‘Que it up: Triple Crown Volleyball NIT is a Kansas City triple threat
We’re going to Kansas City, where the Triple Crown NIT is in town. For more than a decade now, the NIT has been synonymous with the best girls’ club volleyball in the country. Bar none. It really is a “Who’s Who” of the best the sport has to...
Who plays who: Big Ten announces 2024 opponent volleyball schedule
Illinois and setter Brooke Mosher have home B1G matches in 2024 against Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Penn State, UCLA, USC and Wisconsin/Craig Pessman photo After waiting until June for the last couple of years to announce conference volleyball schedules, the Big Ten dropped a February surprise...
Ball State, McKendree, UCSB win men’s volleyball; PVF’s Omaha tops Vegas
Ball State’s Tinaishe Ndavazocheva hits against the PFW block of Bryce Walker, left, and Davey Singer/Ball State photo Ball State and McKendree won MIVA matches and UC Santa Barbara won a tough four-setter against a DIII opponent in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball Thursday. In the Pro...
UCLA, USC, Loyola win in men’s volleyball; Omaha goes to Vegas in PVF
There were six NCAA men’s Division I-II volleyball matches Wednesday and all but one were sweeps, including No. 4 UCLA beating No. 9 Pepperdine, No. 12 USC topping Concordia Irvine and No. 10 Loyola defeating No. 13 Lewis. An NCAA women’s team promoted a coach and...
Girls club volleyball Dream Team: Morris, Mortensen, Ocampo, Varela, Hanes, Williams, Brooks, Planeta
Every Wednesday during the club season, VolleyballMag recognizes a Dream Team of eight girls volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before. The team, most weeks, consisted of the following: Setter or S/RS Setter, S/RS or RS OH OH MB MB Libero DS We include our eight-player Dream Team...
SANDCAST Mailbag: Taking all questions about the new-look AVP Tour
HERMOSA BEACH, California — The 2024 AVP schedule was not intended to be announced as it was last week: Accidentally posted on their own website and shared by a slew of fans and various beach volleyball groups on Facebook before it was taken down from the...
NCAA volleyball: AVCA update, men’s slate, hires and who’s also playing basketball
BYU’s Jennifer Hamson attacks against Penn State in the 2014 NCAA championship match/Ed Chan, VBshots.com In this NCAA volleyball update, we have the AVCA news of the week, what’s on tap for the men, a Division I head-coach hiring and a new Division I assistant, and...
Tawa’s Club Volleyball Dots: Great Scott! Toxic Volleyball Moms, Showdowns and Tours
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag.com’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 18s national qualifiers rolled into Salt Lake City this past weekend...
Michigan to Utah: National boys high school volleyball preview, part 2
This is the second of our two-part preview of boys high school volleyball season. Monday, we featured Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawai’i, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky: Great growth: National boys high school volleyball preview, part 1 Michigan Michigan expanded its playoffs to two divisions last year. In Division 1,...
International volleyball: Drews, JT Marvelous compete 22-0 regular season; 33 kills for Cuttino
This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Champions League VakifBank’s Ali Frantti VakifBank and Stuttgart are into the semifinals. VakifBank swept Rzeszow as Ali Frantti led with nine kills, two aces and a block...
Pro Volleyball Federation: Omaha beats Grand Rapids, Atlanta gets past Orlando
Atlanta’s Marlie Monserez watches Morgan Hentz go all out against Orlando/Vibe photo The Pro Volleyball Federation had two matches at the same time Monday and for YouTube viewers trying to watch both, there was a lot of excitement to take in at once. In Grand Rapids, Michigan,...
Great growth: National boys high school volleyball preview, part 1
High school boys volleyball, one of the fastest growing sports in America, is either underway or begins play soon around the nation. This is our two-part look at the 28 states playing boys volleyball around the USA, and we know there are more to come. The...
UCLA bounces back against Long Beach; Orlando tops Vegas in Pro Volleyball
Long Beach State’s Clark Godbold hits against the UCLA block, from left, of Alex Knight, Guy Genis and Ido David/Andy J. Gordon photo Top-ranked Long Beach State is no longer unbeaten. A day after beating No. 4 UCLA at home, the Beach went to Westwood and left...
Long Beach tops UCLA; upsets for Loyola, McKendree, LM; Rise win in Pro Volleyball
Long Beach State’s Simon Torwie hits way above UCLA/Jim Wolf photo Top-ranked Long Beach State defeated No. 4 UCLA in four sets in the showcase battle of the early NCAA men’s volleyball season on a Friday night that saw two upsets in the MIVA — No....
Pepperdine, BYU, Daemen, McKendree among NCAA men’s volleyball winners
Pepperdine’s Akin Akinwumi hits against the UCSB triple block/UC Santa Barbara photo Pepperdine came away with a five-set victory at UC Santa Barbara in NCAA men’s volleyball on Thursday, the only one of the seven matches that did not result in a sweep. BYU, playing for...
Vegas victorious in first PVF match; Hawai’i, Ohio State, UCI win in men’s volleyball
UCI’s Hilir Henno had a career match on offense but worked hard on defense, too/Jim Wolf photo The Vegas Thrill made the first Pro Volleyball Federation match in franchise history a memorable one with a five-set victory at the Omaha Supernovas on Wednesday night. In NCAA Division...
Girls club volleyball Dream Team: Bardin, Schrom, Kalcynski, Mambu, Tompkins, Hunt, Knight, Fritch
Emmy Schrom Every Wednesday during the club season, VolleyballMag recognizes a Dream Team of eight girls volleyball players (15s to 18s age groups) who were standouts the weekend before. The team, most weeks, consisted of the following: Setter or S/RS Setter, S/RS or RS OH OH MB MB Libero DS We include our eight-player Dream...
2024 AVP Schedule released, including details on new AVP League
The 2024 AVP schedule has officially been released, and it includes a bit of the familiar, a smattering of tweaks, and the establishment of the new: a beach volleyball league that will be the first of its kind. 2024 AVP schedule Three marquee events, known as Heritage...
USC strives for the unthinkable: Fourth straight NCAA beach volleyball title
HERMOSA BEACH, California — One mustn’t think about pink elephants. Tricky thing, that. Once someone mentions something as peculiar as a pink elephant, how are you supposed to think of anything else? Imagine the challenge, then, of Delaynie Maple, Megan Kraft, and USC Beach Volleyball coach...
Pro Volleyball Federation: Thrill opens at Omaha; Gillen wows; TV woes abound
The third week of Pro Volleyball Federation action begins Wednesday when the Omaha Supernovas entertain the Vegas Thrill, who play their first match in the league’s inaugural season. The Supernovas (1-1) come off a sweep of the San Diego Mojo and will play under new interim...