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Fifth Annual Willamette Volleyball Classic to be Held This Weekend

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Fifth Annual Willamette Volleyball Classic to be Held This Weekend

 

Corvallis, Ore. – Oregon State University is pleased to announce that it will host the Fifth Annual Willamette Volleyball on May 6-8.

 

The event will be capped by an exhibition match between Oregon State and Western Washington on Saturday, May 7, at 7:30 p.m. in legendary Gill Coliseum. Admission is free to the event and fans can pick up the 2011 spring poster for autographs post-match.

 

The junior tournament, which will attract four different age groups (12’s, 14’s, 16’s, and 18’s), will draw 207 teams and over 5,000 coaches, friends, and family members to Corvallis and the Oregon State campus during Mother’s Day Weekend. Thirty courts await the participants across campus, with courts at Gill Coliseum, Truax Indoor Center, Indoor Tennis Pavilion, McAlexander Fieldhouse, Dixon Recreation Center and Langton Hall. Off campus, five courts will host the teams at the Boys and Girls Club and Linus Pauling Middle School.

 

The public is invited to join in the fun and festivities throughout the weekend. There is no admission charge for entrance into competition venues or to Fan Fest.

 

On Friday, May 6, the tournament begins with the Queen of the Court competition at 5:00 p.m. A select number of teams will take part in the competition, allowing teams to get extra matches in before pool play begins. Also, pool play will begin for the 12’s age group.

 

On Saturday, May 7, teams in all age groups will advance through a morning wave of three-team pools to a second round of pools in the afternoon.  Pool play begins at 7:30 AM on Saturday.  Based on Saturday’s results, teams will advance into brackets on Sunday.  Bracket play will begin 8:00 a.m. on Sunday. Complete schedules will be available in the Truax Indoor Center.  

 

The hub of the Willamette Volleyball Classic is Fan Fest, located at the Truax Indoor Center. Throughout the weekend, Fan Fest provides hospitality, entertainment, and an exciting atmosphere for tournament participants and fans alike. A central tournament scoreboard will keep participants up-to-date on each team’s standing in the tournament. Fan Fest will also feature an interactive area for tourney participants as well as for younger fans, including activities ranging from teaching volleyball skills to measuring volleyball proficiencies. Fan Fest will have concessions and booths from tournament sponsors such as ASICS, Wilson, Pepsi, University Hero, Jamba Juice and Domino’s. Fest also includes a free inflatable interactive area for children ages 3-7.

 

On Mother’s Day, (Sunday, May 8), the Willamette Volleyball Classic will hold a specially catered Mother’s Day Brunch. Available to tournament participants and the public, the brunch will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the beautiful second floor Founders Loge of Reser Stadium. The menu features an assortment of buffet style foods and beverages.  Tickets are $20.00.

 

For more information, go to www.willamettevolleyballclassic.com.

Eastside Volleyball Club USA Volleyball Series, We'd Love To Host Your Teams

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Eastside Volleyball Club USA Volleyball Series

The Eastside Volleyball Club is pleased to announce it will be hosting several USA Volleyball sanctioned events during the upcoming club volleyball season. We would love to host your teams.

The Eastside Volleyball Club Tournament series is a very diverse competition series that offers teams a chance to compete against some of the same teams they will see at the USA Volleyball Qualifier series. Our events can be reported and used for seeding purposes to the USA Volleyball Qualifier series, unlike some of the independent competitions.

Like many other USA Volleyball registered teams, our teams are looking for good competition with aspirations of competing at the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals in Atlanta during the Summer of 2011.

We think our series offer’s the type of competition and format to prepare teams for Qualifiers and National Tournament’s. New for this year we are pleased to assist all HS teams that enter our events with recruiting of their athletes at our tournament series. We are asking all coaches to send their rosters to Gary Lewis, Eastside VBC Recruiting Director at RecruitingDirector@Eastsidevb.com.

Gary, will be working full time on getting collegiate coaches and recruiters the information of teams that will be attending our tournament series. Most of the Eastside VBC events will be featured as multiple day events, and run in a festival format. All teams participating will be guaranteed 4-5 matches for single day events, 6-8 match's for two day events.

USAV Registered Head officials will be provided for all of our match's. Unlike many other venues, we DO NOT charge an admission. This year's schedule will also include a Mini Volleyball league that will be sanctioned USAV.

Our tournaments adhere to 4 team pools, 3 team pools, 3x3 cross pools, and 3x4 cross pools. We DO NOT do 5 team pools unless we do 5 cross pools.

We are also pleased to again offer a VIP incentive programs for teams that send multiple teams o our events. Clubs should contact Club Director Tim Vande Schraaf at Director@Eastsidevb.com to see if they qualify for the discount, as we can only offer to a select number of teams per events.

For further information on the tournament series and entry information please visit our website at www.eastsidevb.com. Please see our tournament series below. We look forward to hearing from you and hosting another year of USAV Volleyball events!!!
 
