4 weeks ago

Senior libero Nalani Iosia will travel to Colorado Springs, Colorado after accepting an invite to the USA Volleyball Women’s National Team Open Program, held at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center on February 23-25.

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1 month ago

The Big Ten Conference revealed its 2024 B1G Volleyball opponent rotations Thursday afternoon live on B1G Today. With the additions of Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington to the league in 2024, teams will have 14 single-play opponents and three two-play opponents based on geography and competitive balance.

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3 months ago

Senior libero Nalani Iosia was named an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-North Region honorable mention on Tuesday. Iosia is just the second Spartan volleyball player to be named to an All-Region team since 2017 and is the first libero to earn the honor since Kori Moster in 2014.

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4 months ago

The resurgent Michigan State volleyball program earned three Big Ten postseason honors. Postseason honors are voted on by the league’s head coaches and were announced by the conference on Thursday afternoon. Fifth-year middle blocker Amani McArthur garnered second-team honors, and freshman outside hitter Taylah Holdem was named to the second team and the All-Freshman squad. Junior setter Julia Bishop was MSU’s sportsmanship honoree.

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4 months ago

Michigan State volleyball looked to complete another reverse sweep on Friday afternoon but came up short losing to Indiana by a final score of 3-1 (25-22, 25-13, 21-25, 25-10) at the Breslin Center.

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4 months ago

Michigan State volleyball trailed 2-0 in Piscataway on Saturday night but would not be denied victory, defeating Rutgers 3-2 (20-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-13, 15-10) in a comeback effort from College Avenue Gym.

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4 months ago

Michigan State volleyball started strong to take set one, but ultimately were defeated on the road at No. 14-ranked Penn State Friday night, 3-1 (24-26, 25-16, 25-11, 25-18) inside Rec Hall. Michigan State moves to 16-12 overall and 8-9 in B1G action this season.

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4 months ago

Playing in one of the toughest road environments in the B1G on Sunday afternoon, the Michigan State volleyball program was defeated by No. 16-ranked Purdue in four sets, 3-1 (25-23, 28-30, 23-25, 18-25) at Holloway Gymnasium. MSU bounced back from a seven-point deficit in set one to win it, 25-23.

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4 months ago

Michigan State head volleyball coach Leah Johnson continues to push the Spartan volleyball program in the right direction and Wednesday’s signing class was more evidence of that. The Spartans will add four first year student-athletes to the team in 2024, bringing in a class that ranked as high as No. 8 nationally via PrepVolleyball. It’s one of the highest-ranked recruiting classes in program history. Joining MSU next season are Mia Hood (MB/Roswell, Ga.), Kayla Foley (Libero/Virginia Beach, Va.), Mya Bolton (Libero/Olathe, Kan.) and Carmen Waye (MB/Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada).

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4 months ago

It doesn’t get much closer than this in a sweep. Michigan State volleyball was defeated by Ohio State on Wednesday night, 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 27-25) in front of a nearly sold-out crowd at the Covelli Center. The match featured 23 tied sets and 10 different lead changes throughout. A loss moves Michigan State’s overall record to 16-10 along with an 8-7 mark in B1G action.

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4 months ago

Michigan State volleyball outside hitter Taylah Holdem was named B1G Co-Freshman of the Week by the Big Ten Conference on Monday afternoon. Ohio State setter Mia Tuman was Holdem’s co-recipient. A native of Christchurch, New Zealand, Holdem is the eighth student-athlete in program history to earn Freshman of the Week honors, joining Julia Bishop, Sarah Franklin, Biamba Kabengele, Alyssa Garvelink, Rachel Minarick, Kori Moster and Alexis Mathews. Now a junior, Bishop was the last Spartan to earn the designation on Nov. 8, 2021.

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5 months ago

Michigan State volleyball earned its second sweep of the weekend on Saturday night, defeating Iowa in straight sets, 3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-22), from the Breslin Center. “I was very proud of our point management, we were very low error tonight,” Michigan State head volleyball coach Leah Johnson said. “I challenged the team to get 16 kills per set tonight and the team got close to that. It kept us aggressive to have that kind of output expectation.”

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5 months ago

Michigan State volleyball had six service aces in set two and eight in the match on Friday night, defeating Maryland 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-22) inside the Breslin Center. Junior setter Rachel Muisenga had a career-high four aces and freshman outside hitter Karolina Staniszewska tied her season-high of three.

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5 months ago

Michigan State volleyball defeated No. 13-ranked Penn State on Saturday night in a five-set thriller, 3-2 (25-19, 11-25, 16-25, 25-18, 18-16), snapping a 13-game losing streak against the Nittany Lions that dated back to Nov. 2, 2013. The Spartans showed resilience down 2-1 and took the final two sets of the match to stun Penn State inside the Breslin Center.

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5 months ago

For the first time since 2006, the Michigan State volleyball program has swept the season series against Michigan, winning 3-1 (20-25, 28-26, 25-13, 25-16) on Wednesday night to stake claim of the State Pride Flag from inside the Breslin Center.

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5 months ago

Michigan State volleyball returns to the Breslin Center on Wednesday night when the University of Michigan comes to town for a 6:00 p.m. contest. Fans are encouraged to arrive early to ensure they receive a Battle at Breslin t-shirt while supplies last. Wednesday night’s match will be broadcast nationally on Big Ten Network with Sloane Martin (play-by-play) and Michigan State volleyball alum Elena Shklyar ’21 (analyst) calling the action.

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5 months ago

Michigan State volleyball returned to its winning ways on Saturday night, defeating Iowa 3-1 (23-25, 25-13, 30-28, 25-23) from inside Xtream Arena. Freshman outside hitter Taylah Holdem crossed the 20-kill threshold for the third time this season and senior libero Nalani Iosia tied her career-high in digs with 27.

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5 months ago

Michigan State volleyball battled on the road at No. 2-ranked Nebraska on Friday night, taking a set late but dropping a 3-1 (12-25, 19-25, 25-23, 15-25) decision from inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Spartans move to 11-7 overall and 3-4 in B1G action heading into Saturday night’s match against the Iowa Hawkeyes in Coralville, Iowa. Nebraska remains unbeaten at 16-0 overall and 7-0 in conference play.

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5 months ago

Michigan State volleyball played the No. 2-ranked team in the country tough on Friday night, falling to Nebraska 3-1 (23-25, 25-16, 15-25, 25-11) from the Breslin Center. With 8,789 fans in attendance the Spartans set a new program attendance record to break the previous mark of 7,326 set against Michigan on Oct. 14, 2022.

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6 months ago

Michigan State volleyball will host a pair of B1G matches inside the Breslin Students Events Center this weekend, first hosting No. 2-ranked Nebraska on Friday, Oct. 6 at 7:00 p.m. before a quick turnaround to face Northwestern on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7:00 p.m. The Spartans recently faced Northwestern last weekend, defeating the Wildcats, 3-2, at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.

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