MONROE, CT — Masuk’s boys volleyball team, the No. 2 seed, defeated visiting and No. 15 Kolbe Cathedral of Bridgeport 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-11) to open play in the Class M State Tournament on Wednesday. Now the Panthers will face another SWC rival, No. 7 Pomperaug, in Friday’s quarterfinals at 5 p.m. In the […]
MONROE, CT — Masuk’s boys volleyball team, the No. 2 seed, defeated visiting and No. 15 Kolbe Cathedral of Bridgeport 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-11) to open play in the Class M State Tournament on Wednesday.
Now the Panthers will face another SWC rival, No. 7 Pomperaug, in Friday’s quarterfinals at 5 p.m.
In the win over Kolbe Jack Hanna had 41 assists and 17 digs; Daniel Ferris had 19 kills, 9 digs, 5 total blocks, and 1 ace; Mathias Aoaeh had 11 kills, 6 total blocks, and 5 digs; and Andrew Oleyar had 3 aces and 17 digs.
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Bermuda’s men’s beach volleyball team of Kyle Hamilton and Connor Somerville concluded their group stage play at the fourth stage of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, falling to the host nation’s team. In their final Pool C match, Hamilton and Somerville were defeated 2-0 by Mexico’s Ines Antonio Vargas Lares and Carlos Andres Ayala Herrera. […]
Bermuda’s men’s beach volleyball team of Kyle Hamilton and Connor Somerville concluded their group stage play at the fourth stage of the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour, falling to the host nation’s team.
In their final Pool C match, Hamilton and Somerville were defeated 2-0 by Mexico’s Ines Antonio Vargas Lares and Carlos Andres Ayala Herrera.
The Mexican duo secured the victory in 31 minutes with set scores of 21-5, 21-10.
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OSIJEK, Croatia — Former Crestview High School All-Ohioan and University of Pittsburgh freshman Abbey Emch got a medal in her first international volleyball competition. Emch is one of 12 players on the United States Girls U19 National Team that earned the silver medal at the 2025 Girls U19 World Championship after falling in the final […]
OSIJEK, Croatia — Former Crestview High School All-Ohioan and University of Pittsburgh freshman Abbey Emch got a medal in her first international volleyball competition.
Emch is one of 12 players on the United States Girls U19 National Team that earned the silver medal at the 2025 Girls U19 World Championship after falling in the final to Bulgaria, 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 25-17, 29-27) on Sunday.
The U.S. has medaled in the last four World Championships for the age group. The 2023 World Championship, where the team won gold, was the first one contested as a U19 championship. Previously, FIVB held Worlds as a U18 event, and the U.S. won bronze in 2021 and gold in 2019.
The match was close statistically as the U.S. finished with a one-point advantage in kills (46-45) and blocks (11-10), while Bulgaria served eight aces compared to five for the U.S. The key statistic was Bulgaria committing 14 fewer errors (37-23).
It is the first time in Bulgaria won a World Championship title in women’s volleyball at any age category and the first women’s team to become world champion across all team sports in Bulgaria.
The U.S. finished with a 6-3 record in the tournament, two of the losses to Bulgaria.
Outside hitter Suli Davis led the U.S. in points (17), kills (13), aces (3), digs (16) and successful receptions (4). Libero Lily Hayes finished with 14 digs.
Outside Cari Spears totaled 12 points on 10 kills and two blocks, while middle blocker Jordan Taylor shared match-high honors with four blocks to go with seven kills for 11 points.
Six-foot-three middle blocker Abbey Emch made some big plays in big moments to finish with four points on three kills and a block
The U.S. led the entire first set, jumping out to a 6-1 lead. A Davis kill extended the lead to six, 10-4. Spears and Davis provided back-to-back kills to make it 14-7 and force Bulgaria to use its final timeout. Bulgaria used a late 7-2 run to cut the margin to three points, 23-20, but kills by Anderson and Davis sealed the opening set.
Davis led all players in the with six points on four kills, a block and an ace. Taylor scored five points on three kills and two blocks. The U.S. doubled Bulgaria’s kill total in the set, 14-7.
Bulgaria scored seven consecutive points to break a 7-7 tie and take early control of the second set. The U.S. got no closer than five points. Davis and Spears each scored three points on kills.
