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Slim roster only a minor roadblock for SVC volleyball (Bennington Banner)
BENNINGTON -- What it lacks in numbers, the Southern Vermont College men's volleyball team makes up with a dedication to outwit bigger, deeper and faster teams.
It’s a sister act for Hamilton volleyball team (Ravalli Republic)
For sisters Nichole, Melissa and Rebecka Hood, along with Presley and Kennedy Chadwick, being a part of the Lady Bronc volleyball team is a family affair. Middle blocker Nichole Hood and outside hitter Rebecka Hood are sophomore twins, while outside hitter Presley Chadwick is a junior.
Volleyball coaches name Thalkan top coach (North Platte Bulletin)
North Platte Community College Volleyball Coach Sally Thalken is the 2009 Two-Year College Women’s Volleyball West Region Coach of the Year. The award was made by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Oneida girls volleyball team sweeps Whitesboro (The Oneida Daily Dispatch)
MARCY — Oneida’s girls volleyball team swept Whitesboro 25-16 25-23 26-24 on Thursday.
Volleyball: Tigers win two, lose one (The Record-Courier)
The Carson Valley Middle School seventh-grade volleyball team beat South Tahoe and Pau-Wa-Lu last week while losing to Eagle Valley. Against Tahoe, Corryne Millett had six service points, Kealy Moss and Mandy Weaver each had five, Tiffany Fielder had four, Holland Chambers and Gabby Vega each had three and Alexis VonSchottenstein, Ariah Barth and Shayla Gransbery each had one. Against Pau-Wa-Lu ...
PSNK finds new women's volleyball coach (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Penn State-New Kensington has named Dave McGeary as its new women's volleyball coach.
Volleyball: Krolikowski returns to play for UNK (Omaha World-Herald)
Grand Island native Ariel Krolikowski has transferred to the University of Nebraska at Kearney from Division I Louisiana-Lafayette and will be on the Loper volleyball and track teams. Krolikowski, from Grand Island High School,...
Expatriate volleyball event underway (Gulf Times)
The first Expatriates Open Volleyball Cup, organised by Volleyball Officiating Club (VOC) in co-operation with the Qatar Volleyball Association (QVBA), is underway at .
Volleyball Commentary
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
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.
Ticket to Override Remember last spring when the NCAA agreed to list sand volleyball among the latest emerging sports for women? Well, it could be on the chopping block before it even gets started. This week at the NCAA convention, members will vote on whether to override the decision and remove sand volleyball from the emerging sports. Just so you know, an emerging sport is one that is recognized by the NCAA and is used to provide more athletic opportunities for women and more sponsorship opportunities for universities. Once on the list, the sport has 10 years to develop and grow to championship status or it is in danger of elimination. Support for the override vote was initially sought by Iowa State's Senior Associate Athletic Director Calli Sanders. Sanders and other opponents of the addition to sand volleyball called for the vote and are hoping to stop the sport in its tracks. Some of the arguments against are:
When it was originally introduced, the sport's addition passed by a landslide. When it was revisited by the legislative council in July, 65% of the group supported it.
So far Penn State and the Big Ten have gone on the record to say they'll vote against the sport. For the override to succeed the opponents will need to get 5/8 or 62.5% of the voters to agree.
Will the naysayers be able to convert enough of the original supporters to nix it? The outcome of this one is tough to predict. But some say the timing of the vote, during a particularly cold winter, is not in the sport's favor. I'll keep you posted.
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Ticket to Override originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 04:37:49.
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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.
Read more...Beach Break-Ups & Make-Ups originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 11:36:48.
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
#10 UCSB @ #2 StanfordFriday, January 29th
#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 LewisJanuary 30th
#4 BYU @ #6 UCLA
#7 UCI @ #9 HawaiiThis Week's Men's VB Games to Watch originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 11:15:55.
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.
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