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Parent: LaPorte volleyball players saw signs of improper relationship (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
A parent of a former LaPorte High School volleyball playerinterviewed by police says hints of an inappropriate relationshipbetween a coach and another player were present before the coachwas criminally charged.
Skaneateles volleyball tops Solvay, Phoenix (Cnylink)
High honors continued to flow to the Skaneateles girls volleyball team as it moved closer to finishing off an undefeated regular season. The Lakers senior trio of Ryan Merle,
UH women's volleyball: Banquet set for Jan. 31 (Honolulu Advertiser)
The University of Hawaii women's volleyball team, which advanced to the NCAA final four, will be honored during the program's annual postseason banquet Jan. 31 in the Waikiki Room at the Hale Koa Hotel.
Queensland beach volleyball crown going south (Gold Coast News)
IN an enthralling finale to the Queensland Open Beach Volleyball Tour, Australian Institute of Sport duo Chris McHugh and Sam Boehm were pushed all the way before prevailing in a tough three-set final over Bo Soderberg and Brendan Turnet.
Ugly behaviour by school volleyball coaches (AsiaOne)
ON JAN 20, the first day of the South Zone Inter-Primary School Volleyball Championships, I arrived at the hosting school in high spirits to cheer on the young players, aged 10 and 11, as they had trained hard for months for the event.
Women's Volleyball Named Dapper Dan Sportswomen of the Year (GoPSUsports.com)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The three-time defending Penn State women's volleyball team has been named the Dapper Dan Sportswomen of the Year for 2009. It is the first time the honor has been given to a team rather than an individual.
Fulton spikes Mexico in exciting volleyball match (The Palladium-Times)
FULTON — Led by the high-flying hitting of Taylor Harvey (11 kills) and the towering front-line duo of Kayla Pawlewicz (9 kills, 4 blocks) and Sabrina Sutton (3 kills, 2 blocks), the Fulton Raiders charged past the Mexico Tigers 16-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-17 in an exciting varsity girls volleyball match Friday at Fairgrieve Elementary School.
Lady Ram Volleyball Sweeps Monticello (Shelbyville Daily Union)
Shelbyville Moulton 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams charged into Monticello on Saturday morning and leveled the Sages 25-20, 25-10, in the 7th grade game and, 26-24, 25-19, in the 8th grade game.
Adult co-ed volleyball registrations accepted (Casper Journal)
Registration packets for the 2010 Casper Adult Co-ed Volleyball League are available online at www.crlasports.com or at the Casper Recreation Center, 1801 E. Fourth St. The registration deadline is Thursday, Feb. 18. The season gets underway on Monday, March 8.
Volleyball Champ Brown Honored By Purcellville Council (Leesburg Today)
The Town of Purcellville hosted a special meeting last week to honor Loudoun Valley High School graduate Blair Brown. Brown is a member of the Penn State women's volleyball team that last month won its third consecutive national title--the first team in history to achieve that feat.
Volleyball Commentary
Banachowski Says Goodbye It's the end of an era for UCLA. Head Coach Andy Banachowski announced his retirement after 43 years at the helm. Banachowski was UCLA's first coach and over the years he has won six national titles and coached 42 All-Americas, 98 all-conference players and one national player of the year, Natalie Williams back in 1991. Banachowski is the winningest coach in women's volleyball with 1,106 wins, but has not had much national success of late. His last championship was 19 years ago and his team's 2006 appearance in the Final Four semis was the first and last time he'd been there since 1994. Banachowski Says Goodbye originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 13:39:03.
Men's NCAA VB Round Up - Week 3 This week, the tables turned a bit on the nation's top teams and there was a bit of shuffling in the AVCA Coaches Poll. USC still sits atop the list, but two teams plummeted several spots after unlikely losses. Pepperdine fell four spots to #11 after losing in three straight to Long Beach State in Malibu. UCI dropped three spots to #11 after losing to UC Santa Barbara in four. UCLA enjoyed the biggest climb of the week, improving three places to #6 after beating previously #2 CSUN in three sets. Stanford grabs the #2 spot this week even though they split in two matches against BYU last week, losing in four the first night and winning in four the second. Men's NCAA VB Round Up - Week 3 originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 23:10:02.
An Early Loss for USC And just like that, the men's volleyball season is upon us. Pre-season tournaments were played all over the nation last weekend and this week, the season will be in full swing. No sooner was the pre-season poll published than the #1 USC Trojans lost their first match. In a pre-season tournament, USC lost to #12 Hawaii in four sets. But I don't think this should tarnish the Trojan star just yet. It's pretty easy to lose to Hawaii in Hawaii. The long flight, that crazy crowd, the 'Bows on fire. Plus, it is really early yet and the Trojans have lots of time to gel.
