A former All-American ended the U.S. chances of winning a gold medal at the Pan American Cup.
Opposite Maurice Torres had both a match-high 15 kills and three aces as Puerto Rico defeated the United States 25-21, 25-22, 20-25, 25-14 in the Pan American Cup quarterfinals on Friday in Gatineau, Canada. (more…)
Three current college men’s volleyball players competing as amateurs came up short of winning the qualification tournament and making the main draw for one of the nation’s biggest professional beach volleyball events this year.
The pair of Pepperdine setter Robert Mullahey and Penn State incoming freshman outside attacker Will Bantle, along with Hawai’i outside attacker Colton Cowell and his partner all won multiple matches at the AVP Hermosa Beach Open on Thursday in Hermosa Beach, California. (more…)
Listen to Off the Block senior contributor Jonathan Bates’ interview with new Pepperdine head coach David Hunt. Hunt spent 10 years on the Waves’ coaching staff and will be the successor to Hall of Fame coach Marv Dunphy, who retired earlier this year. (more…)
Pepperdine did not have to look far to find the replacement for recently retired Hall of Fame coach Marv Dunphy.
Athletics director Steve Potts announced Monday that longtime assistant coach David Hunt was hired as the Waves new head coach. (more…)
Three days before the start of the FIVB U21 World Championship and the United States has completed the challenge of making cuts to finalize its tournament roster.
USA volleyball unveiled on Monday its 12-player roster that includes three college men’s volleyball All-Americans and several players who earned all-conference honors. (more…)
The volleyball community had plenty of well wishes and thoughts about Marv Dunphy after the Hall of Fame Pepperdine coach announced his retirement on Monday.
Check out some of the top tweets and reaction on Twitter about Dunphy’s decision to retire. (more…)
One of the winningest coaches in college men’s volleyball history will no longer be on the Pepperdine sidelines.
Hall of Fame coach Marv Dunphy announced Monday that he is retiring after spending more than 30 years as the head coach of the Pepperdine men’s volleyball team. (more…)
Check out how all the current college men’s volleyball players performed in FIVB World League matches during the weekend. (more…)
Pepperdine outside attacker David Wieczorek retained his title as the people’s choice for the best player in college men’s volleyball.
Wieczorek received almost 2,000 online votes in the championship round to win the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Fan Choice National Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. (more…)
A Pepperdine senior will be part of the Austrian team that is making the country’s first world volleyball tournament appearance in more than 50 years.
Outside attacker Alexander Harthaller was one of the 18 players selected to the Austria roster for the upcoming FIVB World League. (more…)