That is a completely chock-full version of Volleyball As we speak, from NCAA to NIVC to NAIA to LOVB to VNL to our worldwide girls’s report:
NCAA volleyball Thursday, Friday
THURSDAY
All matches on ESPN2
At Pittsburgh (second matches begin half-hour after the primary ends)
1 p.m. — Missouri (22-8) vs. Kentucky (22-7), Oregon (24-7) vs. Pittsburgh (31-1)
At Louisville
7 p.m. — Florida (23-7) vs. Stanford (27-4), Purdue (27-6) vs. Louisville (27-5)
FRIDAY
At Penn State
1 p.m. — Texas (20-6) vs. Creighton (31-2), Marquette (25-8) vs. Penn State (31-2)
At Nebraska
7 p.m. — Texas A&M (21-7) vs. Wisconsin (25-6), Dayton (31-2) vs. Nebraska (31-2)
See the up to date bracket at NCAA.com.
Face to face: Kentucky swept visiting Missouri in SEC play on October 6 after which beat the Tigers in 4 at Mizzou on November 27 to finish the common season … Pitt opened the season on August 30 with a sweep at Oregon … Stanford and Florida performed from 2021-23 in pre-conference, didn’t play one another this season… Purdue, 13-4 all-time towards Louisville, didn’t play the Cardinals this yr. Louisville swept the final three conferences, twice in 2022 together with the NCAA Match … that is the primary assembly betweenTexas and Creighton because the Longhorns swept their 2016 NCAA tourney match … Marquette and Penn State have met as soon as, early in 2013 … Wisconsin has performed Texas A&M eight instances, the final in 2019 … Dayton and Nebraska have performed 4 instances, the final early in 2014.
NIVC all the way down to seven groups
Bowling Inexperienced defeated DePaul in 4 units Monday to advance to the semifinals. They proceed Wednesday when Northern Colorado performs Arkansas State and Wyoming performs Arizona. On Thursday, UConn performs St. John’s.
Bowling Inexperienced (24-9) received 25-14, 25-19, 17-25, 25-18 as Lauryn Hovey had 17 kills with two errors in 30 assaults to hit .500 and she or he had an ace, three blocks and 7 digs. DePaul completed its season 21-14.
Click on right here for the NIVC match web site.
NAIA: Indiana Wesleyan vs. Bellevue
Indiana Wesleyan (36-2) performs Bellevue (32-4) for the nationwide championship on Tuesday.
Indiana Wesleyan defeated Southern Oregon 27-25, 25-20, 25-18 within the semifinals
Bellevue of Nebraska defeated Corban, one other Oregon faculty, 25-20, 28-26, 26-24,
The championship match will be seen on the NAIA Community.
Teaching carousel spins at Gonzaga
Gonzaga, which final had a successful season in 2016, has a training opening. Katie Wilson stepped down after three years through which she received 10 matches, together with back-to-back 0-16 West Coast Convention seasons. Gonzaga has been to the NCAA Match as soon as, in 1990.
There at the moment are Division I openings at Belmont, California Baptist, Charlotte, Central Michigan, Elon, Evansville, Holy Cross, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Northeastern, Oral Roberts, Southeastern Louisiana, Siena Tarleton, Toledo, UCF, Louisiana-Monroe, UNC Wilmington and North Texas.
LOVB TV schedule information
The League One Volleyball inaugural season begins in January and LOVB has viewing info, not solely in America however world wide.
The First Serve match that includes LOVB Salt Lake at LOVB Atlanta on January 8 will probably be proven on ESPN+. The following day, LOVB Houston performs host to LOVB Austin, additionally on ESPN+ after which on Friday in Houston, two matches will be seen on ESPN+, LOVB Austin vs. LOVB Madison and LOVB Houston LOVB Omaha.
The LOVB Traditional, the league’s in-season match that options all six groups, begins February 14 in Kansas Metropolis adjoining to the Triple Crown NIT. These matches will probably be proven on ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+. The LOVB Finals, April 10 -13, will air on ESPN.
A further 16 of LOVB’s 60 in-season matches will stream reside on the free, ad-supported TV dwelling for ladies’s sports activities, Ladies’s Sports activities Community (WSN). WSN will present LOVB’s doubleheader weekends for home audiences
ESPN will broadcast in territories which might be the house international locations to the 30% of LOVB athletes who’re worldwide, together with Brazil, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin North Area (Mexico, Dominican Republic, and Central America), Latin South Area (Spanish Talking South America), to the Pacific Rim Area (Austrailia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands).
