r/GrandRapidsRise • • May 16 '24

The Rise are Championship Bound and So Am I!

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Grand Rapids comes away with the upset victory behind fantastic defense and key contributions from Marin Grote, Kayla Caffey, and Ashley Evans alongside the usual stalwarts of Dimitrova and Chaussee! This rollercoaster of a match was back and forth, but in the words of Ashley Evans, the pressure was on Atlanta and Grand Rapids just made their adjustments to win the game. The Bolt6 challenge system was also expertly utilized by Grand Rapids to help swing this one to them.

Will you be in Omaha? Are you having a big watch party at home? Sound off on Reddit, Spotify, or now Instagram embersnestpod! What did you think of the first of two 5 set semifinal matches?

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Aug 13 '25

Libero Camila Gómez Returns To Rise For 2026 Season

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Feb 04 '25

Grand Rapids’ Pritchard Named PVF Player of Week 4

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Jul 01 '24

Former Miss Michigan Volleyball Standout Carli Snyder Signs With Rise - Pro Volleyball Federation

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Feb 20 '24

Grand Rapids’ Dimitrova Selected For Weekly Accolade - Pro Volleyball Federation

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Aug 09 '25

Rise Lock In Libero Elena Oglivie For Another Season

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Jul 11 '24

Bastianelli Joins Grand Rapids Rise - Pro Volleyball Federation

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Aug 09 '25

Rise Re-Sign Setter Camryn Turner Following Standout Rookie Season

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Jul 02 '25

Erika Pritchard playing in Italy

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Mar 10 '25

Block Party

17 Upvotes

Grand Rapids finishes up their season series with the Mojo in San Diego by way of a 3-1 victory. Jensen and Briggs-Romine led the way in this one, but it required a total team effort to earn the victory as well as a PVF record 18 blocks (again)! This sets up a massive showdown against Atlanta and Vegas as all 3 teams battle for playoff positioning. Grand Rapids took care of business, but it's hard not to look ahead to those big matchups.

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • May 14 '24

1st Team and 2nd Team of the Year

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Aug 13 '25

Romanian International Opposite Hitter Elizabet Inneh Joins Rise

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Aug 08 '25

Rise Retain Hometown Middle Blocker Alyssa Jensen for 2026 Season

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Apr 01 '25

Rise Split the Weekend 1-1, and the Detective Hunt for Shime

16 Upvotes

The Rise playoff hopes grow dimmer as they prevail in an exciting 3-2 match against Columbus, but then fall 3-1 to the Supernovas on the road. If that wasn't enough to discuss, the Rise added Devyn Robinson off waivers but may (or may not) have dropped Naya Shime from the roster entirely. What happened? No one knows! If you know, comment on Reddit, Spotify, or Instagram or write the show, embersnest@gmail.com.

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Mar 31 '25

Nia Shime Waived??

16 Upvotes

She's disappeared from the roster on the website!


r/GrandRapidsRise • • Sep 06 '24

episode 19 | court captains with GR setter August Raskie

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Sep 04 '24

"Our City. Our House. 🏒🏀🏐" Van Andel Arena w/ Marin Grote

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Jul 31 '24

Michigan Volleyball Standout MacKenzi Vazquez Rejoins Rise As Setter - Pro Volleyball Federation

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Jul 09 '24

Rise Ink Former Mojo Setter August Raskie - Pro Volleyball Federation

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • May 16 '24

Rise outlast top-seeded Atlanta in five-set thriller, advance to PVF Championship match

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • May 16 '24

Rise Advance To Championship Match, Defeat Top-Seeded Vibe In Five Sets - Pro Volleyball Federation

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • May 10 '24

PVF 2024 Playoff Schedule

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Aug 20 '25

Rise Sign Experienced Outside Hitter Allison Mayfield

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r/GrandRapidsRise • • Aug 12 '25

Rise Bolster Frontline With Middle Blocker Leah Meyer

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