MALIBU, Calif. – Pepperdine Beach Volleyball and head coach Marcio Sicoli have announced the full schedule for the 2026 spring season. The season kicks off at home on Feb. 20.

“We are excited for the Spring 2026 schedule,” said head coach Marcio Sicoli. “We decided to challenge our team with a mix of home tournaments and top teams in the west! We are excited to be back in Hawai’i this season and look forward to seeing all the waves of fans in Malibu!”

The Waves begin the season on campus for the Pepperdine Challenge (Feb. 20-21). The Waves will take on Vanguard and Washington on Feb. 20 before matching up with Washington and Long Beach State on Feb. 21.

They will stay local to compete in the annual Battle 4 L.A.—facing a trio of neighboring schools in CSUN, UCLA, USC (Feb. 27-28).

From there, they jetset to Hawai’i for a three-day tournament on the islands against UNC Wilmington and San Jose State on March 5, Concordia and Saint Mary’s on the 6, and finishing with Aloha State schools Hawai’i and Chaminade on the 7.

They then return stateside to host back-to-back showcases. The Malibu Invite starts on March 13 with Texas A&M Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) and Hope International, and concludes the following day with Cal State Bakersfield and a rematch with Hope International. Tulane and Vanguard (March 20) will kickstart the ASICS Classic, with matches against LMU and Concordia set for the following day.

After a brief intermission for the West Coast Conference (WCC) Midseason Challenge in Santa Cruz, Calif. (March 27-28), the Waves travel to Corpus Christi, Texas (April 3-4). Louisiana-Monroe and Cal State Bakersfield are the Waves’ first foes, before they take on Tarleton State and host TAMU-CC on April 4.

The Waves Tourney will serve as the team’s home finale, Senior Day, and Alumni Day—with competition set for April 10 and 11, respectively. Pepperdine welcomes Concordia and San Francisco to start, before hosting a rematch against the Dons and Vanguard the following day.

The regular season concludes with a battle in the bay, as the blue and orange travel up the I-5 to face fellow Golden State schools Cal, San Jose State, Cal Poly, and Stanford in Stanford, Calif (April 17-18).

WCC Championships are set for April 23 and 24 in the Santa Monica neighborhood of Ocean Park, Calif.

The 2026 season will usher in the regular season debuts of ten team newcomers. Julia Caruolo joins as a grad transfer from Miami (FL). While there, she founded and served as the president of the Canes Beach Volleyball Club. In 2022, she began her collegiate career indoors as a member of the Iona volleyball team.

Next is Michaela Cyrani, a freshman from the Czech Republic. In early December, she represented her national team at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures. Additionally, she is a U20 European champion, a U19 World champion, and a U18 Central European champion.

Evie Doezema joins the Waves as a grad transfer from Michigan State. Her spring season with Pepperdine will be her first outdoor collegiate action. While with the Spartans this fall, she exploded for 17.5 points and 16 kills against Western Michigan (Sept. 8).

Alice Jagielska is another international first-year that associate head coach Noelle Rooke helped to recruit. Alice calls London, England, home and has competed throughout the British Isles and into Europe. 

Freshmen Emma Kramer (Franklin, Tenn.) and Sonia Mancuso (Santa Barbara, Calif.) are eager to suit up for the Waves. 

Grad transfer Alexa Markley brings NCAA National Championship experience to the team. She was a member of the 2024 Penn State indoor squad that captured the title before transferring to compete with Washington this fall. Against No. 10 Purdue (Sept. 25), she posted a career-best 19 kills. She is utilizing her remaining eligibility to play beach volleyball with the Waves.

Ginevra Merlini, a three-time MVP and two-time national champion from Italy, is joining Pepperdine for her freshman year.

Maddy Snow joins the team from Temecula, Calif. She had an eventful fall season, teaming up with reigning WCC Freshman of the Year Emma Eden, to punch one of 64 bids to the 2025 AVCA Beach Volleyball National Championship Tournament. The two finished above multiple Power 4 pairs after three days of high-level competition in Huntsville, Ala., this November.

Nicole Thorp rounds out the batch of Pepperdine newcomers. She is a freshman from Newport Beach, Calif., who competed with JSerra Catholic HS during a stretch that saw them consistently ranked within the nation’s top ten.

The team will return eight members from last season’s squad that finished third in the WCC.

Pepperdine Beach Volleyball Schedule

Feb. 20 Vanguard (10 a.m.) Pepperdine Challenge – Malibu, Calif.

Feb. 20 Washington (12 p.m.) Pepperdine Challenge – Malibu, Calif.

Feb. 21 Washington (10 a.m.) Pepperdine Challenge – Malibu, Calif.

Feb. 21 Long Beach State (2 p.m.) Pepperdine Challenge – Malibu, Calif.

