Volley Talk with Sarah Pavan

In this episode of Volley Talk, we take a look at what happened during Week 1 of the 2026 Men's VNL competition. As we saw with the women's side, both Brazil and Japan are undefeated and are at the top of the ranks. Cuba and Argentina are still looking for their first win, and France had a rough week in Ottawa, going 1-3.If you have questions for us or topics you would like us to explore, drop us a line on Instagram or email us at info@sarahpavan.com!Instagram: https://instagram.com/volleytalk_podcastYouTube: http://youtube.com/@SarahPavanVolleyball

In this episode of Volley Talk, we take a look at the USA women's wide roster for the 2026 VNL. Which players have us scratching our heads and who do we think was missed? Will this roster have what it takes to win a medal this season?Men's Champions League wraps up with Perugia dominating the Final Four in Torino, and we address one of the most highly requested topics of the week: Pitt's Europe Trip!We are taking some time off before VNL starts up, so we will see you back here the week of June 8!If you have questions for us or topics you would like us to explore, drop us a line on Instagram or email us at info@sarahpavan.com!Instagram: https://instagram.com/volleytalk_podcastYouTube: http://youtube.com/@SarahPavanVolleyball

In this episode of Volley Talk, we go over some of the most exciting matches we watched this week, including UCLA vs Long Beach State on the NCAA men's side, Vakifbank vs Scandicci for women's Champions League, and some men's Coppa Italia! There was so much great volleyball to watch and we hope you were able to catch a couple matches!We bring back a Volleyball 101 segment with serving zones and strategy, and we have a little fun with some USA women's roster predictions. Who would be selected if the Olympics were this year, and what positions are weakest and strongest?Join our MLV fantasy league for the 2026 season!! Go to playvoli.com/volleytalk to participate. Download the app on iOS or Android to get in on the action!If you have questions for us or topics you would like us to explore, drop us a line on Instagram or email us at info@sarahpavan.com!Instagram: https://instagram.com/volleytalk_podcastYouTube: http://youtube.com/@SarahPavanVolleyball

In this episode of Volley Talk, we talk about our favorite and least favorite matches of the week. We also discuss the Omaha Supernovas and their uncharacteristic 3-3 start to the season. Will they bounce back and make a push for the top as expected, or does this team just not have it?Pavan's Percentages makes a comeback, and we talk about teams that have gotten off to a good start in 2026 and others that have us scratching our heads, wondering what is going on.Join our MLV fantasy league for the 2026 season!! Go to playvoli.com/volleytalk to participate. Download the app on iOS or Android to get in on the action!If you have questions for us or topics you would like us to explore, drop us a line on Instagram or email us at info@sarahpavan.com!Instagram: https://instagram.com/volleytalk_podcastYouTube: http://youtube.com/@SarahPavanVolleyball

In this episode of Volley Talk, we talk about the Kelly Sheffield podcast interview that has gone viral. We had dozens of people reach out to us to talk about it, so of course we had to dive in!Watch the interview on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DxQMCf6b_kListen to the interview here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joncast-podcast-a-wisconsin-sports-podcast/id1588964558?i=1000744025851We also go over some of the matches we watched this week and do a LOVB season 2 preview!Join our MLV fantasy league for the 2026 season!! Go to playvoli.com/volleytalk to participate. Download the app on iOS or Android to get in on the action!If you have questions for us or topics you would like us to explore, drop us a line on Instagram or email us at info@sarahpavan.com!Instagram: https://instagram.com/volleytalk_podcastYouTube: http://youtube.com/@SarahPavanVolleyball

In this episode of Volley Talk, we talk about the NCAA Final Four. Texas A&M took down Pitt and Kentucky 3-0 to claim their first National Championship! All-American and Player of the Year awards were announced last week as well, so we have a lot to cover to close the book on the 2025 NCAA women's volleyball season!If you have questions for us or topics you would like us to explore, drop us a line on Instagram or email us at info@sarahpavan.com!Instagram: https://instagram.com/volleytalk_podcastYouTube: http://youtube.com/@SarahPavanVolleyball

In this episode of Volley Talk, we talk about some of the highlights (and low points) from rounds 1 and 2 of the 2025 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship. The fact that there are zero perfect brackets anywhere goes to show just how unpredictable some of the results were. We also discuss the conference awards given out by the Power 4 conferences. While we agreed with most of them, there were a couple that definitely had us scratching our heads.If you have questions for us or topics you would like us to explore, drop us a line on Instagram or email us at info@sarahpavan.com!Instagram: https://instagram.com/volleytalk_podcastYouTube: http://youtube.com/@SarahPavanVolleyball