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NCAA VOLLEYBALL / Stanford plays for rematch (San Francisco Chronicle)
In her two previous volleyball seasons at Stanford, Bryn Kehoe saw two dramatically different endings. The first season culminated in a national title and a trip to the White House, the second with a painful injury and an even more painful loss. The...

U of L upset in NCAA volleyball (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Middle Tennessee State stunned the University of Louisville women's volleyball team in the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament at the Kentucky International Convention Center on Friday night. The Blue Raiders won 24-30, 30-19, 12-30, 30-25, 16-14 and advanced to face No. 11 seed Ohio State at 5 p.m. Saturday. Ohio State beat Belmont 30-22, 30-16, 30-22 in an earlier match. Louisville

Hannahville girls win in volleyball action (Escanaba Daily Press)
GRAND MARAIS — Hannahville’s girls’ volleyball squad won three of four games in a best of five series in Grand Marais Friday.

No. 8 Volleyball dominates Prairie View A&M (Texas Longhorns)
AUSTIN, Texas -- The eighth-ranked Texas volleyball team had no trouble in the NCAA first round Saturday night, sweeping past Prairie View A&M, 3-0 (30-10, 30-10, 30-11) at Gregory Gym. Freshman opposite hitter Ashley Engle highlighted the Horns’ attack in the victory, connecting for a match-high eight kills to lead a UT squad that out-hit the Panthers .348-to- -.312.

Volleyball beats St. John's, advances in NCAA tournament (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
Minnesota beat St. John’s of New York 3-2 on Friday in the second round of the NCAA volleyball tournament.

Parrish named to ACC all-freshman volleyball team (Tennessean)
Virginia Tech’s Taylor Parrish, a Brentwood resident, was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s all-freshman volleyball team. Parrish, one of the best freshmen to ever play at Tech, led the team in kills (444) this season.

Signs of the future: Freshman volleyball team finishes 9-0 (Sierra Star)
The Lady Badgers freshman volleyball team has wrapped up one of the most successful seasons in Yosemite history, going undefeated for the entire season.

No. 5 Women’s Volleyball Tops Long Island, 3-0, In NCAA First Round (GoPSUsports.com)
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.; December 1, 2006 – The third-seeded Penn State women’s volleyball team swept Long Island (30-16, 30-27, 30-15) Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Championship at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions improve to 30-2 while the Blackbirds end their season at 25-11.

OBHS Girls Volleyball Team: NC Champs (Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot)
The Oyster Bay High School Girls Varsity Volleyball team defeats East Rockaway High School to become the Nassau County Class C champions. Oyster Bay defeated Carle Place in the semifinal round. Volleyball teams in Nassau County are ranked to compete by ability.

UW volleyball: Familiar foe across the net (Wisconsin State Journal)
No one would blame coach Debbie Brown and the Notre Dame volleyball team if the last place they want to be this weekend is the UW Field House. But that's exactly where the Fighting Irish are going to be when they take on the University of Wisconsin in a first- round match in the NCAA tournament.


Volleyball Commentary

Steps to Developing that Ideal Volleyball Player
It is our responsibility as coaches to not only make our players aware of the mental skills needed to succeed in competition, but also to teach them how to develop...

The Finer Points on Passing
Learn some of the finer points of passing from one of the best Libero's in the world, Team USA's, Eric Sullivan. Eric Sullivan was the first Libero on the...

Keep up On Passing
Is your season over? Are you playing next year? Maybe you will be playing in clubs this winter? Whatever the case, one of the best things you can do...

Getting Tough Mentally
In volleyball, it is often the strength of a team's mental toughness that will decide who is the winner of the volleyball match. How many times have you seen...

Step-by-Steps Approach to Spiking; The Secret to Fooling Your Opponents.
An effective team has several different methods of attacks in their arsenal. The three basic attacks are; the dink, the off-speed spike and the hard-driven spike. The dink...


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