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The 2009 J-S Volleyball Player of the Year: Megan Bunyer (The Journal-Standard)
Bunyer became the player the two-time state champions went to in a pinch, and for that and her other contributions to Eastland’s second state championship run she is the 2009 Journal-Standard Volleyball Player of the Year.
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.
Tri-State Volleyball Players Help 'Crush Out' Hunger (WCPO Cincinnati)
The Blue Crush Volleyball Club earns money to buy food for local women and children in need.
Tigers, Tams cement 1-2 standing in UAAP volleyball tourney (GMANews.TV via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Defending men's champion University of Santo Tomas and Far Eastern University fortified their grip of the top two spots after winning over their respective rivals Saturday in the 72nd UAAP volleyball tournament at The Arena in San Juan.
Canastota volleyball moves to 16-0 (Cnylink)
Canastota's girls volleyball team is now just two home victories, against Morrisville-Eaton and Adriondack, away from an undefeated regular season. The Raiders moved to 16-0
Volleyball gets big win (The Cooperstown Crier)
The Cooperstown volleyball team picked up its biggest win of the year Friday night with a four set win over Hamilton at Bursey gymnasium.
Volleyball Lakers sweep Westhill (Cnylink)
Heading into the last week of the regular season, the Cazenovia girls volleyball team is still in good form, and ready for another shot at undefeated Skaneateles Thursday night at
HJH 7th graders take 2nd in volleyball tourney (The Healdsburg Tribune)
The Healdsburg Jr. High School Greypups enjoyed a successful weekend of volleyball on Jan. 9, hosting the first annual, HJH Volleyball Classic Tournament.
Volleyball Commentary
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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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