Dominican Republic Earns 1st Win, Brazil Hands Turkey 1st #VNL Loss
The Dominican Republic bested Argentina in every statistical category in a sweep for its first Volleyball Nations League win, while Brazil used its powerful offense to hand home-standing Turkey its first VNL defeat.
Poland Upsets Top-Seeded China, Serbia Downs Thailand in #VNL Pool 6
2018 FIVB WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL NATIONS LEAGUE – WEEK 2/POOL 7 May 22-24, 2018 Macau Forum | Macau, China (Capacity: 4,000)…
Russia, South Korea Open #VNL Pool 7 With Wins
A balanced offensive attack, including three players with nine or more kills, helped lift Russia past Italy to open Pool 6 play, meanwhile a strong service game and a 29-point effort by Kim Yeon Koung were key in lifting the homestanding Koreans to a four-set win over Germany.
USA Sweeps Japan, Netherlands Edges Belgium in 5 to Open #VNL Week 2
The Americans used a strong block and a 21-point effort from Michelle Bartsch-Hackley to score a sweep of Japan to open week 2 of the Volleyball Nations League, meanwhile the Dutch relied on their offensive prowess to best Belgium in five sets.
11 Men’s Volleyball Players Among Academic All-District Honorees
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced its 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large teams last week and 11 men’s volleyball players were among those honored.
Poland Announces 15 Players for Men’s NVL Opening Weekend
Six members of the 2016 Olympic team, which finished fifth, are included in Poland’s announced roster of 15 ahead of Week 1 of the FIVB Men’s Volleyball Nations League.
Previewing NVL Pool 6: Germany, Italy, Russia, South Korea
With three of the four teams firmly in the middle of the pack of 16, this pool could come up big when in determining which teams advance to the finals. One would have to give a slight edge to Russia in terms of a favorite to come out as the leader of the pack, simply by way of experience and opening weekend results.
UCLA, Pepperdine, Hawaii Lead VolleyMob Beach All-America Honorees
VolleyMob first, second and third team All-America honors recognize the top three teams from courts 1 through 5. UCLA’s Megan McNamara/Nicole McNamara (Court 1), Lily Justine/Sarah Sponcil (Court 2), Izzy Carey/Megan Muret (Court 5), Hawaii’s Carly Kan/Laurel Weaver (Court 3) and Pepperdine’s Skylar Caputo/Alexis Filippone (Court 4) make up the first team.
USA Declares Robinson as 2nd Libero, Adds Wilhite at Outside
Team USA’s Kelsey Robinson is slotted as a libero for Week 2 of the Volleyball Nations League, while Sarah Wilhite has been added to the roster to take Robinson’s place on the outside.
Dalhausser/Lucena, Klineman Ross Go Wire to Wire for Austin Open Gold
The seedings held as No. 1 Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena and Alix Klineman/April Ross wrapped up the gold medals at the Austin Open, the first AVP Tour event of the year.
