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AVP Manhattan Beach photo gallery: The top shots from Rigney, Chu, Szto, Atwood, Wolf, Gordon
Our photographers — Mark Rigney, Will Chu, Allen Szto, Rick Atwood, Jim Wolf and Andy J. Gordon — not only worked long and hard this past weekend at the AVP Manhattan Beach Open, they braved the elements. As always, they rocked…
Tawa’s HS Volleyball Dots: National rankings fails; tournament successes
This is “Dots,” VolleyballMag.com’s weekly look at 10 things in high school volleyball, past or present, that interest me and hopefully will interest you. Look for Dots every Tuesday until the last high school state championship in…
Molly Phillips, who “doesn’t get enough credit,” primed for another Texas title run
Molly Phillips with the trophy in the middle of the Texas national-title celebration/Matt Smith photo There’s no hiding Molly Phillips. After all, she is 6-foot-4. But throughout her career, she’s always been the Texas…
Paris 2024: Olympic Beach Volleyball Rankings, updated August 21
David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig celebrate winning the Hamburg Elite16/Volleyball World photo The Olympic race for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially began in February in Doha, Qatar, with the Volleyball World Elite16. The final event…
Volleyball TV options “gigantic positive for the collegiate women’s game”
The brain trust that runs ABC-TV and ESPN made moves this summer to help ensure that more casual eyeballs might be tempted to watch the NCAA Division I women’s indoor volleyball national-title match in December when it it moves to…
Wait is over: Taylor Crabb, the “people’s champion,” wins the Manhattan Beach Open
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA. — Five years ago, Taylor Crabb hit the perfect swing. The right swing. An untouchable swing. A bullet down the angle around Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena that would have sealed the 2018 Manhattan Beach Open…
Flint-Scoles take road no one has ever traveled to win first Manhattan Beach Open
Julia Scoles and Betsi Flint celebrate their victory/Will Chu Photography MANHATTAN BEACH, California — There is the path less taken to a Manhattan Beach Open title. Then there is the path taken by Betsi Flint and Julia Scoles. The…
Duda-Ana Patricia too strong for Kloth-Nuss in Hamburg Elite16 final
Kristen Nuss digs in the Hamburg Elite16 final/Volleyball World photo Top-seeded Brazilians Ana Patricia Silva and Duda Lisboa put an end to a great week in Germany for Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss as they swept the Americans in the…
Breaking fingers, winning matches: TCU hopes to build on remarkable turnaround
By all accounts, TCU women’s coach Jason Williams is pretty mild mannered. He isn’t prone to animated lectures and barely raises his voice. He gets his point across without histrionics. It all belies his past as a football player at…