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A Big

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June 1, 2025

Kim Ng had big plans. For more than thirty years, ever since she was an intern for the Chicago White Sox, she had spent her summers working long hours. She eventually became an assistant general manager, first for the New York Yankees and then for the Los Angeles Dodgers, before becoming a senior vice-president at Major League Baseball. In 2020, she was named the general manager for the Miami Marlins—making her the first woman ever to serve as a G.M. in a major men’s sports league. In her third season there, the Marlins made the post-season, for only the second time in two decades. But, shortly afterward, the team’s owner proposed creating a new position, president of baseball operations, to whom Ng would report. Ng decided not to renew her contract and stepped down in 2023. That following spring, as her house in Florida was on the market, she mapped out a road trip with her husband across the United States: a few weeks in New England, then out West, up through Montana, to Oregon, where they’d spend the fall.

Then Jon Patricof called. Patricof is the C.E.O. and co-founder of Athletes Unlimited, a network of professional women’s sports leagues, including softball, volleyball, and basketball, that employ innovative scoring systems and involve players in the decision-making process. Ng had met Patricof five years earlier, but they hadn’t kept in touch. On the phone, he told her that A.U. was going to create a more traditional professional softball league, with a consistent group of teams based in permanent locations, playing according to the game’s standard rules. (There would also be a tournament, the A.U.S.L. All Star Cup, that would use A.U.’s innovative rules to crown an individual champion.) And he wanted her to lead it.

Ng’s career as an executive had happened entirely in baseball. But she was a softball player once—an infielder, at the University of Chicago. Her four younger sisters also played—two of whom, like Ng, competed at the college level. Toward the end of her time in the M.L.B. commissioner’s office, she worked on baseball and softball development, and served on the board of U.S.A. Softball. The first time she walked into Devon Park, in Oklahoma City, where the Women’s College World Series is held, she was overwhelmed by how big an event it was. “I was, like, ‘Oh, my God, I’ve got to bring my mother. I’ve got to bring my sisters,’ ” she said.

Still, when Patricof made his offer, Ng demurred. Then she started asking questions—“as is my nature,” she told me recently. During the next several weeks, she and Patricof discussed the explosion of interest in women’s sports, and about the unusual structure of Athletes Unlimited and what it had learned from its three years in existence. Ng left for her cross-country journey, but they kept talking. She and her husband made it as far as Newport, Rhode Island, before telling Patricof she would come on board—for the time being—as a senior adviser. Instead of driving West, Ng got on a plane to Wichita, Kansas, to attend A.U. softball games, and then to Rosemont, Illinois, for the second part of the season. Her husband drove out to meet her a few weeks later while he was on his way to Oregon.

In April, A.U. announced that Ng would be the commissioner of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League, which begins its first season this Saturday with four inaugural teams. On Opening Day, in Rosemont, the Talons will play the Bandits, and, in Wichita, the Volts will face the Blaze. After that, the teams will play in several other cities: Sulphur, Louisiana; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Norman, Oklahoma; Omaha, Nebraska; Seattle, Washington; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Round Rock, Texas. The championship series will take place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, from July 26th to July 28th. Then, in August, the players will head back to Rosemont and to Holly Springs and Greenville, North Carolina, for twenty-one more games, in the All-Star Cup. The plan for next year is to expand to six teams, each with a home city.

Last year, two million people on average watched the Women’s College World Series finals, between Oklahoma and Texas, and the series drew record crowds. Ratings for the women’s finals have averaged more than a million viewers on ESPN for years—sometimes beating the numbers for the Men’s College World Series. Earlier attempts to convert the popularity of the college game into a serious and sustainable professional league have failed. But the landscape for women’s sports has changed radically in recent years, and there’s never been an effort quite like this one. A number of the game’s legends who have not previously engaged with the pro leagues are involved. “Some of the people who have been sitting on the sidelines, waiting to see that the sport was in the right hands—Kim tipped the scales for a number of people,” Patricof said. Cat Osterman, one of the greatest pitchers of all time, will be the general manager for the Volts. The Olympic gold medallist and San Diego State head coach Stacey Nuveman-Deniz will coach the Bandits. Lisa Fernandez, another gold medallist and a coach at U.C.L.A., is the general manager of the Talons. Jennie Finch, a former College World Series champion who was once on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and the ESPN commentator Jessica Mendoza, both Olympians, are advisers. Cheri Kempf, the longtime commissioner of the shuttered pro softball league National Pro Fastpitch, is an A.U. executive. And, on Thursday, M.L.B. announced a long-term investment in the league—a stake reported to be in the eight figures—along with broadcast and sponsorship support. There’s “usually a challenge getting everyone on the same page,” Noah Garden, an M.L.B. deputy commissioner, told me. “That hasn’t been the case here. The visions are so aligned. I’ve almost never seen that.”

