Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs have advanced through the consolation bracket to reach Saturday's gold-medal match at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Barcelona, Spain. Read More
USA Volleyball, in conjunction with NBC and the U.S. Olympic Committee, will host three matches as part of a 2008 Olympic Exhibition series between the U.S. Women’s National Team and Brazil in June. Read More
USA Volleyball announced the coaching staffs for the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team and the U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team on April 9 for the upcoming 2008 season. Read More
U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team Head Coach “Jenny” Lang Ping and USA beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh were among approximately 80 individuals to take a turn running the Olympic torch on Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco Read More
The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team Open Tryouts began Friday night with all 113 athletes being tested physically, in addition to competing in triple and quad drills at the U.S. Olympic Training Center Read More
USA Volleyball announced today its choices for Athletes of the Year, Team of the Year and Coaches of the Year as part of the United States Olympic Committee’s (USOC) annual awards program Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Matt Fuerbringer and Casey Jennings defeated Brazil’s Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes on Sunday to win the bronze medal at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Zagreb, Croatia. Read More
The beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers came up just shy of bringing the United States a second gold medal from the smart Grand Slam in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. Read More
Reigning Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh set a record for team gold-medal finishes on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour on Saturday as they won the US$600,000 smart Grand Slam title in Berlin, Germany. Read More
U.S. beach volleyball teams are taking Paris by storm this weekend as four women's teams have advanced directly from pool play to the second round while four men's teams remain alive in pool play. Read More
All eight U.S. beach volleyball teams that began competing at the US$600,000 Henkel Grand Chelem in Paris remained alive at the end of the day on Friday. Read More
Three U.S. beach volleyball teams will be playing for gold medals on Sunday at the US$600,000 Henkel Grand Chelem in Paris, a SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam event. Read More
U.S. beach volleyball teams won two gold medals, one silver and one bronze on Sunday at the Henkel Grand Chelem in Paris, a Grand Slam event on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour. Read More
The Volleyball Hall of Fame announced today the names of six volleyball greats who will be inducted as the Class of 2008 into its hallowed halls on Oct. 23 in Holyoke, Mass., the sports’ birthplace. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam in Stavanger, Norway on the Vaagen Harbour centre court. Read More
Four U.S. teams went undefeated on Wednesday, the first day of competition at the Fourth World University Championship for beach volleyball in Hamburg, Germany. Read More
The beach in Hamburg was hot but so were the four U.S. teams went competing Thursday at the Fourth World University Championship for beach volleyball in Germany. Read More
The battle for the second slot on the U.S. women’s Olympic beach volleyball team could be decided this weekend at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam tournament in Moscow. Read More
A pair of elimination bracket wins Friday at the US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam for the U.S. beach volleyball team of Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs improved its chances of locking up a berth for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Read More
The U.S. men’s teams sailed while the U.S. women’s teams sank on Friday at the World University Championship for beach volleyball in a soggy Hamburg, Germany. Read More
A second-place finish at the US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam was good enough to send the U.S. beach volleyball team of Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs to the Olympic Games in Beijing. Read More
The U.S. men’s team of Joey Dykstra (Hermosa Beach, Calif./USC) and Mark Van Zwieten (Pompano Beach, Fla./Florida Atlantic) will play for a bronze medal on Sunday at the World University Championship for beach volleyball in Hamburg, Germany. Read More
The U.S. men’s team of Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) captured their third-straight SWATCH FIVB World Tour men’s title on Sunday in Moscow. Read More
The U.S. men’s team of Joey Dykstra and Mark Van Zwieten defeated Milan Monik and Filip Habr of the Czech Republic on Sunday to win the bronze medal at the World University Championship for beach volleyball in Hamburg, Germany. Read More
