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College Sand and Men’s Volleyball Updates

The first week of the collegiate sand volleyball season had a lot of great matches with some new programs taking their first steps in the sand. Volleyball Magazine has highlighted some of the action that went down. To read the recap, click here.   The NCAA men’s volleyball season is right in the middle of its season…

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Volleyball Weekly Recap

The USA vs Brazil Challenge this past weekend generated a lot of hype and started to get everyone excited for Rio 2016. While Brazil won the overall, the US did bring home some hardware. Check out the full recap of the event here.   Following the event, April Ross wrote a blog about her experience…

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Season Preview: Every NCAA men’s volleyball team in a sentence or two

All the preseason talk surrounding a team usually can be summed up in one or two sentences — and that’s what we did. With the NCAA men’s volleyball season beginning today, check out the quick-hit breakdown of every team in the nation as they enter the 2015 season. MPSF PREVIEW Pepperdine – This team has put…

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Top 25 reasons to be excited about 2015 NCAA men’s volleyball season

It’s the start of October and that means three months remain before the start of the 2015 college men’s volleyball season. With the regular season set to begin in less than 100 days, there are plenty of reasons to have excited anticipation. Check out 25 reasons to be excited about the 2015 season.   More…

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Volleyball in California vs. The Rest of the U.S.

When compared to the rest of college sports, volleyball could certainly be described as niche. For men, it has only been a Division 1 sport since 1970 and only since 1981 for women. Comparatively, Men’s Basketball has had a Championship since 1939, while Football has had one since 1936. Women’s collegiate sports don’t have the…

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Loyola Chicago defeats Stanford in four sets to win first national title

Loyola Chicago’s championship is the school’s second in any sport.

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NCAA Men’s Volleyball: Scholarship Woes and the Final 6 Championships

On the men’s side of the spectrum, NCAA Division I football has 85 scholarships. Basketball has 13 scholarships. Lacrosse 12.6. Track and Field 12.6. Wrestling 9.9. Volleyball… 4.5. Why so little?   What’s been happening to smaller men’s sports looks all too familiar. But no one wants opportunities taken away from young athletes. In the…

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