A.U.’s entrée into the sport during the organization’s first several years of existence affirmed their faith in the sport’s power, Patricof told me, and in the importance of working closely with players. “I think what I did not anticipate was, honestly, the pace and growth and investment in women’s sports more broadly,” he said. “I was the biggest bull and proponent. It even exceeded my expectations.” Now, he added, the challenge was to capitalize on it. “We do live in a really dynamic environment where you have to be prepared for growth beyond your base-case expectation. Are we going to be set up to capture that growth?”

Ng has always been reluctant to talk about what it was like to be the only woman in the highest ranks of Major League Baseball. But she acknowledged that it feels different to walk into a room full of softball players. Last December, she attended a private reception at a National Fastpitch Coaches Association convention. There, all the A.U. general managers and coaches gathered in the same place for the first time. The camaraderie among them struck her. She’d seen it in similar spaces in baseball, but she was “rarely a participant of it,” she said. “I didn’t play baseball in college with them. I wasn’t in the minor leagues with them. I wasn’t roommates with them in college.” There’s overlap between the two worlds, and between the two games, but Ng had a sense of kinship and a feeling of opportunity that were new.

It is for the athletes, too. Many of them turn to coaching after college, scatter across underfunded leagues in the U.S., or play professionally in Japan. A.U. has been focussed on concentrating the talent. “The athletes that are on the advisory committee and are part of this are the best in the game,” Nuveman-Deniz, the Bandits’ coach, told me, “another thing that hasn’t always been able to be said.” As a general manager of a Major League Baseball team, Ng said, “I felt like I carried the torch in this certain way, just to try and open doors for women. In some ways, this feels—it’s just different.” She felt out the words carefully, elaborating, adding nuance. The challenge for the new league is to widen opportunities for women, and for athletes, and to bring them into the mainstream, she told me. “Where I got to in baseball—that was inspiring, but how many people in reality actually get to become general managers? I think you open the door to dream,” she said. “What we’re trying to do here—there are so many girls playing softball. This could truly be a reality.” ♦

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Volleyball Winter League Set To Restart

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January 5, 2026

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The Bermuda Volleyball Association [BVA] Winter League restarts today [January 5].

The Co-ed Tournament will also be held at Bermuda College Gymnasium on Saturday at 12.30pm.

“We are eager to get this year started and pack in the volleyball,” read a BVA social media post.

“Look out for emails from your league directors. Some rungs and start times changed as we enter the second half of the league.

“Up next is our Co-ed Tournament on Saturday. Registration is still open and there are only a few spots left.

“Get your team in while you can! Best way to spend a Saturday afternoon.”

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Welcome to the Moll House

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January 5, 2026

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“I got this.”

This simple mantra, uttered by Amanda Moll, is accompanied by a deep breath to ground herself. It sounds laughably modest, considering that Amanda’s pre-competition ritual has allowed her to do what most of us would find impossible: fly with the grace of a gazelle and the height to clear a full-grown giraffe.

Amanda and her twin sister Hana are both record-breaking pole vault champions, coming off their best season ever, which culminated in September when they competed on Team USA for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Unbelievably, the University of Washington juniors tied for sixth place.

Like many identical twins, Amanda and Hana have a way about them that’s both charming and disorienting. But with these two, their similarities go far beyond just finishing each other’s sentences—though they do that as well. Since they started pole vaulting in middle school, the Olympia-born sisters have been neck-and-neck for nearly every competition.

Amanda and Hana Moll, renowned pole vault champions from UW Track and Field, soar mid-air as they clear the bar during an outdoor stadium event.

Flying High. Amanda at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where she took third place in pole vault.

