USA Volleyball Blogs

NCAA DI Sand Volleyball Makes its Debut

Wed Mar 07 17:33:00 -0500 2012

This past Saturday marked the start of the NCAA Sand Volleyball Season. After several years of debating, campaigning, planning, and a few shorts weeks of training, the inaugural NCAA sand season kicked off with Florida State University at University of Alabama Birmingham a historic moment for beach… Read More

An Unforgettable Experience

Fri Aug 19 13:16:00 -0400 2011

Geena Urango (Los Alamitos, Calif./USC) is competing at the World University Games as part of the U.S. Beach Volleyball Team. I am sitting here right now on a plane back to LAX from Hong Kong, still sweating from running through the airport, and thinking about how I wish I had at least one more… Read More

Next Best Thing to the Olympics

Mon Aug 15 15:16:00 -0400 2011

Geena Urango (Los Alamitos, Calif./USC) is competing at the World University Games as part of the U.S. Beach Volleyball Team. Hi, my name is Geena Urango and I am beach volleyball Olympic athlete. Well... not really, but it sure feels like it here at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China!… Read More

Korea Proves Exciting for Young U.S. Beach Team

Thu Sep 02 16:53:00 -0400 2010

On July 26-Aug. 6, U.S. women's beach volleyball players Tara Roenicke (Los Osos, Calif.) and Caitlin Ledoux (Phelan, Calif.) competed in three FIVB beach volleyball exhibition tournaments around South Korea. Here is Roenicke's report: Well we're back and... It was amazing! Korea was beautiful… Read More

Highlights and Full Results of IDQ #2

Mon Mar 29 18:55:00 -0400 2010

IDQ #2 What a weekend it was!  We headed into Saturday with 31 women’s team and 13 men’s teams.  The IDQs are run with the same formats used in NORCECA events…either pool play to single elimination or double elimination.  Because the guys wanted to finish in one day, we… Read More

IDQ #2 Starts Tomorrow

Sat Mar 27 02:24:00 -0400 2010

The second USAV International Development Qualifer starts tomorrow at Marina Green Beach in Long Beach, CA.  Forty-five teams will be vying for spots in NORCECA Beach Circuit events in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. With clear skies and 80 degree weather predicted, the event promises to be… Read More

One Athlete's View of the Beach Holiday Camp

Tue Jan 12 18:21:00 -0500 2010

By: Parker Kalmbach Hi, I'm Parker Kalmbach. I am 17 years old, a senior in high school and have lived in Southern California all my life. I started playing beach volleyball about two years ago because it looked like a really fun way to spend time at the beach. Living near the beach has made it… Read More