volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport developed in the United States in the late 1800s by William G. Morgan.

It is defined by the writers at Wikipedia as a "team sport in which two teams of six active players (five normal players and one 'libero'), are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points against one another by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules." In the Olympics, volleyball is played indoors.

Another variation of the sport, beach volleyball, has proved to be especially popular in the United States and in the Summer Olympics. In this game, teams of two battle each other in an outdoor sand pit. While the women's version of beach volleyball is more popular, the men's side has a movie lampooning the sport made in 1990 appropriately titled "Side Out."

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “volleyball”

• Jess Peacock is NJCAA national champion!

  
  devo's volleyball — Authority: 139
  Jess Peacock and the College of Southern Idaho are NJCAA national champions in the USA. Jess and the Golden Eagles defeated Missouri State University – West Plains 3:0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-19).Jess was also named the MVP in her Sophomore season.See more here and herePosted in Volleyball
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• Girls Volleyball Video: Newport Harbor defeats Los Al to win championship

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 456
  The Sailors captured their eighth CIF volleyball title and their first one since 2002. Newport won in four games, 27-29, 25-19, 25-23, 25-20. Interviews with Coach Glenn, Katey Thompson & Kirby Burnham. Video by Jonathan Khamis, OCVarsity.com Click here to view the embedded video.
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• Girls volleyball playoffs: Newport Harbor wins title

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 456
  Newport Harbor won Game 4 25-20 and the championship. Check back later for more details.
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• Girls volleyball playoffs: Newport Harbor staggers Los Al

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 456
  Newport Harbor has Los Al on the ropes. The Sailors took Game 3, 25-23. They lead the match 2-1.
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• Girls volleyball playoffs: Newport Harbor hits back

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 456
  Newport Harbor fought back and evened the match by winning Game 2. The Sailors took the game, 25-19. Its even at 1.
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• Pictures: WInter Park loses in Class 6A State Volleyball Championship match

  
  Central Florida Varsity the Blog — Authority: 485
  The Winter Park Wildcats react to their loss of the Class 6A finals match of the girls volleyball state championship at the Lakeland Center in Lakeland, Fla. on November 21, 2009. Plant won its inaugural 6A state title; however, the...
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• Girls volleyball playoffs: Los Al lands opening blow

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 456
  Game 1 went overtime, with both teams having games point. In the end, it was Christina Harris with the ace to give Los Alamitos the first game, 29-27. If this is a sign of things to come, I cant wait. The action is clean, with both sides producing winner. In some matches, the team that wins the opening game can ...
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• Strimel-led Broncos roll into MAC championship match vs. Ohio

  
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  Paul Morgan | Kalamazoo GazetteWestern Michigan Universitys Michelle Moore goes high to hit a shot over the block of Miamis Megan Griffin during the Mid-American Conference semifinals Saturday.TOLEDO, Ohio — It will be the same teams in the same venue...
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• Girls volleyball: Saturdays City championship scores

  
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  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Championships, Saturday at Roybal Division I: #1 Granada Hills d. #2 San Pedro, 25-17, 25-20,25-9 Division II: #3 Taft d. #1 Venice, 3 games to 1
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• Volleyball: All-MSL

  
  High school sports @ dispatch.com — Authority: 145
  Buckeye Division First team: Paige Penrod, Alyvia Clark and Hannah Gabriel (Logan Elm); Katie Nelson, Emily Hall and Chelsey Miller (Canal Winchester); Chelsea Winderl (Hamilton Township); Jenna Ruble (Amanda-Clearcreek); Sadie Evans (Bloom-Carroll). Player of the year: Penrod. Coach of the year: Jamie Schaal (Logan ...
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• Volleyball wins 10th National Championship, Women’s Soccer to Final Four

  
  Student Life — Authority: 549
  The Washington University’s women’s volleyball team won its Division III record tenth national title, and the women’s soccer team advanced to the Final Four for the second time in school history. Volleyball : In a rematch between two familiar foes, Washington University triumphed over Juniata College 3-1. ...
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• Women’s volleyball wins NCAA record tenth national title

  
  Student Life — Authority: 549
  Washington Universitys volleyball team captured their tenth national championship title with a 3-1 win over No. 1 Juniata College. The Bears celebrate their win in University Heights, Ohio. (Matt Mitgang | Student Life) After winning the national title in 2007 and falling in the NCAA Regional Championship round ...
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• Girls volleyball playoffs: Los Al fans already showing up (updated)

  
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  Update 3 Newport Harbor is closing the gap with the amount of fans, but they are still trailing. Los Al has one little section to fill up, while NH is about 60 percent full. Update 2 There is just over 50 minutes before this one begins, and the Los Al side is already a quarter full. NHs side is less than 5 ...
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• Volleyball: Southington wins its first Class LL title

  
  iTeams | High School Sports blog — Authority: 447
      Southington won its first Class LL volleyball championship with a 3-2 victory over Fairfield Ludlowe (25-19, 17-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-6) at Berlin High Saturday night.  
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• Volleyball: Fairfield Ludlowe ties it up 2-2

  
  iTeams | High School Sports blog — Authority: 447
   Ludlowe won the last game 25-23 when Southingtons Katie Byrnes served the ball into the net on game point.    Now the Class LL final is tied 2-2 and going into the final game.  
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• Girls volleyball playoffs: HB beat in three

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 456
  Its over, and Dos Pueblos is the CIF-SS Division I-A champion. The Chargers won Game 3 25-18, and the match 3-0. Theres no other way to put it but HB was overmatched. Dos Pueblos has too many weapons. The Oilers had a great season to even be in this position.
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• Volleyball: Southington up, 2-1

  
  iTeams | High School Sports blog — Authority: 447
   The Blue Knights just won the last game, 25-20 and now lead 2-1 in the Class LL championship match at Berlin High....
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• Girls volleyball playoffs: HB goes down 0-2

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 456
  Dos Pueblos is too good. I had one county coach tell me the Chargers would be the best team at Cypress College on Saturday in any division, which includes Los Al and NH. Dos Pueblos leads HB 2-0, after winning Game 2 25-10. So far, Im beyond impressed with the performance from Dos Pueblos.
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• Girls volleyball playoffs: HB loses Game 1 to Dos Pueblos

  
  OC Varsity — Authority: 456
  Dos Pueblos only two losses this season are to the nations No. 1 team Archbishop Mitty. Dos Pueblos lost to them twice. After the first game against Huntington Beach in the Division I-A final, its easy to see why. Dos Pueblos took the opening game 25-12. This is the first time I have seen the Wopat sisters, Carly ...
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