The ACVA Division II All-Region Awards announced today featured some thunder and lightning from Alaska. Big hitters Eve Stephens of UAA and Brooke Dexter of Simon Fraser were named to the West Region Team. Stephens, of Palmer, is the only player in the West Region...
Anchorage’s Ashton Jessee has a tendency to get defensive on the volleyball court and put up a wall. Her behavior is to block everything, which is a mechanism of a marvelous middle blocker. And Jessee is one of the best in the 43-year history of the University of...
A day full of musical merriment – boogieing and what not – ended with all the South Wolverines falling to the floor. It was just the way senior Tracy Rasavong and her teammates wanted it to go – in a joyous pile of state volleyball champions near center court of the...
Masen Holmes said she’ struggled with voice hoarseness during most of the volleyball season because the constant emotion and adrenaline involved doesn’t make for quiet times. “Now, I get to rest it all up,” the Valdez High junior said Saturday afternoon. She and all...
Eagle River’s Ellie Scherffius took over the fifth set to lead the University of Montana to a 5-set volleyball win over Idaho in the Big Sky Conference. The sophomore middle blocker single-handedly spearheaded a 5-0 run with four kills to get the Griz going in the...
Wasilla's Leisa Wissler was a big deal in the Big Ten from 1988 to 1991. The Ohio State University volleyball star was a powerful presence at net, a booming hitter and devastating blocker who could also play the back row and serve. Wissler was named Big Ten Player of...
With the match on the line, Eagle River’s Ellie Scherffius rose to the occasion to save the University of Montana volleyball team. With her team facing match point in the fifth set, the sophomore middle blocker blasted a kill that extended the match and kickstarted a...
The Eastern Arizona College volleyball team has been in good hands with the Osborne sisters of Anchorage. Freshman setter Kadyn Osborne ranks No. 2 in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference with 7.81 assists per set – one year after older sister Jalyn...
Anchorage's Danae Stokes scored eight of her 17 points over the final two sets to help Multnomah University rally for a five-set win over Warner Pacific in NAIA volleyball. The 5-foot-9 outside hitter finished with 16 kills, five digs and two block assists. This was...
Each time the Dimond and South high school volleyball teams square off, another Alaska sports history chapter is written - both the recent and near ancient kind. The Lynx and Wolverines entered Tuesday night’s Cook Inlet Conference meeting in front of a raucous...
With the end of her college volleyball career in sight, Dillingham’s Sydney Dray has turned it on. By going off. The Haskell Indian Nations University senior has doubled her kills and digs averages over the last four matches to lead the NAIA team into the winner’s...