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Walsh, Rogers stand up for beach volleyball at national meeting (USA Today)
Olympic gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Todd Rogers showed up at the USA Volleyball board meeting to deliver their message in person: Beach players need more control over their sport, and they'll get it with or without the board's help.
Verot sweeps LaBelle to win 3A-12 volleyball (The News-Press)
History has a way of repeating itself — at least for the Bishop Verot High School volleyball team.
ECS' reward for hard work: Its first volleyball state title (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
MURFREESBORO -- Even an ankle injury couldn't keep Evangelical Christian School's Kristen Spink from leading the Lady Eagles to their first state volleyball championship Friday at MTSU. ECS knocked off Knoxville Webb 17-25, 25-10, 25-21, 25-23 for the Division 2-A crown, moments after St. Benedict swept Nashville Father Ryan for the Division 2-AA championship at the TSSAA State Championships ...
Page falls in Class AA volleyball final (The Tennessean)
MVP Courtney Lawson kept Page off-balance with her jump-float serve, leading Red Bank to a 25-22, 17-25, 25-23, 25-16 win in the Class AA volleyball championship at MTSU's Murphy Center on Friday.
College volleyball: Simic leads FGCU to sweep of East Tennessee State (Naples Daily News)
Jelena Simic had a game-high 19 kills to lead the Florida Gulf Coast University volleyball team to a sweep of East Tennessee State on Friday night at Alico Arena. The Eagles improved to 13-10 and 12-4 in the Atlantic Sun with a 25-15, 29-27, 25-14 win. FGCU dominated the first set, running out to an 11-3 lead and staying ahead by at least five the whole way. Simic had seven kills in the set ...
Father Ryan finishes second in DII-AA volleyball again (The Tennessean)
Father Ryan volleyball Coach Jinx Cockerham kept things in perspective after the Lady Irish finished second in the state tournament for the third consecutive season Friday.
UIL volleyball playoffs to start next week (Galveston County Daily News)
Volleyball playoffs begin next week. Heres a look at the opening round matchups.
Ravenwood loss keeps Midstate from winning a volleyball title (The Tennessean)
Friday was a bad day to be from Middle Tennessee in the state volleyball tournament. Ravenwood capped a day of runner-up showings for area teams with a 25-22, 25-21, 25-18 loss to Dobyns-Bennett in the Class AAA final at MTSU's Murphy Center.
Georgia Volleyball's Rally At No. 20 LSU Falls Short (WCTV Tallahassee)
The Georgia volleyball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win the third set and take 20th-ranked LSU to the wire in the fourth set before falling, 3-1, to the Tigers on Friday night at the Maravich Center.
'Breds in volleyball quarterfinals (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Vicki Fleissner's head coaching debut at the state volleyball tournament was a memorable one. Her youthful Newport Central Catholic team outlasted senior-fortified Apollo, 33-31, 25-22, in a first-round state tournament contest at Northern Kentucky University.
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The Pac-10's Wild Ride In D-I women's volleyball, one thing is clear. With seven teams currently in the top 25, the Pac 10 is by far the toughest conference. Now if only we could figure out who the strongest team is from week to week. For the past three weeks of conference play, at least three higher ranked teams have fallen to lower ranked teams when going head-to-head. That's not to say that the rankings are inaccurate. On paper, the placement of the teams seems to be warranted. But somehow when the rubber meets the road, there is no accounting for the strength of will. In the first week of conference play, #19 Arizona shocked both #13 UCLA and #14 USC, unranked Arizona State stole one from UCLA and #12 Cal beat #10 Stanford. The very next week, with fresh new rankings for all, things turned around again. This time #9 Cal lost to #13 USC and #16 UCLA while unranked Oregon State topped #7 Oregon. This week the ranking shuffle settled again and once more the upsets prevailed. #16 UCLA beat #13 USC and #22 Arizona beat #7 Oregon. Most significantly though, the previously undefeated #3 Washington Huskies who hadn't lost a set, let alone a match, lost in five to #7 Stanford. Stanford and Washington are fighting it out for the conference championship as they have for the last six years running. Stanford has won out the last three years in a row while Washington took the title the two previous years. Despite the loss, Washington is still looking like the strongest team in the league. A few too many Washington errors coupled with outstanding play from Stanford role players like middle blocker Janet Okogbaa, tipped the scales in the Cardinal's favor. Okogbaa earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for her effort. Keep an eye out. This rivalry should make for an interesting grudge match when Stanford travels to Washington early next month. Up this week in the Pac-10: The Pac-10's Wild Ride originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 at 18:29:34.
