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After a successful 2010 season, the Cuban teams are in Peru to train. They are taking the upcoming 2011 season seriously and there’s nothing wrong with that right? We expect Cuba fighting for the crown in every major volleyball tournament this year, ie men’s World League, women’s World Grand Prix and a top 3 […]
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MEN’s TOURNAMENT: Is there any other Cuban player better than Leon? BB just keeps winning titles and MVPs. Wilfredo Leon (MVP) & Fernando Hernandez (Best Scorer) helped Team Orientals defeated the Capitals 3-1 (26-24, 20-25, 25-22, 25-18) to win the 2010-2011 Cuban League. Leon’s outstanding performance proved too much to handle against the Capitals and […]
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Different dates folks! The 2011 VI Pan-American Men’s Volleyball Cup has been rescheduled for June 13th-18th (It was originally scheduled from June 7th -12th) at the Robert-Guertin Arena in Gatineau, Quebec to coincide with other major volleyball events, ie Volleyball Canada’s Annual General Assembly, also set for Gatineau, as well as a potential CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) […]
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This is very sweet! The BEST gift ever! The regional volleyball bodies of NORCECA (The North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation) have a special gift for Anguilla. We can’t tell you what is so you have to click this post to find out. All we can say is that the GIFT made everyone happy, like the players. This is awesome! This news made our day!
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Awesome! Awesome! The Cuban Federation approved it! Whew! The Cuban outside hitter will play for Russian club team, Zarechie Odintsovo, next season. The team currently has Brazil’s Walewska Oliveria and Maggie Kozuch from Germany. If these 2 foreign players remain next season and with Calderon joining the mix, then Odintsovo will be a force in […]
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This one broke our ♥! We could not find words to describe how we feel after seeing the result of this poll conducted by Sports Business Daily. It’s a SAD TRUTH about Volleyball popularity in the USA. Truth hurts. Other Poll Results from Harvey Interactive: Favorite sports among US Fans: NFL (31%), Baseball (17%), College […]
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas from Ace & Volleywood! MERRY CHRISTMAS from Brook Billings, Brett Q. & Hercules (the pup) HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Mikasa.IT! Buone Vacanze!
Hey boys and girls. Talking Turtle is back at ‘cha after Rounds 1 and 2 (some) are officially in the books! What have we seen – upsets, obvious wins, meltdowns, and just some awfully easy ball? I think we have seen all of this and more at the beginning of the 2010 tournament. As always there […]
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The AVCA has announced the PLAYERs of the year from different conferences across the US and Volleywood’s Talking Turtle can’t happily shut up is proud to share his/her thoughts! Talking Turtle Says… Hello VB fans. Its time for another moment with Talking Turtle. As most of us crazed fans know, conference honors have all been […]
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We had a feeling she’d win this prestigious award and we’re happy for her! Congratulations to Stanford’s ALIX KLINEMAN for winning the 2010 PAC 10 Player of the Year Award! She must be very happy! We bet we bet! =) She deserves it. Alix’s presence has helped Stanford won the PAC 10 Title for 4 […]
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After a few decades, the Cuban team is now using the 5-1 system and opted to use former setter YANELIS SANTOS as an opposite hitter. Oh Really?