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Five More Years for Rainbow Wahine Volleyball Coach (KHON 2 Honolulu)
University of Hawaii women's volleyball coach Dave Shoji has agreed to a five year contract extension.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: Ball State kept out of rankings; Ohio State drops to No. 14 (Ball State Daily News)
Four days before playing the defending conference champions, the Ball State University men’s volleyball team learned Monday it would enter that match as an unranked team.
Men's Volleyball: California powers live up to hype (Daily Princetonian)
Most Princeton students look forward to Intersession as a tranquil time before the rigors of the spring semester begin. For the men’s volleyball team, however, the weeklong break was anything but relaxing. As part of their annual training trip to California, Princeton (0-3) faced off against some of the best schools in the country in three matches. The trip out west proved a tough test for the ...
Video surfaces showing Southern volleyball coach hitting girl with ball (Press of Atlantic City)
More than 7,000 viewers have seen the video on YouTube. The incident has been talked about on internet forums and in volleyball circles, but this is the first time a video has surfaced.
Warriors move into tie for No. 6 in national men's volleyball poll (Honolulu Advertiser)
The University of Hawai'i men's volleyball team moved up three spots into a tie for sixth in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 15 poll released today.
M. Volleyball. USC Men's Volleyball Plays At No. 1 CSUN, No. 9 UCSB (USC Trojans)
The No. 2-ranked USC men's volleyball team (6-2 overall, 4-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) looks to reclaim the top ranking it lost this week when it travels to new No. 1 Cal State Northridge (8-1, 5-1) on Wednesday (Feb. 3) and then to No. 9 UC Santa Barbara (4-5, 4-2) on Friday (Feb. 5) in a pair of 7 p.m. MPSF matches.
Covering All Angles Provides Men's Volleyball Fans Unprecedented Team Access (GoPSUsports.com)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - For the first time ever on GoPSUsports.com, fans of the Penn State men's volleyball team will have unprecedented and comprehensive behind the scenes access to the team.
9th All India BSNL volleyball tourney from tomorrow (INDOlink)
Patna, Feb 1 (PTI) The five-day 9th All India BSNL volleyball tournament will commence here at the Telegraph volleyball court here tomorrow.
Stew-Stras, Windsor Volleyball Split (Shelbyville Daily Union)
Windsor won the 7th grade volleyball game, 25-11, 27-25, and Stew-Stras won the 8th grade game, 25-14, 25-10, in a rural rivalry split on Monday night.
Committee makes slight rule changes for 2010 women's volleyball season (Ball State Daily News)
Daniel here. During the off-season things slow down quite a bit for the women’s volleyball teams. This doesn’t mean things have been slow for the NCAA. In fact, the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee tackled two issues during its annual meeting last week.
Volleyball Commentary
Dain's New Gig One of volleyball's own is making his way up the ranks in the sports broadcasting arena. Olympic beach volleyball gold medal winner Dain Blanton, the first African American to win a beach medal back in 2000, is now the Clippers sideline reporter for Prime Ticket. I caught him as he worked the sidelines of the Clippers-Cavs game, amongst King James and Shaq himself, adding a little color and some tidbits as the game progressed. The verdict? Not bad. Blanton played basketball as well as volleyball so he knows his stuff and he gets it across pretty clearly. He's still a little wordy and needs to get to the point a bit more quickly, but he's learning fast. And this week the Daily News ranked him #7 on the list of the best LA sports broadcasters. Not too shabby. Dain's New Gig originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 23:49:00.
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
Let There Be Sand Well, it was a close one, but sand volleyball will remain on the list of emerging sports for women. Opponents of the addition failed to garner enough support to override the NCAA's decision to include the sport. In order to block the addition of the sport, 5/8 or 62.5% of the members needed to vote in favor of the override. But today's vote only produced 58% against the inclusion of sand volleyball. The final tally was 166 to 118. So even though the majority of voters would rather not see sand volleyball at the college level, they were just shy of the number needed to reverse the NCAA's original decision. The 42% who are in favor of sand vb held their ground. But I'm sure this vote was a lot closer than proponents hoped it would be. Those in favor of the sport are a minority at 42%. But none of that matters now. Sand volleyball will get added and it is up to the early adopters and the fans of the sport to broaden its reach. The next few years will be critical as we will finally see who is right about how the chips will fall for collegiate indoor, pro beach and the Olympics. Let There Be Sand originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 22:56:43.
Beach Break-Ups & Make-Ups As usual, this time of year has brought about the inevitable partner shuffle on the AVP scene. Looks like 2010 will pair some new blood and some old as the teams fall into place for the upcoming season. On the women's side, Misty May-Treanor's return and Kerri Walsh's announced absence due to her second pregnancy left Misty to take her pick of players and to commence the fall of dominoes. Misty chose Nicole Branagh, leaving Elaine Youngs on the market. It appears EY will play with her old partner, Rachel Wacholder this season. Wacholder took most of last season off after having a baby, then partnered briefly with Kerri Walsh before getting injured. The Wacholder-Youngs partnership ended badly last time, but they were the solid number two to Misty and Kerri so their return should keep things interesting. Beach Break-Ups & Make-Ups originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 11:36:48.
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.
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