Volleyball wins three at Virginia Tech
The MSU volleyball team (3-1) had a solid performance at the Hokie Invitational this weekend as they opened up their season at Virginia Tech.
The MSU volleyball team (3-1) had a solid performance at the Hokie Invitational this weekend as they opened up their season at Virginia Tech.
The MSU volleyball team will open its season today in Virginia, and will play against four teams in the Hokie Invitational, hosted by Virginia Tech University.
With the Hokie Invitational looming for the MSU women’s volleyball team, head coach Cathy George has plans to put her talented recruiting class to the test.
After a season that saw a 12-0 start, a 25-10 overall record and an NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 berth, expectations for the 2013-14 MSU women’s volleyball team are high.
The MSU volleyball season kicked off with the Green and White game Saturday, and for the players it was an exercise in teamwork, trash talk and an opportunity to showcase individual talents as excitement for the oncoming season begins.
After an NCAA Tournament filled with triumph, the MSU volleyball teams season came to a heartbreaking end after being swept by Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen.
The MSU volleyball team is slated to play against Michigan today, but this time, the match will be anything but the usual.
With every big win reads a crucial performance in the box score, and with MSU volleyball’s memorable weekend in the NCAA Tournament, the Spartans are no exception.
For MSU volleyball head coach Cathy George, this season has been a remarkable one for her already impressive résumé.
For the better part of its season, the MSU volleyball team has been playing a role most teams despise being in: the underdog role.
The chips were stacked against the Spartans on Saturday, as they squared off against the defending national champion UCLA at their home court.
It wasn’t easy, but the MSU volleyball team now is heading to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year after beating San Diego in five hard fought sets (25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 18-25, 15-11).
It has been more than three months since MSU volleyball’s season started, and they now are hours away from starting the most crucial portion of the year: the NCAA Tournament.
In front of nearly 4,000 fans in Austin, Texas, a year ago, the MSU volleyball team saw its season come to an end in the NCAA Tournament against No. 1-seeded Texas. Not only did the loss knock the Spartans out of the Big Dance, but it closed the book on head coach Cathy George’s winningest team since she came to MSU in 2005.
When the MSU volleyball team found out they were slated to play San Diego in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Spartans didn’t know very much about their next opponent.
After riding a six-game winning streak late into November, the Spartans ended the regular season in the most unfortunate fashion possible — getting swept in their final two matches. The two sweeps weren’t against just any teams, either. They were against in-state rival Michigan and No. 1 Penn State.
Anxiety, nerves and a faint silence encompassed the room filled with members of the MSU volleyball team as they awaited the start of the NCAA volleyball selection show on Sunday.
After riding a six game winning streak into last Wednesday, the Spartans now have been swept in their last two games, with their most recent loss to No. 1 Penn State.
Earlier this season, the Spartans swept Michigan in Ann Arbor in convincing fashion. On Wednesday night, however, the tables were turned, as the Wolverines (22-11 overall, 10-9 Big Ten) swept the Spartans (23-8, 11-8) on Senior Night, in front of a record breaking crowd at Jenison Field House of 5,059.
The season for MSU volleyball hasn’t ended quite yet, but for the three seniors, Wednesday night will be the end of an era.