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Iran volleyball squad claims Asian title
The Iranian volleyball team has won its second consecutive title in the 2nd Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship after whitewashing China in the final match.

Volleyball Bearcats picked ninth
The Southwest Baptist University volleyball Lady Bearcats are picked to finish ninth in the MIAA, according to a vote of league coaches. Central Missouri, the defending MIAA champion, is picked to repeat its league title with 10 first-place votes and 100 points.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Defense to loom large for Lady Cats
The Central High School volleyball team didnt have much size last year, but the vertically-challenged Lady Cats made up for it with their defense and still crafted a 24-17 record.

Aggie Volleyball Begins Practice Monday
The Texas A&M volleyball team will go through its first official practice of the preseason Monday at 10 a.m. at the practice gym at Reed Arena.

Volleyball preview capsules
A closer look at each local team as the volleyball season gets underway on Tuesday.

Tivy volleyball closer to season after Sat.
The Tivy volleyball team moved closer to the start of the season even if the start may not get here on time after scrimmaging rival Fredericksburg at Tivy Gym on Saturday.

Volleyball Power Rankings
The Sun will reveal weekly power rankings for Fort Bend ISD volleyball teams every week throughout the season. Here are the preseason rankings.

Tivy volleyball camp in full swing
Not all 78 volleyball players at the Tivy Summer Volleyball Camp will play for Monica Meyers and the Lady Antlers. Some will. Others will return to their schools having gone through a three day Tivy High School Volleyball crash course at Tivy Gym.

VOLLEYBALL: New Trenton coach excited about potential
Trenton volleyball is getting a makeover this season, and the Trojanettes turned to one of the youngest and brightest local coaches in the country to turn things around.


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Misty Makes the List

The sport of volleyball got a mention on the national stage this week when our very own Misty May-Treanor made the list of America's favorite athletes.

Sitting on the list behind the Williams sisters, Danica Patrick, Mia Hamm, Maria Sharapova and Anna Kournikova, Misty tied with fellow "Dancing with the Stars" participant Shawn Johnson for the seventh spot in America's heart.

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A Kinder, Gentler Manhattan 6-Man

Nothing says fun like the Manhattan Beach 6-man. This tournament has no equal anywhere in the world. Where else can legends, current AVP players, former Olympians and standout college players of the past come to play for the fun of it with frat boys, fans and novices?

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Could You Save the AVP?

After the AVP's announcement last week that it needed additional funding or would need to end the season early, I'm sure many of you wondered why the league has never been able to earn a profit.

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A Record Five Straight for Todd and Phil

Is there any beating Todd and Phil? With this week's win, the pair won it's fifth straight Hermosa Beach event. The win is their 54th as a team which moves them into third place all-time, surpassing legends Hovland and Dodd. The only two teams ahead of them now are Smith/Stoklos and Kiraly/Steffes.

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A World Without the AVP

With this week's announcement that the AVP is in crisis, I began to wonder what the world would be like without the pro beach volleyball league. Of course, we would all continue to go about our business and our individual lives wouldn't change that drastically.

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Kerri Announces 2010 Partner

Taking a page from Lebron's playbook, Kerri Walsh announced her decision regarding the partner she'll play with for the remainder of the AVP season during the broadcast of the women's final from Long Beach.

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A 13 Seed Gets It's Day

For those of you who grow weary of the same old faces in the AVP final week after week, there was some new blood on the stadium court this week in Hermosa Beach. Number 13 seed Matt Prosser and John Mayer made the final after taking out No. 10 seed Nygaard/Olson and No. 2 seed Hyden/Scott. Prosser and Mayer are the lowest seeded team to make a final this season.

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