Category: Division I-II

Check out all Pan American Cup men’s volleyball pool-play matches to follow today and how to follow the matches live. (more…)

Nothing was getting past USC middle attacker Parker Tomkinson.

Tomkinson led all players with eight blocks as the United States swept Costa Rica 25-15, 26-24, 25-14 in its tournament opener at the Pan American Cup on Sunday in Mexico. (more…)

Outside attacker Gabriele Desiderio made sure the United States finished the U17 Pan American Cup on the medal podium.

Desiderio finished with a match-high 21 kills on a .500 attack percentage as the United States swept Mexico 25-17, 25-21, 25-19 in the bronze-medal match on Sunday in Guatemala. (more…)

A late-game comeback put an end to the gold medal hopes of the United States.

Venezuela fought off two game-points and won the final game in overtime as it swept the United States 25-23, 25-21, 26-24 on Saturday in the U17 Pan American Cup semifinals. (more…)

Nothing could slow down outside attacker Siddanth Saikanth during the U17 Pan American Cup quarterfinals.

Saikanth finished with a match-high 10 kills and zero errors on a .710 attack percentage as the United States swept the host-nation Guatemala 25-20, 25-17, 25-14 on Friday.

The outside attacker led all players with kills on a perfect five swings in the second game. Saikanth also had a kill in the third game to jumpstart an 11-1 run and help secure the victory.

Along with the offensive performance, Saikanth had a match-high three blocks and added an ace.

Setter Jonah Tuaniga guided the U.S. offense to out-hit Guatemala .470 to zero. The United States did not commit more than three attack errors in any game and finished the match with six errors – 18 fewer attack errors than Guatemala.

Four U.S. players had at least five kills in the sweep.

Pin-hitter Jackson Real had nine kills on a .438 attack percentage, including a game-high six kills in the opening game. Logan Flores added six kills, while Nolan Barrett had five kills and hit .500.

Oscar Israel Velásquez Lima in the loss led Guatemala with 10 kills. Velásquez, though, was the only Guatemala player to have more than two kills and hit more than zero.

The United States with this victory will advance to play undefeated Venezuela in the semifinals on Saturday.

Venezuela did not drop a set during the pool-play stage en route to winning the Pool A title and bye to the semifinals.

The path to a gold-medal for the United States at the U17 Pan American Cup just got a bit more challenging.

The United States was unable to secure a bye to the semifinals as it lost to Canada 19-25, 25-23, 25-20, 32-30 in its pool-play finale on Thursday in Guatemala. (more…)

The offense right from the start was in rhythm for the United States.

Setter Carter Tchaikovsky guided the offense to a match-best .522 attack percentage in the opening game as the United States swept Puerto Rico 25-14, 25-23, 25-17 on Wednesday at the U17 Pan American Cup. (more…)

Merrimack is headed back to the NEC.

The college announced Tuesday that it has accepted an invitation from the NEC to join the conference as an associate member in men’s volleyball for the 2027 season. (more…)

A former All-SIAC outside attacker who helped Fort Valley State reach the NCAA Tournament will join Northern Kentucky coaching staff.

Northern Kentucky announced earlier this week that it hired Chey Cooper to be an assistant coach. (more…)

The possibility of Division II men’s volleyball teams playing for their own NCAA championship moved one step closer to becoming a reality.

The NCAA Division II Championship Committee at its most recent meeting approved to advance a proposal that would create a men’s volleyball Division II NCAA Tournament starting in 2029. (more…)