Club teams 2018-2019

[Coach#]

Hopefully Lakota East has the guns to make a run up @ State. Maybe take down Elder/X or even Moeller

[Falcon11]

Originally Posted by Coach#

Hopefully Lakota East has the guns to make a run up @ State. Maybe take down Elder/X or even Moeller

Maybe. They have a strong core of those 4 players, but whether or not they can find someone reliably pass as libero and another hitter (doesn't have to be a stud, but someone decent and consistent) might determine their fate.

Pretty sure LE graduated their libero from last season.

[Brambleberry]

Lakota East should have enough to be top dog in the West region now that Mikesch has graduated and Centerville will be down again. Compete with Elder, X, Moeller, Darby? Not likely

[Falcon11]

Originally Posted by Brambleberry

Lakota East should have enough to be top dog in the West region now that Mikesch has graduated and Centerville will be down again. Compete with Elder, X, Moeller, Darby? Not likely

Northmont came out of the West last year. And Fairmont beat LE in the tourney as well, LE wasn't even top 4 in the West end of last season (granted, setter injury likely had a lot to do with that).

[Coach#]

With the last qualifier coming up do any of the local clubs stand a chance to qualify in St Louis...???

[ccalum]

Originally Posted by Coach#

With the last qualifier coming up do any of the local clubs stand a chance to qualify in St Louis...???

Ohio teams have been so unpredictable that it's hard to say. According to the AES site, Attack Black, CVA Purple and A2 Green are in the Open Division in St. Louis, while Air City is in the USA Division. ... But Air City beat Attack and A2 this past weekend, so who knows who will play well from week to week. By my count there are 9 teams in the Open field that already have bids, meaning a team could potentially finish 12th of 28 in Open and still get a nationals bid. The field is strong, but not as strong as Chicago, so it's certainly possible one of the Ohio teams plays well enough to finish 12th of 28.

[Brambleberry]

For 16, 17, and 18 Open St Louis has 5 bids. So the trickle down in 18s could be as low as 14th with only 28 teams registered

https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyba...s-bid-tourneys

[ccalum]

In the BBT manual at that link, page 10-11, I think the chart says with 5 bids and 25-28 teams, the farthest a bid can trickle down is 12th place. If they added one more four-team bracket (32 total Open teams), it could trickle down as far as 16th.