BYU Takes Over No. 1 Spot in AVCA Poll with Two Top 25 Wins
BYU, one of three undefeated teams among the Top 10, climbed two spot from No. 3 to No. 1 after a 3-0 weekend at the Marquette Invitational. Alabama claimed its first ever national ranking, checking in at No. 25.
VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 3): Illinois Nears the Top Five
With three through five all losing, Illinois moves up to number six in the latest VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings.
Pitt Stays Perfect with Two Wins on Day 1 of Panther Invite
The favorites came out on top on Day 1 of the Panther Invitational with No. 13 Pittsburgh winning twice and No. 12 Washington hanging on for a five-set win over Dayton.
Pittsburgh OH Stephanie Williams Limited in Return to Action
Pittsburgh’s All-ACC outside hitter Stephanie Williams made a limited return to action for the Panthers this week.
VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 2): A New Number One
After downing #1 and all three top teams losing, BYU makes a large jump to the top spot.
VolleyMob Week 1 Player of the Week: Kaiulana Ahuna, UC Riverside
Senior outside hitter Kaiulani Ahuna averaged 6.67 kills and 3.67 digs per set, while hitting at a .364 clip and also adding five blocks en route to VolleyMob Player of the Week and Big West Player of the Week honors as UC Riverside went 2-1.
Lund, Dowd, Nunez Receive ACC Weekly Nods
Pitt’s Kayla Lund has been named the first ACC Volleyball Player of the Week for the 2018 season, and Mikaila Dowd of Georgia Tech and Zoe Nunez of Notre Dame were named Co-Freshmen of the Week.
VolleyMob Top 25 Power Rankings (Week 1): The Longhorns Make a Texas Sized Leap
Texas makes the jump into the top three along with VERT Challenge foe Florida.
Where the VolleyMob & AVCA Preseason Top 25s Went Right & Wrong
Northern Iowa confirmed VolleyMob’s rank of them and dispelled the AVCA’s. Check out others that both polls got right or flubbed on.
Two-Time All-ACC OH Stephanie Williams Sidelined in Pitt’s Win vs Pepperdine
Two-time AVCA All-America Honorable Mention outside hitter Stephanie Williams was kept out of Pittsburgh’s win over Pepperdine.
