The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 12 Blue team, coached by Tina Brown, had an incredible Memorial Day weekend at Regionals. The team finished 11th overall and played its best volleyball of the season, competing and battling with every team it came up against.  The team started off with a tough match against Wave, one of the top teams in the SCVA, and barely lost 21-25, 24-26."Our girls played incredible. Paige Mascari was unstoppable hitting on the outside. She passed great, defended … [Read more...]

The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 15-Blue team, seeded in a power pool of the top 8 teams in their division, finished 2nd overall in the last mandatory tournament, losing to nemesis Long Beach 25-23 in the final set in the championship round. “We got a little revenge in pool play beating Wave-14s 25-13, 25-20, who destroyed us in the first tourney of the year. We also beat Wave 15s in the semi’s 25-10,” said coach Greg Gibbons. … [Read more...]

The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 15-Blue team claimed 3rd place overall in Division 1 again this past Saturday in Anaheim.K.C. Collins subbed in to coach and recapped the fun day of play:“Amanda Harvey and Tristan Racich did a great job setting, distributing the ball well to all the hitters. Taylor Racich and Dani Rottman led in kills for the day. Danae Theiler made some key passes and digs in the back row. And Katie Spieler and Nicki Brown were digging machines keeping many … [Read more...]

In Anaheim this past weekend, the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 16-Blue team won its pool and all its playoff matches to get back into Division 1. Coach Jake Hong gave accolades to his team for working hard and playing well to reach their goal of getting back into the top division after dropping down to Division 2 in its last mandatory. The 16-Blue will be competing for a Junior Olympics bid in Reno this weekend at the Far Western Junior Olympic Qualifier.The 16- White team also took first … [Read more...]

The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 14-Blue had an amazing run at the 3-day Junior Olympic Qualifier in Southern California this past weekend.Having to come through a challenge bracket and play extra matches over the first two days in the Club Division, a tired but tenacious 14-Blue team gutted through two matches on Sunday to achieve a bid to compete at the Junior Olympics in Miami Beach this July.The first day, the team skated through an afternoon pool of three 2-game matches against … [Read more...]

The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club 15 Blue team won the Open division of the 3-day Southern California Girls Junior National Qualifier this past weekend.This team is no stranger to winning one of the tougher Junior National Qualifiers around, as last year, the team also won the SCVA Jr. National Qualifier in the 14-Open division and went on to place 15th overall in the nation in Dallas. … [Read more...]

The 15-Blue team, coached by Greg Gibbons and assisted by Todd Garrett, had a spectacular day Saturday in Anaheim this past week for the Santa Barbara Volleyball Club. The team beat arch-nemesis (and #1 seed overall) Mizuno Long Beach in 3 games to start the day!A subsequent loss in their second match to SVVC 15’s didn’t stop the team from winning the 3rd match against San Gabriel 15-Elite to get second in their pool. In playoffs, the team continued to steamroll through the … [Read more...]

Competing in the 14’s age bracket, Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 13-White team won its second tournament in a row, which will move them up to Division 8 for their next round of competition this coming Sunday.The team beat Desert Sports, Protégé, and Mavericks all in 2 games. Coach Jessie Fahey gave kudos to her team:“The girls were unstoppable, and every single person contributed to this victory! Chloe Richman had a near perfect day, dominating the front row with effective tips … [Read more...]

The Santa Barbara Volleyball Club's 12-Blues team, coached by Tina Brown and assisted by Deia Kidd, went 2-1 in pool play in Division 3 at this past weekend's Mandatory #1 tournament, and it was enough to pull out a 1st place finish for the day based on a head-to-head tie breaker.The team had a rough start losing a 3-game battle to Hollywood Vikings, but then came back to beat Laguna Beach in 2 and Protégé in a close match winning the 3rd game 18-16! The game against Protégé proved … [Read more...]

This past weekend, many SBVC teams participated in final qualifying rounds and first regular season mandatory tournaments and begin the season on a remarkable note!Just coming off a 3-day tournament for both teams in the Las Vegas Invitational tournament over President’s weekend, on Sunday, the 18 Blue and 18 White teams came out swinging! Competing in the Gold bracket final qualifying round of their age division, they both took first in their pools to both begin the season in Division 1 … [Read more...]