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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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Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
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.
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
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!
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
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!
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
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!
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Week 5 of the NCAA Collegiate Beach season has just completed and with it a lot of movers and shakers across the nation! The "Furious Four" of USC, FSU, LSU and UCLA will be battling this weekend in Los Angeles, Cal Poly is rising to the occasion, FAU and Stanford are catching the eyes of the nation. Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford and Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. break down week 5 action, preview week 6 and discuss potential at-large teams with Rob Espero!
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
BIG WEST IN THE HOUSE!
Stepping in to represent the Big West Conference is UCI Head Coach David "Kniff" Kniffin. He and the usual suspects of Dan Friend of Lewis University, Jay Hosack of Pepperdine, Jay Hosack of George Mason discuss the happenings in NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball during week 11 of the season.
With some conferences wrapping up regular season play we delve into conference tournaments, NCAA Tournament selection criteria and how the challenges the Selection Committee may face.
Additionally, the crew takes on some fan questions solicited from fanboards and social media!
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
This week Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford Beach, Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. and host, Rob Espero discuss the eye-catching matches of Week 4 of the NCAA Collegiate Beach season, identify some of the top players and teams, and select the matches they'll be keeping an eye on in Week 5.
In our discussion the then-#19 Stanford upset of then-#6 Hawaii, Cal Poly getting into gear and "Riding High," and the AVCA and CollegeBeachVB.com polls. The crew even discusses some of the pairs of the week.
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Today the CVW crew looks back at the NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball action in Week 10 as teams begin to assert themselves at the top of their conferences-- except for the Big West-- the conference where teams only have 2 BWC matches under their belts.
The crew then runs through all the conferences analyzing the standings, top teams and news across the nation and addresses some of fan questions relevant to the game today!
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
This week Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford Beach, Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. and host, Rob Espero discuss the eye-catching matches of Week 3 of the NCAA Collegiate Beach season, identify some of the top players and teams, and select the matches they'll be keeping an eye on in Week 4.
Also in this episode is an interview with #3/#3 LSU's newly named AVCA/CollegeBeachVB.com National Pair of the Week, Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss, who discuss their unexpected partnerships together, Taryn's naivete in identifying who they've been defeating at AVPNext events, competitiveness and their success with a 13-0 start in the 2021 season-- all while only dropping one set.
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Today the CVW crew looks back at the NCAA D1-2 Men's Volleyball action in Week 9 as we officially move past the mid-point of the 2021 COVID season.
The crew then runs through all the conferences analyzing the standings, top teams and news across the nation and addresses some of fan questions relevant to the game today!