Category: Volleyball

Former Montana State women’s basketball standout Marah Dykstra has landed at Michigan State for her next hardwoods home. She announced her commitment to the Spartans via an Instagram post on Wednesday. Dykstra was a first-team all-conference player this past season as a sophomore, starting in every game for the Bobcats while averaging 12 points per contest. Her buzzer-beating putback in the Big Sky Tournament championship game delivered Montana State’s appearance to this year’s NCAA Tournament.

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Michigan State head volleyball coach Kristen Kelsay continues to round out her coaching staff, announcing the addition of Cursty Le Roux as an assistant coach on Thursday. Bringing national championship experience to East Lansing, Le Roux most recently served as head coach for the 18 Adidas team at Austin Performance Volleyball.

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Kristen Kelsay wanted to be Michigan State’s head volleyball coach three years ago. She was one of three finalists. She’d been an assistant in the Big Ten at two different spots, including MSU. This was her place, her alma mater, the school and program that she described as a “transformational experience” for her as an athlete and student.

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Michigan State head volleyball coach Kristen Kelsay announced the addition of Novi, Michigan native Sarah Vellucci on Tuesday afternoon. A libero, Vellucci joins the Spartans as a rising redshirt sophomore from Long Beach State.

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Former Michigan State volleyball standout Kristen Kelsay has been named the eighth head volleyball coach in program history. One of MSU’s career assist leaders, Kelsay spent the last two seasons as associate head coach at Minnesota.

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Michigan State Vice President and Director of Athletics Alan Haller and volleyball coach Leah Johnson have mutually agreed that Johnson will step down as the program’s head coach, effective immediately. Johnson leaves Michigan State after three seasons on the Spartan bench.

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Fresh off First Team All-B1G recognition last week, Michigan State volleyball senior libero Nalani Iosia has been named an All-North Region honorable mention by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). It’s the second consecutive season with an AVCA All-Region honorable mention designation for Iosia. Iosia caps her Spartan career ranking third all-time in career digs (1,466) and digs per set (4.25).

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Michigan State volleyball senior libero Nalani Iosia has been named First Team All-Big Ten, as announced by the conference on Tuesday afternoon. Postseason honors are voted on by the league’s head coaches. The Big Ten leader in digs/set (4.57) and total digs (516), Iosia becomes the first libero in program history to earn first team honors and the first Spartan on the first team since 2021.

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Michigan State volleyball gave No. 7-ranked Wisconsin its best shot on Saturday night, falling 3-1 (25-19, 26-28, 25-19, 25-18) in a gritty loss at UW Field House. MSU wraps up its 2024 season with an overall record of 13-18 along with a 6-14 mark in B1G action.

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Michigan State volleyball honored its senior class on Wednesday night in a 3-1 (25-16, 25-22, 29-31, 25-12) victory over Northwestern at the Breslin Student Events Center. Senior libero Nalani Iosia posted 20 digs to surpass the 2,000 career dig mark, becoming just the second player in program history to reach 2,000 digs for their career (Kori Moster, 2,218).

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Michigan State volleyball will celebrate its senior class on Wednesday night following the conclusion of its 6:00 PM match against Northwestern. The Spartans are back in action later in the week for a 9:00 PM ET match at No. 7-ranked Wisconsin on Saturday, November 30. Wednesday’s match will be streamed live on B1G+ while Saturday’s will be televised nationally on Big Ten Network.

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Michigan State volleyball senior libero Nalani Iosia was drafted by the Orlando Valkyries with the seventh pick of the fifth round (39th overall) in Monday’s 2024 Pro Volleyball Federation draft. Iosia becomes the first Spartan selected in the PVF draft and the third Spartan in three years to move into the professional ranks under head coach Leah Johnson joining Zoe Nunez and Amani McArthur.

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Behind a .320 team hitting performance, Michigan State volleyball swept Maryland, 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-18) on Saturday afternoon inside the Breslin Student Events Center.

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In a match that featured multiple lead changes in every set, Michigan State volleyball was defeated by No. 13-ranked Oregon, 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-18) on Thursday night at the Breslin Student Events Center.

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Michigan State volleyball is back at home this weekend for a pair of B1G matches, taking on No. 13-ranked Oregon on Thursday, November 21 at 6 PM, and Maryland on Saturday, November 23 at 1 PM.Both matches will be streamed live on B1G+. Fans can tune into John Kreger’s call of the action on MSUSpartans.com or via the Michigan State Athletics app for both of this week’s matches.

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For the second time this season, and the third time in her career, fifth year libero Nalani Iosia has been named B1G Defensive Player of the Week. Iosia is the first player in program history to earn three B1G Defensive Player of the Week awards since it originated in 2005. Iosia led the Spartans to a 2-0 week which included wins over archrival Michigan (3-1) and Iowa (3-0).

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After a tight first set, Michigan State volleyball dominated sets two and three in a 3-0 (27-25, 25-13, 25-14) sweep over Iowa on Sunday afternoon at Xtream Arena.

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Michigan State volleyball came away victorious in the third annual Battle at Breslin on Friday night, defeating arch-rival Michigan, 3-1 (20-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-18), at the Breslin Student Events Center.

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It’s a split weekend for Michigan State volleyball who is set to host the annual Battle at Breslin against Michigan on Friday, November 15 at 6 PM before hitting the road to face Iowa at 3 PM ET on Sunday, November 17. Both matches will be streamed live on B1G+.

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Spartan volleyball dominated late using 11 aces to take down Rutgers, 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 25-23, 25-9) on Friday night at Jersey Mike’s Arena. Michigan State held Rutgers to just nine points in set four, the lowest scoring output of an MSU opponent this season.

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