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Welcome 2012 members!
We had our league organizational meeting Sunday, October 16, 2011. The new contacts lists are now being posted. Please check and make sure that your contact information is correct, and let us know if it is not, so that we can get it updated properly. Dues invoices will go out in November. Match play starts in January. Looking forward to a great season!***
Hi All:
The SCCVL League Championship tournaments will be held Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Alliant University. Matches will begin at 8:00a; the gym will open at 7:00a. The tournaments (men and women) will both be double-elimination, with matches played as two out of three games to 25, but with the third played to 15, no caps on any of the games. We'll have refs for a lot of the day, but your squads may need to call some of the early games, and will definitely be needed to call lines, scorekeep, etc. (Most teams will have to ref at least twice during the day, maybe more. It depends on when you win and when you lose, so I can't be more specific at this point.) Also, seeding will be based on your finishes in league play, so the seeds haven't been determined yet . I'll try to get out a schedule on the Friday or Saturday before the tournament -- once I have all the league results in -- but everybody should make their plans as if playing or reffing at 8:00a. (And get your results in, laggards!) Should be fun, as always -- but be ready to go. The day ends quick if you're on the losing end of those first two matches! Alliant is in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego. The address is 10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA. Take the I-15 to Pomerado, then head inland about 1/2 a mile or so, turn right on Avenue of the Nations, and follow it up to the gym at the top of the rise. Note: Beware. There are two exits off of I-15 for Pomerado. You don't want the one in Rancho Bernardo. (Trust me.) You want the one near MiraMar, further south about 7 or 8 miles. There's parking in front of the gym, which is the lot we should use. Hope all's well. Good luck in Vegas to those of you going. And see you on the 27th! Best, Denny Cline, Commissioner***
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Hi All:
Congratulations to all the teams who participated in this year's California Invitational North-South Tournament. It was a tight contest to the finish. Of the 16 matches played, 10 went to 3 games, and nobody was blanked -- a tribute to how evenly matched were the various squads. CSU Fresno wound up taking top honors behind the empassioned laserings of southpaw Hunter Knight, who hammered home the final couple points of the championship match, finally dispatching -- for the second time in the tournament -- a crafty Cal Poly SLO team that had no shortage of power itself. The final match ended 25-17, 30-28. The North showed a surprising dominance early that led, eventually, to NCCVL teams taking the top three spots in the tournament. In the first round, UC Davis, playing with steady ball-control and smart shot-making, came from one game down to relegate San Diego State to the losers' bracket, 19-25, 25-21, 25-12. Fresno dispatched UCSD, 25-14, 25-18, and Cal Poly topped Long Beach 25-16, 25-17. Only Azusa Pacific, of the South, was able to stay in the winners for the South, upsetting defending tournament champions, Cal, 25-20, 25-22. The second round matched, in the losers' bracket, Cal against San Diego State. The Bears eventually triumphed in three, 22-25, 25-20, 25-15. On the other court, UCSD outlasted Long Beach, also in three, 25-17,16-25, 25-21. San Diego and Long Beach were thus eliminated with two losses apiece. They eventually played for seventh and eighth place overall, with the Aztecs going home victorious, 25-21, 25-12. Meanwhile, 4 teams were still in the winners' bracket: APU, Davis, Fresno and Cal Poly. Davis squeaked by the pesky hosts from Azusa Pacific, 21-25, 25-23, 25-20, while on the opposite court Fresno outlasted its Northern rival, Cal Poly, 14-25, 25-20, 25-17. This sent APU down to meet UCSD and Cal Poly down to meet Cal. Again both matches went three, UCSD finally overcoming the hosts 25-15, 22-25, 25-19, and Cal Poly getting past Cal, 25-21, 18-25, 25-20. Cal and APU were now out; they played for fifth and sixth place, with APU again surprising the Bears, 21-25, 25-16, 25-23. Four teams remained. Fresno met Davis in the finals of the winners' bracket, a hard-fought battle that saw Fresno advancing, finally, 23-25, 25-21, 25-21. Cal Poly and UCSD then fought it out for survival in the losers', with the Mustangs continuing their epic climb through the bracket with a 25-15, 22-25, 25-19 victory. UCSD finished fourth overall. Cal Poly met a game Davis squad in the finals of the losers', triumphing 25-22, 25-22, thus advancing to the final showdown and rematch with Fresno, while Davis finished third overall. Again, congratulations to all -- and thanks again to Jimmy Lundgren and the whole APU squad for hosting the tournament. Heck of a nice place to play. Good luck with the rest of your seasons! Denny Cline, Commissioner SCCVL***
Hey All:
Here's some useful info that you should have picked up at the league meeting, or that has been decided since: Dues: $275. Invoices will go out towards the end of November, or early December. Need to be sent by January 1. There are late fees, if late, and your squad may be dropped, if really late. (All the info will be in the invoice.) General Schedule: Early January: California Cup for men's teams that qualified last year. (Top 4.) (Will be in Southern Cal again this year.) January through March: Match play. Home and away against each of the other teams in your conference. March 18-19: Las Vegas Tournament. (Optional, of course.) March 26 or 27: League Championship. San Diego area this year.) April 2 or 3: California Championship for women. (To be held at UCSB, tentatively. Top finishers from League Championship qualify. Working on simultaneous tournament for men, including a DII division.) (Optional.) April 7-9: (Optional.) Match Play/Hybrid: The Men's North Conference and the Men's Central Conference have voted to try a hybrid format this year, in which half of each team's games are played as single match play at one or the other of the team's venues, and the other half of the games are played in "hybrid" tournaments at neutral sites. Non-Exclusive: Teams can play as many exhibition matches, scrimmages, and tournaments as they want, with any opponent or opponents, as long as they complete their league play also. Scores: Scores for all league matches are reported by filling out the form available on the website, and emailing it to the commissioner's office. (Results will be constantly updated on the site.) These are the results seeding you into the league championship, and used in the national ranking process. Nationals: Check www.ncvfvolleyball.org for details and updates. There's a link from our website. Nationals. In Houston, Reliant Center. Uniforms: Numerals are to be centered front and back, at least 4" on the front, 6" on the back. The league (and the NCVF) encourages 6" front, and 8" back. Contacts: Check the contacts lists on the website and let me know if anything needs to be updated. This is how I get in contact with you; this is how your opponents get in contact with you, and you with them. Men's Central: This conference continues to grow. We've added Hope International and Vanguard this year, and have been contacted by Occidental and Whittier, who may play. We're considering splitting the conference into two divisions in order to accommodate the growth.***