by admin | Dec 5, 2024 | Representation, SEW
On the court, they seem like any other college women’s volleyball team. At a recent game, the players moved around the court in staccato rhythm, setting and spiking the ball, springing into the air like pogo sticks to block attacking shots, all in their blue and gold...
by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Top-ranked Italy dominated the United States to win the Olympic women’s volleyball final on Sunday, crushing the defending champions in straight sets to claim their first gold medal on the final day of the Games. Italy came into the Olympics as the Volleyball Nations...
by admin | Aug 8, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Not done yet. USA women’s volleyball will defend its Olympic gold medal after defeating Brazil in a five-set thriller. The rivalry only got hotter after the teams’ first semifinals meeting. It was a back-and-forth game with no team winning two sets in a...
by admin | Aug 7, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Abby Wambach’s prowess on the soccer pitch was on full display during her 14 years with the U.S. Women’s National Team. She scored 184 goals, including a game-tying header off a Megan Rapinoe pass in 2011 that’s considered one of the greatest goals in World Cup...
by admin | Dec 4, 2023 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Thirty-two female athletes filed a lawsuit against the University of Oregon on Friday that alleges the school is violating Title IX. The plaintiffs, who are all either on the varsity beach volleyball team or the club rowing team, are accusing the school of “depriving...
by admin | Oct 4, 2023 | #MeToo, Leadership, Representation
More and more people are putting more and more money into women’s sports. Need proof? League One Volleyball just brought in $35 million in its second round of fundraising — more than doubling the money invested in the startup league. Investors comprise a roster...
by admin | Aug 31, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Nebraska surpassed the recognized world-record attendance for a women’s sporting event Wednesday night, announcing a crowd of 92,003 at the “Volleyball Day in Nebraska” event that filled its football venue, Memorial Stadium. Here’s what you need to know: The crowd,...
by admin | Aug 29, 2023 | Representation, SEW
WHEN THEY SCORED tickets last spring to Volleyball Day in Nebraska, Jan Merrill and her daughter planned out a road trip. They would drive 2½ hours from Elgin, Nebraska, on winding roads through tiny towns to reach Lincoln, where they’d splurge on crab legs at a...
by admin | May 5, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jordan Larson, who in Tokyo captained the U.S. to its first Olympic women’s volleyball title as tournament MVP, is returning to the national team for the first time since the Games. Larson, 36, competed at the last three Olympics, winning a medal of every color. Read...
by admin | Feb 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jason Derulo and Joe Burrow are breaking into the Pro Volleyball Federation’s newly-formed REAL Pro Volleyball league. The Everything Is 4 artist, 33, announced Tuesday that he and the Bengalsquarterback, 26, have invested in a new team based in Omaha, Neb. for...
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