Turkey Announces Women’s World Championships Roster
Fourteen members of the VNL silver medal Turkish team, including best setter Cansu Ozbay and best middle blocker Eda Erdem Dundar, are on the preliminary roster for the 2018 World Championships.
LBSU’s MacRae to Act as USA High Performance Head Coach
Long Beach State men’s volleyball associate head coach Nick MacRae will act as head coaching duties of the USA Youth A1 group at the High Performance Championships next week.
USA Dominating Haiyang Open with Five Pool Titles
American women won four of the eight pool titles at the Haiyang Three Star on Thursday, meanwhile sixth-seeded Americans Bill Kolinske/Miles Evans were the top seeded men’s pair to claim a pool championship.
Three Dutch Pairs Win Women’s Pool Titles at #EuroBeachVolley
After two days of pool play, the women’s field is down to 24 teams, while the men are set to wrap up pool action on Thursday at the CEV European Beach Championships.
An Inside Look at the Haiyang Three Star, Qualifying Began Wednesday
Forty one men’s teams and 31 women’s teams will vie for the FIVB Haiyang titles this week, including Americans Casey Patterson/Stafford Slick, Emily Stockman/Kelley Larsen and Betsi Flint/Emily Day.
Australians Bell/Ngauamo Take FIVB Daegu One Star Title
Australians Phoebe Bell/Jessyka Ngauamo remained true to their top seed at the Daegu One Star, going wire to wire with four victories en route to their first ever FIVB World Tour title.
Canadians Humana-Paredes/Pavan Outlast 2017 Champs for Gstaad Gold
Defending Gstaad Major champions No. 7 Chantal Laboureur/Julia Sude had a match-point try on Sunday, but could not convert it, instead allowing three straight points to top seeded Canadians Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan and settling for silver.
Russia Sweeps Golds at FIVB U19 Beach World Championships
Russia’s Mariia Boncharova/Maria Voronina rallied past Dutch pair Raisa Schoon/Emi van Driel for the U19 Women’s Beach World title on Sunday, while countrymen Denis Shekunov/Dmitrii Veretiuk won the men’s gold and Alexey Gusev/Pavel Shustrov earned the bronze.
USA Rallies Past Dominican Republic for Pan Am Cup Gold
The United States won its second straight Pan American Cup title, outdoing the Dominican Republic for the second year in a row, rallying for a five-set win. Canada rounded out the podium, taking bronze with a sweep of Brazil.
Colombia Edges Puerto Rico for Fifth Place; Cese Leads Cuba to Seventh
Columbia rallied to edge Puerto Rico in five sets for fifth place, despite outside hitter Daly Santana’s 29 point effort. Meanwhile, Cuba’s Ailama Cese’s 31 points guided her team to seventh place at the Pan American Cup.
