Wednesday, September 2, 2009
UAB KNOCKS OFF IN-STATE RIVAL JACKSONVILLE STATE
By Dan Harralson
UAB beat in-state rival Jacksonville State last night inside of Bartow Arena. The Lady Blazers won the first two sets 25-21 before dropping the third set, 21-25. The fourth and final set went to UAB and gave them the game winning it 25-22. Alison Woods led UAB with 37 assists and recorded 14 digs giving the freshman a double-double. The Lady Blazers are now 2-1 on the young season and will now begin focusing on this weekends magnolia Invitational (hosted by Ole Miss.) UAB will play Alcorn State, Akron, Milwaukee, and Ole Miss in the Invitational. The National Women's Times will have all coverage from the tournament.
THE NEW TOP 25 VOLLEYBALL POLL HAS BEEN RELEASED LAST HOUR
2 Texas
3 Washington
4 Hawai’i
5 Florida
6 Nebraska
7 Michigan
8 Illinois
9 UCLA
10 California
11 Stanford
12 Iowa State
13 Minnesota
14 Oregon
15 San Diego
16 Southern California
17 Utah
18 Kentucky
19 Saint Louis
20 Michigan State
21 Pepperdine
22 UC Irvine
23 Kansas State
24 Purdue
25 Wichita State
#25 WALLACE STATE CC WINS SEASON-OPENING TOURNAMENT
By Dan Harralson
The 25th ranked Wallace State Lady Lions won their first four matches of the 2009 season. Tom Drake Coliseum hosted the 2009 Wallace State Tournament. The Lady Lions defeated Gadsden State 25-18 and 25-17, then defeated Faulkner State 25-18 and 25-18. Randy Daniel's team then defeated Southern Union 25-13 and 25-14, then defeated Lawson State 25-7 and 25-6. For more info on the tournament:
http://www.wallacestate.edu/news/news-archive-2006-01/press-releases.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=861&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=27&cHash=361c4665a4
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
#5 GATORS WIN A GREAT FIVE-SET MATCH AGAINST RIVAL SEMINOLES
The number five ranked Florida Gators won an epic five-set match last against rival Florida State. The win extended the Gators consecutive winning streak to 18 against the Seminoles. Florida took the opening set 25-19 followed by Florida State taking the second set 25-23. Once again, they went back and forth as the Gators took the thirs set 25-20 and Florida State taking the fourth set 25-22. The fifth and final set had the Gators winning the match and taking the fifth set, 17-15. Florida Head Coach Mary Wise had many great comments following Monday night's thriller in Gainesville:
“The MVP of tonight’s match was the crowd, now our goal is to bring our execution to the level this crowd was at tonight. I don’t know if we win this one in Tallahassee and I don’t know if we would win it on a neutral court, but we won it tonight and there are 3,700 fans that were a big part of that. This is one of those special matches that our fans will remember for a long time because of the atmosphere. No matter what happened in that final set, we’re a better team from having played this match."
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
LADY VOLS SHINE IN 2009 COMCAST LADY VOLS CLASSIC
By Dan Harralson
The Lady Vols hosted Western Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, and Lipscomb in the 2009 Comcast Lady Vols Classic this weekend. The last time we saw the Lady Vols in action, was in a five-set heart-breaking loss to Clemson to end last year. Rob Patrick's squad entered the NCAA tournament last year with a 22-9 overall record. Patrick has ten returning players from last years team, including outside hitters Nikki Fowler and Kylie Marshall. On top of all this, the Lady Vols have their most dynamic player returning in Chloe Goldman. Goldman, a senior, is on pace to shatter the Lady Vols career digs record. Going into the Comcast Lady Vols Classic, Goldman was 288 digs shy of Kristy Dobson's 1,474 career dig mark. Dobson played for UT from 1988-1991. "My goal when I came here was to break every record I could," Goldman said. Here are all the results from the 2009 Comcast Lady Vols Classic in Knoxville:
Saturday - Tennessee defeated Tennessee Tech 25-22, 25-9, and 25-14; Tennessee defeated Western Kentucky 18-25, 25-16, 25-22, 23-25, and 15-12; Lipscomb defeated Western Kentucky 25-23, 25-17, and 27-25; Lipscomb defeated Tennessee Tech 25-16, 25-17, and 25-22.
Sunday - Tennessee defeated Lipscomb 26-24, 25-22, and 25-23; Western Kentucky defeated Tennessee Tech 25-19, 25-19, and 25-18.
TOP RANKED PENN ST VOLLEYBALL CRUISES IN ACTIVE ANKLE CHALLENGE IN ST LOUIS
TOP ranked PENN STATE showed why they are the nations number one by crusing to straight set wins against #20 ST. LOUIS MIAMI-OH & ALABAMA to win THE ACTIVE ANKLE CHALLENGE in ST. LOUIS over the weekend...
HERE ARE THE COMPLETE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
ALABAMA- 0-3
MIAMI-OH- 1-2
ST. LOUIS- 2-1
PENN ST- 3-0 * TOURNEY CHAMPS
FRIDAY ST.LOUIS defeated ALABAMA 3-0 IN STRAIGHT SETS
PENN ST defeated MIAMI-OH 3-0 IN STRAIGHT SETS
SATURDAY
PENN ST defeated ALABAMA 3-0 IN STRAIGHT SETS
ST LOUIS defeated MIAMI-OH in 4 sets while losing to PENN ST in straight sets MIAMI-OH defeated ALABAMA IN 5 sets
Saturday, August 29, 2009
CRIMSON ROSES A TRIBUTE TO THE 2009 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
THE SOUTHEASTERN TIMES
THE TIDE TIMES
THE COLLEGE TIMES WOMEN'S EDITION
COLLEGE TIMES VOLLEYBALL
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