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W. Volleyball. Trio Earn NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships (Rice Owls)
Three Rice Owl student-athletes have earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Earning the scholarships were Katelyn Ostendorf and Erin Scott from the sport of soccer and Jessica Boulavsky from volleyball as announced the by National Collegiate Athletic Association. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of ...
Pandas set to host national volleyball championship (The Edmonton Examiner)
Behind every dark cloud hides a silver lining. For the University of Alberta Pandas volleyball team, that silver lining might actually be golden.[...]
Olympian speaks at SJU about breaking into volleyball (New York Post)
Misty May-Treanor is one of the top beach volleyball players in the world, but the Olympic gold medalist told St. John’s University she never feels like a superstar.The 32-year-old athlete said that when she was growing up there was no professional women’s volleyball team in the United...
Women's volleyball: Gangelhoff named Bison assistant (The Fargo Forum)
Katie Gangelhoff, a three-time All-American setter, has been named an assistant coach for the North Dakota State women’s volleyball team.
North Sports and Recreation: Top-rated Jupiter volleyball squad wins Tampa tourney (The Palm Beach Post)
North Sports and Recreation: Top-rated Jupiter volleyball squad wins Tampa tourney
Blues capture volleyball crown (Timmins Daily Press)
The Timmins High Blues junior girl volleyball team are the Northeastern champions. The team bounced back from an unsteady start to win the the North East Ontario Athletic Association title by defeating last year's junior girls volleyball champions, Jeunesse Nord from Cochrane, in the final match.[...]
Hawaii men's volleyball team off to California (Connecticut Post)
HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii men's volleyball team has ended a five-week homestand. Hawaii plays No. 3 Cal State Northridge on Friday and Saturday, and then faces No. 7 USC on Monday and Tuesday.
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But Wait...There's More! To add to last week's announcements out of the AVP regarding the new commissioner and this summer's schedule, another piece of good news was revealed this week. We will see the Tour on TV this summer. ABC and ESPN2 will carry the finals of 13 tour events, four on ABC and nine on ESPN2. The exposure should help the Tour secure that elusive title sponsor it has yet to announce. Most of the air times are during the afternoons and early evenings on Sundays, with one tournament airing at 11 p.m. and three tournaments airing at midnight. Thank goodness for Tivo. But Wait...There's More! originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 11:17:50.
Would the Real Deal Please Stand Up... The number one ranking has changed for the third time this season in men's volleyball, but the coming weeks will make it clear who the real top team is going into the playoffs. It's the battle of the formers on Wednesday. Former No. 1 CSUN meets former No. 3 USC. Now ranked five and six respectively, the game has lost a bit of its luster, but should still be a good battle as they both teams attempt to turn things around. Then on Friday, former No. 1 CSUN will take on current No. 1 Pepperdine which could show us which team is currently the real deal. Here are the other matches to keep an eye on this week: Wednesday, February 24th Friday, February 26th Saturday, February 27 Would the Real Deal Please Stand Up... originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 11:42:33.
CSUN @ USC
UCI @ Long Beach State
CSUN @ Pepperdine
Long Beach State @ UCLA
BYU @ Hawaii
BYU @ Hawaii
Pepperdine Does It Again When it comes to beating the top-ranked teams, no one is doing it better (or more often) than Pepperdine this season. In 2010 they've managed to beat the top-ranked teams repeatedly and in fine fashion. A few let down losses kept them outside the top five all season. That is until now. Last week the Waves took on No. 2 USC for the second time this season. And for the second time, they took the Trojans down - this time in three straight sets. Looks like Pepperdine has the hot hand, but let's hope they don't peak too early. Save some for the playoffs, guys! Pepperdine moves up three spots in this week's AVCA poll to No. 4. Despite their two wins over the Trojans, Pepperdine still doesn't outrank USC who landed at No. 3. Stanford was also on the move this week. After decisive wins over UCI (four sets) and UCLA (three sets), the Cardinal moved back into the No. 2 spot after two weeks down at No. 5. Good wins to get under their belt as they'll now hit the road for seven of their next 11 matches. Pepperdine Does It Again originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 18:17:51.
AVP Announcements Minus One Two big news items out of the AVP this week. The Tour named beach VB legend Mike Dodd the league's new commissioner. He'll be responsible for overseeing "all competition, athlete welfare and sport development." Also, the 2010 tour schedule is out and it lists 12 event locations for this summer. No tourney scheduled as yet in Las Vegas this year to the chagrin of many fans and a few less tournaments than last year. Some of the details are less than solid, but it is good news that they are moving forward. One announcement that they didn't make was who their new title sponsor will be since Crocs pulled out last year. With the start of the season right around the corner that could mean trouble. Beach volleyball fans should hope that's the next announcement we hear. AVP Announcements Minus One originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 11:08:52.
Pepperdine Shines, Bruins Struggle Pepperdine continued to roll over the weekend, confirming that their No. 1 ranking is deserved. They once again handled CSUN, beating them 3-1. Seems the Waves have hit their stride. CSUN beat USC for the second time this season, clearly continuing their dominance over the Trojans with their 16th consecutive win in the match up. The Matadors moved back up the ranks of the AVCA Coaches Poll to No. 3 this week. Worst weekend honors go to UCLA. The No. 3 Bruins got skunked 0-3 by both No. 9 Long Beach State and No. 14 UC San Diego. UCLA falls two spots in the poll while Long Beach jumps up three spots. Pepperdine Shines, Bruins Struggle originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 14:43:55.
Tough Week for the Top Dogs It was a bad week to be No. 1. In what CSUN fans can only hope was an off week, the Matadors struggled with two losses in three days. On Wednesday night they lost in four sets to UCI, who as I mentioned in an earlier post may be the best No. 11 team ever to grace the standings. Still, when you're ranked No. 1, you're expected (even if unfairly) to beat everybody. To add to their woes on Friday night, the Matadors got out to a 2-0 lead on UCLA only to lose the next three sets and thus the match. I guess you can call that progress since the first time these two met last month, UCLA beat CSUN 3-0. If CSUN hopes to retain the top ranking, their upcoming road matches are critical. On Wednesday, they are up against No. 3 USC, who is just coming off of a loss to Stanford and on Friday they are facing No. 4 Pepperdine who they lost to in four sets earlier this month. No rest for the weary. Tough Week for the Top Dogs originally appeared on About.com Volleyball on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 at 22:29:56.
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