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Winning start for Brazil, Russia at volleyball worlds
Beijing Olympic gold medallists Brazil opened their campaign at the world women’s volleyball championship in style on Friday with a straight sets victory over Kenya in Pool B. The Brazilian women, who finished runners-up to Russia in the 2006 worlds, coasted to a 25-15, 25-16, 25-11 victory over the Kenyans in Hamamatsu. “Today’s match was [...]
CSU volleyball team moves up to No. 14
The CSU volleyball team moved up Monday to No. 14 in the national rankings, matching its highest ranking of the season. The Rams (19-2, 8-0 Mountain West Conference) swept Denver and Wyoming last week to run their winning streak to 10 consecutive matches. Colorado State University has won 14 of 15 matches since losing Sept. [...]
UM, MSU volleyball teams prepare for Friday match
The Montana State volleyball team will begin the second half of the Big Sky Conference season Friday when it hosts in-state rival Montana. A poll by conference coaches picked the Bobcats to finish last in the Big Sky, but MSU now sits just one game out of fourth place and the final spot in the [...]
Penn volleyball squad defeats Dartmouth in five sets Friday night
Sophomore Lauren Martin came through for the Penn Quakers volleyball team Friday night with 19 kills. The Quakers also played strong defense as a team and improved to 7-9 overall and 3-1 in the Ivy League with a 21-25, 25-16, 25-19, 22-25, 15-8 Ivy League victory over Dartmouth at the Palestra in Philadelphia. Penn is [...]
Volleyball’s Jones Notches SEC Player of the Week
LSU sophomore outside hitter Madie Jones secured SEC Offensive Player of the Week accolades Monday as announced by the league office. It’s the first career weekly award for Jones from the SEC. “Madie has had an incredible run to start SEC play,” head coach Fran Flory said. “We’re extremely pleased with her development and this [...]
ACU Wildcats Volleyball Sweeps Central Oklahoma
Kalynne Allen and Neely Borger were solid for No. 21 ACU as they defeated Central Oklahoma in three sets Thursday night in front of 427 rowdy fans inside Moody Coliseum. The Wildcats stay perfect in the Lone Star Conference at 5-0, 15-3 overall while UCO falls to 14-6 and 4-2. With 10 team blocks the [...]
Missouri volleyball gets again into the swing in opposition to Colorado
There were enough mistakes made by the Missouri volleyball team in last night’s match against Colorado to keep Coach Wayne Kreklow and his staff busy as they ready the squad for a meeting with third-ranked Nebraska. But they’ll have time to address all those things — such as the 15 attack errors or the fact [...]
Beach volleyball comes to Nairobi
Beach volleyball, a sport meant to be played on sand-laden seashores, is set to be held at Nairobi’s Nyayo Stadium handball court. The two-a-side event, dubbed ‘Beach Volleyball Extravaganza’ will take place between September 10 and 11 in an artificial beach. The Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) Beach Volleyball Committee is already working towards creating an [...]
Adamson clobbers NU in UAAP women’s beach volleyball
Reigning women’s titlist Adamson notched its fourth straight win after the tandem of reigning MVP Angela Benting and Paulina Soriano clobbered NU’s Mervic Mangui and Jennilyn Reyes, 21-8, 21-15, in the 73rd UAAP beach volleyball championships on Saturday at the UE Caloocan sand court. The Lady Falcons’ latest win moved them closer of a Final [...]
What Happened To Beach Volleyball?
However, Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) vice president (technical) George Keotsene has said things are likely to change because the Federation of International Volleyball (FIVB) is toying with the idea of including beach volleyball in its calendar. He said preparations by FIVB to recognise beach volleyball are at an advanced stage. He stated that the FIVB [...]
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