pairs highlight the field at this week’s AVP Manhattan Beach Open. Miles Partain and Andy Benesh and Chase Budinger and Miles Evans will compete on the men’s side,...
Oympics volleyball recap: Larson, Hancock OK; Karch goes glamping; Bruno’s breakfasts; limping around Paris
A selfie during the women’s medal ceremony What’s next? Jordan Larson and Micha Hancock are recovering. They’re OK, thankfully, but the two USA women’s silver-medalists were in a car crash before leaving Paris and are pretty banged up. Karch Kiraly, not sure if he’ll be back as the...