Texas State’s Ryann Torres, SBC setter of the week, no longer patiently waiting
Ryann Torres/Texas State photo SAN MARCOS, Texas — When Texas State plays host to Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday, it will do so with the reigning Sun Belt Conference setter of the week. Which is nothing unusual at Texas State, where Emily DeWalt was the league setter of...
Earvin Ngapeth
Earvin Ngapeth est né le 12 février 1991 à Saint-Raphaël. Il est volleyeur international français et joue au poste de réceptionneur-attaquant à Modène en Italie. Le Français est champion olympique avec l’Equipe de France à l’occasion des Jeux olympiques 2021 à Tokyo. Read More Home Volleyball -...
Euro 2023 de volley: la France privée de Ngapeth jusqu’à la fin du tournoi
Earvin Ngapeth manquera le huitième de finale de l'Euro 2023 de volley contre la Bulgarie vendredi, et pour le reste du tournoi, comme l'a expliqué son sélectionneur Andrea Giani. Read More Home Volleyball - actualités ...
NCAA: Louisville, Nebraska, Washington State win; SMU upsets Baylor
Second-ranked Louisville got all it could handle at Dayton before winning in five. No. 4 Nebraska crushed short-handed Creighton in the first two sets and then won in four. Unranked SMU knocked off No. 14 Baylor in five. The highlights follow, but first a look at Thursday’s NCAA...
Girls HS Dream Team: Theile, Kenny, Fitch, Mooney, Jackson, Potter, Magliolo, Poole
Every Wednesday 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, S/RS or RS OH OH MB MB Libero DS Players will...
3-time NCAA-champion Nourse Twins have “nothing else but to be themselves”
HERMOSA BEACH, California — There were roughly 11,000 people surrounding court three in Gulf Shores, Alabama this past spring. Another 200,000-plus were tuning in on ESPN, all eyes on a single, NCAA Championship-deciding match. For NCAA beach volleyball, there is no bigger platform. No larger...
NCAA volleyball: Stanford sweeps Rice; big wins for Abilene Christian, Portland State
Fifth-ranked Stanford finished its Texas trip with a sweep at Rice. In another Texas match on Tuesday, Abilene Christian knocked off Texas Tech; Portland State was without three starters but rallied to beat visiting Utah; and Virginia, Duke and Illinois won. There are 18 matches on...
Tawa’s HS Dots: A Cornerstone moment and hugs at High Sierra, elsewhere
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: • Cornerstone Christian of San Antonio is heating up. The...
Pro Volleyball Federation signs execs; Orlando adds 10 players; Fury news
While Athletes Unlimited Volleyball heads into its upcoming season, and League One will announce its sixth and final club for next year, Pro Volleyball Federation that continued to make news these past few weeks. PVF announced Devonie McLarty as director of officials. Other than being the...
Best least-known player? Rya McKinnon off to strong start again for Howard
Rya McKinnon attacks against George Mason/Rodney Pierce photo In the days after he watched Rya McKinnon tally a program-record 30 kills in a five-set win over George Mason, Howard coach Shaun Kupferberg had a simple message for his sophomore outside hitter. Kupferberg did not want McKinnon to...
The field is set: Breaking down the Beach Pro Tour World Championships
With last week’s drawing of the lots, the field for the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour World Championships has been set. Eight USA teams will be making the trip to Tlaxcala, Mexico this October 6-15 to compete for the biggest non-Olympic title in the sport...
NCAA volleyball: Wisconsin, Pitt, Florida win; the corrected AVCA top 25
Back from a three-matches-in-three-days NCAA state-of-Texas volleyball sojourn where we saw Rice get thumped at Baylor, Houston get blasted at Texas State and Stanford sweep at Texas. This report recaps Sunday’s results and includes the new AVCA top 25, one that certainly was altered by the...
Dominican Republic beats USA in five to win NORCECA Continental gold
The USA women took home silver Sunday after losing to the Dominican Republic in the title match of the NORCECA Senior Women’s Volleyball Continental Championship in Quebec, Canada. The Dominicans won the tournament for the third time in a row and fourth overall (2009, 2019, 2021,...
Another battle with the Canadians, another AVP Chicago gold for Kloth-Nuss
Kristen Nuss, right, gives a celebratory drink to Taryn Kloth/Rick Atwood photo CHICAGO — In just three pro seasons, Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss have morphed from “that team straight out of college with huge potential” to “one of the best teams in the world.” Their rise...
“Best performance” lifts Trevor Crabb, Theo Brunner to AVP Chicago title
Trevor Crabb, left, and Theo Brunner celebrate their Chicago win/Mark Rigney photo CHICAGO — Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner employed a simple-yet-effective strategy in the title match of the AVP Chicago Gold Series Open on a blisteringly hot Sunday afternoon to take down top seeds Miles...
Sweep: Second-ranked Stanford steamrolls No. 7 Texas
Madisen Skinner serves for Texas/Matt Smith photo AUSTIN, Texas — Second-ranked Stanford simply took it to No. 7 Texas on Sunday. After battling to 25-23, 25-20 victories in the first two sets, the Cardinal cruised in the third 25-15, hitting .444 in the set with 15 kills...
NCAA volleyball: Big wins for JMU, Kansas, GT; key matches Sunday
This is a hurriedly put-together collection of the highlights from Saturday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule, a chock-full slate that included James Madison scoring a signature win, a sweep of No. 22 Western Kentucky; Kansas beating No. 19 Marquette, and No. 11 Georgia Tech...
Partain-Benesh, Crabb-Brunner, Scoles-Flint, Cheng Hughes into Chicago semis
Avery Drost/Rick Atwood photo CHICAGO — To assure the most direct path to an AVP Gold Series title during a sizzling and dead-calm Saturday on the sand at Oak Street Beach, the men’s contenders needed to quickly take care of business. The teams on that side of...
NCAA volleyball: GT, Pitt get victories for ACC; Penn St., Baylor, Purdue win
Washington’s May Pertofsky tries to power through the Long Beach block/Stephen Burns photo A couple of big ACC victories highlighted Friday’s NCAA women’s volleyball action as No. 11 Georgia Tech beat No. 12 Ohio State and No. 10 Pittsburgh beat No. 15 Kentucky. Among other matches involving...
Klasnic’s skyballs, men’s upsets spice start of AVP Chicago Open
Djordje Klasnic/Rick Atwood CHICAGO — Djordje Klasnic was all but unknown to even heavily invested Windy City AVP fans Friday when he stepped on Oak Street Beach. But with the first skyball he sent soaring into the warm morning air, heads started to turn. Klasnic’s skyball looked...