St. Anthony Volleyball
St. Anthony Volleyball

CIF Volleyball: St. Anthony Wins In Five Against Campbell Hall

The No. 2-seeded St. Anthony boys’ volleyball team didn’t have an easy time on the road against Campbell Hall in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs. The Saints dug deep after falling behind 2-1 and came back to win 17-25, 25-19, 26-28, 25-22, 15-12. St. Anthony will host Perris on Saturday in […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

Long Beach State’s TJ DeFalco Wins National Player of the Year

Long Beach State outside hitter TJ DeFalco made history at Wednesday evening’s NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship Banquet, as he was named National Player of the Year for the second time. The banquet was held in downtown Long Beach at the Terrace Theater. DeFalco is just the third men’s volleyball player in history to […]

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CIF Volleyball: St. Anthony Sweeps, Moore League Eliminated

It was a tough day for fans of Long Beach high school boys’ volleyball, as the entire Moore League was eliminated in the first round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs. The silver lining was St. Anthony–the Saints are seeded No. 2 in Division 4 and they looked ready to make a championship push on […]

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Long Beach State Volleyball

Volleyball World Comes To Long Beach For NCAA Finals

For the first time in 12 years, Long Beach will host an NCAA championship as Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid will welcome the best men’s volleyball teams in the nation this week for five matches. The action begins  on Tuesday with USC facing Lewis at 5 p.m. and Pepperdine facing Princeton after. The winners will […]

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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

We’ve got a special college Athletes of the Week–congrats to all the winners and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship! Joseph Rocha, LBCC Volleyball LBCC won a state championship last weekend and it was thanks in part to freshman setter Joseph Rocha, who was lights out down the stretch. Rocha set LBCC to […]

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Long Beach City College Volleyball

LBCC Men’s Volleyball Wins State Championship!

It’s been an up and down year for the Long Beach City College men’s volleyball team, but the season is ending on the highest of high notes: the Vikings won a dominant state championship match against Irvine Valley College on Saturday night to claim the CCCAA title, 25-22, 25-12, 25-12. “If you followed us at […]