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PITTSBURGH – The Pitt volleyball team and head coach Dan Fisher unveiled the 2025 schedule on Wednesday. They head into the season after a fourth straight National Semifinal appearance and third consecutive ACC Championship in 2024. The Panthers will play 17 matches against 2024 NCAA Tournament participants, including three teams that advanced to the National Semifinal (Nebraska, Penn State and […]

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt volleyball team and head coach Dan Fisher unveiled the 2025 schedule on Wednesday. They head into the season after a fourth straight National Semifinal appearance and third consecutive ACC Championship in 2024.
The Panthers will play 17 matches against 2024 NCAA Tournament participants, including three teams that advanced to the National Semifinal (Nebraska, Penn State and Louisville), two Elite Eight teams (Kentucky and Stanford) and a Regional Semifinal team (Florida).
Pitt opens the season at home with the Blue/Gold exhibition at the Fitzgerald Field House on Aug. 16 and is free for all fans. It then heads to Lincoln, Neb. for the AVCA First Serve Showcase the following weekend. The Panthers play Nebraska on Aug. 22 at Pinnacle Bank Arena before taking on Florida on Aug. 24 to wrap up the tournament.
The Panthers compete at PPG Paints Arena in downtown Pittsburgh on Aug. 31 against TCU and play Arizona State on Sept. 1 at the State Farm Showcase. The Horned Frogs and Sun Devils advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year.
Pitt hosts Pepperdine on Sept. 5 and Jacksonville on Sept. 7 at the Fitzgerald Field House to open the home slate. The following week the Panthers will compete in the inaugural Shriners Children’s Showdown at the Net against Kentucky in Fort Worth, Texas on Sept. 10. The Panthers swept the Wildcats last year to advance to their fourth consecutive National Semifinal.
The Panthers head to Dayton, Ohio for a pair of non-conference matches against Wright State (Sept. 12) and Ohio (Sept. 13).
The final match of the non-conference schedule is set for Sept. 17 against 2024 National Champion and in-state rival Penn State in University Park. Pitt looks to record its third straight win over the Nittany Lions.
SMU and Pitt will kick off conference play with a home-and-home series, beginning in Dallas on Sept. 24 and wrapping up in Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events Center on Sept. 28. The Mustangs compiled a 16-4 record in conference play last year in their first season as an ACC member.
The Panthers will remain home the following weekend to host Clemson (Oct. 3) and Georgia Tech (Oct. 5). Pitt defeated Georgia Tech twice last season and secured sole possession of the ACC Championship with a 3-2 victory on Nov. 30.
Pitt hits the road for the following two weekends and squares off against Miami (Oct. 10), Florida State (Oct. 12), Notre Dame (Oct. 17) and Louisville (Oct. 19). The win over the Cardinals last season in Louisville was the first away victory in the series since 2019.
NC State and Wake Forest head north to Pittsburgh on Oct. 24 and Oct. 26, respectively. The Panthers haven’t lost to either team since 2017.
Pitt then hits the road to play Duke (Oct. 31) and North Carolina (Nov. 2). The Tar Heels advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year before losing to eventual national champion, Penn State.
The Panthers return to the Field House to host Virginia Tech (Nov. 7) and Virginia (Nov. 9) before heading west to take on 2024 NCAA Regional Final participant, Stanford, on Nov. 14 and Cal on Nov. 16.
Pitt plays a trio of ACC matches at home against Syracuse (Nov. 21), Boston College (Nov. 23) and Louisville (Nov. 26) before flying south to Atlanta to take on Georgia Tech on Nov. 29 to wrap up the regular season.
Pitt volleyball’s televised match schedule, as well as a promotional schedule, will be announced at a later date.
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2025 ROSTER
The Panthers return eight players from last year’s Final Four and ACC Championship team, including 2024 AVCA National Player of the Year, Olivia Babcock, AVCA Second Team All-American Bre Kelley and AVCA East Coast Region and All-ACC Freshman Team member Ryla Jones. Pitt also returns Blaire Bayless, Haiti Tautua’a, Dalia Vîrlan, Mallorie Meyer and Kiana Dinn.
Fisher added three transfers in Emery Dupes (Florida State), Brooke Mosher (Illinois) and Sophia Gregoire (Oregon) along with early enrollee, Abbey Emch.
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Volleyball Receives 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award
Story Links Rock Hill, S.C. — For the 12th time in program history, the Winthrop Volleyball team has garnered the distinction of American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT. Volleyball programs that maintain a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale are […]

