Volleyball Destination

Area Roundup: Shasta volleyball wins pair as season begins (The Record Searchlight)
The Shasta College volleyball team opened its season with a pair of victories on Saturday.

OU volleyball team lose final match of tournament (The Oklahoma Daily)
After splitting the first two matches of the Sooner Legends/Nike Invitational on Friday, the OU volleyball team took the tenth-ranked Cal Poly Mustangs to the edge Saturday afternoon.

Coyotes Open Volleyball Season With Two Wins (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
HAMPTON, Va. The University of South Dakota volleyball team started off the 2008 season in style with two wins at the Hampton University Tournament held in Hampton, Virginia on Aug. 29.

Jacket volleyball loses twice (Billings Gazette)
ROHNERT, Calif. - The Montana State Billings volleyball team dropped a pair of matches Saturday at the Sonoma State Tournament.

Volleyball Sweeps NC State For First Victory Of 2008 (WIBW Topeka)
Sophomore Karina Garlington tallied a match-high 14 kills to tie a career best, along with a personal-high five service aces to help lead Kansas volleyball (1-1) to a 3-0 victory over NC State (0-3) here Saturday afternoon during the VCU Invitational.

FMU Volleyball splits two matches at Patriot Invitational (Florence Morning News)
The Francis Marion University women s volleyball team opened its 2008 season by splitting a pair of matches on the first day of the Patriot Invitational, Friday (Aug. 29) in the Smith University Center.

What does it take to be a setter?
As the cornerstone of every effective offense, the setter needs to be quick and precise. He needs to be able to chase a ball that is passed off of the…

Volleyball team heads to Belen (El Defensor Chieftain)
The Socorro High School Lady Warriors (1-3) volleyball team lost their home opening match against Fort Wingate on Tuesday, Aug. 26, in three games.

The New Faces of Volleyball (The Shorthorn)
History repeats itself in the world of sports and there is no better chance of that happening than the upcoming volleyball season.

Pass, Pass, Pass!
Passing is very much a skill where repetition is crucial to success. Most college players will tell you that passing a few hundred balls a day is necessary to…

Volleyball Season Preview | Summer fun? No, it’s practice (Daily Pennsylvanian)
When the Ivy League provided an extra week of practice before the season, the Penn volleyball team didn’t use the time to hit the gym for two-a-days and fitness training.

Volleyball: Four Collier County teams prepare for season at Barron’s tournament (Naples Daily News)
It was Barron Collier s home court tournament, but crosstown Class 5A rival Gulf Coast made the gym feel like home for the Sharks on the final night of Barron s preseason Spike Classic volleyball tournament.

Volleyball: East Hall drops pair of matches to Buford, Jefferson (AccessNorthGA)
UNDATED — The East Hall girls volleyball team dropped a pair of matches to Buford and Jefferson Wednesday. The Lady Vikings lost 25-17 and 25-8 to Buford in the first match. Ashleigh Baugh led east Hall (4-5) with four points scored on her serve with one ace and two kills.

Iran edges South Korea 3-1 in Asian Youth Volleyball (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Iran - SKorea - Volleyball Iran trounced South Korea three to one to win Asian Youth Volleyball Championship on Tuesday. The Iranian team defeated South Korea 25-22 in the second, 25-22 in the third and 25-23 in the fourth games in Tehran’s Azadi Gymnasium.

Warwick, Heritage short on boys volleyball players (Daily Press)
If they don’t find more, they’ll have to forfeit matches or cancel their seasons. When the Peninsula District volleyball season begins in early September, two schools are in danger of not having boys teams.

Pass, Pass, Pass!
Passing is very much a skill where repetition is crucial to success. Most college players will tell you that passing a few hundred balls a day is necessary to…

Go to Sleep!
If you are an athlete and you are not getting enough sleep, then it is crucial that you make some lifestyle changes. The average adult needs around 8 hours…

U.S. beats Brazil to win gold in men’s volleyball (TSN)
BEIJING - The United States men’s volleyball team turned tragedy into triumph in Beijing by defeating defending champion Brazil 3-1 for the Olympic gold medal.

Go to Europe!
If you are a recent college grad and you would like to continue playing volleyball, then you should go to Europe. European leagues allow for players to continue their…

Area teams get first volleyball action (Huron Daily Tribune)
BAD AXE Several area volleyball teams got a taste of their first action on Saturday at the Hatchet Invitational.

Lapeer West volleyball coach expects exciting season in 2008 (County Press)
LAPEER — Coming off a sixth place finish in the Flint Metro League in 2007, Lapeer West volleyball coach Karen Eckel predicted that her team would be better in 2008.

Gold follows grief for U.S. volleyball coach (CNN.com)
BEIJING, China (AP) — As the crowd roared and his team exulted in their gold medals, the coach of the U.S. men’s volleyball team buried his head in his hands and walked off the court on Sunday.

U.S. caps emotional Games with volleyball gold (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The United States won an emotional Olympic gold medal in men’s volleyball on Sunday, beating defending champions Brazil 3-1 after a campaign which was rocked by a murder which left their team in disarray.

US wins gold medal in men’s volleyball (AP via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. men’s volleyball team won the Olympic gold medal Sunday, defeating defending champion Brazil to complete a perfect run through a tournament shadowed by a grisly attack at a Beijing tourist site.

The Outside Hitter
The outside hitter is of vital importance in every rally and on every team. They need to be excellent hitters and even better passers. In contrast to middle…

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
The Olympics are quickly approaching and the controversy over the host aside, they are shaping up to be great. The facilities are simply astonishing. The Beijing National Stadium,…

Life’s a Beach at the Volleyball (Time Magazine)
TIME’s reporter finally made it to the beach volleyball and has a question: How come the male players were wearing shirts?

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Americans outlast Russians in five sets (Detroit Free Press)
BEIJING — Lloy Ball has a knack for making strong suggestions without saying a word. David Lee was receiving those painfully obvious nonverbal messages throughout the final three sets of the U.S. men’s volleyball semifinal against Russia on Friday. It wasn’t until the match’s most crucial points that Lee responded.

Volleyball: U.S. men, women will go for gold (NBC Olympics)
For the U.S. men’s and women’s volleyball teams, the Olympics began with unimaginable tragedy. On Friday, both teams had risen a step from total Olympic joy having reached their respective gold-medal finals at the Beijing Games.