Articles filed under Volleyball
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Home, school, volleyball — for Vander Wal it’s all relativeNov 14, 2024 6:00 am - Timothy Christian senior volleyball player Abby Vander Wal said her high school “feels like home.” No wonder. Twenty of her relatives have graduated from the Elmhurst sch...
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Marquette Manor Minutemen girls volleyball win eighth IACS tournament championshipNov 02, 2024 11:49 am - Downers Grove’s Marquette Manor Baptist Academy girls varsity volleyball won the Illinois Association of Christian Schools Championship on Saturday, Oct. 26, hosted at Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville.
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‘The definition of overachiever’: Pogorzelski is a leader always ready to assistSep 19, 2024 6:00 am - It may actually be true, that St. Edward’s Samantha Pogorzelski gives 110%.
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Italy beats defending champion U.S. for gold in women's volleyball at Paris OlympicsAug 11, 2024 12:23 pm - PARIS — Monica De Gennaro of Italy made three previous trips to the Olympics only to leave empty-handed each time. Finally, at age 37, she's going home with the gold. Ita...
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U.S. men win volleyball bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, beating Italy in straight setsAug 09, 2024 3:50 pm - PARIS — As of this moment, Matt Anderson is planning to make another go at an Olympic gold medal in men's volleyball four years from now. At age 41. If his body holds up....
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With help from suburban players, U.S. women’s volleyball team beats Brazil in semifinal thrillerAug 08, 2024 4:09 pm - Kelsey Robinson-Cook and Lauren Carlini will be playing for an Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball. Extended by Brazil to a tiebreaker, Team USA on Thursday advanced...
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Defending champion U.S. women’s volleyball team beats Brazil in semifinal thriller at Paris OlympicsAug 08, 2024 12:44 pm - PARIS — Karch Kiraly made one request when the decisive fifth set began: Win or lose, make sure to enjoy the moment. The coach asked the American women to take in the atm...
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Wheaton’s Jaeschke fills super-sub role, but U.S. falls in volleyball semifinalsAug 07, 2024 5:03 pm - Wheaton's Thomas Jaeschke had his finest performance of the Paris Olympics, but Poland rallied to defeat the United States 3-2 in Wednesday's volleyball semifinals. Team ...
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Naperville-born setter Jordyn Poulter recovers from serious knee injury to lead Americans into Olympic semifinalsAug 07, 2024 11:23 am - PARIS — Moments before match point of the Olympic quarterfinals, Jordyn Poulter punched herself in the outer thigh. It wasn't a motivational tactic — she's plenty good at...
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U.S. women's volleyball team advances to semifinal with straight-set win against PolandAug 06, 2024 5:54 pm - PARIS — The reigning Olympic champion U.S. women’s volleyball team posted a straight-set victory against Poland on Tuesday night at the Paris Olympics. The Americans led ...