2023-24 Volleyball News
  • Friday, April 12, 2024

    Wade Taylor Named SMU Volleyball Head Coach

    Saint Martin's announces Wade Taylor as its new head volleyball coach, replacing Dan Behnke who took the head coach job at Seattle University.

  • Tuesday, December 12, 2023

    28 From GNAC VB Named CSC Academic All-District

    A total of 28 GNAC volleyball players are selected to the 2023 CSC academic all-district team including five repeat picks and nine who will advance for Academic All-America consideration.

  • Wednesday, December 6, 2023

    Trio From GNAC Are AVCA All-Americans

    SPU's Hannah Hair and CWU's Tia Andaya and Emma Daoud-Hebert are each named All-Americans for the 2023 season by the AVCA.

  • Thursday, November 30, 2023

    Yotes Top ‘Cats In 3 Sets at NCAA Regionals

    No. 2 seed #10 Cal State San Bernardino out-paces No. 7 seed #20 Central Washington in straight sets Thursday at the NCAA West Region Volleyball Championships.

  • Thursday, November 30, 2023

    Falcons Fall To Golden Eagles In VB Regionals

    GNAC champion Seattle Pacific falls to Cal State Los Angeles in four sets in the opening round of the 2023 NCAA West Region Championships on Thursday.

  • Wednesday, November 29, 2023

    5 From GNAC VB Earn All-Region

    SPU's Jason Rhine, Hannah Hair and Sarah Brachvogel, and CWU's Tia Andaya and Emma Daoud-Hebert garner all-region honors for the 2023 volleyball season.

  • Tuesday, November 21, 2023

    Hannah Hair Wins GNAC Player Of The Year

    SPU's Hannah Hair became the first volleyball player in GNAC history to earn both GNAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year amid a historic 2023 season.

  • Monday, November 20, 2023

    SPU, CWU To Represent GNAC In NCAA VB Regional

    No. 5 seed Seattle Pacific and No. 7 seed Central Washington are set to represent the GNAC at the 2023 NCAA West Region Volleyball Championships.

  • Wednesday, November 15, 2023

    Falcons, ‘Cats Lead Fight For Playoffs

    No. 19 Seattle Pacific and No. 20 Central Washington jockey for position in the NCAA regional rankings with the final week of regular-season play kicking off Thursday.

  • Thursday, November 9, 2023

    Falcons, ‘Cats & Leafs In Newest NCAA Regional Rankings

    Three GNAC volleyball teams appear in the latest NCAA West Region volleyball rankings, with No. 4 SPU, No. 8 CWU and No. 10 SFU leading the way towards the end of the regular season.

  • Wednesday, November 1, 2023

    Trio Of GNAC Teams Appear In First NCAA Regional Rankings

    Three GNAC volleyball teams are featured in the initial NCAA West Region rankings, which will eventually determine the eight-team field for the regional championship tournament at the end of November.

  • Tuesday, October 31, 2023

    UAA's Plumhoff Earns AVCA Scholarship

    Alaska Anchorage's Reilly Plumhoff was chosen among 30 players nationally as a student-athlete demonstrator for the American Volleyball Coaches Association annual convention.

  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023

    Falcons Firmly In First Entering Final Stretch

    With eight matches remaining in the 2023 regular season, No. 19 Seattle Pacific holds a three-match lead atop the GNAC volleyball standings.

  • Wednesday, October 25, 2023

    WOU 4.0 Seniors Headline VB Academic All-GNAC

    A total of 68 volleyball student-athletes earned academic all-GNAC for the 2023 fall season, including six player who posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

  • Wednesday, October 18, 2023

    Ranked Battle At Nicholson Kicks Off Big VB Week

    No. 18 Central Washington and No. 22 Seattle Pacific go head-to-head Thursday night to kick off the second half of GNAC volleyball conference play.