Feb. 27 CSUN (12 p.m.) Battle 4 L.A. – Los Angeles, Calif.

Feb. 27 at USC (2 p.m.) Battle 4 L.A. – Los Angeles, Calif.

Feb. 28 Long Beach State (12 p.m.) Battle 4 L.A. – Westwood, Calif.

Feb. 28 at UCLA (2 p.m.) Battle 4 L.A. – Westwood, Calif.

March 5 UNC Wilmington (10:30 a.m.) Hawai’i Tournament – Honolulu, Hawai’i

March 5 San Jose State (3:30 p.m.) Hawai’i Tournament – Honolulu, Hawai’i

March 6 Concordia (10:30 a.m.) Hawai’i Tournament – Honolulu, Hawai’i

March 6 Saint Mary’s (3:30 p.m.) Hawai’i Tournament – Honolulu, Hawai’i

March 7 at Hawai’i (11:45 a.m.) Hawai’i Tournament – Honolulu, Hawai’i

March 7 Chaminade (3:30 p.m.) Hawai’i Tournament – Honolulu, Hawai’i

March 13 TAMU-CC (3:30 p.m.) Malibu Invite – Malibu, Calif.

March 13 Hope International (1 p.m.) Malibu Invite – Malibu, Calif.

March 14 Cal State Bakersfield (9 a.m.) Malibu Invite – Malibu, Calif.

March 14 Hope International (3 p.m.) Malibu Invite – Malibu, Calif.

March 20 Tulane (10 a.m.) ASICS Classic – Malibu, Calif.

March 20 Vanguard (2 p.m.) ASICS Classic – Malibu, Calif.

March 21 LMU (9 a.m.) ASICS Classic – Malibu, Calif.

March 21 Concordia (3 p.m.) ASICS Classic – Malibu, Calif.

March 27 Portland (10 a.m.) WCC Mid-season Challenge – Santa Cruz, Calif.

March 27 Santa Clara (2 p.m.) WCC Mid-season Challenge – Santa Cruz, Calif.

March 28 TBD WCC Mid-season Challenge – Santa Cruz, Calif.

April 3 Louisiana Monroe (10 p.m.) TAMU-CC Tournament – Corpus Christi, Texas

April 3 Cal State Bakersfield (1 p.m.) TAMU-CC Tournament – Corpus Christi, Texas

April 4 Tarleton State (6 a.m.) TAMU-CC Tournament – Corpus Christi, Texas

April 4 TAMU-CC (8 a.m.) TAMU-CC Tournament – Corpus Christi, Texas

April 10 Concordia (10 a.m.) Waves Tourney – Malibu, Calif.

April 10 San Francisco (2 p.m.) Waves Tourney – Malibu, Calif.

April 11 San Francisco (10 a.m.) Waves Tourney – Malibu, Calif.

April 11 Vanguard (2 p.m.) Waves Tourney – Malibu, Calif.

April 17 Cal (11 a.m.) Stanford Tournament – Stanford, Calif.

April 17 San Jose State (3 p.m.) Stanford Tournament – Stanford, Calif.

April 18 Cal Poly (9 a.m.) Stanford Tournament – Stanford, Calif.

April 18 at Stanford (1 p.m.) Stanford Tournament – Stanford, Calif.

April 23 TBD WCC Championships – Santa Monica, Calif.

April 24 TBD WCC Championships – Santa Monica, Calif.

*Home matches are in bold

All Times Pacific

ABOUT PEPPERDINE BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Established in 2011, Pepperdine beach volleyball quickly rose to national prominence, winning two national championships in three years (2012, 2014) while reaching the final four in five of its first six seasons. Joining the WCC ahead of the 2016 season, the Waves won the inaugural and first three WCC Championships while reaching eight straight conference championship games from 2016-24. The program has consistently recruited top talent in the sport, with 21 student-athletes garnering All-American honors since 2012.

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Courtesy of New Mexico Athletics 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Brian Hosfeld has been hired as the 11th Head Coach of New Mexico Volleyball, Vice President/Director of Athletics Fernando Lovo announced on Sunday.

Hosfeld arrives in Albuquerque after a four-year stint as Associate Head Coach at Wichita State with over three decades of coaching experience under his belt. During Hosfeld’ s tenure in Wichita, the Shockers accumulated an 81-46 (.638) record, winning an AAC Tournament title and advancing to the NCAA Tournament in 2024. He also departed Baylor as the winningest head coach in school history in addition to winning a national title as an assistant at Long Beach State and reaching the Final Four three times as an assistant at Texas.

“I’m grateful to Athletic Director Fernando Lovo and his executive team—Ryan Berryman, Amy Beggin, and Kasey Byers—for the trust they’ve shown me throughout this process,” said Hosfeld. “I’m honored and excited to represent the University of New Mexico as the next head coach of women’s volleyball.

