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https://longbeachstate.com/news/2025/12/3/womens-volleyball-womens-volleyball-adds-kyler-birkelbach-emma-garnder-in-november-signing-window

I guess proof reading is not on the supervisor checklist before putting out a press release. It's Gardner, not Garnder for heavens sake...

In any event, we're adding some nice height for 2026. Gardner is a 6'3 OPP/OH from Oklahoma and Birkelbach is a 6'3 MB from Texas.

There was a 3rd 6'3 girl who committed earlier, Ashton Nelson, from San Clemente but wasn't released as a signee. Not sure what that means but probably not good.

Players can enter the transfer portal starting, Monday, December 8. That's become a dreaded day for most schools outside of the elite P4 programs. Unless LBSU alum Palmer Luckey contributed millions for the NIL program, I suspect we're going to have defections. It's kind of obvious who the likely ones are - the ones who played well and any out of staters who may want to play closer to home. That's kind of like most of the team LOL...