European broadcaster DAZN will air 16 matches globally without spending a dime, together with within the U.S., Belgium, Canada, DACH (Austria, Germany, Switzerland), France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the UK, Japan, and Taiwan.
SPOTV will grow to be LOVB’s foremost South East Asia worldwide distributor, airing all 60 matches throughout key territories in Southeast Asia, together with Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Macau in East Asia.
And for audiences that need to watch matches on the go, Mobii, a next-generation streaming platform, will energy all 60 matches reside and on demand on LOVB LIVE on lovb.com.
Volleyball Nations League schedule, venues
North American volleyball followers may have 4 alternatives — two within the USA and two in Canada — to see Volleyball Nations League this summer season after the 2024 schedule and checklist of venues was introduced Tuesday.
The ladies will play in Ottawa, Canada, the primary week of June (the Canada girls will probably be there, however the USA will probably be in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, that week) after which will make a visit to Arlington, Texas, for the third yr in a row July 9-13. That week will embrace the USA, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Germany and Thailand.
The week of June 11-15, the Canada males will probably be in Quebec Metropolis, whereas the USA males will probably be in Rio. Then June 25-29 the USA males will probably be joined in Chicago by Poland, Italy, Brazil, Canada and China.
Click on right here to learn the Volleyball World information launch.
NCAA seashore again to Redneck Riviera in 2027
The nationwide seashore match, which began out as an AVCA occasion earlier than the NCAA took over in 2016, is shifting to Huntington Seashore this yr and subsequent. However the NCAA introduced that the occasion wlll return to the Redneck Riviera in 2027 not less than via 2031.
Learn the NCAA information launch right here.
900 Sq. Toes with Ehman, Feinswog
In case you missed it Monday, we had our traditional nice enjoyable and two great friends, DIII championship-coach Heather Pavlik of Juniata and Louisville assistant Dan Meske:
USA girls taking part in internationally
Even with LOVB and Professional Volleyball Federation, fairly a couple of Individuals nonetheless play abroad. Right here is our weekly report:
In Italy, earlier than she left with an harm, Simone Lee had 16 kills, hitting .481, however Vallefoglia misplaced in 5 units to Novara …Khalia Lanier had 10 kills, two blocks and two aces for Conegliano in a sweep of Firenze … Olympian Avery Skinner had 12 kills in Chieri’s sweep of Pinerolo …
In Japan. Mac Could and Astemo Rivale swept their weekend sequence with PFU Blue Cats. Could had 20 kills and three blocks of their first match, a four-set win. Brionne Butler had eight kills and 5 blocks. Kash Williams had eight kills and one ace for PFU. Then in a sweep, Could had 14 kills, two blocks and two aces and Butler added six kills, three blocks and two aces … Stephany Samedy and Hisamitsu Springs swept Aranmare twice. Samedy had 9 kills and an ace within the first match and 9 kills and two aces within the second.
In Brazil, Jenna Grey and Minas acquired the higher of Callie Schwarzenbach and Osasco, 16-14 within the fifth. Grey had two blocks and an ace and Schwarzenbach had three kills for Osasco … Osasco fell in one other five-set match, this time to rival Praia Clube. Schwarzenbach had 9 kills, hitting .667, with six blocks and an ace. Nia Reed had 16 kills for Praia Clube and Payton Caffrey added 12 kills and a block …
In Germany, Breland Morrissette had 4 kills, three blocks and an ace as defending champion Stuttgart beat Wiesbaden in 4 units. Rachel Anderson-Gomez had 4 kills, two blocks and an ace for Wiesbaden … Jaelyn Keene and Schwerin earned an thrilling five-set win over rival Potsdam. Keene had 5 kills and one block. Danielle Harbin led Potsdam with 18 kills, a block and an ace. Eleanor Holthaus added 9 kills and one block and Sabrina Starks had in six kills and three blocks. Jenna Ewert set for Potsdam and had 5 kills and an ace …
In France, Morgahn Fingall had 17 kills and two blocks and was prime scorer as Volero Le Cannet swept TFOC. FKarson Bacon had 5 kills, two aces, and one block for TFOC … Haylie Bennett and Laura Jansen (who’s from the Netherlands and performed at Arkansas State and Washington State) teamed as Nantes beat Marcq en Barouel. Bennett had 12 kills, two blocks and an ace and Jansen had 18 kills and hit .400. Jess Robinson added 10 kills, hitting .500, with two aces and a block … Bella Bergmark was named MVP as Nancy swept Mulhouse. Bergmark had a match-high 5 blocks to go along with 4 kills and an ace.