Bulgaria never trailed in the third set, using a 5-0 run to take a 7-2 lead. After the U.S. closed the gap to four points, 13-9, Bulgaria scored the next seven points. Davis scored three points.
The U.S. fell behind 7-4 in the fourth set before using a 5-2 run to even the score at nine apiece on Kelly Kinney kill off hands. A Davis ace and a Taylor block gave the U.S. a three-point lead 13-10 but Bulgaria went on a 10-1 run. The U.S. responded with its own 10-3 run to earn set point on a block by Taylor.
Each team had two set points before Bulgaria converted on its third set point with a block to capture the gold medal.
In Sunday’s third-place match, Poland swept Turkey 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-20) for the bronze medal. There were 24 teams in the tournament.
In a semifinal Saturday, U.S. defeated Poland 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-19).
Outside hitter Suli Davis led the U.S. with 18 points on 13 kills, three blocks and two aces. Opposite Henley Anderson had six kills, three blocks and two aces for 11 points, and middle blocker Jordan Taylor had seven kills and one block for eight points.
Gabrielle Nichols and Cari Spears also scored eight points, with Nichols collecting four kills, three blocks and an ace, and Spears notching six kills, one block and an ace. Devyn Wiest had one ace.
Romania rout South Africa 24-5 in men’s water polo at World Aquatics Championships in Singapore Romania on Monday routed South Africa 24-5 (8-0, 3-1, 7-3, 6-1) in a Group A match of the men’s water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The best scorers of team Romania were Francesco Iudean, Vlad Georgescu […]
Romania on Monday routed South Africa 24-5 (8-0, 3-1, 7-3, 6-1) in a Group A match of the men’s water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.
The best scorers of team Romania were Francesco Iudean, Vlad Georgescu and Levente Vancsik, with 4 goals each, Andrei Neamtu scored 3, Matei Lutescu, David Bota, Andrei Tepelus, 2 each, Andrei Prioteasa, Mihnea Gheorghe and David Belenyesi, one goal each.
Scoring for the South Africans were Dean Sneddon (2 goals), Ryan Sneddon (1), Matthew Nesser (1) and Carl Germishuys (1).
In the other group match, also on Monday, world runners-up Italy will face Olympic champions Italy.
Romania will play the last match of the group on July 16 against Serbia. AGERPRES (RO – writing by: Mihai Tenea; EN – writing by: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu)
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Agawam boys volleyball celebrates winning D2 state title over Wayland Agawam exacted its revenge for a loss last season, defeating Wayland in four sets to claim their 2nd D2 state championship in the last three years. Bump, set or spike? The 15 candidates for the 2025 Daily news Fans Boys Volleyball Players of the Year […]
Agawam boys volleyball celebrates winning D2 state title over Wayland
Agawam exacted its revenge for a loss last season, defeating Wayland in four sets to claim their 2nd D2 state championship in the last three years.
Bump, set or spike? The 15 candidates for the 2025 Daily news Fans Boys Volleyball Players of the Year are among the best in the state.
They are all-state selections, league MVPs and state semifinalists.
Five schools are represented. Marlborough leads the way with four candidates, while Natick and Milford put forth three each.
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Under the guidance of coach Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai, Thailand fielded their full-strength squad, including Pornpun Guedpard, Pimpichaya Kokram, and Ajcharaporn Kongyot. The Thais made a flying start, racing to a 7-0 lead before comfortably taking the first set 25-17. However, Canada responded in the second and third sets, edging Thailand 25-23 and 30-28 to take a […]
Under the guidance of coach Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai, Thailand fielded their full-strength squad, including Pornpun Guedpard, Pimpichaya Kokram, and Ajcharaporn Kongyot.
The Thais made a flying start, racing to a 7-0 lead before comfortably taking the first set 25-17. However, Canada responded in the second and third sets, edging Thailand 25-23 and 30-28 to take a 2-1 lead.
Thailand fought back valiantly in the fourth set, narrowly winning 25-23 to level the match and secure a vital point that guaranteed their VNL survival regardless of the final result.
In the deciding fifth set, the two sides traded points evenly, but Canada managed to clinch the win with a tight 15-13 finish.