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The reason for their paralleled excellence, according to NW Pole Vault and UW Track & Field coach Tim Reilly, is “a confluence of many things.” When Reilly met Amanda and Hana, during their seventh-grade year, they were already trained gymnasts, competitive rock climbers, and bike racers. Their parents, Eric and Paula Moll, are former college rowers—Eric at the UW and Paula at the University of Texas—and raised the girls to love the calm of the outdoors, the thrill of sport, the challenge of competition. The combination of nature and nurture has allowed them “uncommon speed to generate velocity; uncommon strength in their hands, shoulders, and core to manage the gymnastic stunt [of pole vaulting]; and the X-factor, which is an enjoyment of the adrenaline charge it is to fly, despite the likelihood of a few dings and falls,” Reilly says.

“We’ve been developing this relationship since we were babies. We’ve also reframed our definition of success when we’re
working together. We both do well, when one of us comes out on top.” —HANA MOLL

From the moment they first chalked up their hands to try pole vaulting, they were hooked. By the time they hit Capital High School, the Moll sisters were prodigies. But their competitive nature, especially with one another, has never eclipsed their exceptional familial bond. “Our relationship is unique in that our competitiveness doesn’t outweigh the love and support we have for one another,” Amanda notes. “We’ve been developing this relationship since we were babies.” Hana adds, “We’ve also reframed our definition of success when we’re working together. We both do well when one of us comes out on top.”

This has been true the past year, their second on the UW Track & Field team, when both sisters were responsible for toppling collegiate records. In March, Amanda set the NCAA indoor pole-vaulting record—including clearing 16 feet, which only four Americans (all Olympic medalists) have accomplished previously. When the weather warmed and pole vaulting moved outdoors, Hana set her own collegiate record at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June, clearing 15 feet, 8.5 inches. After a year mostly coming in just behind her sister, Hana took the spotlight.

An athlete in a white "W" uniform, representing UW Track and Field, performs a pole vault during a track and field event at an outdoor stadium.

Hana at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where she won the pole vault title with her final jump.

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Besides being teammates and competitors, they’re one another’s most enthusiastic cheerleaders. Amanda and Hana both say watching their sister is more nerve-wracking than actually jumping—particularly on the dreaded third [and final] attempt at clearing a height. “Obviously, on the day of a competition, we each want to be the winner,” Hana says, “but I think just being together is more important than anything.”

To accomplish their spectacular feats, the twins train somewhere around 15 hours per week. Their success could have already led to careers as professional athletes, but both Molls say they love being a part of the UW Track & Field team, and their studies at the Foster School of Business are setting them up for life after competitions. “We’re one big family,” Hana says. “Track and field isn’t as lucrative an industry as, say, football or basketball, and the resources and community we’re provided at the UW are invaluable.”

When we spoke after they returned from Tokyo, the twins were looking forward to taking a much-earned six-week break from training, “to recharge mentally, physically, and emotionally after such a long year,” Amanda says. The break lined up with the start of UW’s fall quarter. But their ambitions didn’t include partying or loafing on the couch eating Cheetos. They planned to stay active with mountain biking and hiking, and their first love, rock climbing, while focusing on classes and spending time with their friends. “I don’t ever really feel like I’m missing out,” Amanda says. “I actually feel like I’m getting more out of college through the experiences I have.”

Amanda and Hana Moll, pole vault champions from UW Track and Field, pose with mountain bikes on a grassy hill, wearing helmets and protective gear, with mountains and a cloudy sky in the background.

Amanda and Hana mountain biking on a childhood trip with their parents in the Dolomites.

Photo COURTESY OF THE MOLL FAMILY

The two turn 21 in January, right around the time the collegiate indoor pole vault competitions start. What’s next? Amanda and Hana both have Olympic aspirations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, which will give them a year to train—together—after graduation.

“The twin factor is their superpower,” Reilly explains. “With their soulmate, the rough days are lightened, and the triumphs are magnified. If they continue to enjoy this, if we continue to train them smartly with wellness and happiness always most important, they will dominate the world stage—and they’ll discover what’s possible when lofty dreams, hard work, and joyful sisterhood join forces. This is the North Star, really, whether they win Olympic gold or not.”

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Men’s Volleyball vs NJIT on 1/4/2026 – Box Score

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January 5, 2026

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NJIT subs: Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

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Hawaii subs: Greenidge, Quintin; Jordan, Trevell.

NJIT

0-1

[Figueiredo, Bruno] Kill by Roure, Adrien (from Rosenthal, Tread).

[Figueiredo, Bruno] Kill by Roure, Adrien (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

1-1

[Rosenthal, Tread] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

NJIT

1-2

[Aleixo, Andre] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

2-2

[Roure, Adrien] Bad set by Titriyski, Kristian.

