Mac May passes for Lodz against Tarnow/TauronLiga photo This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts. Most pro leagues are coming back from winter breaks: Poland Budowlani Lodz (9-5) swept Tarnow (2-12) as Mac May led with 10 kills (.409) and…
Two prominent outside hitters are transferring in NCAA women’s volleyball, Hampton hired a coach, the AVCA men’s top 20 is out, and the Stanford men opened their season with back-to-back wins over Loyola Chicago. BATENHORST LEAVES NEBRASKA: Ally Batenhorst, a 6-foot-5 outside hitter for the Huskers, will graduate in three years and is moving on….
Loyola Chicago’s Daniel Fabikovic serves against UCLA/Loyola photo BYU won in five at Loyola Chicago and UCLA won in a tough four at Lewis as early season, non-conference matches dot the NCAA men’s volleyball schedule. Other winners Thursday included Ball State, Penn State and USC. In women’s volleyball news, former Texas great Logan Eggleston was…
Briarcrest Christian celebrates another title There were many compelling storylines this past fall in girls high school volleyball. This is our top 10, with apologies to Smyrna (Delaware), Lydia Chinchar and Carrollwood Day (Florida.), Lincoln Southwest (Nebraska), Sisters (Oregon) and Louisiana superstars Camryn Chatellier and Sophia Bonnaffee, all of whom fell just outside the list. 10. Pirates rise from depths to earn booty Oceanside was 9-17 indoors in 2022….
UC Irinve’s Hilir Hennon goes over the Mason block/UCI photo The past two days in NCAA men’s volleyball included a big victory for George Mason and Hawai’i sweeping Emmanuel despite hitting .178 at home. The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday’s schedule. UCLA goes to Lewis, BYU is also in…
HERMOSA BEACH, California — In the midst of a season that had, by early summer, known mostly lows — losing in one qualifier in Mexico and two in Brazil, skipping a pair of guaranteed-money AVPS in the process, going 0-2 in the first AVP of the season — Corinne Quiggle and Sarah Schermerhorn dropped to…
USA setter Jordyn Poulter was injured but returned to finish the Tokyo Olympicst/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Olympic volleyball teams will get an extra practice player and someone who can fill in next summer in Paris in the event of injury. Volleyball World posted this on its Instagram on Wednesday: The FIVB has confirmed, that for the…
Penn State’s John Kerr attacks against Lewis in their NCAA men’s volleyball match/Leighton Smithwick photo John Kerr, a graduate-student who had 179 total kills in his first four seasons, went off for 31 as Penn State beat visiting Lewis in five sets Saturday. Also in NCAA men’s volleyball as the first week of the Division…
