The “From the Sidelines” series aims to give student-athletes a chance to share their stories in their own words. The first testimony comes from UCLA indoor and beach volleyball senior Savvy Simo, who ...

Amid a weekend of serves, digs, sets and spikes on sand at the Oceanfront, a pair of third-seeded teams captured the top prizes at the Association of Volleyball Professionals’ Virginia Beach Open. In ...

If Torrey Pines senior and volleyball star Savvy Simo had her way when she was a kid, she would have pursued soccer. “I was always a big soccer player since I was little,” says Simo from her home in ...

Orientation sealed it for Savvy Simo, then a 5-foot-3 soccer player. Sitting in the Torrey Pines High gym, the eighth-grader somehow decided she couldn’t play volleyball in that building. Simo would ...

Abby Van Winkle, left, and Zana Muno battle in a joust at the net during the finals of the CBVA Santa Barbara Women’s Open. (Felipe Garcia/ Noozhawk photo) A pair of players from the national-champion ...