Tawa’s HS Dots: Mater Dei’s Golden State win clinches natty; N. Allegheny, Sioux Falls Christian extend dynasties
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag.com’s weekly look at 10 things in high school volleyball, past or present, that interest me and hopefully will interest you. I apologize for not bringing Dots to you last week. There was a family emergency. We finish up the 2023 fall...
EIU caps remarkable turnaround with first NCAA volleyball tourney trip since 2001
Eastern Illinois wins the Ohio Valley Championship/EIU photos After chewing up and spitting out five coaches over 15 years, the women’s volleyball program at Eastern Illinois fell off a cliff in 2019. The toothless Panthers went 3-26 and 1-15 in the low-major Ohio Valley Conference with an...
Daniel “Frito” Freitas: The content machine who escaped the 9-5 to “do fun” for a living
HERMOSA BEACH, California — Daniel Freitas’ dream job, the one he has labeled as “doing fun” for a living, began as one might expect: Abject misery. He’d taken all the right steps. Checked all the boxes. Got his bachelor’s degree at California Baptist University. Could have...
NCAA volleyball: Conference awards; notes, nuggets galore as tourney begins Thursday
Texas outside Madisen Skinner is the Big 12 player of the year/Texas photo The NCAA Divsion I women’s volleyball tournament begins Thursday with 16 matches, including all four of the regional No. 2 seeds — Kentucky, Oregon, Texas and Louisville — and No. 1 Wisconsin. The other...
Volley: opéré de l’épaule en décembre, Lawani prolonge deux ans avec Monza
Ibrahim Lawani, le pointu international français du Vero Monza, dans le championnat italien, s’est blessé il y a quelques semaines à l’épaule. En exclusivité pour RMC Sport, le Parisien évoque son opération et son avenir alors que se profilent les Jeux olympiques 2024. Read More Home Volleyball...
Florida SW’s Alarcon, Cowley’s Bonomi, Dallas-Eastfield’s Davis top VBM NJCAA All-American teams
Florida SouthWestern State wins the 2023 NJCAA Division 1 Championship Jim Dietz is an NJCAA Hall of Fame coach who led Lincoln Land community College to three consecutive final fours. His blog on coaching has more than 20,000 readers. Dietz led our panel of coaches and...
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Ready, Set, Predict! Our VolleyballMag 2023 Division I Tournament Bracket, brought to you by Bison, Inc., is live and ready for your vote. Voting is open until the start of the semifinal matches, but only those 18 and over with entries in by 4 p.m. Eastern on...
Resurgent Omaha one of three Nebraska teams in NCAA Division I volleyball field
Matt Buttermore talks to his Omaha team before playing Nebraska/Omaha photos By Greg Echlin for VolleyballMag.com There was hardly a better way to play your third match of the season than outdoors with 92,003 fans looking on — the highest attended women’s sports event in history —...
Women’s pro report: Frantti, Thompson lead VakifBank; Annie Drews has big week in Japan
This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Türkiye VakifBank earned a four-set win over rival THY as Ali Frantti led with 12 kills and four blocks and Jordan Thompson had 12 kills...
International men’s report: Upsets; Champions League, CEV Cup, country results
Micah Christenson set Zenit Kazan to a win over previously undefeated Fakel/volley.ru photo This is Blair Lambert’s VolleyballMag.com weekly men’s professional volleyball report, featuring Americans around the world. Got a note about a player or a comment for Blair? Email him at blairlambert2@gmail.com There was a full...
Volley: Héléna Cazaute, des plages de Gruissan au Milan avec Egonu, itinéraire d’une enfant de la balle
Les Tricolores qui brillent à l’étranger (2/5). Après Théo Faure et avant Lucille Gicquel, RMC Sport est partie à la rencontre la capitaine de l’équipe de France, Héléna Cazaute. Aujourd’hui au Vero Milan (actuel 3e du championnat), l’un des plus grands clubs européens, l’Audoise évoque...
Pro Volleyball Federation: TV announcement soon; Las Vegas gets its Thrill
The debut of the Pro Volleyball Federation — the latest attempt to establish a viable professional women’s indoor league in the United States – is less than two months away and one significant order of business has yet to be disclosed. Television. As in, will the PVF...
Fairfield: “That’s maybe one of the headlines for this team. They found a way to win.”
Fairfield celebrates winning the MAAC title/Olivia Frzop photo MAAC-champion Fairfield opens NCAA Tournament play at 13th-seeded Purdue, which finished third in the Big Ten, on Thursday. Also in West Lafayette, Indiana, Ohio Valley-champion Eastern Illinois plays Marquette of the Big East. The winners play Friday. Nancy Somera...
Paris 2024: Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings, updated November November 27
Duda and Ana Patricia celebrate a fifth gold medal at the Joao Pessoa Elite16/Volleyball World photo The Olympic race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The final event is yet to be determined, but...
VBM Super 16: Our final media poll heading into the NCAA tourney
Eva Hudson and Purdue held the No. 12 spot this week This is the last VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll of the season and we give high fives and thank our voters for all the hard work to make this happen every week. It’s been a great...
NIVC announces 32-team field, schedule that begins Wednesday
Nataly Garcia and her Southern Illinois Salukis play host to DePaul to open the NIVC/Missouri Valley photo Play begins Wednesday in the 2023 National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) that starts with eight host schools. Click here for the bracket. In bracket order, here are the matchups, locations...
Volley: « Je suis ciblé », la nouvelle vie de Théo Faure, meilleur marqueur de Serie A
Les Tricolores qui brillent à l’étranger (1/5). Théo Faure (24 ans le 10 décembre) est le hit du moment dans le championnat d’Italie. Avec 20 points par matchs, le champion de France 2022 avec Montpellier est le meilleur marqueur de la Serie A. Rencontre avec...
Post-volleyball selection show Zoom with NCAA chair, coaches, players
ESPN and Big Ten Network volleyball analyst Emily Ehman and VolleyballMag.com editor Lee Feinswog hit the ground running after the NCAA volleyball selection show on ESPN. There was a lot left to discuss and they got after it with, in order, Nebraska libero Lexi Rodriguez; Pittsburgh...
Nebraska, Stanford, Wisconsin, Pitt get top 4 NCAA volleyball bracket seeds
Nebraska’s Harper Murray attacks against the Wisconsin block of Anna Smrek, left, and CC Crawford during their match this past Friday/Zach Schuster photo The 64-team NCAA Division I women’s volleyball tournament bracket was announced Sunday and the No. 1 seeds are Big Ten-champion Nebraska, Pac-12-champion Stanford,...
Regular season ends: FSU ties for ACC title; S. Carolina upsets Vols; Creighton, UH win tourneys
Hawai’i celebrates winning the Big West/Jim Wolf photo Three months to the day after it started, the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball regular season ended with a flourish Saturday. Back on August 25, the tone was set. That was the opening day that Long Beach State, which won’t...