COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 24, 2025) – Four Olympians headline the U.S. Men’s National Team roster for the second week of Volleyball Nations League (VNL), taking place June 25-29 at NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.

This week marks the U.S. Men’s first appearance on home soil since 2023, when Anaheim, Calif., hosted a leg of the VNL tour. NOW Arena previously welcomed VNL action in 2018 and hosted the Finals in 2019.

The U.S. will face China, Canada, Poland and Italy, and tickets are still available for three of the four U.S. matches. U.S. vs. Poland is sold out, and U.S. vs. Italy is near capacity.

GET TICKETS TO WATCH THE U.S. MEN COMPETE JUNE 25-29 IN HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS

The U.S. is 2-2 after the first week. Poland sits atop the VNL standings at 4-0, while Italy is 3-1, and Canada and China are 2-2.

Three-time Olympian Erik Shoji, 2024 Olympian Micah Ma’a and 2020 Olympian Kyle Ensing will all make their 2025 season debuts in Hoffman Estates. They join 2024 Olympian Jeff Jendryk to anchor a talented and experienced roster.

Returning from week one are libero Kyle Dagostino, middle blocker Matt Knigge; opposites Gabi Garcia and Kyle Hobus; outside hitters Cooper Robinson, Ethan Champlin and Jordan Ewert, and setter Quinn Isaacson.

Outside hitter Jacob Pasteur and middle blocker Shane Holdaway join the VNL lineup for the first time this year. Pasteur debuted in 2022, while Holdaway will appear on a U.S. Men’s National Team roster for the first time.

The U.S. Men are currently ranked No. 6 in the world and have medaled four times in VNL history, including silver medals in 2019, 2022 and 2023 and bronze in 2018.

Volleyball Nations League features the world’s top 18 men’s teams clashing over three weeks of preliminary play, with the top eight advancing to the Final Round.

U.S. Men’s Week One Roster for 2025 VNL

No. Name (Pos., Ht., Hometown, College, USAV Region)
4 Jeff Jendryk (MB, 6-10, Wheaton, Ill., Loyola Univ. Chicago, Great Lakes)
5 Kyle Ensing (Opp, 6-7, Valencia, Calif., Long Beach State Univ., Southern California)
6 Quinn Isaacson (S, 6-2, Plainfield, Ill., Ball State, Great Lakes)
7 Jacob Pasteur (OH, 6-4, Westminster, Md., Ohio State Univ., Chesapeake)
9 Gabi Garcia (OPP, 6-7, San Juan, Puerto Rico, BYU)
10 Kyle Dagostino (L, 5-9, Tampa, Florida, Stanford Univ., Florida)
12 Shane Holdaway (MB, 6-6, Huntington Beach, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California)
14 Micah Ma’a (S, 6-3, Kaneohe, Hawaii, UCLA, Aloha)
15 Kyle Hobus (OPP, 6-7, San Pedro, Calif., CSUN, Southern California)
18 Cooper Robinson (OH, 6-7, Pacific Palisades, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
22C Erik Shoji (L, 6-0, Honolulu, Hawaii, Stanford Univ., Aloha)
25 Ethan Champlin (OH, 6-3, Oceanside, Calif., UCLA, Southern California)
28 Matthew Knigge (MB, 6-7, New Egypt, N.J., Vassar, Garden Empire)
29 Jordan Ewert (OH, 6-5, Antioch, Calif., Stanford, Northern California)

Head Coach:  Karch Kiraly
Assistant Coach: Luka Slabe
Assistant Coach: Javier Weber
Performance Analyst: Nate Ngo
Physiotherapist: Aaron Brock
Senior Strength and Conditioning Coach: Tim Pelot
Senior Sports Dietitian: Shawn Hueglin
Mental Performance Coach: Andrea Becker
Team Manager: David Dantes
Consultant Coach: Chris McGown
Consultant Coach: Marv Dunphy
Team Doctors:  Eugene Yim, Mark Hutchinson, Michael Shepard, Warren Young

2025 Volleyball Nations League Schedule for Week 2
NOW Arena
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
All times PDT; Matches will be shown live on VBTV and either CBS Sports Network or Big Ten Network

June 25 at 5:30 p.m. vs. China
June 26 at 5:30 p.m. vs. Canada
June 28 at 5:30 p.m. vs. Poland
June 29 at 5:30 p.m. vs. Italy

Week 1 Results
June 11: Ukraine def. USA, 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-23)
June 12 USA def. Iran, 3-2 (19-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 17-15)
June 14 Slovenia def. USA, 3-1 (25-22, 27-25, 20-25, 25-23)
June 15 USA def. Cuba, 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 18-25, 25-23)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown volleyball head coach Taylor Virtue has announced the 2025 Brown volleyball schedule. The Bears will play seven home matches this season as Brown looks to return to the Ivy League Tournament.

“I am excited to announce the release of our 2025 competition schedule. For the second year we will be competing in the ocean state cup which is comprised of the four Division I teams in the state of Rhode Island, this year hosted at Providence College. Our second weekend of competition will be a homecoming for Jessie Golden, Bella Bonatakis and Kindell Welker as we travel to Orlando, FL for a tournament at UCF. We are rounding out our non-conference schedule at UCONN where we will face some great regional competition that will prepare us for our Ivy schedule.”

The Bears will be road warriors for the first month and a half of the season as Brown will be playing away from Pizzitola Sports Center until Oct. 17 when the Bears host Harvard.

