On this report, we make amends for the AVCA, NCAA males, NCAA seashore, Professional Volleyball Federation and LOVB.
NCAA males
AVCA TOP 20: It was all Lengthy Seaside State, which moved up a spot and obtained all 23 first-place votes. Hawai’i, which misplaced on the Seaside twice final week, dropped to No. 2. UCLA stayed No. 3, UC Irvine is up a spot to No. 4, and Grand Canyon dropped a notch to No. 5.
In any other case, there was no vital motion and nobody dropped out. Click on right here for the whole AVCA Nationwide Collegiate Males’s Volleyball Ballot.
AVCA POW: The nationwide participant of the week is Dan Mangun of Loyola Chicago. The 6-4 junior setter averaged 11.5 assists per set in victories over Princeton, Quincy and McKendree. He additionally averaged 2.3 digs and simply lower than a block.
UP NEXT: There’s one match on Wednesday’s schedule when McKendree (13-7, 7-4), up two spots within the AVCA Ballot to No. 18, goes to Lindenwood (7-11, 3-7) within the MIVA.
There are 4 matches Thursday, three within the MIVA, together with an opportunity for No. 12 Ball State (16-7, 9-1) to all however bury No. 10 Ohio State (15-7, 8-4). Ball State has received eight in a row, whereas the Buckeyes have misplaced three in a row and 4 of 5. Loyola Chicago (14-8, 8-3) tries to maintain tempo when the No. 11 Ramblers go to last-place Quincy (5-13, 1-10) and No. 14 Lewis (12-11, 5-5) goes to Queens (9-13, 2-8).
Within the MPSF Grand Canyon (18-2, 6-0) tries to maintain its one-game lead over idle UCLA (16-4, 5-1) when it performs at Concorida Irvine (6-10, 0-4).
NCAA seashore
USC SWEEPS CUI, UH: Prime-ranked USC swept each Concordia Irvine and No. 12 Hawai’i to enhance to 18-2. USC didn’t a set to Concordia (13-6) and misplaced just one — barely — in opposition to UH (9-8). That was on No. 4, when Ashley Prater and Madison White beat Sydney Amiatu and Riley Wagoner 26-28, 21-19, 15-11.
Hawai’i beat CUI 4-1, sweeping on courts 1-4.
AVCA POLL: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was voted in at No. 20 because the Islanders (13-4) cracked the highest 20 for the primary time in program historical past. The coaches didn’t penalize Florida State an excessive amount of for its 2-2 document within the East Meets West Invitational. The Seminoles and TCU flipped spots, with FSU dropping to fifth and the Horned Frogs (3-1 within the FAU Invitational) leaping to No. 4. Tampa dropped out/
Click on right here for the full AVCA Collegiate Seaside Ballot.
ICYMI: For all issues NCAA seashore volleyball, learn Larry Hamel’s report that posted Tuesday recapping final week’s tournaments and a glance forward:
AVCA TOP PAIR: The nationwide pair of the week was USC’s Megan Kraft and Delaynie Maple. They went 4-0 final week, 8-1 in units.
Professional Volleyball Federation
The subsequent match is Wednesday when the Grand Rapids Rise (4-5) go to the Columbus Fury (4-4). They break up their earlier two matches. Thursday, the Orlando Valkyries (5-7) play on the first-place Atlanta Vibe (8-3) …
Alisha Glass Childress is the PVF participant of the week. The Vegas Thrill setter had 56 assists within the Thrill’s reverse-sweep win over Grand Rapids final week. The Olympian, who leads the league in assists, added 10 digs, 4 kills and had three block assists …
The PVF introduced that subsequent season it is going to improve gamers pay because it provides franchises in Dallas, Indianapolis and Kansas Metropolis. From a PVF information launch:
The League will boast a pay scale of assorted ranges subsequent yr, with a number of prime gamers on every group making six-figure salaries. The very prime gamers will earn as much as a $175,000 base wage within the league’s second season of competitors. Each participant within the league can even be supplied advantages valued at roughly $10,000 per yr. General, whole compensation in Professional Volleyball Federation will exceed $1.3 million per group. For the 14 gamers who make the ultimate rosters for every squad, every will earn $60,000 or above for the 2025 marketing campaign.
Gamers in Professional Volleyball Federation can already add to their revenue with gamers’ bonuses and that may proceed sooner or later. This season, the group that wins the championship will break up a $1,000,000 prize pool – a primary in ladies’s skilled volleyball. Gamers will earn extra monetary bonuses for qualifying for the four-team postseason championship. Main particular person award winners are compensated with bonuses as properly – from between $3,000 and $15,000 – with the prospect for anybody to earn a number of bonuses.
The Atlanta Vibe turned the fourth PVF franchise to land a neighborhood TV deal. 4 of the Vibe’s seven remaining dwelling matches at Gasoline South Enviornment will probably be broadcast on the Peachtree Sports activities Community, beginning with the date on Thursday in opposition to the Orlando Valkyries. The Peachtree community is an over-the-air platform seen on Channel 17.2 in Atlanta and is a subsidiary channel to WPCH-TV, the market’s CW affiliate. PSN additionally broadcasts in Albany, Augusta, Columbus, Macon and Savannah. Launched in October, the community carries video games of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream.
League One Volleyball
LOVB, which continues so as to add gamers (click on right here for the newest) for its inaugural season in 2025, introduced the Kathy DeBoer would be the chair of its LOVB Basis. DeBoer retired final yr as govt director of the AVCA.
Click on right here for the full launch.