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This edition of the beach update has medal news to share! We recap the results from Doha Elite 16 as well as the Futures results from Mount Maunganui. We also take a look at who is preparing to head out to the next events in Brazil and Australia.

Two teams with U.S. players have advanced to the semifinals of the CEV Champions League. Opposite Taylor Mims takes silver at the Challenge Cup. Other leagues around the world are either in or nearing the playoffs

No change to the roundup this week as the top-5 stays the same across both divisions. Grand Canyon is on top for another week in DI/II, earning 21 AVCA votes to remain No. 1. In DIII, Wentworth earned 20 votes to stay ahead of Stevens and Southern Virginia.

A group of 17 top college volleyball players will join U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach Karch Kiraly and his staff along with two Olympic gold medalists at the USA Volleyball Spring Training Camp on March 10-16

Matt Anderson and Türkiye’s Ziraat Bankkart Ankara have advanced to the semifinals of the CEV Champions League. TJ DeFalco and Poland’s Asseco Resovia Rzeszów will play Matthew Knigge and Germany’s SVG Lüneburg in the finals of the CEV Cup. Taylor Averill and Poland’s Projekt Warszawa won the CEV Challenge Cup.

USA Volleyball is announcing the final 16 award winners it will honor at its 2024 Hall of Fame annual banquet and ceremony on May 22 at the Hilton Polaris in Columbus, Ohio

Welcome to March and the first roundup of the new month where we fittingly also have a new No. 1. The 13-0 GCU Lopes are atop the rankings, unseating Long Beach State who held the title since the beginning of February. DIII has a shift as well at the bottom of the list. Loras flip-flops with Cal Lutheran, bumping them out of the top-5 to start the month.

USA Volleyball will celebrate volleyball leaders Jennifer Armson-Dyer, Doug Beal, Fred Buehler, Hugh McCutcheon, Kevin Twohig and Kevin Wendelboe at its 2024 Hall of Fame annual banquet and ceremony on May 22 at the Hilton Polaris in Columbus, Ohio

Beach volleyball clubs from around the nation can compete for a title at the U.S. Beach Club Championship, held July27-28, 2024, in Hermosa Beach, California.

The Beach Update is back for the first time in 2024. This edition previews the beginning of the FIVB Beach Pro Tour season with the Doha Elite16 beginning next week. We also recap the results of the NORCECA Playoff No. 1 in Manhattan Beach and make our first check in on the Olympic rankings.

This week, the roundup welcomes back a familiar name to the top-5 in DI/II. UC Irvine jumps two spots from their previous ranking to take the No. 5 position away from Stanford. In DIII, it’s the third straight week that the list has remained stagnant, meaning it’s still Wentworth leading the pack over Stevens, Southern Virginia, Springfield, and Cal Lutheran. The college roundup showcases some of the key matches of the week while also highlighting athletes who are part of the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program.

Two teams with U.S. players competed for the Italian Cup. The winner, Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano, went on to beat Türkiye’s VakifBank in the first round of the CEV Champions Cup quarterfinals

The world’s top teams will compete in the 2024 women’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Arlington, Texas, on May 28-June 2 for the last major volleyball event before the Paris Olympic Games and the only VNL matches in the United States this year

More than 200 women’s volleyball players will converge on the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center on February 23-25 for the U.S. Women’s National Team Open Program

For the first time in 2024, the roundup sees no changes from the previous week. Despite suffering its first loss of the season, Long Beach State earns 17 votes by AVCA to stay at No. 1 ahead of undefeated Grand Canyon. Meanwhile in DIII, Wentworth has secured 12 wins to start the year and holds a firm grip on the top spot. The college roundup showcases some of the key matches of the week while also highlighting athletes who are part of the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program.

Close to 150 boys volleyball athletes from around the country will work with top coaches and look to improve their skills at the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program’s (NTDP) Indoor Training Series event on Feb. 29-March 3 at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center (OPTC) in Colorado Springs.

With a break from the CEV tournaments, athletes from the U.S. Men’s National Team keep competing for clubs around the world. Leagues in Germany and Netherlands have finished their regular season and are moving toward the playoffs

The 2024 USA Volleyball Beach National Championship returns to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and will take place July 12-17, 2024.

In this week’s update, two teams with U.S. players are moving on in CEV Champions League and another U.S. player is headed to the final of the Challenge Cup.

USA Volleyball will celebrate Alan Knipe and Marlene Piper  as All-Time Great Coaches at its 2024 Hall of Fame annual banquet and ceremony on May 22 at the Hilton Polaris in Columbus, Ohio

The roundup stays relatively calm at the top end of the DI/II rankings this week. The top-five sees one shift as UCLA and Stanford trade places. The roundup does have the potential for more shuffling next week after the top-5 matchup of No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 UCLA on Friday.