2010 USAV HP Championships Conclude Friday

Candice Kasischke
Intern, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: (719) 228-6800
E-Mail: Candice.Kasischke@usav.org

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (July 30, 2010) – The USA Volleyball High Performance Championships wrapped-up tournament play on Friday morning in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., with the gold-and bronze-medal matches for the Girls’ National Youth Division.

Chesapeake Region Youth overcame Lone Star Region HP Youth Blue 21-25, 25-20, 25-15, 25-19 to claim the gold medal in the Girls’ National Youth Division. Chesapeake, which avenged an earlier five-set loss to Lone Star during pool play, finished the tournament with a 7-2 record. Lone Star had won its last seven matches entering the final match and ended the tournament with a 7-2 record.

Keystone HP Girls' took the division’s bronze medal by defeating Oklahoma Youth Girls’ Team 25-18, 25-15, 22-25, 25-14. Keystone HP Girls’ ended the tournament with a 7-2 record with its two losses to the gold- and silver-winning teams. Oklahoma Youth Girls’ Team ended the event with a 5-4 record.

Five of the six division championships were decided on Thursday at the Chula Vista Resorts in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. The international-style tournament with 87 teams, including foreign teams from Chile, Puerto Rico and Peru, started competition on July 26 and concluded on July 30.

Gold-medal matches were played in the Girls’ International Youth Division, Women’s International Youth Division, Boys’ International Youth Division, Girls’ National Select Division and Boys’ National Youth Division on Thursday.

USA Volleyball Managing Director of High Performance Indoor National Programs Tom Pingel felt that the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships was successful and that the level of play was the best the event has seen in its 12-year history.

“I felt the tournament went very well,” Pingel said. “It was easily the most competitive HP championships that we have ever had. The number of five-set matches was remarkable. The overall level of play was the highest we have seen for a first year of the two-year age group cycle.”

The HPC featured an international theme with some variations of FIVB rules. Matches are best-of-five sets format with most teams playing eight matches during the event. The tournament utilized some new FIVB rules such as the primary and secondary libero.

A total of 87 teams competed in the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships’ six different age and gender championship brackets taking place on 14 courts at the Wisconsin Dells Center at the Chula Vista Resort. The USA Volleyball High Performance Championships combines the best teams from USAV High Performance Pipeline teams, USAV Region High Performance Teams and international squads in the marquee event.

2010 USA Volleyball High Performance Championships Medalists
Boys’ International Youth: Gold - USA Boys' Youth A2 Red; Silver - Chile Boys' Youth Team; Bronze - USA Boys' Youth A2 White.
Boys’ National Youth: Gold - Badger Region Boys' National Youth; Silver - Ohio Valley Region Boys' National Youth Team; Bronze - Aloha Region HP Boys' National Youth Team.
Girls’ International Youth: Gold - Team Florida Region Girls' Youth National Team; Silver - Badger Region Girls' International Youth Team; Bronze - Intermountain Region.
Girls’ National Select: Gold - Badger Region Girls' National Select; Silver - Southern California Region Red Team; Bronze - Iowa Region Girls' Select Team.
Girls’ National Youth: Gold - Chesapeake Region Youth; Silver - Lone Star Region HP Youth Blue; Bronze - Keystone Region HP Girls'.
Women’s International Junior: Gold - 2010 USA Girls' Youth National Team; Silver - USA Women's Junior A2 Red Team; Bronze - USA Girls' Youth A2 Red Team.

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