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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - paloalto - 01-02-2026

Please correct me if I'm wrong about this.

Beach players announce their verbal commitment to wait out the admissions process almost as soon as the get a verbal offer from coach Fuller.   Beach players in general are not admitted earlier by admissions than indoor vb players.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - BobK - 01-02-2026

Stanford athletes are admitted individually not by team

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - paloalto - 01-02-2026

(01-02-2026, 08:00 AM)BobK Wrote:  Stanford athletes are admitted individually not by team

I know that.  I'm asking about general time frame.  Beach players individually are not generally admitted before indoor players, correct?

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - BostonCard - 01-02-2026

I would think not since the national signing day for all sports other than football and basketball is the same day in mid-Nov.

BC

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - paloalto - 01-04-2026

(01-02-2026, 02:30 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  I would think not since the national signing day for all sports other than football and basketball is the same day in mid-Nov.

BC

Signing an NLI or financial agreement is different than being admitted, correct?   Almost all athletes starting in the fall receive an admissions decision in April of their senior year.  The NLI or financial agreement is contingent on the athlete being admitted.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - johnbar - 01-07-2026

UCLA's schedule is out:
https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-beach-volleyball/schedule

Stanford will play them three times:  in Hawaii, in LA (Mapes Beach), and at Cal Poly's Laguna Beach.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - johnbar - 01-23-2026

MPSF BVB Media Day, Feb 2nd:

https://mpsports.org/news/2026/1/22/mpsf-beach-volleyball-to-hold-inaugural-media-day.aspx

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - paloalto - 01-23-2026

I have more hope for a national beach championship than an indoor team championship in 2026.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - johnbar - 01-23-2026

Given expectations, would Andrew Fuller's job be in jeopardy, for example, if they don't at least make it to the semi-finals?

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - JJJ - 01-24-2026

UH’s 2026 schedule includes all the Duke Kahanamoku Tourney match-ups (including times):

UH 2026 BVB

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - paloalto - 01-24-2026

Looking at that Hawaii schedule things will get sorted out very quickly among some of the country's top teams.

Nebraska reportedly has all 16 returning indoor players on its beach roster.  I'm not sure that's a good idea.  Some of those indoor players won't know what they are doing on the sand.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - johnbar - 01-24-2026

Nebraska uses the beach season as extra training time for the indoor team.  I don't think they've ever had a beach-only player.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - paloalto - 01-25-2026

I looked at Nebraska's schedule.  Three schools on it I recognize.  The rest are not D1 or even D2.   I suspect some of the opponents are community colleges.  Their beach website says no fans allowed at home games and when I click on coaches it says no coaching staff available.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - fullmetal - 01-25-2026

(01-25-2026, 12:24 PM)paloalto Wrote:  I looked at Nebraska's schedule.  Three schools on it I recognize.  The rest are not D1 or even D2.   I suspect some of the opponents are community colleges.  Their beach website says no fans allowed at home games and when I click on coaches it says no coaching staff available.

Ah, an off-season indoor training workaround allowing "in-season volume" that masquerades as a beach program lol...of course.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - CompSci87 - 01-25-2026

(01-25-2026, 02:08 PM)fullmetal Wrote:  

(01-25-2026, 12:24 PM)paloalto Wrote:  I looked at Nebraska's schedule.  Three schools on it I recognize.  The rest are not D1 or even D2.   I suspect some of the opponents are community colleges.  Their beach website says no fans allowed at home games and when I click on coaches it says no coaching staff available.

Ah, an off-season indoor training workaround allowing "in-season volume" that masquerades as a beach program lol...of course.

Wow. I guess they are getting away with it.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - johnbar - 01-27-2026

Benjamin Wood (a pundit contributing to Larry Hamel's "All Volleyball" blog) picks Stanford as the pre-season #1.

https://larryhamelsallvolleyball.substack.com/p/stanford-earns-early-nod-as-no-1

Edited to correct the attribution.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - johnbar - 01-30-2026

Simrin Adams, a Stanford recruit entering in 2027, is competing in the USA Beach U18 qualifier, with Sienna Castillo; seeded 9th.
They went 1-1 in pool A, and won a match to reach the quarterfinals.  That will be played tomorrow at 9am.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - johnbar - 01-31-2026

Adams/Castillo won their quarters and semifinals, 2-0 each.  They play for the championship at 2pm.  No stream, AFAICT.

https://volleyballlife.com/event/34180/division/125823/round/273443/brackets

ETA:  The championship match-up is with the team that beat them in pool, Leach/McCanna

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - Hieronymus - 01-31-2026

(01-25-2026, 08:00 PM)CompSci87 Wrote:  

(01-25-2026, 02:08 PM)fullmetal Wrote:  

(01-25-2026, 12:24 PM)paloalto Wrote:  I looked at Nebraska's schedule.  Three schools on it I recognize.  The rest are not D1 or even D2.   I suspect some of the opponents are community colleges.  Their beach website says no fans allowed at home games and when I click on coaches it says no coaching staff available.

Ah, an off-season indoor training workaround allowing "in-season volume" that masquerades as a beach program lol...of course.

Wow. I guess they are getting away with it.

My favorite is if you click on Facebook or X for the beach team, it takes you to the volleyball page. The Indoor volleyball page. I suppose Nebraska would claim effectively the sites cover “both” teams but that is basically fiction writing.

TikTok actually had 1 video of an indoor beach court on the volleyball site.

But yeah, this doesn’t look a serious enterprise - it’s simply the indoor team going trough the motions for extra practice time.

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RE: Stanford Beach Volleyball - johnbar - 01-31-2026

Adams and Castillo win!

Not sure if this means they'll rep the US in the FIVB U18 Championship in July, or if this is just one of several trials.

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