The Viral Volley Podcast

Episode 102: College Volleyball Weekly, NCAA Men's D1-2 Edition, 5/4/21

No fluff or flair (graphics, backgrounds). Just talk about the AVCA Men's D1-2 All-America teams with 3 of the All-America Committee members, Chair Dan Friend (Lewis), Jay Hosack (George Mason) and David Hunt (Pepperdine).

Although the matches already happened you can hear how the coaches approached their matchups.

Episode 101: College Volleyball Weekly, NCAA Tournament and Selection Show, 4/26/21

As the Viral Volley Podcast breaks the century mark we bring Coach of one of the hottest teams in the last few years, Rick McLaughlin of the UCSB Gauchos. Rick along with Dan, Dave, Jay and Rob break down conference tournament play teams and athletes. They guys then delve into the NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Tournament matchups and the NCAA Selection Committees' seedings and the challenge of this COVID-era season. 

Episode 100: College Volleyball Weekly Special Edition, Mark Pavlik, Penn St., 4/26/21

In this 100th episode of College Volleyball Weekly on the Viral Volley Podcast is honored to have legendary Head Coach Mark Pavlik on the show! Over 600 wins, 2 National Championships, innumerable NCAA Tournament appearances and EIVA titles, Mark talks about the 2021 Tournament, teams and the NCAA Selection Committee.

Episode 99: CVW Beach Edition, Week 8 Recap, Post Season Preview, 4/21/21

On College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Edition this week we're outnumbered by SEMINOLES! This week Kate Privett joins teammate Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. along with Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford and Rob Espero to discuss the action in Week 8 of the Collegiate Beach season. They'll then look forward to the end of regular season play with key matches and conference tournament action.

The ladies then close it out by answering fan questions!

Episode 98: NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball, Week 14 and Tourney Time; 4/21/21

The College Volleyball Weekly or "CVW" Crew recaps Week 14 of the NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball season. Highlighting the discussion are conference tournaments-- some already in their Semfinals or Finals, like the EIVA and MIVA accordingly, while other have just started. Belmont Abbey of the Conference Carolinas-- who received their first-ever NCAA Tournament berth will be waiting to find out who'll be in the rest of the field!

Episode 97: College Volleyball Weekly, D1-2 Men's Volleyball, Viral Volley Podcast, 4/14/21

The College Volleyball Weekly Crew drops in to chat about the top matches of Week 13 with some conferences tournaments commencing, All-Conference honors and Conference Coaches of the Year. 

They guys also chat about some of the top performers of Week 13 and what we can expect to see in Week 14 with the NCAA Men's D1-2 Volleyball Championships in view.

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Episode 96: College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Edition, Week 7 Recap/Week 8 Preview, 4/13/2020

2 weeks out from Conference Tournaments and teams have been making pushes to make cases to be in Gulf Shores, AL for the NCAA Collegiate Beach Championships!

Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. and Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford along with Rob Espero recap the action in Week 7, discuss top pairs/performers and pick their matches of the week in Week 8. Intertwined in the conversation they talk about remaining undefeated teams and top 1st Year/COVID Freshman/Newcomers.

Episode 95: CVW NCAA D1 Women/Beach, Deahna Kraft, No. 1 Wisconsin, 4/12/21

In this Special Episode of the Viral Volley Podcast, former Pepperdine Beach standout and current Wisconsin Badger, Deahna Kraft jumps onto the show with Rob.

Together they talk about Deahna's Beach career at Pepperdine, why she chose to play beach instead of indoor (being a talented MH/Opp), going back to indoor with a top-5 program in Wisconsin, and the opportunity as a Badger to play for a National Championship!

We end the episode by discussing her connection to the Pepperdine program and an uncertain future-- at least for now-- and the possibilities of playing volleyball on either surface, and beyond!

Episode 94: College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Edition, Week 6 Recap/Week 7 Preview, 4/7/21

This week on College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Edition in Mads Fitzpatrick of FSU's school responsibilities filling in will be #10 Grand Canyon's Teagan DeFalco (the best VB player in the DeFalco family), along with the usual suspects of Charlie Ekstrom of #6 Stanford and Rob Espero. Together, they'll jump into a Week 6 Recap and a Week 7 Preview with some of the top athletes of the week in the AVCA Top 15 in Collegiate Beach Volleyball!

Episode 93: College Volleyball Weekly, D1-2 Men's Volleyball, 4/6/21

This week the College Volleyball Weekly Crew with Big West Representative, Alan Knipe, Head Coach of Long Beach St. discuss the big happenings in Week 12 as we get closer to Conference Tournament time. David Hunt of Pepperdine (in quarantine status) and Jay Hosack of George Mason share potential impacts of their conferences' late COVID cancelations, while Al discusses the "incident" in the Long Beach St./Hawaii match this last weekend regarding artificial fan noise. We close out the episode taking on fan questions relevant to the men's game solicited from social media and Volleytalk!