Europe
DODEA-Europe volleyball - Day 1
Stars and Stripes
October 26, 2023
Black Forest Academy’s Barney Sivonen, a senior from Jyvaskyla, Finland, tried to push the ball over the net on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, but a Vilseck block sent it back for a point in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Stuttgart def. Ramstein 24-26, 25-20, 15-12
Vilseck def. Lakenheath 25-13, 25-23
Rota def. AOSR 25-16, 25-17
Naples def. Vicenza 25-23, 24-26, 15-8
Brussels def. Spangdahlem 25-21, 26-24
Sigonella def. Hohenfels 25-8, 25-21; AFNORTH, Sigonella clinch spots in semifinals
Sigonella’s Cooper Harrison tries to hit through the Rota block of Tyler DeMeritt and Brian Lieba during the opening day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Vicenza’s Nicholas Morton hits the ball toward the block of American Overseas School of Rome’s Lorenzo De Nicola in the Cougars’ pool-play victory on the first day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
American Overseas School of Rome’s Iker Santos tosses the ball up while serving Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Naples’ Nathan Mellor tries to hit through the Bahrain block of Nick Beaumont, left, and Diego Mercado-Rodriguez during pool-play action Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Naples’ Damon Bailey tries to tap the ball over the Bahrain first-line defense Thursday, Oct. 23, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Bahrain’s Jacob Courts pushes the ball over the net in a match against Naples on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Hohenfels’ Joel Idowu skies over the net to send the ball towards a Naples block during pool-play action Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Sigonella’s Deshawn Wallace tries to block a tap from Rota’s Tyler DeMeritt during the opening day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2026. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Sigonella’s Oscan Bentson sets the ball for a teammate during pool play Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)
Black Forest Academy's Barney Sivonen watches his spike bounce off the block of Vilseck's Drake Neville as he and teammate Malachi Inniger tried to form a wall Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes ()
Aviano def. AOSR 25-23, 25-22
Vilseck def. Hohenfels 25-17, 17-25, 15-5
Bahrain def. Lakenheath 25-23, 25-20
