The Portland Spikers were an all-women’s pro volleyball team that managed to play just 9 matches in Major League Volleyball before the league fell apart around them in the winter of 1989. The team played its home games on the campus of Lewis and Clark College.
The Blaze were an all-women’s pro volleyball team that played one season of Major League Volleyball during the summer of 1988. The team played at Pride Pavilion, a small arena originally built as a practice facility for the defunct Phoenix Pride indoor soccer team in the early 1980’s. The franchise left town for Portland, Oregon at the end of the 1988 season.
The Minnesota Monarchs were the most popular team in Major League Volleyball, a largely forgotten attempt to start an all-women’s pro volleyball circuit in the United States in the late 1980’s. The previous attempt at a top-flight volleyball league – the International Volleyball Association of the 1970’s – was co-ed. From 1987 through 1989 Major League Volleyball was the only professional sports league for women in the U.S.
Major League Volleyball (1987-1989) Born: November 25, 1986 – MLV founding franchise Folded: March 20, 1989 First Game: Last Game: MLV Championships: None 1987-1988: Golden
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