Baylor’s Pressley, Kansas’ Hill, Texas Tech’s Kanas Honored by Big 12
The Big 12 Conference handed out its first awards of the league season on Monday, tabbing Baylor’s Yossiana Pressley as Offensive Player of the Week, Kansas’ Zoe Hill as Defensive Player of the Week and Texas Tech’s Brooke Kanas as Rookie of the Week.
Matos, Bernier, Bebout, Matthews Grab C-USA Week 5 Awards
Conference USA wrapped up its first week of volleyball conference play on Monday, handing out weekly awards to a pair of Indiana-based Lady Toppers and two juniors hailing from outside the United States.
OVC Tabs Knutson, Gerig, Clark, Kruize as Players of the Week
Eastern Kentucky’s Cassie Knutson, Austin Peay’s Ginny Gerig, Morehead State’s Chandler Clark and Tennessee State’s JoJo Kruize were honored by the Ohio Valley Conference for their Week 5 efforts.
Hammer, Jorgenson, Rizzo Collect Big Sky Weekly Honors
Montana’s Mykaela Hammer, Northern Arizona’s Kaylie Jorgenson and Montana State’s Allyssa Rizzo were all recognized as #BigSkyVB Players of the Week.
Oregon’s Stone, Vander Weide, USC’s Lazaro Honored by Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference tabbed Oregon’s Ronika Stone and Lindsey Vander Weide as Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week and USC’s Raquel Lazaro as Rookie of the Week for Week 5 efforts.
MVC Tabs Van Grinsven, Rosado, Thompson as Players of the Week
This week’s Missouri Valley Conference Players of the Week are Loyola’s Elle Van Grinsven, Bradley’s Yavianliz Rosado and Bradley’s Hannah Thompson.
UNLV’s Hayden Wins Record Third-Straight MWC Player of the Week Nod
UNLV’s Mariena Hayden was selected as the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week for a Conference best third consecutive week, while Wyoming’s Reed Copeland earned the MW Defensive Player of the Week honors for contests through Sept. 23.
Mizzou, Kentucky, Texas A&M Garner SEC Week 5 Accolades
Missouri’s Leketor Member-Meneh, Texas A&M’s Amy Houser and Camille Conner, and Kentucky’s Madison Lilley and Alli Stumler were honored by the SEC as players of the week for the league opening week.
Pac-12 Throws Down: 4 5-Set Thrillers Occur Sunday
Four of 5 Sunday Pac-12 Conference matchups took 5 sets to solve, as 2nd-ranked Stanford, 10th-ranked USC, 14th-ranked Washington, 16th-ranked Oregon and Arizona registered victories.
Women’s Volleyball Championship Broadcaster Japan’s TBS Profiles Stars
As part of the run-up to the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship in Japan, host broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System…
Hans Serves Up School Record 8 Aces for Texas A&M
Texas A&M junior Hollann Hans served up eight aces in the Aggies’ five-set win over Georgia, setting a school match record and Reed Arena record.
Big East: #13 Creighton Prevails Over #17 Marquette
13th-ranked Creighton came out on top against 17th-ranked Marquette in straight sets, while Providence outlasted DePaul in 5 sets. Following Big East opening week, Creighton and Georgetown remain undefeated, 2-0.
Hawaii Rallies From Two Sets Down to Beat UC Irvine
Hawaii erased a two set deficit to defeat UCI on the road Sunday afternoon.
Brenden Sander Joins Lube as They Win Preseason Tournament
Brenden Sander has arrived in Italy and will presented by Lube Civitanova on Monday, September 24.
Teodor Salparov Contemplating Retirement After World Championships
Teodor Salparov is contemplating retirement from the Bulgarian National Team.
