Posts Tagged: NCAA Volleyball
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…
Read MoreVolleyball 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…
Read MoreNCAA DII, DIII membership approves Sand Volleyball as 90th championship
Division II and Division III approved sand volleyball as a championship Saturday at the 2015 NCAA Convention, allowing it to advance from the emerging sports for women list to become a full-fledged NCAA championship in spring 2016. Sand volleyball, which was approved to become a championship by Division I in October, will be the 90th…
Read MoreSeason 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…
Read MoreThe 2014 Volleyball Year in Review
What was the best moment of the year for volleyball? Was it when the men’s volleyball team at Loyola Chicago won their first-ever NCAA title? And then not too long ago the Penn State women’s volleyball team won their 6th NCAA title in 8 years. Or how about when the USA Men’s National team…
Read MoreRose’s Penn State
This past weekend, Russ Rose and the Penn State Women’s Volleyball Team won the NCAA National Championship. This gave Rose his 7th NCAA title as head coach. After this win, has Rose established himself as the best women’s volleyball coach to date? Read more about his dynasty in the Volleyball Magazine article: That first season,…
Read MoreCoaching legends and Oklahoma natives bring familiarity to NCAA semifinals
Ten-year trend Might the numbers be aligned for Stanford in 2014? The Cardinal lost a five-set thriller to Pac-12 rival UCLA in the 1984 NCAA Championship. Ten years later, in 1994, Stanford finished a 32-1 campaign with a victory against UCLA in the NCAA title match. Marnie Triefenbach and Kristin Folkl combined for 48 kills…
Read MoreNCAA Volleyball: OKC Welcomes the Usual Suspects, Plus BYU
BY-Who? Well, someone had to crash this party, and why not the Cougars? After a weekend in which we said goodbye to the college careers of some fantastic seniors, all of whom had eyes on Oklahoma City, three of the usual suspects are back into the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championships. Texas plays the aforementioned…
Read MoreESPNW Volleyball Player of the Year
What did Washington’s Krista Vansant have up her sleeve for an encore this 2014 volleyball season? Turns out, she had pretty much a repeat performance. Last season as a junior, the Huskies’ star outside hitter was the American Volleyball Coaches Association national player of the year and also won the Honda Award for women’s college…
Read MoreNine past winners headline field of 64 for Division I volleyball championship
The NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee announced today the 64-team field for the 2014 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. Thirty-two conferences were awarded automatic qualification, and the remaining 32 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket. Interactive Bracket Printable Bracket The top 16 teams were seeded nationally and placed within…
Read MoreTop NCAA Volleyball Programs Announce Signing-Day Haul
College volleyball coaches around the country took a few moments out of their busy in-season schedules to celebrate the signing of their first 2015 recruits Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period. No. 11 Nebraska netted four recruits, on native Nebraskan and three out-of-state stars. Head coach John Cook touted the impressive arm swing of…
Read MoreNCAA Women’s Volleyball Update
There were a lot of great matches this weekend for NCAA Women’s Volleyball! Read up on the upsets and close matches here: http://www.volleyballmag.com/articles/43488-ncaa-weekend-results You can also see how the teams are ranked after this past weekend’s matches: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-volleyball-rpi (Photo cred: Volleyball Magazine)
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