ESPN and League One Volleyball (LOVB), the largest brand in youth volleyball, have announced their distribution schedule for LOVB’s 2026 women’s volleyball season. ESPN will present 28 matches across ESPN platforms beginning Sunday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 p.m. ET with LOVB Atlanta vs. LOVB Austin on ESPN2, building on a historic year for women’s volleyball across ESPN platforms in which the 2025 NCAA Tournament and regular season delivered record viewership and year-over-year growth.

The ESPN season opener from H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in Austin, Texas, features last year’s No. 1 regular-season team, LOVB Atlanta, as it seeks revenge in its first match since falling to eventual champions LOVB Austin in last season’s semifinals. Atlanta, led by hometown hero Tia Jamerson, faces Madisen Skinner and a LOVB Austin squad featuring eight former Longhorns.

The opening weekend also features LOVB Nebraska hosting LOVB Houston at 4 p.m. on ESPN+, spotlighting hometown favorite Lexi Rodriguez as she steps into a featured role for Nebraska with two-time Olympic medalist Jessica Wong-Orantes taking the season off. Nebraska faces a Houston squad led by Madi Kingdon Rishel, known for its high-energy style and strong social presence across platforms.

Kevin Barnett and Salina Rockwell will call LOVB Atlanta vs. LOVB Austin and Rich Burk and Kevin Wong will provide commentary for LOVB Houston vs. LOVB Nebraska.

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The high school girls volleyball season on the SouthCoast was a strong one. Of the area’s nine teams,  five — Dartmouth, Fairhaven, GNB Voc-Tech, Old Rochester and Wareham — qualified for the 2025 MIAA playoffs.

Old Rochester had the deepest run, reaching the Division 3 Elite 8 after winning the South Coast Conference Large Division crown. 

The first Top 10 opponent of the season didn’t change much for the Hawaii men’s volleyball team.

The second-ranked Rainbow Warriors still haven’t allowed an opponent to reach 20 points in a set after sweeping No. 7 Loyola Chicago 25-18, 25-19, 25-15 in front of a Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center crowd of 4,488 on Thursday night.

Kristian Titriyski had a match-high 11 kills and Adrien Roure added eight kills for the Rainbow Warriors (3-0), who hit .426 as a team.

Middle blocker Justin Todd had three aces and sophomore Kainoa Wade made his season debut and had two aces late in the third set.

“Obviously, offensively we’ve been pretty good so far,” Hawaii coach Charlie Wade said. “I like our serving. I don’t love it. I think there’s a lot to love. It could get really good.”

Hawaii’s serve receive held up against the Ramblers (0-1), who finished the match without an ace.

Hawaii had seven aces and 13 service errors, with seven coming in a first set in which Hawaii still had no problem rolling over the Ramblers.

Titriyski was a perfect 5-for-5 in kills and UH hit .650 with 15 kills in 20 swings and only two errors, which came on two Loyola Chicago blocks.

Setter Tread Rosenthal was aggressive hitting on two early and had three kills in the opening set. Roure added three, including a back-row kill on set point to take the early 1-0 lead.

Todd continued the onslaught by UH with three aces during a six-point run early in the second set to put the Rainbow Warriors ahead 8-2.

“I think I’ve always had a pretty good serve,” Todd said. “Just coming in freshman year, I could serve the ball pretty strong. It’s more just getting comfortable in the Stan and in the environment of playing in the game and having consistent technique when I serve.”

One of Todd’s serves was headed way out to the right but slammed into a Loyola Chicago player getting out of the way.

“The worst serve of the night was an ace,” Wade said.

Kainoa Wade substituted into the game to serve for Todd with UH ahead 22-18 in the second set. His season debut was extended a point when Louis Sakanoko made a kick save off a block that kept the play alive until a hitting error by the Ramblers.

Loyola Chicago was hitting more than .600 before three hitting errors in Hawaii’s final five points helped the ‘Bows extend their sets winning streak to eight.

The only suspense in the third set was whether or not Hawaii would allow 20 points for the first time this season.

A solo block by Rosenthal and a Loyola Chicago attack error out of the media timeout put the Rainbow Warriors ahead 17-12.

Hawaii led 18-14 when it rattled off six straight points.

Kainoa Wade subbed back into the game behind the service line and had two aces during his run.

“It’s really fun. I’m glad that (Todd) got all of those aces,” Titriyski said. “He deserves it. He’s been really consistent in practice and just in general his game is at such a high level.”

Todd, who practiced all fall as an outside hitter, moved back to middle, where he played last year, a week before the season started when the coaching staff realized they might be without 7-foot freshman Roman Payne for an extended period of time.

