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U.S. Beach National Team athletes Taylor Crabb and Andy Benesh have officially joined forces, marking one of the most anticipated new partnerships on the AVP and international beach circuits. The duo aims to build momentum through the 2026 and 2027 seasons as they prepare for an Olympic qualification run leading into the LA 2028 Games
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Girls 18s National Qualifiers
The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour will replace the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2022. The Pro Tour will feature three levels of competition and take place in cities across the globe.
With the Tokyo Olympic Games in the rearview mirror, many players from the U.S. Women’s National Team have already begun playing for their overseas professional club teams, or will start soon.
U.S. Women’s National Team Captain Jordan Larson was named the Women’s Sports Foundation’s Sportswoman of the Year for Team Sport on Wednesday during the organization’s Annual Salute, part of a national broadcast on Yahoo Sports.
USA Volleyball has formed a long-term partnership with Apollo MIS. Apollo will be the data sports software platform for all USA Volleyball teams from youth development programs to indoor and beach national teams.
Alix Klineman and April Ross won bronze at the FIVB World Tour Finals Sunday. It was their fifth international medal of 2021 and the first time an American women's pair finished on the World Tour Finals podium.
Alix Klineman/April Ross will play for bronze at the at the FIVB Word Tour Finals Sunday after going 1-1 to start the playoff round. In the quarterfinals, they beat fellow Americans Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil.
Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil and Alix Klineman/April Ross advanced to the FIVB World Tour Finals playoffs Friday. They'll play each other in the quarterfinals Saturday, October 9.
USA Volleyball sends its condolences to the family and friends of Bruce Wilde, who died on Oct. 2 at age 90 in Princeton, Idaho.
Jake Gibb played the final match of his career as he and Taylor Crabb lost to Italy's Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo Thursday at the FIVB World Tour Finals in Cagliari, Italy.
Three American teams combined for a 2-3 record on day one of the FIVB World Tour Finals Wednesday. Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil went 1-0 and are second in their pool, while Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb went 1-1.
Three U.S. Beach National Team pairs - Klineman/Ross, Claes/Sponcil and Gibb/Crabb - will compete at the FIVB World Tour Finals October 6-10 in Cagliari, Italy. It will be Gibb's final international tournament.
The U.S. Girls U18 National Team beat Serbia, 3-1 (25-23, 25-18, 26-28, 25-18) on Wednesday to take the bronze medal at the FIVB World Championship in Durango, Mexico. The U.S. U18 Team finished the tournament at 7-1. Russia beat Italy to win the gold medal.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 28, 2021) – The U.S. Girls U18 National Team will play for the bronze medal at the FIVB World Championship after losing to Italy in the semifinals on Tuesday, 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-22) in Durango, Mexico. The Girls U18 Team (6-1) will play Serbia (6-1) for third place at 3 p.m....
The U.S. Girls U18 National Team never gave up against an equally tough team from Turkey and came away with a 3-2 (19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-21, 15-9) quarterfinal victory on Monday at the FIVB World Championship in Durango, Mexico.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 26, 2021) – The U.S. Girls U18 National Team faced its toughest test so far at the FIVB World Championship and came away with a hard-fought victory over Argentina, 3-2 (26-24, 23-25, 21-25, 25-18, 15-7) on Sunday in Durango, Mexico. The U.S. (5-0) advances to the quarterfinals to face Turkey (4-1)...
Four U.S. beach volleyball athletes recently won their first international beach tournaments as both Terese Cannon/Delaney Mewhirter and Miles Evans/Troy Field took gold at the Nijmegen 1-star event on the FIVB World Tour Sept. 19.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 23, 2021) – The U.S. Girls U18 National Team dominated against Puerto Rico on Thursday, winning 3-0 (25-9, 25-15, 25-9) at the FIVB World Championship in Durango, Mexico. The U.S. team’s next opponent, Nigeria, had to forfeit its matches due to visa issues. The undefeated U.S. (4-0) won its pool and...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 22, 2021) – The U.S. Girls U18 National Team beat Romania on Wednesday, 3-1 (25-21, 25-11, 18-25, 25-16) at the FIVB U18 World Championship in Durango, Mexico. The U.S. Girls U18 Team (2-0) will continue pool play on Thursday against Puerto Rico (1-1) in a match scheduled for noon PT. Live...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 21, 2021) – The U.S. Girls U18 National Team got its journey at the FIVB World Championship off to a strong start with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-23) win over Thailand on Tuesday in Durango, Mexico. The U.S. Girls (1-0) will continue preliminary-round pool play on Wednesday when it takes on...
Some of USA Volleyball’s top young beach athletes will hit the sand in late September/early October for the Beach National Team Development Program (NTDP) Fall Training Series. Camps will be held in both Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Manhattan Beach, California.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 19, 2021) – The U.S. Girls U18 National Team will begin its defense of its 2019 FIVB World Championship title on Tuesday in Durango, Mexico. Twenty teams will compete in Durango on Sept. 20-29. They will be split into four five-team pools to open the tournament. The U.S. will share the...
