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“All is fair in volleyball and war” as Muno-Kraft win semifinal bid against future teammates
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA. — Just one week ago, Deahna Kraft and Toni Rodriguez spent an entire day together in Huntington Beach. Played three matches as a team and won all three, sealing up a main draw berth into the season-ending Chicago…
No hurricane for Nuss and Kloth in Hamburg — just another Elite16 semifinal
Kristen Nuss has been through at least seven hurricanes in her 25 years living in Louisiana, and untold number of floods and storms that didn’t quite make it to hurricane category but carried devastating power nonetheless. She dealt…
AVP Manhattan Beach: No. 32 seeded Loreen-Robinson score historic upset
Dylan Zacca gets low/Rich Atwood photo History was made Friday at the AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open, when a pair from Seattle, two University of Washington players in only their second pro event, knocked off the No. 1 seed. No.…
Hamburg Elite16: Kloth-Nuss, Cheng-Hughes, Partain-Benesh all finish pool play 3-0
With Taryn Kloth out of the play, Kristen Nuss goes for the save/ Volleyball World photo Another day, another example of dominance by the USA women at the Volleyball World Hamburg Eiite16. Third-seeded Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth…
Pro volleyball: LOVB adds a competing team in Omaha; PVF’s Orlando gets a name
By Aaron Hutton for VolleyballMag.com When all the women’s pro volleyball leagues are up and running, two cities will have two competing franchises. Already there were two announced in Atlanta, one each by the Pro Volleyball…
Americans finish day one undefeated at Hamburg Elite16
There was a Gif sent via Twitter, of a bunch of schoolboys dancing on chairs and desks, with the customized caption: “American beach volleyball fans right now.” Andy Benesh and Miles Partain had done it again. Seeded No. 1 in the Hamburg…
AVP Manhattan Beach Open: Where the Hawai’ians reign supreme
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — For about an hour on Thursday afternoon, Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb will be teammates one more time. They won’t be in board shorts, or even on the beach, but rather they’ll be together on the iconic…
Laura Ludwig, Louisa Lippmann dominate in Hamburg Elite16 qualifier
There had been glimpses. Stretches of sets and occasionally a full match in which Laura Ludwig — four-time Olympian, World Champion, 2016 gold medalist, one of the greatest defenders to ever play beach volleyball — and Louisa…
From No. 1 Texas to No. 25 Arkansas, breaking down the AVCA preseason top 25
The AVCA preseason top 25 coaches poll came out Tuesday. The first ranking of the leading NCAA women’s volleyball programs is hardly the be-all end-all, but it’s a good place to start for the purpose of looking at the start of…