Terri Kaiser speaks to audience following “Volley for the Cause” event Lake Worth Christian’s Terri Kaiser addressed the audience following a “Volley for the Cause” event put on in support of her battle against cancer. Lake Worth Christian has produced the most Player of the Year awards and state championships in Palm Beach County over […]
Terri Kaiser speaks to audience following “Volley for the Cause” event
Lake Worth Christian’s Terri Kaiser addressed the audience following a “Volley for the Cause” event put on in support of her battle against cancer.
Head coach Terri Kaiser hails volleyball as the ultimate team sport, and under her watch, Lake Worth Christian has become the ultimate volleyball program when it comes to Palm Beach County.
The Palm Beach Post’s “Summer Celebration” series takes a look at the last 25 years in each sport, but one would have to go long beyond that to find the roots of Kaiser’s impact on Lake Worth Christian’s community.
A bricklayer, in the truest sense.
Entering her 37th year at the school — split into two stretches — Kaiser remembers laying pipe in the ground to help expand what was at that point a one-building school.
“We didn’t build the gym until the 90s,” she said. “This is very important: Lake Worth Christian encouraged students first, and athletes followed.”
But when it came time for athletics, Kaiser quickly made her mark.
Surprisingly, she didn’t start out coaching volleyball.
Looking back at her career as a multi-sport athlete in high school and college, Kaiser admitted that softball was her best sport and is in fact what she started coaching in her first years at Lake Worth Christian.
But then she was asked about coaching volleyball, and a moment’s hesitation transformed over the years into a dynasty-like run perhaps unlike any other in the county.
Part of that is because as the sport has evolved, Kaiser has evolved right along with it.
“Volleyball is one of those sports that has evolved, changed, more than any other sport,” she said, pointing to a number of rule adjustments. “The rules keep changing. Volleyball, in the past 25 years has gone from best two out of three games to three out of five now. If you’re not doing it 12 months out of the year and touching the volleyball and playing the club circuit, you can’t evolve to be that next-level player.”
In her time at Lake Worth Christian, Kaiser has become a coach that surrounds herself with the game throughout the year, and she says that’s made as big a difference as any in helping the program find success.
“I think what’s evolved for Lake Worth Christian volleyball is the consistency, the willingness of me and other people that coach with me in the program to stay involved for the last 25 years in a 12-month program.”
Kaiser’s dedication to the program matches the importance it carries for her, in her heart.
Lake Worth Christian carries a unique sense of community for Kaiser, but it goes deeper than that.
It’s family, in the literal sense.
All four of her kids attended the school from kindergarten through senior year, and all four went to college at Palm Beach Atlantic. While Joy VanDyke remains coaching at Cardinal Newman after coaching for a time with her mother, two live in North Carolina and one lives in Texas, now.
The roots are the same, though, a testament to Kaiser’s depiction of loyalty being the hidden truth behind why the Lake Worth Christian volleyball program has been so successful.
“I think loyalty speaks a lot,” Kaiser said, who then took a moment to reflect on all of the players of the last 25 years and beyond that had won The Post’s Player of the Year recognition.
“Everyone, if you look at the list, they pretty much all were at Lake Worth Christian for longer than two years,” she said. “They didn’t just come in when the program was good. They came into the program from the beginning. Their ‘claim to fame’ — is that a good phrase? — would be, they were loyal. They were consistent. They stayed. And that’s different than what you have in the world right now.”
The idea of family extends to those players she’s coached, too.
Rather than focusing on the state championships under her watch — 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2020, with another four runner-up finishes — Kaiser instead spoke with excitement about a cross-country trip she has planned this week.
The veteran coach is traveling to Texas to watch former Lake Worth Christian standout Sarah Franklin play in the Volleyball Nations League as the star outside hitter and former Player of the Year continues her Olympian-sized dreams.
In the era of instant gratification, it’s players like Franklin and others that Kaiser said stayed in the Defenders program and took the time to develop and play as year-round players.
And in that light, going forward, Kaiser says that while the question of best program in the last 25 years is an interesting one, she asks an intriguing follow-up.
“What school is going to give the biggest incentive to play there? It might be a unique year to do a ‘who had the most successful program in 25 years for each spot’ story. A good question would be, are they going to continue down that path?”
Certainly, it’s a question that will be answered in time. But for Kaiser, there is no time like the present, and her love for volleyball is as strong as ever.
Alex Peterman covers high school sports for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at apeterman@gannett.com.
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