Cheyenne Young did just about everything for Husson University and made school history in the process. The Eagle River native racked up 17 assists, 13 kills and 10 digs in a five-set loss to St. Joseph in a NCAA Division III match in Bangor, Maine and became the first...
The East Anchorage volleyball team continued its remarkable turnaround season with a 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19 victory over the Wolverines Thursday night at South High. The T-birds, now 16-4 overall and 7-0 in Cook Inlet Conference, could have found themselves in a...
After a rocky start to the season the Seawolves have regained their footing, and it couldn't have come at a better time with conference play starting Thursday. Fourteenth-ranked UAA took care of business in the 3-day, 12-match Seawolf Invitational at the Alaska...
Optimism is a great motivator, but it doesn’t guarantee success. Sometimes seeing is believing. That was the case for the Service volleyball team. The Cougars had fallen on hard times in their Southside rivalry and hadn’t beaten the South Wolverines in a Cook Inlet...
Men and women succeeding on the national level and beyond are the finalists for the 2023 Pride of Alaska awards. NCAA champion swimmer Lydia Jacoby of Seward, NCAA Division II volleyball player of the year Eve Stephens of Palmer and All-America basketball player...
Eve Stephens has earned one more accolade. After being named the NCAA Division II National Player, the volleyball player from Palmer is our Alaska Athlete of the Week. The University of Alaska Anchorage senior is already the most decorated volleyball player in school...
Already the most decorated UAA volleyball player in school history, Eve Stephens of Palmer grabbed one more award on her way out the door. And it was a doozy. Stephens became the first Seawolf to earn NCAA Division II National Player of the Year honors. This news came...
Emma Beck was named our Alaska Athlete of the Week after leading Kenai Central High School to its first state volleyball championship after decades of competition. The junior was spectacular during Kenai's three-set championship match victory over Valdez, posting 18...
With their 19th sweep of the season, the nationally ranked Seawolves secured a GNAC championship and broke Western Washington’s four-year stranglehold. Palmer’s Eve Stephens and teammate Lisa Jaunet each had nine kills to lead a balanced attack as No. 5 UAA wrapped up...
Baked into a double-elimination tournament’s DNA, one team must always represent the loser’s bracket come finale time. Alas, Dimond took on said role Saturday and didn’t dither. In fact, the Lynx dominated en route to another Class 4A state volleyball championship. In...
The UAA volleyball team has set up its future nicely after getting a commitment from junior college all-conference setter Kadyn Osborne of Anchorage. The 2020 Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year out of Dimond High confirmed her decision to transfer to UAA after posting...