Triangle 16s makes AAU Boys Junior National Volleyball Championships history
Triangle 16s ORLANDO, Florida — Championships were won Wednesday in the 12s, 13s, 16s, and 18s divisions at the AAU Boys Junior National Volleyball Championships, and among the winners was Bay to Bay in 16s and its now celebrated youngest player. Wednesday Championships 18s Open — Balboa Bay...
“How cool is that?” Tim Brewster, Logan Webber make Gstaad Elite16 main draw
GSTAAD, Switzerland — Belief was suspended for a moment. Two moments. Three. Tim Brewster’s hands covered his mouth. Logan Webber, glorious mullet spilling out the back of his visor, grinned a grin only a winner playing on house money — and winning big with it...
Savvy Simo “turning anxiety into a superpower” while opening up on mental health
HERMOSA BEACH, California — Four straight points had Savvy Simo given up in the final round of the Stare Jablonki Challenge qualifier when the colorful language of a perpetual and audible self-talking beach volleyball player began to flow. Four-letter words of every variety, loud enough...
Championship brackets, tops from Tuesday, the youngest player at AAU Boys Volleyball Nationals
Kainoa Wade attacks for Outrigger ORLANDO, Florida — Day three at the AAU Boys Junior National Volleyball Championships was critical as all the teams finished pool play. The top three teams were seeded in a three-team pool, with the top team being placed into Wednesday’s championship...
Tawa’s Club Dots: Recapping AAU Girls Junior National Volleyball Championships
During the season, Dots consists of a collection of notes and highlights from the previous week in girls club volleyball. In this case, this edition recaps AAU Nationals with one more Dots to go this summer when we recap USA Volleyball girls nationals. • The 51st...
630 18s, Pazanti, Whittemore sparkle at AAU Boys Junior Nationals Championships
630 18s ORLANDO, Florida – Hello from the AAU Boys Junior Nationals Championships. Tuesday’s second-day action featured pool play in 12s, 13s, 16s and 18s. The AVCA put on a free recruiting event and teams are gearing up to make the push to make the championship bracket. I...
Boys state volleyball recaps: AZ, CO, HI, IL, IN, KY, MI, NJ, NC, OH, OK, PA, San Diego, SoCal, TN, TX, UT
Editor’s note: Keeping up with boys volleyball as it grows exponentially in this country is no easy task. Kevin Pratte reached out to all the states that have high school seasons through social media and e-mails, but some areas did not respond and are not...
Volley: la France remporte la Ligue des nations pour la 4e fois
Championne olympique en titre, l'équipe de France de volley a envoyé un message à un mois des JO de Paris en remportant la Ligue des nations face au Japon (3-1). Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
NBC Olympics volleyball team of Paul Sunderland, Kevin Barnett, Salima Rockwell
The Paris Olympics volleyball tournament is four weeks away. Accordingly, we had a wonderful video breakdown session with the NBC announcing crew of Paul Sunderland, Kevin Barnett and Salima Rockwell. We dive deep into both the USA men’s and women’s teams, talk about their prospects, and...
Mewhirter breaks it down as Olympic beach volleyball pools announced
Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss are in Mewhirter’s “Pool of Death”/Volleyball World photo The beach volleyball Olympic field is set. All of it. The 17 spots have been punched via Olympic rankings. The French wild cards have been doled out — to Remi Bassereau and Julien Lyneel, and...
USA Volleyball CEO Jamie Davis considered for same role with USA Water Polo
Jamie Davis with Hugh McCutcheon at Volleyball Nations League earlier this month in Arlington, Texas. McCutcheon is one of the candidates to replace Davis as CEO at USA Volleyball. USA Volleyball CEO Jamie Davis, who announced that he will leave that post after the Paris Olympics,...
Volley: Ngapeth, star des Bleus, « encourage les votes contre le RN »
Si de nombreux acteurs du sport ont appelé les Français à aller voter afin de faire barrage contre les extrêmes pour les élections législatives anticipées, Earvin Ngapeth, star de l'équipe de France de volley, va plus loin en appelant les électeurs à voter contre le...
USA men face Japan, Argentina, Germany in Olympics volleyball pool play; women’s schedule set
The men’s pools were announced Wednesday for the Paris Olympics and now we know who the USA men will play: Japan, Argentina and Germany. The women’s pools were announced last week when we learned the USA plays France, China and Serbia. The women’s Olympic schedule was announced...
Exciting times for LOVB as it approaches inaugural 2025 pro volleyball season
Three future LOVB players, from left, Lauren Carlini, Chiaka Ogbogu, Jordan Thompson, playing in Volleyball Nations League/Volleyball World photo LOVB got SPANX. More on that later, but it’s a really big deal for the fledgling pro volleyball league that begins play in January. League One Volleyball has franchises,...
Mark Paaluhui and the revival of the 2024 Hermosa Beach Open
The 2024 Hermosa Beach Open is September 4-7 in Hermosa Beach, California. The qualifier is September 4, followed by the main draw.Volleyball TV will stream the event. For more information and how to support, go to https://hermosa-open.com/ *** HERMOSA BEACH, California — The return of professional beach...
Howard University mixes volleyball, clinics, safaris on Botswana trip of a lifetime
Dami Awojobi Oluwadamilola Awojobi — Dami for short — is a rising senior at Howard University in Washington, D.C We asked Howard coach Shaun Kupferburg if one of his players would chronicle their team’s trip May 16-27 to Botswana and Zimbabwe. Luckily for us, Dami, a...
New territory: Breaking down 2024 18-team Big Ten volleyball schedule
Two of the new members of the Big Ten conference go from the frying pan into the fire for their first Big Ten volleyball road trips. USC and UCLA will play their respective first league road matches at Nebraska during the last week of September to...
USA men stay in Volleyball Nations League contention; women ousted
Germany’s Moritz Reichert hits against Micha Christenson, left, and Jeff Jendryk/Volleyball World photo The USA men beat Germany on Friday to stay in contention for the eighth and last spot in the Volleyball Nations League finals, but the USA women were bounced from their side of...
Women’s Olympic volleyball pools set; USA men beat Brazil in five
The The USA women are in a four-team pool with host France, China and Serbia at next month’s Paris Olympics. According to Volleyball World, which announced the three pools on Thursday, “The Olympic volleyball tournaments at Paris 2024 will be conducted under a new format, starting...
USA men rally but fall to Iran in five in Volleyball Nations League
TJ DeFalco tries to hit off the block against Iran/Volleyball World photo TJ DeFalco went off, but the USA men, playing in their first match of the third round of Volleyball Nations League, lost in five sets to previously winless Iran on Wednesday in Manilla, Philippines. DeFalco...