If you’re old enough, you remember the jingle for Doublemint gum: “Double your pleasure, double your fun … ”  Well, in NCAA women’s volleyball from now on, double on.  That’s because “The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved allowing women’s volleyball players to contact the ball more than once with any part of the body […] The post Volleyball today: NCAA approves doubles; AVCA poll; men’s recaps; PVF, LOVB updates appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano won its fifth Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) in a row with a 25-21, 22-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-11 victory over Allianz Vero Volley Milano before a crowd of 6,700 in […] The post Robinson Cook, Plummer, Conegliano take Italian Cup; Gray, Minas win in S. America appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

The Grand Rapids Rise beat the visiting Atlanta Vibe in five sets Sunday in the Pro Volleyball Federation. Later Sunday, the Omaha Supernovas, with another PVF record crowd, this time announced at 11,918, beat the visiting Orlando Valkyries in four sets. Then Monday, the San Diego Mojo/Vegas Thrill swept the San Diego Mojo/Vegas Thrill.. Click […] The post Grand Rapids, Omaha, Vegas notch Pro Volleyball Federation victories appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

Second-ranked Grand Canyon opened MPSF play Friday with a hard-fought sweep at BYU to stay unbeated in NCAA men’s volleyball, unranked Lindenwood upset No. 13 Lewis in the MIVA, there were three EIVA conference openers and two guys named Zach had 22 kills each in victories for their teams. We have the AVCA preseason NCAA […] The post GCU men roll on, Lindenwood upsets; AVCA beach poll; Valkyries win in Pro Volleyball appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Champions League VakifBank and Stuttgart are into the semifinals. VakifBank swept Rzeszow as Ali Frantti led with nine kills, two aces and a block while playing only two sets. Jordan Thompson had nine […] The post International volleyball: Drews, JT Marvelous compete 22-0 regular season; 33 kills for Cuttino appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

The Pro Volleyball Federation had two matches at the same time Monday and for YouTube viewers trying to watch both, there was a lot of excitement to take in at once. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, the visiting Omaha Supernovas (2-2) took 2 hours, 43 minutes to come away with a 21-25, 33-31, 30-28, 25-21 victory […] The post Pro Volleyball Federation: Omaha beats Grand Rapids, Atlanta gets past Orlando appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

Top-ranked Long Beach State is no longer unbeaten. A day after beating No. 4 UCLA at home, the Beach went to Westwood and left on the short end of a 29-27, 27-29, 25-19, 25-20 outcome. It left idle No. 2 Grand Canyon (9-0) as the only undefeated team in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball.  There […] The post UCLA bounces back against Long Beach; Orlando tops Vegas in Pro Volleyball appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

Top-ranked Long Beach State defeated No. 4 UCLA in four sets in the showcase battle of the early NCAA men’s volleyball season on a Friday night that saw two upsets in the MIVA — No. 13 Loyola Chicago beat No. 6 Ohio State and unranked McKendree swept No. 11 Ball State — and independent Lincoln […] The post Long Beach tops UCLA; upsets for Loyola, McKendree, LM; Rise win in Pro Volleyball appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

The Vegas Thrill made the first Pro Volleyball Federation match in franchise history a memorable one with a five-set victory at the Omaha Supernovas on Wednesday night.  In NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball, No. 3 Hawai’i, No. 6 Ohio State and No. 7 UC Irvine where among the winners. The recaps and top performances follow […] The post Vegas victorious in first PVF match; Hawai’i, Ohio State, UCI win in men’s volleyball appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

This week’s Pro Volleyball Federation round of action begins Wednesday when the Omaha Supernovas entertain the Vegas Thrill, who will be playing its first match in the league’s inaugural season. Omaha (1-1) is coming off a sweep of San Diego. The Supernovas will play under new interim head coach Bird Kuhn after Shelton Collier was […] The post Pro Volleyball Federation: Thrill opens at Omaha; Gillen wows; TV woes abound appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

Just two games in and with a 1-1 record, the Omaha Supernovas have relieved Shelton Collier of his coaching duties. An Omaha spokesperson said Collier has not been fired and that the team will have a statement Tuesday afternoon. Omaha, which opened the Pro Volleyball Federation inaugural season with a home, five-set loss to Atlanta […] The post Shelton Collier relieved of coaching duties of Omaha Supernovas of Pro Volleyball Federation appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Champions League Ali Frantti had 15 kills, hit .451 and had three aces as VakifBank began the  playoff round with a sweep of Rzeszow of Poland. Jordan Thompson had 12 kills and Chiaka […] The post Women’s international volleyball: Frantti leads VakifBank; May shines for Lodz appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

The second round of Pro Volleyball Federation matches is in the books. On Thursday, the Atlanta Vibe improved to 3-0 by sweeping the visiting San Diego Mojo, which was playing its first match. Saturday, the Omaha Supernovas swept San Diego. Omaha, which hadn’t played since it lost in five to Atlanta in the PVF’s inaugural […] The post Pro Volleyball Federation: Atlanta sweeps San Diego, then Omaha does the same appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

This is our weekly update on USA women playing professional volleyball around the world. Most of the players are former NCAA standouts: Italy ITALIAN CUP: Imoco Conegliano easily swept Firenze in the quarterfinals as Khalia Lanier was named MVP with 10 kills (hitting .389), a blockand an ace. Kathryn Plummer followed with eight kills, two […] The post Women’s international volleyball: Big weeks for DeHoog, May, Drews (both), Hoffman appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

It’s been a while since our last Zoom, but after Emily and Lee both covered the Atlanta-at-Omaha Pro Volleyball Federation league opener, we decided it’s a great time to get together and talk some volleyball. Emily Ehman is a former Northwestern player who does TV analysis for the Big Ten Network, ESPN, Volleyball World and, […] The post Ehman, Feinswog talking Pro Volleyball Federation, Batenhorst and more appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

Five of the seven Pro Volleyball Federation teams have matches behind them after the league opened play this week. The Atlanta Vibe, which won its opener at Omaha on Wednesday, is 2-0 after winning in five again Friday at Orlando.  The Grand Rapids Rise is 1-0 after beating the Columbus Fury on Thursday. There are […] The post Atlanta off to 2-0 Pro Volleyball Federation start after victory at Orlando appeared first on Volleyballmag.com.

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