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Volleyball from sport court to the sand court-- from the preps to the pros and beyond. Home of College Volleyball Weekly Indoor/Beach. Episodes drop “most weeks.” Follow the pod on Instagram at @viralvolleymedia or host Rob Espero at @therobonthemic!
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Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Week 8 brought us seven, 5-set decisions with five of those happening on Saturday night 2/26. Grand Canyon of the MPSF won their first ever match at Smith Fieldhouse, then did it again 2 nights later. #5 USC and #7 Pepperdine had great battles, and there is no doubt they will see each other in the Conference Tournament in a heated battle. The MIVA is well, getting complicated. Multiple teams are vying for the top spot while Penn St. was pressed by NJIT.
The guys end the episode taking on a couple of fan questions that don't involved the firing of Dan of Lewis. Yes, he had a tough week last week...
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Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
This week the CVW crew discusses the happenings in Week 7 that including Ball St./MIVA, the (scrappy) winning ways of UCSB, Penn St. being alone at the top, and surging teams of the MPSF. As always, the guys pick their matches to watch during the week in a shortened segment to take on the re-introduction of "Fan Questions!'
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. is BACK!
The Cal Poly Mustangs of the Big West Conference have established themselves as one of the top programs in the nation. The Mustangs have been to the NCAA Championships at Gulf Shores in back-to-back years (2019, 2021-- 2020 season cancelled). Sparking the fire in this program is none other than "The Professor," Todd Rogers, who is a 2-time Big West Coach of the Year.
Along with Todd, is All-Conference returnee, Tia Miric who has been an incredible talent and leader for Cal Poly. They both discuss the 2019 season, COVID, coming back in 2021 and what to expect in 2022.
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Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
In our 3rd preseason interview we rock a new intro and look east to Boca Raton, home of the FAU Owls and chat with the winningest pair in their program, Erica Brok and Mackenzie Morris.
In this episode they discuss their 2021 season, their 4.5 year career together, off-season training and a preview of the 2022 season.
Expect another great season from this pair as they take the Owls to new heights!
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Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Big week for underdog teams across the nation! A continued conversation from VolleyballMag.com. USC and Ball St. are shaking things up at the top and Week 6 of the season is showing anything but more upsets as a contender has anonymously risen to the top!
Long Beach St. is rolling and made a statement this last week while other teams who are traditionally "powerhouses" are trying to adjust their lineups trying to find the magic combination to get wins.
The guys chat about Week 6 results and pick matches to watch in Week 7.
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
In this week's pre-season episode special, Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford and Rob Espero of the Viral Volley Podcast chat with up-and-coming talent from the Arizona Wildcats, Defender, Alana Rennie, and Blocker, Alex Parkhurst. In this episode they share about their first couple of seasons, coming out of COVID, the 2021 season and the dynamic of their Arizona team.
From there we discuss fall training, individual and team outlook, the competition in the Pac-12 in 2022, then close out the episode with top teams and players to watch!
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
The CVW Crew discusses the action in Week 5 focusing on the top performing teams of the week like Ball St., Concordia, UC Santa Barbara, Long Beach St. and UCLA. From there we get some insight to the first-ever First Point Organization Collegiate Challenge that was held in Austin, TX that featured, Fairleigh Dickinson, Queen's, Stanford and National Champion, Hawaii.
The guys close out the episode with matches to keep an eye (or two) on during Week 6 of the NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball season.
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
We are just shy of 20 days before the 2022 Collegiate Beach season takes the sand (and yes, we are excited)! It was an exciting end to the 2021 re-crowning USC as the National Champion, but what we discovered is that other programs are rising in talent and will not go down without a fight!
One of those programs is the history making team in the CCSA, TCU-- a team that made it to Gulf Shores for the first time in program history in 2021. That Horned Frog team was lead by then-Freshman Phenoms (or current Sophomore Super Ballers), Dani Alvarez and Tania Moreno who played at the No. 1 spot for TCU. These Spanish National Team members are the inaugural guests on this episode with Charlie Ekstrom (Stanford Beach) and Rob Espero, to discuss the 2021 season, the last 7 months and what the Horned Frogs will look like in the 2022 season!
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Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
In a carry-over conversation from College Volleyball Weekly on VolleyballMag.com, the CVW crew discusses one of the most upset-ridden weeks in the 2022 season where the top-3 AVCA/Off-the-Block-Blog Media Poll teams took losses, while teams like UCSB, Penn St., Ball St. and USC are rising with big victories and strong records so far.
The guys finish out the episode with some of the top matches to be on the lookout for in Week 5 of the NCAA Men's D1-2 Volleyball season!
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Week 3 of the NCAA D1-2 season has concluded and only 3 unbeaten teams remain in the Top 15. Long Beach St. is on the rise while COVID is still keeping a few teams from playing their first match in 2022.
The CVW crew looks at Week 3 results and picks out some of matches to watch in Week 4!