It wasn't a total loss for USC. They managed to beat #4 Penn State in the same tournament. And Penn State beat Hawaii. In fact, all four teams in the tournament ended up with a 2-1 record and Hawaii won the tournament on sets. Looks like this could be the beginning of another strong season. Hawaii heads to #3 Stanford this week, so we'll soon see if they're the real deal. An Early Loss for USC originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Monday, January 11th, 2010 at 20:12:54.
Men's NCAA VB Round Up - Week 2 There were no surprises this week in men's volleyball unless you count the fact that #1 USC managed to beat #3 UCI in five hard-fought games in spite of being out-hit and out-blocked. After Hawaii's big win over the Trojans in Week 1, they traveled to Stanford and got beat in three sets two nights in a row. Hawaii dropped just one spot to #9 this week. Other than that, everyone who was supposed to win did just that and therefore there are no big changes in this week's rankings. Here are this week's games to watch: Wed., January 20th Fri., January 22nd Sat., January 23rd Men's NCAA VB Round Up - Week 2 originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 11:58:00.
#8 LBSU at #1 USC
#4 UCI @#2 CSUN
#12 UCSD @ #7 Pepperdine
#10 UCLA @ #2 CSUN
#3 Stanford @ #5 BYU
#3 Stanford @ #5 BYU
#8 LBSU @#7 Pepperdine
Terrorist Strikes Volleyball Game A rare and terrible piece of news appeared over the New Year's weekend that put the words volleyball and terrorist attack in the same sentence for the first time since I can remember. In a village in Pakistan, about 100 people were killed and many others injured by an car bomb that exploded on a field in a residential area during a game of volleyball. It is thought that the suicide bomber had originally planned to detonate at a meeting of tribesmen who had been cracking down on insurgents in the area. Instead, for reasons not known, he devastated a village at a harmless neighborhood game of volleyball. Apparently, volleyball is a popular sport in Pakistan. So popular in fact, that there were reports of 200-300 people around the court watching the match at the time of the explosion. Many of the spectators were young and several of the dead were children. Survivors spoke of how happy they were just before the bomb went off. Makes me wonder what this game was about. Was it an organized match or a pick-up game? Was it a neighborhood rivalry? Were the spectators fans? Maybe the game was tight and the fans were animated. Maybe the home team had just scored on a massive stuff block and the crowd was going wild. Maybe the referee had been missing the block touches and some of the players were getting fed up. I wonder what was on the minds of the players when they laced up their shoes that morning to go out and play. But mostly I wonder what it is like to live in a place where you're not safe anywhere - not even on the neighborhood volleyball court. Terrorist Strikes Volleyball Game originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 10:00:06.
Men's VB Games of the Week The Week 1 men's volleyball Coaches Poll released yesterday gave us a look at how all the teams stack up after the pre-season tourneys. The USC Trojans are in the number one spot even after an early loss to Hawaii last week. Northridge, Stanford, UC Irvine and BYU round out the top five, with Stanford and UCI tied for third. There are several good match-ups coming up this week that should have some bearing on next week's poll. Keep an eye on these matches to see how it all shakes out. Wed., January 13th: Fri., January 15th: Men's VB Games of the Week originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 at 12:16:31.
#1 USC at #10 UCLA
#7 Pepperdine at #3 UCI
#7 Pepperdine at #10 UCLA
#2 CSUN at #9 Long Beach State
#1 USC at #3 UCI
#8 Hawaii at #3 Stanford
This Week's Men's VB Games to Watch More great match-ups are on the docket this week in men's volleyball. #2 Stanford has a tough weekend ahead with matches against a #10 UCSB team that's just coming off of an upset win over UCI followed by a match against current #3 Cal State Northridge. #7 UCI will attempt to rebound after three straight losses against ranked teams with two matches against #9 Hawaii on Oahu and #4 BYU will take on #6 UCLA in Westwood. Here are the games to watch: Thursday, January 28th Friday, January 29th January 30th This Week's Men's VB Games to Watch originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 11:15:55.
#10 UCSB @ #2 Stanford
#4 BYU @ #6 UCLA
#12 UCSD @ #8 Long Beach State
#3 CSUN @ #2 Stanford
#7 UCI @ #9 Hawaii
#1 USC @ #11 Pepperdine#5 PSU @ #14 Lewis
#4 BYU @ #6 UCLA
#7 UCI @ #9 Hawaii
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