Category: Volleyball

Michigan State volleyball (5-0, 0-0 B1G) wraps its five-match road stretch this week at the Kennesaw State Invitational, taking on Kennesaw State on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 6:30 p.m. and Appalachian State in a neutral-site match on Friday, Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. inside Kennesaw State’s VyStar Arena. Thursday’s match against Kennesaw State will stream on ESPN+.

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Four Spartans recorded career highs en route to a 3-1 win for Michigan State volleyball at Western Michigan Monday night inside University Arena.  MSU moves to 5-0 with the win, while Western Michigan drops to 1-6 this season. 

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Michigan State volleyball (4-0, 0-0 B1G) continues its five-match road stretch on Monday, Sept. 8, facing Western Michigan (1-5, 0-0 MAC) inside WMU’s University Arena at 6 p.m. Monday’s match will stream on ESPN+. 

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Michigan State volleyball completed its first road trip of the season with a 3-0 sweep of Southern Indiana (25-16, 25-18, 25-13) Thursday night inside Liberty Arena. MSU moves to 4-0 with the win. The Spartans have dropped only one set through its first four matches in 2025, marking MSU’s fewest sets lost through its four matches since the 2016 season. 

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Michigan State volleyball earned its first road victory of the season with a 3-1 win over Evansville at Meeks Family Fieldhouse Wednesday night. MSU moves to 3-0 with the win, while the Purple Aces fall to 1-3. 

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Michigan State volleyball (2-0, 0-0 B1G) heads to Evansville, Indiana, to make its first road trip of the season, facing Evansville (1-2, 0-0 Missouri Valley) on Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. ET before traveling to Southern Indiana (1-2, 0-0 Ohio Valley) on Thursday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. ET. Both matches will stream on ESPN+.

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Michigan State volleyball completed a 2-0 weekend with a 3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 25-18) victory over Chicago State Sunday afternoon inside the Breslin Center. MSU moves to 2-0 overall with the win, while Chicago State drops to 0-2. The Spartans hit .382 for the match to match the fourth-best team hitting percentage inside the Breslin Center set against Marist last season on Sept. 7. MSU led the Cougars in total kills (47-to-17) and held Chicago State to .068 hitting, while also leading in total blocks (6-5), service aces (10-2) and digs (40-23).

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Michigan State volleyball got its first win of the Kristen Kelsay era to kick off the 2025 season, posting a 3-0 (25-20, 25-12, 25-16) sweep of Merrimack Saturday night inside the Breslin Center. 

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Michigan State volleyball opens the 2025 season on Saturday, Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 31 2 p.m, hosting Merrimack and Chicago State, respectively, at the Breslin Center. Both matches will stream on B1G+.

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On Monday, Michigan State head volleyball coach Kristen Kelsay announced the Spartans’ 2025 non-conference schedule. With the announcement, MSU’s full 2025 schedule is now set. MSU’s 10-match non-conference slate features five home matches and includes the third annual Kathy DeBoer Invitational presented by Auto-Owners Insurance. The Spartans’ first two home matches will be played at the Breslin Center, while Jenison Field House will host the 2025 edition of the Kathy DeBoer Invitational, marking the first volleyball matches in the facility since 2021.

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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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