The Viral Volley Podcast

Episode 316, Viral Volley Podcast: Megan Fitch, Texas A&M, 08-08-2026

  In this Viral Volley Podcast/CVW crossover episode, Rob checks in with former Cornerstone Christian super star, Megan Fitch, who finished a remarkable first year at Te

Episode 315, Viral Volley: Names in the Game, Brooke Nuneviller, LOVB ATX, 07-18-2026

In this episode of the Viral Volley Podcast, the former PVF/MLV superstar and now LOVB Austin OH Brooke Nuneviller joins Rob on  the “Names in the Game.” Brooke dropped a

Episode 314, Viral Volley Podcast, Names in the Game - Alaina Chacon, 6-5-26

In this Episode of the Viral Volley Podcast, ascending pro volleyball athlete Alaina Chacon jumps after she and partner Maddie Anderson go 2-0 at the opening weekend of t

Episode 313, College Volleyball Weekly, Men’s Top 20, 2026 NCAA Closeout Episdoe, 05-26-2026

After taking a much needed week off the Coaches' Panel of Nickie Sanlin of McKendree, Jay Hosack of George Mason, Brad Rosstratter of UC San Diego, Theo Edwards of CSUN a

Episode 312, Viral Volley: Names in the Game, Avery Poppinga, 5-20-26

It's the first Viral Volley Podcast of the summer! To kick it off former Florida St. and LMU Beach standout Avery Poppinga shares about the start of her volleyball journe

Episode 311, College Volleyball Weekly, National Championship Episode 5-11-2026

The title speaks for itself, but specifically the panel taks about the AVCA Player of the Year, and the TWO great semfinal matches! May add more to the description later

Episode 310, College Volleyball Weekly Men's Top 20, National Championship Recap, 5-4-26

This week only Jay and Rob were available for this week's discussion amid the AVCA and NCAA Men's Volleyball Committee members' responsibilities this week (Yes, Rob is al

Episode 309, College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Top 20, NCAA Championship Week, 4/29/26

Sydney Miller of Hawaii and Rob touch on the conference tournaments across the nation winning automatic berths fand punching their tickets to Gulf Shores for the 2026 Nat

Episode 308, College Volleyball Weekly Men's Top 20, Pre-Championship Episode 04-27-2026

The CVW crew is joined once again by McKendree Head Coach, Nickie Sanlin, as we talk about most of the big conference tournament results. We bounce all over the place wit

Episode 307, College Volleyball Weekly, Men’s Top 20, Week 15 Recap, 04-13-2026

It’s a MEGA episode this week with special guest contributor, Nickie Sanlin of McKendree. Nickie has been one of the most influential coaches in the game not only in the

Episode 306, College Volleyball Weekly Men's Top 20, Week 14 Recap, 04-06-26

This week's format is an open-forum for the coaches' panel to select the matches and topics we discuss from Week 14. Everything from multiple red cards to "Libero of the

Episode 305, College Volleyball Weekly Beach Top 10-ish, Week 6 Recap with Kelly Belardi

This week Kelly Belardi rejoins CVW Beach to recap the week that was for the Stanford Cardinal that had them reclaim the No. 1 AVCA Coaches' Poll ranking for 3rd time in

Episode 304, College Volleyball Weekly, Men’s Top 20 Week 13 Recap, 3-30-2026

In the Week 13 recap, we saw a week were there were no upsets in the top 10, however it didn't mean there was a shortage of action! Long Beach St. took down Theo's Matado

Episode 303, College Volleyball Weekly Beach Top 10-ish, Week 5 Recap, 3-24-2026

This week saw top teams like UCLA, Stanford, USC and TCU idle, however that didn't stop the rest of the other top teams from pulling off big wins, like #9 Cal over #4 Tex

Episode 302, College Volleyball Weekly, Men’s Top 20 Week 12 Recap, 3-23-2026

This week we remember Ann Davenport after her unexpected passing last week. She was truly a volleyball pioneer helping the game grow in so many aspects. In our “Social M

Episode 301, College Volleyball Weekly Top 10-ish, Week 4 Recap 03-17-2026

After a two-week break, Sydney Miller of Hawaii and Rob Espero breakdown some of the top tidbits of the top-10-ish teams in the most recent AVCA polls. There were minor s

Episode 300, College Volleyball Weekly Men’s Top 20, Week 11 Recap 03-16-2026

As always, we start off "shouting out" some of our Men's Volleyball digital content providers, and this week it's Lee Feinswog of 900 Square Feet and @flicksbyry_! In th

Episode 299, College Volleyball Weekly Men’s Top 20, Week 10 Recap 03-09-2026

In Episode 299 CVW Men’s Top 20 is graced with the guest appearance of Princeton Head Coach, Sam Shweisky. Sam joins the crew to talk about some of the top 20 matches dur

Episode 298, College Volleyball Weekly, Men’s Top 20, Week 9 Recap, 03-02-26

This week, we go through our normal routine of recognizing digital content creators in the Men’s game. This week it was reported that the Official Fan Account for NCAA Me

Episode 297, College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Top 20, ASU, Week 1 Recap 02-24-26

This week’s episode brings on Arizona St.’s Arden Besecker and Kendall Whitmarsh fresh off the most recent AVCA poll and the first named conference pairs of the week acro