Italy Wins 500th World Level Match; Australia Stuffs South Korea
In what was Italy’s 500th world level victory, the team rode a balanced scoring effort and strong net play to a four-set win over China to kick off VNL Week 4. Twelve blocks and 32 Korean miscues gifted Australia a four-set win on Friday.
Notre Dame’s McLaughlin Resigns Citing Health Reasons
Heading into his fourth year in South Bend, Notre Dame volleyball coach Jim McLaughlin has announced he will resign due…
Italian Serie A1 Blocks Leader Joins Monza for 2018-2019
Viktor Yosifov, above, is the captain of the Bulgarian Men’s National Team and led Serie A in blocks last season playing for Piacenza.
Pair of Fifth-Year Senior Transfers Head to Gonzaga for 2018
Gonzaga is adding a pair of redshirt senior transfers to their roster for 2018.
Torch Adds Team USA’s Erik Shoji + 7 New Transfers
Torch finished its 2017-18 season with a very respectable 18-8 record – Now it wants more
FIVB World Tour Off-Season Will be Only 4 Days Long in 2018
Montpellier, France opened the 2017-2018 FIVB World Tour season. This year’s tournament in Montpellier will be earlier, but will still only be the second on the schedule.
Pools Are Set for VNL Final Six, USA Leads Pool B
After 120 matches in round robin play, the Volleyball Nations League Final Six is set and the pools for Nanjing on June 27-29 are set.
Four of Final Six Win To Wrap Up #VNL Robin Play
With the Final Six field already set, Thursday’s results were about seeding, pride and final placement. The United States finished atop the standings, while Italy, Russia and the Dominican Republic ended round-robin play with wins.
Five Players Score In Double-Digits as USA Crushes Argentina
The United States wrapped up the Volleyball Nations League round-robin action atop the standings table, clinching the top spot with an all-around team effort in a sweep of last place Argentina.
Bjelica Leads Serbia in Dominating Sweep of South Korea
Serbia vaulted into second place in the Volleyball Nations League standings, capping a three-match win streak with a dominating sweep of South Korea.
Italy Wins Eighth Straight in 5-Setter vs. Brazil, Belgium Wins in 4
Britt Herbots scored a team-best 23 points as Belgium wrapped up VNL play with a victory over Thailand. Although the Final Six was mathematically out of reach, Italy did not hold back in its final match of the VNL, besting Brazil in five sets to end the tournament on an eight-match win streak.
Ben Patch Will Miss Week 4 of #VNL With Injury
Ben Patch leads the USA in scoring through 3 weeks of play at the Volleyball Nations League.
Russia Outlasts Japan, Dominican Republic Snaps Seven-Match Skid
Twenty blocks and four double-digit scoring efforts lifted Russia past Japan to close out both teams’ Volleyball Nations League slate. In a fairly even match, 27 Polish errors helped the Dominican Republic to a four-set win, snapping a seven-match losing skid.
2018 Men’s #VNL Pool 16 Preview: Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, France
Stephen Boyer and France are looking to get a big win against Brazil in Pool 16 to give them momentum for the last weekend of the Preliminary Round.
2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Challenger Cup’ Field Now Set
The six-team field for the 2018 Women’s FIVB Challenger Cup is now set after the teams from Europe have clinched their spots.