“It feels great to be playing,” Todd said. “I think we played really well. I think there’s a lot of things that we can fine-tune. We always have to consider when we win that we’re doing good, but there are a lot of things that we can do better.”

Sophomore middle Trevell Jordan had a team-high four blocks for UH, which finished with seven total.

It was the first match Loyola Chicago has played without an ace since 2022.

The two teams will play again tonight at 7.

NO. 2 HAWAII DEF. NO. 7 LOYOLA CHICAGO 25-18, 25-19, 25-15

RAMBLERS (0-1)

NO. PLAYER SP K E TA H% K% A SA SE RE D BS BA TB BE BHE PTS

28 Fabikovic 3 11 4 21 .333 .524 1 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 11.5

8 Sosa 3 9 7 18 .111 .500 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 10.0

21 Bell 2 3 3 6 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4.0

27 Klein 3 3 3 7 .000 .429 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 5.0

6 Robbins 3 2 2 10 .000 .200 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 4 0 0 4.5

9 McElligott 3 2 0 2 1.00 1.0026 0 3 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 3.5

3 Sowa 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

7 Read 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

15 Hatch 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.5

17 Deslauriers 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

22 Anderson 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Totals 3 0 19 64 .172 .469 30 0 13 7 12 1 16 8 0 0 39.0

RAINBOW WARRIORS (3-0)

NO. PLAYER SP K E TA H% K% A SA SE RE D BS BA TB BE BHE PTS

10 Titriyski 3 11 4 19 .368 .579 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.0

7 Roure 3 8 2 14 .429 .571 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 9.5

23 Sakanoko 3 6 1 12 .417 .500 1 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 8.0

13 Rosenthal 3 5 1 6 .667 .83326 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 7.5

20 Jordan 3 4 1 6 .500 .667 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 6.5

9 Todd 3 1 1 3 .000 .333 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4.5

22 Greenidge 3 1 0 1 1.00 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0

4 Wade 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0

11 Kearney 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Totals 3 36 10 61 .426 .590 32 7 12 0 13 3 8 7 0 0 50.0

T — 1:34. A — 5,804. Officials — Wayne Lee, Dickson Chun, Randy Rubonal, Hunter Haliniak.

Key — SP: Sets played; K: kills; E: hitting errors; TA: Total attempts; H%: Hitting percentage; K%: Kill percentage; A: Assists; SA: Service ace; SE: Service error; RE: receiving error; D: Digs; BS: Block solos; BA: Block assist; TB: Total team blocks; BE: Block errors;

BHE: Ball-handling errors; PTS: Points (kills plus blocks plus aces).

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men’s and women’s track & field teams return to the Ott Center on Jan. 10, hosting the Penn Select. 

Field events are scheduled to begin at Noon with weight throw, high jump, pole vault, and long jump. Running events will start at 2:00 p.m. with the women’s mile. 

PENN SELECT

Saturday, January 10

Jane and David Ott Center for Track and Field | Philadelphia, Pa.  

Live Results, Schedule of Events, Watch Live – (ESPN+) 

Tickets – $5 Youth (2-12), $10 Adult  

Teams Competing

Delaware State, Howard, LaSalle, Lehigh, Morgan State, Penn, Rider, Rutgers, St. Joseph’s, Temple, Townson, and Villanova.

Quaker Notemeal

Jessica Oji made her collegiate debut in shot put at the Penn Opener (Dec. 5), breaking the Ivy League indoor record with a mark of 17.72m (58′ 1.75″). 

Adannia Agbo broke the school record in the triple jump recording a distance of 13.05m (42′ 9.75″), rank second in the NCAA. 

Jake Rose won six of seven events in the men’s heptathlon scoring 5647 points, setting a school record. 

Freshman Joseph “Tiago” Socarras took over the track in the men’s 1000m crossing the finish line first with a school record time of 2:20.39. 

Penn closed out the meet with a fifth school record, as the 4x400m relay team of Leo Francis, Nayyir Newash-Campbell, Tiago Socarras, and Ryan Matulonis ran 3:09.78 to claim victory. 

