DJ Klasnic is living the volleyball dream — and then some
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA — DJ Klasnic laughs through the friendly jabs. “You guys always make fun of me for being the oldest college player,” says the 28-year-old Serbian who, yes, is still in college, studying computer science and competing for the Westcliff University men’s beach volleyball...
NCAA volleyball: Dayton, OU, FGCU, Southeastern LA win; AVCA poll, POW
Northern Kentucky’s Abby Kanakry tips over the Youngstown State block/Seth Cooper photo Dayton, tied for No. 16 in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, swept Duquesne on Tuesday to improve to 23-2, 10-2 in the Atlantic 10. The Flyers were the only ranked team in action...
Tawa’s Dots: Meaningful state titles, ION others, abstract artistic expression
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. Look for Dots every Tuesday until the last high school state championship in November: • Well, that was fast. In Tennessee, Oklahoma and...
Big Ten Network draws volleyball-record 612K viewers for Wisconsin-Nebraska
The Bob Devaney Sports Center was packed for Wisconsin at Nebraska/Nebraska photo NCAA women’s volleyball hit another TV ratings home run on Saturday night when the ballyhooed showdown between Nebraska and Wisconsin became the most-watched regular-season volleyball match in history. As the nation’s top-ranked teams, both undefeated,...
Women’s pro report: Drews starts hot in Japan; Rettke leads Milano; Samedy sparkles
This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Japan The Japanese League started the same way as Annie Drews left it in 2021, with Drews powering JT Marvelous to victory. In the first...
Hentz gets to 6-0 as Athletes Unlimited finishes third volleyball week
Aury Cruz, who played for Team Rosenthal, receives serve Monday/Athletes Unlimited photo Although Morgan Hentz hasn’t ripped a kill, made a block, nor even served a single ball, she just might be the Most Valuable Player through the first three weeks of Athletes Unlimited’s volleyball season. Hentz...
Lincoln Arneal of Huskers Illustrated joins our VBM NCAA Zoom
What a week, what a match between Nebraska and Wisconsin, and so much NCAA volleyball to talk about. Lincoln Arneal, who covers Nebraska for Huskers Illustrated and is one of our VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll voters, joins us for our weekly (mostly) NCAA Zoom. Also...
“Stroke-lese:” AVCA’s Kathy DeBoer steals IVHF induction ceremony show
VBM editor Lee Feinswog and the inductees at Friday’s Mayor’s reception after capping the evening with interviews/IVHF photo HOLYOKE, Massachusetts — There’s more to the annual International Volleyball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies than just honoring the newest members. This past weekend we might have heard the...
Paris 2024: Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings, updated October 23
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 the qualification period will conclude on June 9, 2024. We’ll be providing these updates for...
Nebraska takes top spot in VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll
Not surprisingly, after beating Wisconsin on Saturday, Nebraska has traded places with the Badgers and taken over first in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll. Stanford stayed No. 3, but after that much of the rest of the poll was shuffled. Arizona State dropped out and...
Upset Sunday: UK topples Arkansas; Purdue thumps Penn State; CU beats ASU
Sierra Cates digs for Virginia Tech against Louisville as teammate Hailey Pearce looks on/VT photo Kentucky, No. 20 in the AVCA top 25, knocked off Arkansas, the No. 7 team in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, on Sunday and now the two are tied for...
Honoring late volleyball legend Byron Shewman, founder of Starlings
Volleyball greats who attended the celebration of Byron Shewman’s life and legacy included (left to right): Jon Roberts, Duncan McFarland, Ed Becker, Danny Patterson, Rudy Suwara, Kim Oden, Jon Lee, Karch Kiraly, Larry Milliken, Jay Hanseth, Ed Machado, Don Shaw and Marc Jacobs. Karch Kiraly and...
NCAA volleyball: Huskers win “epic” 5-setter over Wisconsin; Citadel gets to 22-0
Nebraska celebrates beating Wisconsin/Nebraska photo The battle of the unbeatens delivered, as No. 2 Nebraska defeated No. 1 Wisconsin by the slimmest of margins. And it happened in front of yet another record crowd as attendance marks continue to be broken in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball....
No. 1 Wisconsin faces No. 2 Nebraska after USC upsets No. 4 WSU, No. 5 Louisville survives
Tennessee’s Keondreya Granberry hits through the Arkansas block of Sania Petties/Ian Cox, Tennessee Athletics Finally. This is the day when the top two teams in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll face off: Top-ranked Wisconsin goes to No. 2 Nebraska in a battle of Big Ten teams...
International Volleyball Hall induction week: USA beach legend Phil Dalhausser
It’s induction week at the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The ceremony is Saturday. Six inductees will join the previous 161 players, coaches, administrators and leaders from 25 countries who have already been enshrined in the museum at the birthplace of volleyball: One...
Chausee enjoying domestic opportunity as AU heads into third week
Jenna Rosenthal attacks earlier this AU season/AH photo Claire Chaussee has yet to play a minute in the USA women’s national team’s gym, but aspires to do so. Eye-popping performances in the first two weeks of Athlete Unlimited’s volleyball season certainly haven’t hurt her odds of getting...
BYU sweeps Iowa St.; Omaha’s streak ends; Waves win; big NCAA volleyball Friday ahead
Long Beach State’s Abby Karich jousts with UCI’s Ella Gardner, left, and Nicole Feliciano/Jim Wolf photo The only ranked team in action, BYU, blasted visiting Iowa State in the Big 12 on a Thursday night in which Omaha’s eight-match Summit League win streak ended and Pepperdine...
International Volleyball Hall induction week: Shanrit Wongprasert of Thailand
It’s induction week at the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The ceremony is Saturday. Six inductees will join the previous 161 players, coaches, administrators and leaders from 25 countries who have already been enshrined in the museum at the birthplace of volleyball....
Texas escapes TCU; Wisconsin, Nebraska, Purdue, Pitt all win; Saint Peter’s falls again
Alexa Rousseau The schedule was light but the action was heavy Wednesday, especially in Fort Worth, where No. 6 Texas barely got out with a five-set Big 12 victory at TCU and its record crowd. In the Big Ten, top-ranked Wisconsin and No. 2 Nebraska swept, Purdue...
2023 VBM HS player-of-the-year “ION” watch list, Part 2: Michigan through Wyoming
Editor’s note: This is part 2 of John Tawa’s list of the top performers, state-by-state, throughout the country before championship season gets into full swing. Think of it as a Player of the Year Watch List. Today, Michigan through Wyoming. As the playoffs descend on the country...