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LOVB 2025 Pro Season
The 2025 LOVB Pro season was the inaugural season of the women's volleyball league LOVB Pro. Six teams competed over 14 weeks, including 12 weeks of regular season play, one mid-season tournament (LOVB Classic), and a one-weekend LOVB Finals. Teams LOVB Pro's inaugural season did not include a draft; however, it was announced in December 2024 that six rookies (referred to as The LOVB 6) were signed to play with one of the six teams. Three other rookies have joined the league during the league since January 2025. Pittsburgh Panthers women's volleyball, Pittsburgh Panthers alum Rachel Fairbanks was signed by LOVB Atlanta in January. UT Arlington Mavericks women's volleyball, UT Arlington Mavericks alum Paige Reagor joined LOVB Madison in February, after a brief stint at German Women's Volleyball League, German Bundesliga team Schwarz-Weiss Erfurt. Stanford Cardinal women's volleyball, Stanford Cardinals alum Sami Francis joined LOVB Omaha in March. Rosters ... [...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] |