NCAA Top 25

2. Jessica Oji, Shot Put – 17.72m 

2. Adannia Agbo, Triple Jump – 13.05m 

5. Jake Rose, Heptathlon – 5647 pts

16. Matthew Kathiravelu, Triple Jump – 15.06m 

22. Keira Beaumont, 60m – 7.44

25. Ryan Matulonis, 60m H – 7.96

25. Raina Pietrzak, Pentathlon – 3560 pts

6. Men’s 4x400m – 3:09.78

17. Women’s 4x400m – 3:45.22

Leading the Ivy League 

Keira Beaumont, 60m – 7.44

Tiago Socarras, 1000m – 2:20.39

Ryan Matulonis, 60m H – 7.96

Mark Hellwig, High Jump – 2:06m

Jake Rose, Long Jump – 7.12m 

Paris Ivery, Long Jump – 5.96m

Adannia Agbo, Triple Jump – 13.05m  

Jessica Oji, Shot Put – 17.72m 

Jake Rose, Heptathlon – 5647 pts

Men’s 4x400m – 3:09.78

Women’s 4x400m – 3:45.22

Ivy League Athlete of the Week

Jessica Oji – Dec. 9 

Jake Rose – Dec. 9 

Upcoming Meets 

Jan. 17 – Quaker Invitational (Ott Center)

Jan. 22-24 – Penn 10 Elite (Ott Center) 

Jan. 30 – Penn Invitational (Ott Center)

Jan. 30 – 31 – Stan Scott Invitational (Lubbock, Texas)

About the Ott Center 

The 73,000-square foot facility on River Fields Drive is connected to the Hollenback Center, adjacent to the Schuylkill River and south of Penn Park. Designed to be filled with natural light, the new building features large, clear story windows which face the Schuylkill River and align with the multi-story windows on the flanks of Hollenback, which was originally the campus powerplant.

 

The facility is designed to honor Penn’s long tradition of excellence in track and field and will enhance and provide support to the Penn Relays – the oldest and largest track and field event in the country.

The facility contains a banked 200 meter running track designed around specific geometric relationships between the straight and curved track sections to produce optimal conditions for running events, two long jump/triple jump runways, two pole vault runways, an eight-lane infield for sprints, hurdles and high jump, and a throwing area for the shot put and weight throw. With spectator seating of more than 1,000, the Ott Center will be able to host a series of exciting youth, high school and college events for years to come.

 

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State track & field returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the Wolverine Invitational.

This is the Spartans’ first meet since the holiday break. Michigan State will have several sprinters along with a group of field athletes in action.

The field events begin at 10:30 a.m., while the running events start at 11 a.m. Tess Roman will start the running action for MSU in the prelims of the 60m hurdles. Roman will also compete in the women’s shot put. Logan Allen and Dylan Terryberry will follow in the prelims of the 60m hurdles at 11:15 a.m. Last time that Allen competed at the GVSU Holiday Open, he set the Michigan State record with a time of 7.77 in the 60m hurdles.Terryberry will also be in action in the high jump.

In the 300m, Elizabeth Anderson and Alexys Wilson will compete for the Spartans in the final running event for the MSU women. In the field events, the Leila Barmore and Gabrielle Jeffries will be in action in the long jump.

On the men’s side, Michigan State will have three athletes in the 60m dash in Cameron Cheetam, Drew Novak and Carter Bissell. The Spartans will have two more men in field events. Adam Blue will contest the pole vault and Andrew Harding in the long jump.

 

NEW ORLEANS – Five New Orleans Privateers volleyball players earned a spot on the Southland Conference All-Academic Team that was announced by the conference office on Friday afternoon.
 
Courtney Roundtree, Defne Eciroglu, Vanae Sapp, Alessandra Meoni and Lani Alleman all earned spots on the team.
 
Roundtree has a 3.33 GPA as a Sociology major with a minor in Psychology. The senior middle blocker played every set this season and accrued 236 kills. For her career, Roundtree finished with 653 kills and 199 total blocks. She had a stretch of eight consecutive matches with 10 or more kills this season.
 
Eciroglu currently has a 3.87 cumulative GPA after the fall semester as a Chemistry major. The junior setter entered the top 10 in program history in career assists and now has 1,601 assists in her three years on the Lakefront. She had 713 assists and 198 digs for the 2025 campaign.
 
Sapp finished holds a 4.00 GPA while in a Master’s program for Education. Sapp transferred to the Privateers for her final year in 2025 and finished with 158 kills along with 228 digs. She had a pair of double-doubles against Lamar this season. Sapp also had 10 matches with 10 or more digs on the year.
 

Meoni is also a graduate transfer with a 4.00 GPA. She is in a Master’s program for Mathematics. Meoni finished the year with a team-high 249 kills and added 128 digs and 49 total blocks. She had five double-doubles on the season and had a 20-kill match against Nicholls and a 25-dig performance against East Texas A&M.
 
Alleman currently holds a 3.60 GPA as a Psychology major. The junior libero had 151 digs this season. She also finished her career in the top 15 in career digs per set in program history with 2.34. In her three seasons with the Privateers, Alleman finished with 658 digs in 259 career sets played.
 
These five women are the first Southland volleyball all-academic selections since Kaitlyn Grice in 2018.
 
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