  • Wednesday, October 11, 2023

    CWU, SPU Stay Ranked, SMU Faces Big Test

    The conference schedule reaches its midway point this weekend, with No. 16 CWU and No. 22 SPU remaining in the rankings and red-hot SMU facing a big road test.

  • Monday, October 9, 2023

    Saint Martin's Volleyball Sweeps Way To Team of the Week

    Saint Martin's volleyball returned home for the first time in two weeks to defeat Alaska Anchorage 3-1 and Alaska 3-0 to move up to fourth in the conference standings and earn GNAC Team of the Week honors.

  • Wednesday, October 4, 2023

    VB Standings Beginning To Take Shape

    A showdown between Western Washington and No. 21 Seattle Pacific on Thursday night kicks off a full slate of nine GNAC matches this weekend.

  • Wednesday, September 27, 2023

    Falcons Fly Into AVCA Top-25

    No. 24 Seattle Pacific cracks the AVCA rankings, MSUB's Christine Funk is the Division II digs leader, and CWU's Ashley Kaufman eclipses 1,000 career kills ahead of a busy GNAC volleyball week.

  • Monday, September 25, 2023

    Falcons Are Hot: SPU Volleyball Named Team of the Week

    Seattle Pacific took wins over Northwest Nazarene and No. 15 Central Washington last week to earn GNAC Team of the Week honors. The Falcons (4-0) are the only remaining undefeated team in GNAC play.

  • Wednesday, September 20, 2023

    Conference Play Heats Up This Week

    Nine conference matches are on the calendar this weekend with all 10 GNAC teams in action as early-season league play heats up.

  • Wednesday, September 13, 2023

    Full GNAC Slate Awaits Volleyball Teams

    Eight GNAC matches are on the schedule this weekend as conference volleyball play jumps into full action for the first time this fall.

  • Monday, September 11, 2023

    Wildcats Crush Top-10 Competition For Team of the Week

    Central Washington went 4-0 at the Up North Preseason Tournament in Duluth, Minn. last week, including two wins over top-10 nationally-ranked competition to earn GNAC Team of the Week honors.

  • Wednesday, September 6, 2023

    Round 2: 7 More Tourneys Await GNAC VB Teams

    GNAC volleyball teams are set for another fully loaded weekend of action, with 39 contests involving conference schools kicking off on Thursday.

  • Tuesday, September 5, 2023

    Wolves Party Like It’s 1999 To Team of The Week Honors

    Western Oregon volleyball got off to the program's best start since 1999 by going 4-0 against regional competition at the Stanislaus State Labor Day Tournament to earn GNAC Team of the Week honors.

  • Tuesday, August 29, 2023

    GNAC VB Season Ramps Up Into Full Action

    All 10 GNAC volleyball teams are in action this weekend, with 40 matches on tap in eight tournaments across five states beginning on Thursday.

  • Tuesday, August 22, 2023

    4 GNAC Teams Appear In AVCA Preseason Rankings

    No. 14 UAA and No. 15 WWU crack the top-25, while GNAC preseason favorite CWU as well as SPU receive votes in the AVCA 2023 preseason national rankings.

  • Friday, August 18, 2023

    Wildcat Vets Fill Preseason All-Conference Team

    Tia Andaya was 1 of 4 Central Washington players selected to the preseason all-conference team, which featured 14 of the GNAC's top talents ahead of the 2023 campaign.

  • Wednesday, August 16, 2023

    Wildcats Are Unanimous Favorite In VB Poll

    Central Washington received all 10 first-place votes in the preseason coaches poll, emerging as the clear favorite to top the GNAC in the 2023 season.

  • Friday, July 28, 2023

    4 GNAC Teams Honored By AVCA

    Four GNAC volleyball programs repeat as USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award winners, as the organization issued its annual academic recognition for the 2022-23 school year.

  • Monday, July 17, 2023

    Dahlby Nicolai Named To DII Volleyball Committee

    The Central Washington associate director of athletics for compliance and student-athlete services will serve a four-year term on the committee which selects the annual field for the Division II Volleyball Championships.