“The opportunity to build alongside our student-athletes—developing them on and off the court—is what excites me most. UNM is a special place with good history, and I can’t wait to begin this journey with the Lobo family.”

“We couldn’t be more excited to begin a new chapter for Lobo Volleyball with Brian at the helm,” said Lovo. “He brings an abundance of experience on the biggest stages of collegiate volleyball and is a proven winner with a commitment to the values we share as part of the Lobo family.

“His leadership qualities, character and track record of success stood out to us in our search and will be pivotal as we strive to bring home championships to Albuquerque.”

Hosfeld began his coaching career at Long Beach State in 1993, winning the national championship in his first season with the 49ers – that season, the 49ers went 32-2, only dropping two sets in their entire NCAA Tournament run.

After three seasons at Long Beach, he was chosen to lead the Baylor program in 1996, departing eight years later as the winningest coach in program history with 129 victories to his name. Under Hosfeld’s leadership, Baylor reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history in 1999, going on to qualify again in 2001.

Following his tenure in Waco, Hosfeld joined the staff at Texas in 2004, working primarily with the Longhorns defense and middle blockers. He helped formulate one of the most productive defensive units in the nation, with the Longhorns winning three consecutive Big 12 titles and reaching the Final Four in 2008, 2009 and 2010 — UT advanced to the national championship match in 2009. With Hosfeld on staff, Texas posted an overall record of 186-33, winning at an .849 clip.

Hosfeld has also coached at the international level, leading the 2005 USA Volleyball A2 junior national team and USA Volleyball to a silver medal at the 1997 World University Games in Sicily, Italy. Prior to his work with that team, Hosfeld served as USA Volleyball’s director of the World University and National Team tryouts at the Olympic Training Center.

Hosfeld’s most recent collegiate coaching experience before heading to Wichita came as an interim assistant coach at Utah, where he spent the 2011 season before transitioning full-time to club volleyball. He helped found nationally-recognized Magnum Volleyball in 1986 and worked with Austin Juniors, Club Red, Arizona East Valley, Spiral and Catalyst before taking over as director of T3 in Coeur d’Alene, where he spent the previous decade before making his return to collegiate volleyball in 2022.

“I am very excited to welcome Mara to our Northwestern volleyball family,” said Nollan. “She has NCAA and international experience and has proven she can score points in big matches. I can’t wait to get her in the gym this winter to join in our preparation.”

Štiglic, an outside hitter, is coming off a sophomore season that earned her first team All-Mountain West honors. In addition to a team-high 431 kills over 32 matches, the sophomore also logged 29 service aces and 63 blocks for Utah State. All together, she tied for first on the team with 4.08 points per set.

That followed up an impressive first-year season for Štiglic, who recorded eight double-digit kill matches during her first fall in Logan. In addition to 52 digs, 30 blocks and seven aces across 15 matches in 2024, Štiglic’s 156 kills put her second on the team in kills per set, at 2.79.

A Rijeka, Croatia native, Štiglic made a name for herself on the national stage prior to her collegiate career. In 2019, she became the youngest player in HAOK Rijeka club history to start as a standard player, debuting at just 13 years and 11 months. Over a span of five seasons, she helped her team to numerous national and international honors, including silver medals in both the 2020 and 2021 U18 National Championships, and bronze medals in both the U16 and U18 National Championships during the 2021-22 season. In 2022, Štiglic helped lead the Croatian National Team to a fifth-place finish at the U19 FIVB Women’s World Championships, scoring 101 points along the way.

“Thank you, Northwestern, for this incredible opportunity to take my volleyball and academic career to the next level!” said Štiglic on the move. “I’m honored to be a part of this community and can’t wait to contribute to the team.”

 

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – Texas A&M volleyball fans waited nearly two hours outside Reed Arena to welcome the national champion Aggie volleyball team back to Aggieland with high-fives, signs and cheers. After the team’s arrival, just after 1 a.m., head coach Jamie Morrison, libero Ava Underwood and opposite hitter Logan Lednicky spoke words of appreciation to the gathered crowd.

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Here are the postseason honors for the 2025 Washington County high school volleyball season (all averages are per set):

2025 Herald-Mail Volleyball Player of the Year

Caydence Doolan, North Hagerstown

Doolan, a senior, is the first three-time Herald-Mail player of the year of the 21st century. She set a county rally-scoring record by averaging 7.35 kills while leading the Hubs to their fourth straight appearance in the Class 3A state final. She earned AVCA All-America second-team honors and was named to the coaches’ all-county and Central Maryland Conference large-school first teams. She also averaged 3.43 digs and 0.85 aces. She will play college volleyball at Division I Marquette.