Rita Crockett and Magaly Carvajal Inducted into Volleyball Hall of Fame
Volleyball Hall of Fame enshrines six legends
The Volleyball Hall of Fame enshrined six legendary individuals as part of its 26th induction class on Friday in the birthplace of the sport, Holyoke, Massachusetts in the United States. The Volleyball Hall of Fame now has a total of 106 inductees representing 19 different [...]
VOLEYBALL: Club world championships return to Doha
The FIVB Club World Championships return once again to Doha, Qatar from October 8-14, 2011. Six women’s clubs from the different confederations will compete for the supreme title.
The women’s edition was successfully reintroduced last year after a long break since the last edition in [...]
China beat Japan to win Asian Women’s Championship and earn World Cup spot
Taiwan, Chinese Taipei, September 23, 2011 – China added another gem to their extensive collection of gold medals in the Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship with a thrilling 3-1 (25-16, 25-17, 25-27, 25-17) victory over Japan in the title match of the 16th edition on Friday at Taiwan University Gymnasium.
In [...]
SPOTLIGHT: Destinee Hooker, Volleyball
Lausanne, Switzerland, September 5, 2011 – 2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix MVP USA’s Destinee Hooker has revealed sister Marshevet, who helped USA’s track and field team to gold in the women’s 4×100m relay of the IAAF World Championships over the weekend, was the person who first inspired her to play volleyball.
Speaking to the FIVB [...]
FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX UPDATE: Team USA Defends Title; Destinee Hooker Named Tournament MVP
USA takes revenge on Brazil to retain World Grand Prix title
Macau, China, 28 August 2011 – Defending champion the United States took a sweet revenge on eight-time title winner Brazil to retain the trophy at the US$1,740,000 2011 FIVB world Grand Prix concluding here on Sunday.
Losing 3-1 to the world No.1 team [...]
BEACH VOLLEYBALL: U.S. Women’s Beach Teams to Square Off in Finland
by B.J. Hoeptner Evans (TeamUSA.org)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 17, 2011) – The U.S. beach volleyball teams of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh along with Jen Kessy and April Ross each won two matches on Wednesday, setting up a third-round showdown at the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour [...]
VOLLEYBALL: Sanya finals live on FIVB Web TV
Lausanne, Switzerland, April 30, 2011 – The International Volleyball Federation’s ground breaking online television coverage of prime FIVB Volleyball and Beach Volleyball events continues in 2011 with live streaming on FIVB Web TV of the semifinals and finals of the FIVB Swatch World Tour Sanya Open in China.
Following the outstanding success of FIVB TV’s coverage [...]
PENN STATE WINS NCAA VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Penn State won its fourth straight NCAA women’s volleyball title Saturday night, sweeping upstart California in three sets behind the power of Blair Brown and Deja McClendon and a gutsy performance in the key second set.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Nittany Lion women’s volleyball team etched its place in history [...]
VOLLEYBALL: WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP JAPAN 2010 | RUSSIA WINS GOLD..AGAIN
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RUSSIA REPEATS AS WORLD CHAMPIONS
Tokyo, Japan, November 14, 2010 – Led by a tournament equaling game-high 35 points by tournament Most Valuable Player Ekaterina Gamova, Russia won their second straight FIVB Women’s World Championship title by defeating [...]
PENN STATES HODGE WINS HONDA AWARD FOR VOLLEYBALL
Penn State’s Hodge Wins Honda Award
Megan Hodge of Penn State has won the Honda Sports Award for volleyball
NEW YORK (AP) -Megan Hodge of Penn State has won the Honda Sports Award for volleyball.
Hodge led the Nittany Lions (38-0) with 21 kills against Texas to win the NCAA volleyball title in [...]