USA Volleyball has announced the team that will compete at the SWATCH FIVB 2008 Youth World Championships for beach volleyball on July 30-Aug. 3 in The Hague, Netherlands. Read More
USA Volleyball has announced the eight athletes and four coaches it will nominate for the U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team that will compete at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. Read More
The U.S. men’s beach volleyball team of Mike DiPierro (Pompano Beach, Fla.) and Mark Van Zweiten (Pompano Beach, Fla.) played in the FIVB Chennai 2008 Challenger on July 17-20 in Chennai, India. This is a journal they sent back. Read More
The sport of “sand volleyball,” also known as beach volleyball, took a step toward being recognized by the NCAA, the Association announced Tuesday. Read More
More than 200 teams participated in the USA Beach Junior Open Championships on July 19 in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Read More
The FIVB has released the preliminary round schedule for the Olympic Games Beach Volleyball Tournament beginning Aug. 9 in Beijing. Read More
Three U.S. youth beach volleyball teams have advanced to the quarterfinals of the SWATCH FIVB Youth World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. Read More
Tony Ciarelli and Jeff Carlson will have a chance to win the USA's first gold medal at the SWATCH FIVB Youth World Championships Read More
Are the citizens of the People’s Republic of China ready to have some fun? The U.S. beach volleyball teams are ready to help bring some West Coast style to the Far East this August. Read More
The U.S. Beach Volleyball teams will begin Olympic competition with two matches on Saturday at the Olympic beach volleyball venue in Chaoyang Park. Read More
The U.S. men’s beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.), ranked second, was upset in their opening Olympic match on Saturday. Read More
The U.S. men’s team of Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) defeated Netherland’s 18th-seeded Emiel Boersma and Bram Ronnes, 21-16, 21-15, in 37 minutes. Read More
BEIJING (AP) Even the volunteers go for the gold at the Olympic beach volleyball venue. Read More
Reigning Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.) opened Olympic competition Sunday morning by defeating Japan’s Mika Saiki and Kusuhara Chiaki 21-12, 21-15. Read More
Enjoying relatively mild temperatures and a light breeze, Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (El Toro, Calif.), ranked fifth, defeated Germany’s eighth-ranked Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau, 21-17, 21-16 in 47 minutes. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) took its first victory of the Olympic Games on Monday, defeating Switzerland’s Sascha Heyer and Patrick Heuscher, 21-15, 21-10 in 42 minutes. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Orinda, Calif.) continued their march through pool play at the 2008 Olympic Games on Tuesday. Read More
When Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) are having fun, it’s time for other teams to watch out. Read More
Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) had 22 kills and six digs as he and partner Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) defeated Argentina’s Martin Conde and Mariano Baracetti, 21-12, 21-13 on Wednesday. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.) completed Olympic pool play on Thursday with a 21-12, 21-15 victory over Norway. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) completed pool play with a 3-0 record on Thursday at Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Grounds, but it wasn’t easy. Read More
Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor held off their first real challenge of the Olympic Games from a young Belgium team. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (El Toro, Calif.) defeated Cuba’s Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara Larrea Peraza, 2-15, 21-13 in 38 minutes on Saturday. Read More
The U.S. men’s beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) fought its way back from a 0-6 deficit in the third set to defeat Martin Laciga and Jan Schnider of Switzerland. Read More
It was Superman to the rescue on Saturday at the Olympic beach volleyball tournament as Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) came up with nine digs as he and partner Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) defeated Spain’s 12th-seeded Pablo Herrera and Raul Mesa. Read More
A new Brazilian partnership meant the same old story for U.S. beach volleyball players Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.) as they defeated Brazil’s third-ranked Ana Paula Connelly and Larissa Franca, 21-18, 21-15. Read More
A crowd estimated at 11,500 cheered the Chinese team of Chen Xue and Xi Zhang on to a 21-17, 21-13 victory over the U.S. team of Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Elaine Youngs (El Toro, Calif.) on Sunday. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) made it through a tense second set to advance to the semifinals of the Olympic tournament. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) saw its Olympic run come to an end Monday. Read More
