UCLA vs. LMU kicks off strong opening weekend in NCAA beach volleyball
Before Stein Metzger uttered a word about his own team, his back-to-back NCAA-champion UCLA Bruins, he began discussing Loyola Marymount.
“The Lions,” he said, “are...
NCAA beach countdown: No. 1 UCLA “could do something special this year”
Had you asked Stein Metzger in, say, September, about where he thought his current UCLA team would be one day prior to the onset...
SANDCAST: Camryn Irwin is living the dream she thought had been taken away
It’s May 16, 2018, the eve of Camryn Irwin’s debut as an Amazon Prime broadcaster calling AVP tournaments. She gets a call from the...
NCAA beach countdown: No. 2 USC looks to blend old with new under Dain...
LOS ANGELES -- Dain Blanton is sitting in his palatial office at the University of Southern California, and it is a place that both...
Serious Olympic-qualification implications as FIVB postpones Yangzhou 4-star
The FIVB beach volleyball events with major Olympic implications have not yet begun in the 2020 season, and yet the race to Tokyo is...
NCAA beach countdown: Nuss, Coppola set to lead No. 3 LSU’s championship push
Russell Brock has a theory about why the LSU football team and Joe Burrow, its Heisman-winning quarterback, put together the best season in program...
Plenty of transfers like Quade, Harward, Schaben on NCAA beach volleyball rosters
Until 2020, the UCLA beach volleyball team had never brought in a graduate transfer. The practice of adding former indoor stars to the ranks...
NCAA beach countdown: “Everyone’s bought in” at No. 4 Pepperdine
It’s 6 on a Friday morning, and the word idyllic cold be used to describe the sunrise, save for all the commotion. The sun...
NCAA beach countdown: No. 5 Florida State uses technology to stay sharp
There are, the athletic trainer at Florida State likes to joke, two types of “in shape.” There’s in shape for normal people and athletes...
NCAA beach countdown: No. 6 Cal Poly hopes to be “one of the biggest...
It’s all still a bit surreal to Tia Miric, the fact that she gets to go to practice, every single day, and learn under...
