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The first reshuffle of the top-five sees Hawaii and UC Irvine swap places after the Rainbow Warriors drop the first match of the season. We have another week to go before all of Division III is in action, but we still check in on those rankings as well in week two with the season slowly ramping up. The college roundup showcases some of the key matches of the week while also highlighting athletes who are part of the USA Volleyball National Team Development Program.
A significant portion of the U.S. Beach National Team will be competing in of three tournaments held in Europe and Africa this week.
The beach volleyball schedule for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was released Monday. Eight of 12 pool play matches for American pairs will be played during primetime on the east coast.
Claes/Sponcil led 10 American pairs at the Gstaad four-star FIVB World Tour event this weekend by reaching the Round of 16.
Pools for the beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were announced Monday, and the four U.S. pairs participating learned their pool play opponents
Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil will get a final Olympic tune-up at the Gstaad four-star event this week. In all, 10 U.S. duos are competing in Switzerland.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 26, 2021) – Three U.S. volleyball players will be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame (IVHF) with the class of 2021. Three-time indoor Olympian and gold-medal winner Clay Stanley; four-time indoor Olympian and two-time silver-medal winner Logan Tom; and two-time beach Olympian and gold-medal winner Todd Rogers will be...
The eight members of the U.S. Beach Volleyball Roster for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 has been nominated to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil won the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open Sunday for their second consecutive FIVB Beach World Tour gold medal. The tournament also marked the end of Olympic qualification.
Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena mathematically clinched their berth to Tokyo 2020 Saturday. It'll be the pair's second consecutive Olympic appearance.
Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb have qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo later this summer. It is Gibb's fourth Olympics and Crabb's first. Gibb will become the oldest volleyball Olympian in history.
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil clinched an Olympic berth Wednesday. They will become the youngest beach duo to represent the United States at the Olympic Games.
Three berths to the Tokyo Olympic Games will be decided at the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open, a four-star tournament in Ostrava June 2-6.
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil claimed their first FIVB World Tour gold medal Saturday by winning the Sochi Four-star.
The 4-star tournament in Sochi offers Olympic Ranking Points to U.S. Beach National Team members as they try to clinch a berth to Tokyo.
Three USA Volleyball beach pairs will take part in the Sofia 1-Star tournament May 20-23.
Several current and former members of the U.S. Beach National Team have connections to the eight college teams that will compete in the NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship May 7-9 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena and Alix Klineman/April Ross each earned a bronze medal as Tournament 3 of the Cancun Hub wrapped up Sunday.
Eleven U.S. Beach National Team duos will wrap up their time in Cancun with Tournament 3 of the Cancun Hub. It is one of three remaining Olympic Qualification tournaments left on the FIVB World Tour.
April Ross and Alix Klineman sweep the Netherlands for the pair's second podium finish in three tournaments this year.
Several pairs of the U.S. Beach National Team continue qualifying during Tournament 2 of the Cancun hub. The tournament runs April 22-26, 2021, with country quota matches taking place April 21.
Five U.S. beach teams tied for ninth place at the first tournament held at the FIVB's Cancun hub over the weekend. The second tournament begins Thursday, April 22, with country quotas taking place one day earlier.
