VOLLEYBALL NEWS:

Roger Retires

After 30 years of extraordinary service to MVSA and the entire volleyball community, Roger Heald has retired and will be able to spend more time with his wife Linda, his children, and grandchildren. You can read more about the legacy he leaves.

Thank you Roger!

2021-22 Club Tryout Schedule Announced

The schedule for MVSA club tryouts has been set. You can find all the details on the tryout information page. Registration for tryouts will open on October 1st. We hope to see you there!

MVSA Teams Show Up Big in CHRVA Regional Championships!

MVSA teams across all competing age groups had a fantastic showing at this year's CHRVA Regional Championships! We are proud of all the effort and a huge congratulations on performing so well.

12s
Phoenix - 1st Place Gold

13s
Fire - 2nd Place Gold A
Crush - 3rd Place Gold A

14s
Dynamite - 3rd Place Gold A
Heat - 1st Place Gold B

15s
Starz - 2nd Place Gold A

16s
Xtreme - 2nd Place Gold A

18s
Storm - 1st Place Gold A
Chaos - 3rd Place Gold A

Given the challenges of this past year, it is even more rewarding to celebrate in the successes of all our teams. Way to go ladies!

Five MVSA Teams Earn Bids to USAV Junior Nationals!

Congratulations to MVSA 11 Chaos, MVSA 12 Vortex, MVSA 12 Firecrackers, MVSA 13 Wahoo!, and MVSA 15 Riot for qualifying for the USA Volleyball Girls Junior National Championships. Chaos and Vortex qualified by winning their Open Bid CHRVA regionals on March 20 and will be competing in the National division. Firecrackers finished 3rd at Open Bid CHRVA Regionals and received an American bid. Wahoo! 13 finished 4th and received an American bid. And Riot finished 4th and received a National bid. All five teams will travel to Las Vegas at the end of June to compete against teams from across the country.

Chaos 11

Vortex 12

Firecrackers 12

Wahoo! 13

Riot 15

Congratulations also to MVSA Tornadoes 11 who may still earn a bid if additional "trickle down" to the region. Good luck everyone!

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Fall Rec League Updates

We will be posting regular updates throughout the fall below. Please see the fall rec league page for more information on program policies.

09/15 - A friendly reminder that all attendees and participants are required to wear a snug-fitting mask that fully covers their nose and mouth at all MVSA practices and matches.

09/14 - The match schedules and league standings are being posted to the rec league schedule page.

09/09 - The first matches of the season start this weekend (9/11 & 9/12). Please check SportsEngine for your team schedule. We hope to see you there!

09/07 - The season schedule (practices and matches) has been posted to everyone's SportsEngine team site.

09/01 - Teams for all divisions are done and your coach should be reaching out soon.

08/30 - Evaluations are done and we are working on building the teams. We appreciate your patience while we work through the process.

08/26 @ 9:00pm - Registration for the rec league is now closed.

08/25 @ 1:00pm - Registration for the MVSA recreational league will close tomorrow, August 26th, at 9pm so that we have time to prepare for this weekend's evaluations.

08/25 @ 9:00am - To protect the health of our players, coaches, and their families, there will be no spectators at this weekend's evaluations. Please be prepared to drop your player off after check-in and pick them up when their evaluation session ends.

08/20 - We have posted the practice schedule, evaluations schedule (below), and the general guidelines for our weekend match schedule. The full match schedule will be coming soon. As a reminder, you can not request a particular practice slot, however, we will have a form at evaluations you can use to indicate existing conflicts you may have.

08/11 - We take the health of our players, their families, our coaches, and the community at large very seriously. With the recent uptick in COVID cases, we want to let you know the changes we will be making to our fall rec league in order to minimize the risks. We will continue to make adjustments to the program as the situation evolves.

08/01 - Registration for the MVSA fall rec league is now available. Please see the fall rec league page for more information.

Club Season 2021/22 Updates

With the new club season right around the corner, we will be posting regular updates below about tryouts and other relevant information.

09/19 - The schedule for this year's club tryouts has been announced. Please see the tryout information page for all the details. Registration for tryouts will begin on October 1st.

09/14 - MVSA will be conducting tryouts for 10s, 11s, 12s, and 13s on November 6th and 7th. Tryouts for 14s, 15s, 16s, and 17s & 18s will be on November 13th and 14th. We will be posting more information soon.

09/01 - We have already been getting inquiries about the coming club season. While we don't have anything to share just yet, we will be diving into all the details once our recreational season gets going. USAV memberships for the new season are now available for purchase so feel free to check that item off your list of TODOs. The "Junior Tryout - 10 days" membership is the recommended option for tryouts.

Emergency School Closures:

MVSA follows school closings as announced on the MCPS website. Please check the MCPS Emergency Information page for current school closings.

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