The stretch run is here of the college volleyball season, and conference titles, postseason résumés and tournament spots are starting to come into focus.

Nebraska swept No. 12 Oregon and No. 18 Washington in less than 24 hours to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten title. Penn State went into Madison and beat Wisconsin in five, Vanderbilt picked up back-to-back ranked wins over Texas A&M and Texas, Missouri swept the Aggies, and Pitt handed North Carolina a second straight sweep on a difficult ACC road weekend. And yes, we are a Cornell volleyball podcast now: the Big Red clinched their first Ivy League title since 2006.

Kirsten Bernthal Booth joins the show to talk about her move from 22 years at Creighton into her new role with LOVB Nebraska, what she’s learning on the professional side of the sport and what she sees ahead.

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This week, hosts Amie Just and Erin Sorensen are looking at the stories behind the results and a few things that have nothing to do with the final score.

Cornell made history by hosting the first nationally televised women’s sporting event in school history, then backed it up with a four-set win over Princeton that mattered in the Ivy League standings. We also get into Missouri’s five-set win over Tennessee, Texas sweeping Texas A&M for the first time since 2019, Michigan knocking off Indiana and Nebraska settling in after dropping the opening set against both Michigan and Michigan State.

We also revisit Montana and Utah Tech’s dance-off after the comments quickly filled with people insisting men’s teams would never do something like that. We came prepared with examples.

And then, three-time Olympic medalist Kelsey Robinson Cook joins us to talk about her career, the professional game, LOVB and her new role with the San Francisco Signal. The timing is perfect, because we’re headed to Los Angeles for LOVB Media Days this weekend and will have plenty more coming from there.

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What a week of volleyball and we’re not even sure where to start.

Texas A&M swept Kentucky, Tennessee stayed hot, Kansas swept TCU and reverse-swept Baylor, Washington won at Wisconsin before getting swept by Minnesota, and Iowa added another twist by taking down UCLA. Hosts Amie Just and Erin Sorensen break down what all of those results actually tell us and more.

We also respond to some of your questions and comments: Are we underrating Oregon? Was UCLA really a Top 16 team when it played Nebraska? Who did Purdue anger to get that schedule? And what are the best ways to keep up with scores, schedules and stats across college volleyball?

Then, USA Volleyball President and CEO John Speraw joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about the future of volleyball in the United States, the road to LA28, expanding access to the sport, the national-team pipeline and what this moment of unprecedented growth could become.

And the timing couldn’t be better: the pools for the 2027 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cup were announced the day we recorded, setting up a major international event in the U.S. and Canada (and another important step on the road to the Los Angeles Olympics).

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The NCAA gave us its first Top 16 reveal of the season and there’s plenty to unpack.

Hosts Amie Just and Erin Sorensen break down what the committee told us about the national picture — from Wisconsin sitting at No. 4 with five losses to TCU landing at No. 8 — plus a loaded weekend that included Florida beating Texas, Arizona State’s reverse sweep of Kansas, Baylor sweeping TCU, Indiana taking down Washington and more. We also go beyond the Top 25 and Division I with a nudge from our listeners.

Then, TCU’s Becca Kelley and Evan Hendrix join us to talk about becoming one of the most dangerous attacking duos in the country, what’s behind TCU’s emergence on the national stage and what they’re learning from one another along the way.

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What a week in college volleyball. SMU earned its flowers with a win over Pitt, Pitt answered in a wild rematch, Nebraska swept Wisconsin for its fifth straight win in the series, Oklahoma swept Texas and Vanderbilt picked up the first Top 5 win in program history in just its second season.

Amie Just and Erin Sorensen break down what stood out from a chaotic week before getting into a thoughtful listener question about the gender imbalance in coaching leadership as women’s volleyball continues to grow.

NCAA Director of Championships and Alliances Kristin Fasbender joins for an inside look at how the Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee builds its Top 16, what fans should and shouldn’t take from the midseason reveal, how strength of schedule factors into the process and how much can still change before Selection Sunday. We also talk about the continued growth of the NCAA championship, what’s ahead in San Antonio and where Kristin sees the biggest opportunities for women’s volleyball to keep building momentum.

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There’s plenty happening around college volleyball this week and some of the biggest conversations have very little to do with wins and losses.

Our hosts Amie Just and Erin Sorensen break down the disturbing allegations that preceded Tony Graystone’s dismissal at Texas Tech, Stanford’s exhausting ACC travel schedule and what it says about the realities of conference realignment, and the AVCA’s new spring volleyball event (including a fair question from listeners about where the men’s game fits into the conversation).

INTERVIEW: Taylor Landfair and Allie Sczech join us to talk about their next chapter together with the NorCal Rumble, making the jump from college volleyball to the professional game, what they’ve learned since leaving the NCAA and the upcoming MLV Draft.

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The first weekend of conference play delivered plenty to talk about. Hosts Amie Just and Erin Sorensen react to the latest top 25, Olivia Babcock and Blaire Bayless announcing their return to Pitt for 2027, Longwood adding women’s volleyball and more from the week that was. Plus, they follow up on last week’s libero conversation: What exactly is the difference between a libero and a defensive specialist?

ESPN’s Madison Fitzpatrick then joins the show to talk about her path from Florida State athlete to broadcaster, what the growth of volleyball looks like from her perspective, covering both volleyball and college football and what has stood out to her about the 2026 season. Madison also sticks around for our favorite things from the week and what we’re watching next.

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