NJIT

2-3

[Latkowski, Daniel] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Lopez, Diego; Latkowski, Daniel.

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Hawaii subs: Jordan, Trevell; Greenidge, Quintin.

Hawaii

2-4

[Todd, Justin] Kill by Sakanoko, Louis (from Rosenthal, Tread).

Hawaii

3-4

[Todd, Justin] Kill by Aleixo, Andre (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Latkowski, Daniel.

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Hawaii subs: Greenidge, Quintin; Todd, Justin.

NJIT

3-5

[Nowak, Wiktor] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Latkowski, Daniel.

Hawaii

3-6

[Titriyski, Kristian] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

Hawaii

3-7

[Titriyski, Kristian] Attack error by Moorhead, Parker (block by Rosenthal, Tread).

Hawaii

3-8

[Titriyski, Kristian] Service ace (Moorhead, Parker).

Hawaii

3-9

[Titriyski, Kristian] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

Hawaii

3-10

[Titriyski, Kristian] Service ace (Lopez, Diego).

Hawaii

4-10

[Titriyski, Kristian] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Latkowski, Daniel.

NJIT

5-10

[Moorhead, Parker] Attack error by Roure, Adrien (from Rosenthal, Tread).

NJIT

6-10

[Moorhead, Parker] Attack error by Titriyski, Kristian (block by Aleixo, Andre; Fedmasu, Andrew).

NJIT

6-11

[Moorhead, Parker] Kill by Jordan, Trevell (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Latkowski, Daniel.

Hawaii

7-11

[Sakanoko, Louis] Kill by Nowak, Wiktor (from Fedmasu, Andrew).

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Lopez, Diego.

NJIT

7-12

[Fedmasu, Andrew] Kill by Roure, Adrien (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Greenidge, Quintin.

Hawaii

8-12

[Jordan, Trevell] Kill by Latkowski, Daniel (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

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Hawaii subs: Greenidge, Quintin; Jordan, Trevell.

NJIT

8-13

[Figueiredo, Bruno] Kill by Todd, Justin (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

9-13

[Rosenthal, Tread] Kill by Latkowski, Daniel (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

NJIT

9-14

[Aleixo, Andre] Kill by Sakanoko, Louis (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

Hawaii

9-15

[Roure, Adrien] Attack error by Moorhead, Parker (block by Titriyski, Kristian; Sakanoko, Louis; Todd, Justin).

Hawaii

9-16

[Roure, Adrien] Service ace (Aleixo, Andre).

Hawaii

9-17

[Roure, Adrien] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (block by Sakanoko, Louis; Titriyski, Kristian; Todd, Justin).

Hawaii

9-18

[Roure, Adrien] Attack error by Nowak, Wiktor (block by Sakanoko, Louis; Todd, Justin; Titriyski, Kristian).

Hawaii

10-18

[Roure, Adrien] Kill by Moorhead, Parker (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego.

NJIT

10-19

[Latkowski, Daniel] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Lopez, Diego; Latkowski, Daniel.

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Hawaii subs: Jordan, Trevell; Greenidge, Quintin.

Hawaii

11-19

[Todd, Justin] Service error.

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Hawaii subs: Greenidge, Quintin; Todd, Justin.

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Latkowski, Daniel.

NJIT

11-20

[Nowak, Wiktor] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Latkowski, Daniel.

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Greenidge, Quintin; Taylor, Kai; Todd, Justin.

Hawaii

12-20

[Titriyski, Kristian] Kill by Moorhead, Parker (from Lopez, Diego).

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Latkowski, Daniel.

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Taylor, Kai; Greenidge, Quintin; Todd, Justin.

NJIT

13-20

[Moorhead, Parker] Kill by Fedmasu, Andrew.

NJIT

14-20

[Moorhead, Parker] Service ace (Greenidge, Quintin).

NJIT

14-21

[Moorhead, Parker] Kill by Jordan, Trevell (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Greenidge, Quintin; Taylor, Kai; Todd, Justin.

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Latkowski, Daniel.

Hawaii

14-22

[Sakanoko, Louis] Attack error by Fedmasu, Andrew (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

Hawaii

15-22

[Sakanoko, Louis] Kill by Fedmasu, Andrew (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Latkowski, Daniel; Lopez, Diego.

