Jon Alvarez, Volleyball Life, and “volleyball people doing cool stuff for volleyball”
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA — Jon Alvarez’s professors at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business had to have been tired of it. Every single time they assigned Alvarez to write a business plan, he’d come back with the same two ideas: “It was either...
NCAA volleyball: Stanford, Baylor win; Horizon opens play; big comeback for UNLV
Fourth-ranked Stanford opened the final season of the Pac-12 with a sweep Tuesday over previously unbeaten Cal, No. 18 Baylor swept Stephen F. Austin, there were five Horizon League winners as that conference got underway, and UNLV pulled off a reverse sweep to win its...
Super NCAA volleyball Sunday produced more outstanding TV ratings
Florida drew a program-record crowd of 10,323 in the O’Connell Center for its match with Wisconsin/Maddie Washburn photo The Nielsen ratings hit for the NCAA women’s volleyball matches televised on Sunday afternoon by national-cable-TV channels, and they produced unexpected, head-scratching results. The match with the largest audience...
USA women top Slovenia in four in Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier
The USA women improved to 3-0 with a 3- victory Tuesday over Slovenia in the Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier in Lodz, Poland. Annie Drews had 11 kills, eight digs and an ace as 12 of the Americans on the 14-player roster saw action in the...
NCAA volleyball news — EIU’s Larregui Lopez gets 25 kills — notes, stats, trivia and tidbits
Giovana Larregui Lopez of Eastern Illinois hits against the Southern Indiana block of Paris Browning, left, and Abby Bednar/EIU photo Random thoughts as the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball conference season kicks into full gear on a Tuesday when unbeaten — unbeaten! — Cal plays host...
The most fun NCAA Zoom as ND begins ACC play; USM readies for Sun Belt
We couldn’t make it work until Monday night, but our NCAA volleyball Zoom with the Big Ten Network’s Emily Ehman — who is calling an ESPN match this week — Southern Miss coach Jenny Hazelwood and Notre Dame coach Salima Rockwell along with VolleyballMag.com editor...
Big change: Beach Olympian Sponcil goes indoors, signs with PVF’s Grand Rapids
Sarah Sponcil makes a hustle play during the Tokyo Olympics/Ed Chan, VBshots.com The next, perhaps surprising, stop on Sarah Sponcil’s volleyball career, as a highly touted player on the upstart Grand Rapids Rise in the inaugural season of the Pro Volleyball Federation, began in an unlikely...
Volley : Un point de folie aux Etats-Unis
Nebraska a inscrit un point incroyable face à Kentucky ce dimanche pour revenir à 12-10 dans le 4e set, puis de s'imposer 4 sets à 1. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
Reverse-sweep Sunday: No. 1 Wisconsin, No. 5 Stanford win after falling behind 0-2
SMU’s Natalie Perdue, left, jousts with LSU’s Jade Demps/Matt Smith photo One of the greatest weeks in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball history ended Sunday with dramatic finishes. Four days after No. 1 Wisconsin and Marquette set the NCAA indoor attendance record on the same night that...
USA 2-0 after blasting Thailand in Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier
Chiaka Ogbogu attacks against Thailand/Volleyball World photo A day after opening with a sweep of Colombia, the USA women swept Thailand 25-13, 25-16, 25-28 on Sunday in the Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier in Lodz, Poland. Now the American have a day off before facing Slovenia for...
Creighton wins at Minnesota; 35s for Briggs, Cassaday; big matchups Sunday
Florida State’s Khori Louis hits against the Hawai’i block of Kennedi Evans/Matt Smith photo The pre-conference season finishes with a flourish Sunday with three big-time matches as No. 1 Wisconsin goes to No. 3 Florida in a battle of unbeatens on ESPN, No. 5 Stanford goes...
Euro Volley : « Ce sera une revanche pour les JO 2024 » fulmine Tillie après la 4e place des Bleus
L'équipe de France de volley a été battue par la Slovénie 3-2, ce samedi à Rome pour le match pour le 3e place de l'Euro de volley. Si l'esprit espiègle de la troupe à Ngapeth n'a pas transpiré avoue Patry, Kévin Tillie et les Bleus...
Euro de volley: les Bleus échouent dans leur quête de médaille face à la Slovénie
Menés deux manches à rien par des Slovènes qui leur étaient largement supérieurs, les joueurs de l'équipe de France sont revenus à deux sets partout avant de céder au tie-break (25-22, 25-16, 21-25, 18-25, 15-11) , échouant au pied du podium. Read More Home Volleyball...
Upsets by WSU, Georgia, USC, surprises dominate Friday’s NCAA volleyball slate
Washington State took a celebratory photo after upsetting Texas/Spencer Gnauck photo There’s something about Fridays in the fall. We had our first one of this NCAA Division I women’s volleyball season this week, when everything seems to go topsy-turvy. To wit: — No. 11 Washington State knocked off No....
USA women crush Colombia to open Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier
The USA women cruised to a 25-12, 25-12, 25-12 victory Saturday over Colombia to open the Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier in Lodz, Poland. Dana Rettke had seven kills, three blocks, four digs and an ace. Jordan Thompson had seven kills and three aces; Kelsey Robinson...
Roster set as USA opens with Colombia in “Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier”
Haleigh Washington attacks against China during VNL in July/Volleyball World The path to the Olympics officially gets underway for the USA women on Saturday against Colombia in Lodz, Poland. That’s their site of the Road to Paris Volleyball Qualifier where teams will be begin to claim spots in...
UCSB upsets Iowa St.; Texas, Oregon, Minnesota win; more great TV news
Talia Edmonds of Hawai’i doing what liberos do/Matt Smith photo Iowa State’s time in the AVCA top 25 will likely be short lived, because the No. 23 Cyclones were upended Thursdsay night by red-hot UC Santa Barbara, which beat a ranked team for the first time...
Volley / France 0-3 Italie : « On ne jouait pas à armes égales » regrette Ngapeth
Après la défaite 0-3 de la France face à l'Italie jeudi en demi-finale de l'Euro, Earvin Ngapeth reconnaît la supériorité des Italiens sur cette rencontre. Mais il estime aussi que les Bleus n'ont pas joué "à armes égales" à cause des "pépins physiques" de ces...
Euro de volley: la France nettement dominée en demies par l’Italie
Les volleyeurs français sont tombés face aux géants italiens jeudi à Rome: devant 11.000 tifosi survoltés et dans une ambiance étouffante, ils ont subi la loi des champions d'Europe et du monde en titre en demi-finales de l'Euro-2023. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
Packing ’em in: Record crowds as Wisconsin tops Marquette, Louisville beats Kentucky
Wisconsin’s Izzy Ashburn serves against Marquette in Fiserv Forum/Zach Schuster photo What a great couple of days for volleyball and NCAA women’s volleyball in particular. A day after Nebraska beat Stanford and got tremendous ratings on ESPN, two matches Wednesday had record crowds. Top-ranked Wisconsin won a tough,...