The LAST Weekend of Qualifiers

Here we are, approaching the last weekend of the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Qualifying Tournaments. With three qualifiers in play this weekend, competition is slated to be steep. Additional opportunities to qualify for the 2011 Girls’ Junior National Championships will be available at upcoming regional tournaments as well as through at-large bids. For a complete list of the qualified girls’ junior teams, click here.

For a complete list of Boys’ Junior teams that have qualified for the BJNC, click here. 

The Lone Star Classic, the NorthEast National Qualifier and the Show Me Qualifier are all slated for April 22-24. The Lone Star Classic will be held in Dallas at the Dallas Convention Center. The NorthEast National Qualifier will be held in Baltimore, at the Baltimore Convention Center. Teams will battle in Bartle Hall at the Kansas City Convention Center for the Show Me Qualifier in Kansas City, Mo.

For more information about the Lone Star Classic, click here.

For more information about the NorthEast National Qualifier, click here.

For more information about the Show Me Qualifier, click here.

News Clippings, Please

With both the USA Boys’ and Girls’ Junior National Championships a few months away, buzz about junior clubs, teams, coaches and players has begun to circulate around the country. If there is an online article that you are aware of relating to junior volleyball please e-mail me at becky.murdy@usav.org so that it can be added to our “News Clippings” page, found here.

First Time for Everything

Congratulations to the Capitol 18 Navy team, of Madison, Wisc., for placing fourth at the Northern Lights Qualifier and earning a bid to the GJNC. The team became the first Capitol team to ever qualify for an open division bid. Capitol Volleyball Academy is within the Badger Region and is directed by David Bayer. He is also the coach of the Capitol 18 Navy team heading to Atlanta, June 25th for nationals.   

The last time an 18s team from the Badger Region qualified for Nationals in the Open Division was in 2003. The highest 18 Open finish at Nationals was a fifth-place by Milwaukee Sting in 1997. Ironically, Bayer coached that team.

For more information about the Capitol Volleyball Academy, click here.