Kenai Central High School volleyball player Emma Beck was voted our Alaska Athlete of the Week after racking up 23 kills in a four-set victory over Valdez in the Class 3A state tournament. The 6-foot senior southpaw recorded 24 kills in the three-set sweep of Nikiski...
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College Volleyball: Former Chugiak standout Cheyenne Young records first triple-double in Husson history
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...
Prep Volleyball: Soaring East T-birds stay undefeated in CIC with four-set win at South
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...
College Volleyball: UAA finds footing in Seawolf Invitational; local Reilly Plumhoff earns spot on all-tournament team
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...
Prep Volleyball: Service beats South in CIC league match to snap decade-long losing streak in rivalry
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...
Pride of Alaska adult finalists named, AK’s top male and female athlete to be named April 5
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...
National volleyball player Eve Stephens named Alaska Athlete of the Week
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...
Pride of Palmer: Eve Stephens gives UAA its first NCAA D2 National Player of the Year
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...
Kenai volleyball star Emma Beck named Alaska Athlete of the Week
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...
UAA volleyball team wins GNAC title to break Western Washington’s four-year stranglehold
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...
State Volleyball: Dimond survives loser’s bracket, saunters past West to gain 16th 4A championship
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...