Volleyball

Volleyball Player Ranks As Top Prospect In Nation

At 6-foot-3 inches tall, 21-year-old Miami Dade College volleyball player Marifranchi Rodriguez is an imposing figure on the volleyball court. The middle blocker, who led...

Volleyball Player From Cuban National Team Joins Sharks Team

Suramys Acosta had already been imprisoned five times for trying to flee Cuba. Trying to escape a sixth time seemed inevitable. The 24-year-old was successful...

Picture Perfect Opportunity

Expectations in sports are never a rarity, but after the roller coaster of emotions suffered throughout the 2010 season, the MDC Women's Volleyball Team...

Volleyball Team Loses Nationals

The unfamiliar feeling of losing a game still lingered in the minds of the Miami Dade College women’s volleyball team when they returned from...

Lady Sharks Capture State Prize

The Miami Dade College women’s volleyball team, outplayed, outhit and overpowered their opponents to capture the 2010 Florida Community College Athletic Association state championship. The...

Lady Sharks Preparing For State Championship

For the sixth year in a row, Miami Dade College’s women’s volleyball team has won the Southern Conference Tournament. Despite not having three of their...

Lady Shark To Miss Rest Of Season

Miami Dade College volleyball player, Stephanie Toledo, 20, will miss the remainder of the season after having surgery on her left foot. Toledo, a middle...

A Forward-Looking Vollyball Coach

Origenes “Kiko’’ Benoit was hired five years ago to be the head coach of the women’s volleyball team at Miami Dade College. Since 2005, when...

Beating The Odds—Volleyball Player Returns One Year After Battling Chronic Renal Disease

Edgaris Franchesca Leon towers over her opponents on the volleyball court.  At  6-foot-1inches tall, Leon looks every bit the part of the physically imposing player...