Rock Hill, S.C. — For the 12th time in program history, the Winthrop Volleyball team has garnered the distinction of American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT.
Volleyball programs that maintain a year-long grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale are honored with the Team Academic Award, a feat which 1,450 collegiate and high school programs were able to achieve.
“It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom,” says AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. “The fact that more programs earned the Team Academic Award than ever before is evidence of how committed our coaches are when it comes to helping their players reach their goals as both students and athletes.”
The Eagles registered a 3.65 GPA over the course of the 2024-25 academic year, with a record-setting performance of a 3.78 GPA in the Spring 2025 semester for the highest mark in program history. In the spring, every Eagle held a 3.0 GPA or higher with five perfect 4.0 marks, and nine athletes over a 3.5 GPA.
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Five A-10 Volleyball Teams Earn AVCA Team Academic Award
Story Links WASHINGTON – Five Atlantic 10 Conference volleyball programs recieved the 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award. The award, which is sponsored by INTENT, was announced on Monday. Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham and Loyola Chicago were recipients of the honor. Eligible programs maintained at least a team GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 […]

WASHINGTON – Five Atlantic 10 Conference volleyball programs recieved the 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award. The award, which is sponsored by INTENT, was announced on Monday.
Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham and Loyola Chicago were recipients of the honor. Eligible programs maintained at least a team GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale over the course of the 2024-25 year.
Dayton, the 2024 regular season champions, won the award for the eighth conseuctive season and 14th overall. Duquesne won its seventh consecutive award and 15th overall. Fordham collected its eighth overall honor.
Davidson received the Team Academic Honor Roll distinction. The Team Academic Honor Roll is awarded to programs that are in the top 20 percent of GPAs in their division.
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Beach Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic & Honor Roll Awards
Story Links LEXINGTON, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that Missouri State’s beach volleyball program has earned the prestigious 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT. This award recognizes teams that sustain a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher across the academic year. In addition to the […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced today that Missouri State’s beach volleyball program has earned the prestigious 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT. This award recognizes teams that sustain a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher across the academic year.
In addition to the Team Academic Award, the Bears were recognized on the AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll, an honor reserved for teams that hold the top 20% of team GPAs across all programs in their division.
Missouri State posted an impressive 3.76 cumulative GPA for the 2024–25 academic year, with a 3.78 in the fall and 3.74 in the spring. Every student-athlete on the roster recorded at least a 3.00 GPA each semester, totaling 39 semesters at 3.00 or higher, including 33 at 3.50 or above and nine perfect 4.00 semesters.
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Temple University
PHILADELPHIA – The American Volleyball Coaches Association has announced the 2025 Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT for the 2024-25 academic year. “It’s very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court success during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom,” says AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. Temple is a part of a cohort […]

PHILADELPHIA – The American Volleyball Coaches Association has announced the 2025 Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT for the 2024-25 academic year.
“It’s very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court success during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom,” says AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon.
Temple is a part of a cohort of 1,450 other collegiate and high school volleyball teams that maintained a year-long GPA of at least a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale.
Gordon continued,” The fact that more programs earned the Team Academic Award than ever before is evidence of how committed our coaches are when it comes to helping their players reach their goals as both students and athletes.”
The Owls finished the 2024-25 academic year with a team cumulative GPA of 3.54. 15 student-athletes finished the school year with at least a 3.0 GPA, which accounts for 94% of the team.
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Best quotes from day eleven of the World Aquatics Championships
Day eleven of the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 delivered drama and thrill as artistic swimming crowned new champions, while Greece stunned by defeating defending champions USA in the women’s water polo semi-final, setting up a gold medal showdown with Hungary on Wednesday. In the artistic swimming competition, athletes delivered flawless performances across the […]

