No. 2 Nebraska goes the distance to beat Purdue in first B1G road match
WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Things learned Friday at Purdue: — The Nebraska freshmen, talented as they are, probably now believe people when they say how tough it is on the road in the Big Ten. — Purdue is scrappy as ever. — There are simply so many outstanding...
Stanford thumps ASU; Oregon, Texas, Kansas, UK win; 34 kills for TCU’s Parra
Stanford, the No. 3 team in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, handed Arizona State its first defeat by completely overwhelming the Sun Devils. No. 7 Oregon lost the first set and then overpowered Washington. No. 10 Texas beat No. 8 BYU in four again, AVCA No....
Kelly Cheng, Sara Hughes thrive in Paris Elite16 with new-look offense
Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth are claiming to have quite a bit of fun in France at the Paris Elite16 — and, with a 3-0 start, a bye into Saturday’s quarterfinals, and all of the hot chocolate Nuss can drink to celebrate, why shouldn’t they...
NCAA volleyball: Texas upends BYU; Washington St. sweeps; WMU, UNLV win
Western Michigan’s Reeghan Boyer, left, and Anna Calcagno go for the ball against Bowling Green/Ashley Huss, WMU Photographer Texas lost the first set, but then stormed back to beat visiting BYU is the first of their two — and only — Big 12 matches in Austin....
Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth having all of the fun with two sweeps in Paris Elite16
There was a time, not all that long ago, when it was something of a pleasant surprise if Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth were to upset Australians Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho. In May of 2022, Nuss and Kloth were playing in just their second...
Q&A with beach volleyball book Burning Sand author R.J. Ruggiero
BURNING SAND is the debut novel from R.J. Ruggiero, a screenwriter and playwright living near Boston. It’s rare to have a novel about beach volleyball, but Ruggiero does a nice job of drawing in readers with robust character development, varying levels of suspense, and championship-level intrigue...
2 for 2? USA men in Tokyo for their Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier
TJ DeFalco and his USA teammates hope to have a thumbs-up qualifying tournament/Volleyball World photo The USA women are in. Can the USA men follow suit at their Olympic qualifying tournament? Coach John Speraw’s squad is in Tokyo for the Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier and, over the...
NCAA volleyball: Big win for A&M; Citadel is 15-0; Wisconsin, Louisville, Arkansas win
Logan Lednicky attacks for Texas A&M against Florida/Evan Pilat, Texas A&M Athletics Florida went five for the fifth time in a row, but this Texas A&M got the better of the Gators. The Citadel set a program record for victories in a season as it improved to...
After disappointing 2022, Western Michigan (12-2) rediscovered its mojo overseas
WMU coach Colleen Munson There was disappointment. There were tears. There were more than a few questions. How did we get here? How did we let this happen? That’s how the 2022 season ended for Western Michigan. A program accustomed to a certain amount of success under coach...
From Poland to Lincoln, USA Volleyball’s Jordan Larson jumps right in with Huskers
Jordan Larson visits with the Nebraska media/Lincoln Arneal photo At this point, jet lag isn’t a big deal for Jordan Larson. After helping the USA qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics with a victory Sunday over Germany in Lodz, Poland, Larson didn’t sleep before catching flights from...
Ehman-Feinswog Zoom: On-air snafus, VBM Poll, how about the SEC and more
Emily Ehman, the Big Ten Network, ESPN and Volleyball World volleyball analyst, and VolleyballMag.com editor Lee Feinswog got together for an impromptu Zoom to talk about NCAA volleyball on Wednesday afternoon: The post Ehman-Feinswog Zoom: On-air snafus, VBM Poll, how about the SEC and more appeared...
Megan Kraft celebrates 21st in style with qualifier wins at the Paris Elite16
The Paris Elite16 has only been an event for two years. Already, it has established a peculiar penchant for celebrating birthdays in style. Last year, Katja Stam, the Netherlands’ 6-foot-4 blocker, celebrated her 24th birthday by winning a gold medal with Raisa Schoon. One year later,...
Girls HS Dream Team: Kakkis, Clemente, Clark, Jackson, Chatellier, Soiney, Wiley, Evens
Julia Kakkis/Matt Smith photo Every week during the high school season, provided there are enough nominees from varsity coaches, VolleyballMag.com will recognize a Dream Team of high school volleyball players who were standouts the weekend before. Most weeks, the eight-girl Dream Team will consist of the following: Setter Setter,...
Laird Hamilton, Gabby Reece: Good stewards of the high-performance community
MALIBU, CALIFORNIA — Gabby Reece isn’t trying to fool anyone. All those workouts that she and her husband, big wave surfer Laird Hamilton, host at their lovely home in Malibu? The hours and hours they devote to training and working with everyone from elite athletes...
NCAA volleyball: MACtion, Horizon, Southland results; 14-1 EIU wins; AVCA poll
In this NCAA report, we have Tuesday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball recaps, a look at Wednesday’s schedule and AVCA news. There are just 13 matches on Wednesday’s schedule, including a key battle between ranked SEC teams. The SEC’s Arkansas, the No. 14 team in the VolleyballMag.com...
Paris Elite16 101: Alix Klineman to make her post-partum debut on Wednesday
The unofficial fall break, the six-week beach volleyball hiatus between the Hamburg Elite16 and this week’s Paris Elite16, comes to an end on Wednesday, kicking off a second season of sorts that won’t end until December’s World Tour Finals. It also happens to be arguably the...
Tawa’s HS Dots: Durango Fall Classic “a feast for volleyball fans”
Mater Dei avenged an early season loss to Mira Costa to take down the national No. 1 Mustangs in the final of the Durango Fall Classic on Saturday This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag.com’s weekly look at 10 things in high school volleyball, past or present, that interest...
Huge step for It’s Called Normal: Bringing adaptive beach volleyball to Motherlode
Left to right: Dave Newkirk, John Kriescher, Katie Pyules, Carly Wopat, Abram Gornik, Randall Ball By John Kriescher for VolleyballMag.com John Kriescher is an adaptive athlete, fundraising professional, writer, and soon-to-be father based in Houston. Through work with It’s Called Normal Athletics (ICN), he is helping to...
Wisconsin edges Nebraska by one point in VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll
This is the inaugural VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, the first of its kind in coverage of NCAA Division I women’s volleyball. We’ve had requests over the years to do this, and the time is now as our sport and the excitement around it continues...
Florida rallies again; Wisconsin, Nebraska, Louisville, WSU, Tennessee win
Sofia Maldonado Diaz of Arizona attacks against Washington State/Catherine Regan, Arizona Athletics Third-ranked Florida continued to live on the edge, No. 2 Nebraska took it to No. 12 Minnesota, No. 7 Washington State escaped Arizona in five, No. 14 Tennessee overpowered No, 22 Kentucky, and Arizona...