Episode 92: College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Edition, 3/30/21

Week 5 of the NCAA Collegiate Beach season has just completed and with it a lot of movers and shakers across the nation! The "Furious Four" of USC, FSU, LSU and UCLA will be battling this weekend in Los Angeles, Cal Poly is rising to the occasion, FAU and Stanford are catching the eyes of the nation.

Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford and Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. break down week 5 action, preview week 6 and discuss potential at-large teams with Rob Espero!

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Episode 91: College Volleyball Weekly, Men's D1-2 Top 15, 3/30/21

BIG WEST IN THE HOUSE!

Stepping in to represent the Big West Conference is UCI Head Coach David "Kniff" Kniffin. He and the usual suspects of Dan Friend of Lewis University, Jay Hosack of Pepperdine, Jay Hosack of George Mason discuss the happenings in NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball during week 11 of the season.

With some conferences wrapping up regular season play we delve into conference tournaments, NCAA Tournament selection criteria and how the challenges the Selection Committee may face. Additionally, the crew takes on some fan questions solicited from fanboards and social media!

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Episode 90: College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Edition; 3/24/21

This week Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford Beach, Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. and host, Rob Espero discuss the eye-catching matches of Week 4 of the NCAA Collegiate Beach season, identify some of the top players and teams, and select the matches they'll be keeping an eye on in Week 5. In our discussion the then-#19 Stanford upset of then-#6 Hawaii, Cal Poly getting into gear and "Riding High," and the AVCA and CollegeBeachVB.com polls. The crew even discusses some of the pairs of the week.

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Episode 89: College Volleyball Weekly, Men's D1-2 Volleyball; 3/24/21

Today the CVW crew looks back at the NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball action in Week 10 as teams begin to assert themselves at the top of their conferences-- except for the Big West-- the conference where teams only have 2 BWC matches under their belts. The crew then runs through all the conferences analyzing the standings, top teams and news across the nation and addresses some of fan questions relevant to the game today!

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Episode 88: College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Edition; 3/16/21| Kristen Nuss/Taryn Kloth

This week Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford Beach, Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. and host, Rob Espero discuss the eye-catching matches of Week 3 of the NCAA Collegiate Beach season, identify some of the top players and teams, and select the matches they'll be keeping an eye on in Week 4.

Also in this episode is an interview with #3/#3 LSU's newly named AVCA/CollegeBeachVB.com National Pair of the Week, Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss, who discuss their unexpected partnerships together, Taryn's naivete in identifying who they've been defeating at AVPNext events, competitiveness and their success with a 13-0 start in the 2021 season-- all while only dropping one set. 

Episode 87: College Volleyball Weekly, Men's D1-2 Volleyball, 3/16/21

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Today the CVW crew looks back at the NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball action in Week 9 as we officially move past the mid-point of the 2021 COVID season. 

The crew then runs through all the conferences analyzing the standings, top teams and news across the nation and addresses some of fan questions relevant to the game today!

Episode 86: College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Edition, 3/10/21: Viral Volley Podcast

It's a "Tree Takeover!"

In the absence of Florida St.'s Mads Fitzpatrick, Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford Beach went to someone she could trust-- partner and defender, Sunny Villapondo! The Stanford duo, along with Rob recap Week 2 of the Collegiate Beach season, pick out some top pairs and athletes and look forward to some big duals-- like the #2 FSU vs. #3 LSU at the "March to May" Tournament in Gulf Shores, AL.

We also meander into a few other topics and end with a few fan questions, then close out the episode with an interview with USC Beach No. 2 pair Hailey Harward & Julia Scoles who, like the rest of the Women of Troy are 6-0. NOTE: Mads will be back in the next episode-- she had school and life stuff happening-- like going to an internship interview. Sheesh :)

Episode 85: College Volleyball Weekly, Men's D1-2 Volleyball, 3/10/21: Viral Volley Podcast

This week the Consortium of College Coaching Intelligence recap Week 8 of the NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball season as they do a run down across the nation's conferences, break down their eye-catching matches, identify top performers of the week and tantalize you with the top matches they'll be watching in Week 9. NOTE: Apologies from Rob. No "Fan Questions" this week. He dropped the ball and got benched.