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Meet volleyball player Kim Glass
by Pretty Tough
posted October 12, 2010 at 6:05pm
Volleyball player Kim Glass is the epitome of a pretty tough woman. The 6’3″ All-American volleyball player is an outside hitter who made her first Olympic appearance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helping Team USA to win a silver medal.
Prepping now ...more
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Serve’s up – Tennis hits the beach
by Pretty Tough
posted August 14, 2010 at 3:05pm
Call this the X-games of tennis. Or maybe it’s the sandy alternative to the clay court.
In any case, beach tennis – a cross between badminton and beach volleyball – is the nation’s newest summer sport, with an increasing number of people slamming...more
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Is Cheerleading a Sport?
by RunLikeAGirl
posted July 26, 2010 at 4:11pm
A Connecticut Federal Court judge ruled that cheerleading is not a sport, at least not as far as Title IX is concerned. Quinnipiac University pulled funding from its women's volleyball team to fund a competitive cheer team instead....more
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Quinnipiac volleyball players win Title IX decision
by Title IX Blog
posted July 21, 2010 at 9:36pm
Today Judge Stefan Underhill granted Quinnipiac University volleyball players an injunction that will allow the team to exist through the 2010-11 season. In reaching this decision, the judge determined that Quinnipiac's decision to terminate the volleyb...more
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UStream Chat with Kerri Walsh
by Kaci Kust
posted July 13, 2010 at 4:17pm
A couple of hours ago, Kerri Walsh chatted with fans on UStream from the Gatorade Performance Lab. She's the epitome of an awesome woman in sports, so of course, I tuned in. The video chat was open to anyone, but for those of you who misse...more
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The cheerleading as a sport debate continues
by Sports Girls Play
posted June 23, 2010 at 5:36pm
Cheerleading – and what it has evolved into – is on trial right now in a Connecticut courtroom. The debate revloves around a law suit brought on by the volleyball team at Quinnipiac University over the school’s decision to cut their team violated T...more
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QU trial: Lopiano testifies
by Title IX Blog
posted June 23, 2010 at 1:13pm
So the Title IX Blog did indeed take a field trip to Connecticut yesterday to watch some of the Quinnipiac University trial. Erin will be posting about what we saw (because she took notes and I just sat there amazed at some of the things people say and th...more
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Quinnipiac trial begins tomorrow
by Title IX Blog
posted June 20, 2010 at 11:04pm
The trial in the Quinnipiac University volleyball case begins tomorrow in federal court in Connecticut. There is nothing new to report since last month's decision to grant class-action status to the case being brought by five volleyball players.As a remin...more
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Florida State to add sand volleyball
by Title IX Blog
posted May 27, 2010 at 12:22pm
We probably will not be blogging about every school that adds sand volleyball, the NCAA's latest addition to the NCAA's emerging sport list.But I was intrigued by the brief article about Florida State's decision to add sand volleyball to its roster; large...more
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Quinnipiac plaintiffs certified as class action
by Title IX Blog
posted May 25, 2010 at 10:51pm
A district court judge in Connecticut ruled last week granted class action status to a lawsuit filed by Quinnipiac volleyball players who are suing for a permanent injunction against Title IX violations that would result from the university's decision to ...more
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Texas volleyball player's case closed
by Title IX Blog
posted April 23, 2010 at 9:54am
High school volleyball player Mackenzie McCollum's complaint against her Texas school district has been dismissed. The Office of Civil Rights did not find sufficient evidence to suggest that the Fort Worth school disctrict employees violated Title IX when...more
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Approach to Coaching Boys vs. Girls
by PrincessPunish
posted February 10, 2010 at 12:54am
Approach to Coaching Boys vs. Girls
I recently received a text message from a former student-athlete that I coached. Although he didn’t continue onto play collegiate men’s volleyball, I always knew his primary sport was hockey...more
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NCAA happenings
by Title IX Blog
posted January 17, 2010 at 7:19pm
The annual NCAA meeting concluded this weekend after a great deal of business was conducted--or at least it seemed that way from press coverage; I wasn't there. I just wanted to quickly mention two decisions.The first is in regards to sand volleyball. Des...more
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Sand volleyball: In or out?
by Title IX Blog
posted January 15, 2010 at 4:21pm
The NCAA, which is meeting in Atlanta, Georgia this week, is voting today on whether to keep sand volleyball (for women) or to nix it from the list of emerging sports.When it was added I recall a little concern on my part on how it would be implemented an...more
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Mental Toughness: Beyond the L's and W's
by PrincessPunish
posted December 23, 2009 at 7:27pm
“I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.” -Vince Lombardi...more
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National Champs return home
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 21, 2009 at 12:17pm
Kudos to the Nittany Lions for one of the great runs in sports history. (And who knows? It may not be over yet.)
Champions when they left, they return home status unchanged:
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Penn State: 102 Wins
by Women's Sports Blog
posted December 20, 2009 at 1:04pm
Is Penn State volleyball the greatest Div I women's sports team ever?
For further discussion, an American winter league team signed a 17-year-old Japanese woman to pitch for them. Is this a gimmick or the start of something big?
I am at a work func...more
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NCAA Volleyball Tournament Final Four tonight
by Pretty Tough
posted December 17, 2009 at 7:50pm
Where the elite meet: Be sure to catch tonight’s national volleyball semifinals when they take place in Tampa, Florida.
Thursday’s semifinals: Minnesota (28-8) vs. Texas (28-1), 6 p.m. • Penn State (36-0) vs. Hawaii (32-2), 8 p.m. • St. Pete Ti...more
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Penn State: 100-0, possible three-peat next
by Athletic Women Blog
posted December 16, 2009 at 11:41am
The Penn State volleyball team are off for Tampa in pursuit of their third consecutive national championship. Saturday they earned a spot in the semifinals by winning their 100th consecutive match, the longest winning streak in women's Division I sports h...more
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