Caitlin Racich playing at FIVB Junior World Beach Championships

Former DP star Caitlin Racich, right, is playing with Mater Dei High's Sara Hughes at the FIVB Beach World Junior Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (Photo courtesy of USA Volleyball)

Caitlin Racich has taken her prowess in volleyball outdoors.The former Dos Pueblos High star has gone from being a member of Pepperdine's women's indoor team to becoming the school’s first female sand volleyball scholarship recipient.The school recently added women’s sand volleyball as a NCAA sport.Racich trained on the sand all summer and was selected to the U.S. Junior Beach Team for the FIVB Beach Junior World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which starts … [Read more...]

THE NEXT LEVEL: Rottman wows them in the ACC

Emily Rottman started her college volleyball career with a bang. Virginia.com photo

It hasn’t taken long for Emily Rottman to make an impact in Division 1 women’s volleyball.The former Santa Barbara High star started her collegiate career with a bang for the University of Virginia. Rottman had 28 digs in her debut match and 53 in three weekend matches to lead the Cavaliers to wins over Valparaiso, Delaware and Temple.Her eye-popping performance, which included 26 kills, earned her Freshman of the Week honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference.Rottman wasn’t the … [Read more...]