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2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2013 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament. Nine countries competed from September 16 to September 21, 2013, in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The United States qualified for the 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup The 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup was held in Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan from November 12 to 17, 2013. Brazil won their second title and Brazilian Fabiana Claudino was selected the Most Valuable Player. Teams Competition formula The ..., after winning the Continental Championship 3–1 in final, defeated to the Dominican Republic. Kelly Murphy of the United States won the MVP Award. Competing nations The following national teams have qualified: Squads Pool standing procedure To establish the ranking of teams after Preliminary Round, the ranking of the teams will be determined as follows: 1. By the results of matches won and lost. 2. In case of equality in the numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralston Arena
The Liberty First Credit Union Arena, formerly known as Ralston Arena and sometimes as Ralston Sports and Event Center, is an arena located in Ralston, Nebraska, a suburb of Omaha. It serves as the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League and the Omaha Beef of the National Arena League (NAL). It was home to the Omaha Mavericks NCAA Division I men's basketball team, representing the University of Nebraska Omaha, from its opening until the end of the 2014–15 season. The school opened Baxter Arena for the 2015–16 season. It was the location of the VEX Robotics Nationals competition in 2013. The Omaha Heart, an expansion team of the Legends Football League, was announced on April 19, 2012. In October 2015, the Ralston Arena was a venue for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alisha Glass
Alisha Rebecca Glass Childress (born April 5, 1988) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for the Vegas Thrill of the Pro Volleyball Federation. Glass played collegiate volleyball for Penn State, where she led Penn State to three NCAA consecutive championships. Glass won gold with the national team at the 2014 World Championship, and bronze at the 2015 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Career High school Glass played high school volleyball for Leland High School in Michigan, where her mother Laurie Glass was also her coach and grandfather Larry Glass was her high school basketball coach. She was a four-time first team all-state, all-region dream team and all-conference, is the National and State High School record holder in season aces (296), career aces (937) and career kills (3,584) and during scholastic career attacked at a .440 clip while also contributing 1,816 digs and 680 blocks. She was named "Michigan Gatorade High School Player" Yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Competitions In Omaha, Nebraska
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 In Sports In Nebraska
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International Volleyball Competitions Hosted By The United States
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2013 In Volleyball
The following were the events of Volleyball for the year 2013 throughout the world. Beach volleyball *April 23 – December 15: 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Open Series ** April 23 – 28 at Fuzhou *** Men's winners: Sean Rosenthal and Philip Dalhausser *** Women's winners: Xue Chen and Zhang Xi ** July 23 – 28 at Anapa *** Men's winners: Konstantin Semenov and Yaroslav Koshkarev *** Women's winners: Evgenia Ukolova and Ekaterina Khomyakova ** October 29 – November 3 at Phuket (women's teams only) *** Winners: Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi ** December 11 – 15 at Durban ***Men's winners: Jānis Šmēdiņš and Aleksandrs Samoilovs ***Women's winners: Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi *April 30 – October 27: FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour ** April 30 – May 5 at Shanghai ***Men's winners: Jacob Gibb and Casey Patterson ***Women's winners: Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima ** May 22 – 26 at Corrientes ***Men's winners: Jānis Šmēdiņš and Aleksandrs Samoilovs ***Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The NORCECA Women's Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of North America, Central America and the Caribbean, organized by the North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation ( NORCECA). Since its introduction in 1969 the tournaments have been awarded every two years. The competition has been dominated by Cuba and United States, which won together 21 of the 27 editions of the tournament. History Medals summary Most valuable player by edition * 1969 – 1999 – Unknown *2001 – Tara Cross-Battle *2003 – Yumilka Ruíz *2005 – Nancy Metcalf *2007 – Nancy Carrillo *2009 – Prisilla Rivera *2011 – Bethania de la Cruz *2013 – Kelly Murphy *2015 – Nicole Fawcett *2019 – Brayelin Martínez *2021 – Gaila González *2023 – Brenda Castillo All-time team records (Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts) See also * NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship * Women's Junior NORCE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candida Arias
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Aurea Cruz
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Bethania De La Cruz
Bethania de la Cruz de Peña (born May 13, 1987) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, currently playing for the Omaha Supernovas of the Pro Volleyball Federation. She is best known for winning the gold medal with the Dominican women's national team at the 2009 NORCECA Championship and the 2010 Pan-American Cup. Career 2006 De la Cruz won the Most Valuable Player award when she helped her Dominican professional club Mirador to win the Championship. Playing with her ''Junior National Team'' at the 2006 U-20 NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship, she won the ''Most valuable player'' and ''Best scorer'' awards. Her team won the silver medal. She became the MVP of the ''2006 TV Azteca's Women Stars Volleyball Cup'', played in Monterrey, Mexico won by the team with a perfect record in 5 matches. Previously, she won the bronze medal in beach volleyball at the ''2006 National Championship'', playing with Karla Echenique. After that season she became "Domi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janie Guimond
Janie Guimond (born ) is a former Canadian female volleyball player and currently an assistant coach for the Montreal Carabins women's volleyball team. University career Guimond played U Sports volleyball for the Montreal Carabins for five seasons from 2003 to 2008 where she finished her career with a silver medal in the national championship in 2008. Professional career She was part of the Canadian national team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, and 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Italy. She was a member of the Canada women's national volleyball team The Canada women's indoor national volleyball team is based in Richmond, BC and represents Canada proudly on the international stage. They are overseen bVolleyball Canada the governing body for volleyball in Canada. The ... and played for Terville Florange in 2014. She announced her retirement in 2016. Clubs * Terville Florange (2014) Awards Individuals * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debora Seilhamer
Debora Seilhamer (born October 4, 1985) is a volleyball player from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Seilhamer made her debut with the Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was named ''Best Digger'' at the 2007 NORCECA Championship, where her team ended up in fifth place. Seilhamer played as a libero for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having received a wild card for the event after Peru and Kenya withdrew. At the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, Seilhamer was named Best Digger, Best Libero and MVP of the Tournament. Puerto Rico lost to the Dominican Republic in the gold medal game. Seilhamer was a two-time second-team AVCA All-American at the University of Southern California (USC). In 2003, she helped the Women of Troy go undefeated and win the NCAA Division I national title. She obtained her Juris Doctor at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
