Volleyball Today: Six conference tourneys begin; Wisconsin, TCU win; SEMO, UNI take titles
Auburn’s Madison Scheer, left, and Chelsey McCurdy with the block against Florida’s Kennedy Martin/Auburn photo It’s tourney time! Conference championships begin Thursday in the ASUN, CAA, MAAC, SoCon, Sun Belt and WAC. All of those are one-and-done leagues, meaning only the conference-tournament winner will get a bid...
Volleyball Today: Lehigh scores PL upset; SDSU wins Summit; international report
The one-and-done season is underway: Lehigh pulled off the first upset of the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball postseason. The visiting sixth-seeded Hawks, in the conference tournament for the first time since 2019, knocked out third-seeded American in five sets in the opening round of the Patriot...
Volleyball Today: Patriot League tourney begins; AVCA, NCAA RPI updates
WKU coach Travis Hudson, recovering from knee surgery, talks to his team last week/Steve Roberts, WKU Athletics In this edition of Volleyball Today, we’ve got the Patriot League Championship beginning Tuesday, the AVCA poll, an NCAA RPI update with implications, the passing of Matt McShane, a...
900 Square Feet: Creighton’s Booth joins the weekly NCAA volleyball Zoom
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 Creighton coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth, whose Bluejays are streaking toward a top-four NCAA Tournament seed, Lee has a new...
VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll: Top 10 spots stay the same; Utah breaks in
SMU’s Natalia Newsome attacks against Florida State/SMU photo The first 10 teams in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll stayed the same this week. The first movement was at No. 11, as Kansas moved up a spot. Kentucky went up two notches to No. 12, Texas stayed...
Volleyball Today: USC reverse sweeps Oregon; UCLA’s Boyd, Perez win in beach
Washington’s Emoni Bush, left, and Julia hunt block Northwestern’s Kathryn Randorf/Stephen Burns photo Our version of March Madness has begun. It’s now one and done for quite a few conferences. For that matter, other than the ACC, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten and SEC, very few...
Volleyball Today: Colgate’s reverse sweep clinches Patriot; Caldwell-Cory win in China
Wisconsin’s Carly Andrerson digs at UCLA/Jim Wolf photo Abby Shadwick put Colgate on her back and carried the Raiders to the Patriot League regular-season title. The star 6-foot-2 senior outside hitter’s heroics in crunch time during a reverse sweep on the road against Bucknell stole the spotlight for her low-major school...
Volleyball Today: K-State upsets TCU; Martin (32 kills), Florida top Mizzou
SMU’s Celia Cullen back sets against Miami/SMU photo All the favorites won Friday — most in three sets — but No. 18 TCU not only was upset by Kansas State, the Wildcats swept their Big 12 match. Kennedy Martin had a program-record 32 kills as No. 21...
The best photos from the AVP League final weekend
Photographers Andy J. Gordon, Will Chu and Mark Rigney covered the AVP League finals weekend. This is a gallery of their best shots. Click on any photo to view full size and if you share on social media, please give credit: The post The best photos from...
Volleyball Today: Nebraska tops Minnesota; AVCA POY list pared to 14
Wisconsin’s Anna Smrek hits past USC’s Adonia Faumuina/Andy J. Gordon photo Nebraska won for the 22nd time in a row as the No. 2 Huskers beat visiting No. 16 Minnesota in four sets in the Big Ten on Thursday. There were no upsets and there were four...
Volleyball Today: Big 12 victories for KU, Baylor; 30 kills for S. Carolina’s Whitesides
UCLA’s Cheridyn Leverette hits past the the Washington block of Julia Hunt and Madi Endsley/Andy J. Gordon photo There were two matches involving ranked teams Wednesday in NCAA Division I volleyball, as Kansas and Baylor came away with Big 12 victories. The line of the day: South...
Volleyball Today: UT Arlington clinches WAC regular-season title; AVCA Poll
UT Arlington celebrates winning the WAC regular-season title/UTA photo UT Arlington clinched its first regular-season title since 2002 when the Mavs won their WAC match at Tarleton State in four Monday. Brianna Ford continued her tremendous season with 19 kills, hitting .447, to go with two...
San Diego Smash punctuate late-season surge with inaugural AVP League title
Chase Budinger blocks Miles Partain/Will Chu Photography When the San Diego Smash required one pressure-packed sideout to win the title, Chase Budinger answered the call. The championship of the inaugural AVP League came down to a “Golden Set” tiebreaker between the Smash and Dallas Dream on a balmy Sunday afternoon in Carson, California. Budinger...
900 Square Feet: Wisconsin, streaks, key matches and more on the NCAA volleyball Zoom
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, among the topics, Wisconsin routs Penn State, who’s streaking, key matches ahead and way more: The post 900 Square Feet: Wisconsin, streaks, key...
VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll: Louisville up to No. 3, Creighton is 4th
Wisconsin had plenty to celebrate against Penn State/Julia Kostopoulos photo Upsets and unpredictable outcomes gave our VolleyballMag Super 16 Media pollsters plenty to consider last week, and while Pittsburgh and Nebraska remained 1-2, Louisville moved up a spot to No, 3 and Creighton did the same...
Volleyball Today: Smash capture inaugural AVP League; Pitt, Louisville, Creighton win
The San Diego Smash celebrate winning the AVP League/Jim Wolf photo The San Diego Smash — Geena Urango, Toni Rodriguez, Chase Budinger and Miles Evans — won the inaugural AVP League on Sunday. There were no NCAA upsets as the top teams all won, including No. 1...
Volleyball Today: Wisconsin blasts Penn State; Nebraska, Oregon, Stanford win
All eyes are on Wisconsin’s Lola Schumacher as she goes all out against Penn State/Nolan Kromke photo Wisconsin reinserted itself into the Big Ten race, not only dealing Penn State its first conference loss, but acing the “eye test.” In front of a boisterous capacity crowd of 7,229 at Wisconsin...
Volleyball Today: Wilson, Arizona knock off Kansas; Utah sweeps BYU
Arizona’s Jordan Wilson attacks against Kansas/Madison Farwell Arizona Athletics Kansas won’t soon forget its first Big 12 trip to Arizona, but for all the wrong reasons. Two days after getting knocked off at Arizona State, the No. 6 Jayhawks — who were 11-0 in the Big 12...
AVP League playoffs: Nitro, Smash, Dream, Mayhem fight for inaugural title
The brave new world of the AVP League will further break from beach volleyball tradition with the introduction of a novel “Golden Set” tiebreaker in the playoffs. The Golden Set will kick in if any of the four games of the AVP League Championship this weekend...
Volleyball Today: Jackrabbits lose; Huskers roll; UW upsets Minnesota
Oregon’s Noemie Glover left and Onye Ofoegbu put up the block against Nebraska’s Harper Murray/Eric Evans, GoDucks.com photo And then there were none … St. Thomas scored a huge Summit League upset Thursday night, knocking off South Dakota State, the last unbeaten team in NCAA Division I...