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Hebert named to volleyball Hall (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Gophers volleyball coach Mike Hebert has been named to the America Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame. Hebert will be inducted Dec. 13 in Omaha during the AVCA's annual convention. Hebert has compiled an 837-351 career record in his 31st season as a Division I coach. He has led his teams to the NCAA semifinals four times. Etc. • The Gophers men's tennis team went 11-1 in singles

ONLINE UPDATE (2:29 P.M.): Aggie volleyball breaks into Top 25 (Las Cruces Sun-News)
LAS CRUCES -- The New Mexico State Aggie volleyball team is nationally-ranked for the first time in school history. The Aggies came in at No. 24 in Monday's American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, which was released Monday afternoon.

No. 2 Penn State Women’s Volleyball Blanks Indiana, 3-0 (GoPSUsports.com)
Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 29, 2006 – The second-ranked Penn State women’s volleyball team swept Indiana (30-19, 30-23, 30-22) Friday night in Bloomington, Ind. The Nittany Lions improve to 14-0 and 3-0 in Big Ten action while the Hoosiers fall to 10-5 and 1-2 in league play.

Minn.-Duluth sweeps Augustana in volleyball (Argus Leader)
Minnesota-Duluth, ranked sixth in NCAA Division II volleyball, swept Augustana 30-22, 30-26, 30-17 in a North Central Conference match Friday at the Elmen Center. Both teams entered the match unbeaten in NCC play. Vicky Braegelmann had 20 kills and hit .562 for UMD (18-2, 5-0 NCC), which outhit the Vikings .349-.184. For Augustana (9-8, 3-1), Andrea Oswald and Ellen Andrews each had nine kills.

Volleyball continues to struggle (DePaulia)
The volleyball team had a tough Big East opening weekend. On Saturday, the Blue Demons lost to the Villanova 3-0 (30-16, 30-28, 30-9), while the Rutgers Scarlet Knights stood in DePaul’s way on Sunday.

Volleyball roundup: CWC, NCOE win; Grayville falls at Wayne City (Carmi Times)
Coach Jason Craig's Carmi-White County High School volleyball team snapped a five-match losing streak Thursday with a 25-20, 25-18 Black Diamond Conference East win at Johnston City.

Top volleyball teams primed to battle it out again at Chicago event (USA Today)
Mira Costa High of Manhattan Beach, Calif., the nation's top-ranked girls volleyball team, will be in select company this weekend at the Nike Challenge in Chicago. That's because Mira Costa is joined by five of the top six teams in PrepVolleyball.com's Century Club national rankings, including No. 2 Assumption (Louisville), at the Challenge. The elite 24-team field begins pool play Friday at


Volleyball Commentary

Stretch or Not?
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Setting - Easy to Learn and Everyone Should!
By the book it is called an overhead pass unless it is actually being set to the spiker on the second hit. Other than a name, setting and an...

Tonights Live Games Feature Five Close Match-ups
Cruising over to CSTV the volleyball fan will be able to catch five games streamed tonight. Games tonight include Ball St @ Butler, Coppin St @ U Mess, Austin...

Cancers: Easy to Identify; Can They be Cured?
In volleyball or any sport, cancers are those players that not only bring down themselves, but the entire team. The easy way to get rid of the cancer is...

Getting Pumped Up on Court
One of the biggest problems with some teams is getting pumped up on the court. They have great practices. They have great pre-game rallies. However, when they...

Live TV Volleyball - Kansas St vs Missouri and Ohio St. vs Penn St.
Allright gang on 20 September, you have two great match-ups being broadcasted live. First up is Kansas St. vs. Missouri, broadcasted at 8pm ET on Fox Sports Network -...

Could There Be Pro Indoor Volleyball in the USA?
Sure there is the AVP. Why not professional indoor volleyball? Is it a marketing thing? Or could there just not be enough fans to make it happen...


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