Saturday night's Class 4A volleyball championship match ended just as it began – with a powerful front-row kill smashed by Wasilla senior middle Rylee Pitney. Pitney’s spikes marked the first and last points for the Warriors, and many in between, as they swept the...
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Former Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year Kadyn Osborne is coming home to finish career at UAA
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...
In the zone: Eve Stephens locked in during record 33-kill performance for UAA
Palmer’s Eve Stephens was so locked in she barely remembers her record 33-kill performance for UAA. Her fourth-set takeover was a blur, but she was clearly the deciding factor for the 9th-ranked Seawolves in a 25-12, 25-16, 21-25, 25-23 win over 10th-ranked Western...
CIC Volleyball: Dimond sweeps South in rematch of last year’s Class 4A state championship match
Once the volleyball match between the Cook Inlet Conference’s biggest rivals started late Thursday evening, one couldn’t help but wonder if the morning bell to start Friday’s school day would soon ring. Dimond and South faced off for the first time in 11 months with...
Eve Stephens wins record 11th GNAC weekly honor, UAA volleyball team moves up to No. 11 in national poll
At this point, the GNAC might as well just name its player-of-the-week award after Eve Stephens. The UAA volleyball star from Palmer earned her record 11th honor after leading the Seawolves to a pair of wins over the weekend. Stephens slammed 34 kills on .291 hitting...
Eve Stephens breaks another record as No. 14 UAA on a tear entering Thursday’s showdown with No. 10 WWU
If you have a volleyball record at UAA or in the GNAC, Eve Stephens is coming for you. The senior spiker from Palmer broke her second record in as many weeks as she powered the 14th-ranked Seawolves to a league series sweep of Montana State Billings and Seattle...
Volleyball kills leader Eve Stephens named Alaska Athlete of the Week
University of Alaska Anchorage volleyball star Eve Stephens is the Alaska Athlete of the Week after a week in which she received a national honor and then became the conference all-time kills leader. Stephens of Palmer led the Seawolves to a sweep of Western Oregon,...
Palmer’s Eve Stephens breaks GNAC career kills record, UAA moves up to No. 14 in national rankings
Palmer’s Eve Stephens of the UAA volleyball team didn’t just break the GNAC career kills record. She crushed it like one of her rockets from the right side. The Seawolf spiker over the weekend moved past Western Washington’s Abby Phelps for the top spot in conference...
UAA hitter Eve Stephens named AVCA D2 National Player of the Week, credits chemistry with setter
When Eve Stephens slammed 31 kills over the weekend, it was a booming performance heard all over the country. It was the most kills for any UAA volleyball player since 2008 and earned the Palmer senior her first American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division II...
Alaska’s Kadyn Osborne, Ainsley Smith ranked among college conference assist leaders
Kadyn Osborne of Anchorage now owns bragging rights over her older sister after passing her career assist total at Eastern Arizona College. The sophomore setter ranks No. 3 in the Arizona Community College Athletic Association this season with 227 assists and has...
Palmer’s Eve Stephens slams 20 kills as Seawolf spiker keys another sweep for unbeaten UAA
Former Colony High crusher Eve Stephens is chasing UAA and GNAC records for career kills in style. The Seawolf senior spiker is on pace to challenge the school’s single-season mark for attack percentage after another big-time effort tonight in a sweep of Findlay on...