Tawa’s Club Volleyball Dots: Yesiree for TAV! Hooray for NPJ!
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag’s weekly look at 10 things in club volleyball, past or present, that interest me and hopefully will interest you. Look for Dots every Tuesday through Junior Nationals this summer. • Last weekend was a busy one in the world of juniors volleyball. That...
Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings: Bukovec-Bansley make huge jump in Cinderella run
Heather Bansley, left, and Sophie Bukovec at the 2023 Edmonton Challenge/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 last week, back in Doha, and the final...
International volleyball: Skinner, Chieri win CEV Cup; Milano-Conegliano battle set
Avery Skinner and Chieri celebrate/CEV photo This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: CEV Cup Avery Skinner and Chieri claimed the CEV Cup, beating NUC Viteos in the final. Skinner had six kills,...
Evandro and Arthur feel right at home with dominant performance in Recife Challenge
Evandro and Arthur celebrate a gold medal at the Recife Challenge/Volleyball World photo RECIFE, Brazil — The avalanche was coming, and all but two in Recife, Brazil believed it could be held back. Those two go by the names of Jorge Alayo and Noslen Diaz, a pair...
Pro Volleyball Federation’s Fury signs Olympian Bartsch-Hackley; CSUN men upset Hawai’i
Hawaii was stung on its home court as CSUN pulled off a huge Big West upset, BYU doubled down at Pepperdine and the MIVA produced fireworks on a busy Saturday of NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball. Jon Diedrich of Purdue Fort Wayne exploded for 38 kills,...
BYU beats Pepperdine; GCU, Hawai’i, Belmont Abbey win in NCAA men’s volleyball
Louis Sakanoko of Hawai’i attacks against CSUN/UH Twitter BYU put a bit of drama into the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation race with a five-set victory over error-prone Pepperdine, while Grand Canyon stayed undefeated in the league, and Hawaii made middles magic to highlight men’s NCAA Division...
Ohio State gets big men’s victory at Ball St.; Rise, Vibe win in Pro Volleyball Federation
Orlando’s Jill Gillen is blocked by Shelly Fanning of Atlanta//Zach Zunt photo Ohio State got a much-needed victory Thursday as the No. 10 Buckeyes swept No. 12 Ball State in a match that kept them in the MIVA chase. Fifth-ranked Grand Canyon also won in NCAA Division...
Tri Bourne, Chaim Schalk come back to qualify for Recife Challenge
Tri Bourne and Chaim Schalk celebrate a point at the Tepic Elite 16/Volleyball World photo RECIFE, Brazil — Amid the delirium and the jubilation on one side of the net and the solemn-faced, thousand-mile stare of dejection on the other, there came a cackle from just...
Tip a Player (TAP): Best way to financially support college athletes in NIL era
By TAP co-founder Travis Richmond for VolleyballMag.com College sports changed forever on June 21, 2021, when the Supreme Court unanimously ruled the NCAA could not prohibit student-athletes from receiving non-educational benefits. Since then, players have been allowed to earn compensation for the use of their name,...
Brooke Sweat takes on new role at Recife, Brazil, Challenge with young Kennedy Coakley
RECIFE, Brazil — There aren’t that many firsts remaining in Brooke Sweat’s beach volleyball career. She played her first AVP in 2007, her first FIVB in 2009. She’s made the Olympics, won eight AVPs and claimed 10 medals for the United States. She has played...
INFO RMC SPORT. Volley: Chaboissant au Paris Volley, Duflos-Rossi à Toulouse, Giquel en Italie… un mercato mouvementé
Alors que la saison régulière se termine, les clubs français terminent leur mercato pour la saison prochaine. Tour de France et d’Europe, non exhaustif, des arrivées et des départs. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
Girls club volleyball Dream Team: Van Deusen, Johnson, Hankerson, Poinsett, Snook, Schoonover, Niesen
Every Wednesday during the club season, VolleyballMag.com will recognize a Dream Team of eight girls volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before. Players are selected EXCLUSIVELY from nominations. To nominate, coaches will need to get on our bulk email list...
Partnership with veteran Heather Bansley pays off for Sophie Bukovec
HERMOSA BEACH, California — Sophie Bukovec has not been partnered with Heather Bansley long. A mere seven tournaments over the course of eight months. Like any good teacher — and Bansley, a two-time Olympian and three-time Best Defensive Player, is, make no mistake, a fine...
Volleyball today: NCAA men’s poll, schedule; NCAA beach; AVCA; LOVB
Long Beach State’s Sotiris Siapanis attacks against the Hawaii block of Guilherme Voss, left, and Alaka’i Todd last Friday/Andy J. Gordon photo In this report, we catch up on the AVCA, NCAA men, NCAA beach, Pro Volleyball Federation and LOVB. NCAA men AVCA TOP 20: It was all...
Tawa’s Girls Club Dots: Fond MEQ memories; Bluegrass happenings
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag’s weekly look at 10 things in club volleyball, past or present, that interest me and hopefully will interest you. Look for Dots every Tuesday through Junior Nationals this summer. • The Mideast Qualifier took place this past weekend in Indianapolis. I will...
NCAA beach volleyball: No. 1 USC dominates in Florida, No. 2 UCLA tops East-West
Alana Embry of Hawai’i covers the line against LSU/Mark Rigney photo Perennial power USC enjoyed a fruitful trip to Florida as rival UCLA led the West’s charge over the East on fabled Manhattan Beach. Our NCAA beach volleyball report also recaps the rest of a busy...
International volleyball: Rettke, Bajema, Plummer, Lanier, Robinson Cook in Champions semifinals
Kathryn Plummer of Conegliano tips against Eczacibasi/CEV photo This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Champions League Milano and Imoco Coneliano continue to play in the semfinals, which means a USA-loaded matches including...
Long Beach beats UH again; PFW upsets Ohio St.; Omaha tops Orlando in Pro Volleyball
High-flying DiAeris McRaven of Long Beach hits against Hawai’i/Jim Wolf photo The Big West rematch was a lot tougher, but No. 2 Long Beach State beat No. 1 Hawai’i for the second night in a row, this time in five sets. Struggling Ohio State lost again as...
No. 2 Long Beach sweeps No. 1 UH; UCI, UCSD, GCU win in NCAA men’s volleyball
Chaz Galloway of Hawai’i hits against the Long Beach State triple block of Aidan Knipe, Simon Torwie and Nathan Harlan/Jim Wolf photo Hawai’i, which moved up to No. 1 this week but also lost its leading attacker, got swept at No. 2 Long Beach State. It was...
President and CEO Jamie Davis leaving USA Volleyball at year’s end
USA Volleyball President and CEO Jamie Davis will not renew his contract with the organization after it expires at the end of the year. Davis, 58, who started at USA Volleyball in 2017, will continue to oversee the organization through the Olympic and Paralympic Games in...