 
   Date                 Division                            Event Name                                                     

Site/Location                           Entry
 

1/8-9/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-University of IL Winter FestivalUniversity of IL / Champaign, IL.$300

1/22-23/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-River Plex Winter Slam FestivalRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$300

2/13/11G18Eastside VBC 16’s Shoot-outEast Peoria HS / East Peoria, IL.$175

2/19-20/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-Presidents Day FestivalRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$300

2/27/11G16Eastside VBC 18’s Shoot-outEast Peoria HS / East Peoria, IL.$175

3/5-6/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-River Plex Spring FlingRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$300

3/19/20/11G18/17/16/15Eastside-Pre Qualifier Volley FestUniversity of IL / Champaign, IL.$300

4/2-3/11G12/14/16/18Midwest Volleyball ChampionshipsIllinois Wesleyan / Bloomington, IL.$300

4/9-10/11G12/13/14Eastside-University of IL Spring FestivalUniversity of IL / Champaign, IL.$300

4/16-17/11G10/12/13/14Eastside-River Plex Youth ChampionshipsRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$300

4/30-5/1/11C8/10Eastside Mini Volleyball ChampionshipsRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$250

5/14-15/11G12/13/14Eastside Central Illinois Volley ClassicIllinois Wesleyan / Bloomington,

IL.$300

5/15/11C8/10Eastside Mini Volleyball Slam FestivalRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$150

5/21-22/11G12/13/14Eastside River City FestivalRiver Plex / Peoria, IL.$300

 

 Thanks,

Tim Vande Schraaf, President/CEO
Eastside Volleyball Club, Inc.

Flyer Volleyball Recruit Named All-American At AAU Junior Nationals

Flyer Volleyball Recruit Named All-American At AAU Junior Nationals

FLYER VOLLEYBALL RECRUIT NAMED ALL-AMERICAN AT AAU JUNIOR NATIONALS

Megan Campbell, an incoming freshman for the University of Dayton volleyball team, was named an 18U All-American at last week’s 2010 AAU Junior Nationals in Orlando.  Campbell, an outside hitter from Versailles, Ohio, led her Asics Munciana Samurai team to a second-place finish in the 18 Open Division.

"Megan had a great tournament - a coming-out party on the national stage,” UD volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield said.  “Most of the top teams in the country were there and she was as good as anyone.  She made a three-hour round trip drive four or five times a week for the past six months to play with that club team.  She received great coaching and it has really paid off for her.”

“I love seeing a player that is willing to do whatever it takes to reach her potential and Megan really improved her game this year.  She's a competitor and it was obvious that when the competition got tougher, and the moments bigger, she was more dominant."

A three-sport star in high school, Campbell was First Team All-Ohio in volleyball and the District 9 Player of the year in both volleyball and basketball as a senior for Versailles High School.

Also at the AAU Junior Nationals, future teammate Allyson Morey led her Munciana Ninja’s team to a ninth-place finish in the AAU 18 Club Division.  The Ninja’s went 10-1 at the tournament, but their lone loss came in the round of bracket play, placing them behind the eight quarterfinalists in the tournament.

Last season, Dayton finished 30-4 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after capturing the Atlantic 10 Championship at the Frericks Center in a nationally-televised broadcast of the championship match.  Senior Lindsay Fletemier was named Third-Team All-American by the AVCA. This fall, UD Arena will be one of four 2010 NCAA Volleyball Championship Regional Sites.

Peachtree Classic Volleyball Tournament Registration Is Now Open! Save The Date March 13-14

The Peachtree Classic Volleyball Tournament Registration Is Now Open! 

The Peachtree Classic is the Original and Still One of the Best and Biggest 

Volleyball Tournaments in the South.

 

 

For more information visit www.peachtreevolleyball.com! 

Registration is done through SignUptoPlay. 

 

March 13-14, 2010

Format 2 pools of 3 team pools.  AM/PM Wave

Individual Awards for 1st and 2nd Place.  Flight Division winners also receive individual awards.

 

Last year: 251 teams from 7 states + Canada

 

Although its not mandatory, we do have some great hotel rates established around the area with Creative Travel.

 

Nancy Cole Named MVP at USAV Junior Olympic Championship

July 7, 2009

Nancy Cole, an incoming Rice freshman volleyball player from Pasadena, Texas, was named Most Valuable Player of the USAV Junior Olympic Championship as her club team, AVA18 Performance, won the 18-U National Gold Division in Miami, Fla. AVA18 Performance won each of its 11 matches by 2-0 scores including the championship match when it defeated Santa Barbara 18-Blue 25-20 and 25-18.

Cole, a 6-3 middle blocker from Memorial High School in Pasadena, was a two-time MVP of her high school squad and three-time first team All-District 22-5A. In 2008, Cole registered set a school-record with 37 kills vs. Spring High School. 

She joins a Rice volleyball team that finished 23-8 in 2008 and played in the NCAA tournament. The Owls return four starters from last season’s squad.



