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The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 13-Smack and 14-Smack teams both took second at the Volleyball Festival in Phoenix last week.The 18-Smack and 16-Smack teams both qualified for the Open division of the Junior Nationals, which is the highest division possible and they competed among the top 32 teams across the nation. This year the event took place at the Convention Center of Reno. The 18-Smack team finished 17th while the 16-Smack team finished tied for 19th.FINAL RESULTSThe … [Read more...]
The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 16-Smack team was missing four players due to injury or illness and had just one sub at the Regionals in Anaheim, but it managed to pick up some wins in preparation for Junior Nationals.The team won its first match again Golden West thanks to some nice setting in the 5-1 offense by Hannah Porter. Sarah McKinney also thrived as a fill-in at the opposite hitter position."We had some great plays and great rallies but just like the Lakers, we couldn't … [Read more...]
Finishing in 5th place of the Silver Division, the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 13-Smack team ended their regular season on a high note at the Regionals tournament in Artesia last weekend.On day one, the team had a slow start in the first match of the morning pool play. Down in the first set 23-11 against the California Heat 14s, Dane Miller rolled off 12 straight jump serves and Emily Allen tallied 4 blocks to tie the set at 23-23. Then after getting the ball back, Andie DeWerd served … [Read more...]
Currently ranked seventh in the Southern California Volleyball Association, the 18-Smack competed in the Gold bracket among the top 32 teams in SoCal. The team went 5-1 in pool play Saturday and Sunday and later went on to win the tournament. The 18-Smack team beat Mizuno LB 17-Rockstar in the quarters-finals, Sport Shack 18-1’s in the semi-finals and Rancho Valley 18-Danny in the finals.After dropping a match the first day in pool play to Rancho Valley 18-Danny, the team stepped up its … [Read more...]
Coach Cary Whittaker's 12-Smack team played its best volleyball all season despite much distraction in the last regional Southern California Volleyball Association tournament of the season in Carson.“Our first day at Regionals started off very interestingly at the Home Depot Velodrome,” Whittaker mentioned. “We played in the center of a track as bicyclists sped around us. It was very distracting for twelve year olds…Distractions aside we played GREAT!”The team went to three … [Read more...]
As the Southern California Volleyball Association season winds down, all divisions only had pool play for their final "Mandatory" tournament to provide them extra points for seeding into the final Regionals tournament.The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 14-Blue won all its matches handily to place first for the day. The team beat Laguna Beach 14-1s, Long Beach 14-Runbird and Seal Beach 14-1s in two sets each.Sarah Scarminach and Mariah Bell really improved on their defense, each … [Read more...]
It was a tough weekend for the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club teams in the final regular-season tournament in Anaheim last weekend.The 12 Smack squad placed 4th for the day in Division 4, losing to Sunshine 12-South Bay Falyn 25-11, 25-18, Mavericks 12-Bonne 25-17, 25-11, and SCVC 12-White 25-10, 25-11. Despite the tough losses, coach Cary Whittaker mentioned that Catherine Hogan played great defense as our Libero and Ruby Haber had many service aces!The 15 Smack team won two of three … [Read more...]
Over the season, in its region, the 16-Smack competed and won enough events to earn points to join the top 28 teams across the nation in the 16’s age division of the USAV Junior Nationals (formerly Junior Olympics).After a spectacular showing this past weekend in its final regional tournament, the team earned an “At-Large” Bid for the Open division of Junior Nationals. According to Greg Novak, “The team really stepped up their play and adapted to the various line up changes … [Read more...]
The Santa Barbara Club Volleyball Teams played in their third regular season region tournaments of the SCVA on Saturday in Anaheim.14-SmackDue to two teams forfeiting for the day, the teams were reseeded and the 14-Smack team ended up in a 3 team pool and to play matches best of 5 sets. After reffing the first match, the team played 7 straight games back to back. The team lost to Temecula 14-Rochelle in 4 sets, but then went on to beat the #2 seed overall in the region in 3 sets. Placing … [Read more...]
The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 12-Smack Team went 2-1 to place second in Division 5 last Saturday at another week of SCVA action. The team lost to SMBC North 12-Nate (23-25, 19-25) before beating T-Street 12-Lasuen (25-19, 25-12) and Seal Beach Jackie (25-20, 25-21).“Peyton Shelbourne and Ally Hodosy were stars in serving with several aces each!” said coach Cary Whittaker.15-Smack, competing in Division I, lost very close matches in pool play losing to Sunshine 15-Southbay, … [Read more...]
The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club’s 18-Smack team won the Open Division of the Southern California Volleyball Association’s 3-day Junior National Qualifier Tournament this past weekend, earning a bid into the Open Division (top 32 teams across the nation) of the Annual USA Volleyball Junior National Championships which will be held in Reno, Nevada this year in July.FULL RESULTSThe team was seeded 7th and went 10-0 for the three days, finishing things off with a 26-28, 25-21, 15-9 win … [Read more...]
On Saturday in Anaheim, the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 12-Smack team won all of its matches in pool play to place first for the day and move up to Division V. The team beat San Gabriel 12-Premiere 25-20, 24-26, 15-8, Sunshine 12-Premiere 25-23, 25-20, and TCA OC 12-Pink 25-20, 25-21.“It was an exciting day for the 12-Smack with everyone contributing to the win,” said coach Cary Whittaker. She was impressed with Lourda Weger who “…served tough all day with some great kills in the … [Read more...]
