U.S. Men Battle but Fall to Slovenia in Five at VNL

Fresh off their five set victory over the Netherlands at the end of week four, the U.S. Men battled hard in another fifth set, but fell to Slovenia, 3-2 (30-28, 19-25, 25-20, 26-28, 13-15) on Monday at the FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Rimini, Italy.

U.S. Women Save Lone League Loss for Last

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 20, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s National Team had its only loss of the FIVB Volleyball Nations League preliminary round in its last match as it fell to China on Sunday, 3-0 (25-10, 25-20, 25-17) in Rimini, Italy. The U.S. Women (14-1), ranked No. 1 in the world, had already qualified…

Mike O’Hara: What’s next?

They like to call the Manhattan Beach Open the Wimbledon of beach volleyball. That makes Mike O’Hara some kind of stud, because he won the thing five times in a row, including the inaugural open in 1960. And there’s so, so much more to Mike O’Hara’s story.  Everyone should lead a life so interesting —…

U.S. Women Thwart Russian Offense to Win at VNL

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 19, 2021) – Russia pushed the U.S. Women’s National Team, but the U.S. Women pushed back and defeated the Europeans, 3-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-23, 25-15) on Saturday at the FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Rimini, Italy. The U.S. Women (14-0), will close out the VNL Preliminary Round against China (9-5) on…

U.S. Men’s Update: Anderson’s Team Tops Rooney’s

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 6, 2011) – In a battle between two top outside hitters with the U.S. Men’s National Team in Italy’s Serie A League, Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia defeated Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) and Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza, 25-22, 25-22, 25-20 on Jan. 2. Anderson was Valentia’s…

U.S. Women Let it Block against Poland at VNL

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 18, 2021) – The U.S. Women’s National Team hosted a block party on Friday and Poland was the only guest. Fourteen blocks later, the U.S. Women had won their 13th-straight match at the FIVB Volleyball Nation’s League, 3-0 (29-27, 29-27, 25-14) in Rimini, Italy. The U.S. Women (13-0) will play Russia…

Tiara and Volleyballs Do Mix for Moore

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 2, 2009) – The competitive drive in 19-year-old Kelsey Moore (Chandler, Ariz.) has allowed her to blossom in two areas of her life, despite getting a late start in both compared to others her age. Moore, a 6-foot-2 redshirt freshman playing middle blocker at the University of Texas at El Paso…