Nancy Metcalf
Nancy Jean Metcalf (née Meendering; born November 12, 1978) is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team. She missed the 2008 Olympics with a torn labrum, and was not named to the national team in 2012. Early life Nancy Meendering is the second of four children born to Harry and Dee Meendering. She attended Western Christian High School, where she earned two state titles in volleyball and made it to the all-state squad three times. In addition, she is Western's career leader in kills, kills per game and blocks. She was inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in May 2012. Career Metcalf graduated from the University of Nebraska in December 2001 with a bachelor's degree in advertising, and joined the national team in January 2000. While playing in college, in 1999 she set Nebraska's school record for kills per game (5.09) and attacks p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sioux Center, Iowa
Sioux Center is a city in Sioux County, Iowa. The population was 8,229 at the time of the 2020 census. Sioux Center is notable for its Dutch heritage, agribusiness, and as the location of Dordt University. Geography Sioux Center is located at (43.076546, −96.173214). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Sioux Center is at an elevation of above sea level. It lies near the north-to-south ridge, or spine, of western Iowa. The eastern side of Sioux Center drains to the Floyd River. The western side drains to the Big Sioux River. This "divide" is profoundly unnoticeable. The area within a ten-mile (16 km) radius of Sioux Center has been divided into sections of one square mile each. The gravel and paved roads marking the sections do not swerve or contour for the slight hills or valleys. Climate Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 7,048 people, 2,201 households, and 1,598 families residing in th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, but since 1991 the World Cup has been awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The current champion is China, which won its fifth title at the 2019 tournament. The current format of the competition involves 12 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation Japan, competing in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks. The World Cup (with exception of the 2019 edition) acts as the first qualification event for the following year's Olympic Games with the top two teams qualifying. The 13 World Cup tournaments have been won by five different national teams. China have won five times. The other World Cup winners are Cuba, with four titles; I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2011 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2011 Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the tenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by twelve countries over July 1–9, 2011 in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The top four NORCECA teams and the top two from CSV confederation, qualified for the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. Competing nations Squads * Preliminary round Group A Group B Final round Championship bracket 5th–10th places bracket Eleventh place match Classification 7–10 Quarterfinals Ninth place match Classification 5–8 Semifinals Seventh place match Fifth place match Third place match Final Final standing **''Brazil, Dominican Republic, the United States, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Argentina qualified for the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix''. Individual awards *Most Valuable Player ** *Best Scorer ** *Best Spiker ** *Best Blocker ** *Best Server ** *Best Digger ** *Best Sett ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2010 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the ninth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eleven countries from 18–26 June 2010 in Rosarito and Tijuana, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix and 2010 Final Four. Competing Nations Squads * Preliminary round Group A Group B Final round Championship bracket 5th–10th places bracket Classification 5–10 Quarterfinals Classification 9 Classification 5–8 Semifinals Classification 7–8, 5–6 Finals Final ranking **''Dominican Republic, Peru, the United States, Cuba, Argentina and Brazil qualified fo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eight countries from Monday June 30 to Saturday July 5, 2003 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix The FIVB World Grand Prix 2004 was the twelfth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2004 edition was played by twelve countries from July 9 to August 1, 2004 .... Competing nations Squads * Preliminary round Group A *Monday June 30, 2003 *Tuesday July 1, 2003 *Wednesday July 2, 2003 Group B *Monday June 30, 2003 *Tuesday July 1, 2003 *Wednesday July 2, 2003 Classification Round *Thursday July 3, 2003 **Seventh Place Match **Classification Matches Final round ---- *Friday July 4, 2003 **Fifth Place Match **Semi-finals *Saturday July 5, 2003 **Bronze Medal Match **G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
The Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup is a Continental Cup organized by NORCECA with teams from all over America ( North-, South- and Central America, and the Caribbean), that served as a qualifier for the World Grand Prix. The tournament also granted places for the Final Four Women's Volleyball Cup. Now, the event serves as an America qualifier for the Pan American Games classification. The men have their own equivalent of the tournament, the Men's Pan-American Cup. Results Medal table Teams by year MVP by edition *2002 – Yumilka Ruíz *2003 – Milagros Cabral *2004 – Zoila Barros *2005 – Yudelkys Bautista *2006 – Mari Steinbrecher *2007 – Nancy Carrillo *2008 – Sidarka Núñez *2009 – Bethania de la Cruz *2010 – Prisilla Rivera *2011 – Sheilla Castro *2012 – Kristin Richards *2013 – Nicole Fawcett *2014 – Brenda Castillo *2015 – Krista Vansant *2016 – Brayelin Martinez *2017 – Micha Hancock *2018 – Lauren C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 6 to September 11, 2005 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The United States won the event over Cuba and qualified for the 2005 Women's Volleyball Grand Champions Cup, later that year in Japan. Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago were the newcomers to this competition. The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal and Nancy Metcalf was awarded Most Valuable Player. Competing nations Squads Preliminary round Group A *September 6 *September 7 *September 8 Group B *September 6 *September 7 *September 8 Final round Quarter-finals *September 9 Semi-finals *September 10 Finals *September 9 — Seventh Place Match *September 10 — Fifth Place Match *September 11 — Bronze Medal Match *September 11 — Gold Medal Match ---- Final ranking *''The United States qualified for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
The 2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 13 to September 18, 2003 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The United States won the championship by defeating Cuba 3-0, and both teams qualified to the 2003 FIVB World Cup. The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal. Competing nations Squads Preliminary round Group A *September 13 *September 14 *September 15 Group B *September 13 *September 14 *September 15 Final round Quarter-finals *September 16 Semi-finals *September 17 Finals *September 17 — Fifth Place Match *September 18 — Bronze Medal Match *September 18 — Gold Medal Match ---- Final ranking *''The United States and Cuba qualified for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup'' Individual awards *Most valuable player ** *Best spiker ** *Best blocker ** *Best server ** *Best digger ** *Best setter ** *Best ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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NORCECA Women's 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 26 editions of the tournament. History Medals summary MVP 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 All-time team records (Based on W=2 pts and D=1 pts) See also * NORCECA Men's Volleyball Championship * Women's Junior NORCECA Volleyball Championship The NORCECA Women ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIVB World Grand Prix 2004
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2004 was the twelfth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2004 edition was played by twelve countries from July 9 to August 1, 2004, with the final round held in Reggio Calabria, Italy. Hosts Italy and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the last round. Qualification Asia *The top four Asian teams according to the FIVB World Rankings ** ** ** ** Europe *European Qualification Tournament in Piła, Poland from August 26 to August 31, 2003 North and South America * Pan-American Cup in Coahuila and Saltillo, Mexico from June 30 to July 5, 2003 ** ** ** ** Teams * Preliminary rounds Ranking The host Italy and top five teams in the preliminary round advance to the final round. First round Group A *Venue: Nimiboot Gymnasium, Bangkok, Thailand Group B *Venue: Miao Li County ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FIVB World Grand Prix 2003
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2003 was the eleventh edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2003 edition was played by twelve countries from July 21 to August 3, 2003 with the final round held in Andria, Italy. Hosts Italy and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the last round. Competing nations Qualification process Calendar Teams * Preliminary round Group A Group B Final round Pool Final Final ranking Overall ranking Individual awards *Most valuable player: ** *Best scorer: ** *Best spiker: ** *Best blocker: ** *Best server: ** *Best setter: ** Dream Team Setter: ** Middle Blockers: ** ** Outside Hitters: ** ** Opposite Spiker: ** References FIVB {{DEFAULTSORT:Fivb World Grand Prix 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix 2003 in Italian sport V 2003 File:2003 Events ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2012 FIVB World Grand Prix Squads
This article show all participating team squads at the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, played by sixteen countries with the final round held in Ningbo, China. The following is the Argentina roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the Brazil roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the China roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the Chinese Taipei roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the Cuba roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the Dominican Republic roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the Germany roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the Italy roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the Japan roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the South Korea roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The following is the Poland roster in the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix. The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |