Posts Tagged: NCAA women’s volleyball
Rose’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)
Read MoreWomen’s Collegiate Volleyball Preseason Updates
Although there’s already been a couple weeks of action, the NCAA Women’s collegiate season is in full throttle. The 2014 preseason has had some surprising upsets, as well as some great match ups. Before the start of the season, the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) came out with a list of teams to keep an eye on…
Read MoreVolleyball 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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