SoCal Qualifier 14 Open

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vbtime	SoCal Qualifier 14 Open	Lead	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 14 (04/07/08 10:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None With the SoCal Qualifier starting on Friday...any thoughts on the seeding? These are the teams that are currently entered in the 14 Open according the SCVA website: Arizona East Valley Jrs. 14-1 Arizona Sky 14-Black Bakersfield Club Jamba 14-Jodi Bakersfield VBC 14-Greg City Beach VBC 14-Black Club West 14-Elite Desert Sports VBC 14-Elite Fresno VBC 14-Red Gold Cal Jrs. 14-Allie Golden West VBC 14-Asics High Country 14-Josh Laguna Beach VBC 14-Sam Mizuno Long Beach VBC 14-Runbird Rancho Valley 14-1 Rancho Valley 14-2 Redlands Tiger VBC 14-David Santa Barbara VBC 14-1 Santa Monica Beach Club 14-Steven South Bay VBC 14-1 Southern California VBC 14-Nike Sports Shack VBC 14-1 Stingray VBC 14-Black Sunshine VBC 14-Platinum TCA VBC 14-Third Degree Temecula Viper VBC 14-Merilee Valli Girls 14-Black Wave VBC 14-Brennan
kjfan		#1	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 109 (04/07/08 11:35 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	That is going to be a very hard field to get a bid in. Sunshine, Wave, Long Beach and a few others all have bids already, There might not be any bids available in the end. 5th might not cut it there. As far as the final four I would guess: Sunshine Miz Long Beach Wave TCA
vballa22		#2	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 310 (04/07/08 11:41 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	According to my information, which could be totally wrong, Long Beach, Sunshine, Wave, and TCA are the four teams with bids (makes KJs prediction a safe one). With bids trickling to 6th, one bid could potentially go back into the at large pool. I'd say aside from those four, I've heard Bakersfield Greg is legit, SCVC is good, Santa Barbara is good, Stingray and City Beach are solid from Norcal. But in the LA qualifier, I never count out any socal team that gets to sleep in their own beds at night. There are reputable clubs in the field from socal, but I just haven't had a chance to see them yet.
Torami		#3	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 724 (04/07/08 12:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	It's a tough field, no doubt about that. My step-daughter's team is currently in the 14 Club field, but having won our region's National bid yesterday, we have asked the SCVA to bump us up to Open. Given that it would fill out the last pool (27 teams currently in Open) we are hoping they can accommodate us and we can go up against all these great teams.
VolleyDon		#4	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 23 (04/07/08 1:09 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	vballa22 has identified the top contenders for the 2 or 3 bids up for grabs (along with Torami's team if they get in). I would add Laguna into the mix. They struggled yesterday at the mandatory, but they are a very good team. Should be a fun tournament.
Torami		#5	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 724 (04/07/08 1:10 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Darn... looks like it's too late to re-seed, and we're stuck in club.
vbtime		#6	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 14 (04/07/08 1:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Sorry to hear you didn't get into the open division, Torami. Did SCVA notify the club or did you see the seeding posted? With four teams having bids already there is definitely a chance for at least two more since the trickle down was changed to 6th place this year.
Torami		#7	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 724 (04/07/08 1:56 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I left messages for SCVA as soon as we won the National bid yesterday, and heard back this morning. Still trying to see if we can "swap places" with one of the 2 Arizona teams that are registered in Open, but that's a long shot.
shoeguyty		#8	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 91 (04/07/08 2:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Pools are up for this weekend.
tsalcido	Link please...	#9	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 35 (04/07/08 2:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	shoeguyty wrote: Pools are up for this weekend. Can you provide a link please as I don't see it on the SCVA or AES (non-member) sites. Thanks...
shoeguyty	yup	#10	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 91 (04/07/08 2:30 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	http://scvavolleyball.org/girls_national_qualifyer.htm
MustardHelmetBoy	WOW	#11	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 12 (04/07/08 2:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Pool 7 is STACKED with 3 studly teams.. Cal Jrs. (Already Qualified PNQ) 951 Elite Imi Ike One of these 3 will be out of the running for an open bid after this pool. bummer Rock the Helmet
kjfan		#12	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 109 (04/07/08 2:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	MustardHelmetBoy wrote: Pool 7 is STACKED with 3 studly teams.. Cal Jrs. (Already Qualified PNQ) 951 Elite Imi Ike One of these 3 will be out of the running for an open bid after this pool. bummer Rock the Helmet That is 16 Open not 14 Open...
Torami		#13	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 724 (04/07/08 3:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I'm not familiar with these teams that are in pools with are friends from Arizona. How good are each of these? I know Club West and SMBC are historically strong clubs... less familiar with Rancho Valley. SMBC 14 Steven Club West 14 Elite Rancho Valley 14-2
tsalcido	Thanks	#14	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 35 (04/07/08 3:18 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	shoeguyty wrote: http://scvavolleyball.org/girls_national_qualifyer.htm Thanks however something at my work must be blocking the links to the pdfs since I still don't see them. Oh well guess I will have to wait until I get home. Thanks again Shoe....
kjfan	So Cal Rankings	#15	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 109 (04/07/08 3:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Here is a link to the so cal rankings.. http://scvavolleyball.org/documents/14sPoints_024.pdf
Torami		#16	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 724 (04/07/08 4:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks... our friends have their work cut out for them
Torami		#17	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 724 (04/07/08 8:17 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I just looked at the Open seedings, and compared them to the current SCVA standings. If Long beach was ahead of Wave in the standings after 2 tournaments (third probably not used in the seeding, but LB won), why was Wave given the #1 seed? Anyone have the inside scoop on how SCVA does the NQ seedings?
VolleyDon		#18	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 23 (04/07/08 10:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I believe they also take into consideration previous Qualifier results. Wave won PNQ and Long Beach took second.
tsalcido	Pool of three	#19	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 35 (04/08/08 8:12 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	In the 14 Club (as well as others) there are several pools with only 3 teams in the first round. Do the teams there get a game less each (always nice to start a 3 day event) or is there something done to have them play more (say best of 5 which ends up being a possible 10 games (2x5) versus 9 (3x3) ).
Torami		#20	[-]
Registered Member Posts: 724 (04/08/08 9:19 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	We are in one of those Pools (Pool 5), and I believe we will play one less match. I wish that were not the case... long way to travel to play only 2 matches the first day. Saturday we are over at Cerritos college in the morning, and then go back to the convention center for an evening challenge match.