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King All-ConfCarolinas libero Noah Melendez capped off the Junior Pan American Games with another double-digit digs performance for Puerto Rico.

Melendez finished with a match-high 17 digs as Puerto Rico lost to the Dominican Republic 26-24, 22-25, 25-21, 25-16 in the fifth-place match on Monday in Colombia. Continue reading “King libero stands out for Puerto Rico in Junior Pan Am Games finale”

Lewis middle attacker Antonio Rodriguez delivering the best defensive performance so far at the Junior Pan American Games was not enough to get Puerto Rico into the semifinals.

Rodriguez finished with a tournament-high seven blocks as Puerto Rico lost to the host-nation Colombia 20-25, 25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 15-7 on Sunday to be eliminated from medal contention. Continue reading “Lewis middle has tournament-best blocking performance Puerto Rico loss”

Coach Mark Pavlik and Penn State are going big for their season opener.

The defending EIVA champions as part of releasing its 2022 schedule announced it will begin the season with a two-match non-conference home series versus BYU on Jan. 6-8. Continue reading “Penn State to open 2022 season with two-match series vs. BYU”

NJIT setter Roque Nido led the Puerto Rico offense to out-hit Argentina, but it was not enough for a win at the Junior Pan American Games.

Puerto Rico finished with a .323 attack percentage as it lost to Argentina 19-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-21 in its opener at the international tournament on Friday in Colombia. Continue reading “Puerto Rico drops opener to Argentina at Junior Pan American Games”

The 769 career wins for former Ball State coach Don Shondell produced many indelible moments throughout the history of NCAA men’s volleyball.

The Hall of Fame coach guided the Cardinals for 38 years before retiring in 1998 and remains the second winningest coach in NCAA men’s volleyball. Shondell, 92, passed away on Tuesday leaving behind a legacy as one of the sport’s greatest coaches.

Check out the top 10 wins for Shondell throughout his coaching career at Ball State. Continue reading “Indelible Legacy: Top 10 wins for Hall of Fame Ball State coach Shondell”

Former Ball State coach Don Shondell, 92, passed away on Tuesday night. Check out the social media reaction following the news about the Hall of Famer and the founder of the MIVA. Continue reading “Social media reaction: Volleyball community mourns loss of Hame of Famer Don Shondell”

Don Shondell, the man who brought NCAA men’s volleyball to the Midwest, has passed away.

The Hall of Famer, inaugural Ball State coach and founder of the MIVA was 92 years old when he passed away Tuesday after being diagnosed earlier this month with the coronavirus. Continue reading “Hall of Fame Ball State coach, MIVA founder Shondell passes away at 92”

At least McKendree won’t have to deal with the cold weather of Southern Illinois walking into the arena for its season opener.

McKendree as part of releasing its 2022 schedule announced it will begin the season with a two-match non-conference road trip against Grand Canyon on Jan. 7-8. Continue reading “McKendree, Grand Canyon to open 2022 season with two-match series”

The two-time defending MIVA champions will make the more than 4,000-mile trek to face the defending NCAA champions during the upcoming season.

Lewis as part of unveiling its 2022 regular season schedule announced it will play a two-match non-conference road series against Hawai’i on March 10-12. Continue reading “Lewis, Hawai’i to play two-match non-conference series in 2022”

An entire year of his program being on the brink of getting disbanded did not prevent coach John Kosty from having a big recruiting haul.

Kosty announced that high school seniors Theoren Brouillete, Ryan DuRoss, Luke McFall, Alex Rottman, Theo Snoey and Moses Wagner have all signed national letters of intent to join Stanford starting in the 2023 season. Continue reading “New look Stanford begins rebuild with six-player recruiting class”