Day eleven of the World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025 delivered drama and thrill as artistic swimming crowned new champions, while Greece stunned by defeating defending champions USA in the women’s water polo semi-final, setting up a gold medal showdown with Hungary on Wednesday.
In the artistic swimming competition, athletes delivered flawless performances across the Men’s Solo Free Finals and Women’s Duet Technical Finals, while twenty six teams competed in the Team Technical Prelims with eyes on championship glory.
Hear more about it all below.
Artistic Swimming
Image Source: Hiroyuki Nakamura/WORLD AQUATICS
Filippo PELATI (ITA) – Bronze in the Men’s Solo Free Finals
On the result:
“I’m very happy with my performance because I didn’t expect the result. I was only enjoying the moment and I only felt the music and the choreography and thought about nothing. I’m very proud of myself and happy to win a bronze. It’s very important for me; it’s like a gold medal and I’m very emotional.”
On his first World Championships medal:
“Now it’s confirmed, because last year I took part in the junior worlds in Lima and I won the bronze in the mixed duet technical and placed fourth (in both solo free and technical). So for me, now (this) seems like a gold. And also because it’s with all the best male artistic swimmers – every (swimmer) is the best one. I’m very proud.”
Eirini-Marina ALEXANDRI (AUT) – Gold in Women’s Duet Technical Finals
On whether being twins gives them an advantage:
“We have a special connection because we know how we feel. I know how she feels even if I just look at her, so I know what I have to tell her to calm her down. And the same applies for her; she knows everything about me and we can communicate very easily. If it’s another girl, then sometimes maybe you have to be careful how you tell them things.”
Water Polo
Image Source: Istvan Derencsenyi/World Aquatics
Kathy ROGERS (GBR), captain and Player of the Match – re. FRA V GBR (9-14)
On their Singapore 2025 campaign and the future:
“There’s going to be a really good future. It’s going to be really big. We’re getting more support from Swim England and Aquatics GB, so it’s a really exciting time.”
Tilly KEARNS (AUS), Player of the Match – re. AUS-JPN (21-17)
On how close the match was:
“From a disappointing quarter-final, it’s always hard to get up and play another game when it’s not for a medal and it’s not for the result that you want. But we’re a team that always gets around each other and we love each other a lot, so we wanted to play for each other.”
Eleftheria PLEVRITOU (GRE), captain – re. GRE v USA (14-10)
On the match:
“It was amazing today. We played really good. My team is ready for the final, ready for the gold. At the beginning, it was just the attack that we were stuck a little bit. We couldn’t score. That’s why, I think the score was close. Until the third quarter, it was close…We played amazing in the last minutes. We controlled the game with the time.”
Boglarka NESZMELY (HUN), Player of the Match – re. HUN v ESP (15-9)
“It was a perfect win from us. Our team, we played really, really good water polo. We did what the coach said so thanks to my teammates, thanks to my coach and to everybody who helped us. I’m so blessed to be a part of this team because it’s a huge thing for us, reaching the final. Our team is basically a new team and we have a lot of young players, including me, so it’s a huge thing for us. It means everything because Hungary is a water polo nation and I’m so thankful.”
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Bentley volleyball earns 12th consecutive AVCA Team Academic honor
Story Links WALTHAM, Mass. – Make it a dozen. The Bentley volleyball program earned is 12th consecutive Team Academic Award, the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) recently announced. Teams must have a minimum 3.30 GPA to qualify. AVCA Release The 2024 Falcons maintained their academic prowess while reaching new heights on […]

WALTHAM, Mass. – Make it a dozen. The Bentley volleyball program earned is 12th consecutive Team Academic Award, the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) recently announced. Teams must have a minimum 3.30 GPA to qualify.
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The 2024 Falcons maintained their academic prowess while reaching new heights on the court. Last year, Bentley won its second consecutive NCAA East Regional title and reached the NCAA Semifinals for the first time in program history.
Bentley’s historic NCAA run included a five-set win over Ferris State in the national quarterfinals. It was Ferris State’s first and only loss of the season.
The Falcons finished the season with an overall record of 26-7. The AVCA’s final national poll of 2024 put Bentley at No. 18, marking the program’s first-ever national ranking.
For their off-court success, Elizabeth Blinn, Erica Borzone, Jazzy Burke, and Caitlin Wunder each earned Academic All-District honors from College Sports Communicators (CSC).
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