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Brophy Prep will play Gilbert for boys’ volleyball state title
If there’s anything the boys’ volleyball state tournament has demonstrated, it has to be the parity of this year’s field. The highest seeds have been left by the side of the road, many matches throughout the tourney have gone to four and five games, and tomorrow’s championship game will feature the No. 5 and No. [...] -
There’s parity in boys’ HS volleyball – but big schools rule
If the right teams are involved, a high school tournament is a good way to get a snapshot look at how the competition stacks up among the better teams. The Brophy Prep Tournament over the weekend did just that in boys’ volleyball. Six of the eight teams that played in the Broncos’ tournament were ranked [...] -
More sand volleyball teams needed to justify prep program
How well is Arizona’s experiment in high school sand volleyball working out? If numbers mean anything, probably not too well. When the Arizona Region of USA Volleyball proposed the idea of adding sand volleyball as a recognized varsity sport, organizers said they could accommodate as many as 32 teams in the pilot program. They got [...] -
Conference sweep puts GCU men’s volleyball at No. 1
“It’s one of the biggest weekends in our program’s history,” says Jeremy Price. Ok, so the Grand Canyon University men’s volleyball program is only four years old. But the second-year head coach had special reason to celebrate the Antelopes’ wins over the weekend. The Friday win over Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) was the [...] -
Still-young volleyball program at GCU setting new records
Getting a new college sports program off the ground is a difficult task, even if it’s not at the Division I level and not a major sport. But the men’s volleyball program at Grand Canyon University appears ready to move past the start-up phase. The program is just beginning its fourth season and is already [...] -
Young UA volleyball squad gets NCAA Tourney invite
The Wildcat volleyball team met expectations this year. Right on the nose, in fact. Arizona’s squad was picked to finish seventh in the Pac-12 this season, and seventh is right where it has settled in. The Cats finished up with a 19-12 overall record and 11-11 in the conference. But it turns out that was [...] -
GCU volleyball sets school record, earns post-season bid
“I think you go into every season trying to win the conference championship and go to the post-season,” were the words of Grand Canyon University head volleyball coach, Kim Naber, in September as the Antelopes got ready to meet Minnesota State for their opening match. The ‘Lopes have accomplished half of the mission, and very [...] -
Horizon, Gilbert meet tonight for D-I state volleyball title
It was beginning to look like Horizon High School was going to get a chance to even the score with Xavier Prep, as the two teams rolled into Saturday’s semi-finals of the state volleyball championships. Horizon will be there tonight for the championship. But Xavier, most people’s pick to win it all again this year, [...] -
Xavier Prep volleyball captures second major tourney title
The odds have always been against one team repeating as champion of the prestigious Goldwater Volleyball Festival tournament. There are just too many good teams competing each year. This year, Xavier Prep validated that theory as they beat Horizon High School Saturday for the tournament title. The Gators held off a Horizon surge in the [...] -
UA volleyball upsets No. 2 UCLA; first time in 6 years
Evidently, the University of Arizona volleyball team was using losses against three of the top five teams in the country as a learning experience – which helps when you’re putting four freshmen on the floor each match. In the span of a week, the Wildcats took their lumps, losing to No. 4 California (3-0), No. [...]