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Many Types of Injuries Expected at the Junior Olympic Volleyball Tournament in Miami

                       ( photo by summer luu)

"After a slow few days because the younger girls played first, Dr. Brad Warrick said he expects to see several older girls come to his table with broken bones and torn anterior cruciate ligaments, injuries that could be career-threatening." 

"The career-ending injuries are the hardest to discuss with the girls, Warrick said. He expects the number of ACL tears to be in the double digits, and for girls who still haven't decided what college they're signing with in their senior year of high school, those injuries could hinder academic futures."

(quote from article by Evan Drexler, Miami Herald.com)

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''There's a lot of girls with a lot of talent,'' Edwards said. 

``It makes your heart pound.''

volleyball quote from Neely Edwards, 15 Brazos Valley 16 Mizuno from College Station, Texas, Miami Herald.com

This year's USA Volleyball Junior Olympic Championships held in the Miami Convention Center hosts 788 teams and as Kristy Cox told Miami Herald.com journalist Evan Drexler:

 ''We're talking about 30,000 people that are going to walk through these doors eventually,'' Cox said. ``We have to have cities that can handle us.''

Additional facts and figures:

• There are three divisions of seven age groups each ranging from 12 to 18 year olds
• More than 8000 girls volleyball players in attendance 
• Teams from all 50 states represented 
• Next year participating teams expected to top 800

Apparently there's less pressure for the 12 and under club volleyball teams and players who still know how to have fun on the court, while the 16s and over tend to have more things on their minds.

''The older girls are thinking about boys,'' Nguyen said.

volleyball quote D.T. Nguyen 12s coach AZ Sky 12N Black Aces, Miami Herald.com

 

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Upcoming 2007 Smack Volleyball Exposure Classic

The Eastside Volleyball Club, Inc. is pleased to present the Smack Volleyball Exposure Classic. The event will be held on Saturday & Sunday December 1-2, 2007 at the Peoria River Plex; 600 NE Water Street; Peoria, Illinois.

The method for registering is by going to the Eastside VBC website at www.eastsidevb.com and filling out the online form. That will immediately add registrants to the participation list and to the database that is made available to recruiters. All correspondences for the event will be done electronically, so it is important to provide a valid email address. After the online form is filled out, profile updates and changes can be made by requesting a password and id from the club to look at profiles. Actual changes to profiles will be done by a website administrator. All participants will be allowed to send recruiting material that can be distributed to recruiters, provided the material arrives by November 26, 2007 and enough inserts are provided. Participants may upload their resume when filling out the online form or by submitting to Director@Eastsidevb.com. Inserts should be shipped to the above address. Housing options for the event can be found at the Eastside VBC website, or by contacting Brian Martin @ BrianJen@Eastsidevb.com.

Last years event featured over 450 athletes from 13 states. The teams will be comprised of 8-12 players each. The criteria for players should be higher caliber, normally a starter for a varsity level team. The event goal will be to allow the best players to showcase their talents to recruiters. The format of the event will involve an afternoon session on Saturday. Participants will be assigned in groups and actual teams will be formed during that session by age group. Actual competition will occur on Sunday. Recruiting seminars by some of the best collegiate coaches will be held both days of the event. The recruiting seminar agenda will follow at a later date. The primary event purpose is to bring the best athletes together to play, therefore, we encourage all athletes to participate, even those that have committed.

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The event has become a featured event among collegiate recruiters and we anticipate the attendance of recruiters to exceed 125. The event will be promoted through the Eastside VBC Network and over 3000 collegiate coaches will receive an invitation to attend. Previous years events have featured recruiters and coaches from 26 states at the NAIA, D-II, D-III & JC level of play. We hope that the attendance will be similar or better this year. Most of the former athletes that have participated at previous events have reported a vast number of recruiting offers they have been presented. This event has become an invaluable tool for recruiters and potential athletes for exposure.

The cost for participation will be $40. The admission to the event is FREE, so please encourage everyone to come see some of the best high school volleyball. The River Plex Pro Shop that will feature Smack volleyball apparel, volleyball/fitness related equipment, a smoothie bar, and snack shop. Upon arriving each player will receive a packet of schedules and collegiate information along with 2 uniform tops, 1 for each day. Please make sure and provide the correct uniform top size on the registration form. We will do our best to provide the requested size, but the tops are ordered ahead of time and we may not be able to provide the requested size. We are also pleased to report that the River Plex will provide a discounted admission of $3 per person to their indoor Aqua Plex Aquatic Center

Finally, we are also asking any coaches that are interested in coaching at this event, to volunteer to coach. We will be attempting to utilize our Eastside Volleyball Club staff for most of the teams.

Please contact the number below or email if you have questions regarding this event or the Eastside VBC, Inc..

Thanks, Tim Vande Schraaf President

Eastside Volleyball Club, Inc. 1621 Highview Road East Peoria, IL. 61611 www.eastsidevb.com Home - (309) 699-8738 Cell - (309) 635-4179 Fax - (309) 210-0713

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