Evan Cory is playing beach volleyball his own damn way in 2024
HERMOSA BEACH, California — Evan Cory did all of the right things. Checked every box in the How to Become a Professional Beach Volleyball Player handbook. The rising star out of Louisiana made the jump from Metairie to Hermosa Beach, the heartland of beach volleyball. He’d...
Hentz, Vibe play Grand Rapids, Omaha vs. Mojo in Pro Volleyball Federation semis
Morgan Hentz passes against Columbus/Atlanta Vibe photo The Atlanta Vibe haven’t played since May 2, but don’t worry about libero Morgan Hentz being rusty. No, while her team was back home preparing for the Pro Volleyball Federation Championship that begins Wednesday, Hentz was in the USA national-team...
USA women open Volleyball Nations League against Thailand
Turkiye’s Melissa Vargas goes over Ali Frantti and Dana Rettke during the 2023 VNL/Volleyball World photo @shotbygomez The USA women’s quest to repeat as Olympic champions begins with the first leg of Volleyball Nations League. After a brief time together in the gym in Anaheim, the American...
After 4 beach titles at USC, Delaynie Maple will play indoor volleyball at Indiana
Delaynie Maple digs during the NCAA Championship/Stephen Burns photo It’s not lost on Delaynie Maple that Indiana volleyball coach Steve Aird is a lifelong, suffering Toronto Maple Leafs fan. If you don’t follow hockey, think Chicago Cubs until they finally won the World Series in 2016. “I made...
Mojo snag third seed as Pro Volleyball Federation playoffs set
Orlando’s Courtney Schwan hits against the San Diego block/Valkyries photo The Pro Volleyball Federation still has three more matches remaining to its inaugural regular season, but they will have no bearing on the playoffs that start Wednesday in Omaha. The top-seeded Atlanta Vibe (19-5), who have been...
USA Volleyball announces veteran-laded 12-player Olympic roster
Max Holt tries to block Jeff Jendryk during practice this past Thursday in Anaheim/Andy J. Gordon photo There were no surprises Friday when coach John Speraw and USA Volleyball announced their 12-player roster for the Paris Olympics. The team consists of nine players who are Olympics veterans...
NCAA beach volleyball: Best photos from Mark Rigney, Stephen Burns, Will Chu
VolleyballMag photographers Mark Rigney, Stephen Burns and Will Chu shot thousands of photos last week at the NCAA’s National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This gallery includes their favorites. Click on any image to view full size. Athletes, friends and families, if you use...
League One Volleyball announces some matches to be on ESPN
League One Volleyball (LOVB), which begins its inaugural pro season in 2025, announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement with ESPN to present some of its pro matches across its linear networks and digital platforms. According to LOVB, ESPN platforms will show 10 LOVB...
USA Olympic volleyball rosters: Men’s coming soon, women’s next month
The USA and Japan women gathered for a photo after scrimmaging Monday ANAHEIM, California — The respective USA Olympic volleyball coaches, Karch Kiraly and John Speraw, will both end up in Paris the third week of July, but their teams are taking different paths to get...
SANDCAST Mailbag: Are Tri and Chaim out of the Olympic race? New AVP partnerships?
HERMOSA BEACH, California — It wasn’t hard to guess the subject of this month’s SANDCAST mailbag: After withdrawing from the Xiamen Challenge and Brasilia Elite16, Have Tri Bourne and Chaim Schalk dropped out of the race to the Paris Olympic Games? No less than a dozen...
Mojo top Fury to clinch fourth Pro Volleyball Federation playoff spot
The San Diego Mojo celebrate after beating Columbus/Lee Feinswog photo SAN DIEGO — On February 19, the San Diego Mojo got swept for the third time to start the inaugural Pro Volleyball Federation. “We just wanted to win a set at that point,” veteran Ali Bastianelli admitted. They...
Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings: Zoe Verge-Depre, Esmee Bobner land critical bronze
Zoe Verge-Depre, right, and Esmee Bobner in Brasilia/Volleyball World photo The race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February 2023 in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The 2024 season began the first week of March back in Doha, and the final...
Three classes inducted into Southern Cal Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame
Front row, from left: Nancy Owen-Fortner, Alice Sanchez, Miki McFadden, DaeLea Aldrich, Doug Perry (for Mary Perry), Rosie Wegrich. Second row, from left: Rick Olmstead, Matt Fuerbringer, Kristin Klein Keefe. Third row from left: Walt Ker, Charlie Jackson, Dr. Bill Stetson, Erik Sullivan. Back row,...
Rise clinch; three teams vie for last Pro Volleyball Federation playoff spot
San Diego’s Willow Johnson attacks against the Grand Rapids block of Ericka Pritchard, left, and Marin Grote/Nicolas Carrillo photo Three playoff spots are clinched and one remains with just seven matches left in the Pro Volleyball Federation inaugural season. The Atlanta Vibe (19-5) were the first to...
Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth shake off early-season slump with silver in Brazil
On the surface, it was easy to wonder (and many did): What was going on with Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth? The No. 2 team in the world had supposedly gone through whatever a sophomore slump might look like for them, and theirs resembled nothing of...
USC x 4: Trojans win NCAA beach volleyball title again
USC dogpiles/Mark Rigney photo The official tally of the national-title dual was 3-0, but little came easy for USC against UCLA. USC’s Nicole Nourse stuffs UCLA’s Kenzie Brower to win the match/Mark Rigney photo The wonder Women of Troy completed an unprecedented four-peat in the NCAA Beach Volleyball...
Jim Wolf’s best photos from the UCLA-Long Beach volleyball title match
LONG BEACH, California — UCLA’s four-set victory Saturday over Long Beach State in the NCAA’s National College Men’s Volleyball Championship match provided great action for both the crowd of 3,804 in Long Beach’s Pyramid and also a national audience on ESPN. Veteran photographer Jim Wolf, a...
LSU makes waves, but it will be USC vs. UCLA in beach volleyball
LSU’s Emily Meyer with the one-handed dig against UCLA/Stephen Burns photo For the second day in a row, LSU made the biggest waves at the NCAA’s National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship, pulling off the most spectacular upset in the tournament’s history. But when the sand in Gulf...
Back-to-back for UCLA as Bruins top Beach for NCAA volleyball title
UCLA wins the 2024 NCAA title/Jan Kim Lim photo LONG BEACH, California — Zach Rama and UCLA weren’t going to give Long Beach State a chance at another reverse sweep. The sophomore from Phoenix had all three of his kills in UCLA’s final five points Saturday as...
Top-seeded UCLA set to play No. 2 Long Beach in NCAA men’s volleyball final
UCLA’s Cooper Robinson hits the roll over the UCI block/Jim Wolf photo LONG BEACH, California — If it’s filled to capacity Saturday when top-seeded UCLA plays No. 2 Long Beach State for the NCAA’s National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship, the crowd in The Walter Pyramid will...