Outside hitter Lee Ivakina’s first season with the UAA volleyball team last year was one to remember: All-GNAC first team honors, top eight in the conference in both kills and points per set, and double-digit kills in 24 of 29 matches, to name a few. But according to...
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...
Make it an even 30-match unbeaten streak for the South Wolverines. The spikers delivered a 3-0 sweep of the Chugiak Mustangs in Friday’s semifinal Cook Inlet Conference tournament matchup, sending them into tonight’s championship match at 6:00 p.m. at Service High...
Playing in one of college volleyball’s toughest divisions has sharpened the edges of the UAA volleyball team and made the Seawolves comfortable with being uncomfortable. Thursday’s match was the sixth of the season against a nationally ranked opponent, so it was just...