Posted on 10 September 2010.
Despite the name of this weekend’s tournament, Ohio won’t be staying at any hotel or even leaving the city.
After two weekends away from Athens, the Bobcats will rest in their own beds for the Baymont Inn and Suites Invitational, where the team will play three matches at The Convocation Center Friday and Saturday.
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Posted on 10 September 2010.
U. Notre Dame enters the weekend looking for three more wins, and Irish coach Debbie Brown is no stranger to winning volleyball games. She is in pursuit of a monumental achievement this weekend: her 450th win with the Notre Dame program.
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Posted on 10 September 2010.
Just minutes before their Thursday night match, Nebraska’s Hannah Werth dashed under the net and handed her miniature souvenir volleyball to Dayton setter and former Husker Jessica Yanz. Fans in the sold-out Coliseum roared in approval.
After the game, Yanz was showered with compliments.
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Posted on 09 September 2010.
The opposition’s thoughts of winning are crushed instantly.
That’s just what junior outside hitter Katie Kabbes wants to happen when opponents step onto the court with the No. 1 Penn State U. women’s volleyball team.
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Posted on 09 September 2010.
The Belles will look for their second win of the season in their first conference match this Friday against conference foe Albion at home.
The Belles (1-4) will be looking to bounce-back from a 1-4 loss against Elmhurst on Sept. 4, while the Britons (1-4) also look to rebound, coming off a 3-0 loss to their first conference opponent, Hope.
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Posted on 09 September 2010.
After the passage of the new Haymarket Arena in May, there were new questions about the future home of Nebraska volleyball.
It now appears Nebraska U. coach John Cook has found an answer to those questions.
Cook told the Lincoln Journal Star his Cornhuskers plan to move from their current home in the NU Coliseum to the Devaney Sports Center starting in 2013.
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Posted on 08 September 2010.
The friendly confines of Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion were all the U. Northern Colorado volleyball team needed to get over the hump against in-state rival Denver as the Bears swept the Pioneers, 3-0, Tuesday night.
The UNC (7-2) was 0-5 in its last five meetings against the Pioneers (4-4), including matches that went all five games in the last two seasons in Denver.
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Posted on 08 September 2010.
The U. Northern Colorado volleyball team proved that last season’s success was no fluke, winning a five-set thriller Saturday night at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion against the Georgia Bulldogs (25-20, 16-25, 38-36, 22-25, 15-11), which included a record-setting third set.
The UNC (6-2) defeated the Bulldogs (6-1) in the final match of the 2010 Hampton Inn & Suites Northern Colorado Classic, which proved to be for the tournament championship.
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Posted on 07 September 2010.
Upset and angry after losing in straight sets to North Carolina Friday, the Bobcats woke up.
Ohio U. lost its second consecutive match with the opening loss of the JQH Invitational in Springfield, Mo. and was searching for answers.
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Posted on 07 September 2010.
The Washington U. women’s volleyball team improved its record to 6-0 with a sweep of the Wash. U. Classic Invitational this past weekend. The Bears defeated Fontbonne U. 3-0 and University of Wisconsin-Platteville 3-1 on Saturday and on Sunday, followed up with 3-1 victories over both Simpson College and Depauw U..
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