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1983 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1983 NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament was the third annual NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament, tournament hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA to determine the team national champions of NCAA Division II, Division II women's collegiate volleyball among its member programs in the United States. Cal State Northridge Matadors women's volleyball, Cal State Northridge defeated Portland State Vikings women's volleyball, Portland State in five sets, 3–2 (15–6, 15–10, 6–15, 10–15, 15–6), in the final to claim the Matadors' first NCAA Division II national title. Cal State Northridge was coached by Walt Ker. Qualifying The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams. Seven teams made their debut in the NCAA Division II tournament: Air Force Falcons women's volleyball, Air Force, Cal Poly Pomona Broncos women's volleyball, Cal Poly Pomona, Central Missouri Jennies volleyball, Central Missouri State, Jacksonville Dolp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the program at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. The adapted version of volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games is sitting volleyball. Basic play The complete set of rules is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other side of the court, but individual players may not touch th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Haven Chargers Women's Volleyball
The New Haven Chargers are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Haven, located in West Haven, Connecticut, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Chargers' 20 varsity athletics teams, eight men's and 12 women's, compete as members of the Northeast-10 Conference, with the exception of women's rugby which competes under USA Rugby. New Haven has been a member of the NE10 since 2008. The Chargers will begin reclassification to NCAA Division I on July 1, 2025 when the university joins the Northeast Conference. In 2016-2017, the women's volleyball and baseball team won Northeast-10 Conference championships. Overall twelve of sixteen teams qualified for postseason play, while six teams (men's & women's cross country, volleyball, baseball, women's lacrosse and softball) advanced to the NCAA Championships. Six Chargers were named All-Americans following their respective seasons; Zach Voytek (football), Tyler Condit (football), Kendall Cietek (women's lacrosse), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Tournament
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the ''Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Native American reservations on "the failures of socialism." Watt will eventually resign in September after a series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
