Volleyball Today: NIVC begins; coaching carousel spins; Big 12 honors
TCU’s Melanie Parra We’re still a day away from the start of the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball tournament, but the NIVC gets going Wednesday with Binghamton of the America East at the MAC’s Bowling Green. It’s at 7 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN+. The...
Volleyball Today: NCAA tourney viewing link; AVCA top 25; USA international report
In this edition of Volleyball Today, we’ve got the final AVCA regular-season top 25, some postseason conference honors, a look at the World Beach Pro Tour finals in Doha, and a report on USA women playing internationally. With so many Americans now staying home to...
Franklin Sports making its mark in competitive side of volleyball
In 1946, Franklin Sports was founded in Brockton, Massachusetts, by Irving Franklin. With humble beginnings, when its products were made of discarded scrap leather from local shoe factories, Franklin has evolved into one of the leading sporting goods manufacturers in the world. With more than...
Pitt unanimous No. 1 in final VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll; Dayton, Baylor return
Penn State, which moved up a spot to No. 3, celebrated beating Nebraska to claim a share of the Big Ten title Pittsburgh finished as the unanimous No. 1 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of the regular season. Nebraska is back to No. 2. Penn...
Volleyball Today: NCAA first-round schedule; NIVC field, info; another coach fired
After the 64-team NCAA Tournament field was revealed, the NIVC 29-team bracket bracket was announced. All the info follows. The NCAA tourney schedule is set and we’ll list the first-round matches. The coaching carousel, which is likely to build up some speed now that the regular season...
Post-NCAA volleyball selection show Zoom: Coaches, players, DI chair
We got to ask the chair of the NCAA Division I volleyball committe, Danielle Josetti, about Louisville-Stanford and the No. 4 seed, about the selection process overall, how they decided the last few in and out, and much more. You will want to hear what...
Pitt, Nebraska, Penn State, Louisville get No. 1 NCAA volleyball tourney seeds
Later Sunday night, look for our Zoom with, among others, the chair of NCAA Division I committee, Danielle Josette of Marquette; Nebraska coach John Cook, whose Huskers played 17 of the 64 teams in the field; Stanford junior outside Elia Rubin, Pitt junior middle Bre Kelley;...
Volleyball Today: ACC, SEC surprises; NCAA bracket announcement Sunday; USA pair wins gold
Miliana Sylvester of Hawai’i goes over the Cal Poly blocks/Jim Wolf photo The ACC saved its wildest for last, ensuring that the NCAA Division I volleyball regular season would end with a bang. And did it ever. To wit: Unranked NC State all but assured itself an at-large NCAA...
NCAA volleyball: Penn St. stifles Nebraska; Sacramento St. wins Big Sky; big Saturday on tap
Purdue libero Ali Hornung gets the ball just ahead of Chloe Chicoine at Washington/Stephen Burns photo A day after fourth-ranked Penn State put an end to No. 1 Nebraska’s 25-match winning streak to claim at least a share of the Big Ten title, a regular season...
Volleyball Today: UNC, Sacramento St. into Big Sky final; Nebraska goes to Penn St.; tourneys resume
Ashlynn Archer is a happy, high-jumping Hornet during the victory over Idaho State/Sacramento State photo Northern Colorado, which won the Big Sky regular-season by three games, has had a tough go of it in the conference tournament. A day after pulling off a reverse sweep over eighth-seeded...
Volleyball Today: Pitt tops Louisville, reverse sweeps galore, BYU thumps KU, S. Carolina beats Florida
USC’s Adonia Faumuina jousts with Washington’s Elise Hani, left, and Emoni Bush/Stephen Burns photo Top-ranked Pittsburgh didn’t need five sets to beat No 3 Louisville this time. No, the Panthers won in four and clinched at least a tie for the ACC title. BYU, which fell out of...
Volleyball Today: S. Dakota, UNI, Lindenwood win tourneys; Pitt at Louisville Wednesday
There were only three NCAA Division I volleyball matches Tuesday, but all three had major storylines. Third-seeded South Dakota, which lost to South Dakota State in both of their Summit League regular season meetings, knocked off the top-seeded Jackrabbits in five sets to claim its fifth...
Q&A with NCAA Division I volleyball chair Danielle Josetti of Marquette
Nebraska vs. Texas during the Division I Womenís Volleyball Championship at Amalie Arena on December 17, 2023 in Tampa, Florida/Jamie Schwaberow, NCAA Photos via Getty Images The 2024 Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship is December 19-22 in the KFC Yum! Center, in Louisville. Kentucky. The first...
Volleyball Today: MVC, OVC, Summit finals set; PVF draft; Laguna Beach recap, photos
Denver’s Jamia Johnson attacks against South Dakota State’s Sylvie Zgonc/Ryan Weaver Photography NCAA Tournament bids will be clinched Tuesday in the Missouri Valley Conference and The Summit League. The Ohio Valley Conference also has its tournament final, but fourth-headed Morehead State, which plays second-seeded Lindenwood, is already...
900 Square Feet: Oregon’s Ulmer, UTA’s Wenger join in; mid-major madness; what a week ahead
It’s the weekly NCAA Zoom, “900 Square Feet,” with ESPN and Big Ten Network analyst Emily Ehman and VolleyballMag editor Lee Feinswog. This week we’re joined by Oregon coach Matt Ulmer and then UT Arlington’s JT Wenger. (After watching Matt, click here for more info and/or...
VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll: Nebraska, Pitt tied for No. 1, Penn State up to 4th
Nebraska’s Harper Murray takes the serve as Olivia Mauck is ready against Wisconsin/Nebraska photo Nebraska’s sweep of Wisconsin made an impression on our VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll voters, because the Huskers moved up a spot into a tie for No. 1 with Pittsburgh. Louisville is still...
Volleyball Today: Dayton upset in November tourney madness; Miami tops GT; PVF draft
Texas State after winning the Sun Belt title/Bobby McDuffie, McDuffie Images Two ranked teams lost Sunday, when Miami pulled off a reverse sweep to knock off visiting AVCA No. 15 Georgia Tech and No. 25 Missouri was beaten by Mississippi State. But that was just the tip...
Volleyball Today: Huskers sweep; six NCAA bids claimed with 16 more on the line Sunday
Nebraska’s Harper Murray beats the block of Wisconsin’s Anna Smrek/Nebraska photo Nebraska dominated Wisconsin, sweeping the Badgers again, to win its 25th match in a row and get one step closer to an unbeaten Big Ten season. Arizona State beat Colorado to clinch the Big 12’s automatic...
Volleyball Today: Six NCAA bids on the line Saturday; Nebraska plays Wisconsin
This is going to be a fun volleyball Saturday. Not only does No. 6 Wisconsin go to No. 2 Nebraska in the Big Ten, automatic NCAA Tournament bids will be claimed by winners in six conferences. The only upset Friday was by No. 23 Florida State, which...
Volleyball Today: Cincinnati upsets BYU; Penn State sweeps Purdue; tourney play continues
Michigan’s Jacque Boney gets the easy kills against Maryland/Maryland photo Cincinnati beat a ranked team for the first time since 2019 when the Bearcats won in five Thursday at No. 24 BYU in the Big 12. Fifth-ranked Penn State had another statement victory, this time a sweep...