Patri Ferran emerged as a difference maker for the Service volleyball team when she arrived in 2023 as a foreign exchange student from Spain. New UAA coach Morgan Hooe is hoping for a similar result. Three years after playing her lone season in Alaska, Ferran is...
As the daughter of an Anchorage coaching legend, Morgan Hooe was practically raised on a volleyball court and started her coaching career from her dad's lap. Virgil's kid has grown up, and on Monday, she was given the keys to the kingdom. Hooe, 30, was named UAA head...
After leading the UAA volleyball team to a share of the GNAC title, coach Stacie Meisner has built on that pedigree by landing three high school champions as part of the 2026 recruiting class. Cook Inlet Conference champion Indy Kmet of South Anchorage, Class 3A state...
Unalaska volleyball player Vaiula Leaoa was selected as our Alaska Athlete of the Week after hammering 19 kills to lead the Raiders to a three-set sweep of Susitna Valley in the Class 2A title match of the state volleyball tournament. Leaoa - a UAA commit - led the...
When the Class 2A volleyball championship match began on Saturday evening, the defending state champion Unalaska Raiders hadn’t lost in 38 matches. Now? Make that 39 – plus back-to-back titles as the Raiders swept the Susitna Valley Rams in the tournament final at...
The most successful season in UAF volleyball history came to an end Friday night after falling in four sets to Point Loma in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in San Diego. Despite winning the third set and playing with plenty of spit and vinegar, the...
They say beating the same team three times in the same season is one of the more difficult things to pull off in sports, but nobody told the UAF volleyball team. Rather than drop their guard, the 16th-ranked Nanooks came out swinging and knocked out UAA with a 25-21,...
UAA freshman volleyball player Emma Beck was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after smashing 11 kills in each match last week to help the Seawolves beat Montana State-Billings and Seattle Pacific to finish the regular season tied for first place in the GNAC....
The UAA and UAF volleyball teams have faced off 121 times since 1984, but they’ve never played in the NCAA Tournament. That’ll change next month. The storied rivalry will enter new territory after postseason pairings announced Monday pitted the two Alaska schools...
Moments after leading the UAA volleyball team to victory on Saturday, coach Stacie Meisner waved to the Alaska Airlines Center crowd in appreciation. She should have taken a bow. Having a coach-of-the-year type season, Meisner got the Seawolves to run through the tape...
With one match left in the regular season, it’s looking increasingly like the UAA and UAF volleyball teams will advance to the NCAA Tournament after both teams swept opponents Thursday to solidify their status in the all-important West Region pecking order. The...