#12 UCLA and #16 USC play at #4 Washington
#5 Stanford and #14 Cal play at #15 Oregon
NCAA Week Eight Coaches Poll No major moves were made among the top ten in this week's AVCA Coaches Poll. The bottom 15 changed a bit as Colorado State found itself ranked for the first time this season. Long Beach State dropped out of the top 25 this week. The Beach debuted on the poll in Week Four and steadily climbed up to #20, but had two big losses to Pacific last week and UC Irvine this week to drop out of sight. The wacky Pac-10 continued its roller coaster ride. Oregon beat #5 Stanford in five sets and #14 Cal in three to move up three spots to #12. After stunning #6 Florida last week with a three set victory, newly ranked LSU continued to roll over its opponents and moves up four spots to #20. NCAA Week Eight Coaches Poll originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 10:13:03.
Going for the Win Someone asked me a tough question the other day. As a high school coach, she was running a drill in which one side of the court was trying to beat their teammates on the other side. During the drill, one of her players shouted words of encouragement to her competition. The coach reacted by calling the player over and setting her straight. That kind of thing would not be tolerated. Later she wondered if she did the right thing. There is no easy answer here. Clearly, I played for some tough junior coaches who made us work extremely hard and get serious from a young age. If the team is aiming for a state championship or if it contains players with D-I aspirations, it may be necessary to inspire them to want to win at all times. However, the sport is also supposed to be fun. And since most junior and high school teams are out there to enjoy themselves, I think the coach's reaction might have been a little harsh. Sure, in that particular drill the players were opponents. But most of the time they're teammates. It is never bad to encourage a teammate. Now if your players start encouraging opposing teams during real matches, you may need to talk to them. Sportsmanship is great, but I think teaching players to want to beat their opponents is an integral part of the game. The key is making sure that the players understand what their coach wants and expects from them before going straight to the reprimand. Going for the Win originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 21:25:46.
AVP Awards The AVP honored the recipients of the league's 2009 awards at a banquet over the weekend. No surprise that Branagh/Youngs and Dalhausser/Rogers walked away with the most of the hardware including the Team of the Year awards. Phil and Nicole also took MVP and Best Offensive Player. Phil added Best Blocker to his list. It was a big night for Lisa Rutledge, who took home two titles - Best Blocker and Most Improved Player. Well-deserved on both counts. She had about 100 more blocks than the next best blocker on the Tour and improved her ranking from 37th in 2008 to ninth this season. Check out the link to the AVP site for the rest of the recipients. The AVP season is officially over, but there is one last FIVB tournament to be played in China next week before we say goodbye to the 2009 beach season. AVP Awards originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Monday, October 19th, 2009 at 20:13:05.
NCAA Week Nine Coaches Poll Week nine brought the first change we've seen in the AVCA Coaches Poll's top four all season. Previously #4 Washington was stunned by a loss to unranked Washington State in four sets. The loss takes Washington down one spot to #5 and brought Washington State onto the poll for the first time at #21. Stanford took Washington's spot at #4 after its two wins over the weekend. The Cardinal is now tied with the Huskies for first in the Pac-10, but they have two big matches this weekend against UCLA and USC. They'll need to win both to stay there. There was an upset in the mid-west as well when then #14 Iowa State beat then #5 Nebraska in five. Iowa State moves up five spots to #9 and Nebraska falls three spots to #8 this week. NCAA Week Nine Coaches Poll originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 09:08:17.
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