See the full 2025 schedule here

The season begins with three games at the Ocean State Cup, hosted by Providence College, on Sept. 5-6. Brown will start the year against Bryant on Friday (Sept. 5) before facing off against Providence and Rhode Island on Saturday (Sept. 6).

Brown will make two more non-conference trips, heading to UCF on Sept. 12-14 and UConn on Sept. 19-21.

The Bears will begin Ivy League play with five-straight road games, starting at Yale on Sept. 27. The next two weekends will be trips to Princeton (Oct. 3) and Penn (Oct. 4) and Cornell (Oct. 10) and Columbia (Oct. 11). Brown will also be on the road to take on Dartmouth (Nov. 7) and Harvard (Nov. 8).

The match against Harvard starts Brown’s home schedule that also features contests against Dartmouth (Oct. 18), Yale (Oct. 25), Penn (Oct. 31), Princeton (Nov. 1), Columbia (Nov. 14) and Cornell (Nov. 15).

The 2025 Ivy League Tournament, hosted by the regular season champion, will be held on Nov. 21-22.

 

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The Edgewood College women’s track & field team has been recognized on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. Kylee Doherty has landed honors for her outstanding work in the classroom and efforts on the track.

In competition, Doherty (Cross Plains, Wisconsin) continued to meet set new distances to reach for Eagle throws in 2205. The junior punched her ticket to her third NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the discus and javelin throw. Doherty finished 14th in the discus to claim Second Team All-America honors for the second-straight season. Doherty was named USTFCCCA All-Region in the javelin throw. The Cross Plains native set the Eagle school record in the javelin throw (43.72m) with the fifth longest mark in Division III at the UW-Whitewater Drake Alternative Meet on April 24. Doherty repeated as NACC Champion in the discus throw. In the classroom, Doherty owns a 4.00 GPA as an education and history major.

A release from the CSC on the Academic All-District Teams can be found here.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan volleyball team and head coach Colleen Munson have announced the signing of middle blocker Molly Brown, a transfer from Texas A&M. Brown joins fellow transfers Ella Guilfoy (Virginia Tech) and Lizzie MacIntosh (Grand Rapids CC), as well as incoming freshmen Keely Culler (Archbold, Ohio), Mia Jurkovic (Oswego, Ill.) and middle blocker Cassidy Pratley (East Leroy, Mich.) in the program’s 2025 class. All six are slated to suit up for the Brown and Gold this fall.

Molly Brown • 6-2 • Middle Blocker • Goshen, Ind. • Northridge (Texas A&M)

Brown arrives in Kalamazoo after spending her last three seasons at Texas A&M. Over the course of her three years with the Aggies, she played in 45 matches and 116 sets, accumulating 83 kills (0.72/set) and 123 total blocks (1.06/set). The most prolific season in College Station for Brown was her first in 2022. That year, she appeared in 26 matches, starting 23, and totaled 61 kills (0.75/set) and 92 blocks (1.14/set). 

 

Before transferring to Texas A&M, Brown began her collegiate career at Purdue, where she was limited to three matches in two seasons, which included a redshirt year in 2021.

 

Brown was a four-year letterwinner and three-time First Team All-Conference selection at Northridge High School in Middlebury, Ind. She eclipsed the 200-kill mark in both her junior and senior campaigns, and was named to the 2018 Ultra Ankle JVA Watch List.

 

Off the court, Brown is a two-time AD Honor Roll member and earned a spot on the SEC First-Year Honor Roll for the 2022-23 academic year. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and a master’s degree in Entrepreneurial Leadership from Texas A&M.

 

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State volleyball team released its 2025 schedule on Tuesday morning. The schedule features nine teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament including two Final Four Teams in Louisville and Pitt. 
 
FSU will open its season with the Garnet and Gold Scrimmage on August 22 at 6 p.m. FSU will also play an exhibition match against South Alabama at 3 p.m. on August 23. Both matches will be at Tully Gym and will be open to fans. 
 
The Noles will play its first six games away from home as they will head to Jacksonville on opening weekend to play UIC on August 29 at 3 p.m. and North Florida on August 30 at 6 p.m. Both games will be played at UNF Arena on the campus of UNF. 
 
FSU will head to Tampa the following weekend for the South Florida Showdown at USF. The Noles will play USF at 6 p.m. on September 5 before playing NCAA Tournament participant South Carolina at 3 p.m. on September 6.
 
The match against the Gamecocks will be FSU’s first of four consecutive matchups against SEC opponents. FSU will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, to face the Oklahoma Sooners on September 10 as a part of the Showdown at the Net. FSU will then head to Auburn on September 12 to face the Tigers. Auburn will then travel to Tallahassee for the home opener on Sunday, September 14 at 2 p.m. FSU will face Georgia State at 5 p.m. on September 15 before wrapping up non-conference play at Georgia Southern on September 20.
 
FSU will open ACC play with four consecutive road games at Clemson, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and NC State. FSU will then host a pair of top 15 opponents as SMU will come to town on October 10 and Final Four participant Pitt will enter Tully Gym on October 12. 
 
The Noles will make their west coast trip to Stanford and Cal on October 16 and October 18 before returning home for four consecutive home matches against Virginia, Virginia Tech, Syracuse and Boston College. 
 
The Noles will play back-to-back games against rival Miami starting in Coral Gables on November 5 before the teams play in Tallahassee on November 8. The Noles will travel to National Runner-Up Louisville on November 13 and Notre Dame on November 16. The Noles will play three out of its final four games at home as they host North Carolina, Duke and Clemson with a trip to SMU on November 26.

The full schedule can be found at https://seminoles.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule 

 

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