This Friday, August 30, is the opening match for the UNC Tar Heels. Carolina will travel to Murfreesboro, TN, the home of Middle Tennessee State University, to play Notre Dame in the Blue Raider Bash. They will also play San Francisco and MTSU while in Murfreesboro. You can follow the Tar Heels season by clicking […]
The law that requires that colleges provide scholarship opportunities for women that are comparable to those offered to men continues to improve the quality of college volleyball play. Lots of women have been able to gain a college degree through developing their skills on the volleyball court and getting scholarships for their efforts. It’s never […]
UNC Womens’ Volleyball schedule is now official and available at GoHeels.com. Carolina opens on Aug. 30 against Notre Dame and plays their home court opener on the gym floor at Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill against George Washington on Sept. 13. The regular season wraps up with an away match against Duke on Nov. 29. […]
The 25-5 UNC women’s volleyball team will head to Ames, Iowa for the first round of this year’s NCAA tournament to face 15-15 California. The nationally ranked Tar Heels beat rival NC State in their final home match last week. The first round regional match up is on Thursday at 6:00 PM.
North Carolina’s women’s volleyball team begins a final three night home stand tonight, with games against Virginia Tech and Virginia over the weekend and a final game against the North Carolina Wolf Pack on Wednesday afternoon. The number 25 nationally ranked tar heels take a 22-5 record into the final week of the season before […]
UNC Women’s Volleyball posted back to back victories over the weekend in ACC league play. They defeated Miami on Friday, 3-0 and Florida State 3-1 on Saturday, both on their home court in Carmichael Arena. The Tar Heels return home for a final home stand beginning Friday Nov. 16.
A lot of casual fans of women’s college sports are not aware that the net height for women’s volleyball is seven inches shorter than the height used for men’s play. This disparity in thenet regulations is given much of the credit for the level of action and competitiveness in the women’s version of the game. […]
The Atlantic Coast Conference has named Tar Heel middle blocker Paige Neunenfeldt co-player of the week for the week of October 22. Neunfeldt, a freshman from Birmingham, MI, helped lead Carolina to victories over Maryland and Boston College on the volleyball court. The Tar Heels are now 8-3 in conference play.
Wake Forest University volleyball coach Heather Kahl Holmes is battling breast cancer in a very public way. Her Demon Deacons women’s team competed in this weekend’s “Dig For The Cure” macth to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. You can read more about Holmes cancer battle and see some pictures […]
Eight members of the State University of New York at Geneseo have been charged with hazing after they were accused of mistreating six freshman team members. It is alleged that the women were handcuffed, blindfolded and forced to drink alcohol during an off campus party. One of the students was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. The […]