The U.S. beach volleyball team of Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.) have just one more step to climb toward winning their second Olympic gold medal. Read More
Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) will play in Friday's gold medal match for men's beach volleyball after their victory Wednesday over Georgia. Read More
The U.S. team of Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (Saratoga, Calif.) proved it as they won their second consecutive gold medal in women's Olympic beach volleyball. Read More
After a vote by the media and officials, Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) of the United States has been named the Most Outstanding Player for the women’s competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Read More
With a gold medal at stake, Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) got defensive, finishing with nine blocks as he and U.S. partner Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) defeated Brazil's Marcio Araujo and Fábio Luiz Magalhães, 23-21, 17-21, 15-4. Read More
Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) was named the Most Outstanding Player for the men’s Olympic beach volleyball competition at Chaoyang Park venue. Read More
Ciarelli, Carlson finish tie for highest American finish in the event Read More
USA Volleyball and the Elevation Group have announced that registration is open for the 2008 U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball, presented by Corona Extra, on Sept. 26-28 on East Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif. Read More
Two men’s and two women’s beach volleyball teams are representing the United States at the FIVB Under-21 World Championships on Sept. 3-7 in Brighton, England. Read More
Two of the four beach volleyball teams representing the United States remain in the draw at the FIVB Under-21 World Championships, in Brighton, England. Read More
A report by Jane Croson and Summer Ross, who are competing at the SWATCH FIVB Under-21 Beach Volleyball World Championship in Brighton, England. Read More
After a successful day of competition, both remaining beach volleyball teams from the United States have advanced to the Round of 16 at the FIVB Under-21 World Championships, with single-elimination matches beginning on Saturday in Brighton, England. Read More
Two U.S. junior beach volleyball teams fell in the first round of single-elimination play at the SWATCH FIVB Under-21 World Championships on Saturday in Brighton, England. Read More
U.S. beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh will be visiting the 24 Hour Fitness facility in San Mateo, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at 11:30 a.m. Read More
Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Calif.) and partner Ashley Ivy (Arlington, Texas) captured gold at the FIVB Beach Satellite Tournament held in Liechtenstein from Aug. 7-9. Read More
After great success at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball teams have been keeping busy, both on and off the sand with appearances and tournaments for all four squads. Read More
NORCECA has announced the schedule for its 2009 Beach Volleyball Circuit, which will have 11 stops in eight countries. Read More
The second annual U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball, presented by Corona Extra, will hit the beaches of Santa Barbara on Sept. 26-28. Read More
Some of the best beach volleyball players from the last four decades will be part of a special legends match when the 2008 U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball, presented by Corona Extra, arrives in East Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif., this weekend. Read More
The draws for the elite Open Divisions at the 2008 U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball, presented by Corona Extra, were finalized following a day of qualifying matches Friday at East Beach. Read More
Californians dominated the amateur divisions at the 2008 U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball, presented by Corona, on Saturday at East Beach. Read More
Mike Morrison and Aaron Wachtfogel defeated Jon Mesko and Evan Engle twice Sunday to win the Men’s Open Division title at the 2008 U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball, presented buy Corona Extra, held this year at East Beach. Read More
After rupturing her left Achilles tendon during a rehearsal on Friday, two-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor is out of ABC television's "Dancing With the Stars" competition. Read More
New partner, same result for two-time U.S. beach volleyball Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh. Read More
With the success of 2008 and the anticipation of 2009 in the beach volleyball world, USA Volleyball is asking for the help of junior beach players. Read More
Two U.S. women's beach teams are among the four remaining unbeatens at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Dubai. Read More
Two U.S. women's beach volleyball teams appear to be on a collision course to meet in the finals at a SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Dubai. Read More
