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Men's Volleyball Fights Off Match Point, Claims 3-2 Home Thriller (Princeton Athletics)
Junior middle R.J. Liljestrom hits .625, leads Tigers to important league win. PRINCETON - After suffering two straight 3-2 home losses, the Princeton men's volleyball team was in desperate need of a swing in momentum.

11th-Ranked Men's Volleyball Falls, 3-1, to No. 2 Brigham Young at Active Ankle Classic (OhioStateBuckeyes.com)
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The 11th-ranked Ohio State (15-5 overall) men's volleyball team dropped a 3-1 (27-30, 30-24, 30-21, 32-30) decision to second-ranked Brigham Young (15-4) Friday night at the Active Ankle Classic hosted by Long Beach State.

UCLA Men's Volleyball Overcomes Two-Game Deficit To Beat USC (USCTrojans.com)
Bruins capture 2.5 points in Lexus Gauntlet race. The No. 8 UCLA men's volleyball team came back from a 2-game deficit to beat No. 12 USC, 30-32, 27-30, 30-27, 30-25, 15-7, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at Pauley Pavilion on Friday (March 17) that also served as the 29th Kilgour Cup.

BEST Women’s Volleyball League finals Sunday (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
San Antonio de Padua College shoots for its second consecutive crown when it faces Saint Scholastica’s College Sunday in the finals of the 11th Milo BEST Women’s Volleyball League high school (competitive) division at the San Beda College gym in Manila.

Warriors stop Loyola Chicago in volleyball (Honolulu Advertiser)
Jose Jose Delgado hammered 19 kills to lead the University of Hawai'i volleyball team to a 32-34, 30-21, 30-25, 30-24 victory over Loyola University Chicago Friday night in the Stan Sheriff Center.

Volleyball results (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — Eight teams from all over the UAE participated in the Pakistan Day celebration volleyball tournaments organised by the Pakistan Association in Dubai on March 16 and 17.

Volleyball tournament invades Asheville today (Asheville Citizen-Times)
ASHEVILLE -- By day, Rob McFarland is a commercial banker for First Citizens Bank. But each weekend, he's a volleyball enthusiast. And today may as well be Christmas.

Ballez a Natural on the Volleyball Court (La Prensa San Diego)
Plagued with injuries and academic disqualifications the Bonita Vista Barons Men’s Volleyball Team struggled to a mediocre .500 record last season and a quick first round departure from the CIF playoffs. This year things should be different.


Volleyball Commentary

A Quick Clinic for New Coaches
Sometimes coaches have a hard time getting started when it comes to coaching. Here is some great advice from Coach Thomas Houser....

Getting Over Mental Problems
One of the toughest problems athletes face, is getting over a mental block. They have learned the skill, or even mastered the skill. Yet, ever since that time, place, or event, they just can't get it right during critical game...

Volleyball - Improving the Skill Level of Your Team
In order to improve the skill level of your team, you must first improve the skills of the individual players, then get rid of that loosing attitude and finally, and the most toughest, improve yourself as a coach. Follow these...

Knee Pads! Which do you like?
In the forum, we have started a thread that asks which type of knee pad do you like the best....

Get Your Team to Play as a Team
Dave Cross checks into the forums and gives some great advice and step-by-step instruction on how you can get your volleyball team to play as a team....

Learning About the Swing Offense
In the forum, there is a great discussion on the swing offense. It can be rather complicated but when used properly, it is a powerful offensive tool. Check it out....

Four Person Pepper Drill
This is an interesting drill that you can actually use as a warm-up against your opponents. The drill focuses on warming up while practicing controlled passes with sets and back-row roll shots....

Is High School Volleyball Really That Important?
From the forums, "I have a probleme, I'm a high school volleyball player that has dreams to go to university. I play club, regional, provincial (I live in Canada) and beach but here's the catch I go to a school...


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