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Italy wins its first women's volleyball World Cup title (People's Daily)
Italy beat the United States in straight sets here on Friday to win its first women's volleyball World Cup title in history with a perfect 11-0 record. The European champion had no great difficulty taking the 25-20, 25-18 and 27-25 ...

Volleyball: Australia open with win over Korea at World Cup (The New Straits Times--All the News that Matter)
SAITAMA (Japan): Asian champions Australia beat South Korea on the opening day of the men's World Cup volleyball tournament yesterday. Asian bronze medallists South Korea were 14-13 up in the final set before Australia finally took control for a hard-fought 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-20, 29-27 victory.

Volleyball: More settles for fourth (Rapid City Journal)
SIOUX FALLS — Harrisburg rode the strong arms of Allison Vos and Allison Bierle to third place over St. Thomas More in the state Class A volleyball tournament Saturday.

Smith is MVP again; four named to 3-3A all-district volleyball team (Sweetwater Reporter)
Sweetwater Lady Mustangs senior Tika Smith, who will arguably go down as the greatest player in Sweetwater volleyball history, had one of the greatest weeks in her young volleyball career. First, Smith was voted the District 3-3A Most Valuable Player for the third year in a row.

Summit High School Volleyball teams express their gratitude (Summit Daily News)
The Summit High School Volleyball players, coaches and parents would like to thank the donors mentioned below for their generous contributions and support! Your donations played an integral part in the fun and success at our end of the season awards...

Oman win Rashid international volleyball title (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI — Oman overcame a stiff opposition from Pakistan in a five-set thriller to claim the 10th Rashid International Volleyball Championship for the first time at the Al Shabab sports hall yesterday.

U.S. stuns Oly champ Brazil in Cup volleyball (Sports Illustrated)
The United States upset Olympic champion Brazil behind 16 points from William Priddy on the first day of the men's Volleyball World Cup.

US downs Brazil at men's Volleyball World Cup (WPRI 12 Providence)
MATSUMOTO, Japan (AP) - The United States has pulled off an upset at the men's Volleyball World Cup, defeating Olympic champion Brazil. William Priddy had 16 points, 15 on spikes, to lead the Americans.

US downs Brazil at men's Volleyball World Cup (KVOA Tucson)
Associated Press - November 18, 2007 1:33 PM ET MATSUMOTO, Japan (AP) - The United States has pulled off an upset at the men's Volleyball World Cup, defeating Olympic champion Brazil.

Volleyball: Australia open with win over Korea at World Cup (The New Straits Times--All the News that Matter)
SAITAMA (Japan): Asian champions Australia beat South Korea on the opening day of the men's World Cup volleyball tournament yesterday.


Volleyball Commentary

Stop the Choking!
I'm always amazed at some of the great advice that gets posted to our forum. It is a huge wealth of knowledge offered up by players, coaches and fans....

What to Do With a Bad Setter
In a perfect world, volleyball players play on teams where everyone loves to play on the same team and with each other. However, often this is not the case. Once...

Hand Passing the Serve...Good or Bad?
Long ago in volleyball history, using your hands to make first contact after the serve was voodoo bad. However, these days the rules have changed and using your hands is...

Sports Drinks - Better than Water?
You know the summer is here when you are always thirsty. I know one of my personal faults is I do not drink enough water. Or perhaps...

Often Good Players Get Overlooked
One of a volleyball coach's hardest problems, bench morale will be eternally linked to satisfying players' desire for playing time Good players will often sit the bench, especially on really good...

International Volleyball in the United States!
If you have never been to a World League match then you have never really seen top-performance indoor volleyball. Luckily, those of you that can get to Chicago on...


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