NC I agree with you , that the round two pools are strange that you will have to probably beat a team twice to advance on. Also, looking at round two if you are connected with the BV mizuno team which I suspect, your round two pool of what could be TT black, TT teal, Xtreme black and BV mizuno is the toughest pool from top to bottom in round two. I feel for the bottom two teams in this pool because any one of them could place at least second in the other round two pools and still have a chance to qualify. Good luck to your team and the others this weekend.

the way the seedings fall SA Xtreme and SW Asics will only have to beat one top ten seed to advance to the gold bracket and assure their ticket to Dallas. SA Xtreme will have to probably beat one of (Maverick, Stars blue, Xtreme black of TT black) n their challenge match if the seeds hold up to punch their ticket to Dallas and SW Asics will have to beat one of (TEJV, Xtreme black or TT black) to punch their ticket.

Looking athead at the challenge bracket #4 it should play out with AJV blue playing TRV with the winner getting a chance to play for the national bid and the loser going to silver giving the winner of the silver bracket an american bid due to the trickle down factor with AJV and TRV having already qualified for an american bid. Potentionally if AJV or TRV win the silver bracket the loser of the silver bracket or 6th place finisher would get the bid.

Also does anyone have any trouble with the setup for this tourney with the girls having to play Sat morning
and then again at 8 or 9 Sat night and back up and at it at 8 on Sunday morning with some of these teams having the potential of playing up to six matches on Sunday to qualify. There will be a few girls who will sleep well on Sunday night. Good luck to all this weekend.