It will be an all-American beach volleyball final at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Dubai. Read More
A misstep on the dance floor has done nothing to tarnish U.S. beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor's feelings about her golden 2008 season. Read More
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor (Costa Mesa, Calif.) swept the major honors at the AVP beach volleyball tour’s 2008 postseason awards ceremony on Wednesday (Oct. 22). Read More
Four U.S. women’s beach volleyball teams are entered in the main draw of a SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Phuket, Thailand, which began play Nov. 4 and will run through Nov. 9 at Karon Beach. Read More
Three out of four U.S. women's beach volleyball teams remain undefeated at the SWATCH FIVB World Tour event in Phuket, Thailand after two rounds of competition on Thursday at Karon Beach. Read More
Jen Boss (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) have reached the semifinals of the SWATCH FIVB Beach World Tour event in Phuket, Thailand, after posting a pair of wins to remain undefeated on Friday at Karon Beach. Read More
Karon Beach in Phuket, Thailand will host an all-American showdown on Sunday as second-seeded Jen Boss and April Ross will take on third-seeded Nicole Branagh and Tyra Turner. Read More
Fresh off a gold medal performance at the SWATCH FIVB Beach World Tour event in Phuket, Thailand last week, Americans Jen Boss (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) are back in action in Sanya, China. Read More
With a win in the qualification tournament on Wednesday, Americans Stacy Rouwenhorst (Bellflower, Calif.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.) advanced to the main draw of the SWATCH FIVB Beach World Tour event in Sanya, China. Read More
For the second straight tournament, three U.S. women's beach teams are undefeated after the first day of main-draw play as the SWATCH FIVB Beach World Tour makes its final stop of the year in Sanya, China. Read More
A week after finishing second in their first FIVB event as partners, Americans Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.) and Tyra Turner (Fort Myers Beach, Fla.) find themselves in the semifinals of the SWATCH FIVB Beach World Tour event in Sanya, China. Read More
The top-seeded U.S. beach volleyball team of Jen Boss (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) beat China’s 15th-seeded Huang Ying and Zhang Xi, 21-17, 23-21, in 44 minutes on Sunday to win the gold medal. Read More
Day 1 World Beach University Championships.
Whoever told us to bring umbrellas and sweats to Hamburg was way off. It's about 85 and very little shade. Despite the heat, Team USA is progressing well. This is the first time we have held a training camp for this event and sent the… Read More
I wish I had a whole lot of fun (in addition to volleyball) to report, but these international beach events last all day, from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm, so it is all we can do to crawl back to the hotel, which is actually a hostel, and try to get some sleep. Did I mention that there are no… Read More
What a change from yesterday…it poured all night last night and all day today. The temp was about 56F, pouring non-stop! Luckily there is a large dining hall area for the volunteers that they decided to open up for the athletes and staff. I have to say the organizers did a… Read More
The beach volleyball schedule is a challenging one for any country that has more than one team. We have 4, the max allowed. Only Germany and Brazil have the same amount of teams and more staff than we do. One of the drawbacks of being from a country that has the largest delegation besides host… Read More
BEIJING (Aug. 10, 2008) - Today the mood today has been understandably somber. We are all so saddened by the tragic attack on Wiz and Hugh's family, and praying for her mother's speedy recovery.
Yesterday the temperature soared to over 95F and what seemed… Read More
What an exciting 48 hours of volleyball!!! After the women's indoor team took a thrilling 5 game victory over China, (my ears are still ringing from the crowd noise!) we had an early morning of matches and training yesterday. Because Misty-Kerri and Todd-Phil will play all early matches (for… Read More
We got to sleep in a bit yesterday because the gold medal match was not scheduled until 11 am. This was a blessing as Kelly (our physical therapist), Troy (Misty and Kerri's coach) and I did not get back from the indoor men's match until 1 am. Well worth the late night… Read More
The U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball presented by Corona Extra will take place Sept. 26-28 on East Beach in Santa Barbara, Calif.
The USA Beach Junior Tour is open to all two person teams. Teams are same gender. Tournaments are generally one day, with pool play followed by playoffs and awards. The tournaments are self administrated similar to junior golf and tennis, where players coach and officiate their own games. This format presents athletes the opportunity to play for the true love of the game, without interference from adults!
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