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Taylor, Kai; Greenidge, Quintin; Todd, Justin.

NJIT

15-23

[Fedmasu, Andrew] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

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Hawaii subs: Todd, Justin; Greenidge, Quintin; Kearney, Finn; Jordan, Trevell.

Hawaii

16-23

[Kearney, Finn] Kill by Nowak, Wiktor (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

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Hawaii subs: Jordan, Trevell; Kearney, Finn; Greenidge, Quintin; Jordan, Trevell.

NJIT

16-24

[Figueiredo, Bruno] Service error.

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Tidhar, Ron; Lopez, Diego; Fedmasu, Andrew.

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Hawaii subs: Jordan, Trevell; Greenidge, Quintin; Taylor, Kai; Jordan, Trevell.

Hawaii

17-24

[Rosenthal, Tread] Kill by Aleixo, Andre (from Figueiredo, Bruno).

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NJIT subs: Fedmasu, Andrew; Lopez, Diego; Tidhar, Ron; Fedmasu, Andrew.

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Hawaii subs: Jordan, Trevell; Taylor, Kai; Greenidge, Quintin; Jordan, Trevell.

NJIT

17-25

[Aleixo, Andre] Kill by Titriyski, Kristian (from Rosenthal, Tread).

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No. 2 Warriors volleyball team rolls by NJIT again

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January 5, 2026

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Hawaii’s Kristian Titriyski, left, Trevell Jordan and Louis Sakanoko rose up for a block against NJIT Highlanders’ Harrison Girard during Friday’s match.

Hawaii sophomore opposite Kristian Titriyski put down a match-high 11 kills and the No. 2 Rainbow Warrior men’s volleyball team rolled New Jersey Institute of Technology once again, 25-17, 25-16, 25-17 this evening at Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

A crowd of 5.267 watched a similar match play out to Friday’s season-opening win for the Rainbow Warriors (2-0), who improved to 21-0 all-time against teams from the EIVA other than Penn State.

Adrien Roure had nine kills and hit .615 and Louis Sakanoko, playing in only two sets, had six kills on seven swings with three digs and three blocks.

Hawaii hit .517 in the match.

UH was presented with its Big West championships rings after the match. Hawaii won the conference last season defeating eventual national champion Long Beach State in four sets in the final.

Freshman setter Magnus Hettervik, who is from Stavanger, Norway, made his UH debut as a serving sub in the second set and had an ace. He came in to finish off Hawaii’s final four points in the third.

Andre Aleixo had nine kills to lead NJIT (0-2), which has lost all 15 sets in five meetings against UH.

Hawaii returns to the arena on Thursday for the first of back-to-back matches on consecutive nights against No. 7 Loyola Chicago.

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The 2025 Taunton Daily Gazette Girls Volleyball All-Scholastics

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January 5, 2026

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The 2025 Taunton Daily Gazette Girls Volleyball All-Scholastics

Jan. 5, 2026, 4:01 a.m. ET

Another girls high school volleyball season has come and gone in the Greater Taunton area.

This fall, Bristol-Plymouth (12-8, 7-1 Mayflower Athletic Conference) led the way locally once again, capturing a second-straight Mayflower Large title and reaching the MIAA Division 2 Preliminary Round. Bristol Aggie (10-11, 6-5 MAC) also looked solid throughout the fall, reaching the Division 5 Preliminary Round. Taunton (9-11, 5-11 Hockomock League) looked solid but fell just short of tournament qualification while Bridgewater-Raynham (5-14, 0-4 Pioneer Athletic Conference) and Dighton-Rehoboth (4-16, 2-12 South Coast Conference) showed some promise for the future.

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Coastal Bend volleyball standouts named to TSWA all-state team

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January 5, 2026

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Jan. 5, 2026, 4:05 a.m. CT

Three Coastal Bend high school volleyball players were named to the 2025 Class 4A-3A Blue Bell Texas Sports Writers Association All-State volleyball team after putting together strong campaigns during the fall season.

The honorees were London setter Myah Lichtenberger, Calallen setter Grace Martinez and Calallen middle blocker Jadyn Lindgren.

Martinez and Lindgren helped lead Calallen to a district championship and a 36-8 record. The pair also played a vital role in the Lady Cats’ run to the Class 4A Division I regional final.

Lichtenberger helped lead the Lady Pirates to their best season in program history after the team advanced to the Class 3A Division I regional final with a 25-6 record.