Tournament Results: Ohio Xtreme

JVBC played in its first tournament last Saturday and had a great outing!

The girls were a bit nervous at the beginning of the day but came into their own as the day went on.

We began the day by playing Pittsburgh Elite White.  We were fairly even with this team!  The girls missed quite a few serves this match but did a lot of great things!  We ended up losing 18-25 and 20-25.

The next match was against PCVC Brittany.  The girls continued to miss a lot serves but luckily the PCVC team did too!  We had lots of great plays and started to look more confident!  The girls won 25-20 and 25-18!

The third match of pool play was against Ohio Xtreme Black.  This team was very good (and actually ended up winning the entire tournament later in the day!)!  The girls struggled a lot against Xtreme's tough serves and ended up making some mistakes due to frustration.  We lost in two sets.

We were seeded 3rd in our pool and after comparing records in pool play, were placed as the 1st 3rd place team.  We faced Club Crush Orrville in the first round of the tournament.  This team had some great servers!  Our team played great, among the best of the day!  The girls finally had their serves under control and we had some long volleys with this team!  We lost the first match 19-25 but came back and won the second 25-16!  This took us to a 3rd set.  Unfortunately, we got caught up in a few good serves and lost this 3rd set.  We played great against Crush and later found out that they had come in second in the tournament!

We ended up tying for 5th place (out of 12), which is great for our first tournament of the season!  

Great job girls!

Upcoming Tournament - Ohio Xtreme

JVBC's first tournament is this Saturday, February 18!  We are so excited to start playing and to use everything we've been practicing!

Anyone is welcome to attend and the tournament is free to all!

This is the information handout that was passed out for this tournament:

Ohio Xtreme Training Facility
709 Elm Ridge Ave
Canal Fulton, OH 44614

Located off Portage Street.  Turn on Elm Ridge just past the Subway plaza.  Facility is on right across from SkipCo.  Approximately 10 minute drive from JMMS.

Doors open at 7:30 Am.  Please be inside the facility no later than 7:45.  Be dressed in uniform (purple jersey) and ready for on-court warm-ups at 8:10.  Also bring yellow jersey, as we will have girls that need to change into it.  The first match serve will start promptly at 8:30.

They will have a concession stand with lunch offerings.  You can also pack a lunch and bring snacks, but no outside coolers are permitted in the facility.  Bring water bottle(s).

They have bleachers in the second floor viewing area.  Parents should not bring chairs.  There is no camping area, so bring as little as possible into the facility.  

Expect to be there until 5:00 PM, but we will likely be done earlier.

Can't attend but want to watch?  Ohio Xtreme streams matches live for a $10 fee at www.ohioxtremevolleyball.com.

Our next practice is Tuesday, February 28 from 6-8 at Strausser.  NO PRACTICE Tuesday, February 21, enjoy your free day!

JVBC Parent Clinic

The JVBC Parent Clinic will be Tuesday, February 14 from 7:30 - 8:00.

We'll briefly review the following:
     Positions - Serve, Serve Receive, Base, Free
     Strategy - Transitions, Setters, Switching, 3 hits, Substitutions, Libero
     Rules - Legal/illegal hits, In/Out of bounds, Net touches, Serves, Subs
     What to Expect at Tournaments - Seating, Food, Schedule, Playing Time, 
     Refereeing

In order to keep this within 30 minutes, we will be starting promptly at 7:30 and covering this information very quickly.  If anyone has questions, the coaches will stay after 8:00 to answer them.  Siblings/Grandparents are also welcome to attend.

Also, all girls should complete the training courses listed on the JVBC website prior to our first tournament (Saturday, February 18).
JVBC Website

Thanks!