August 22, 2012

volleyball

Young volleyball squad prepares for season

BY GREG GARNO

Expectations are high for the Michigan volleyball team as it enters the 2012 season ranked No. 23 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll. Still, six other conference foes are ranked within the top-25, including No. 3 Penn State and No. 4 Nebraska.

December 11, 2011

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Women's volleyball falls to Florida in Sweet 16

BY MATT SPELICH

On Friday, the Michigan women’s volleyball team’s fan boat ran out of juice on the Florida bayou. Sinking ever deeper into the murky swamp brush of the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, the Wolverines were down two sets to nothing, against a pack of hungry Gators, chomping at the bit as they came into the third set.

December 06, 2011

Notebook: Volleyball finds success with balanced attack

BY STEVEN BRAID

For just the second time in program history, the No. 22 Michigan volleyball team boasts four players with at least 300 kills in a season — senior outside hitter Alex Hunt (396), sophomore outside hitter Lexi Erwin (361), redshirt junior outside hitter Claire McElheny (327) and senior middle blocker Courtney Fletcher (300).