A month from today in Chicago, the Big Ten is putting on a volleyball first. The first of its kind, a football- and basketball-style women’s volleyball media days, a Monday-Tuesday gathering of all 14 head coaches and some of their star players.
The USA women survived a wild second set and swept Serbia on Thursday to move into sole possession of first place in the Volleyball Nations League. While the USA (9-1) was winning 25-17, 33-31, 25-16 in Calgary, Alberta, Japan (8-1) was off.
Kara Bajema, the outside hitter featured here on Tuesday, had 18 kills, a block, an ace and five digs Wednesday night as the USA women swept Belgium to open the third round of Volleyball Nations League.
Deahna Kraft may just be 23, and she may, like many in their early 20s who have recently graduated from college and begun wading into what is know as the — shudder — real world, suffer from the occasional bout of existential angst.
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