Butler County Community College sophomore Brittney Bianco, a Freeport graduate, was named Tuesday to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s 2017 women’s volleyball All-America team.

The 5-foot-6 setter, who got a spot on the honorable mention team, led BC3 to the Western ...

While in Lexington for the NCAA women’s volleyball regionals, BYU coach Heather Olmstead acknowledged the privilege of being one of only 16 teams still practicing.

The Cougars have enjoyed that privilege for six straight seasons in becoming one of the elite programs in the country. But ...

For the second straight season, the BYU women’s volleyball team found only heartbreak in the Sweet 16.

The 13th-seeded Cougars led No. 5 seed Kentucky 5-1 in Set 5 on Friday morning in Lexington, but couldn’t slow down the Wildcats at the end, finally falling 3-2 (20-25, 25-17, 22-25, ...

There’s a drill the BYU women’s volleyball players call, “Tough D.” It doesn’t last that long but it would be the most harrowing minute of your life.

BYU coach Heather Olmstead or one of the other coaches stand on a raised platform. For the next 60 seconds, they blast volleyballs at a lone ...

Oregon did its homework and knew exactly what was coming, but they couldn’t slow down Roni Jones-Perry.

The junior outside hitter was virtually unstoppable Saturday night, blasting 27 kills as 13-seed BYU swept the Ducks 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-19) in front of 2,935 fans at the Smith ...

Jennifer Hamson. Alexa Gray. Amy Boswell.

Every one of them All-Americans, every one of them defined the BYU women’s volleyball program during their careers. And like every All-American, they eventually graduated.

Then there are terrific supporting players such as Camry Willardson, ...

There seems to be a glass ceiling for the BYU women’s volleyball team when it comes to NCAA Tournament seeding, and it stops at the number 13.

For the third straight season the Cougars (28-2) are the No. 13 seed in the tournament, so congratulations to the NCAA for being ...

PROVO — No. 7 BYU women’s volleyball defeated Loyola Marymount 3-0 (25-19, 15-20, 25-16) Tuesday night at the Smith Fieldhouse to clinch its fourth-straight West Coast Conference title on Senior Night.

“What a great match by our team,” BYU head coach Heather Olmstead said. “They were ...

Three BYU seniors – Cosy Burnett, Alohi Robins-Hardy and Madeline Graham – will play their last regular-season home game for the Cougars on Tuesday.

BYU (27-2 overall, 16-1 WCC) will close out the regular season with a match against Loyola Marymount at the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are ...

The ninth-ranked BYU women’s volleyball team needs two wins this week to keep pace with San Diego for the West Coast Conference title. Both teams have posted 14-1 marks in league play with three matches to play.

Two wins would also help the Cougars impress the NCAA Tournament committee and ...

The No. 10 BYU women’s volleyball team rebounded from a disappointing loss to No. 18 San Diego with a sweep of Pacific (25-21, 25-17, 25-17) Thursday night at the Smith Fieldhouse.

Veronica Jones-Perry led the Cougars with 12 kills while Cosy Burnett and McKenna Miller each added eight ...

Pacific (12-11, 7-5 WCC) at No. 10 BYU (21-2, 10-1 WCC)

Thursday, 7 p.m. MT

Smith Fieldhouse, Provo

All good winning streaks eventually end, but the Smith Fieldhouse isn’t usually the place for such things.

The No. 8 BYU women’s volleyball team had won 13 straight matches in 2017 and hadn’t lost at home in the West Coast Conference in 47 matches. But 18th-ranked San Diego turned the ...

No. 8 BYU (20-1, 9-0 WCC) at Loyola Marymount (13-7, 5-4 WCC)

Saturday, 1 p.m. MT

Gersten Pavilion in Los Angeles

No. 8 BYU (19-1, 8-0 WCC) at Pepperdine (12-9, 4-4 WCC)

Thursday, 8 p.m. MT

Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, Calif.

The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) has recognized athletes and teams across both collegiate and high school levels that excel in the classroom. Idaho State was named one of the 822 teams to earn the AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2016-17 season after posting a 3.42 cumulative ...

BRIDGEPORT - The former head coach of the University of Bridgeport’s women’s volleyball team drowned with his wife in Ecuador.

Leo Uzcategui, who served as UB’s head coach from 2009-2013, died in a tragic accident, UB officials said.

“All of us at the University of Bridgeport are ...

Poppy Lane finished in first place for the 2016-2017 season of the Roseburg Women’s Volleyball Association.

Put on Annex and Valley Tanning were the other top three finishers in the season, which concluded on March 13. Games were played at Fremont Middle School from late September to early ...

Ebony Nwanebu had 15 kills to help fifth ranked Texas beat second-ranked Nebraska in three sets in the NCAA women’s volleyball semifinals. Paulina Prieto-Cerame added 15 kills in Texas’ 25-18, 25-23, 25-21 victory. The 27-4 Longhorns will face 26-7 Stanford in the Championship ...

The University of Hawaii’s longtime women’s volleyball head coach has been diagnosed with cancer and will take leave from the team, according to UH officials Monday.

Rainbow Wahine volleyball head coach Dave Shoji will take leave from the team due to prostate cancer. In his stead will be ...

Defending national champion Nebraska is the top seed for the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament and will host New Hampshire on Friday night. The 64-team tournament field was announced yesterday. The winner between 27-2 Nebraska and 21-10 New Hampshire plays Saturday in Lincoln against 24-7 ...

Defending national champion Nebraska is the top seed for the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament and will host New Hampshire on Friday night. The 64-team tournament field was announced yesterday. The winner between 27-2 Nebraska and 21-10 New Hampshire plays Saturday in Lincoln against 24-7 ...

Coaches were shouting instructions and plays were being run, but behind the look of normalcy at San Jac’s Monday afternoon basketball practice, it was anything but.Shock and dismay had taken hold after news had trickled down that the women’s volleyball and the men’s basketball programs at the ...

Every year middle blocker Whitney Young Howard has been at BYU, the Cougars have advanced to the Sweet 16, and in 2014 they played in the NCAA championship match.

But Howard in no way takes those accomplishments for granted as she begins her senior year and she has been passing that ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Leaning over, hands on her knees and cheering at every chance, injured U.S. star Foluke Akinradewo could only watch. The top-ranked Americans had fought back to force a fifth set against Serbia before falling short - short of the gold-medal goal that had driven her and others ...

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