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Castilleja volleyball plays for NorCal title (Palo Alto Weekly)
This has been a history-making season for the Castilleja girls’ volleyball team. The Gators captured their first Central Coast Section Division V championship and advanced to the NorCal Tournament playoff finals for the first time.

Brazil cruises to Cup volleyball title (Sports Illustrated)
TOKYO (AP) -- Andre Nascimento spiked for 12 points Sunday as Brazil defeated Egypt in straight sets to win the men's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup.

Magee nabs Big 12 Volleyball Player of the Week honors (Texas Longhorns)
DALLAS -- Brandy Magee, a junior middle blocker on the seventh-ranked Texas volleyball team, was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday after leading UT to a 2-0 week that included a standout performance in Texas' upset of top-ranked Nebraska. She shared the award with Texas A&M's Laura Jones.

UW volleyball: Once more, Badgers are happy hosts (The Capital Times)
For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin volleyball team's path to the NCAA Final Four will start at home. Despite a midseason hiccup that cost the Badgers a shot at a Big Ten

Stanford's Kristin Richards Named Pac-10 Volleyball Player of the Week (Pac 10)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Stanford outside hitter Kristin Richards has been named Pac-10 Volleyball Player of the Week for Nov. 21 - 27, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.

Qwest Center Looks To Break NCAA Volleyball Record (The Omaha Channel)
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Nebraska Cornhusker volleyball team and Qwest Center Omaha want to pack the house for the NCAA regional volleyball tournament next week and set a new record.

Volleyball vaults up to No. 7 in the polls (Texas Longhorns)
AUSTIN, Texas -- After handing top-ranked and previously undefeated Nebraska its first loss of the season on Saturday, the Texas Volleyball team made its biggest gain of the season in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll when the latest version was released on Monday.

Four Longhorns earn All-Big 12 Volleyball honors (Texas Longhorns)
DALLAS -- Four members of the seventh-ranked Texas volleyball team were voted to the All-Big 12 Conference teams, the league announced on Monday.


Volleyball Commentary

The Importance of Seniors
Every once and awhile we hear about a team that wants to gut their team and start over. Often coaches, bent on winning and only winning, will get rid of all the seniors. They believe that the senior players are...

How to Perform a Float Serve
The floater serve is a basic overhand serve that is easy to execute but somewhat difficult to master....

Training Setters
A great instructional guide for volleyball coaches that want to train new or inexperienced setters. Written by Al Mirabile....

What Kind of Volleyball Stuff Have You Bought?
As we prepare for the upcoming holiday season, we about About.com would like to know what kind of volleyball products you have purchased. Come on in to the forum and let us know what volleyball products you have purchased in...

How Important are Coaches?
From the forums, "My daughter has started her 9th season of volleyball, including both school and club ball. She encountered a coach this year that took every ounce of wind out of her sail. For the first time in her...

When to Change the Rules...Now or Later?
Coaches, have you ever had a season where things are going right? Maybe the players are putting in the effort? Perhaps missing practices or showing up late? Uniforms not ready, bad attitudes, poor teamwork, etc. Maybe the solution is changing...


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