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...
The Dimond Volleyball team earned our Alaska Athlete of the Week honors after winning four consecutive elimination matches before beating Colony 30-20 in an if-necessary super set to claim the Class 4A state championship at the Alaska Airlines Center. The Lynx also...
After a three-year title drought, the Dimond Lynx have reclaimed the 4A state volleyball crown. The storied volleyball program claimed its 17th state championship after besting the Colony Knights 30-20 in Saturday’s winner-take-all match at the Alaska Airlines Center,...
UAA volleyball star Tia Allen is one of the most accomplished spikers in GNAC history and on Saturday recorded her 1,200th kill in Ellensburg, Wash. But it was her play below the net late in the fourth set that helped the Seawolves beat Central Washington 22-25,...
The Kenai Kardinals are back on top. The Kards clawed their way to their third ASAA Class 3A volleyball title in four years, reverse sweeping the reigning champion Nikiski Bulldogs in Saturday's five-set triumph at the Alaska Airlines Center. Senior all-star Sophie...
Taylor Passard hits the ball like she’s mad at it. Or like she’s got something to prove. Being a freshman, it’s easy to see it being the latter. The same could be said about the Colony volleyball team, which hasn’t played for a Class 4A state title since 2009 and...
The Seawolves on Thursday used a 6-0 run in the fourth set to take the lead for good and run through the tape in a 25-16, 28-26, 22-25, 25-20 victory over Northwest Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho. Fresh of its debut at No. 3 in the crucial NCAA West Region rankings, the UAA...
Day 1 of the ASAA Class 4A state volleyball tournament featured a changing of the guard as Chugiak and Colony knocked off perennial Anchorage powers South and Dimond on Thursday in the double-elimination championships. Chugiak’s big day started with a five-set win...
Some GNAC teams have received no love in the AVCA Top 25 this year, but the West Region rankings are a different story and that's the one that counts anyway. Led by the Seawolves, the GNAC has five teams in the top seven in this week's regional rankings with two weeks...
The Cook Inlet Conference was no match for the South Wolverines, who dropped just a single set during the tournament on their way to raising the trophy Saturday night. Led by the arm of senior outside Indy Kmet, who contributed seven kills and an ace in the third set...
The UAA volleyball team on Saturday picked up its fourth win over a nationally ranked team this year, although this one might be the best of the bunch. And that's saying a lot since they just beat No. 8 Simon Fraser two days ago. The Seawolves defeated No. 14 Western...